The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge – 2010 Week 1. Last year I did a set of  quick drawing of only 30 minutes each. These drawing were of random comic book characters suggested by friends from Twitter.  I had a major blast drawing them. I really think it helped my drawing ability. I’m now planning on making this a daily self exercise in 2010. The original sketches were done on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock paper for 30 minutes each. I’ve decided to upgrade this to an hour. I”ll be drawing on 11″ x 17″ comic board paper too. So I’m very excited to get started on this daily exercise. I’ll be drawing 5 days a week, this way I can rest on two days.

Here is the list of the characters I’ll be drawing this week!

1. ROM Spaceknight (Marvel)

2. Mary Jane Watson (Marvel)

3. Man of Miracles (Image)

4. Jaina Solo (Dark Horse / Star Wars)

5. Johnny Sorrow (DC)

I’ll be posting the new Drawing every day. If you have any suggestion on who I should draw next, please let me know. – SHAZAM!

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The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 5th quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Monday October 12th of the Dee Dee Twins from DC’s Batman Beyond! I took a little longer then the allows 30 minutes. Probably about 45, but there are two characters. WhaZa!

So for this drawing I decided to do the Dee Dee twins. They are fun and full energy. so I drew them jumping toward us. I used my H2 drafting pencil and started with light lines, then added more defined lines. The drawing came out a little stiff again. It might be the way I approach drawing females. This exercise has defiantly shown me that I do approach my drawing in different ways. I’ve decided that I’m going to practice very quick gesture drawing every day of the female form. Like the beginning warm up I did in figure drawing class back in collage.

The Dee Dee Twins haven’t been in any comic books, they have appeared in the Batman Beyond – Return of the Joker DVD and a two part story in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon. Turns out they are actually Harley Quinn future granddaughters.

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The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 4th quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Friday October 9th of Modok (Mobile Organism Designed Only for Killing) from Marvel Comics. I took one day off the challenge, but came back with a really fun sketch!

The last sketch I did of the Enchantress didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped, she came out a little to stiff. So for this one I decided not to get to stressed and just had fun with it. This was actually the sketch I’d been looking forward to drawing the most. I worked with a H2 drafting pencil and a simple eraser. Started off with very lose lines and adding details alone the way. To be honest this drawing took a little longer then 30 minutes, it too me about 45. But I think that’s ok. My goal with this exercise is to help in speeding my drawing but also to loosen up.

When I started reading comics it was Marvel comics. So I totally knew and have read comics with Modok. Modok’s just a super giant head on a hover chair, that’s fun and cool. I didn’t realized there was such a fanbase for the character. I found numerous websites dedicated to him and Marvel Comics even has an official Modok blog. When Marvel created a new Super-Villain Team-Up limited series, Modok was thee main character. I had lots of fun with this drawing and I think it shows. – Shazam

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The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 3rd quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Wednesday October 7th of Amora The Enchantress from Marvel Comics.

This sketch was very challenging for me. It took me a little long then my allowed 30 minutes, about 45. I started with a a real rough sketch using a H2 drafting pencil. I was trying to give her a soft look, but I think she actually looks a little stiff. This is why I’m doing this daily exercise. To help me get a lose and softer drawing style. I find that there is stiffness in my illustrations sometimes when I work on them to much.

The enchantress was one of the first female characters I read in comics. The second comic I ever read was Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars, but it was the 1st series I actively read. I remember hitting all the gas station looking for the latest issue. So it was fun drawing a character I’ve been familiar with most of my comic reading and drawing life.

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The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge! Here’s the 2nd quick 30 minute daily sketch. This drawing was done on Tuesday October 6th.The Maxx by Sam Kieth was suggested by my friend Carlos Parra via his twitter account @carlosparra

2. Tuesday (10.09.09): The Maxx

This was a fun character to draw. I knew I wanted to make him big and over exaggerated. That’s the way I remembered him. Never drawing the Maxx before I was very excited to have fun with this. I was able to get the sketch done in 35 minutes. I used an H2 drafting pencil. I think I had better control with it then the HB I used for the last quick sketch.

I remember when I had my comic book store, The Maxx Comic was always a very popular character. I literally could not keep the comics in stock. This was years after it’s publication too. I think it was so popular because of Maxx, MTV Cartoon. Which was great because it brought the character and comics to a more mainstream audience.

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Last night I drew the 1st in a series of quick 30 minute daily sketches. I’m calling them The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge. After asking for suggestions on Twitter and DevaintArt the first drawing is The Manhunter IV (Marc Shaw).

1. Monday (10.05.09): Manhunter IV (Marc Shaw)

I had fun with this drawing. I’ve never really read any comic with this Manhunter, but the costume design is very cool. I actually took a little longer than 30 minutes, I think I took about 45. I used an HB drafting pencil, Only sharpening it once. With this drawing I tried to be quick, but not lose detail. I also tried to use shadow and reflection of light. Thanks to @BlaqueSaber on Twitter for the great suggestion!

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I’ve decided to give myself a daily exercise to help in my drawing skills. I call it The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge. This next week I will be doing a quick drawing for only 30 minutes. These drawing will be of random comic book characters. Not only will I get to draw some different characters, but it will help in sharpening my drawing skills.

Last week I asked for suggestion through my Twitter and DevaintArt accounts on who I should draw. I received a lot of great ideas. Here is a list of which characters I will be drawing this 1st week.

1. Monday: Manhunter IV (Marc Shaw)

2. Tuesday: The Maxx

3. Wednesday: Enchantress (Marvel)

4. Thursday: Modok

5. Friday: Dee-Dee twins (Batman Beyond)

I’ll be posting the new Drawing every day. If you have any suggestion on who I should draw next, please let me know. – SHAZAM!

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