Weekly Sketch Group #240

[scmarooney]

Weekly Sketch Group #240

Welcome to the first sketch group of 2012! I'll be your continuing host while Manji is away taking care of business. Anybody is welcome to join the Weekly Sketch Group, just pick a topic, draw it, and post it up for everyone to admire. PM me if you have a topic you'd like to see in a future installment!

And now onto this week's topics:

1. The Thing: The ever loving, blue-eyed, Ben Grimm! For bonus points draw the rest of the Fantastic Four too ;)!

2. Princess Zelda: Sure, everone draws Link, but what about the object of his desire?

3: Original Character or Concept:

by Shaun

DIAMONDHIDE is the bruising superhero defending Marlowe City, CA. When Atticus Ross’ recombinant DNA is activated he is able to produce a thick, rocky skin with shards of quartz-like diamond jutting out of his body,[URL="http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m577/ShotgunShaun/Reference%20Pics/lasercrystals1.jpg"].

I’m picturing him similar in body size and proportions to this guy, [URL="http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m577/ShotgunShaun/Reference%20Pics/ice_army.jpg"], with the same broad chest and spikey appendages on his upper arm and back, which in this case would be the crystalline diamonds referenced above. Ignore the face in the reference pic, Diamondhide’s face should be fairly human so we can still make out his emotions. Only it will be rocky, similar to the Thing.

In addition to his incredible strength and durability he can also control the density and shaping of his diamond shards so he likes to create large diamond fists, similar to this - [URL="http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m577/ShotgunShaun/Reference%20Pics/141853-85689-holocaust_large.jpg "]. One might even have claws coming out, at your discretion.


And there you have it drawing dudes and dudettes! Sharpen those pencils and keep sketching!

[hydekomiksink]

I'm pretty sure Shaun won the last round of writing contests over in the writing thread (good story too). As a reward, I think we should all draw his character. :D

[Shaun]

Thanks! Sorry the links didn't work.

[khmer]

The links work if you cut and paste it into another browser window.

[Dri]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/everdri/100201103012IMG.jpg

[gbeef]

Here my zelda for the new year
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ty_3MpNH048/TwJir9h3PqI/AAAAAAAAAWU/PzgEEpCqNm0/s1600/pj_zelda.jpg

[brokenhill]

well for now here are 2 old crappy ( afew weeks old I think) Thing sketch's
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/brokenhhill/sketchTHING34.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/brokenhhill/sketchTHING33.jpg
and some ref for you unaware of what ole Ben Grimm looks like.Hahah
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/brokenhhill/sat25.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

For those who missed it, here is the recent preliminary drawing I did of the Thing. Yeah, it might look like a finished drawing, but I blew this up and transferred it to 11x17" bristol, and added in a whole bunch of floating heads to the final illustration. The final piece is being drawn for Brokenhill. This first draft was drawn and inked on copy paper with a pencil & a Pitt brushpen. I'm happy with how it turned out. :)

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


Also, here is a little step-by-step head shot action:
http://www.lostonwallace.com/thing3quarter100.jpg

...and a brief tutorial on drawing Ben's noggin:

http://www.lostonwallace.com/thingheads100a.jpg

[guntherzero]

Make way for Ben!

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m575/guntherzero/thing01.jpg

[Diesel]

I haven't played with Prismacolors in years... but this inspired me to break them out!

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu216/DieselNYC/ThingATC1.jpg

[NickRocks]

wow nice shit gbeef and steve

[scmarooney]

@Dri: Nice job on the Ben Grimm montage drawing!
@gbeef: Cool Zelda drawing, nice job!
@brokenhill: Cool Thing drawings, Steve!
@Loston: Awesome tutorial drawings, those are keepers! Cool Thing drawing, also!
@guntherzero: Nice job on your Ben Grimm drawing!
@Diesel: Nice job on that Thing drawing, good colors!

And here's a quick pass at Shaun's DiamondHide character that I just sketched up:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll311/smaroon69/Dhide1.jpg

[gbeef]

Heres my Sketch Mr Grimm can't be left out seems everyone has a version of him.
Loston your tutorial was very helpful.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd9/gbeef/pencil_jack/thing.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

Loston your tutorial was very helpful.

I'm glad, Jackson. Not a bad Thing, man!

[Jeloschi]

Since I'm doing all these sketch cards, thought I'd throw in a Thing

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx343/Jeloschi/bencard.jpg

[scmarooney]

@gbeef: Nice job on your Thing drawing!
@Jelo: Nice job on that Thing card!

Here's a quickie animated-style Thing I did up earlier tonight:

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

[Bruce Lee]

Morning warm-up:

http://www.lostonwallace.com/thingsigncolor2.jpg

[Zippy]

quick thingy... I need practice drawing weird shaped duders.

Awesome job everyone.

http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz342/zchudson/Sketchbook/thingy_warmups.jpg?t=1325814138

[Bruce Lee]

@Dri: Heh. I've never seen Ben sitting perched like that, but it's a visually interesting pose. I really like the large head shot, man! I think that's excellent!

@gbeef: Really nice Princess Zelda! I really like the pose, the line work and the attitude! Nice Ben Grimm too! Looks like you had fun drawing these, eh?

@brokenhill: I think you make Ben a lot wider than I'm used to seeing him, but you keep drawing him better every time you sketch him, Steve. You're making great progress.

