OAP -Old Age Punk - Digital Painting Practice

Hi!

Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening!

Just another digital painting practice piece, it was originally going to be just a portrait of a regular person but as it went on I started to see a punkiness about it so went with that.

Pencil sketch, scanned, Photoshop for paints.

As always, until next time, keep creative!

Thor - Digital Painting Practice

Good Morning, Afternoon or Evening,

Continuing from my last post I decided to do another digital painting in the same kind of style, this time choosing Marvel comic's Thor as the subject.
I didn't want to go down the route of painting Chris Hemsworth though, as this would most likely then just end up a straight painting copy of the reference material and I wanted to do a more stand alone piece.
Reference was used, one for the face, which I changed a little to make it look more like the comic version of Thor, reference for the helmet was used from the films, although again I altered it a little to suit my taste. And another two references were used for the costume/cape.
Software used were Autodesk Sketchbook Pro for the initial sketch and some of the later painting, and Photoshop for the main bulk of the rest.

I had tons of fun doing this, and I've already got a few ideas for other painting, which I'm sure will get done over the next few months.

So as always, until next time, keep creative!

Self Portrait - Hero Version

Hey, how goes it?!

Inspired, after looking through The Dynamite book - Art of Painted Comics, and browsing some Alex Ross art online, this painting has headed into an entirely different direction.... Fun with light and shadows!

Digital painting is most definitely a lot of fun! It's not quite finished, but as with previous posts I'll just update this as and when.

I think I'm going to give up on the catching up of #inktober2017, I did what I could but between my day job and being ill twice in a 2 week period I just didn't have the time. 
Rather than spend the time trying to catch up in something already ended, I think I'll just work on doing some more of these digital paintings, and the JAR comic book project!

Anyhow, as always keep creative and I'll catch you all next time!

#Inktober Interlude "Self Portrait"

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening!


I took a little break from #inktober2017 (Yes, I know it's now November and everyone else has moved on...) but I was watching a video by the artist Sinix on his YouTube channel where he does a 10 style self portrait challenge and it made me realise that although I've used my own face as reference for other drawings, and have done a comic book style drawing of myself before, I've don't think I've ever done an actual self portrait before, so I had a go!
It is a little stylised, and I tried to capture more of personality rather than a straight forward drawing of me, but I'm happy enough with the end result.
Sinix does these, along with many other artists every year after #inktober on the 1st of November (aptly named, "Self Portrait day") so I might join in and do one each year. It's a good way to see your own progression in skill and in style, and is all round good fun to do!


Anyhow, here's this years Self Portrait Day drawing, I'll be updating this post occasionally as I progress with it.

 And as always until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 17 "Graceful"

Hello, finally!

After having a couple of weeks of being ill I'm still determined to finish this challenge...before Christmas....lol, 
This was a very quick sketch to get me back into #inktober2017, day 17, with the official prompt of "Graceful". 

Going 80's style here.

As always, until next time keep creative!

#Inktober Day 16 "Fat"

Hi!

Still behind but I've given up worrying about it, even if I go into next month I'll just keep going until all 31 drawings are done!

Here's day 16's for #inktober2017 with the official prompt of "Fat"

Until next time, as always, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 15 "Mysterious"

Hi again,

Second post of the day for #inktober2017, this is day 15, with the official prompt "Mysterious".

This is a character most won't know (unless you read comics, a lot of comics...) His name is The Question and he can be found in the pages of DC Comics.

As always, until next time keep creative!

#Inktober Day 14 "Fierce"

Hey people, how goes it?!

Just finished my drawing for #inktober2017 day 14 (yep, still waaaay behind...)

I decided to print out the initial pencils and ink over them, this was an excellent idea as it freed up the worry of making mistakes and let me just enjoy playing around and trying things out.
And because of this new found freedom I decided to put the brush markers down and try out some crosshatching instead, this is now something I think I'll do a lot more often as I was pretty pleased with the look of the end result.

As always, until next time keep creative!

#Inktober Day 13 "Teeming"

Hello" *Sniff*

Came down with a cold earlier this week so have been just taking it easy and playing a lot of PS4 to help recuperate...

