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Rin Rolled

Rin Rolled

By jesse|2024-07-11T02:56:38+00:00July 11th, 2024|Caricatures|

Click image to enlarge. For my friend Erik’s birthday, his wife Rin had me draw them singing “Never Gonna Give You Up” to each other. Rin roll! India ink on Bristol Board; 7” [...]

Pen and Ink Book, Page 16

Pen and Ink Book, Page 16

By jesse|2021-08-18T02:19:43+00:00August 18th, 2021|Caricatures, Sketches|

Page 16 of my pen and ink book, featuring Mary Trump and, from a 1984 photo by Paul Natkin, Jalil Hutchins and John “Ecstasy” Fletcher of Whodini.

Pen and Ink Book, Page 15

Pen and Ink Book, Page 15

By jesse|2021-08-11T02:08:54+00:00August 11th, 2021|Sketches|

Page 15 of my pen and ink sketchbook. Somehow I stumbled on these excellent photographs by then-high school student Nico Young for The New York Times. They’re really compelling; Young has quite the eye for [...]

Pen and Ink Book, Page 14

Pen and Ink Book, Page 14

By jesse|2021-08-04T02:15:01+00:00August 4th, 2021|Sketches|

Page 14 of my pen and ink sketchbook. When cruising the Internet I save photos that I think would be fun to draw later, but frequently forget to take note of the source. For instance, [...]

Pen and Ink Book, Page 5

Pen and Ink Book, Page 5

By jesse|2021-06-30T02:32:24+00:00June 30th, 2021|Caricatures, Sketches|

Fifth page of my pen and ink sketchbook. I was able to complete the likeness of Studs Terkel here that I started on page four.

Pen and Ink Book, Page 4

Pen and Ink Book, Page 4

By jesse|2021-06-23T03:47:23+00:00June 23rd, 2021|Sketches|

Fourth page of my pen and ink sketchbook. I don’t love any of the drawings on this page but I figured I’d post it anyway to show how the process works sometimes.

90s Hair

90s Hair

By jesse|2021-06-18T02:35:48+00:00June 18th, 2021|Life Drawing|

“90s Hair.” Charcoal on paper.

Marry Me

Marry Me

By jesse|2021-05-26T03:53:51+00:00May 26th, 2021|Uncategorized|

It was my pleasure to design and illustrate this one-off beer label for Marci P, AKA Hollywood, which she used to propose to her girlfriend. You may remember Marci as the namesake for Tilted Mash’s [...]

SLA

SLA

By jesse|2021-04-23T01:07:13+00:00April 23rd, 2021|Caricatures, Comics, Illustration|

I’ll probably post this again sometime soon with the ink and pencil versions, but here’s the second of two superhero caricatures I made for a friend (click here for the first).

ADL

ADL

By jesse|2021-04-21T02:54:00+00:00April 21st, 2021|Caricatures, Comics, Illustration|

I drew a friend’s two kids as superheroes fighting for social justice. She’s not ready to show them the finished products yet, but the drawings are burning a hole in my art pocket, so to [...]