The Butchered Notebook

[The V Man]

Aptly named sketch blog since most of my sketches are clipped from my notebook at work.

Various doodles collected from the last 2 years in my notebooks. Special features include Abraham Lincoln with a Lightsabre and Jedi Master Chruchill
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/sketch_dump.jpg

Ditto
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/dump2.jpg

An unfinished pirate sketch
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/pirate_wip.jpg

-V

[The V Man]

S'more. Trying to keep it chronological order thus far.

Some recent work on a more comic and less cartoony style
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/dump3.jpg

Working on body form and posing
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/dive_wip.jpg

My 'Mutant Farmer of Corn Cobb Ridge' for Weekly Sketch Group 9
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/mutant_farmer.jpg

More to come.
-V

[The V Man]

Working on some female faces since I haven't drawn many of the fairer sex.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/faces_girls.jpg

Concepting a character's costume - specifically the helmet and roughing out a leather jacket.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/char_concept_01.jpg

-V

[The V Man]

Cartoonish Wolverine - buggered up the hand(s). One day I WILL learn not to sketch with my pen ;)
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/wolverine.jpg

And one of Spidey. again a little cartoony but I was aiming for a similar look to the Jr. Romita's version (angled head webs to shoe facial layout, thinner linework). Only a so-so turnout but I'm still happy with it for what it is.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/spidey_pen.jpg

-V

[The V Man]

Wow, almost a month since my last post - yikes.
Well, I haven't been completely idle - managed to find myself a few more resources (such as the incredible Krash Kourse) though with moving approaching at a swift pace, and work being crazy busy, it's amazing I've done anything at all!

Anyway, on to the art. First up are some attempts at better faces - griding things out and some expression work.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/faces.jpg

And in the same vein I threw together something as a test for perspective on a character. The rain isn't done right and I should have used the character as the central point for it, but I was rushed and didn't think of that till after. Live and learn.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/rain.jpg

First ever attempted Hulk - I hate the face but the body isn't all a waste.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/hulk_smash.jpg

[Bah, 3 image limit got me again. More coming up next post!]

[The V Man]

...And now back to the ever present Spidey (seriously I'm not obsessed, it's just what I tend to doodle up!)

This one was wedged between a few bits of useful info in my book that I couldn't sketch over
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/spidey_move.jpg

For once I had a pencil on hand...
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/spidey_swing.jpg

An attempt at an action shot...
...and on a sticky note no less.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/spidey_side.jpg

More coming right up....

[The V Man]

And the last of this batch.

A pose inspired by a slightly cartoonier version I saw in one of the Spidey mags (again, not obsessed..) The hand and outstretched arm really bother me here, but again ink is an unforgiving medium.
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/spidey_onearm.jpg

And breaking the trend (sorta) a Venom - older style
http://thevman.rooms.cwal.net/sketch/Venom.jpg
I think this is one of the pieces I'm happier with. The anatomy isn't so glaringly off too, so that's a plus.

More to come soon, hopefully.

-V