Weekly Sketch Group #216

[scmarooney]

Weekly Sketch Group #216

Welcome to Wild and Wooly Weekly Sketch Group #216! I'm your long-term, fill-in, Sketch Group Moderator this week while Manji is programming the Matrix to use us all as 9 volt batteries to power our computer overlords ;). The sketch group is open to anybody who wants to post up a sketch or drawing of one of this weeks topics. And speaking of topics: if you have any fantastic topics you would like to draw next week, or see your fellow artists take a crack at, PM me the details and I'll try to include it in the next weeks list of topics.

And now on to this week's Terrific Topics! You might have noticed that a major summer blockbuster is coming out on the 22nd, and so this week's topics are heavily influenced by a certain star-spangled hero who throws his mighty shield:

1.Captain America(`nuff said)

2. The Fearsome Foes of Captain America: (The Red Skull, Baron Zemo (either one), Batroc ze leaper, Arnim Zola, Master Man, Warrior Woman, Baron Von Strucker, Hydra, etc.)

3. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos

4. The Hot Babes and Femme Fatales of the Captain America Comic: (Sharon Carter, Black Widow, Madame Hydra/Viper, Mother Night, Sin, etc....)

And there you have it, my fellow Sketch Groupers! Sharpen those pencils and watch out for flying shields, `cause those things HURT when they whack you in the kisser:p!

[cbear]

Ol' Winghead comin' at ya!

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd353/cjdaddy55/IMG_0001-11.jpg


Chuck

[Dan 3000]

Red Skull
http://i56.tinypic.com/303eds2.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

I hope I can do something this week. Consider this a placeholder:

http://www.lostonwallace.com/captainamericasketch.jpg

http://www.lostonwallace.com/redskull.jpg

[Sedani]

Heres a warm up sketch i did, i know anatomy is off at least in the arms, but it was only a warm up. Here's to not makin the same mistakes twice!
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s295/sedani/widow.jpg

[Bach2099]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_-aJy8SXnSc/TiUXuPcq8CI/AAAAAAAAAmc/NWO6T8hkSR8/s1600/Armadillo.jpg

Went with the pen brush again this week, quick sketch right out the gate. All Armadillo all the time!

[scmarooney]

@cbear: Cool Classic Cap!
@Dan 3000: Nice Red Skull illustration!
@Loston: Cool Cap and Skull drawings!
@Sedani: Nice job on your Black Widow sketch!
@Bach2099: Nice job on your Armadillo pen drawing!

And here's a WW2 Cap:
http://i.imgur.com/s6yqF.jpg

[ditch]

Quick biro sketch of the Red Skull not happy with it so i will try and get another done.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj103/ditchscrawls/redskullsketch-1.jpg

[Sedani]

Great piece Sean, the clothing really adds to the overall movement of the figure. Kick Ass Cap

[Bozzilla]

very cool cap sean!!!
nice stuff so far!

a little sketch
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af310/bozzilla29/cap.jpg

[dave_clarke]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/200/1/e/captain_america_sketch_by_dave_clarke-d40tx8f.jpg

Tried something I little different with the inking this week. Also Cap with a gun is super fun to draw

[hadesillustrations]

Did this one a while ago, but I'll have to knock out a new Cap pic this week:
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/hadesillustrations/cap1.jpg

[Chuckcamo]

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z413/chuckcamo/capbw.jpg

[Chuckcamo]

Great work everyone! Can't wait to see more...

I guess it's not a sketch anymore lol...
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z413/chuckcamo/capCOLOR.jpg

[WolfSpiritZero]

This is obviously old but I'll try to do another.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/WolfSpiritZero/Sketches/4thofjulycap.jpg

[scmarooney]

Thanks, Sedani and Bozzilla!
@ditch: Nice job on that Red Skull, very evil looking!
@Bozzilla: Unique take on Cap and Skull, I like it!
@dave_clarke: Nice job on your Cap with assault rifle drawing!
@hades: Cool Cap drawing, classic!
@ChuckCamo: Nice job on that Cap drawing! And cool job on the Cap/Skull illo! Keep it up!
@WS0: Nice job on your Cap illustration!

And here is The Red Skull on the moon from Super Villain Team Up #12, one of the first comics I have any memory of reading (must have made an impact ;) !):

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll311/smaroon69/RedSkull1.jpg

[girdoggy]

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http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7133/picture2yo.jpg

[HunterGreen]

Ironically completely unrelated to Girdoggy's post:

http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq183/seaofchemicals/ob1.jpg
Captain Omerica?

[scmarooney]

Quick Cap vs. Skull:

http://i.imgur.com/jrl4Z.jpg

[MJames]

the star spangled avenger...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp136/hivoltage61/CAPTA03.jpg

[paladis]

Quick Cap vs. Skull:

http://i.imgur.com/jrl4Z.jpg

All these have a little something extra this week, your work is really improving. Hope to have some leaps and bounds like you soon.

[Bruce Lee]

All these have a little something extra this week, your work is really improving. Hope to have some leaps and bounds like you soon.