Day 13 of #inktober2017 had the prompt "Teeming" so I thought I'd start to get a little bit of Halloween in there, not too much, and here's the result.
All drawing and inking was done traditionally but the shadows and highlights were done in #autodesksketchbook.

As always until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 12 "Shattered"

Whats up 'netters!

I decided to go more comic book and a lot simpler than the last post for this #inktober2017 day 12 post, the official prompt was "Shattered".


Until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 11 "Run"

Hi!

Day 11 of #inktober2017 done, I was pleased with the linework but the shading didn't go so well, not all that happy with this one but just gotta move on.

The official prompt was "Run"

Until next time, even if it doesn't go to plan, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 10 "Gigantic"

Good Day to You!

I took the weekend off as I needed to do some day job work, then have a day of relaxation!

I finished up day 10's #inktober2017 piece this morning, which had the official prompt "Gigantic", I will do the background for this at some point but as it would've been digitally painted whatever the case I've left it with just the inks for now.
Any pictures from this years #inktober that I add more too in the future I'll update their relevant post and add it below the original, though these won't be done for a while as I'm back to being multiple days behind again and back to playing catch up....

As always, keep creative!

*Update*

I of course immediately stuck it in PS and played about with it, didn't spend too long but the result has been added to the bottom of this post...

Traditional Inks

Digitally Finished Version

#Inktober Day 9 "Screech"

Hello (2) The Return of the Greeting,


Second post of the day, #inktober2017 day 9, whichhad the prompt "Screech".

Until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 8 "Crooked"

What Up?

I finally decided to ink this one by hand, I had thought to do it digitally as I was a little wary of messing it up, and then I thought, you now what, this is what #inktober is about, giving things a go and trying out techniques you don't usually use.

So I gave it a go!

I did tidy it up in PS afterwards to finalise it, and I'm thinking of doing a full digital paint over in the future, but as always photos of the finished hand done art can be found on my instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gavinjjary

until next time, keep creative!

*Update*

Couldn't resist doing a little more to it, see bottom of the post...

#Inktober Day 7 "Shy"

Hi, yet again!

Make that a triple, I did a quick one for day 7's #inktober2017 pic, making him far more cartoony to save time, the prompt was "Shy".

I call him Mr. Incognito.

Until tomorrow (no way I'm doing any more today) keep creative!

#Inktober Day 6 "Sword"

Hello.... again!


Double posting today, day 6 of #inktober2017, with the official prompt being "Sword".
I went a little more comic book with this one, just because.
Next up, Day 7 and the prompt "Shy".

I have no clue as to what that one will be!

until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 5 "Long"

Hey There!

Day 5 of #inktober2017 done, the official prompt was "Long", so here's my interpretation.

I'm going to try getting day 6 done today as well, then days 7 and 8 tomorrow, so I might have to tone down the details on a few of these so I get more done.
The main point of the challenge is to get some practice in and improve, not do amazing intricate finished pieces, so I should probably try to keep that in mind...lol

Catch ya later peeps!

And, as always, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 4 "Underwater"

Yo!

Still playing catch up so thought I'd leave this one as is rather than spend ages with the brush markers shading and texturing, I will finish it at some point but in the interest of moving along, and as it is actually finished ink wise, day 4s prompt for the #inktober2017 challenge was "Underwater", and I call this one simply "Jarvis".

until next time, keep creative!

#Inktober Day 3 "Poison"

Hey There!

Still playing catch up so I'll keep this post short to give me more time to catch up!

#inktober2017 day 3, official prompt was " Poison"

Brush pens, Winsor and Newton brush markers (Grey Tones) and a little PS to finalise.
I'm now onto doing days 4-7 sketches this morning in the hope that I can get a few of them inked tomorrow and be almost caught up!

catch you all soon, and as always, Keep creative!

#Inktober Day 2 "Divided"

Hey hey!

Still playing catch up with the #inktober fun times, I could carry on with this one for ages but thought I'd better stop and post it or I'll never get back on schedule!

