Sketching the Pittsburgh Pirates.Weekly recaps for the 2013 season, plus some extra drawings here and there!
One of my favorite things about this season so far is all of the post-save photos of Grilli celebrating with the catcher. The height difference, combined with the hand-on-helmet pose makes him look like an older brother about give a noogie to his little sibling. Anyway, I love it.
For those of you who didn’t see the links on Twitter, here is my new NL Central standings board. I drafted out my idea for it, my boss hooked me up with the woodshopped stuff, and I did the finishing/painting/assembly. (Obviously, the win/loss records are from earlier last week)
Pirates illustrated recap for week 5! (April 29-May 5)
Looks like I had time to wrap this up this afternoon! No color this week, but here’s your Week 4 Pirates Recap!
Bonus Sketch!
Week 3 illustrated Buccos highlights!
My week two illustrated “highlight reel”!
Here’s your Pittsburgh Pirates week 1 recap! Many more to come!
Have you checked out the official Pirates Twitter page today? That’s my artwork back there!
I hope everyone’s ready for Opening Day. I’ll be leaving work at lunchtime and watching our Bucs at my favorite Johnstown beer and taco establishment.
Hey Buc Nation! I’m still here, and, more importantly, I’m still making Pirates art!
Admittedly, I got a bit worn down trying to draw every game last year. Regardless of the team’s record, doing daily sketches got overwhelming. Especially when I started getting a following large enough to make me not want to put up lousy sketches - I was trying to make every day’s post a finished work of art (instead of a quick sketch, as I had originally intended).
I’ve learned my lesson, though! So this year I’ll be drawing weekly illustrated recaps, instead. This way I can put a bit more time into each post and end up with something closer to a completed drawing that I’m happy with. I’ll likely be making them in color most weeks as well.
In the mean time, here’s a bit of what I’ve been up to! I had a chance to meet Michael McKenry as a #BucSocialVIP at PirateFest in December, so of course I had to get a drawing of him signed. And I also created a Facebook cover photo for Cutch that he featured on his official FB page for a few weeks over the winter.
I’ve got much more coming at yinz this season. So please keep following! 2013 is gonna be The Year!
