I’ve always had a fondness for this character, I think dating back to an absolute killer run Erik Larsen & David Michelinie did in the 90’s on Amazing Spider-man around the Sinister Six. When handled well, he’s a redeeming sort of anti-hero versus just a two dimensional bad guy like some of the other Spider-man villains.

I focused on just the potential for change in the character and how messy someone made of sand would actually be. You’re not walking away from this fight untouched.

By this point in the colouring process I’d started to settle into what was working, what wasn’t and how to carry on the process for the remainder of the work. I recognized that for some of these, overworking a background or even overly detailed shading didn’t make much sense, and the resultant pictures were more of a pop art feel.

For this one, I just went with some very basic shading, some ‘material’ aspects in the sandy parts of Sandman (specks etc.) and a basic colour background that I added some effects to in order to make it appear sandblasted.

Labels: Ditko, Ditkoctober, Pentel, Photoshop, Sandman, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko

This is the second round of drawing challenge entries based on characters created by Steve Ditko. I tried to push myself with each one, and while not all of them are my favourite I am quite proud of what I was able to achieve.

In order they are:
#9 Blue Beetle
#10 J. Jonah Jameson (Robot) a.k.a. Spider Slayer
#11 Ancient One
#12 The Lizard
#13 The Creeper
#14 Nightshade
#15 The Vulture
#16 Mr. A

Labels: Ancient One, Batman, Blue Beetle, Creeper, J. Jonah Jameson, Mr. A, Nightshade, pen and ink, Pentel, Sandman, Spider Slayer, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko, The Lizard, The Vulture

I've been participating in a monthly sketch exercies for the month of October, in honour of Steve Ditko and the many characters he created. Here are the first 8. Of the group, I think Sandman is my favourite, but I tried to do something different with each.

In order they are:
#1 Doctor Strange
#2 J. Jonah Jameson
#3 Nightmare
#4 Aunt May
#5 Dormammu
#6 Captain Atom
#7 Sandman
#8 Clea

Labels: Aunt May, Captain Atom, Clea, Ditkoctober, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, J. Jonah Jameson, Nightmare, pen and ink, Pentel, Sandman, Steve Ditko