Dave (Warm up Quick Sketch)

Howdy people!

Not been all together that productive art wise for the past couple of days, but I am going to try and do something constructive tonight if possible.

This here is my warm up sketch, Dave from my Contractors series I'm developing.
Still not decided on a style that should be used for the series as a whole so the characters aren't final as yet appearance wise. Though saying that Dave seems to always appear in my head pretty much the same way each time. And this kinda of sketchy style does feel nice so maybe a more honed version of this might be the way to go!

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Pennywise the Dancing Clown

Here's the finished Pennywise sketch.
It's had a little Photoshop adjustment to get the levels looking better but aside from that it's just pencils on paper in my sketchbook.

It was loads of fun to do, now onto something new!

Fan Art Friday - Pennywise Melt WIP

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I decided to do a second Pennywise picture in the end, but not the one I thought I might.
This one won't get finished today, most likely tomorrow morning, but for now here's a photo of where I'm at with it.
Will update here and there on this post, then post the final image in an second post.

*Update*

Little bit further with it, will continue when I get in later.

*Update 02*

Bit more done this morning, mostly on his hand.

*Update 03*

On the home stretch now, just the balloons to shade, then go over everything again to tighten up the lines and I'll call this done! Also, this is a good example of why I save up all the graphite from sharpening my pencils.

Fan Art Friday - Pennywise

'ello you lot!

This week for Fan Art Friday I decided to sketch Pennywise the Clown from Stephen Kings classic horror IT.
That's all for now, might sketch something else later on so maybe I'll pick a second subject and post the results of that. Or I might do a full body sketch of Pennywise from a distance, with some balloons.
We'll see how I feel about that after lunch!
If not it'll just be anatomy study's over the weekend.

Have a good Friday!

Photoshopped version -

Anatomy Study - Ninja Guy

Just a quick anatomy study today, in a comic book stylee.
I've been feeling a little under the weather so taking it easy in general and just playing PS3 and catching up on tv shows!

Hopefully should be something better tomorrow for Fan Art Friday.

Catch y'all then!

I Know You're In There!

Good afternoon interwebbers!

 Another day another drawing! Today just a quick sketch I did this morning, in a fish eye stylee!

Sketching - Swimwear Model...

Last quick sketch for the day, an artists favourite, the Swimwear model....lol
Have a good Sunday everyone!

Sketching - Torso and Leg

Hi All,

I have decided that as I only have a couple of hours on a Saturday and Sunday morning to draw, I will in future just be sketching on those days.
So it will be Sketch Saturday and Sketch Sunday from now on!
I'm wondering if I can come up with some other themes for each day of the week that work using the same later as each day, maybe Magical Mondays (Fantasy art) Weird Wednesdays (strange art) etc...

For now this was this mornings sketching, today the leg and torso were my chosen anatomical study subjects!

Sketching - Arm Studys

Hi All,

I wasn't sure whether to post today, as all I'm doing in sketching.
But then it occurred to me this blog does have the word "Sketching" in the title, so it would be a little silly if all I ever posted was finished pictures, or work in progress towards finished pictures!

I decided when I sat down to start drawing today to not work on anything in particular, but instead to spend some time studying anatomy.
Like all things, practice and training are needed to improve and progress closer to your potential, athletes run and need nutrients from food, Artists need to sketch and drink coffee!
I often spend a short while sketching but it's not often I dedicate a whole days art to study alone.
But this is something I know I should do far more, so today is the first of many study sessions.
Maybe I should just dedicate all of my Saturdays and Sundays to sketching and studying, and along with "Fan Art Friday" have "Sketching Saturdays" and "Study Sundays"!
Well, we'll see, the main thing is this blog was started to help motivate me to draw more, and to aid me in improving, and so far it's working 100% !
Anyhow, here is this mornings sketching, I figured I need more practice on the muscle anatomy of the arm so it was as good a place to start as any.

Fan Art Friday - V for Vendetta

Hi All,

Just a quick one before I hit the sack.

I meant to post this earlier, but the ink was still wet so couldn't scan it in time before I went out.
This weeks Fan Art Friday piece is a multi mixed medium one!
The subject, V, from Alan Moore's classic - V for Vendetta.
Pen, brush and India ink on Bristol Board, followed by some cropping, adjusting and adding in Photoshop to finish it off.

Sinestro Sketch

Hi All!

Just a quick one for today, a Sinestro Sketch, outcast renegade Green Lantern turned Yellow Lantern from DC Comics.

