Penguins

 

Laura Hoffman and I were brainstorming ideas for a project of hers yesterday.  The above Painter sketches I drew are the best two that came out of that creative session.

Hockey Sketches

Morning NHL Game:
These are from the first two periods of the Washington Capitals at the New York Rangers.  Drawn in my sketchbook with a PITT pen.

Afternoon NHL Game:
My Anaheim Ducks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3.  Perry got a hat trick and Teemu tied Brett Hull on the All-Time Points list with an assist.  YAY!

Inking Process

Here's some pics of my inking process for a piece I did for a gallery show.

 

These are the pencils of the main character, a woman in a steampunk outfit.  Since I was going to place a second character in the black silhouette of her outfit, I concentrated on creating interesting shapes in the outline of her clothes and in the swirls of her hair.

Once I combined the the pencils of the two characters (image missing) I scanned that into Photoshop and quickly threw in the blacks to double-check everything was in the right spot.

After I made some minor corrections to the pencils, I taped the them to a light box and then placed a 11" x 14" sheet of Vellum bristol board on top of that.  I inked the piece using a Hunt School 56 nib and Speedball Super Black.  It took me a couple of hours-I remember watching the last two periods of a NHL game during this part.

Once the linework was dry I scanned that into the computer.  In Photoshop I made some slight corrections, filled the blacks, and added a spot color.  The final image is digital.

After I submitted the digital file for the show I went back and finished the inks by filling the blacks in with a brush and making small corrections with a 005 Micron pen.  This can be a time consuming process so I usually do this after the deadline so I can sell the inks at a later point.  (Note: In the photo the inks look uneven because the camera flash is bouncing off of them.)

I'll post a link to the final image once I hear that my piece has been accepted.

From my sketchbook

Drawn with a Micron.  Looks like the doggie has a scratchy ear - ItchItchItch.

My First Life Drawing Sketch Dump of 2012!

Drawn in Tombo markers from the "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Peck. 

   

Ditto.

Drawn with a Pentel marker while watching the Men's Long Program during the U.S. Nationals on TV.

Drawn with a Sai marker from Mor's "Mary Tudor."  The head is a bit too big for the sketch, but I like it anyway.  I can get some cool textures with the Sai pen.

da Bologna's bronze sculpture of "Venus Urania" drawn with a Sai and Tombo markers.

Harriet Hosmer's marble sculpture of "Beatrice Cenci" drawn with the Sai.  I love this marker!

2011 Life Drawing

Here's the another batch of Life Drawing from my sketchbook.  I wanted to post the rest of these sketches before the year was up, I feel all funny posting images from one year in another. :P  Sources are listed under each of the images-enjoy!

From the "Atlas of Foreshortening."  I first drew in the negative space around the figure with a dark color and added in details and shading with a lighter one.

 Same info as the image above.

From "Body Parts."  These were one minute sketches.

 Ditto...

Old Master sketches.

Ditto....

Two minute sketches from the "Atlas of Foreshortening."

 Again ditto...

From Pixelovely.

From "An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists."

Ignore the two yoga poses.  The rest of the page are sketches I drew while watching Hellboy II.

The shadowy drawing on the right is from the "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist." The rest I drew while watching X-Men: First Class.

 Old Master sketch.

 From the "Samurai and Ninja Action Scene Collection."

Ditto...

I used Tombo markers, Pentel sign pens, Pentel felt tips, Faber-Castell Pitt pens-B tip, and Microns to draw the above.  I would recommend any of those except the sign pens.  Those bled through the pages in my sketchbook.  Of the rest, my favorite are the Tombos.  You can get a ton of character in your linework with the double felt tips.

Insects and Creatures

 

From my sketchbook... some dandy-looking insects and other assorted creatures.  The flying thing in the lower right-hand corner is based off of a coffinfish-a nightmarish type of anglerfish.

Owl Tree

I drew this last night in my sketchbook while watching Sons of Anarchy.  Season 4 has been sooooooooo so good!