It is interesting looking at my sketches throughout last year. I see how I have improve and appreciate the steps I took to grow, even if they are tiny steps. My name is Jonathan Bowling and I am a working Animator/ Artist who lives in the Bay Area. I am a graduate of Academy of Art University in Character Animation and currently working on short films. My goal in life is to be a great teacher as well as artist.
An update of caricatures I have done recently. I am happy to say I have gotten faster in my caricatures and I think I have improved.
I was waiting for a bus late at night and I saw this message spray painted near my stop. I do not consider myself a professional photographer, but I felt I needed to take this photo and have it on a postcard for others. The people who have received it so far have loved the card and its message.
It is a challenge to sit and draw with eyes on me, and I still on occasion get self conscious about it, but I do improve. I do feel a sense of satisfaction at the end of a caricature gig.
Claudio is one of the first professional models I ever drew in person. He and I go way back to 2007, observing my artistic journey throughout the years. I was very proud to make a drawing of him that he loved and I do have him (and many excellent models like him) to thank for my help throughout my art journey.
I have been taking my pen and ink drawings from my sketchbook and making simple prints with them with Photoshop. This is a mix medium of Traditional and Digital.