Day two's official prompt was "Divided"

If anyone's interested in where #inktober comes from there's a link below to Jake Parker's site, he started it back in 2009 as a way to push himself to learn to try out a new tool and it just grew from there.

Jake Parker Website

Today's piece was drawn traditionally with pencil and paper but the inking was done digitally using #SketchbookPro by Autodesk.

Until the next post, keep creative!

#Inktober Day One "Swift"

Good day!

I'm giving #inktober a go this year, I'm already a couple of days behind and playing catch up but it's all good and should be on the ball by the end of the week!

Day one 

The official prompt for day one was "Swift", and although this is VERY loosely connected, I went with a Boxer, one who is "swift" ie; Nimble, quick, etc.
Not the best interpretation of the prompt but I promise I'll get better as we go....

Same brush pen used as yesterdays post, so links to that can be found there, Letraset Pro Markers used for the shading which can be found via the link below....

Letraset Pro Marker Neutral Shades

Currently sketching out day two's image, "Divided", so I'll catch you when it's done, until then, keep creative!

Back Again!

Hi Peoples of the Interwebs!

It's been a really long time since I last posted, around 7 months.

I had to concentrate on work related activities, I left my job in April and set up on my own so it's been a lot of work to get everything underway, but now things have calmed down a bit I have time to get back to some artwork!

I picked up some new pens and a Moleskin sketchbook (very nice, first time using them) a few days ago and gave them a little try out yesterday, the resulting sketch is below, inspired by a recent holiday to Mexico and one of my favorite creatures, the Turtle.

Links to the pens used are below incase anyone wants to try them out for themselves, the brush pens are excellent!

Derwent Graphik Line Maker

Kuretake Japanese Bimoji Fude Brush Pens

I'll be back to posting much more frequently now, so until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - What Happened?!

Hi True Believers!

Welcome to... the brief and slightly cryptic explanation as to what happened with the 100 days of making comics challenge.

So... Obviously I didn't quite complete the challenge, I will be undertaking it again at some point, relatively soon, but for some rather good reasons I didn't make it to the end this time.
I'm pleased with what I did do anyway, I haven't drawn that consistently day after day for many years, and it did help get a good start on JAR.
The first 30 days or so where fine, I had the time to get at least a half an hour done every day, a few days quite a bit more.
But once we got into February a few things began that hindered me a little, for the next two weeks I spent the half an hour each day doing the drawing as required, but as my mind needed to be on other things I was starting to become conflicted. I wanted to complete the challenge, but there were other things, more important things, very important things, that I needed to focus on.
And you may think, but it's only half an hour a day, surely you could have spared that, but the thing is, I could have, but it's not really just half an hour.
To do that half an hour you need to think about the comic as a whole, for more than just that time, and I tended, over the course of the 45 odd days I managed, to think about it on and off for a lot of the day.
But I have something else, that as I said earlier is very important, to think about, and it's come to the time that I need to put all of my extra free thought time into that.
I will explain about this other thing in the future, for now I want to keep it to myself, but be assured, it's definitely more important to focus on that at the moment and forgo the challenge, than to risk trying to do the two at the same time.
Never half arse two things when you can full arse one - Ron Swanson.

I shall return to the challenge, until that time I'll be doing bits of drawing, some I may post, and once I have the time to get back and give the 100 days of making comics challenge a second go I will definitely give it my best to complete it.
It wasn't a waste of time, in fact it really was a great way of getting me to keep creative, and even if you don't think you'll be able to complete a challenge of this length of time I'd say give it a go, at the very least you'll get a lot of artwork done!

 Anyhow, for now I need to get on with some stuff as I have tons to do, so until the next post,

Keep Creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Forty Two and Forty Three - Driver Issues and More of That Kid Again!

Whatcha!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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Another kind of crap update I'm afraid...

Day Forty Two

I have been having a few issues with the drivers for my tablet monitor and stupidly chose the day when I had to go out for a driving lesson first thing to try resolving the issue before leaving...
Drawing and drivers did not get fixed after an hour of trying.
the issue isn't a huge problem, just lacking the full pressure sensitivity that the monitor should, and did once have.
Will continue to try to resolve, email has been sent to manufacturer, am trying to locate an earlier driver online which is supposed to work.

