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.

Marvel Rogues Gallery

So this is an extremely low res version of all the Marvel Villains together. The original file was about 400mb so couldnt really upload that one.