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).

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Entry 345: Pixie Dust

My wife loves the fairies, and so does my sister-in-law, who asked me a couple years ago to design a fairy tattoo for her, maybe she'll like this one.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Entry 344: Brandy

Brandy from Liberty Meadows by Frank Cho. Today marks one year to the day that I started this blog, I feel pretty good about that. I didn't keep up with daily posts until the second month so Entry 365 isn't here yet, but I'll be sure to do something special once I reach a years worth of entries :)

Monday, April 28, 2008

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Entry 342: What the #@*$ is the Internet?!?


I decided these two had to be put together to be fair. rush coloring job in Corel Painter X

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Entry 341: You Dirty Rat

another design for the same client :)

Friday, April 25, 2008

Entry 340: Reggie

character design for a client.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Entry 339: Truthiness

I've been getting alot better at likenesses lately, and have a ton of fun drawing them :)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Entry 338: Katchoo


I love me some Stranger in Paradise. You should definitely pick up the trades if you haven't read this series.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008

Entry 336: Ryu

I haven't drawn this guy since high school, this was fun.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Entry 335: ...

happy 4-20 people.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Entry 334: Snootch to the Noonch!

In honor of 4-20, I'm starting the celebration early with the first of an obvious two-part blog. Snoogins.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Entry 333: Emo Spidey

The Ultimate Marvel version of Peter Parker is a 16 year old kid with slightlty emo hair. fun to draw :)

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Entry 332: Green Arrow

Green Arrow, I never can get him quite right for some reason. One of my all time faves though.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Entry 331: Bob

This is Bob. He's a student of my wife's that also like to draw so included this little sketch of him along with some art advice I wrote down for him :)

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Entry 330: Typography final pt 2


this bit is the label for the jar for the other two pieces, it actually came out pretty nice, I'll have to try and take a photo of the finished project :)

Monday, April 14, 2008

Entry 329: Typography Final pt 1


This project is for my typography class and is musically inspired, each "pill" contains the full lyrics to a Colin hay song :)

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Entry 328: Ender's Game Complete


the finished piece, Dr. Ph. Marten's Dyes on 400 series watercolor paper, I'll try to get a better scan later :)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Entry 327: Ender Back Cover Complete

the finished back cover. I actually used my cousin Jennifer's tiny hands as a brush to get a really realistic look to this.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Entry 326: Ender W.I.P.

crappy photograph because it's too big too scan, but here's the final piece as it looks now.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Entry 325: Ender Back Cover comp


the back cover for my final :)

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Entry 324: Ender's Game

This is the comp for half of my illustration final. we have to do a front and back book cover and my book is Ender's game by Orson Scott Card. If you haven't read it, the book is about a little boy who is being trained by the military to save the world from an alien invasion.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Entry 323: The Six Thousand Dollar Man

a little joke about the back surgery that I just had :)

Monday, April 7, 2008

Entry 322: Fences


great light on this one :)

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Entry 321: Doc Ock


Doc Ock, 70's style for my buddy Russ, who looks like Ock, but has no idea who he is, lol

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Entry 320: Prismacolor Study 12


My buddy Kenneth Hayden will wrap up the prismacolor for now :)

Friday, April 4, 2008

Entry 319: Prismacolor Study 11

my shades on a scratched up table

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Entry 318: Wendy Starr Smith

So we found out we're having a girl, and we're naming her Wendy Starr Smith :)

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Entry 317: Prismacolor Study 10

My other dog, Charlie looking a bit like an ant-eater in this drawing...

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Entry 316: Prismacolor Study 9

this is my little desk mannequin