Another sketch challenge – an old Marvel Comic Character Gabriel the Devil Hunter – seems to be a mashup of a few different marvel genre characters http://outcaststudios.com/forums/index.php/topic/10826-daily-sketch-challenge-vol15-28/
Took me about 20 minutes in SAI
Well I have been re-listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows audiobook (as read by the excellent Stephen Fry) and I was just doodling away and this is one of the sketches that came out. I didn’t deliberately start intend to draw Dobby, but here he is:
I may recreate this digitally at some point and clean it up/color it etc, but I just thought it would be kinda fun to post it.
Another weekend another sketch challengeover at Outcast – the challenge was to sketch up your favourite animation or transform a non animated show or movie into a cartoon. http://outcaststudios.com/forums/index.php/topic/10808-outcast-staffers-weekend-challenge/
I love Shaun of the Dead with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and thought it would make a great ongoing animated series so here is my “poster” for it. based on movie promotional material.
Another of Kev’s drawings, colored in PSPX2. Many layers and effects in this one. I especially liked what is happing with the background – the universe in flames almost. very fitting for this character. The only thing I think I could have done better is more shadows on the sash blowing in front of her – it looks kind of flat now.
Inspired by a Simone Bianchi sketch I saw over at Comic Art Fans. Done in PSPX2. As always experimenting with different styles and effects.
For those who find the image too dark to make out – I did a different version:
Well the Heromorph girl of the week was Pumyra so I found this excellent drawing by Tony Perna that was ripe for coloring. Background is my old vector thundercats logo i did for a theme day at C2F many many moons ago.
Based on Vampire Lover’s eponymous (sp?) image which I posted a wee while ago, I thought that as she is a big Firestar fan, I would make a version of spidey’s amazing friend for her. Background redone also in keeping with character. Costume is not exact but my interpretation.
I went ahead and did it. My eyes were going crossed with the webbing and the texture but I’m glad i did it.. background done in similar fashion to my recent batman pic. Pencils by JediMasterDarkHero ( at C2F) Ink/Colors in PSPX2 by me.
Something different for me.. an Inked version of a drawing by Jedi Master Dark Hero posted at Comics2Film I thought I would have a go at inking it. Done in PSPX2 completely with vector paths. JMDH didn’t seem to have a sig or logo so I made one up. hope he likes it;) Colored Version coming up shortly..
The uncolored pic was up in the random art box over at Heromorph so I thought I would give it a go coloring since VL contributes so much great stuff to the galleries over there. Inked/colored/textured in PSPX2. Background after the same fashion i have been doing recently. Really like the silhouettes against the deep blues!
Based on a Bruce Timm sketch. Thought I would try something different and give it the feel of vector art. Inked using Inkscape then Coloured in PSPX2 as ever. The background comprises many layers of grey shapes interspersed with ‘mist’ layers created using smudge and gaussian blurred gradients set to screen. Moon is done in similar fashion.
Digital Color and additional elements in PSP X2 from an Ale Garza sketch of the Harley & the Ivy;) Have fun! Merry Xmas from me too.
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from me. I used a prelim sketch for the Spiderman Blue cover by Tim Sale as the basis for this. background New York shot from google but recolored by me and snow added over multiple layers.
Another finally finished WIP. This started out life as a rough head and shoulders sketch by Kev, I inked over it using vector paths and then converted them to raster to cut them into tapering lines. The colouring is done with multiple screen and overlay layers. Started in PSP 8 finished in PSP X2
A digital coloring of a Michael Turner sketch. Think it turned out really nicely
This sketch came up on the random images in the front page over at Heromorph and I thought I would have a go at inking/coloring it. Done with vectors/textures & gradients. Background made up of several layers of random dots. The original sketch was very dark so I decided to keep it that way – which is kinda fitting given the character.
I was sitting at my pc the other night looking through some old inhumans scans and I fancied doing an homage to Kirby Era Black Bolt. Did the main design elements of his suit in vectors, duplicated and gaussian blurred. then added many concentric hoops to simulate his scream. I didn’t want to ape kirby exactly, so the background is my interpretation of the kirby dots. Enjoy.
Just a piece of work I have had hanging around in my WIP for a long time. Finally got around to finishing coloring it. This is the silver version of the Mark II (which I did first) what can I say, I liked the bling!
The original artwork is a Craig Rousseau drawing.
Here is a chance to see exactly how much was added to Kevin Newburn’s original sketch used as basis for yesterdays posted image:
Well I haven’t submitted anything in a while and I was reading some Cable/Deadpool recently and thought I would revisit one of my earlier submissions. A reworking of my coloring attempt from 2003 of Kevin Newburn’s Deadpool image. Kev’s work can be found at http://www.devildinosaur.com/
The basic work is the same as before but I have made the color a better match for the comic costure, and paid more attention to the highlighting. Also I have added a little humor in keeping with the character. If you are interested Wade’s name badge says “How may I kill you today?” Below is a side by side comparison of sketch and finished art.
The earlier version can be found via the tags below.
Just an experiment mixing some images I found on Google with a formerly unfinished work in progress I had. Colored/inked using vector shapes. The rain effect was done by creating a new layer. This was then filled with white. I used PSP’s Add noise filter to add gaussian noise (25%) coverage. Then used the motion blue to create angled streaks. duplicating this layer multiple times (setting each layer’s blend mode to multiple) I then merged them and used the negative function to reverse the layer setting it to screen. this layer was then moved below batman but above the background. repeated the process with slightly different settings to create a layer of rain in front of batman. simple when you know how;) I couldn’t remember who did the drawing originally. As soon as I can or if anyone recognises it, I will add credit here.
Well I have had the pleasure of coloring Kev’s work before and so I thought I would give this a go when he posted it. Hope you don’t mind I took the liberty of flipping it so that I could put the logos on the left. Done using lots and lots of multiply, screen and overlay layers and much smudging with the old pen and tablet (especially on the hair) You may recognise the background I used before on one of my Blink pics. The window itself was created totally from scratch based on Kev’s layout. Original Pencils
I found a sketch of superman in my images folder, i’m not sure who it was by, possibly Khary Randolph. Anyway I decided to color it in PSP using vectors. Picked out the best lines from the sketch and used bezier curves to ‘ink’ the drawing. I didn’t like the angle of the left hand (looking at the picture) hand or foot and so drew my own. Then picked my fill colors and line colors. The shadows are done with vectors also and set to multiply at 25%.
The pink sky background I found on google. I added the city skyline at the bottom using filled shapes to create the buildings and set it to soft-light. The superman logo at the back is my own vector one.
I like how it turned out, a sort of retro animation feel.
Second image from http://www.kenwrightonline.com. fun! Although like the 60s cartoon – what exactly is he swinging from?
I found this site while browsing some links over at dragonberry.com: http://www.kenwrightonline.com and was so taken by his style, I had to have a go at coloring of one of his pics.
In fact enjoyed it so much expect some more coloring of Ken’s work.
