ETI's swipe file

[e_t_i]

From Wally Wood's "My World"
http://iversonic.com/pj/woody.jpg

From Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
http://iversonic.com/pj/thunder.jpg

From a photo of a Bowen sculpture of Yellow Jacket. I interpreted the hand and quickly got bored with this.
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_yj.jpg

[e_t_i]

Ballpoint pen sketch from a photo of a Bowen Watcher sculpture by the Kucharek Bros.
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_watcher.jpg

[spidey976]

Hey Eti ... nice work ... it is a bit of an older style ... and your watcher looks like a serious contender .... I would love to see a finished product

[e_t_i]

Thanks much!

[e_t_i]

Kirbyesque take on a Bowen scultpure
http://iversonic.com/pj/kirby_bowen_cap.jpg

[e_t_i]

And another
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_redskull.jpg

[Chris Major]

Great stuff. I like how you focus mainly on light and shadows and not lines to make the sketch tell its story.

Don't let up!

[e_t_i]

Thanks. Ideally I want to do well with lines too. I'm still learning.

[e_t_i]

And another
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_thanos.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

Love the Thunder Agents stuff. Nice job on the Wood portrait to. You learning new things following the works of guys like Wood?

Loston

[e_t_i]

Love the Thunder Agents stuff. Nice job on the Wood portrait to. You learning new things following the works of guys like Wood?

Loston

Thanks!

I really like Wood's dual lighting style; that's something I'd love to incorporate into my own work. And of course he's a great inker. Also love his spaceship interiors, and his more cartoony style when he shows it.

The more I study, the more I find that there's tons of stuff to learn from the great artists of the past. Yesterday I saw some of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon work in a book, reproduced straight from the original art; it looked waaaaaay better than seeing his printed stuff reproduced. I'm talking night and day. Utterly inspiring!

[e_t_i]

Woo-hoo! It's the back of Dennis Dennis III (or as I call him, the Pink Skull).
http://iversonic.com/pj/dennis.jpg
And he has no feet. Just working out folds and such.

[e_t_i]

Tried my hand at aping some 3-minute sketches (http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryRoom.asp?Page=1&GSub=18681&Order=Title)
Won't claim these took under 3 minutes, but I did do them in ink.

http://iversonic.com/pj/Kitson_Dredd.jpg

http://iversonic.com/pj/Brevoort_Cap.jpg

[e_t_i]

First drawing ever using Col-erase pencils.
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_ss.jpg
Probably should have tried something less ambitious than a chromed Bowen sculpture

[e_t_i]

2:40 bats with a dull sharpie, done for the 3-minute challenge. (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?p=862560)
http://iversonic.com/pj/bats3min.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://iversonic.com/pj/mm.jpg

[e_t_i]

A study for the "Let's Get Realistic" challenge
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/bender.jpg

[spidey976]

Eti ... I love the variety of your work ... it is pretty much a broad stroke ... very impressive .... I will be lurking around here ... lol

[e_t_i]

Glad you like it, Spidey!

[e_t_i]

Drawn in 1976 when I was 13 years old.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Supes.jpg

This was for a birthday card for my grandfather's 64th birthday. He was a champion power lifter. This shows Superman after arm wrestling with my granddad (Supes lost :) ). I got this back in the early '90s after granddad died. Nice that he saved it.

Funny that I signed it "ETI" back then XD

And something more recent:

http://iversonic.com/pj/Doop.jpg

After a photo of a Bowen statue

[e_t_i]

For the Weekly Sketch group
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Indy.jpg

[e_t_i]

Watercolor study of Magneto's head, done for the Draw The Cover Of Your First Comic (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82061) challenge
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/magstudy.jpg

[e_t_i]

After Ron Turner
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/turner.jpg

reference (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/421515647_e6af8b7833_o.jpg)

[e_t_i]

Drew this about 10 years ago

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Bruce.jpg

[e_t_i]

Drew this about 31 years ago

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/cat.jpg

[xadrian]

Drawn in 1976 when I was 13 years old.


You mean they had pencils back then? Jiminy!

