Monsters, Demons, and Graphic Design

Interesting update with a variety of things, today.

...some schoolwork's mixed in here as well. Although, I don't know if that's worth much toward my count.

Anyway, kicking things off: I had penciled this drawing of the main cast of Rose Hero in their superhero alter-egoes over a week ago, and never got to inking it. Eventually, I got around to it...after erasing Red Adonis from the top-left corner and redrawing Black Iris (top-center) to better reflect her original concept art.

It looks...pretty nice.

So I drew those monsters last week, yeah? This page started off with the intent to draw nonsensical fantasy weapons, but then I began listening to Shin Megami Tensei battle music, and started sketching that snake guy down there.

He looks awesome, I think...even if the front of his skull is apparently shaped like the pope's hat.

Another monster and some Halloween-themed doodles. With Jack and Jill, the pumpkin children, I'd wondered if they'd look more creepy if I'd made the inside of their jack-o-lanterns black, with only glowing dots for their eyes...but I figured if I left that space white, I could play with either look.

As for that monster in the bottom-right...The basis for it was a man's body with the legs and arms twisted/bent backwards. As for its tail...

...well, I did say the basis was a man's body.

So now we have four images of sketches for my latest assignment for graphic design.

The assignment was to produce four types of imagery for three different qualities about ourselves. We needed one literal, concrete, iconic, and abstract image each to communicate each of those qualities. The qualities I'd selected were "Curious," "Unusual," and "Spirited."

...Most of the sketchwork here was for the concrete imagery of those three.

More work for mostly concrete imagery. Some ideas for abstract for sketched at the bottom half.

Mostly iconic imagery.

This was retooling some earlier iconic and concrete imagery. After I scanned the images I decided on, I spent a while cleaning them up or altering them in GIMP.

Altogether, I'm counting these four as three images...since the first and last images in this little selection don't have much content.



And then, with that out of the way, I got to work on more monsters. The female monster in the top-left was drawn while under the influence of the "Bloody Destiny" track from the remake of Persona. Everything else just flowed out afterwards...although, the tophat dinosaur is based on the same idea used in the iconic imagery exploration page from earlier.

And then we arrive at today. I just began doodling nonsense, and...well, nonsense is what we got. Then there was some empty space left over, and I filled it with super-deformed Mega Man and Bass.

That said, I began wondering: I rely a whole lot on how detailed my sketchwork is before I ink. I'm considering trying to draw with rougher sketches with less detail in them, then inking over that from the get-go. If that makes any sense. I'm going to be experimenting.

ANYWAY. WHATEVER.

We've got eight drawings total today.

That bumps us up to...260 drawings.

But by today, I should have had...294 drawings.

I'm behind by 34, but that's a lot better than being behind by 40.

Three Men and a Dragon

So the general concensus from those who responded, whether here or otherwise, was that it'd make sense to include the reproductions toward the total drawing count. Just wanted to note that.

Anyway, my opportunities to draw have been on the paltry side as of late, whether due to homework or the presence of extended family visiting the house for my brother's graduation. Regardless, I do have some work to show.

As a warning, this upcoming one has naked men in it. Three naked men and a dragon. Also, horrible use of pastels.

The drawing comes from my figure drawing class: The model would pose for us three times, and we were supposed to get all three poses down onto a sheet of paper, and draw a background for the whole thing. That was the criteria, and the rest was free game.

Since our model posed with a sword...well...


This next one is actually a drawing I had scanned in, but not posted on this blog. It's character design brainstorming.


This was scanned tonight, and, ironically, is also character design brainstorming. This is actually based on an image from a friend, four years ago, when I had asked friends for early conceptual sketches of superhero alter egoes, based on rough descriptions.

I just revisited the concept and pulled elements out of it for this new design.

And this is playing with action in comic format. With crappy or nonexistent backgrounds.


And these are...very poor gesture drawings (can I call them that?) made while I watched my mother play indoor soccer.

SO YEAH.

8 drawings from before, and 5 in this batch makes 13 drawings unaccounted for thus far.
Added to the 154 drawings from the last count, we have 167 drawings total.

Surprisingly, I should have 165 drawings by today! :D

So I'm ahead by 2 days, covering me up until June 16th.

Glorious. Quite glorious.

Figure Drawing Sketchbook

Change of pace with this update: This is actually a quarter-long assignment from my Figure Drawing class, where we're supposed to generate ten reproductions of older (more prominent?) artists' figure drawings/nude studies/etc.

Ten weeks in the quarter, one reproduction per week...and I only have eight reproductions here.

