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Showing posts with label drawings. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

A Full Figured Hulk



A fellow artist over at Digital Art Tutorials' forum suggested that I do a full Hulk figure. I thought I would give it a try.

I added a body to the existing head. This digital painting isn't completely successful and I may have time in the future to rework some of the wonky bits. The lumpy, twisted forms are intentional but I think a little more proper structure of the form would help.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Hulk Portrait

I haven't just played with drawing something in Photoshop for awhile. Here is a Hulk portrait done this evening.

It began as a pencil sketch I scanned into Photoshop CS2 and then colored and restructured a bit as I worked on it.

The Hulk, issue #1 was cover dated May 1962, always reminds me of Maurice Sendak's 1963 Where the Wild Things Are. Wouldn't it be great to be able to just release the beast from within? Both Max and Bruce Banner find out there are consequences when that happens.

There is something Uncle Ernie likes about green skin and finds very familiar!



Thursday, August 04, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Cute Barbarian Sketch 12

Here is a true quick sketch. When I got home this evening, I found a large envelope wedged between my screen and front doors. It was a surprise from my friends who are living in Japan. Two of the things inside were an 8B graphite pencil and a soft graphite stick, maybe a bit harder than the 8B, with a leather sheath - to keep my delicate digits from getting dirty. This degree of soft lead is difficult to find and I wanted to try out these early birthday gifts.

I like this under five minute sketch. The fresh look and spontaneous lines of the drawing are things I wish I could achieve more often. The ultra-soft lead forced me to work fast and to forget about fussing too much.

Thank you Butch and Keiko!! The best pencils come from Japan!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Creature Sketch 01

















Another sketch book I have started will have "The Creature." I will put other related themes in there too, Hulk, other classic monsters, etc.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Cute Barbarian Sketch 10

As I was sketching this one, I put a rug in the foreground. That didn't look interesting, so I drew a few snakes. Adding those slithery reptiles was only marginally better.

I remember hearing that in the snake pit scene from The Raiders of the Lost Ark, originally, there were not enough snakes on the floor of the pit to make the visuals work. Lesson learned… I added more snakes too. It may still need a couple more!

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Cute Barbarian Sketch 09



It has been sunny and a little too warm for me the past week. To escape this mini summer heatwave I have been spending time sitting in the shade at the park or drinking iced coffee at my local doughnut shop. Drawing a wintry scene seemed like a good way to cool off.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Cute Barbarian Sketch 08














These are not being posted in any special order. There are still older ones I have not scanned yet; and I am still trying to find some good settings for my scanner for these.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Barbarian Inking 03

These very cute hairy barbarians stated out as Sesame Street characters in my sketch book. I will post some more later. You can see why I was thinking about knives and forks when this figure started out as Cookie Monster.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Barbarian Inking 01













The inking for the barbarian was done primarily with a brush, waterproof ink, and a few Sakura microns on Fanboy paper…over a light-box.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

New Background Color

I thought I would go with a clean white background for a little while. These pencil drawings I have been working on in my sketch book, usually as I am sitting in restaurants, will look better on white.

I have had barbarians on my brain since meeting Ernie Chan; but my version would be on the cute-creature side of the trebuchet.