End of the month with deadlines fast approaching, so here’s a quick scan of a piece from last weeks figure drawing session!
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…And final! I think, as far as an experiment in style goes, this one was pretty successful, even if it is not the greatest drawing you or I have ever seen. 95% or so brush (her face and belt were done with Microns) so the lines flowed (or flew, I guess) pretty well, and worked toward the goal of moving quickly and more confidently.
I think I am going to try and apply this approach a bit more on my next Perfect Storm project…
For today’s Sketch of the Day, here is part two of my Bruce Timm Batgirl sketch cover. As you can see I’ve tightened up the drawing a li’l, especially in the face, but overall it’s not too terribly different from my first pass rough.
Which brings to mind something I’ve noticed in my work- While my original intent was to draw in a more traditional superhero or illustration style, the more I draw the more I like working in this more simplified style. Simplified meaning less noodling linework, not lack of actual drawing ability. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, because you can hide a lot of sins under a bunch of cross-hatching. You need to have a much more confident line, because that one line you put down needs to convey everything about he form and structure of the figure, or whatever it is you are drawing.
So, my goal is to finish this with the minimum about of noodling in the inks. Wish me luck…
Still swimming against the tide of deadlines, so today’s Sketch of the Day is part 1 of a new sketch cover illustration. This one will be done in the Batman Animated Series/ Bruce Timm style, one I don’t often work in, so spreading this out over a couple days will actually be a help, giving me time between the steps to look on the previous days work with fresh eyes and hopefully the opportunity to correct my mistakes. Here is my rough pencil drawing, done with my red Pilot Eno pencil.
Tomorrow, the pencils!
My “to do” list today is extra long, so I thought I would break out another sketch-to-finish example. This started as a sketch in my sketchbook, and for once I actually sort of like how it came out, so I decided to do a finished, color version on one of my many, many Star Wars blank sketch cover (Still plenty available if anyone is interested in commissioning a piece!).
In honor of President’s Day, of course I had to do a li’l sketch of Uncle Theodore!!!
…So, to correct yesterday’s misplacement, I made a photocopy of the original drawing, since I liked how what actually fit on the page had come out. Then I erased the drawing and transferred the copy back on, using the ol’ “shade the crap out of the back of the copy with a pencil” trick, in a better position. I then drew in her missing leg, and inked this puppy up! It’s now listed on eBay, for anyone who’s interested… http://cgi5.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll
For today’s Sketch of the Day, I thought I would post a “what not to do.” In this case, it’s not actually figure out what you want to do before you start drawing. I had an idea for Harley doing a ballerina-type something or other and started by doodling her head in, then doodle in her arms and a li’l torso, then… No room for her legs. When this happens, you have two options: 1) Curse, then quit and open a Dairy Queen in hopes you can drowned your sorrows in soft serve, or 2) Curse, then start over.
Since I do not have the start-up capital to open a Dairy Queen I am stuck with the second option… The finish of which I will post tomorrow!
A little under the weather the last few days so dug out this sketch to post for today’s Sketch of the Day…
How about a quick Supergirl between projects?!?!