Sketch Archive

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    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...

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    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...

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    Sketch Card – Hawkeye of the Avengers

    A 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...

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Sketch Card Sheet

    For the past few years I’ve noticed a lot of comic artist creating sketch cards. You can find them on their personal website and Deviant Art. I think it’s a really great trend. You can both create and collect awesome art. I’ve been wanting to...

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    Free Comic Book Resources – Character Design 180°

    Research 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...

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    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...

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  • 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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    The Daily Comic Sketch Challenge – 2010 Week 1

    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...

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