Ink Brushing This Shit In a New Sketchbook

Why didn't I do ink and brush sooner?

This will be where all the ink stuff will be placed.

Dynamic Figure Gestures

All of the poses can be found here, great for studies:

http://m.pinterest.com/8fd/dynamic-poses/

Update: Dead, and have been in extreme vegetation, no seriously. Slowly making a comeback...

It's more noticeable with the back one, but I make the bust more compressed in height than it really is.

Ashby if you're reading this, yes I stole your bust. Cause I knew you would never notice. Is it called stealing, or charitable refuge?...

Feeling meh about this one. 

Stephanie Brown

While it's probably not healthy to start many projects and not finish one and then start another, it's kind of how I like to do things right now, jump from one to another in hopes that I learn something new in one that I can apply in the other, trying a different process with this one than the Will Graham one, see if it takes me anywhere. If I do any updates to either of the 3 projects (let's just keep it at 3....) it'll be on that post.

Update: Sometimes I wonder if the images in my head are way over my skill level...no I know that they are...

It needs more structure, lighting to be solidified, forms fleshed out.

Gonna head home... and probably work on the UFC fighter...

update: Gonna eat dinner...

UFC Fighter Tonal Study

Quick Study before bed (gotta wake up at 4... *Grumbles)

Using Alexandre Zedig Diboine's brushes, I think I have an easier time understanding laying down tones/paint with his simple all you can get brush, it's rough and just a rectangle, so I'm liking that aspect, might use this brush to go over Will Graham's face tomorrow using that and then do the tight clean ups using Dan Luvisi's. Keep this one updated the more time I spend on this one.

WGF: PROCESS

I spent a good half an hour to an hour scratching my head coming up with different thumbs to get the feeling of this one, and I decided I should just stick with the thumb that inspired the other 20 before (it wasn't the original one though). The carpenter pencil already had the shapes all planned out along with lighting, although rough I'm working on it, molding it as I go, more process photos to go!

Studying lighting...and style?

I struggled with the visual concept, should the man be the menacing one or should the large animal be menacing? (That black mass thing) I wrestled with the idea while doing my thumbs and figured that the male figure should still be the main character, while the animal as the foreboding, influential element.

Gotta head out of the animation studio...but for me... what's next is fleshing out the planes of the guy (Will Graham of Hannibal)... understand the lighting more.

Gonna keep this one B/W till probably 80% of the way.

Excited for this one! Been on my mind for the last couple of days.

Update 1: I'm... getting Bedlam vibes looking at this. BUT NOT INTENTIONAL FAKWEJFA:KWJEFAW:EFJAEFAWFAW. My lack of ability to find planes and flesh them out is apparent.

Update 2:  Still doesn't look entirely like him... I'll keep working the values.

Update 3: So using Zedig's brushes on this one, trying to flatten the face overall and make it broad.

The first one being the previous rendering, I think it's the nose, lips, and eyebrows (lack of) that need to be adjusted, but I think I'm getting there! 

Everything is a Process

I've come to learn about dedication and putting in the time.

I've seen it in my sketchbook and just from looking at these posts, if I put in the time, and that means 4 hours for something that looked like it could have been drawing in half and hour by a pro, I'm still making progress.

Not much of a sketch dump like last post, but I focused on drapery and anatomy, drawing girls with swords. I think with the new month here, I'll move away from linework (although it's not like I've mastered it at all) and into form/rendering/light/shadow.

Keep steady rocking.

Big Massive Ass Sketch Dump All Up in Here!

The title speaks for itself, I just haven't been uh... I haven't been scanning shit. LOL

But here it goes....

I took out a book from the library that has ALOT of faces in them, it's super old school, although the picture above is from some celeb/model tumblr thing. i focused almost entirely on the brush pen and ballpoint, I saw a lot of improvements in my understanding of line and weight.

Did this one a couple nights back, love the Court of Owls arc in the New 52 Batman series.

Some rendering of hair.

Extreme contrasts, these ones are from that old faces books. I also love all Batman related things... I can annoy my friends sometimes. 

Letting your mind loose is great (when high on coffee), I read some cowboy related comic earlier in the day and it started with the cowboy and....went to Batgirl.

Wednesday life drawing, makes me sad I can't make it out to this one for the next couple of weeks (spring classes). Life Drawing for me is a good reset for everything that's happened in the week so far. I also hate Wednesdays. So... Life Drawing makes that all better.

Besides Batman, I also love Girls + Space + Robots.

I sit in the mall for about 5-8 hours in Friday and just draw.

HANDS! HANDS?! HANDS! AJEW:OFJAWFE George Bridgeman's Constructive Anatomy, I'll admit I haven't looked at it for the last couple of days, wanted to break free of studying and technical for awhile, I'll hit this book up again tomorrow. Some are from the book, some are from references, some are from looking at my own hand. 

Friend bought me an orange brush pen awhile back, you're thinking less in value since of the neon orange color and more on line quality... it's interesting.

A HORSE.

THE END.