color demo for my summer class


This was a demo for direct color storyboards, I went over the techniques I use and the materials as well. This was done with Copic markers, Col-Erase Pencils, Jelly Roller Pens and Acrylic paint with a last tweak in Adobe Photoshop.

...Dr. Sketchy's July time drawing jamboree...

Dr. Sketchy's was all about the drag this month!


This session was a real blast and as you can see, I was having fun with the costuming and gender-bender theme.

...some summer 2009 model drawing...part three


I got there just in time for the models to switch, so I caught
the last two poses with the first model....



some direct pen drawings...


along with some details...


some more of those pen drawings...


with more detail shots...


a last few drawings from this week's session, these are with a col-erase pencil...


with some final enlarged details!


Dr.Sketchy's is tomorrow, so I'll be posting those early in the week....

...some summer 2009 model drawing...part two


Some examples with depth exaggeration from class....


below is a detail....


some random sketches done while the students worked....


along with a detail...


and power shapes to finish the in-class sessions!


I'll be back with part three soon!

...some summer 2009 model drawing...part one


Working out the pose..


Below are some details...




"Every pose tells a story"...


with details...


...more thinking on the page...


...even more details!...


Finally some good stuff!


see you in part two!

...my webcomic has begun...

KNIVES OUT! has begun. Read it here

alchemy madness....


I've posted about this process before, the piece was done with Alchemy 7.0 and finished with a touch of color and texture in Adobe Photoshop

Above is the initial alchemy sketch for some sort of mech


and here it is after some work in Corel Painter Essential 2.0, I actually think the original sketch is more powerful though. Get Alchemy Alpha 7.0 here, it's free and open source, so you have no excuses.