Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

The Button Man! Recent Illustrations (part two)

Here's the final version of a "pencil"* drawing I published in my previous post. It's a piece for a short story by Joseph D'Agnese titled "Button Man" (a great read by the way!). Look for it in the March issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

*All my drawings are done using Corel Painter + Photoshop on a Cintiq 21UX. Even though my workflow is 100% digital, I continue to be obsessed with merging the latest technology with traditional techniques.

Hope you like it!


Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

As Seen Through My Eyes...

I've decided to post some of my favourite recent twitter sketches to this blog too. From now on, I will post new sketches to both twitter and Meanderink, with the exception of the urban sketches (which always appear on my Flickr blog). Click for larger image.

Being Creative (SketchTime on iPad)

Writing (SketchTime on iPad)

Table (SketchTime on iPad)

Sleeping (Procreate on iPad)

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Drawn Portraits of Writers and Celebrities - Welcome to Sketchzebra.com!


People often tell me, "Tom, I love your sketch portraits of writers, artists, politicians and other celebrities... you should devote a separate blog to them." Well friends, I'm really happy to announce that my new blog "Sketch Zebra: Drawn Portraits by Tom Pokinko" is up and running at www.sketchzebra.com! I urge you ALL to check it out and throw your support behind it by following it as well. And don't worry, there's plenty of reason to keep coming back since I'll be posting a new drawn portrait every Monday! That's a new philosopher, writer, artist, musician, poet, politician... or someone else (currently accepting requests!) every week :)

Sketchzebra also has a web store where you can buy my portraits as fine art quality prints (framed and unframed) as well as prints on stretched canvas... all for VERY affordable prices! Why not support the arts and buy a perfect one-of-a-kind gift for yourself or your loved ones and friends? Ideal for the book lovers, musicians, political pundits and philosophers in your lives! Take a look by clicking the "Sketchzebra store" link on the top right of the www.sketchzebra.com ..... or just click HERE to go directly to the store!

Some examples of framed prints available at the Sketchzebra store:

Sheila Watson (writer)

Michael Jackson (musician)

Leonard Cohen (poet, musician)

Don Draper (TV character played by Jon Hamm)


Jeffrey Eugenides (writer)

Albert Einstein (scientist)

Lester Young (musician)

Jurgen Habermas (philosopher)
Thanks guys! Hope to see you there sometime! Remember... "follow the black and white" each Monday for a new drawn portrait! :)