@guntherzero: I dig the pose, Ross--but it looks sort of like Ben was carrying something in his left hand---a football, perhaps? Nice foreshortening on the right arm!

@Diesel: Cool, Aaron! I haven't used colored pencils in years. What paper are you using?

@scmarooney: I'm diggin' Diamondhide! He reminds me of a Dale Keown style '90s action figure, or someone from the 1980s THE SAGA OF CRYSTAR comics. Your Ben Grimm is monstrous in size. His physique reminds me of Sasquatch from Alpha Flight, Iron Clad from the U-foes, or even Nimrod, from the X-MEN. He looks like he is a super-sized Grimm!

@Jeloshi: I really dig the close-up (complete with cigar!)! Why did you color him red instead of orange though, might I ask?

@Zippy: Hey, that's pretty good, man! You might want to make his nose look a little less human and slightly more stylized. If you widen his brow a bit, that will also help. The figure is pretty good. I like the proportions. :)

[gbeef]

@scmarooney - love this those legs are freakin awesome.
@loston - Thanks yeah i had fun with this for sure. Its good getting back into drawing again i miss it. So i'm making a effort to study and focus more maybe ill start a blog. This community is great!
@Diesel- love the colors used in this one.

[scmarooney]

@scmarooney: I'm diggin' Diamondhide! He reminds me of a Dale Keown style '90s action figure, or someone from the 1980s THE SAGA OF CRYSTAR comics. Your Ben Grimm is monstrous in size. His physique reminds me of Sasquatch from Alpha Flight, Iron Clad from the U-foes, or even Nimrod, from the X-MEN. He looks like he is a super-sized Grimm!
Thanks for the feedback, Loston! I like drawing the original characters almost as much as I like drawing the established ones! That Thing drawing needs a much bigger head ;)!


@scmarooney - love this those legs are freakin awesome.
Thanks gbeef!


@Loston: Funny Ben Grimm `toon! The sign really sells the gag :)!
@Zippy: Nice job on that Thing sketch!

And here's a quick Princess Zelda warmup sketch to keep things chugging along this week:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll311/smaroon69/PrincessZ1.jpg

[Justin_A]

http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss41/ayersart/thing.jpg

Happy New Year guys! I thought I'd have a little fun with this for my first post of the year. Great work this week from everyone!

[Bruce Lee]

http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss41/ayersart/thing.jpg

Happy New Year guys! I thought I'd have a little fun with this for my first post of the year. Great work this week from everyone!

I truly LOLed! Nice!

[cbikle]

http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss41/ayersart/thing.jpg






"Wotta revoltin' development !"

[Einar]

It's great to see WSG awake again after the holidays, lots of nice stuff guys.
Justin_A, that's just a total hit - I also wanted to mess the old John Carpenter stuff in, but had no concept good enough; yours is rocking.
Love all those Things, glad to see Sean going for the animated style again, Loston's bum Thingy and brokenhill's massive, enormous giant, just to mention a few.
I am gonna back up Sean and gbeef's Zelda with another lil princess:
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae248/einar036/Penciljack/20120107_wsg240_princess_zelda.jpg

[NickRocks]

never played one of the games, so sorry if the "hero saves the princess" trope isnt in these games

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

[Bach2099]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bxgjM7G4jSo/TwjvOPcYeRI/AAAAAAAAA94/pQwO0OLQ3_M/s1600/littleTHING+color.jpg

I did a little Thing. Ben rockin his Xmas sweater.

Justin_A your Thing/the Thing is some funny ass great shit. That thing rules!

[scmarooney]

@Justin_A: Very creative and a funny/cool version of the "Thing", nice job!
@Einar: Nice job on your Zelda drawing!
@Nick: Like the Zelda sketch! I haven't played a Zelda game myself since the 90's...
@Bach2099: Nice job on the Thing and his new FF sweater!

And here's another try at Diamonhide, slightly less bulked up, and doing the superhero thing:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll311/smaroon69/DHide2.jpg

[segludian]

http://segludian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wsg240_Thing.jpg
Great pictures everyone. Here is my take on the Thing. I am definitely rusty. I was thinking of drawing ghost Princess Zelda since I am currently playing Spirit Tracks, but I chose the Thing instead. I added some computer colors in the Gimp to make it presentable.

P.S. I changed hosting recently, let me know if the image doesn't show up.

[Popninja]

Bad scan. I wanted to make this the year where I participate in EVERY weekly sketch thread. I almost missed this one, though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Popninja/2012/quickthing001.jpg

Cheers to the new year!

[scmarooney]

@segludian: Nice job on that Thing drawing, good colors!
@Pop: Nice job on the Thing portrait! I like that new years resolution ;)!

Great job to everyone that participated in WSG #240 this last week! A great way to start off the year, and I hope to see you all again for WSG #241 which I will post up ASAP!

[hydekomiksink]

Man I am soooo lame. I had these last week and never scanned or posted them. And even more lame that I didn't complete a good Diamond Hide:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/pjwsg240thing2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/pjwsg240thing1.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/HydeKomiksInk/pjwsg240diamondhide1.jpg

[Whune]

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/Whune/20120213_01.jpg

lol
"gee... I wonder why Mr. Kirby did The Thing with such large rock masses..."

(I figured out why)
(urgh)

no erasing
so that's why it's messy.

okiebye

[C William Russette]

Wow there was some stuff here! Interesting how everyone has their own version of the Thing.