Juicy Update

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This post is probably my biggest one yet, as in there's more than one or two pictures; some of them are colored, some I'm really proud of, and others are just there. So far it's been a productive year, if sketching a lot is productive, and I hope it stays that way. My New Years resolution is to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and so far I haven't bought any gum. I had an awesome time back home for the holidays 'cause I got hung out with friend pals I haven't hung out with in ages, and learned to play Settlers of Catan. My advice for new players is to not go for the foreboding mountains in the middle that has a 12 thinking that it will become a symbol of power and suitable capital for your wealthy empire.

Anyway, enough about me and my life. Lets look at some pictures I drew.

So awhile back I bought myself a moleskin (moleskine?) book to draw in and I like it. It fits in my pocket which I believe is the point. Another feature I like is that I can take it out to bars and stuff and have something to do when I inevitably end up sitting there with nothing to say. But I'm worried this may come of as pretentious, like "Oh, excuse me. I'm going to draw in public because I'm sooo artistic and junk." Here's some of the best doodles I got in there right now.

Yesterday I bought more index cards. I've found out I like index cards. They're just the right size for a simple drawing, maybe a large thumbnail. AND I can write notes and junk on them then lose them in the clutter on my desk. Here I believe I subliminally copied Marian Churchland when I was drawing this goblin guy. I like goblins. Oh yeah, I busted out the water colors on that last one. I'm starting to like water colors.
This next one here is the product of a moment of divine "I really wanna draw right now". Which I wish happened a lot more often. Really this drawing is all about Ganon and I think I drew two pictures in one, divided by the horizon line in this crazy warped perspective. Also I inked the whole thing with a brush, I'm starting to get comfortable with a brush. And this drawing is pretty tiny for using a brush, it's just under a foot tall so inking Link and Zelda was like defusing a bomb.
This is the best storytelling I have ever done. Plot wise, it's lacking because it's just two guys fighting. And the dialogue's pretty cut and cry. But with the panel arrangement and pacing it reads really well, and even I get disapointed when I read it because of the cliffhanger ending. This "strip" is a product of sitting around in the living room hanging out with people while I idly doodled in this notebook thing that was just laying around.

WHA-TAHHH

I just inked this with a brush. I think It turned out pretty good considering how little I've used a brush before.

colors

Colored the last thing I posted. It's still kind of rough and looks painted.
Going to watch videos on ctrlpaint.com and learn things.

Can't sleep so I Inked

I'm starting to put some serious effort into learning how to use nib pens and brushes. All the line work in this was done with a nib pen and I filled in blacks with a brush. It was on tracing paper over a photocopy of this pencil drawing by Walt Simonson. Yep. I'm learnin'.

I also used white out for the first time ever on anything because I smudged a lot of wet ink around with the palm of my hand and fingers on accident. And holy crap white out is a vile substance. It's really chunky and super sticky. Since it was so thick I thought I'd mix it with water but the stuff is like the anti-water and it wouldn't mix. and when I tried to clean out the dish I was mixing them in it got all over my hands and it's super sticky and clung to my body like Venom's symbiote. I'm getting me some white ink ASAP.

Baked Potatos and Mountain Dew is a bad mixture

Here's a color of this Phil Noto drawing of The Mighty Thor. I spent too much time on it, so I decided to be done with it. I think I need to learn to paint traditionally and apply that knowledge to Photoshop. Dunno what else to say about it.




Also, I'd like to share this Meatloaf comic book ad for the Special Olympics.

There's only two kinds of people in this world

Those who draw Tuco and those who do something else.

I haven't ever wacthed The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly until like last July. But since then I've probably watched it like 10 times, and it's now one of my favorite movies. And before that, it was one of my favorite movies that I've never seen because I'd watch the ending scene where each of the treasure hunters are staring each other down, with these extreme close ups of just their eyes. and the SOUNDTRACK! It's the best thing ever. There's probably no other noise that's more iconic that the "Ahh ye Ah ye Ahhhhh!" part in the main theme.

Any who, during my latest viewing I drew a couple Tuco faces. First one started out terrible, (at least it didn't possess a likeness) so I started pausing the movie at parts and took like 15 minutes to draw something. It's kind of fun and annoying at the same time because you're constantly pausing the movie and not enjoying it.

Also, yesterday morning I put on mismatched socks. One grey, one black. This sparked inspiration for The Man Called Darkfoot. A suave 1960's FBI spy cop that doesn't play by anyone's rules but his own. Sticking his foot in the door of crime.
So he's just this slick dude in polyester, with a crazy foot that's made of shadows or something.

Kyle Katarn

Just some doodles I did in between tasks while I was sitting at the computer. I used to draw like this 90% of the time. Just some scrap paper in front of the keyboard and during loading screens or downloads (back in dial-up days) I'd draw. Or take notes on things.

some sketches of Kyle Katarn from the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight series. Probably the best Star Wars games ever and nothing will ever be made similar again because of crap like KOTOR and The Force Unleashed.