Current Artwork in Project

Working on a new project! I'm looking at a page from the, "Avengers vs. X-Men" comic #2, and planning to draw it onto some of the largest paper I've ever worked with (18in x 24in). Trying to learn all about the spacing and composition of comic book panels

Going to experiment with doing one whole page onto one sheet of paper (what I'm doing now), and will then work on turning the sketchbook the other way, and draw two adjacent pages on one sketchbook page... Probably won't turn out the way I'm thinking it will, but right now, it's all about experimenting! :)

I'm almost done with the pencil sketch (the photo above was before I started), and just have the bottom right panel to sketch out! After I'm done, I'll be taking a picture of the drawing in pencil, post it, and then move onto the pen/inking phase.

Do you draw comic book panels? If you have suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Note: I do not own any of the copy-written characters above!!

New Experiment: Black Paper and White Charcoal Sketches

I'm starting to work with a new medium! After a quick trip to Michael's the other day, I ended up buying a pad of black sketch paper, and two white charcoal pencils. I wanted to experiment with drawing a subject on black paper, with a white pencil or ink, but had no idea if it would work or not. So far, I've been very pleased with the results!

This was a quick sketch I did to try out the new materials the first night I had them. Some of you may remember, the koi fish is from a watercolor painting I did a while back. The rest is just random doodling. 

I put this medium to the test the next day, by trying to draw a picture I found of a Wolverine-Venom character. I sketched it out with a regular pencil and went over it with the charcoal, adding shading and details as I went along. 

So far, the combination of the paper and the charcoal is really fun to work with! It kind of reminds me of drawing on a chalkboard. It's so exciting every time I try a new medium, and it's even more exciting when an experiment or idea works! This is definitely opens up new possibilities for learning a new style of art!

Have you worked with this type of artwork before? Do you have suggestions on the dos and don'ts of white charcoal and/or black paper? Leave a message in the comments! And, if you could share my blog, I'd greatly appreciate it! :) My next post(s) will be the anatomy drawings I mentioned in my previous post.

Note: I do not own any of the copy-written characters above!!

Latest Artwork: Wolverine!

Here's my latest drawing!

My latest drawing is of Wolverine! :) One of my favorite X-Men! (Along with Nightcrawler, and Gambit, and Storm, and...) Anyway, I haven't drawn any superheroes for a while, and just felt like drawing one. I looked at a drawing of Wolverine and drew that figure, but all of the background and foreground details are my own. Trying to expand and add a world for the character to be in!

I've been trying to draw things - specifically people - without looking at anything, but in my recent anatomy drawings (which I'll be posting to my blog soon), I've gotten more practice in sketching the human form. That being said, I'm continuing to learn how the human form is able to move by following other artist's examples, reading books about how to draw superheroes, and making sketches of people in photographs to gain even more experience in understanding anatomy. This drawing only took about an hour and a half to draw (the shading took  a bit longer), when it once would have taken me all day long to get the proportions right. I definitely feel more comfortable drawing people than I have in the past!

If I get the chance, I'll be writing a few more posts over the next few days, and may even get the chance to draw some new characters! As always, please share my blog, and leave any comments or suggestions you have, below!

Note: I do not own the copy-written character above!!

Original Sketch - Playing Poker

Hey there! I know it's been a while since I've posted something or updated anything.

I wanted to share with you a sketch I did a few weeks ago that I never got around to posting. 

This drawing is free-handed, aside from looking up a few reference images. At first, I started drawing the man on the couch. When I took a break from drawing, I watched the James Bond movie, Casino Royale, and was then inspired to make my sketch take place in the midst of a poker game. 

If I could change one thing about this drawing, is that the bottles and shelves on the back wall would be straighter. I accidentally drew those on an angle, and didn't realize my mistake until I had finished drawing the shelves and everything on it.

As I said before, this is original. If you have any advice, suggestions, or comments on what could be improved, I'd love to hear it! Have an idea on what could have been added to make the scene more realistic? Have a trick to prevent mistakes like the crooked shelves and bottles? Share them in the comments! :)