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Friday, November 21, 2014

Space Battle All- Stars: Sketchbook Friday

The Future will find us doing stupid things in space, see history: humans doing stupid things on Earth. Sports, reality television, fake products, and terrible social structure scams resulting in terrible injustices and unequal treatment of living creatures. Distract us, we will pay you for it! Distract us, and let us forget what you are doing to us. Space adventures, space sports and space mindgames will rob our space banks. We are already space slaves, and we havn't even got ourselves up there yet.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, November 14, 2014

The Future of Facial Hair: Sketchbook Friday

Her breath tells us the future of facial hair. She is a naked shamanic lady who has cast a spell on her own face to re-arrange the components of a face to make her own body language more abstract. Many of us have irrational fears, and she knows that your irrational fear has mostly to do with the fear of facial hair becoming extinct due to evolutionary irrelevance (besides of course playoff Hockey). Her breath will tell us this future, but only if we donate money to her box. This box is empty.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Kissing inside a Shoe: Sketchbook Friday

Feet are odd appendages. Shoes are homes for feet. Shoes are odd homes. I often fantasize about kissing my partner while submerged inside of a shoe. It might sound smelly and a bit weird (and I promise I do not have a foot fetish), but it just sounds fun to me. Wiggles your toes and give me a kiss. I imagine both these two characters are hybrids between rock stars and hippies, activists and artists who found love inside of this abandoned giant shoe of a world.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Infected City Shell: Sketchbook Friday

I once played Golden Axe the arcade game with my brother and my dad. Once of the levels, which we never got to, you were fighting as a Barbarian, Elf and Wizard on the back of a floating turtle. The moment I saw that I instantly became obsessed with the concept of creatures so large that you could live on them. Insects, bacteria and colonization have since been fascinations of mine. Similarly, Street Fighter and the incredibly graphics with international stages, really began my fascination with other parts of the world, even as inaccurate and fictitous as they were. My sketches above is just a simple marker sketch re-exploring the idea of a giant creature which is the home to many smaller creatures.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Futuristic Spherical Space Ship Designs: Sketchbook Friday

Often times when I sitting still, I am thinking up the best possibly designs or creations for a specific thing. Recently, it has been spaceship design. I tried to clear my head of all the current existing spaceships. In my brain I destroyed the Millennium Falcon and the Slave I, Serenity was emploded, Zorg Spaceships vanished, and the Enterprise never happened. My designs were assuming I had endless resources. The designs I came up with were spherical snowflake mathematically symmetrical structures which had both rockets and cannons at every point. Meaning at all times it can move any direction and shoot any direction. The sketches I made at my work meeting are not entirely accurate to my specifications but was an illustration of two separate designs flying into each other. Can you think of a better design?

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Reiki Face Head: Sketchbook Friday

Do you every wonder how many versions of yourself live in your head? Do you ever wonder how we morph from one version to the next in a seemingly seamless transition towards a new version of ourselves. The brain is an odd seas creature, living in the aquarium juices of our skull. I recently had reiki energy work done on me in an attempt to reset myself after some very difficult personal emotional losses. The reiki had a huge effect on me, I was cold, hungry, extremely fatigued and the next time I got very sick. It was like the reiki actually was pulling a mask off my energy, and a flood of real cravings, urges and needs can spilling out. It also seemed to unlock a series of versions of myself who were now battling each other in my brain for dominance. Meanwhile, my regular face was unchanged....indistinguishable from anything but the regular version. Yet, inside arguments were running rampant and the version of myself is still changing every day.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Nude at Eye Doctors: Sketchbook Friday

Sharpie marker pen drawing. Quick sketch drawings are often perfect for me to compose new paintings or explore a simplification or abstraction of a topic. The nude woman at the eye doctor is abstracted enough to be unique, but simply enough to convey her confusing existence. She sees us, seeing her.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Jane's Queen: Sketchbook Friday

Collaborative drawing with my friend Jane. It was created with watercolor, pen and colored pencil and is part of a two part series (the last part was uploading last Friday). Often times my sketches at work, involve passing my pen or brush to an unsuspecting bystander who joins in. Jane, who does not normally create art, was a willing participant and really helped me explore some new ideas in these works. This Queen is a Warrior and has a baby to protect.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Jane's King: Sketchbook Friday

Collaborative drawing with my friend Jane. It was created with watercolor, pen and colored pencil and is part of a two part series (the next part will be uploading next Friday). Often times my sketches at work, involve passing my pen or brush to an unsuspecting bystander who joins in. Jane, who does not normally create art, was a willing participant and really helped me explore some new ideas in these works.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Fight Foreclosure with Local Land Trusts: Sketchbook Friday

