Nemo in color

More blue line experimentation.

Mummy in color

So I decided to try out the ol "blue line" method of coloring. I tell my students about it, and it's been a while since I tried it so here it is (original line art here). For those of you who don't know what that is, I'll explain. First you just pencil and ink like normal, then you make a print of the art either in blue, or light grey (what I did here) and color with whatever media you choose. Then you marry the line art and color together (you used to do it by making the line art a transparency and laying it on top of the color, I just did that digitally).
Finished product

 

Raw color below.

Some new Sketch cards

So here's some new sketch cards. These were done as a watercolor demo in class, and the theme we chose was "monsters". They are each roughly business card size. Want one? Just 19.99 and more here.
Ta-da.
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Wolverine!!!!!

Here's a piece I did as a trade. Never drawn Wolverine before, and I almost couldn't get past the hair. Roughly 10"x15" ink on illustration board. Want a commission for yourself? Contact me.
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ooooo mummy

So I posted this over at the Periodic Heroes blog for their "Castlevania week", so I figured I'd throw it up here too. Oh and the original is for sale here.

Dirty Harry

I did this for Periodic Heroes
I like the Harry Potter movies (I've never read the books,...sue me) but I've always been frustrated by the fact that one sniper could have taken out Vold-e-hoosits from a football field away. BAM war over, go to second period.  That's why those wizards stay in England, the second amendment. tee hee.
ps. Apologies to my wife, she REALLY loves the books.
For sale HERE.

In class demo. INK DRAWING!

In my Materials and Techniques class, we did something that is fun, and a bit nerve racking, ink drawing. No pencils first, just using ink as a drawing medium. I found a bunch of random photos online and had them draw what they saw. I also forced them to use specific inking mediums, and some were a bit unusual. Below is what I came up with.

 

Above was drawn with a stick (like, from tree) and a pink towel someone left in my room.

 

Above was stick, G-nib, brush, and screentone.

 

Above was dip pen, stick, and towel

 

Above was everything. Pen, brush, stick, towel.