Hello! I am glad you chose to check this out. This has been something I’ve wanted to do for some time but didn’t know how easy it was until recently.
Well, anyway, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Lonnie Combs. I am mostly a 2D artists and have experience in oil, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencils, graphite, ink, graphic design and digital painting. My current favorite to use is an ink and watercolor combo. I also enjoy clay sculpting but do not have a kiln to fire a finished piece.
I have an ever changing/growing family due to fostering. We have four that are ours and generally have two foster kids at a time but sometimes they get to come back for a night to visit. We try to help the family as a whole and this has allowed us to keep in contact with kids after they’re reunified.
I’ve always been interested in art. At least as far back as I can remember. It started with comic strips. Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, and Peanuts were my go to reads when I was younger. One of my favorite things was when I’d visit my Grandparents and they had the Sunday comics set aside. I’d sit and read those then I would attempt to draw them. My skill level didn’t allow me to copy them as close as I wanted so I started crafting my own characters in similar styles.
Years later, I switched to anime (briefly) and one day while a group of friends and I were hanging out after work I started my first realistic portrait. It was from a book cover about Kurt Cobain I had recently bought (and never did read). That made me realize I could do other things, with art, than comics and anime. Not that either of those are bad, it just gave a broader perspective.
Eventually, I made it into college. My teachers were perfect for me at that time. Honestly, if I had a chance to sit in more of their classes I would in a heartbeat. My first drawing class humbled me. I went in thinking I’ve got this and then she handed us charcoal. I hadn’t ever heard of the stuff and was frustrated with how it worked. I wanted my mechanical pencil back! A few weeks later and she’s telling me how quickly I’ve grown.
Now I’m 40 and I’m drawing cars… for the most part. I still love drawing people but cars have been a focus the past year and a half. I have plans on selling shirts soon (I have like 6-7 designs ready to go) and just found a company that is perfect for what I’m wanting. Hope you stick around and read more of my future rambles.
Lonnie