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practice exercise Archive
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Aurora Light – Character Design for The REPLICANTS Project
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe 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... -
Sketch Card – Hawkeye of the Avengers
Posted on March 25, 2010 | 4 CommentsA few months ago I ordered some cool sketch cards on-line. These were trading card size, 2.5″ x 3″ Bristol board paper. Well I finally got around to actually drawing on one last night. In the middle of cleaning my apartment I was struck with... -
Book Store Page added to Blog – How To Draw Comics and Resources
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No CommentsLike most aspiring comic book artists I look to books for instruction, inspirations and resources. Almost as soon as I started reading comics I wanted to create comics too. My introduction to comic creating was Marvel Comics Try-Out Book. This book taught me so much... -
Free Comic Book Resources – Character Design 180°
Posted on January 26, 2010 | 3 CommentsResearch is very important when working on a comic book. If I’m going to draw a car, horse or gun then I need to know what it looks like. The same can be said about the characters in the comic too. Back in the 90′s... -
The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 3
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsA 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... -
Free Comic Book Resources – Scene Design Page
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentOne 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... -
The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 2
Posted on January 18, 2010 | 3 CommentsWhile 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... -
Free Comic Book Resources – Layout Pages
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsThumbnails 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... -
The Hunter – Character Design – From Sketches to Final Ink – Part 1
Posted on January 10, 2010 | 1 CommentI 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... -
Free Comic Book Resources – Concept Sketch Page
Posted on December 16, 2009 | No CommentsWhen 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...
