new web site!!!

I haven't been getting a lot of drawing done the past few days as I have been trying to get my new web site done before the holidays. And here it is!


www.jaretts.com



Big shout out to my good buddy Cory that gave me a hand with figuring out a bunch of the code, which is pretty foreign to me.

your song of the day after the jump!

let's go for a swing

"Let's Go For A Swing" ink and digital, 2010

Listen to the underrated early 90's band Scrawl play "Take a Swing" after the jump.

tiger cake

TIGER CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lazy Bonez

The Sketchaholic theme was "Lazy Bones". These two just wasted away playing their NES.

Layzie Bone and the rest of the "Bone Thugs-n-Harmony" after the jump.

practicing with tom waits

Tom Waits, blue col-erase pencil

A picture of Tom Waits I drew in my sketchbook using a photo reference I grabbed online, just practicing my portrait drawing.

Listen to a couple sad Tom Waits songs I've been playing the past few days after the jump, they both have sort of a blue feeling/theme which is fitting...

can I keep it?

"Can I Keep It?", Mixed Media, 2010

The Sketchaholic theme this week is "The Family Dog".

I guess this image can be viewed as how a post-apocalyptic 'nuclear family' may have gotten their family 'dog'.

Your post-apocalypse/dog themed song after the jump.

the girl from south tacoma way

Music is a huge influence on the stuff I make. I post a lot of hip hop on here, and know a lot about it as well but I listen to all genres. Last night while practicing my portraiture drawing I was listening to Neko Case, who I think is one of the best female vocalists of the past while. I was trying to pick my next subject to practice my portrait drawing on "so why not draw Ms. Case" I thought. So here she is....



















The Girl From South Tacoma Way, mixed media, 2010

I referenced a press photo for her. The wispy fox things are inspired by her album title "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood", one of the great albums of the 2000's in my opinion.

Continue reading to hear the new Jay-Z song. Just kidding! Two of my favorite Neko Case songs after the jump.