Super Powers Flashmob

Update on my Super Powers Flashmob picture. 

Colors are partly done but wont be uploaded until finished.

Girly Thunder Ghost

Don't ask about the title.  Just accept, move on and enjoy the picture.

AJF

Zompikachu Hoard

Another zombie Pikachu massively multiplies this time.  The other Pokemon are screwed!!

'One Arm Dick'

This is 'One Arm Dick' the pirate. An image made for my group blog http://bringoutyoursketch.wordpress.com/ with some friends. 

AJ

Mr Anderson

The final gallery image I made was this one.  had a bit of an issue deciding which version I would put in but ended up choosing the second from the top.  Printed at A2 size on 160 gsm Bond paper.  Came out quite nicely if i do say so myself.

Super Mob

This picture was drawn circa 2001-ish.  I always liked the image but not the inking so it was abandoned like a bastard child.  PS all these characters are originals by me some of which have names and basic stories because I was trying to put together a comic years ago which was also an idea abandoned until recently.

Fast forward 10 years and I dug it out of my olf files to give a bit of a face-lift.  It's a work in progress as I'm still adding in characters as you can see by this...

Just added in the flat colors to get a preview of what is to come.  If it comes out nicely I might print it for the next gallery showing.

Quick sketches

This is 2 pictures i did recently for some website challenges.  Very quick drawings for these but I like them.

A batch of new Sci Fi images done over the last week.

IF Influence

This is my entry for Illustration Friday's word of the week 'Influence'. I hope this isn't too obvious an image for this topic but it was the first thing that came into my head.

TMNT Stage 1

So its been a really long time since I have attempted to draw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and just for the hell of it I drew them yesterday. I did draw them separately but they seem to fit nicely together in one image so I have combined them now. I am going to attampt digital inking and if I fail miserably I will just go back to the olf fashioned way.

Dragon upload II

I took him outside and spray painted him 2 different shades of green - dark on top and light on the underside.

I added some eyes i got fom a craft shop

Cute aint he??!

And he escaped upon completion!!

Dragon model builiding stages

So I have been building a dragon for uni art class. Every ingredient is kid safe and non-allergenic. You can see the frame to start made of aluminium wire and foam balls...

...a little bit of chicken wire....

...magiclay (paper based clay) for the body...

...and the wings...

...and finally some curtain material for the 'skin' part of the wings. More to come...

IF Imperfect

So Illustration Friday's word of the week is Imperfect. My first thought went straight to somebody who can't read misreading the word. It must be the teacher in me thinking this. And yeah i guess it had to be a vapid self loving person who would misread it in this particular way too.

IF Obsession

New picture for Illustration friday. Word of the week is "Obsession". Gollum seemed to fit the bill on this word.

Phobia

Just thought I'd draw something with a bit of gesture and emotion in it. I really like the way this one turned out actually with the grainy look of the coloring.

Da Karate Kid

So I drew this...just because. Enjoy!!

IF Stay

This is my latest picture for illustration friday the topic of the week is the word 'stay'. I didn't want to go with my exact first thought but it's close enough and something a bit different.

Self Portrait

So yes this is a self portrait of me being stuck in a loop of I can't think of what to draw today. Happens so often.

IF Launch

Here is my entry for thi current Illustration Friday subject 'Launch'. As soo as I saw the word I thought about the rockets kids used to make and set off into the air.

Dr Doom final

So, the final version - at last. I like this one even more.

Dr Doom

This is an attempt just to make a slightly more realistic look...in the coloring at least. I used a few textures to redo the coloring. I added the older version again to show the difference.

Whose Line Is It Anyway

So here is a little experiment in likenesses using the regular cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway. I thkn it turned out ok. Thoughts?

IF Shadows

This is taken from a larger picture I did of Spiderman and Venom but if fits the Illustration Friday theme for the week so here is my submission for shadows.

The final versions!!

So these -as the title says - are the final version of these animal pictures I made a while back. I think they turned out nicely.

Updated Spiderman

So I fixed my error. The spider light symbol in the background is now correct and the picture looks much better.

My Drawing Process

So step one is the actual pencil drawing part. This was done quite quickly while waiting for a class to start at uni.

Stage 2 inks. I actually filmed myself inking this one and you can see the process on Youtube if you can track it down cos the damn link wont paste in. Anyway I dont usually do much inking but I did a decent job this time.

Next stage is laying in the flats (solid colors) in photoshop. The flat colors sit on a layer underneath the inks layer. There are a few methods to do this and I suspect I only know the difficult way to do it so I won't say how.

Next comes the shaded areas of color. You can pput these directly onto the same as the flat colors layer but I add an extra layer in and put them in on top of the flats but still under the inks.

Finally some extra effects on more new layers. The spider light which I drew wrong (but who cares) amd the word ballons add to the comic feel of the image. I don't know why but i put the 'bad guys' wearing t-shirts that have symbols from other marvel characters.