This is although I don´t play cello a pretty familiar feeling. My electric guitar does the same to me very often. By the way, god bless Leo Fender and whoever invented the ES 335.
Author: derekroczen
Lifedrawings
illustration, nude drawing, portrait, sketch
A_1 (c)derekroczen
At the moment I try to do a little more life drawings. I am working on the storyboard for the sequel of the Pettersson and Findus movie and on a collection of cartoons, which will be published next year. But it is always good to practice.
Kira and Football
Uncategorized
K_2 (c)derekroczen
Kira and Football
These drawings are part of a second portrait session with Kira. Thanks to her. I started them in the café of the Museum Ludwig and finished them at home.
Today is probably the last time you can make jokes about the world cup. I have a friend who is half Argentine half German, so I wondered what his neutral shirt would look like. The third drawing is basically about what you could wear if you are looking for trouble when visiting a German public viewing. Would have worked even better if Holland had made it to the final. But you could always wear it when visiting a Bayer Leverkusen match (you will have lots of new friends afterwards…..).
By the way, I am not neutral and I would like the German team to win and I like Dutch football (regards to Sander)…
Books and Curses
comic, illustration, sketch
This is an illustration I did for Klett und Balmer, a Swiss school book publisher. Swiss school books are so much cooler than German ones. the motif is an illustration of a curse engraved in a library in a monastery in Barcelona, cursing people who steal books. The curse is quite drastic, as you can guess from the illustration. They chose it to illustrate who valuable books once used to be.
I would like to thank graphic design agency KnowIdea based in Freiburg and Sonja Schäfer for a brilliant cooperation. Unfortunately their homepage is in transition, but anyway:
Piraten Advance Notice
illustration
Because Arena published this in advance, I can show this first page from the upcoming book. Hope you like it.
Pirat voraus Käptn Klaus Sketches
comic, illustration, sketch
These are two pages from my sketchbook for the sketchbook page here on Worldpress. I did these sketches in preparation for “Pirat voraus, Käptn´Klaus” which appear in print in autumn.
Ireland Sketches II
illustration, sketch
Wellington Quay, Dublin
Glengariff
Rathmines, Dublin
Part II of drawings from my yearlong stay in Dublin in 2007 for a gallery in my sketchbook section. The dark drawing is from Wellington Quay in Dublin. I took some liberties with the houses surrounding the hotel, which indicates that I have finished the drawing at home.
The next drawing is from Glengariff. Many people in Ireland thought I was Scottish (which means my German accent went through some weird metamorphosis), in this case I chatted with a charming old lady from Edinburgh while I made this drawing, who was surprised I was German (“… I .thought you were from Scotland, too”).
The third one is from round the corner where I used to live in Rathmines.
Dalkey 2007
illustration, sketch
I am working on a gallery of drawings from my time in Ireland 2007. This one is from Dalkey, the round structure in the middle is a martello – tower. I would love to travel to Ireland….
Kira in Köln
illustration, portrait
K_3 (c)derekroczen
I asked an acquaintance to pose for portraits. I am a bit rusty, but it was big fun. We met in the Café of Museum Ludwig in Cologne, she read a book and I drew. Brilliant Sunday afternoon. If there is anybody out there who wants to be drawn please contact me. And I need a little more practice and I am working on it….
Affe Wilhelm
Animation, comic, film, illustration, Uncategorized
This is a rather stupid drawing I found in one of my old sketchbooks. Those are elements for cutout drawings, and the ape is one of the bad (and stupid) ghosts of German history, Wilhelm II. I probably chose it because the media is full of stories about 1914. My ancestors fought on both sides and one of my English relatives is buried here in Cologne in one of the soldier´s cemetaries.
The drawing is from a film about the brave soldier Schweijk by Natasa von Kopp, a documentary with some animated sequences. I am not really content with my work here, but I learned a lot. For the brave here is a link to the film…..
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