merry x-mas! sketches

on the prowl

sketch it in blue pencil & colored in photoshop.

Today was the last day of my intermediate figure drawing class, here are a few of the drawings I did throughout the semester. The first time I used the linear shading technique was in this class.
3hr
charcoal on drawing paper

5hrs
charcoal & white pastel on toned pastel paper
self portrait
charcoal & white pastel on toned pastel paper.

the last voyage

perspective class
getting familiar w/fisheye perspective.
hand drawn & inked w/illustrator .

Figure

our class was recently introduced to toned paper.
never tried it till now.
pencil charcoal & wht pastel on pastel toned paper 4hrs

school work

14x11

micro pigment & gray scale markers

perspective class

charcoal on 18x24
20 mins
figure drawing class

1st workshop

top three were done in 20 min

15 min each
charcoal on 18x24

this was from my 1st workshop with school.

warm up

ink liner & graphite on paper 81/2 x 11

Whisper

brushed with ink & colored digitally.

Jack

Jack
8 x 10" gouache
with some digital colors

Buck

Just got two great brushes & had to test them out. I used a W&N #3 Kolinsky on the buck then colored him digitally. The other brush is from Spain, Escoda #2 Tajmir 1212. I read up on the Escoda in Matt's Blog, some great reading here.

Ohh, so thirsty

I sketched her out with a blue pencil then inked her with a brush, scanned in & finally colored her digitally. Tried line hold for the first time on this illustration.

Ink Heads

some brush exercises using ink.

white rays

She was sketched with a blue pencil then digitally colored. This is a brush I can see myself using frequently in photoshop.

Head sketches

some head exercises with a blue pencil.

Bike

This was a quick exercise using brush ink & photoshop ,of course. Thanks to The Sartorialist.

Hand On head

inked with a brush then colored digitally. Experimenting, not sure what to think of this.

20 min sketches

20 min sketches, charcoal on newsprint

valentine's day

inked w/ brush & colored in photoshop

Graphite

more sketches of bust
graphite

gouache

sketch I did using gouache & graphite

Ink exercise

ink & wash with a brush

Happy Birthday Max!

I inked him with a brush then colored him in photoshop.
NINJA DANCE ASSASSIN!

Notebook Covers

These are three illustrations from a collection of eight. They are note book covers for Office Depot. I created them using photoshop & illustrator.

The Sartorialist

Both of these illustrations are inspired by The Sartorialist , he has a magnificent eye. The top illustration was inked with a brush then colored in photoshop & the bottom one was done using ink & wash with a brush.

Ink

My attempt at inking with a brush. This is something that I will practice more often.