Alice In Wonderland – Walt Disney/Sir John Tenniel
Jess’s House – M. Scott Myers
Charlie Brown Christmas – Charles Schultz
La Discussion Politique – Emile Friant
Ballet Class – Edgar Degas
Iron Man 144 – Bob Layton
La Promenade – Claude Monet
Departure Of The Winged Ship – Vladimir Kush
Stop And Search – Banksy
Mountains – Ansel Adams
The Speech – Norman Rockwell
The Singing Butler – Jack Vettriano
Amants – Alphonse Mucha
The Cardplayers – Paul Cezanne
In The Car – Roy Lichtenstein
Nighthawks – Edward Hopper
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa – Hokusai
Guernica – Pablo Picasso
Relativity – MC Escher
Starry Night – Vincent Van Gogh
The Scream – Edvard Munch
Color me impressed. I didn’t know you were an artist…pretty sick one at that! And you do this at work?!?!
Thanks, mate. Yeah, for just a few minutes each day. The one I’m working on now I’ve been doing for a solid month. They take a while to finish, obviously, working in such little chunks.
That’s amazing. I want to say the Wave (can’t remember the work’s real name) is the best, except for what happened to Japan yesterday.
Barbara, the Wave is by Hokusai, titled “Under a Wave off Kanagawa”. It’s the first in his series of 36 views of Mt. Fuji — note that Mt. Fuji appears under the crest of the wave.
It was published during the Edo period, in the early 1830′s.
I think my favorite here is Rockwell’s, “Freedom of Speech”, closely followed by Hopper’s “Nighthawks”, but they’re all very nice!
Thanks for sharing them!
Thanks, Bob!
do you erase these? How does it feel to erase them? THere something very compeling about doing it in dry erase marker. Thanks!!
I do erase them… I thought it would be a little painful but really at that point I’m excited about starting the next one. At least I take pics of them.
You ERASE them?!?!?
Haha, yes I do. I only have the one whiteboard at work and there’s something a little zen about the impermanence of it. I’m working on a method of fixing them in place so I can do them for other people.
WOW! amazing. reevaluating what i do with my free moments…
Really dig the work and the details- the fact that each piece takes you so long is amazing as well.
I DO have on quick question, however- do you use a specific brand of Dry-erase markers? I use the round felt-tip one that came with my whiteboard and I find that even with patience and using such techniques as cross-hatch, pointilism and even dabbing with a tissue to remove excess ink for texture, it is still far too rogue for me to use effectively due to the varying bleeds of ink I get.
Should I splurge on the name-brand dry erase markers like Marks-a-lot or Expo? Also, if I may bother you with another question- do you have any tips on precision erasing? I find tissues work all right but I rather hate having my fellow coworkers think I am dying of Black Lung and get ‘talks’ concerning my disturbing health, el oh el.
Keep up the good work, I will be watching for more.
Hey Kirb-
Thanks for checking out the site! I have all different brands of markers but I do have favorites for certain things. Quartet Enduraglide is my favorite for a thick, flowy, dark black. They last a long time too.
For erasing, I keep a couple completely dead markers around with no ink in them so I can ‘draw’ my erasures. For my more precise erasing, and the irony is not lost on me, I use a pencil eraser.
That’s been the best tool I’ve found so far but it has to be a new pencil so the eraser has a sharp edge. When drawing detail, definitely go with a chisel tip marker. Angled the right way you can get REALLY thin lines. I did that whole Escher one using 2 chisel tip Marks-A-Lots. I’ve tried round and bullet tipped markers and they just didn’t do it for me.
The idea of it is reminiscent of a sand Mandala. You are great. I am linking up a storm.
Thanks, Holly! Link away!
nice!
Thanks!
Hello!
I want to let you know that I greatly appreciate what you do – mostly impressive and inspirational!
Your work has been featured on my blog, I hope that’s okay with you (of course, with source cited as your site!)
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for featuring my work on your blog and stopping by the site! I’ll try to keep them coming.
I was lead to your site by none other than Pee Wee Herman himself! He tweeted the link to your page here. Wow! Love the work! Back in the days when I worked in a cube environment I did a few drawings but nothing quite like this! Keep up the excellent work!
