Monday, October 24, 2016

ALIEN Drumpf

This election season is... interesting.

I saw the Donald on TV and for the longest time, probably for as long as he's been running for president of the US, I've wanted to draw hi as a character and, maybe, include him in a comic I've been working on for, perhaps, too long.

Pardon my verbosity, here's the picture...



I also did an alternative version due to his unfortunate habit of refilling his lungs quickly through his nose into the listening microphone. Yes, people need to breathe, but... COME ON!!!



I truthfully thought about doing a Hillary one too, but she's not as visually interesting as Trump. Maybe I'll revisit when it's all over.

Laterz!

- L

My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 3

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the third drawing, MUNK from Green Lantern.

I'm not a huge GL fan so I've bever heard of the character. I drew him a couple times, one I finshed, one I didn't...

I'm posting a larger version of the one they posted on Sketch Lottery, plus the one I noodled with for a couple of weeks after....

ENJOY!
-L




My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 2

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the second, BLACK GETTER from Getter Robo.

I'm posting a larger version on my site after they post it on Sketch Lottery.

ENJOY!
-L



My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 1

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the first one, SCUD - The Disposable Assassin.

I'm posting a larger version on my site after they post it on Sketch Lottery.

ENJOY!

-L



Saturday, September 24, 2016

Toxic Avenger(s)

I don't know if I liked this movie or not, but the character sure did intrigue me. After drawing Toxie, I found out that I drew him wrong. Oh well... maybe this requires me to do a traditional version.



-Me

Another Venom

Did I post a Venom before?

I'm pretty sure I have. Well, here's another...


I love drawing this guy..

I need more of him in my life.

-Me

STRONG CURRENTS - June 2016

Holy crap! I didn't post this poster? Shame... Shame... Shame...



The poster was used for a concert my friend and his friends put on in June. I did all the lettering design and drawing.


Here's the poster without the copy.

-Me

TMNT-Raphael

The whole summer's done!

Here's Raph for a friend's Birthday.


-Me

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Punisher commission - process

bitmap - 1200 dpi version



I was commissioned to do a more muscular, black Punisher drawing. The reference image was a computer generated cover (at least that's what it looked like) with the Punisher resting a shotgun on his shoulder and his free hand resting on a holstered gun.


The first drawings were less than stellar, with the pose of the Punisher looking very staid; kind of like Sears Portrait Studio photo shoot for vigilantes.

I sketched the composition on a piece of newsprint
paper then I traced that onto tracing paper to refine
some of the ideas I had on the newsprint. Ultimately,
an unnecessary waste of time.
pencils - draft 1

I got as far as the pencils, at first... A FEW TIMES! I really had to step back, re-sketch and rethink. This was getting a little out of hand.



I returned to the sketchbook and worked out a picture that felt more like something I would draw.





From them, I made a new preliminary sketch, this time I did the sketch on half of an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper with the intention of blowing it up on a copier and transferring it onto Bristol board with a lightbox.


This way, I can see the whole composition; I'm not drawing so close to the page, my lines are less detailed and I can focus more on the gesture.

From the sketch, I started penciling, adding little details as I went until I got to a point I felt I could start inking.


My inking process is usually to block in the figure and add the rendering after establishing the form but, this time I went a little crazy.

I played with folds and shadows. I started  outlining
 accessories and belt packs.
The guns came next. More accessories, more folds,
though, I did start establishing the overall figure.
Everything is pretty much blocked in. I would start the
rendering of his arms soon, as well as effects like scratching
out details with a razorblade, splatter and any application of
white ink..

I wanted to change the shadow of the shotgun cast onto the brick wall background, so I had to ink everything first and change it when it came to inking the shadow itself.

grayscale - 600 dpi version


Voila! The final inked piece. I scan at 1200 dpi in bitmap and 600 dpi in grayscale for my records and maybe for color in the future. I'll wrap and ship this piece once the payment goes through and the client will have a new piece of artwork to hang on their wall.

I hope you enjoyed this trip through my process, Thanks for sticking around.

-L