Day Forty Three

Didn't sleep well, woke up, did the flats and some shadows to the panel I had drawn and inked a couple of days before, gave up after as i just wasn't feeling it.
Here's where this page is at at the moment, it will eventually have some colourful doodles on it!

I'm done for today, back to another fun filled week at work, I'll try to get my momentum back up and running so there's a bit more to show! I guess this is the reality of doing a challenge like this, or indeed just trying to keep creative all the time, sometimes you hit lulls and have to just push through until you get back to full steam again.

Whatever the case, just try to keep creative! 

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Nine - Forty One - Research and Sketching Days

'Ello!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

Sorry but not a great deal to actually show for these 3 days, I was very busy doing some research for some...things... i'll need to draw later on in the series, and obviously I can't actually show or even describe what they are.
I have also started on the next page from where I last left off, and drawn the first panel, but I think at this point I'll leave it until I'm a little further along to show.

There will be an update over the weekend, most likely on Sunday after I've done a bit more of something I can actually show, doing this challenge and not actually giving any spoilers will become a little difficult further down the line as once the stories main plot lines start to kick in I'll become far more limited as to what I can show. But I'll do my best, I might start drawing the pages out of the order they are read in so as to be able to pick the ones I can show.
We'll see.

Anyhow, again sorry for the slightly contentless update, but there will definitely be a slightly more interesting one over the weekend, until then, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Eight - Layout Changes, for the better!

Good Evenin' All.

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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After a meeting with the writer of JAR, and a productive one at that, the first pages of the comic have had a major overhaul layout wise!
And it's definitely for the better, the new look is much more dynamic and less static looking.
I still need to do some work on it but here's a look at it as it now stands.
narration boxes and text still need to be added, and I'll definitely be adding more objects into the room in the background as it's now a two page spread!

Also, we have been discussing the idea of the comic being in black and white, which I'm really liking,  the story is mainly set in the 1940's and the look seems to really suit it. I will still colour it all so there's both versions but the main one may look a little like this...

I'll do some more work on it at some point, but for now, hope you have a great evening and I'll catch you next time, until then, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Seven - Painterly Practice

Yo! Whassap?

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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I'll keep the writing to a minimum tonight as I want to relax for a couple of hours before bed!

I wanted to get a bit of practice on the style of colouring I had planned for this comic, so did some "painterly" type photoshop colouring this evening, below is the before and after images. 

I'll probably add to these some more but it's going in the general direction i want, so all good.

Before

After

Catch ya next time, 'til then, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Six - More Colour!

Hola! Buenas tardes usuarios de internet!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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Just been having a bit of fun with colour this morning, adding a background colour to the last two pages, I haven't yet inked the 3rd and 4th panels on the last page but couldn't help myself and got carried away with it.

These are only the base colours for these pages, will be adding shadows etc a little bit further down the line.

Here's the current page as it looks now, I won't post the page before as it's in a lot less of a decent looking state.

That's it for now, tomorrow I'll try and get that bit of missing inking done, then get the colours flatted on this page before moving on to the next one.

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Four and Thirty Five

WEEKEND!!! Whoop!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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It's a double post again, got in late and couldn't be arsed to turn everything on and edit images etc so left it for this morning.

Day Thirty Four

Did some work on panels 5-7 when I got in from work, sketched out the three characters roughly (a couple of times as the storyboards we did had them in different positions, but whilst sketching came up with the idea for the shared three panel layout.

Also fixed the girls cheek in panel 2 as I decided it was a little too pronounced, smoothed it out a bit and am now happier with the look.

Day Thirty Five

Woke up this morning and did a little bit of inking, got all three characters in panels 5-7, and am now finishing up for the day as a splendid lunch and a couple of beers await, 

Here's where the page as a whole is...

I'll be getting on with the roughs for panels 3-5 tomorrow morning, so...

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Three - Word Balloon Placement and Roughs

Hello!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

Not much to report today unfortunately, I spent the morning doing a few roughs before work, and the did some alterations to the word balloon placement on the page as I had some ideas for changes to the storyboards, I'll be getting onto some more interesting stuff tomorrow afternoon and over the weekend.

