I just wanted to draw a girl in a cool jacket and funky hair. Sketched her out, inked then penciled some colors in. When it was all done I was content, then it started to remind me of someone. Damnit Lady Gaga. Oh well. I still like how she came out.
There were three main things I wanted to practice on in this drawing — the hand, cloth and hair. Initially I didn’t know where this was going when I first sketched it. Finished, came back to it and then decided to ink it. When I finally purchased a marker set, I started looking for some sketches to color in and this was it.
The sketchbook is one of my favourites. Gifted to me by my best friend, I was curious to see how it would handle marker. Finch Paper at 100lbs the ink will bleed through to the other side, but not enough to ink onto the next page. The pages are so smooth — I’ll be doing a lot more inking and marker work in this book.
I like to draw people for the most part. This was one of those few times where I started imagining some non-humans. I think they are cute and spunky. Since it’s only been several years, should I finally color them in?
First real drawing inked and marker-ed. I got color happy and wanted to try some bold colors. It came out pleasant… I think that’s the word I’ll use. At least, I know what other colors and techniques I’d like to try next.
I played with markers years ago. I didn’t really understand the concept and techniques behind the tool itself at the time. Essentially, those Prismacolors went under appreciated for a very long time.
Today, I’ve been inspired to try again. I picked up a set of Shinhan Touch double sided markers. Working on a small sketch I did a long while ago, I fell in love with the marker. Perhaps it was the brush tip that really sold me, because the experience was a complete overhaul of what I remembered.
Here’s a sketch from sometime last year. I love the hair the best.
Moved hosts finally. There are some transition pains. Other than that some sketch booking.
What is an artist without their utensils? There are some interesting subscriptions out there and I found one that is not only useful but fun. Rad and Hungry is a neat little service that brings stationary around the world to your door every month. How could an artist not see what this is about? So far received are notebook and pen/pencil sets from Turkey and France. Along with some dividers, this will become a great project planning set! 🙂
Just testing a quick mobile post. Here’s a glimpse of my sketchbook.
2012 is now here, which leaves us with a whole year left of time to work with. So what can we do with this new year? The Visual Story Swap has now started. It’s still early enough in the phase that if you want to join in, you can still sign up. That project won’t take up most of the year, so what other goals can I set up for myself this year?
I think those are two pretty good goals to work on this year. Let’s see how it goes.