HI! I'm Alex Smith,I'm a 28 year old illustrator, and this is my sketch blog. I started Sketch Party 2000 in April of 2007 with no real goals in mind. Soon after, it evolved into a daily ritual. I posted a sketch, photo, film, or some other piece of my art every day for a year. Somewhere in the middle of that year I went back to school, and if you start at the beginning and move toward the current entries you should be able to see that I paid attention in class. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoy posting them, don't let this be your last visit. Updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday (and any other time I feel like it).

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Entry 255: Gandhi W.I.P.


This photo isn't the best, but I've worked on this off and on all day. My deadline is Tuesday at 1:00 pm, and it's almost done :)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Entry 254: Page 3


Page three of that project I've been slowly working on for Penciljack.com. One of the guys over there asked me to do a mock up with the lettering for this page, so I figured I'd leave it on for the blog. Enjoy.

the other two pages can be found here:
Page One
Page Two

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Entry 253: Hero Heather


My friend Heather posted this pic of herself on myspace today, and we had a conversation last week about her as a super hero, so I did some photo manipulation work on this because I thought it was perfect for it :)

Monday, January 28, 2008

Entry 252: Richard Starkings


The final version of Entry 234. I left the full-size version huge so you can easily see that the portrait is made up of letters. This was a blast to make.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Entry 250: Ghandi Final Comp


This is my final comp before I start on the illustration itself. I took all the text out as you can see. I've been convinced that I can get the image across just as well without it.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Entry 249: Hobbles


Some character designs I sketched out for my friend Chris (of the boobies in entry 248) while playing Dungeons and Dragons. These are his version of Hobgoblins, called Hobbles due to an inside joke with the group. I guess I'm flying my nerd flag pretty high, but I think these turned out pretty sweet.

Entry 248: Chris with boobies


My friend Chris, shown here with enormous mammary glands. He made a joke about me drawing this, so I did. He didn't think it was as funny as the rest of us did :)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Entry 247: Gandhi, more.


I'm still playing with this, trying to get the implied border right and I added another dove at the top, more to come.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Entry 246: Gandhi



this is my WIP for my Gandhi assignment. Today was my first time using this kind of rendered pencil shading, I liked it, and I love how this looks so far.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Entry 245: Flying Ace Digital Design


A logo for a fictional company, I might use it when I start my business later on, so don't takey my makey fool.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Entry 244: Lil' Gandhi


I have to do an illustration of Gandhi for class and I was just goofing off a little here, getting used to his face :)

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Entry 243: Oopsy.


So I was trimming my hair and the guard snapped off and I couldn't save it, so now I have bitchin' bald head. fear it and it's baldy powers!!!!

Friday, January 18, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Entry 240: Movie time


I thought I'd take the opportunity to use the video posting abilities of this blog, and show you this that i threw together for the wife's show :)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Entry 239: Snowman


My first work in Flash. very impressive, no?

Monday, January 14, 2008

Entry 238: Steel Magnolias


Did some simple Photoshopping here for my Wife's stage production of Steel Magnolias. I blurred it out in the background (I wasn't subtle, I'll fix it later) and re-lettered the gravestone.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Entry 237: Folsom Prison Blues


I hear the train a' comin'....

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Friday, January 11, 2008

Entry 235: Typography, more.


more prep for the project I mentioned yesterday :)

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Entry 234: Typography



A project for my typography class, this layout based on this comic book cover, I can't wait to post the finished piece.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Entry 233: Page 3, more.


Its all part of the process...

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Entry 232: Page 3 comp


working on a page for that same old project.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Entry 231: Island Dave


Dave himself, looking much more fleshed out and better designed, even if it is a tiny little drawing :)

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Entry 230: Islander 2


meh, second nameless native.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Entry 229: Island Dave Islander 1


I wanted to re-draw these islander guys and sharpen them up a little, I really need names for the natives.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Entry 228: Go Gators


Finally things are caught up and back to normal around here. Christmas break was crazy for me, but I'll have daily updates again until the baby is born at least. This is something I'm working on for my old high school, the mascot is obviously a Gator.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Entry 227: Wolverine


Cuz it's the third, get it?

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Entry 226: Dr. Strange


Welcome to my Sanctum Sanctorum :)

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Entry 225: Killpack and Auld Lang Syne


Happy New Year from Killpack and Smith.