[e_t_i]

We didn't have your fancy shmancy 4H and 4B pencils. All we had was a number 2. And we LIKED it!

[e_t_i]

Drew this about 31 years ago too

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/cats.jpg

If your subject is moving around, you might want to work on a few poses simultaneoulsy. When the subject moves back into one pose or another, you switch drawings until you have a complete one. Also helps if they suddenly decide to go to sleep.

[e_t_i]

Then again, if your subject is a jittery rabbit that won't stand still; good luck.

Drew this a few minutes ago

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/bunnies.jpg

[e_t_i]

This is what I get when I combine a break from work, a pencil (no eraser), and a piece of copier paper. http://www.iversonic.com/pj/turnership.jpg

Based on a Ron Turner painting.

[e_t_i]

I decorated my portfolio that I lugged around the Mid-Ohio Con.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/capred.jpg

Based on sketches seen previously in this sketch blog.

[e_t_i]

My site is down at the moment, so this is being hosted on imageshack :D

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4369/therayym8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[e_t_i]

for the muscle sketch group (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?p=883245)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/torso.jpg

Yeah, I got bored halfway through this XD

[Doppelganger]

I luv that Red Skull - bold use of shadow on the face....

[e_t_i]

Thanks, Dopple!
_______________________________________________



Klaus Nomi is reading your thoughts.
http://iversonic.com/pj/nomi.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Klaus_smirk.jpg

[nickbachman]

Total Eclipse is my favorite Klaus song. I'm really digging that last piece. Your Metropolis-esque rendering style suits Klaus' persona very well.

[e_t_i]

Total Eclipse is my favorite Klaus song. I'm really digging that last piece. Your Metropolis-esque rendering style suits Klaus' persona very well.

Thanks Nick! Yeah, Total Eclipse rawks! :lml-: :skull:

"Metropolis-esque?" I like that!


http://iversonic.com/futura.jpg


(Yeah, that's my drawing of the robot Futura from Metropolis.)

[e_t_i]

Just got my first carbon pencil and needed to practice shading with it, so I drew some...spheres.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/balls.jpg

I tried to adjust the image to look exactly as dark/light as the original. Every monitor will be different, but I tried to show how dark the carbon pencil can get.

EDIT: edited the image and re-scanned

[Bruce Lee]

Nice shading, amigo!

Loston

[e_t_i]

Thanks. Hey, anyone care to guess which one I used templates on and which one I drew freehand?

[e_t_i]

Practicing my Kirby

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kirby.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

Practicing my Kirby

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kirby.jpg

Not bad! Looking at it cold, I think I'd still recognize that as being Jack Kirby.

Loston

[e_t_i]

That's good. I never drew a portrait in (attempted) Kirby style before, let alone a portrait of Kirby.

Here's Richard Widmark and Victor Mature in my regular style
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gangstas.jpg

[e_t_i]

After Mike Allred (duh)
http://iversonic.com/pj/madmen.jpg

[e_t_i]

A very Kirby Cap

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kirbycap.jpg

[e_t_i]

Tonight's sketches


After Kirby
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/4kirbyheads.jpg


And
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/3bruces.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/capfuturesketch.jpg

In-progress piece, but I like where it's going. Maybe tomorrow I'll look at it and think it sucks.

[e_t_i]

Today I think I need to redo it. The rendering is OK but the underlying drawing is a little shaky.

[e_t_i]

Not feeling well today but here's a pulp sketch

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/lillis.jpg

[e_t_i]

My take on JB Sr.'s DD from HtDtMW. And then I thought "W.W.K.D.?"* but I ran out of paper.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/4d.jpg

*"What Would Kirby Do?"

[e_t_i]

Trying to be a bit more original here.
My own character. Working out a pose, comments/suggestions appreciated.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gun.jpg

[e_t_i]

Another one from the archives! This is a preliminary sketch for an "Eye Of Agamotto" pinup I once tried to sell to a local comic store of the same name. Did this when I was 13 or 14. The little guy imitating Dr. Stephen Strange was drawn by my childhood buddy, comics artist Robert Kirby, whom I've recently reconnected with after 30 years!
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/agamotto.jpg

[davechisholm]

it's good man. i always have a hard time putting together a pose for character sketches without a story to put them in...it's weird.
tell us more about the character, please.

