Back to drawing another “Shane’s Dirty Art” piece. This time I chose to use a brush that easy bled and got messy… I love some of the “happy accidents” that resulted from using it… I think I might try inking a few more like this one…
Referenced from an image off www.steampunkcouture.com…. drawing in Stetch Club on my iPad.
Winter has been pretty easy so far in Toronto. Last weekend I saw people outside in shorts.
Here is a quick drawing I did over a couple of days in the mornings before I started work…
In many ways, I am glad 2012 is finally over. It’s been a rough year… but all that is behind me I hope for the most part. There were some amazing things that did happen albeit overshadowed by the no so amazing events… I’ve branched out and met some wonderful new friends. Reconnected with a lot of family and friends from old. As well, after a lack luster effort on my part at the last Toronto ComiCon, I’ve started setting aside time every day to draw and improve what I do.
Below are the final images I finished and forgot to upload here … or are WIP’s that I am calling “done” only because I want to start on something new. The majority of the reference came from one of Kato’s pages… www.steampunkcouture.com or www.facebook.com/steampunkato
I just finished this drawing fan art image of Marceline on my iPad. I love how the creators of the show are willing to change things up, not only within the world itself, but also with the characters. The very fact that there are X number of different hair and clothing styles for Marceline alone impresses me so much. I will be drawing her again for sure… reference is off Kato’s site www.steampunkcouture.com
My brother got me hooked on this show… and I have been wanting see how I would stylize Finn if I drew him.
I forgot to post this after finishing it a few weeks ago. Referenced from a photo off of steampunkcouture.com
Trying again… to teach myself how to paint. After watching a couple of videos my friend Bill shared… as well as re-watching a couple of tutorials of another friend of mine Marco made… I did this. I know there is something “off” with it… but I can’t seem to figure it out yet… so I am moving on to the next project and posting this.
Photo ref from http://www.facebook.com/steampunkato
I love the designs Kato comes up with. As far as fashion goes, she is awesome… and the photo’s of her work make fantastic references to draw and get inspiration from. You will be seeing quite a few drawing by me referenced from her photos…
http://www.facebook.com/steampunkato
Unfinished… and it will probably not get done… so I am posting it for what it’s worth.
I think ravens have to be one of the coolest birds. A very quick vector sketch done during Fan Expo this year…
A quick Sketch Club drawing I did while playing with darks and lights… trying to figure out how I might be able to use my iPad to draw mine and my brothers graphic novel.
I did this drawing as part of a Sketch Club challenge. The rules were simple… use 5 lines, no more. Here is how this drawing was broken down. First I laid down a background fill. My 1st line started on the girls profile, where I worked it into her eye, then hair, headphones and a quick suggestion of a torso. The 2nd line was used for the dark grey. I then used the eraser tool to bring back the highlights and cleanup for the 3rd line. The 4th was the text “groove”. Apparently I used the 5th line somehow… but I have no idea where it might have been.
I enjoyed this challenge… and I like the result. I think I might try a couple more of these contour style drawings again soon.
One of my NYR (New Year’s Resolutions) was to really amp up the number of times I post to my blog. Last year I switched from using Flash to HTML5 for my site, both to increase traffic from Google as well as to make www.crimsoncrayon.com more iPad friendly. I have been immensely happy with the result using Word Press, however, I have seen a lot of things that needed to be added and changed. Also, as a result of beginning to read “Likeable Social Media” by Dave Kerpen, I setup a Facebook page devoted to my art.
For anyone that has tried to use more than just the very basic of features of Facebook, you will know that it sometimes can be a real monster. Never-the-less, changing the profile picture on your page is relatively easy until you want to maximize the picture size while maintaining the correct placement and dimensions for the thumbnail… which I still have to do. In the meantime, I wanted to change the default image to something more interesting which is why I created this image.
So please “Like” it if you like it… and comment on it too if you are so inclined. I am always open for comments and criticisms.
I haven’t drawn my Dragon Huntress for a while… and i wanted to do another take on an image I did before. This was once again drawn on my iPad using the Sketch Club app.
Winter is here. My kitchen pipes froze yesterday. I’ve had to spend a few hundred dollars on a new winter jacket… but there is still something very special about this time of year (aside from hockey season)…
Another iPad sketch done with SketchClub…
I am trying to develop some new techniques and styles. Amélie is one of my favourite movies of all time.
I have been playing the new Batman: Arkham City game in which you get to play as Frank Miller’s Batman. Miller’s Batman is awesome… and although this is not referenced from any of his drawings… I was thinking of his “style” when doing this sketch.
Trying to warm up my inking skills before I start drawing my comic. I love the 30’s and this is referenced loosely from the “White Mink Black Cotton” album.
I have a few sketches on my iPad that I have not completed for one reason or another. This Ivy picture I had previously “inked” and somehow I lost everything I was working on.
Working on this drawing was a lot of fun and a lot of work. Every time I pick up my iPad and launch SketchClub, I seem to learn something new.
For those of you who haven’t used SketchClub, its a “basic” app that has come a LONG way from its first version… but has kept its simplicity that made it so great in the first place. However this also has a down side. Sometimes, I really do need more than 5 layers… For instance I needed to create a background for this drawing… but with my ink, colour and texture layers… I was stumped… until i realized I could create a new file… and import the final BG as a final layer (when I was ready to merge the drawing down)… Then I wanted to create some textures (such as the scales on the Dragon) but the app doesn’t include any way to create your own brushes. So once again, I created a full page black & white image of scales which I could import, scale, rotate and apply to one layer over and over again. Not flawless by any means, but it gets the job done.
It was done for another SketchClub contest but I think it got lost in the entry shuffle… relegated to page 4. That being said, there are some FANTASTIC entries that clearly beats this. Check it out while its still on.
