James Burks

Have a Bat-tastic New Year!

Here's a quick post-it sketch of my version of Batman, this is probably going to be the last drawing of 2009. I'm kind of looking forward to 2010, I'm hoping it's filled with new opportunities and great prosperity for all. Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Gorilla

These are the ones that you have to worry about when you're at the zoo. You think that they are just sitting there staring at you, but in reality they are preparing to throw a giant clod of dirt at you, or worse a piece of poo. It's true.

Post Office

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I found the inspiration for this sketch while waiting in line at the post office. I'm pretty sure it's against the law to mail a cat, but I could be wrong. If anyone wants to give it a try, please let me know how it turns out.

  
   

Scientific Discovery

I believe that I have discovered the real reason for the extinction of the Woolly Mammoth.

Who knew that the Woolly Mammoth were actually avid ice skaters? If only the ice had been a little thicker, Mammoths would still be walking amongst us today. This is surely going to cause quite a stir once it hits the journals. Just remember you heard it here first.

Trash Day

Gotta' Dance!

 

Put me in coach

I think at some point in life there's always a moment where you're sitting on the sidelines waiting for your chance to get into the game.  

Just Choppin' Wood

I think the title pretty much say's it all.

Year of the Ox

 
A couple years back I did a painting for an art show at Nick, the theme was Chinese New Year and I did a watercolor painting of a baby boy riding a pig, since it was the year of the pig at the time. One of my colleagues bought the piece because he was having a baby boy and him and his wife both loved the painting. Well, two years later they had a baby girl and asked if I could paint one for her and the final result is what you see above. I'm much happier with the way the above painting looks than I am with the previous one, which you can see below.  I'm sure I thought the Pig was great at the time but It's nice to see that I have grown as an artist. Who knows, in a couple more years I may look at the Ox painting and think the same thing. I guess as an artist you never really stop learning or at least you shouldn't stop, there's always things to learn and room to improve, but for now I'm really happy with the way this piece turned out.

I tried to do an aged look with this piece by tearing the edges and then setting it on fire. I wanted it to look like it had been found in some chinese relic or something. I wouldn't recommend setting your work on fire but if you do, make sure you do it outside and not in the kitchen, not that I did that or anything, I'm just saying.