*thanks for the minis!

[e_t_i]

it's good man. i always have a hard time putting together a pose for character sketches without a story to put them in...it's weird.
tell us more about the character, please.

Oh, just a guy like you and me. Drives around with his robot partner spotting things wrong with the world and making them right.

And here's something I'm working on for the "draw your avatar" contest.
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/eti.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/x-force.jpg

[e_t_i]

Working on something for the Iron Man challenge
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress1.jpg

[e_t_i]

Update:
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress2.jpg

[e_t_i]

'nother update

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress3.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/imhead.jpg
From a illustration by Marc Wolfe.

[e_t_i]

And another update.
It's not that I'm slow (though I am), it's that I hardly have any time to work on this.
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress4.jpg

[e_t_i]

This morning's update
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress5.jpg

[Caimano]

It looks amazing...which media are yu using for zip tone in this way?

[e_t_i]

Thanks, Simone! The Iron Man is graphite on drawing paper. So far I've just used an HB pencil, drawing stump and erasers.

[Repo Man]

So far I've just used an HB pencil, drawing stump and erasers.
Nice tones. I thought for sure you were going the digital route.

[e_t_i]

Nice tones. I thought for sure you were going the digital route.

Thanks :) But naw. There's a photoshop levels adjustment after I scan it, but you can see it's not digitally based

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im+me.jpg

[e_t_i]

On it goes...
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress6.jpg

[e_t_i]

Inching closer

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/iminprogress7.jpg

[Caimano]

As I said it's turning out great!

you publish a comic like this and I'm going to buy it!

[e_t_i]

Thanks. And I'll be after you to buy it when I'm done :D

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im.jpg

Comments?

[lost-spartan]

The eyes and slots on his face look to large for the size of the head. But he definitely looks like he's wearing metal pants. Good job on the rendering.

[e_t_i]

Thanks.


And here's another one from the archives. After Jim Starlin. Drawn and inked (with marker and pen), circa 1985.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/warlock85.jpg

[blamito]

The Iron Man has kind of a feminine build. Thin legs and arms especially if those legs and arms are covered with armor. I agree, nice rendering.

[e_t_i]

The Iron Man has kind of a feminine build. Thin legs and arms especially if those legs and arms are covered with armor.

Now you tell me! XD Might be, though the classic Iron Man was not as bulky as the current model.


I agree, nice rendering.

Thanks, much!

[e_t_i]

Added a few pounds for my final version :)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/imfinal.jpg

[e_t_i]

Color for the heck of it
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/imcolor4.jpg

[Caimano]

oh yes this is THE iron man, I mean the new versions are really cool, but i grew up reading this guy adentures

[e_t_i]

My feelings exactly :D

[e_t_i]

After Wieringo

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/ringo-flash.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/3morebruces.jpg

[Caimano]

I remember this Bruce Lee black and white serie...man you make me feel like a baby again :D

[e_t_i]

Maybe it was just your television that was black and white? :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81k_34ouQhM

[e_t_i]

Haven't done a "real" watercolor in decades.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/ShanghaiPlanNine.jpg

Based on this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/ShanghaiPlanNine.jpg)

[Caimano]

Iron Man comic with this kind of watercolours art as backround (and for the rest) IM as to be coloured as you did in the previous pic though....think about it man...I'm sure he'll rock!

[e_t_i]

Thanks for your support! I want to make my own graphic novel but I'm having trouble getting started. Maybe today I'll finally start it :)

[e_t_i]

I had started this for the draw-your-avatar contest, but couldn't finish in time and forgot about it. Posted a sketch a few pages back. Here it is in progress.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/eti-inprogress.jpg

[e_t_i]

Remember those ads that said "Draw Winky" or "Draw the Pirate?"

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/winky_pirate.jpg

[brokenhill]

OK ,your hired.

[e_t_i]

Heheh. Thanks.