I'm with paladis. Sean, your work continues to get better and better. You have a strong work ethic, I can tell. You post a lot of drawings each week, and that tells me that you enjoy drawing. That's what it takes to become good at it--you have to love doing it. You have to draw all the time. And when you do, you get better at it each time. I expect great things from you, man. Marvelous things. :)

Loston

[hadesillustrations]

Von Strucker:
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u225/hadesillustrations/baronvonstrucker.jpg

[scmarooney]

All these have a little something extra this week, your work is really improving. Hope to have some leaps and bounds like you soon.

Thanks paladis! Keep drawing as much as you can find time for and you'll see improvement in no time! I always try to tell the people who look over my shoulder and ask "how do you do that?" that it's just like anything else you practice doing, the more you do it, the better you get! (they never seem to believe me, though. I'm sure many of you have similar experiences with the looky-loos ;)!)


I'm with paladis. Sean, your work continues to get better and better. You have a strong work ethic, I can tell. You post a lot of drawings each week, and that tells me that you enjoy drawing. That's what it takes to become good at it--you have to love doing it. You have to draw all the time. And when you do, you get better at it each time. I expect great things from you, man. Marvelous things. :)
Loston

Wow, thanks Loston! I draw because I do like doing it, but also because I'm so broke and it doesn't cost anything (well, except for paper and some pencils) ;)! I will definitely credit much of my growth to participating here on PJ and from the encouragement of much better artists than myself, artists like Loston Wallace, and Alex (Hades), Dave Bovey, Beastie, and...... Well, you get the idea; There is a great community of artists willing to help other artists here on PJ.

@girdoggy: way to keep the markers moving this weeek!
@HunterGreen: Way to keep that pencil moving!
@MJames: Nice Cap portrait, nice 3-dimensionality in your colors!
@alex: Cool Strucker!

And here is a Viper/Madame Hydra versus Nick Fury to keep things rolling right along this week:
http://i.imgur.com/UM0ut.jpg

[paladis]

SCMAROONEY, do you do allot of drawing in public, sketching the folks around you? Its still something I am not comfortable with...but the few times I have done it it was a great experience.


I stopped drawing for a few months, got discouraged. But now I'm attacking it from several different angles. Actually did a few life drawing classes over the last few weeks which were allot of fun and I plan on doing those as much as I can.

[girdoggy]

This last Madam Hydra vs Nick Fury is One of your best wsg scmarooney !


some more Cap stuff i forgot to post here

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7475/capnwidow.jpg

[klortho]

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/4861/img006oz.jpg

ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah

[ReggieR3mote]

Great images everyone, haven't seen it yet but i hopes the movie is amazing.

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2417/stevenskull.jpg

[ReggieR3mote]

I was super stoked about the topic this week too.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8505/capandnick.jpg

Ian Roberts from the UCB referenced for Fury.

[D.C.]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i290/teuthida/Weekly%20Sketch%20Group/216-captain-america.jpg

Superduper quickie. I think his arm is dislocated...

[scmarooney]

SCMAROONEY, do you do allot of drawing in public, sketching the folks around you? Its still something I am not comfortable with...but the few times I have done it it was a great experience.
I stopped drawing for a few months, got discouraged. But now I'm attacking it from several different angles. Actually did a few life drawing classes over the last few weeks which were allot of fun and I plan on doing those as much as I can.

I do some drawing like this, but like to be a bit low-key. I generally go to a place like a library or somewhere quiet to draw if I need a change of pace. Not many interesting poses in the library ;) when I was working a full-time gig, on the phones or whatever, I would often bring a sketch book or a pad of bristol paper and do a drawing akin to the ones I do here.

Routine and regularity are the key to improvement (IMO). Try not to get too discouraged, keep posting and use some of the sketch forums for extra help if you need a draw-over or something like that. The life-drawing classes sound like a great idea. Wish I had the money to do them ;)!


This last Madam Hydra vs Nick Fury is One of your best wsg scmarooney !


Thanks, Girdoggy!

@girdoggy: Nice cap and widow kiss!
@klortho: Cool cap sketch!
@ReggieR3mote: Nice portrait drawings, keep it up!
@DC: Sweet Cap drawing! Never would have thought of that in a thousand years, funny stuff!

[Electronick]

Thought I'd give the sketch group a try. Here's my Cap.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/Electronicron/Captain_America_Pencils.jpg

[scmarooney]

@Electronicron: Nice job on that Captain America drawing! Thanks for joining the sketch group this week!

Great job to everyone who participated in WSG #216. I'll post up #217 ASAP, and I hope to see you all there!

[hydekomiksink]

Man its been far too long since I participated in these. So here goes a few quickies.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/wsg216cap2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/wsg216cap1.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/wsg216fury.jpg

[hydekomiksink]

And a Red Skull for good measure.... exactly how many cups is a red skull anyway?? Can't wait for the next topics.. :D
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/wsg216skull.jpg

[NickRocks]

30 minutes and my wrist hurts, but the movie was so awesome i thought id contrib

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/NickGuy_2006/goddamnnazikiller.jpg

[phillip_r]

Hey guys, late to the party, but here's a Cap sketch
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/253389_1865606161662_1286254107_31635887_4975466_n .jpg

[Bach2099]

Always better late than never. Great Cap stuff guys! phillip_r love the gray tones man.