Sorry it's not a more content packed update but there's always going to be slow days along with the productive ones.

So, until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty Two - Little Bit O Inking

...and so I said, what do you mean?! Ah, sorry, didn't see you there!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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Keeping this post brief as it's getting late and I need to get some sleep!

I got the main inking done on the panel from yesterday, need to add a little bit more to it in the way of line weights but I'm happy enough with it. No background for this panel as it's not really needed, the focus is on these four so not wanting to crowd the page for no good reason.

That's it for now, until tomorrow, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty One - Some New Characters!

What's Up Internetterers!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

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I got a fairly nice amount done today in a relatively short space of time!
I started off this morning by laying out all of the word balloons and the text itself on the current page, which wasn't too hard as I had it roughly laid out in the storyboards so could use those as a guide.
Then got onto some fun stuff this evening, designing and roughing out three new characters that haven't yet been in this story, I already had an idea of how i wanted them to look from the storyboarding stage which I went through with the writer James, but wasn't exactly sure of the poses.
But once I got into it the positioning came really easily, drawing characters really is the best part of the whole process!

Here's where they're at at the moment, need to redo some little bits and pieces but that can be done whilst inking, which I'll start in the morning before work and finish on Thursday.

That's it for now, I need to do some relaxing before the evenings over.

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Thirty - Shadow Work

Evenin' All...

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Bit of a slow one today, after a productive weekend I woke up early and did a bit of work on the shadows, not a great deal but enough to fill the half hour mark.
Here's the black and white version of where I'm up to on that.

Day job work was VERY tiring so this evening is going to be a no go drawing wise, food, vegging out in front of the tv and sleep is needed in great quantities!
I'll get back to it in the morning where I'm planning on getting the roughs done of the three floating placeholder heads in the last panel I was drawing....

Until then, keep creative! 

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Nine - A Relaxing Sunday Morning

'Ow do People?

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Have had a relaxing Sunday morning playing about with the page I added colour to yesterday, i didn't want to concentrate too hard on anything today so I decided to just have fun without worry or pressure of getting anything done to a point, or done right even.

I added a wallpaper texture to all the walls, then erased it slightly to give wear, plus gave it a grubby, old feel by painting some stronger colour back in in places.
I added shadow in all over the place in various panels including the statue head and skull, and in the line art only version I added some extra bits on the table in panel5, some coins and scraps of paper as the table itself looked a little bare. I might copy those onto this colour version at some point too.
The Globe was added yesterday, I think....

I'll leave it at that for now, not sure if I'll end up keeping this colour version or just starting again once the whole first issue is drawn, but it's fun to just have fun sometimes!

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Eight - Needed a Change - Flatting a Page

Happy Weekend!

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I felt like doing something a little different today, and as i needed to see whether the page was working I decided to do the flats (first layer of base colour before painting on top) on the first page, the one that's nearly finished.
Usually you would wait until the linework is completely finished before going onto this stage but I wasn't sure if the first panel was either too cluttered or not enough, and separating everything with colour is a great way to see how the page is really looking.

As it turns out I think I could do to add quite a few more bits into the room to really fill it up with junk, so I'll be doing that at some point. Also one or two of the other panels need a little something too, not much but a something extra to balance out the page as a whole, these will also be added at some point!
And although it'll mean redoing the colours I've done today, I won't have as much to do when it comes to the proper colouring, and doing it has served its purpose by showing me what needs more work.

I'm off, after being ill for a week i need to freshen up and go do some driving!

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Seven - Finally a productive day!

Good Evening and a Happy start to the Weekend!

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Today was a good day, drawing wise at least, and my virus is starting to subside, i may actually get a little sleep tonight...yay!

Bit of an early post as i had the day off of work, so have been drawing on and off, and figured if I do anymore tonight I can just update later.

First off, I got a bit more done to page 3 (the one that's not far off being ready to colour)
I inked the skull lying on the floor, and finished aging the books in the bottom right panel.