Less well known was the "Draw the Vermeer" ad.

http://iversonic.com/pj/vermeer.jpg

[e_t_i]

And I've hardly drawn in weeks, but I wanted to do something. Getting badly out-of-practice. Maybe this will embarrass me into drawing more...

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/sgsketch1.jpg

[e_t_i]

Preliminary Johnny Gambit sketch for my buddy Alan Oldham

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/johnny_gambit1.jpg

[Caimano]

Good to hear youìre going to get back to drawing desk a bit more:)

Preliminary drawing...mine are always pure crap, but I know it and I use it just as skeleton of my final

[e_t_i]

Here's a little something I've been eager to share; I drew and inked the latest webisode (#28) of Awesome Storm Justice 41 (http://www.uggabugga.net/asj41/asj41episode28/page1.htm).

You might want to click on that link and see the finished product with all the words, or not. Here's how it came together:

Page 1

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb1.jpg

Pencils:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/page1pencils_web.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p1inks_web.jpg

High-res inks here (http://iversonic.com/asj/p1inks_hi.jpg)

More to follow...

[e_t_i]

Page 2

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb2.jpg

Pencils:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/page2pencils_web.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p2roughinks_4web.jpg

High-res inks (http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p2inks_hi.jpg)

[e_t_i]

Page 3

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb3.jpg

Pencils:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/page3pencils-2.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p3inks4web.jpg

High-res inks (http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p3inks_hi.jpg)

My homage to Wally Wood.

[e_t_i]

Page 4

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb4.jpg

Pencils:
http://iversonic.com/asj/p2finalpencils.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p4inks_small4web.jpg

High-res inks (http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p4inks_hi.jpg)

My homage to Wil Elder.

[e_t_i]

Page 5

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb5.jpg

Pencils:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p5pencils.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p5inks4web.jpg

High-res inks (http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p5inks_hi.jpg)

[e_t_i]

Page 6

Thumbs:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/thumb6.jpg

Pencils:
http://iversonic.com/asj/p6pencils_revised.jpg

Inks:
http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p6inks4web.jpg

High-res inks (http://www.iversonic.com/asj/p6inks_hi.jpg)

Speaking of Wally Wood; with the lack of action on these last pages, I found myself looking for inspiration from Wally Wood's 22 panels that always work (http://images.google.com/images?q=wally+wood%27s+22+panels+that+always+work ).

Much thanks goes to Ugga and the ASJ gang for having confidence in me despite not previously seeing any of my sequential art.

[Caimano]

And I was thinking you're getting lazy:eek:

a fantastic update! the pages are good...my fave are the "tap tap tap" ones! and I checked the coloured version and colours really added very good value to your work (is Steve the colourist?).

you showed a very good character expression and yes you used Wood suggestion in a good way

[e_t_i]

and I checked the coloured version and colours really added very good value to your work (is Steve the colourist?).

Yep, Steve Downer's colors saved the day!

Thanks!

[e_t_i]

Still here

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/imretrohead.jpg

Graphitint, graphite, and FW acrylic white.

[Caimano]

Love it!

The metal rendering is amazing!

[e_t_i]

Thanks! I wasn't too happy with it. XD Will try again.

[e_t_i]

Another one, in progress. Will probably try and finish this later.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im3_1.jpg


Watercolor pencil, colored pencil.

[e_t_i]

Little more colored pencil. Still not done.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im3_2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Aaaaaaand, I discovered some new techniques that I think will work better, so I'm starting over. Here's in progress:
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_1.jpg

[e_t_i]

Getting there...slowly...

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_2.jpg

[e_t_i]

*sigh* today's update

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_3.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_4.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_5.jpg

[e_t_i]

...getting...closer...


http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_6.jpg

[brokenhill]

this is cool.like how its coiming along.

[e_t_i]

this is cool.like how its coiming along.

Thanks, man!

Today's update:

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_7.jpg

[Caimano]

Cool!

are you still using coloured pencils? What's the difference from the pervious techinque?

[e_t_i]

Thanks!

The previous one I started with a watercolor pencil underpainting and used other colored pencils over it. This one is mostly colored pencils.