Machigonne Land Trust was started during some of the Foreclosure Forums that I was hosting in Portland, Maine. Land Trusts are one way to Fight Foreclosure and Fight Gentrification of our Nation. The Machigonne Land Trust group is local to Portland, Maine and has made some major progress. Because of my involvement, they asked me to help design a poster for an upcoming event. The housing idea came from an older sketch I did for Foreclosure Home Defense during Occupy Minnesota. I also had a strong connection to the idea that nearly none of friends can afford rent without a struggle. The world is getting harder and harder to participate in and most of this has to do with the capitalist structure that surrounds us. Land Trusts, Squatting Rights and Cooperative Living are a few semi-solutions to the problem. It should be a lot easier than this. Together it can change.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Lizard Wings: Sketchbook Friday

Today's sketch is another collaboration with Ken Hodgkins. This particular drawing was a simple drawing we both added to in about 5 minutes. I really enjoy the fast creation. Watercolor and pen were used.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Rainbow Cats Do Not Pass Go: Sketchbook Friday

Today's sketch is another collaboration with Ken Hodgkins and this time Liam Bechen and Michael Freely were involved too. This particular drawing went through a few weeks of transformations and slight edits before ending up in with the cat narrative. In fact, when I got this for the final additions I stared at it for a while until the cat materialized. Multiple mediums were used to create this high energy piece. Most of the birght colors were done with watercolors but marker, pen and color pencil was also used to create some of the under layers.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, August 8, 2014

Puffy Smoke: Sketchbook Friday

Drawn on a page of notes comes this week's Sketchbook Friday entry. You can see some inspirations for my PBL ROBOT card game as I tried to invent some cool looking robot armor. I enjoy the warthog looking creature at the bottom. I think he would be fun to chase around. You can also see some odd designs and a few big vessel headed characters at the top. A series of random things my head invents in meetings. See you next week!

Friday, August 1, 2014

Seductive Teddy: Sketchbook Friday

Teddy bear like to dress up in other teddy bears. Teddy Bears like to pose in provocative ways to attract new friends to hug and hold them. I drew it, so that you could see what I mean. Thanks for checking out my sketchbook Friday post!

Friday, July 25, 2014

Star Face: Sketchbook Friday

Today's sketch is another collaboration with Ken Hodgkins. This particular drawing went through a few weeks of transformations and slight edits before ending up in the bright star face composition. Multiple mediums were used to create this high energy piece. Most of the birght colors were done with oil pastels but marker, pen and color pencil was also used to create some of the under layers.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, July 18, 2014

Gender's Game by Orson Scott Card: Sketchbook Friday

This week's sketch was inspired by a band called Speaker for the Dead which is a Big Queer and Allied Brasspunk Clusterfolk! The name of the band was inspired partially by Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game sci-fi novels. Specifically a sequel called Speaker for the Dead.

The purposely ironic thing about naming a queer band after an Orson Scott Card book, is that the author Orson Scott Card himself is openly a homophobic person, you can read about it on-line if you are interested, here is an article to get you started (http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/sci_fi_icon_orson_scott_card_hates_fan_fiction_the_homosexual_agenda_partner/). Meanwhile, Orson Scott Card's science fiction books are quite good and have been some of my favorite books growing up and I personally was surprised to hear Card's opposition to homosexuals and it did put a sour taste on some of my favorite books. I got to talk with Speaker for the Dead's (the band) lead singer Greg McKillop about this and it made me think about a changing the name of Orson Scott Card's most popular book (and my favorite) Ender's Game to Gender's Game. I thought this was clever.

Speaker for the Dead (the band) is an inspiring group (sometimes over 15 performers at a time) of artists, performers, musicians who always put on an incredible show and worth spreading the word about! Greg McKillop is incredible on vocals, writing songs and playing music. Usually their performances meander with great energy into the streets or take over the alleys, sidewalks and parking lots surrounding the initial venue and it seems like the crowd ends up in the band by the end of the show. The energy is palpable. It should be noted that I have actually never been to one of their shows, but I have heard epic stories first hand and also watched videos and seen pictures. The music and lyrics themselves are also incredible:

Speaker for the Dead available on Bandcamp

All this information and I almost forgot this was a Sketchbook Friday post. I almost forgot to mention Googy Logan. He's quite a character. The breast feeding Sitar player was an early sketch for a modern god of creativity Saraswati. A project that is still in the works. If you look closely you can find Ryback the WWE wrestler in there and an ankle injury being blamed on god. The sketch page was also a vehicle for me to try out some unusual action poses too. But, really, if you are to take anything away from today's post, I think you should go check out Speaker for the Dead (the band).

