Batcolor

Didn't realize I hadn't posted this to me blog. Here are da colors for my last Batpic. I plan on doing one pic for each of DC's "Big Three" before moving on to some Marvel characters. Why? Well, it turns out that I've never actually done a complete color image of any of them...ever. As a kid, I used to strictly draw in B&W (pencil only) for some reason. Probably because I didn't have much access to color markers/crayons/etc. Anyway, here's Batdude...

I was messing around with a shading technique that I saw David Curiel (amazing colorist/painter) use in an image. Turns out that he in turn was trying to mimic a technique used by Marte Gracia. I saw it, loved it, tried to mimic it myself and...didn't do anywhere near as good as I'd liked. Ah, well. Try and try again...

Just A Tweak, Ma'am...

I was obsessing about the parts I rushed on that Bat-pic and I had to make up for my laziness. Not much, just some tweaks here and there...

Wham! Bam! Thank you, Batman!

Well, 6 months between posts isn't really too long, is it? Ok, whatever.

Here's my most recent take on Batman. I've tried drawing him maybe one other time in the past 10 years or so. I don't know why but I tend to avoid drawing the really iconic characters like Superman and Wonder Woman for some reason. I'm not exactly sure why but it probably has something to do with not living up to the material or something like that.

For this version, which I don't hate so much, I was kind of trying to mix in a little bit of the styles of Jim Lee and David Finch. Kind of. A little bit. I ended up getting lazy and rushing it at the end but this was really just an exercise for me anyway. There's lots to nitpick so feel free to do so, if you're so inclined. I'm gonna ignore you anyway (I keed! I keed!).

The Real World

Not only is Reality TV shit but it's all a lie. Until you bust your ass and become really successful (or unless you're incredibly lucky), this is going to be the true reality that you must confront head on. Denial will bring you a world of hurt. Just deal with it.

Color A Smile

This is a little something I did for a good cause. It took about 2-3 hours and I'm getting paid in cupcakes! Dulce de Leche cupcakes, no less!! I've never had Dulce de Leche cupcakes, so I'll post my review when I get 'em. Can't wait!

If you wanna find out more information about the "Color A Smile" non-profit organization, check out their website here:  www.colorasmile.org.

Work Project

In an effort to keep posting stuff, today I'm throwing up some sketches I did for a work project a few weeks ago. I'm not sure how much I'm legally allowed to talk about it (or not), so for now I'll just post the pics along with some basic comments.

After these initial sketches here, I was asked to combine 2 of the characters: the second (angry-looking) guy and the dude at the bottom.

This next pic shows what I came up with. It was my idea to show him with a different, loud-themed outfit each time we see him. Still don't know if they're gonna go with that idea or not. Anyway, after this, I was asked to provide various expressions.

Here he is again displaying his emotional range along with a new outfit (I especially liked this one):

Some additional expressions:

Tomorrow I'll post the next stages, which proved to be slightly frustrating. Details soon...

Misty Knight: In-Progress I

The only reason I'm posting this is because I'd like to continue to post with some kind of regularity. Hopefully, that will keep me motivated and drawing during the rare hours that I'm either not at work or spending time with the kids.

This is an image that I was inspired to do when I saw a gym promotion/poster on a bus stop that I passed on my way to work one morning. The woman on it was hot as hell and, being the incredible nerd that I am, I immediately thought to myself "Wow, that's Misty Knight!".

Long story short, I'm not 100% where I'm going with the picture yet. I want to aim for a Blaxploitation poster look but I haven't added any graphic design elements to the image yet. The text is there just because I was messing around with some fonts and I probably won't use either of the ones shown. I'm also not yet sure if I'll make my drawing look more sylistic or if I'll just stick with something similar to what I have here. Meh...

Anyway, because I love talking to myself and pretending as if there's actually someone else reading this, here's the inspiration photo for the above mess I'm creating. Bootylicious!!