[NickRocks]

woah pretty neat!

havent checked out your blog in awhile, this is dope. is this supposed to be a full body shot?

[e_t_i]

Thanks. Ah, this is taking me too long to do much more than the head. XD Plus there's not enough room on the paper for the full body.

[e_t_i]

Heading into the home stretch

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im4_8.jpg

[e_t_i]

Warmup sketch for the Gir drawoff
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/girsketch.jpg

[lost-spartan]

LOL just seeing Gir makes me bust out into laughter. The shine looks awesome on his head. How much more do you have to go on the IM peice?

[Dri]

That's pretty sweet, ETI. Only got the idea for the Gir draw off cos a gal who's organizing our exhibition loves the character and the group are putting together a sketchbook for her.

I'm sure she'll love to see the outcome. Really cool how you matched the colours.

[e_t_i]

LOL just seeing Gir makes me bust out into laughter. The shine looks awesome on his head. How much more do you have to go on the IM peice?

Thanks. And not a lot left on the IM; I'm just taking a break from it. I actually drew 3 more versions in addition to the two I posted here, so I'm a little sick of looking at it at the moment :eek:


That's pretty sweet, ETI. Only got the idea for the Gir draw off cos a gal who's organizing our exhibition loves the character and the group are putting together a sketchbook for her.

I'm sure she'll love to see the outcome. Really cool how you matched the colours.

Thanks. With any luck I will come up with a good final Gir drawing and not lose interest before it's due. :D

[e_t_i]

More Gir practice. I knew there was a reason I bought that peculiar blue Canson paper.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/girsketch2.jpg

[Chris Major]

I can hear him scream "I'm running!"
Is that weird?

[e_t_i]

After Ron Turner
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/turner.jpg

reference (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/421515647_e6af8b7833_o.jpg)

Had to revisit this one to try out some new techniques

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/after_turner.jpg

[e_t_i]

Beginning sketch for the Gir drawoff
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gir1.jpg

[NickRocks]

After Ron Turner
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/turner.jpg




this is my favorite thing from you ever.

[Bruce Lee]

Little more colored pencil. Still not done.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/im3_2.jpg

That's awesome, man!

Btw, I like the Black Avengers/ Turner sketch too! I found this Ron Turner gallery online. Seen that one before?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gems_from_the_collection/sets/72157600000117243/

Loston

[e_t_i]

Thanks, guys.


I found this Ron Turner gallery online. Seen that one before?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gems_from_the_collection/sets/72157600000117243/

Yeah! That got me turned on to Turner in a big way. I have a book that includes a lot of his (and other's) work, mostly uncredited: Wolrd Of Tomorrow (http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Tomorrow-Amazing-Universe-Science/dp/B0009YARCS), but the repros are only marginally better than that online gallery.

[e_t_i]

Quick watercolor underpainting. This is the ugly phase.
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gir2.jpg

[lost-spartan]

Can't wait to see the awesome phase.

[e_t_i]

I think it needs some type. "DOOM DOOM DOOM!"

[NickRocks]

I think it needs some type. "VROOM VROOM VROOM!"

fixed for you.

[e_t_i]

Zim side coming along.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/zim1.jpg

[Ugga Bugga]

that is looking fantastic.

The colors are really cool together.

[Dri]

I think you are developing a winner. Can't wait!

[e_t_i]

Thanks, guys. This morning's progress:

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/zim2.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/GIR3.jpg

[e_t_i]

Been ill and haven't drawn all week. So, naturally I started up with some life drawing.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/astro.jpg

[e_t_i]

Work in progress. Some stonework near my home.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/stonework.jpg

[e_t_i]

Threw some color on that Astro

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/astro_color1.jpg

And yes I used two different brands of pencils on the boots. Big difference.

[Ugga Bugga]

Work in progress. Some stonework near my home.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/stonework.jpg

neat....................

[e_t_i]

neat....................

Thanks!