Haha, Pee Wee Herman? Are you serious?! Glad you enjoyed the blog and thanks for looking! I’ve just finished Emile Friant and I’ll post that one soon.
me too!!!! this is so great!
Thanks for checking it out, Leah!
I followed Pee-Wee Herman’s Facebook link : ) These are amazing! I wouldn’t be able to erase them.
Crazy! Thanks for stopping by Morella! As soon as the office starts supplying me with whiteboards I can keep I’ll start saving them.
Pee Wee lead me here too!! Your cubicle’s new name is cubicle-eee!!
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(seriously…..love your work.) I recognise some like ‘The Scream” and ‘Starry Night’ and the diner one I learned in Modern Art class but can’t remember now….others I recognise the style of the artist such as Banksy and Lichenstein but not necessarily the piece…did you make up the content but do it in their style? I see also Art Deco (that one’s my fav) and Ansel Adams maybe? And the boat with the butterfly sails….your creation? So amazing. I’d love more details!!
Hi Sugar-
These are all famous works… I originally just wanted to do homages to artists whose work I admire and also spread a little art knowledge around the office. As time goes on I plan on branching it into some different directions, like maybe some album covers, famous movie scenes and some original works of mine. The next one I plan on doing is a really quick version of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
If you go back through the blog you can read posts about each one as well. I need to go back and edit the finished works page to include the artists and title names. Thanks for stopping by and checking it out!
Pee Wee led me to you, also. These are wonderful! Working would have been more fun if I had had cubicles nearby filled with creative people. Your work reminds me of the dirty windshield art by Scott Wade of Austin, TX. I think you two must be kindred spirits. http://yourdailychum.com/2008/06/16/dirty-windshield-art/
Hi Suzy!
Yes, I think I would get along with Scott just fine. We do seem to be coming from the same artistic place… Thanks for checking out the site!
If you are ever in the market for a new whiteboard, visit the site of my family’s manufacturing company! http://www.vecchiomfg.com We’d love to see more of your artwork. It’s amazing! Still trying to figure out how you shaded so well….congrats!
Hi Sarah-
Thanks for the link! Do you by any chance have the unruled student whiteboards? I was thinking of doing some to sell.
As for the shading, I do all kinds of weird stuff to get it. Have your company make me a gray dry erase marker and save me some effort!
It’s amazing what you can do with a whiteboard. Truly awesome stuff!
I work for a company called DrawTop (www.thedrawtop.com). We sell adhesive whiteboards for your laptop and we’d love to send you a free one if you are interested. All I need is the make and model of your laptop and an address to send it to.
Cheers!
Thanks, Jenny! You’re very kind. I went to the site and would love to try one. I’ll contact you via email.
Love your work! If you ever have the desire to work on a large scale we’ve got a few walls inside a building in Carrboro, NC that could use some art.
Which building? That’s really close to me.
605 West Main St. The four story building next to the Looking Glass Cafe.
I’ll have to swing by it, take a look.
That would be great! Let me know when you swing by, I would love to meet you. I work and live at the building so I am here most days.
Kristy
idealifd@msn.com
Swami, have you considered movie stills? I ‘d like to challenge you do a Road Warrior, Evil Dead Fear and Loathing still.
You read my mind! I actually have something like that lined up for the next one.
Holy crap, I wish I had time at work to do this too. The wave and the Iron Man cover were my favorites. Keep it up!
Get there five minutes earlier…
Glad to see the love for the Iron Man cover. The colors made that one tough.
You are an amazing artist! I’m blown away with what you’ve accomplished with a whiteboard and dry erase markers…
You’re very kind. Thank you.
What are some of your shading methods?
I try a few thigs like crumpled paper being pressed into the surface to give a little “texture” to some of mine.
My drawings are not as refined as yours.
However I know how you feel about erasing them.
It is a gateway to a new drawing.
I’ll have to try that method. I do tons of hatching and smudging with my fingers. Because it takes me a long time to do these, I can actually get some interesting effects after the marker has dried for a few days.