Get it? Draw you in? Oh I am hilarious.
The process of sketchbook to Bristol board to finished work in Skyler Luke Punnett’s work is awesome. He’s in my narrative drawing class and did a presentation of his work today. He showed us finished works, some sketches he’s working on, and explained the process. His style at times reminds me of Al Hartley (minus the odd Christian themes), snowboard graphics from companies like Volcom, and fairy tales. He is great at creating a story within a composition and clever combination, like 
this Heart Beet shirt below. (Get it? HeartBeat? Beet!!)
The example he used is a beautiful sketch for a CD cover. He’s also working on a painting. That is a good thing to note as well- multiple iterations almost guarentee a quality finished product.
So the drawing is Cole Blue Pencil. I may have the name of that pencil wrong because Google isn’t bringing up any results. However, I plan to go to Opus (the local art supply shop) and ask. It’s a blue pencil that erases nicely, on Bristol board.
He also does a layer of watercolour wash seperately, and combines it digitally, working at either his home studio or the other one (not-at-home) for messy things.
Then the finished product goes to say, Shane Koyczan for a book cover. Koyczan is a pretty excellent Spoken Word poet (you might get to see at a Poetry Slam at Cafe du Soleil on Commercial Drive, Vancouver, if you’re lucky). However, my appreciation for Slam is not something I can go on about at length. It’s more like some people’s critique of art “Like it” or “Don’t like it.” Perfectly valid, but not much for conversation.
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Very interesting artwork – great write-up.