optik nourishment: the blog of kris.w

one of my favorite artists since i was a kid has died -- Ernie Barnes, Jr. most people remember him for his paintings seen in the 1970s show...

well gang, i've been away for a little bit cuz i was working on gettin some things straight. and i'm pleased to announce the landing...

ok, so after taking some time off to let my finger heal, i was able to get a quick piece done for the Sketch & Sniff drawing challenge. ...

hey guys! peep my new toys! sorry the quality of picture isn't that great. i just used my phone really quick in this crappy lighting. i ...

here's a birthday gift i drew today for an old friend. she came to me for a tattoo design, so here's what i came up with. obviously,...

so yesterday we went to the LA Zoo. i haven't been animal life drawing in a while, so i had to shake out some cobb webs! nonetheless, i ...

ok, so here's the 1-shot that i started last week that i didn't get to finish. now that i have finished though, it is here for your ...

(thanks Alaia)

WELP!! just as i promised, i'm going on three weeks strong with this new idea of setting up a story in a single shot. i hope you all are...

hey all! here's the piece that i did for the drawing challenge last week. the prompt was "a character/scene from a memorable dream...

here's my new story sketch for the week. i drew this one out to a song by Stevie Wonder called "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Su...

ok, if you haven't checked out already, you're sleepin on something BIG. check out our Sketch & Sniff drawing challenge blog. it...

ok, so it was brought to my attention that i haven't been putting up any storyboards yet/still/whatever... SO, while at work i thought o...

hey everyone! sorry i've been kinda absent lately. hope you like the new look to my blog! but anyway, as many of you know, i've been...

now this is MY kinda Batman...

here are some head studies i did from some classical and contemporary masters: i think i have more laying around here somewherez...

i felt like drawing something wintery/Christmasy for a friend's birthday. she's a girl. this picture would be perfect for her, so i...

while pulling massive overtime last week, i spent some time drawing these little holiday sketches of different Disney characters. here's...

so at Thanksgiving, my sister's new dog having a great time with all the people and the smell of turkey. she asked me to draw a caricatu...