Normally, I wouldn't post this on this blog, but the thing is, we're supposed to turn in our sketchbooks with the reproductions and printouts of the works we reproduced.

My family's printers lack the ink with which to print, and thus, I sought this as an alternative.

So the post layout is simple: The original work is followed by my reproduction.



That thigh on the right is...too big? It got cut off of the page, at any rate.

Again, the right thigh is a problem?




The face.

...The neck?



This was an interesting challenge, using ink washes.


It was about this time that I realized my pencil is, once again, my invaluable partner, as is hatching.


Skimped on the background here, but this was surprisingly fun to redraw. Ink and brush, for this one.



And this one...was very taxing to finish.

I'm not really sure if I should count these toward my 365 drawing goal.

...anyone? I'll listen to any comments posted, whether on here or on facebook, or whatever.

Mixed Bag

Another update! Just four images, this time.

Schoolwork from figure drawing class: Model would pose twice for us, and then we were supposed to fit them both onto the paper in some spatially-sensical manner.

No, I don't like to smudge my pastels. Not at all. I hate messes, you see - whether from dirt, mud, charcoal, loose ink, pastel, or blood. <3


Sketching up ideas for that friend's project...Which involved me finally giving into my idea about giving the hero rocket gloves to execute his special attack.

...even though it was discussed that one of the more prominent villains would be given rocket gloves.

Also, minor design tweaks. Just playing around with ideas.

Not really sure about how everything on this page turned out...I think I'll ignore the bottom-right corner.

And then trying to flesh out another character. It's...it's interesting to look at the shapes of people's noses.

SO YEAH.

4 Drawings in this batch.
154 total documented drawings for this year.
211 more to go.

GUEESSS WHO'S GOING TO NEED TO WORK HIS WAY OUT OF FALLING BEHIND AGAAAAIIINNN?

Whooo. Update.

Yaaayyyyy. I'm updatiiinnngggg.

And the funny thing is, I skipped some pages from my sketchbook because I feel that they're not worth the effort of scanning innnn~!

Pastel. Just classwork - the only piece that actually turned out well last week. This week doesn't seem to be looking up, with regards to my Figure Drawing class, either.

Quick sketches of bears for personal reference, for...well, you can see for yourselves.

Conceptual sketches for Little Red. Notice the belt buckle.

I tried getting myself started on the comic, but I quickly realized I have a great deal of trouble establishing interior shots of houses and buildings...so I need to get on that. Still.

The result of seeing more of Batman: Arkham Asylum in action.

Some quick attempts at studies using a brush, with horrible results.

Monster design.

Comic idea, practicing...subpar results.

Fun with...well, "character studies," or "character doodles," I guess.

And this is probably a sign that my drawings are going to go downhill again, and I'm going to be stuck in a frustrated rut because my drawings are going to be garbage.

ANYWAAAAAY.

10 drawings in this update.
150 drawings total.
144 is the quota for today, so I'm ahead by 6 days.

Means I'm covered up through May 30th.

...Man, I'm getting a headache from thinking back to figure drawing, damn it.
I'm doing something wrong. I know I am.

Surplus

Figured I'd update before I had to try manage a large handful of images in one post...

Anyway, I got some stuff from my figure drawing class, of...varying quality.

Charcoal on self-toned paper, using a kneaded eraser for highlights, with bits of yellow pastel.



Same story for these two. These are from today, though. I might get a higher-quality image of the really dark-looking drawing. Lighting wasn't exactly the best.

SO YEAH. That Little Red Riding Hood idea? It's consumed my mind. I figured I'd change my rendition of Little Red around a bit, so that she didn't resemble BB Hood all that much.

My solution, though...kind of badly drawn here.
Well, really badly drawn here...
...my solution was to give her robotic arms and legs.

Ideas about her grandmother, and short ideas about her hairstyle. Also some quick sketches of wolves to get an idea for what their heads are shaped like.

Some sketches of faces, including Stan Lee, at the top-right.

MegaMan doodles, fingertip guns...ideas for the Big Bad Wolf.


More sketches of Little Red and the wolf. More vicious rendition is in pen. I'll probably draw up some comic pages, soon. I think this miniature project will make for good practice and warm-up for me.

So that's another 8 drawings.
Adding to the 132 from before, I'm at 140 drawings total.

Since I should have 132 drawings by today, I'm ahead by 8 days.
That means I'm coverd up through...next Thursday, the 20th of May. o_o

...

Hot damn. That doesn't feel right.