Wednesday, April 23, 2008

John Henry sketches

various sketches for the scene when John Henry collapses after the race






bus sketch

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

John Henry & machine

John Henry first encounters the steam drill




Friday, February 1, 2008

John Henry

a scene from the tall tale of John Henry, the steel drvin' man who raced the steam drill in the pioneering days of the railroad.




the snowman

Here's another Hans Christian Andersen tale—an elderly dog converses with a snowman, who witnesses love for the first time, as a young couple passes by.




Friday, December 21, 2007

the rose elf

This is a scene from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale--in a dream, a tiny elf-fairy reveals to a young girl how her brother killed her lover.