Continuing sketch thread ... I hope

[El Nino Grande]

Peek into the sketchbook, I'm going to try to sketch enough to keep this thread up and running. Summer's coming soon, hopefully I can use my time for good.

without any adu what so ever:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/page.jpg
Sketch page from a park across from a church

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Life.jpg
Allegory of life's temptations or Death handing a midget a balloon...you decide.

seriously, does that look like a midget or is it just me? And what can I do to fix it.

[El Nino Grande]

And hopefully this'll grab some attention:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/BabeBW.jpg
I'm not sure why she's standing on a coin...she just seemed petit while I was drawing her...so I made her really petit

[TheCubanator]

Oh, that poor boy's hands... he cant even grab the ballon death is giving him... That death, hes got creative ways of torture

Pretty nice overall, the last one looks like you took a bit of time to draw.. the one thing that looked off to me was her ear, it looks a bit high on her dome, should be a bit lower. Also, im not sure the cylinder shes standing on matches the perspective her feet are at. Still, nice draw-rings

-c

[Micah_Faulkner]

To de-midgetize the guy: narrow the shoulders, thin the eyebrows, and broaden his cheeks. On children, the eyes should be below the half-way line and their chins are not pronounced.

Hope this helps!

Love,
Micah

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[El Nino Grande]

Thank you very much Cubanator and Faulkner.

I've fixed up the girl. she looks much better, may scan her in when I have more new stuff to post.
and the advice on children's faces was very helpful.

Thanks a bunch.

[Micah_Faulkner]

No problem. Looking forward to seeing the scans!

Love,
Micah

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Monolith Production Blog: "In the Studio"
http://www.monolithllc.com/notes

[El Nino Grande]

Well, got some new stuff to update with, just random sketches without rhyme or reason. I'd love to hear any comments or crits, the pointers I got last time really helped.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Jenkes.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/nerd.jpg

and I cleaned up the girl just a little: brought the ear down a bit and fixed her shoulder, actually spent a little time on the base so it looked better, cleaned up some lines.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/revisedgirl.jpg

tell me what ya think
Thanks a bunch for lookin!

[El Nino Grande]

Did some Rogues Gallery sketchin'.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/rogues.jpg

The two face and catwoman are pretty flat compared to Joker...I like him the most so I spent the most time on him.

But I felt bad that my catwoman turned so crappy, so I tried this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/catwoman.jpg

So...second installment of the continuing thread is in...
I might actually be able to keep this thing going!

[El Nino Grande]

Well,
No comments, but plenty of views -- thats good.

Hope these are fun to look at:
NEW STUFF ::

various characters inspired by various internet pings:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/various.jpg

An old favorite from the Rogues Gallery:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Riddler.jpg

Everyone's favorite homicidal lunatic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/jokers.jpg
I've always liked Tim Sale's joker.

[El Nino Grande]

Something a little more ... exciting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/contour.jpg

and to leave you on a happy note:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/another-joker.jpg

[GRiM]

Nice sketches, keep em coming. But, is it just me, or is the girl-on-a-coin's ear actually higher in the revamped pic? It looks worse to me.

[El Nino Grande]

Yeah, it might be,
she was kind of a tough one for me, the first drawing I did looked best, then every time I tried to fix something something else got worse.

anyway, I've moved on.
new sketch,
actually, it's sorta past a sketch, wanted to see what you guys thought.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/dragonness.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/big-dragonness.jpg)

[El Nino Grande]

new stuff:

here's some cute little heros, plus Dr. Orpheus, and a guy in a hat from Pirate Baby, also there's a dude yelling in the corner....
I just draw this stuff as it comes to me.

http://members.cox.net/zquine/Pics/06-05/page-5-25-06.jpg (http://members.cox.net/zquine/Pics/06-05/page-5-25-06-large.jpg)

and kinda liked where that last girl was going, so I did some more in the same line:

http://members.cox.net/zquine/Pics/06-05/warrior-babe.jpg (http://members.cox.net/zquine/Pics/06-05/warrior-babe-large.jpg)

[El Nino Grande]

Okay, new stuff as of end of May.

Working on value, getting shadows right,
who better but the Lord Mignola. So I am going to be trying to incorporate more shadow and black into my sketches.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/crappy-mig-practice.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Zombie-Robot-tease.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/shel-evator.jpg

[El Nino Grande]

These two I'm kinda happy with,
Still just beginning sketches, I'd kinda like get some feed back if anyone's watching.
click for bigger.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/still_life.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/still_life_big.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/alchemist.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/alchemist_big.jpg)

[El Nino Grande]

New stuff from my trip up to Minnesota.
Plane rides are a great time to draw.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/ENR.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/ENR_big.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/robopage.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/robopage_big.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/GnRpage.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/GnRpage_big.jpg)

[El Nino Grande]

one more:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/GRnRpage.jpg

[GRiM]

It's interesting that you decided to start working with shadows when you did those mignola sketches, but then you didn't do any after that. I would suggest developing that, it's great practice. I'm trying to do the same.

[El Nino Grande]

:o It's funny you should mention that,

I was working on the heavy-shadow stuff, but it takes longer. I have just finished up a batch and will scan and post tomorrow, hopefully they will be acceptable :p

Come see em tomorrow!

[El Nino Grande]

So, I've been workin' to develop a Mignola-esque style -- trying to get used to drawing from value and shapes instead of from outlines

Inspired while watchin my new Pulp Fiction DVD.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Pulps.jpg
John Travolta looks a little f'ed up, but I'm really happy with Uma and S L J

Rocketeer: Great pulp-hero
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/Rocketeerpg.jpg
I kinda wanted him to look a little nerdy in person, without the helmet, not sure why.
will try to go back and color the part on the right all Art Deco like, it'll be hard though.

[El Nino Grande]

and this is sortof a self portrait type thingee that I'm in the middle of coloring.
if anyone's got any advise please comment :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/selfportbnw.jpg

midst of coloring:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/selfport.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/selfport_big.jpg)
click for larger

So, as always C&C are greatly appreciated,
Hopefully this isn't just some f*#@ed up Repugnant s**t.
(

[fatmancomics]

Something a little more ... exciting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/quantumz/contour.jpg



This is your best in here so far. You should strive to draw everything using these techniques.

[AlphaMale73]

I thought that was the best as well. you can tell he used reference.