the art of Will Terrell

I’ve been feeling a little crabby this week. Nothing like drawing winged piggy’s to de-crabbify your life. Winged piggy’s are the unoffical mascots of many artists I’m sure. Mostly because they are so much fun to draw. I am certain that if I were to run across Mr Krumplebottom in a dark alley I might pants him and tattoo this across his… backfat… area, just to show how much of a not-artist I didn’t become… (?)

-Will

This is Kevin Krumplebottom, a sour old man with corn teeth and vinegar breath. He hobbles when he walks and wrinkles when he sits, and to the best that I can recall, was surly just about every moment of the day. I met Mr Krumplebottom when I was just a fresh faced young cartoonist hungrily seeking out the beginnings of a career in comics. I must have been 19 or 20, with dreams far bigger than my talents could muster. In my pursuit I was directed to Mr Krumplebottom for advice in starting up a business for my art. I remember doing my best impression of a professional, dressed neat and nice with my little business card and idea pad, showing up on time for the meeting and being led in by the secretary. With a quick cordial hello and a moment of overview. Mr Krumplebottom grumbled a bit and splayed about in his chair like a sack of loose potatoes, before finally leaning forward and postulating that “There is no money to be made in Art. You should do anything but become an artist…. “ “In FACT,” he opined… “you should become an accountant!”

It was a very short meeting. Mr Krumplebottom, thanks for the advice. I don’t think I could have become an artist without you!

-Will

Here are a couple of collaboration sketches I did at the sketchnight last night with my friend David Hilburn.  He drew them and I did watercolors over them.  I love the way David draws trees and cartoon characters.  I especially love the way he inks.  I’ve learned a lot the last year from him.

-Will

I did these for an art show (…and for one of my favorite people). The art show is the SketchClub first Friday art trail showing this Friday from 6-9pm at the Hard Tops Gallery 2228 Buddy Holly Ave. Come visit us… if you dare~!

I’ve done tons of art this month. Just haven’t had time to post them. This is no where near all that I’ve done. But these are the highlights.

Fat Unicorn. I’d love to take credit for this, but the credit goes to a brilliant 11th grader at Lubbock High that did this as a sculpture. I wish I’d bought it. I’ve never last so hard in my life. I saw this when I was teaching my digital painting class a few weeks back and had to record it for posterity.

Speaking of the digital painting class. This is the demo I did in class. Took about half an hour. Thanks to everyone that came out to that. I’ll set up another class soon.

This is one of several painting commissions I did last week. My friend closed down his framing shop and gave me a big stack of matte board, they’re coming in really handy for doing these quick painting commissions. This is Animation Cell paint on black matte board. About half an hour.

I did this illo for my clowns. I think its an image for their website. It turns out they’ve got a 22 year old daughter who’s a clown too. And she’s been a clown since she was like 7. That’s super cool. I did a whole bunch of other drawings for them last week, I’ll probably eventually upload those here to show.

This was a quick warm up sketch from last week that I liked. The hands a little jacked, but I like the ambience.

This is a digital painting I did of my friend Corianna when we were hanging out the week before last. I think it turned out pretty good. I’m still learning. The hand is jacked. And the hair doesnt quite look natural. I’ll get it one of these days.

And of course sketches of women. Cant get enough of ‘em.

Ok.. Well I’ll do a better job of updating regularly next month. March was pretty awesome. Getting a lot of work completed these days. Keep smiling!

–Will Terrell

Last minute commission that came in last night. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. If I have time (and if anyone is even interested) I may upload a demo for this one. I saved the different steps. I did the B/w with crowquil. And colored it in photoshop.

–Will Terrell

Quick cartoon. This is something every artist can relate to.

–Will Terrell