Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Catwoman inks


I use mostly brush pens to ink with since I like the smoothness and variety in line you can get with them. This is especially good for drawing girls and organic stuff in general. I try new markers all the time and the best spot I have found on line to get them is  Jetpens.
Tones are copic cool gray markers. White highlights are put in with white gouache paint. White primacolor pencils work okay for this as well, but they tend to look a bit grainy to me.

Catwoman pencils

Here are the pencils for a recent Catwoman commish. For stuff like this I tend to work just tight enough so I know where I'll be going at the inking stage. I use a soft lead (4b) and it can get a bit messy.

Monday, December 09, 2013

Donna Troy, Troia

I can't say that I have a handle on this version of Donna Troy as a character, but I've always liked the way artists like Perez and Garcia Lopez handled this BW star field costume, but I think that this might be the first time I have drawn it. 

Monday, December 02, 2013

Let's give the rabbit a hand!

Unfortunately, bad things sometimes happen to the nicest people. My friend Stan Sakai, the creator and artist of the long running Usagi Yojimbo series has often been called the nicest man in comics! His wife Sharon, is facing some staggering and costly health issues and some fine folks have put together a site for us to pledge a donation to help out. So if you ever felt like you'd like to give something back to a comic artist that has given so much great stuff over the years, now's your chance. It would also help if you could pass the word around online about the auction.
A lot of comic artists are also donating artwork to be auctioned for the cause.
Here's a link for more info
Stan Auction Link

thanks.