And here's a car in progress.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/car1.jpg

[e_t_i]

Starting on that background, better late than never.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/car2.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/houdini.jpg

Sketch from reference (http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061030/061030_houdini_vmed2p.widec.jpg)

[e_t_i]

More from the people who are awesome topic (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89371)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/batanimated.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/warhol.jpg

[e_t_i]

A pencil (no eraser), a piece of copier paper, a screen grab of Van Williams (TV's Green Hornet), and 15 minutes gives me this.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/vanwilliams.jpg

[e_t_i]

"Let's roll, Kato!"
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kato.jpg

[kman]

I just flipped through this thread, and you've got some amazing stuff in here. I really dig your pencil shadings, especially the colored pencil drawings. Really spectacular stuff, man.

[e_t_i]

Thanks, man! :)

[e_t_i]

Another for the muscle sketch group (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80565&page=17)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/muscle.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gh.jpg

Guess I'm on a Green Hornet kick.

[Caimano]

The things I like most are your graphite sketches....they're so Alex Ross-ish :D

[e_t_i]

Thanks! I'll try not to let that go to my head XD

And here's another Kato. Maybe this one I'll finish.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kato2.jpg

[e_t_i]

More progress

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kato3.jpg

[e_t_i]

And more progress

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kato4.jpg

[Dri]

I do like how the rendering turned out on Kato's hat and face. Was this done using a blending tool as well?

I'm curious to see how the glove turns out though.
It just looks flat at the moment but I'm sure you are going to smooth it out.

Awesome, so far.

[eric_blitz]

I really like your captain america bro! Where you trying to honer Kirby? Cause I can almost see a bit of his influence in it. Good work man.

[e_t_i]

I do like how the rendering turned out on Kato's hat and face. Was this done using a blending tool as well?

Yeah, the first Kato is just pencil, then I used a drawing stump. I plan to do more work on those areas with more colored pencils. Don't worry, I won't screw it up. XD (I hope)


I'm curious to see how the glove turns out though.
It just looks flat at the moment but I'm sure you are going to smooth it out.

Should be OK when I'm done. I'm going to sleep on it before proceeding, though.


Awesome, so far.

Thanks!


I really like your captain america bro! Where you trying to honer Kirby? Cause I can almost see a bit of his influence in it. Good work man.

Thanks, man!
I guarantee ya, whenever I'm drawing Cap, there's a always a nod to Kirby in it.

[e_t_i]

With aplologies to Shepard Fairey

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6017/ddobeyrw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[e_t_i]

Will have to get back to Kato later. I'm working on a character de$ign for a flier. C&C appreciated.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/astrobot.jpg

[e_t_i]

Just messing with color for the fun of it.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/astrobotc.jpg

[Repo Man]

That Kato is fantastic. I also really dig this robot thing for the flier, too. It has a real '50s kinda' sci fi vibe going for it (obviously).

Anyhow, keep on keepin' on e_t_i. I'm enjoying watching this thread.

[e_t_i]

Thanks, Repo! Unfortunately I haven't done much drawing lately, just some design work. So...here's one more from the archives. My first ever serious attempt at a portrait drawn from life, at age 11. No kidding.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/annette_moten.jpg

Oh yeah, and Iron Man drawn from memory, same age. I think someone else did the lettering.

[e_t_i]

Practicing my Frazetta

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/fritz.jpg

Ref:
http://www.frazettaartgallery.com/ff/bio/1950/frank_cool.jpeg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/fritz2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Back to Kato. I wasn't too happy with the glove before, so I reworked it.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/kato5.jpg

Now I have to bring the rest of it up to speed XD

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/vader.jpg

[Caimano]

Nice update!

[e_t_i]

Thanks!


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http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Queen_II.jpg


Based on
http://content.dx3.net/FulWebMain/0001998227.image

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gort.jpg
Gort: Finish my portrait or I'll blast you, Earthling.

[e_t_i]

Getting there

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gort2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Closer

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gort3.jpg

[e_t_i]

Just about done

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gort4.jpg

[jaketerlecki]

Very impressive stuff here. Nice work with that cover!

[e_t_i]

Very impressive stuff here. Nice work with that cover!

Thanks, man!



And with some final touch-ups, I'm done.

"Gort; Klatuu barada nikto!"

