Jules Verne Automaton Airship at the 21 Club: Clockwork Atomics X420

It began as a sketch of a dirigible and after a few cocktails (Manhattans to be precise) it became, as I like to say "complicated". While it may not be the best drawing, the experience drawing it was excellent. Early evening and seated in large chairs in the lounge of area of the 21 Club in NYC drinking a fantastic Manhattan, possibly the best in the city, and letting ones mind drift to imaged times when airships and steampunk technology ruled the day. (I really can not express how good the service and the atmosphere of the 21 Club is....but it is quite fantastic.)

Geometric Tardis or Cafe Lalo and What Too Much Espresso Does

Officially the title of this is Clockwork Atomics x434. To be perfectly honest the title should be more along the lines of "Holy Shit, I Think I Have Had Too Many Espressos". Anyway, this was drawn at a little cafe and pâtisserie on the UWS on 83 and it is kinda nice for that sort of thing. A nudge toward the French aesthetic with a bit on NYC thrown in. It was a cold wet day and I had about 3 hours to kill between appointments, so I drank espresso and drew on there napkins. Needless to say 3 hours was too long.

The general theme of the drawing is how can a larger object fit inside a smaller object (yes, like the Tardis). As for the solution, I really can't say. While I can normally decipher my writing here I am at a loss. I left Cafe Lalo with reality jittering and trying to catch up with my super caffeinated consciousness.

Steampunk Atomic Bomb: The Clockwork Fat Man: Clockwork Atomics x403

For me steampunk is the culmination of the brilliant cacophony of gears and pistons, the kaleidoscopic motion of spinning gyroscopes and mentally rending designs. This is not the standard definition, however it is what inspires me. My designs are meant to be the crossroads of Victorian Era science and the new future that Tesla, among others, would come to represent. The base form for this design is from the atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man".

T-Rex Skull At American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)

While I do try to spend my time sketching and designing machines during my down times between appointments. I have recently begun going to the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side in NYC and doing some still life sketches. My favorite area unsurprising is the 4th floor that houses the dinosaur exhibits. While it can become insanely crowded and noisy and children treat it like a playground, it is enjoyable to draw there. The trick is finding a niche where people have trouble getting behind you. (I don't mind people watching, but if I don't know you are there it creeps me out).

Anyway the Tyrannosaurs Rex is by far one of the most fun to draw and look at (it is also one of the busiest areas). I started going with the intent of teaching myself to watercolor, which I have no discernible skill in, but often sketch instead. (Which explains the odd horizon layout book with the watercolor bleed on the spine.)

Clockwork Atomics x155: Mathematical Musing

One of my earlier drawings, but I like it. I was killing time between appointments at the Dean and Deluca in Soho drinking espresso and drew this. I had been reading an article on transitional states and planes and was intrigued by the geometry.

Electric Eye of Science: Gyroscopic (Uzumaki) Hybrid: Clockwork Atomics x457

While I have begun working larger, I have tried to continue to use improvised materials. Many of which are small (i.e. napkins). This was drawn on the back of a Kirin beer bottle label while I was at one of my local sushi joints. I love spirals. And I love the Japanese translation: uzumaki.

Clockwork Atomics x445

In the process of moving from smaller images to larger I made a few 'transitional' works that were comprised of multiple napkins lightly glued together. Which led to several revelations. Among them being that I like the larger work area (the scale is the same) and the collage effect really does nothing for the piece. Other than make it insanely fragile and destroy my cheat of using a scanner.