Friday, July 11, 2014

Housing First Fights Against Homelessness: Sketchbook Friday

This drawing was done in collaboration with Kenny Hodgkins. Ken used to be homeless on the streets, and is a great artist if he ever gets a chance to sit down with some art supplies. Not only is Kenny talented himself, but he has a gift for turning the people around him into artists also. Kenny creates hundreds of drawings each year and collaborates with dozens of people in the process. Kenny constantly teaches me new and exciting techniques and helps me achieve great drawings, which I often post on Sketchbook Friday. I often wonder how many great poets, musicians and artists are sleeping on the streets right now without an ability to pursue their passions. In Portland, Maine it seems that often the people living on the streets have more talents than the people I meet anywhere else. In my social work, at a housing first facility, we house cronically homeless individuals first with low barriers (wet campus, rent subsidized, independent apartments) and then address their needs after they are in a safe environment. I will tell you that I have watched some pretty beat up (emotionally and physically) people walk off the street into a stable home and creatively open the floodgates, among other things. Dancing, singing, poetry, writing, sculptures and drawings. Being able to share creative passions with the people around me is one of the greatest joys, and being able to be inspired everyday is the benefit of being around such great people. Kenny just had an art show last month that I helped to set up, it will feature over 150 of his drawings, and showcased his incredibly talented and diverse skills. It is the second annual art show and this show will now be a travelling show and will be featured around Portland, Maine.

Friday, July 4, 2014

Logan's Run Vs The Running Man: Sketchbook Friday

This is a collaborative drawing done with artist Kenny Hodgkins. We drew this image in the community room together while discussing science fiction films like Logan's Run and The Running Man. I was particularly interested in discussing Stephen King's science fiction persona, as the author of Running Man and the similarities/ difference between the book and the movie. Logan's Run story line was also discussed, where a world existed where you were only allowed to live 30 years and then you were hunted down. Personally, I think both movies have a great story line, both came from great books, and both explore a future that is quite grim but seemingly possible. Especially as we look at our own world in 2014, I can see so many scary similarities between the Running Man scenario where the media lies to the public in order to create a good story and innocent heroes are thrust into a deadly game show for the sheeple population to cheer and bet on. I can also see a one world government scenerio where overpopulation is solved by eliminating anyone over the age of 30 and even doing it a nation apart with unmanned drones. Science fiction quickly becomes reality...we are the authors of our own future. What page do we turn?

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Bomani Shakur: Keith Lamar CONDEMNED: Sketchbook Friday

I just finished reading a book written by Bomani Shakur aka Keith Lamar called CONDEMNED. The book inspired me to draw this sketch and ink drawing, depicting a man who was lured into a life of crime and drugs and killed his former friend. Serving a life sentence there was a jail uprising in which Bomani was accused of being a ringleader. The book explains all the reasons why he is innocent of the second changes and why he should not be on death row. What is also shocking is the treatment he has received as a prisoner, which was criminally poor and unjustified. The book makes a strong case for compassion and honesty seeps from the pages. My goal with my drawing is to contribute a little bit to help spread the word about his situation and others like him. Currently, he is still on death row and needs support from as many people as possible to help overturn the charges that were unlawfully put on him while in prison. I did send this drawing with a letter to Bomani Shakur explaining my support. I often write and draw pictures for political prisoners offering my support. His story is about unjust accusations, unfair trials, inhumane practices and an overall industrial prison system which is full of corruption. I would love to hear how others feel about Bomani Shakur and his story, leave me a comment!

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Kara Resting: Sketchbook Friday

My partner Kara, often invites me, or allows me to illustrate or sketch her in the few moments we aren't running around the city trying to do all our work. She has a beautiful face and is really a pleasure to draw. This pose was drawn with a mechanical pencil in about 15 minutes. I actually just searched my blog to link up past drawings of her and realized that I have not scanned and published any of my other drawings of her yet. I will need to dig those up and do that. We have done a handful of great poses and styles together.

Each Friday at noon I scan in one new sketch or drawing from one of my many sketchbooks. You can find information about buying artwork, webcomics, performance art, miniature art hunts and new projects on my fine art website William Hessian dot com. Also like me on Facebook, or as projects right here on my Bearded Bunny art blog. If you enjoy these sketches make sure to also see all of the sketchbook friday posts.