Rob Thompson

Nightmarish Construction Workers

2008-06-29T23:51:00.000-07:00

The CHADES drawing for this week is to draw Nightmarish Construction Workers. This was the first idea that popped into my head, when I was a kid the most appealing part of being a construction worker was getting to eat your lunch on some ridiculously dangerous perch high above the city. Later when I was approaching manhood I came to realize the biggest perk of being a construction worker was to oogle women passing by. More oogling later this week...

Criminal Pygmies

2008-06-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

Pygmies are the ones you would least expect to take up a life of crime. Sadly this world we live in can turn even the most peaceable little tribe to thievery.

Mean Orcs

2008-06-04T10:49:00.001-07:00

Blimey! two posts in 24 hours! Here are some "Mean Orcs" for the CHADES Challenge. I just realized they are both about animal cruelty. But don't worry, they get theirs in the end...

1 year anniversary...

2008-06-03T21:57:00.000-07:00

Seeing how its almost been a year since my last post, I thought Id reach a cold dead hand out of the drawing grave and try to resurrect my drawing ability while its still partially intact. Its gonna be rough for a while, but im back for now.

Elderly Mermaids

2007-06-08T13:14:00.001-07:00

the first week of mermaids are due today, these are the least disturbing that I drew. Im trying to keep a pg-13 rating on this thing.
-r

Deformed Sorcerer

2007-05-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

My friends Austin and Vi started a weekly challenge, to take random words ie a noun verb adjective, and combine them for character ideas. Last week: deformed sorcerer. Im a bit late but here is my take.

-r

sketchbook post

2007-05-18T02:00:00.001-07:00

these are from the last two months. Some from the airport where I watched these two sisters race Mario Kart. A few sketches from Nepenthe in Big Sur, a must see when camping out on the coast.
Thanks for looking!
-r

more RoBoTs!

2007-05-08T00:41:00.000-07:00

more pages from our comic at APE...

Robots!

2007-04-27T00:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a few Robots I drew at Ape. I sold these for a few bucks, mostly to get people over to look at our comic. These are the few that I got pictures of towards the end of the day after realizing that I'd probably never see them again. Cant wait till next year!

at Ape This Weekend

2007-04-20T15:43:00.000-07:00

Ill be at APE on saturday and sunday with a mini comic that I worked on with two other artists. My section is called "Everyday Robots for Humankind". Come check it out and say hi.
-r

charcoal and ink

2007-04-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

Here are some quick sketches. If you are in the Bay Area this weekend check out the Alternative Press Expo in the city. There will be tons of great artwork and comics from local talent, a great place to meet cool people and see whats new in the independent art world.

tuesdays are for figure drawing

2006-08-16T00:03:00.000-07:00

now in posterized!

2006-07-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

spicing up the pencil a bit with some photoshop fanciness. Coming soon: Lens Flares!!!

some drawings

2006-06-01T00:37:00.000-07:00

Sketch Dump

2006-05-04T23:14:00.000-07:00

its been awhile, but im back...for the time being. Work is work as we all know, and lately work has been the main focus in my life, busy busy busy. Thank you everyone for stopping by my blog, the comments are much apreciated. Felt like dumping some of my scribbles from the past few weeks, so here they are.

sketchbook city

2006-04-10T01:03:00.000-07:00

hey everybody! time for an update from the sketchbook. Here are some scribbles from the past week or so, some inspiration from the girls soccer team that came in full atire to the local Borders books. God bless you soccer girls.

Sketches

2006-03-23T21:51:00.000-08:00

its been a busy couple of weeks with work and the parents coming to visit. We went to into San Francisco a bunch and I brought my sketch book along. have a geat weekend!

sunday night

2006-03-06T00:58:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everybody for checking out my drawings and commenting, its been a great boost in my confidence! Im going to try to update this thing more often, it keeps me drawing and I feel like I learn more the more I draw. There are so many great artists out there, it is overwhelming how many talented people are producing awesome work everyday and sharing it with the world. Please keep posting and inspiring us to keep drawing and to keep getting better. These are some drawings from life and from TV. Ive been hooked on watching UFC on Spike. Some totally brutal fighting goes on in that ring, and some inspiring movement, I've tried to capture a bit of it.

girls girls girls

2006-02-19T14:48:00.000-08:00

did some drawing from photos yesterday, here is a great website for reference images.

discovery channel

2006-02-14T22:06:00.000-08:00

There was a film crew from the Discovery channel filming our drawing class today. I dont know when it's showing, but there's a good chance that ill be on it. here's some more drawings, let me know what you think.

figure drawings

2006-01-31T22:04:00.000-08:00

just some more drawings from class today. There is so much to learn about drawing, it is overwhelming. I highly recommend reading Walt Stanchfields handouts, they contain much wisdom about drawing and the emotion behind it. here is a link to some of them.

Work and Class

2006-01-19T22:03:00.000-08:00

Started work this week, and started drawing class again. Were really lucky to have the awesome Tom Gately as a teacher. He makes drawing look so easy, and really pushes us to get the most out of the pose and the drawing. here are a few drawings from class, the only ones that weren't total crap.

New York Sketches

2006-01-12T19:18:00.000-08:00

We had a great time in New York City. Definitely one of the best cities in the country. Thanks to Bruce for showing us the Blue Sky, and the best pastries in the city. Found some time to do a bit of drawing on the trip as well.