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/gort5.jpg

[Bruce Lee]

Nice Gort, e_t_i. Really good work on the tonal values.

Loston

[e_t_i]

Nice Gort, e_t_i. Really good work on the tonal values.

Loston

Thanks, Bruce--er, Loston ;-) Here's some more Bruces for ya.

http://iversonic.com/pj/3bruces3.jpg

[e_t_i]

Working on a more simplified style.
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/simplified.jpg
Top 2 somewhat based on Chris Hart, bottom loosely based on an unknown Soviet artist.

[e_t_i]

Bruce Timm gestural Bats

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats.jpg

[Spidey]

Yeah, those Bats really reminded me of the sketches in that BtAS sketch book thing they released a while back. I wish I would have picked it up when I had the chance.

[e_t_i]

Thanks. I found the source of these from one of Loston's posts on here somewhere.

This is actually the first one I drew, so I'm breaking chronological order a bit. Done on a work break on copy paper.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats1.jpg

And this is my most recent one, also done on a work break.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Did a few more at home tonite.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats3.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats4.jpg

[Ugga Bugga]

You are on the right track with this stuff. Keep it up.

[e_t_i]

Thanks, man. I will.
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats5.jpg

[krikkit13]

These Timm-style sketches seem to be right up your alley. Good stuff!

You ought to try some other characters in that style too.

[Bruce Lee]

The great thing about the Timm gesture drawings is that it gives you a chance to examine the ideas of the style below the surface. As you can tell, e_t_i, it's all about motion, rhythm and energy of the poses. Keep up the practice a while before you start in on trying to draw in the style. Try a few of your own gestures to see what you've picked up from Timm. Once you feel comfortable, try working up an illustration or two.

Loston

[e_t_i]

These Timm-style sketches seem to be right up your alley. Good stuff!

You ought to try some other characters in that style too.


The great thing about the Timm gesture drawings is that it gives you a chance to examine the ideas of the style below the surface. As you can tell, e_t_i, it's all about motion, rhythm and energy of the poses. Keep up the practice a while before you start in on trying to draw in the style. Try a few of your own gestures to see what you've picked up from Timm. Once you feel comfortable, try working up an illustration or two.

Loston

Thanks guys. Consider yourselves "future repped" ;) once I spread some more around.

Not giving up on the Timm studies just yet, but I was hanging at Borders today and sketched these out of a Hart book.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/hart.jpg

[jaketerlecki]

Nice bats there ETI. You definitely captured motion and fluidity. I'd like to see you experiment more with that style.

[e_t_i]

Thanks, Jake! I will do that.

& today's:
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats6.jpg

[e_t_i]

And some heads based on Chris Hart
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/hart1.jpg

[e_t_i]

Not sure what this is XD
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spacesuit.jpg

[Caimano]

really like the new cartoony style you're working on!

[e_t_i]

really like the new cartoony style you're working on!

Thanks!

And not to digress from that, but I've been researching Bruce Timm and found out he is heavily influenced by Jim Steranko. So I did this study of Steranko hands.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/sterankohands.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/jr-thor-inked.jpg
For the inking lab (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92519)

[e_t_i]

Shadows after George Rozen
http://www.iversonic.com/pj/Shadows.jpg

[e_t_i]

More Steranko

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/sterankohands2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Not Steranko ;) the hand of Dr. Rotwang, my usual literal interpretation and a more stylized one.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/rotwang.jpg

[Caimano]

All this Timm- Steranko thing is very interesting very curious to see the evolution of it

[e_t_i]

Thanks, again! If nothing else I'll be able to produce pages faster. :D

Here's some more I did on work breaks (no eraser)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/timmbats7.jpg

[Bathill8]

Really hit'n the high notes on those hands and Batman sketches ETI!! Looking good. I think I notice a slight problem in profile shots we mutually share, but really great stuff otherwise!

[e_t_i]

Thanks for the comments, Bathill8, and I'll definitely work on those profiles!

[e_t_i]

Getting in a Space Ghost frame of mind.