I also got a lot closer to getting to the end of the following page, I added in the fingers in panel 3, all of the detail in panel 5 (aside from the sound effect), inked the boys hair, and drew him smiling in panel 8!

I've also got a little more done to the page following that one, adding in the boys hand in panel 1 touching the book, inking him in panel 2, and doing the word balloons and speech (the words I've left out of this post, spoiler alert and all that...) 

The next panels (3-5) are slightly different in look to the last, there is a reason for that which I'll explain once they're drawn.

So all in all a productive day so far, and I might even get a bit more done before the days over.

Until then, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Six - Working in the Cold, with a Cold!

Hi.... Nuff Said.

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So I got even sicker, coughing up, now with added blocked and runny nose, swollen throat etc. And I've had to work outdoors in the freezing cold all week! Not a good combo.

Anyhow, not done a lot more, just the required half an hour to keep within the challenge parameters.
First off I added the rope detailing on the book in this panel, and sketched in some fingers...

then added in his hand rubbing his head in this panel (this was inked yesterday but I didn't post the image) still need to do his hair, I inked it once but wasn't happy so out came the digital eraser...

And finally I laid out the borders for the next page, added in the first panel and started roughing in the second...

 So not a completely unproductive day but not a great one either.
Hopefully I'll be feeling a little better tomorrow, I have the day off so should get a fair bit done with a bit of luck!

Until then, keep creative! 

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Five - Almost at a Halt, Slow News Day

Good Evening

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

Not a great day for me, I did a little bit of inking for half an hour this morning, not really worth showing at this point though, and spent the day working outside whilst feeling very ill, so wasn't really in the right frame of mind to do much drawing this evening!

Hopefully things will be slightly more back to normal tomorrow and I'll have more progress to post.

Until then, keep creative! (If you can)

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Four - Sound Effects and Illness

Hi *Cough cough*

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This is a super brief post today, feeling ill so...there.

Not a lot done today, made the "THUNK!" sound effect for panel 5, and a speech balloon for panel 6.

Also had a bit of a chat with the writer and added a title to page 3 (the last page I drew, page 1 is the front cover, page 2 is the inside cover which has other things on it other than sequential story.
It looks better with it!

And that's me done for today, food, water and chilling are in order tonight as i have to venture to work tomorrow illness or not, hopefully I'll get a bit done before work though.

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Three - Detailing and Roughs

What's Up Webheads?!

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As I said I would in yesterday's post I spent the morning before work adding in some more books to the bookcase, and various other details in the room. I still need to add a whole lot more but it's getting there, much like the room that was in the first panel of the page before it takes a while to get it looking a little more lived in and a little less like a bookshop!

I also did a couple of rough sketches lower down the page, ready for tighter pencils later on.

Panel 5 will change a bit, definitely have the sound effect (might change the word though...) but I'm not sure of the angle of the book yet, I'll decide when i get to it.

Panel 6 is pretty much how I want his face, and panel 8 is pretty much how I want the smile, so all good there. 

Panel 3 is a "watch this space" as i know what i want to draw but really don't know what way i want to draw it, again I'll decide when drawing it, just sketch a few variations and pick the one that suits it the best.

That's about it for today, I didn't do any drawing this evening as I had other things to do, but I'll be back to it in the morning before work as usual.

Until next time, keep creative!

100 Days of Making Comics - Day Twenty Two - Drawing Children and even more Books!

Happy Sunday!

Welcome to 100 Days of making Comics, a challenge in which the goal is to spend a minimum of 30 minutes a day working on or towards comic creation.

I spent this morning drawing this child, over and over again. I don't think I've ever had to draw a child at an exact age, but that wasn't too bad, and two, and wasn't exactly sure how I wanted him to loo, I tried out several different poses and didn't like any of them until I finally settled on this one!

Then, of course, the bookcase I had already drawn didn't look quite right, the book he's reaching up to looked far too small compared to the one in the panel before, so.... redraw the bookcase.
Then i began the task of adding all of the books on said bookcase, which takes ages!

Anyhow, two shelves left to do in the morning before work and i can then get onto panel 3.

That's me done for the day, hope you've all had a great weekend.

Until next time, keep creative!