"This guy sent in his request on monday. I copied the request over to my email folder for you but I must have forgotten to send you a notice. Here it is."
lol well this would be my first submission for Sketch-it.
Scott,And Thank YOU Jon. The artist who completed your sketch is the Award Winning John Mattie, a.k.a. Dudle R. Don't expect to learn any more about him from his profile because the lazy bum hasn't put anything up there. I could spin yarns about him but it will depress you all once you discover that every word of it is true.
I recently purchased a sketch from you ('Somthing Funny?') and i was
really impressed. Loading your website this morning and seeing that picture really put a smile on my face. Feel free to pass my praise along to whichever artist did this particular sketch - they did a great job capturing the spirit of that night!
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for running such a great website. Most people would never consider charging only a dollar for such a unique service - it says a lot about you that you are willing to do this!
Thanks again Scott!
Sincerely,
Jon
At times like these when business is slow, I check out the stats logs for sketch-it and see who has been popping in to say hello. I also spend some time seeing what else is out there on related sites.
"i'll attach some photos of kristen for a rock god montage"
It feels great to be back home. Really it does. My own comfy chair. My own computer. My own scanner.
Our patient friend Laura asked for a sketch of a "filmmaker".
After far too long of a wait, here is a sketch for Marilyn. Send us your next request for that free sketch. Honest.
"It was her 29th birthday on the 14th, so Iwould love it if you could commemorate that somehow... "
It's been a long time coming but I finally got this sketch on line. It's amazing to me how out of my element I become once I'm out of my normal surroundings. This image eventually was captured with a digital camera and not a scanner like I'm used to using. I edited it using the default, crappy Mirco$oft image editing utility. My father-in-law's computer for some reason doesn't like the pop-up window in Blogger to upload images so I loaded this up to my Flickr account.
Regardless of all the obstacles, it's out there for the world to see. I'm all about solutions. Not problems. Expect nothing less from sketch-it.
I think Dejan Vrbanovic has a visual message for his boss, or wife, or girlfriend the next time they ask him to do something.....
I really wanted to show my best friend, who is 3,000 miles away right now, that he's really alwayas right here with me and that his journeying to India with me to scatter my grandmother's ashes meant a lot.
Say Cheeze! This little guy sure did...chasing butterflies must be fun...I'll have to try it!
For she's a jolly good fel.....
Melissa requested of portrait of these three young ladies....they're all cute as buttons...
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| Note: | | That was waaaaaaaaay more than a $1 sketch of "Brother Petter" -- oops, I mean Major Bubbles! Many thanks! |
When Kelly put out the word she and Scott needed help, I decided to offer assistance with the sketches. 
"When do you think I'll receive the sketch? Are you all booked up?"
Chad Hangin'
As Count Floyd used to say, "Oooooh Scary!"
Abstract art is barely distinguishable. The difficult task here was to create an abstract sketch that was still identifiable as Mr. C."A whitewater kayaker (in a kayak)"
Back in 1999 I worked for a company called B3. Broadband Broadcast was the full name. The founders said B3 came from Broad, Band and Broadcast. To which I say the abbreviated version should have been B3C but nobody asked me. They never do.
"This might become addicting... Okay, now can you do my header graphic (www.split-bamboo.com)?"
I thought about drawing only one sister and then copying it over so there were two people. Then I thought against it. This is the upper limit of what I will do. Don't send me a group photo of twenty people and ask me to do a sketch of everyone in the picture.
Let's get down to business. I've got at least five hours of sleep banked up and there's still ink in my sharpie.
Tonight I went to my DFL precinct caucus. Pictured right is Melanie, our caucus director person. I don't know what her official title was. I showed up twenty minutes late and missed the formal introductions.
Me:: "Do you want a realistic rendering or a caricature? Line drawing or ink wash? Pencil or pen? Or you could leave it up to me. "
Here's a birthday gift for my friend Annabelle. She recently started up a Lady Snowboarding Club. This while never having snowboarded before in her life. Since then she has hit the slopes once or twice. I suppose the real purpose of these types of clubs is fostering social interaction.
Here's sketch number two for Steve.
"I have two sketches I'd like done. One each of two women. I'd like them to be fun, smiling, line-drawing caricatures."Scott Moore, Minneapolis artist, creates sketches for one dollar on his blog.Thanks Kelly and thanks to the Strib. But most of all, thank you to Steve.
A new use for a blog.
Minneapolis artist Scott Moore has taken the blog idea and merged it with the idea of "wikitainment" (entertainment for multiple people by those people) and he's offering sketches for a dollar. Hey, they are pretty good for a dollar. Scott is an accomplished illustrator and he's known around town for producing a documentary on the redevelopment of the old Sears tower on Lake Street. He's teaming up with other local artists (such as Kelly Newcomer and Mike Etoll) to offer guest artist turns at the sketch-it site. He is also developing a version of this blog/software to be used as an art fundraising tool.
Yes. Another monkey. Lately I've been cruising flickr and viewing other artist's work. A lot of the images I saw were of little characters doing silly things.
I thought to myself that I don't have a little character. If I were to develop a character why not a monkey? The above image is my first attempt. It also was created using my new bottle of speedball ink I recently purchased.
About sixteen years ago I drew a twice weekly comic strip called Common Era. I used ink and a brush then. I really like the line quality I can get with them. It's not for the shy artist. With practice some great sketches can be created.
