The Gang's All Here (Diablo 3)

So here is the finished piece :D

Oh! I entered this in Blizzard's Diablo 3 Art contest here ... hopefully it made it through.
If you see it, be sure to "like" it :D

Almost There...

Here's the final drawing. The color is soon to follow :)

 

The Gang's All Here (Diablo III)

So it's been a little over a week since my last post... I've been slacking :/  However, it's not to say that I haven't been working on anything :D 

I've been working on the Diablo 3 sketch I posted for my last post. I was experimenting with some inking and am quite happy with how it turned out. I also did a pencil version using the way I normally do my drawings. Both are not finished but I figure I should get something posted on this little blog of mine.

Inked Drawing

Pencil Drawing

Let me know which one you like more. Stay tuned for the final illustration this weekend! :D

Diablo III

Here's a drawing I've been working on the past couple days off and on (I've been pretty busy...) for the much anticipated PC game--Diablo 3. It's still pretty lose and rough but I plan on taking this sketch to a final illustration.

I don't have time to play video games like I use to, but I think I can make time for this :D I've really been looking forward to this game for some time now and it finally comes out next month!

 

Hey What's Up Chief?

I felt like drawing an Indian Chief...mainly for their awesome headdresses :D

 

Down Hill

Here's another sketch of my character based of my little bro...

 

Termite Concepts

Just some brainstorming for some termites that appear in a little project of mine. They live in a graveyard...hence the tombstone.

Toads

Just a couple of toads...

 

Turning Over a New Leaf (finished)

So here is the finished artwork for my Dinosaur Salad Bar. I am also including the other stages to get an idea how my work all comes together :D

 The finished dinosaurs...

 The addition of gray washes and texture to the dinosaurs...

 Inking the original dinosaur sketch...

The original dinosaur drawing...

Turning Over a New Leaf (revisited)

So I got this shiny new brush pen and wanted to try it out. It's a lot of fun to use. It's a pen but instead of your regular pen tip it has about a size 3 round brush on it. The cool thing about it is you can get all the same effects as using an actual brush and ink, but less mess and you don't have to keep dipping the brush :D So I took one of my sketches I did a few weeks ago to try it out....

I've been looking to make my black and white drawings be able to stand on there own (before color). What i was really lacking were the solid blacks, and using black ink helps. Look for the final color piece tomorrow.

Ps. Dinosaurs are fun!

Jenny

Great Danes are awesome. I visited my grandmother today, who owns one, and felt like doing a quick drawing of one.

 

Ape Fight!

I haven't done a drawing for project Tarzan in a while. So here's an ape battle! :D

 

Crocs

Some alligator/crocodile doodles...

 

Octopus!

I was listening to some Beatles and then wanted to draw an octopus--and in ink! Go figure.

It's not my favorite Beatles song (I actually don't really care for it at all) but it does allow for some interesting imagery...

Dwight K. Schrute...Beet Farmer

I've been watching a lot of The Office recently...almost 70 episodes the past weeks....
They are only 22 minutes each episode though, so I have that going for me.

 

A Wookiee and His Yoda (final final)

So here is the final piece! This piece all stemmed from wanting to draw Yoda...

A Wookiee and his Yoda (Final)

I liked the drawing I did of Yoda and the Wookiee a couple of weeks ago, and wanted to do do a final version of it. Here's the final drawing!

 I'll add color tomorrow ;)

The Chimps

So more animal drawings in pen...chimps this time! :)

The Rhinos

Just some pen scribbles of some rhinos...nuff said.

It's fun drawing real loose. :D

Anna Marie

"You look more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs." -Rogue

I need practice drawing women (obviously...) and so how about some southern sass :D

Women are kind of hard to draw. One screwy line, one false move can turn her into an old hag.

Gulp...

I'm reading this comic called Mouse Guard, by David Peterson, about a civilization of mice during medieval times...it's pretty good, the artwork is pretty awesome :D So I drew a mouse...and a snake...and a mongoose.

More Tarzan

Here are a few quick Tarzan sketches I did today. He's pretty fun to draw, being all ape-like and stuff :D

Rock-A-Billy Final

So here is the final artwork of the goat/ram sketch i drew earlier this week. I'm pretty happy with it...although the horns kind of look like earthworms popping out of it's head...

Anyway check out the prior post for the sketch and final drawing to see what it looked like  before I added color :)

Big Horn

So, a new thing I'm going to try is an illustration a week. I want to pick from the sketches I have posted earlier in the week and turn it into an illustration (or from the previous week) It'll give a nice peek into how I work from sketch to final piece (with color). 