After Alex Toth, of course

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost.jpg

[e_t_i]

After Toth?? Cartoon Network?

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost1.jpg

[e_t_i]

ditto

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost2.jpg

[e_t_i]

For the weekly sketch group (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92770)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/madman.jpg

[e_t_i]

After Hanna-Barbera

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost3.jpg

[e_t_i]

After Alex Toth

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost4.jpg

[Caimano]

Your AT study is something I like and I think is going to let you improve on the right drection as weel. i don't want to say i don't like your until now style, but this more Toth evolution seems fit your flow better and also you're producing faster.

[e_t_i]

Thanks, Simone! I think I will speed up in the long run, but I've been slowed a bit lately because of illness. Just too tired to draw. But I did this today; more Toth inspiration. :)

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/spaceghost5.jpg

UPDATE: looking at it the following morning; damn it looks awful! XD

[e_t_i]

Street fight pic in progress.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/sgpreview.jpg

[e_t_i]

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7825/89077121.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=89077121.jpg)

[WolfSpiritZero]

Awesome stuff you've got ETI. Especially your pencil renderings. Wish I had the patience to do that. Keep it up.

[Spidey]

Not Steranko ;) the hand of Dr. Rotwang, my usual literal interpretation and a more stylized one.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/rotwang.jpg

I hadn't caught this the first time around. That's really cool.

[Caimano]

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7825/89077121.jpg (http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=89077121.jpg)


really like this one!

[e_t_i]

Thanks, guys!


really like this one!

Thanks again. It was done for this street fight:

http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93211

[e_t_i]

PUMMEL round 1 (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93482) image

http://iversonic.com/pj/cap.jpg

[e_t_i]

Some of the preparatory sketches I did for PUMMEL round 1. Mostly copied from Kirby.

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/capsketches1.jpg

http://www.iversonic.com/pj/capsketches2.jpg

[e_t_i]

Haven't posted in a while.

I did pencils, some inks, letters, script alterations and colors for a re-creation of FF #1. My wife did most of the inks and came up with the punchline.
More on the re-creation here: http://wdetfm.org/shows/wdetraw/episode/FantasticFourRedux/

http://i.imgur.com/E9Ko6.jpg

[brokenhill]

Man Thats soo Cool,love it.
are you on DA? because I'd like too suggest this for the Kirby Blog.
Haven't posted in a while.

I did pencils, some inks, letters, script alterations and colors for a re-creation of FF #1. My wife did most of the inks and came up with the punchline.
More on the re-creation here: http://wdetfm.org/shows/wdetraw/episode/FantasticFourRedux/

http://i.imgur.com/E9Ko6.jpg

[e_t_i]

Man Thats soo Cool,love it.
are you on DA? because I'd like too suggest this for the Kirby Blog.

Thanks! I'm not really active on DA. What's the Kirby Blog? Sounds intriguing.

[Juggertha]

Any thoughts on coming back to pummel?

[brokenhill]

Kirbys daughter is a board member of the online museum.
http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby-vision/

[e_t_i]

Sorry to say, but I kind of blame pummel for my getting burnt out on comics back in '09. :( Not ruling it out, but I'd rather just draw for fun and maybe profit, and not get into competitions at this time.

[e_t_i]

Kirbys daughter is a board member of the online museum.
http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby-vision/

That's cool! There already was a post about the redux here: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/kirby-vision/2011/10/10/fantastic-four-1/

[Juggertha]

Sorry to say, but I kind of blame pummel for my getting burnt out on comics back in '09. :( Not ruling it out, but I'd rather just draw for fun and maybe profit, and not get into competitions at this time.

No problem, man. You left before I joined, so I was curious to see you in action.

Either way, have fun with what you're doing.

[e_t_i]

And another
http://iversonic.com/pj/bowen_thanos.jpg

Working on a revised Thanos for an art trade

http://i.imgur.com/X1vJJ.jpg

[pigeonmilk]

He looks huggably soft :D

[e_t_i]

He looks huggably soft :D


Hmmm....and a Thanos should not be soft! I'll work on that. THX for the feedback!

[e_t_i]

And I'm done.

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