This isn't tomorrows Fan Art Friday pic come early, just a doodle whilst watching tv!

The Contractors - Promo Art

I'm pleased to say today's post is related to my Contractors comic book series!

Just a quick promo style picture, not anything final, but it all inspires to get working on the main book.
I ran out of time today so I may still do a few its to finish it off, I may just redo the big guys arm from the wrist, as the angle looks a little wrong, and add some more shadow between the guys head and the wall, but aside from that all good.

Hope you're all having a good day!

Background Buildings by Paths

Today's post is a quick test of a method of creating buildings for backgrounds I learnt over the weekend.

First and foremost I must link to the video by Jonathan Rector, if you are a creator of comic books, or even just an artist for fun this video is a must watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmkB-C5U-n8
Watch it, share it and like it.

I won't go into the method itself, if you're interested then check out the video and all will be explained, but for now here's my first go at using this way of very quickly being able to create basic (or complex, the method could be used to create very detailed buildings if you wanted) but very effective buildings to use as backgrounds for city's in comic books.





















Not including making the paths of the building façade (I'm not including this as the idea is to show how quickly you could do this once you had a library of different ones to use) it took around 10 mins to create this.
Working out all of the perspective and angles and hand drawing it all would have taken a whole lot longer doing it the traditional way!
It is only basic, but if you imagine a variety used in the background of an action shot you get the idea of the amount of time that can be saved on drawing.

Again, thanks Jonathan for another great tip, all your hard work creating the videos is appreciated!

*Edit*

Another little test added, this took around five minutes to make, and I'm now really getting excited about the potential time saving that this technique could bring!
This one is even less detailed than the last (I literally just threw the façades onto a box frame) and the view is a little "fish-eyed",  but I think this example illustrates the use a little better than the first, as it was done even quicker and with less effort.
Once you start adding in all the other windows, and some other smaller details it will end up looking really good!

Judgement Time (Fan Art Friday Cont.)

I've cleaned up earlier's Judge Death sketch and added some bits and pieces to it to make it more of a complete picture.

I'm now really looking forward to getting some inking on the go, and I'm thinking I'll use a dip pen rather than a brush to do it. The reason being a brush will give too smooth a line and will lend a softened feel to the image, whereas a dip pen had a harder edge, and this character is definitely anything but soft!

Hope you like it, and I shall return with something new over the weekend. Hope you all have a good one!

Fan Art Friday - Judge Death

Hi All!

Fan Art Friday is here and this week I actually managed to get the drawing finished the day before!
This weeks image, as previewed yesterday is Judge Death from 2000AD's Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson PSI strips.
For now here is the pencil sketch I've completed, later on I'll post a slightly better image.
I won't have much time to spend on it today so nothing special, just some tidying up in Photoshop, but I'll have a go at hand inking this over the weekend and post the results when it's done.

Until then have a good day, the weekend is just hours away!

Fan Art Friday Preview

Hi All!

I decided to leave the last painting as it is, I messed around with some backgrounds but wasn't really feeling any of them so decided to call it done and move on.

As I am taking a break from working on tomorrows Fan Art Friday piece I thought I'd take a couple of photos and post them as a preview of what it'll be.
Judge Death from 2000AD's Judge Dredd, and Judge Anderson PSI strips is this weeks subject, and I've been having loads of fun drawing him so far!
I decided to go for a kind of zombie pose as he is dead after all, and I thought it'd give him a creepy feel too.
I've also decided that I'm going to give inking this by hand a go, it won't be done tomorrow as I'll be busy during the day, but I'll post the finished pencils tomorrow and then the inked version later, maybe over the weekend.
If I mess up the inks traditionally I can always do it digitally I guess!

I always forget to mention this for those not used to blogs, or indeed the web, but if you click on the images they will link to the full size versions, and the same goes for all other posts on the blog.

Have a good evening/day, whatever you all are up to.

Caricature Step 04 - Light and Shade

Hi All!

Fan Art Friday was once again cancelled, time restrictions limited any artwork for several days so it was once again postponed until next week. But I do know what I want to do for then so that's at least a start!

Step Four of my Caricature was the light and Shade.

I have also since added the hair, more texturing has been done, and I've played around with the Hue and Saturation to make him look slightly less ill!
Only a short post today as it's Sunday and I want to relax!
The next step will be to decide what I want to add to finish this off, background and any other elements to complete the image. All of which I shall do tomorrow night.

Until then I hope you all have a relaxing Sunday.