Primitive Stimulator

artegoyo — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:51:20 +0000

Glass Stim

artegoyo — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:50:19 +0000

Sketchystim

artegoyo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:58:47 +0000

Picasstim

artegoyo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:15:10 +0000

Stimulator inspired by Picasso

Native-stim

artegoyo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:15:56 +0000

Brainstorming exercise to see how many ways I can draw a Stimulator Fly. I call this one Native Stimulator.

Skelestim

artegoyo — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:06:19 +0000

Process: Sketched, Refined by tracing, scanned, uploaded to Autodesk Sketch, painted.

Blue Damselfly Sketches

artegoyo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:44:13 +0000

The Blue Damselfly is one of my favorite nymph patterns when fishing Devils Lake. I don’t know who invented the nymph pattern in this sketch, but it’s the one I use to take Crappies one after another in the Spring.

Process: Made a few sketches on my lunch break. Scanned them. Emailed them home. Get home from work. Open a bottle of Pentamere Wine called Fireside. Pour myself a glass. Hop on the computer while dinner is cooking. Open the scanned jpg image in Autodesk Sketch. Add color. Save. Upload to blog.

Black Ants

artegoyo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:04:32 +0000

I sketched out a few ants on my lunch break today. A black ant is easy to draw, but printing a black ant may not be so easy. I think the easiest way is to make a simplified two dimensional rendition similar to my “Caja de Mosca” print. But, that’s not what I had in mind for this fly. I’m going to attempt some techniques that I rarely use. It’s Dremel tool time! You gotta love using power tools to make art.

The Dirty Dozen – Pheasant Tail, unpainted

artegoyo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:07:51 +0000

Pheasant Tail Photo Reference

artegoyo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:35:44 +0000

K and I purchased a new Canon Powershot SD1200 IS the other day. I thought I would experiment with it a little bit this morning by creating a photo reference for my Pheasant Tail woodblock print. So I pulled out a Pheasant Tail from my fly tying box and picked out a Pheasant Tail nymph out of my flybox and shot this simple composition. I positioned the fly by sticking the hook into the shaft of the feather. I don’t think I can take credit for the fly because I’m not sure if I tied this one or not? I may have purchased it from Gates AuSable Lodge in Grayling, MI or from the Little River Outfitters in Townsend, TN. Those are the only two places I purchase flies if I don’t tie them myself.

You may be wondering how I’m going to use the photo for the woodblock? There are several ways to transfer an image like this to a block of wood. Using carbon paper for example is a popular method. I have used it in the past but I wont need it for this. This image is pretty straight forward. And, I prefer to sketch directly on the block for most of the prints I make anyway. This photo simply creates a blueprint for the direction of my cuts. And, that’s about all I’ll use it for, besides using it here.