Posts published in “Sketchworks”

I have been doing a lot of art today, but mostly in Photoshop and Illustrator. Regularly scheduled drawing every day will resume tomorrow, or even tonight if I can finish up my other tasks.

Or, you know what? I have a test image right there. I could draw THAT.

Bam. On one of my "todo" pieces of paper sitting nearby. Take that, autistic inertia.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Pictured: a prototype of an Experimental Jetset Ampersand-style shirt, and a quick drawing of it.

Finished the arm section of Goldman, on to the legs.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Upon a closer inspection, that thumb was big even in the source image (see below), but still not as big as I drew it. So I had to draw it again. The tendons in the hand don't trace back properly on this one, but at least my poor drawing subject is not left with a throbbing thumb from some invisible hammer.

And, hey, guess what? The drawing table I set up in my office is really useful when I actually sit down to use it, rather than squeezing drawings in when I'm out and about.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Well, yes they are, but they're also the end of this section of the book. Legs are next.

Wow, that thumb looks like someone took a hammer to it.

Proportions need work.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Gotta fly, here's a sketch.

Drawing Every Day.

-the Centaur

More Goldman studies. Please forgive the rushed, blurry shading: I had to both finish and photograph this in the near-dark of a single light at the hotel room's desk, as my wife already went to sleep after our long day.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

The transfer is poor because I took this picture in low light - since my smaller notebooks don't like to lay flat, and I didn't pack a scanner in my suitcase, I've been taking photographs rather than scanning my Drawing Every Day pieces, and cleaning them up as best as I can - and the source drawing itself is this kind of weird stack of overlapping images. But I think this drawing shows, more or less, the gist.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

SO! Apparently yesterday I went through the last of my Drawing Every Day 2024 buffer ... but I had time during a break between panels to do one drawing this week, and I've booked time for drawing tomorrow morning, so we will NOT be having a break in coverage today! More hands, by the way.

Drawing on average every day, posting every day that I can.

-the Centaur

Again from Goldman. Drawing (on average) every day, posting every day that I can.

-the Centaur

Still more sketches, this time based on Wizard: How to Draw. Being methodical sometimes leaves me feeling goofy, but the step-by-step approach is creating much more confidence once I go through it.

Drawing (on average) every day.

-the Centaur

More hand practice from Goldman. Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Again from Goldman. Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Recreating front matter sketches from "Wizard: How to Draw". I like the inking technique they used on the toothy monkey-zombie dude in the bottom left, though it's hard to recreate with my portable art kit.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

Geez, hands are complicated, man. More Goldman studies.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

More from the Wizard Basic Training How to Draw book. It surprises me how much I got out of doing the stick-man and outline sketches - they showed me limits of my existing practice (and conversely, how much I've progressed in other areas, like hand shape and arm length). Still, a lot of work to do.

Also, some superhero costumes REALLY look like lingerie in disguise. Just sayin'.

Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

More Goldman studies. Drawing every day.

-the Centaur

For years I've been carrying about the book The Best of Wizard Basic Training: How to Draw: Getting Started, trying to make progress in it, and failing. But, my new methodical approach based on Goldman's book seems to be working, so I'm going to add the Wizzes into my drawing rotation. Let's see how it goes.

Frankly speaking, if I was to do it all over again, I'd start with the hands and feet, as they're the hardest part, and when you start trying to draw a person but can't finish it due to the hands and feet, it's hard to really feel that the drawing is done. I don't really feel that anymore, though I know I have a long ways to go.

Drawing every day, methodically, through a set of exercises.

-the Centaur

Fun fact: I've just about finished a whole notebook of Drawing Every Day sketches!

Onward!

-the Centaur