Animethon Line-up Preview (Inks)

It's been a lot of fun learning to use the croquil to ink these, a huge learning experience for me to pencil things as tight as possible (I still keep things kind of loose) before I go onto the inking stage! Without further ado, this is my print line-up for Edmonton's Animethon! About a months worth of learning/work, and some more prints under the factory line, GOT A WEEK LEFT! GO GO GO GO GO! If you guys are coming to Animethon, feel free to say hi! :) 

Left: Detail Shot (WIP) of Agro and The Wanderer from SotC

Right: Gamagori x Mako from Kill La Kill

The Last of Us - Ellie

Street Fighter - Sakura

Super Giant Games - Red / The Kid

Backyard Sketches

Juuuuus' sketching in the backyard, taking in the sun.... and not the laptop screen's rays for once... a short break from Animethon prints. 

Croquil Practice

I feel like the name of the game this summer has been "hands hands hands hands and more hands", and while I'm getting better at drawing them, I still feel like they're such a pain in the ass still. I'll be uploading the animethon print line-up that I've been currently working on this past month quuuuuite soon (only one more left to ink!)

But for now, here's some wind-down sketching with a croquil, that I broke soon after. 

The model thinks her pinky is weird, I don't think so. 

Jake Wyatt I Watch You From Afar

Needing a maaaajor break from animethon penciling non-stop (to be later phased into inking non-stop) so I took a break from anime fan art to do... Comic fan art? IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH A STRETCH HERE, BUT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A FAN ART OF THIS CHARACTER. I've been practicing the croquil in order to get a better feel for my line weights... not there yet. I used Dr. Ph Martin's Black Star Hi-Carb Ink (dark as fuck!).

Jake Wyatt, I love Necropolis / The Third Sword (So who is who is what?)!

Our little hero taking some time off and eating junk food.

Update: 

Nowwwwwwwwwww...... What.......

Jog Life

Thinking about drawing out my jogging experiences.

COLOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE??

I think I like the lines better...

Jog 2: Avian Bond

While jogging I noticed every single duck flew away in the flock except one, we created the strongest bond there is in the universe.

Jog 3: Rain Shower in My Shirt

It's a great feeling until you take off said shirt.

Jog 4: Man on Fire

I'm nooooooooooooooooot entirely sure about this one, the idea was to have his (my) head on fire but I didn't feel like actually drawing that out, which makes this picture more of a... spirit on fire instead of a flaming scalp. LOL... Alternative color/tonal as well.

Jog 5: Crunch time

NO TIME FOR ANYTHING, JUST WORKING ON ANIMETHON PRINTS.
(I really want to work on Fire Prince when I have the chance.... coming soon) 

Riding That Coffee Train

Sketches were done at Analogue Coffee on 17th Ave Calgary, very lovely place. I have my gripes about the coffee but the atmosphere is quite something!

30 Day Challenge

Well the last one didn't follow through, but lets try again... July first, 30 days, sounds good.

http://sachinteng.tumblr.com/post/79168511891/a-lot-of-people-have-messaged-me-about-the-30-day

Gonna do this for the month! Try out different colors, textures, things, all quick and to the point. (I will go back to DC eventually..)

Day 1: Self Portrait of yourself or your persona