Narrative Illustration and Visual Storytelling

"Have something to say and keep it simple!" Drawn to Life, Vol. 2. Stanchfield, Walt.

"Seeing and feeling is the very heart of gesture drawing." Walt Stanchfield, Drawn to Life The big news this week is that the Cat...

This week was the "shot heard round the world," the assassination of Charlie Kirk, when society turned upside down again (how many times...

"The purpose of drawing from life is to transmute the essense of the gesture into our chosen medium, drawing. Not a copy of the model,...

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and...

Not much to say this half-week. I feel like I may finally be finding the beginnings of my personal expression, that elusive thing called...

"The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” -- Louis L' amour https://mystorydoctor.com/why-your-writing-muse-isnt-your-frie...

"...The illusion animators are after ... has to be in line alone and it must represent some story point. In that sense, drawing [for...

Oh look. It's that time again. Tomorrow is my last full day of work. I intend to do a little more work when I'm not so tired.

“Why can’t I draw like---? It’s because you haven't done it a hundred times. This is a reminder that knowledge will never replace line...

I finish what I start. This is what Dwayne Walker told me this morning in my daily dose of wisdom. I think he's way more confident in me...

Consistency is key to building a thriving studio practice. Showing up and doing the work, over and over and over again, even when you...

I get bored so fast. My inspiration this morning, from Dwayne Walker, tells me this: "Masters show up when they don’t feel like it. They...

"We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us." Rumi Behold! A sketch. I did it OUTSIDE. Before last year, I almost never sketched,...

"We study from a live model, but we draw and animate cartoons. The ability to be able to know the human head and figure and to transfer...

Somedays I don't draw. I only have a few hours available after I get home from work, and I'm usually really good about trying to get at...

July 21 "...You should strive for a release from the live-action-ness of the model and extract from it, not what it is, but what it is...

Week of July 13 to July 19, 2025 "Sketching is to the artist what shadow boxing is to a boxer; keyboard practice is to a concert pianist;...

July 6-12, 2025 "Drawing is a thinking person's art." -- Walt Stanchfield, from "Drawing for Animation" CHALLENGE Two weeks ago my...

July 09, 2025 Mandy's Logo After about a hundred years, I finally have my own logo. Look at me! I'm (almost) official. Ha ha ha. I'm...