Some pages from my sketch book.. And the forgiving morning

There is no better feeling on a rainy day, some hot coffee and the tactile tension in the space between the paper and pencil. It happens before you know it.. The act of the hand presuming the push of lead against a pure white surface.. Something known and untold.. It leaves a ripple in the normally steadfast current of the day. An entire catalogue of introductions ands instructions of how your day will go about . I don't know where it ends but I know that this is the correct place to begin.

Lines..

The very staging of life as we know it.. Lines.. They meet and converge becoming one within many. The very essence of reality is pulled at through the lines we see.. This in turn brings each one of us the perception that is key 

Become like the tattering scratching lines.. As they weave and search for a place to rest on.. The journey has just began.  Here is a couple pages out of my journal.. Memoirs.. Purely consisting of lines.

Sketch of the day

Quick sketch of Joseph F. Rock, National Geographic's determined trailblazing explorer from 1922-1937. Here he is decked out in some Tibetan winter garb

you rang?

Here is a fresh of the block piece of art for you all; done in charcoal and using my kneadable eraser to apply highlights was the trick to creating this one, i hope you all enjoy!

III Thinker - First of many

Here are two of my latest designs, first of many too come. These two unique t shirts are for sale. 
size is XL, 100% cotton.
Each is hand-painted by Maximillian Ackerson using professional textile ink

                         

Black thinker head

My company name is III Thinker, pronounced "Free- Thinker".

III Thinker represents absolute mental and visual free-thinking

be yourself, be unique

no two are the same each is individually hand painted

cold water wash

Absolute color-fast this ink will not wash out

White thinker head

-White Thinker Head: $25
-Black Thinker Head: $25

More to come soon, keep an eye out!    

Birds of a feather..

                          A crow feather i drew on a piece of card stock in black ink about 3"x 8"

Black and white portrait in pencil

 

 

 

 

 I was asked to do this portrait by a friend for their parents. This took about 6 hours to complete, and maybe a little longer since i also did a quick practice one before i attempted doing the finished piece; just so i knew i would get their faces right. This was good practice for myself; hope you enjoy.

New Beginning- The Joker

Inspired by comic and graphic novel illustrator Lee Bermejo, here is the drawing of the Joker i did as a practice for myself; this first photo is about 3 quarters of the way done.

A close up of the Jokers evil grin and his victims forced smile.

Me adding some of the finishing touches to the sketch.

The finished project. I did the whole sketch in graphite first and then began to go over it in ink using micron pens; the graphite allows me to add a large range of light to dark shadows and the pens were good to use for the darkest of the shadows. The whole sketch took about 10-12 hours in all to complete.