Odd Mix

Haha, so I usually draw in my sketchbook with certain pencils and pens, yeah?

Well, I found myself at a softball game with a notebook and a ballpoint pen. I decided to try sketching with it, and got this.

It isn't...that impressive. The tree was the best thing to come out of it, I think.

The next image is me, with my proper sketchbook and drawing tools, sketching during an indoor soccer game. Much better than the previous drawing.

And then this...I've been drawing on this particular page for some three days now, trying to work on it without being interrupted by family. I finally got it filled today...and I was reminded that the paper in this sketchbook is horrible to try drawing on when I'm using a nib pen.

SKY POLICE.


So yeah. That's three drawings in today's batch.
That makes 172 drawings, total for this year, leaving me with 193 more to go.
Current quota is currently met at 172.

On an unrelated note, I also got a decent amount of sleep, today.

You know what I doing?

So what do I know about using my tablet and photoshop knockoff paint program effectively?

Not that much.

But I decided to try doodle with it anyway, and enjoyed what turned up.

Consider this an extension of, or at least related to the most recent comic sequence that was posted. ONLY WITH COLLLOOOORRRRRRRR.


I really, really need to take some more consideration into characters' color schemes, I think...

So that's one image.
169 drawings total.
196 to go.

...covered up through tomorrow. :D

What doing?

Just three pictures, today. Nothing too unusual.

This first image is just an exercise, using two of my characters. I wanted to see how I could get a simple conversation down into a few panels, after having drawn the action-centric bit during the last update.

The bottom-right isn't actually a panel that's part of the comic.

And this is a combination of some more gestures from the soccer game, some studies, and...

...and "Awesome Lad."

More studies, this time with pencil. I noticed that pencil is much nicer for studies than this rollerball pen. I was tipped off by a friend to try study noses more, so I did a little bit of that. ('Though, not much, admittedly.)



So yeah. 3 images in this update.
168 drawings total.
197 more to go.

Covered up through...tomorrow. :D

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?