For this week I liked how the composition from the goat sketch turned, sooo....

Here is the final drawing...tomorrow I'll be working on the color.

The original sketch...

Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl is one talented dude. Who knows what would have happened if Kurt Cobain was still around...

The Foo Fighters might be my favorite band. I think they are a strong contender for rock band of this generation :D

Little Boy Soldier

Here is a quick sketch of a character I've been developing for a comic, inspired by my little bro. (Just think Calvin and Hobbes, minus Hobbes, with more zombies and other wonderful monsters)

I have ADD when it comes to the projects I'm working on .......;)

Just a Wookiee and His Yoda

So, today I was wearing my Yoda t-shirt and it just put me in the mood to draw him :D 

I was thinking of one of my favorite scenes from the newer Star Wars movies, when Yoda climbs aboard a Wookiee on the Wookiee planet (Episode 3) and I just ran with that idea.

Yoda was way too serious in the newer movies. I preferred him in the original movies when he was a little goof ball.

Rock-A-Billy

Well I'm not sure where this idea came from... I kind of just felt like drawing a goat/ram and this is what I came up with :D

 

Tarzan

Here is a more detailed concept sketch of Tarzan. I'm getting close to where I need to be to start heading towards final artwork for the 10 pages I have laid out, but I still need to flesh out the characters a little more to help with their consistency from panel to panel.

This is a rare pose for Tarzan. He really is suppose to be ape-like and on all fours a lot of the time. Disney's Tarzan design is very soild when you compare it to the original source material. 

All the equipment you see Tarzan wearing in this sketch he took from African Tribesmen after he killed them... something Disney left out of their rendition. In one scene he actually is able to slip a noose (hence the grass rope in his left hand) around one of the native's necks and hangs him from a tree. Probably a little too graphic for youngsters ;) The bow, quiver, bracelet, anklet, and briefs were all acquired from these natives. The knife on the other hand was his father's, his human father's.

I also decided to give him a little body hair. Most Tarzan's you see he is cleanly shaven...doesn't make a whole lot of sense, if you ask me. It does however mention in the book how he tries, and somewhat succeeds in shaving his face with his father's knife, go figure... And as for his wonderful bangs, he does actually cut those himself to keep the hair out of his face :D

Scottie Hartnell

Man, what a game this guy had. 2 goals (one with .9 secs left in OT) and 6 penalty minutes. He's having an awesome year!

Go Fly-Guys!

Tarzan Character Studies

For my Tarzan project I haven't really fleshed out the character's designs, I've been to busy laying out the panels of the pages, and so, that's what these sketches are. They aren't the final designs, but they are pretty close!

Sabor the Lioness (heh, or in this case Sabor the Leopardess)

This is the grub/caterpillar that Tarzan is rummaging for. I've given him the name Gruby :D 
(I might go with Grub-Grub, we'll see)

I've come to realize that drawing animals is a lot more enjoyable than drawing humans. Maybe it's because you get a little more creative freedom? Luckily Tarzan has plenty of animals :)

Some More Marvel

Here are a few more Marvel characters!

 

Marvel Heroes!

Marvel Heroes! Can ya name them? :D  (pretty simple)

   
Stay tuned for part two!

Turning Over a New Leaf

My good friend Zach asked me a very serious question, "Haven't you ever seen a vegan dinosaur?" This image crossed my head of a carnivore turning herbivore.

And no. I have never seen a vegan dinosaur.

Ummm...hello there.

I find it pretty funny how dogs always want a taste of what you are eating. It could be rock and they'd want a bite...or in this case a twig.

My sister and brother in-law's dog, Lucy, is a good example of this. Her little bug eyes just look up at your food as you eat. It's pretty funny looking.

 

Gorilla Studies

Here are some quick sketches of some gorillas, from photo reference and me brain :D

 

Animal Studies

Here are some quick animal studies I drew up!

It's always a good idea to do research on a subject before tackling it in an illustration or really, for any project ;)

King of the Apes, meet King of the Jungle...

Here is a quick concept sketch I did for the Tarzan project I assigned to my self.

The Lion/Leopard needs some work. My drawing kind of looks like a giant mouse... Oh well, that's what concept sketching is for, right? I'll get it eventually. 

This sketch depicts Sabor which the original Tarzan book describes as a Lioness that rules the jungle. Do lions actually live in the jungle? I know the jungle is home to Jaguars, Panthers, and Tigers (i think) but then again, "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight". I guess I'll have to do some research...