Pencils Archive

  • WW-Sylvia-Knightley-Aurora-Light-Color-Ralph-Contreras-Thumbnail

    Aurora Light – Character Design for The REPLICANTS Project

    The idea of Aurora Light came from a challenge to create a superhero team based on an existing team. The REPLICANTS Project created by Dean Rivet. The inspiration for Aurora Light came from Wonder Woman. What I did was look at what makes Wonder Woman...

    Full Story

  • Thor-Sketch-Card-Ralph-Contreras

    Sketch Card – Thor of the Avengers

    I’ve decided to do a quick pencil drawing every few days. What better way then to draw on a Sketch Card. It give me the opportunity to practice drawing different characters, and it’s also fun! Sketch cards are the sized of collectible cards. They’ve become...

    Full Story

  • The-Hunter-Character-Design-From-Sketches-to-Final-Ink-Part-3-Thumb

    The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 3

    A few months ago I was looking through some of my old drawings. Ones I did while I was a kid up to when I was in collage. I found my original sketches for a character named “The Hunter”.  I had redesigned his history and...

    Full Story

  • Free Comic Book Resources – Scene Design Page

    Free Comic Book Resources – Scene Design Page

    One of the most important things when drawing a comic book is the background. You can have the most stylized or realistic characters, but if the background is weak then the whole comic can suffer. Things on your paper will just not look right. If...

    Full Story

  • The-Hunter-Character-Design-Ralph-Contreras-05

    The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 2

    While looking through some of my drawing from ten years ago I found a character design I did for “The Hunter”. Form that original sketch I redesigned his look and biography. The newer design sketches were a little rough, but they were intentionally quick to get...

    Full Story

  • Comics-Book-Layout-Pages-Ralph-Contreras

    Free Comic Book Resources – Layout Pages

    Thumbnails are very important when your drawing sequential stories. To help with this you can use Comic Book Layout Pages to sketch down your ideas. It’s a great way to play with different angles and vintage points. You get a good practice before you decide...

    Full Story

  • The-Hunter-Character-Design-Ralph-Contreras-03

    The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 1

    I was going through some of my old sketches the other day. I have a personal treasury of character designs and comic book drawings. Back in the day I would live to come up with new characters.  It seems I don’t draw as much now...

    Full Story

  • 30Characters_Trophy-RalphContreras

    I Conquered the 30 Characters Challenge!

    In the month of November Tyler James created an awesome opportunity for creative minds to unite. He put forth the challenge of creating 30 character in 30 day. I of course answered the call. It was also answered by over 25 other artists. Every day...

    Full Story

  • Character-Design-Concept-Sketch-Pages-Ralph-Contreras

    Free Comic Book Resources – Concept Sketch Page

    When drawing your character designs it’s fun to do it on specialized paper. Ofcoure you don’t need a Concept Sketch Page to draw. You can use any type of paper, but it’s cool to have an organized looking paper system. What I’ve done is created...

    Full Story

  • 30characters30days-Dark-Light-Pencils-Ralph-Contreras

    30 Characters 30 Days – Week 4

    Here are the 4th weeks original character designs I created for the 30 Characters in 30 Days challenge. for these drawing I focused on using only an H2 mechanical pencil. I had a blast creating these! SHAZAM! Day 30: Dark-Light Day 29: Prelate Amsung Day...

    Full Story

Page 1 of 41234