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Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Yeti

Here are some of the things I've been working on. Character designs for a short story:





And a very quick color test for that same short story:


The last two Drawer Geeks, "Lone Ranger" and "Dinosaurs":

Labels: character design, colour, comics, Dinosaurs, Drawer Geeks, goat, Illustrator, Lone Ranger, pen and ink, Photoshop

"Tarzan" was the theme this week at Drawer Geeks. I really tried to push myself this week. I took my time, and really tried to get down exactly what I had in mind. I'm happy to say this is relatively close to what I had in mind, a few happy accidents aside. I know as an artist I still struggle with putting down on paper what I had in my head.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Tarzan

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Monsters Under the Bed". I kind of just flew through this one, not a lot of time this week.

Labels: bed, colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Monsters, Photoshop

"Galactus" was this week's Drawer Geeks topic. The focus on this one was getting a straight up cel shaded effect that I was happy with, and cutting down on my coloring time. I was pretty pleased I was able to get this one out quickly. I realized after finishing this that Galactus' pose is a bit like he's getting ready to scratch some records. Maybe he's a DJ on his off time?

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Galactus, Illustrator, Photoshop

This was my original sketch for the "Lord of the Rings" topic at Drawer Geeks, but I ran out of time. I decided to finish it because I thought it had promise. This was done with a brush pen and Photoshop. The things I tried to focus on this time were limited palette, and no fancy Photoshop tricks such as blurs or fancy brushes. This was done using the pencil tool and a few gradients. Often times I get caught up trying to add more bells and whistles and really eat away my time.

Labels: brush pen, colour, Drawer Geeks, Ent, Lord of the Rings, Photoshop

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Lord of the RIngs". I wanted to take some time and try out a few new techniques to try and speed up the way I do things. I also wanted to focus on value over hue, hence the grayscale. I think I'm going to use the Drawer Geeks topics from now on to try and push new ideas and new ways of doing things, at least for me.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Lord of the Rings, Nazgul, Photoshop

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Rednecks". For some reason, this was the first thing that popped into my head. More of a "red necks". I know, I know... Rednecks are obvious. I think I have too much giant monster on the brain or something.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Red Knecks

This week at Drawer Geeks, the theme is Elves. In particular Christmas Elves. I was a little out of my element here, but since I couldn't think of a way to wrangle giant robots into a Christmas illustration, this is what I ended up with.

Labels: Christmas, colour, Drawer Geeks, elves, pen and ink

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Star Belly" with an open interpretation. This is what I came up with. I tried to use this as an opportunity to try out new things and new methods (such as using a brush pen, spot blacks and speeding up rendering). All in all I was pretty pleased with the results. Let me know what you think!

Labels: brush pen, character design, colour, Drawer Geeks, Star Belly

This week at Drawer Geeks, the theme was design your own Sith Lord. I'm not a big Star Wars fan myself (I'm of the widely accepted opinion that the last three movies totally stunk), but I did know Darth Vader was fashioned after Samurai armor. So I sort of ran with that and went for another age, sort of an Arthurian era meets Akira type vibe. I was actually pretty pleased with the way this one turned out.

Labels: character design, colour, Drawer Geeks, Sith

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. I keep fiddling with the colors, and tweaking and tweaking until I'm left with two complete, but disparate choices I can't choose between. For the next Drawer Geeks. Oh well. Enjoy!

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Universal Monsters

Just playing along at home for this week's Drawer Geeks (not a member, just a fan). The theme is Cleopatra. Enjoy!

Labels: Cleopatra, colour, Drawer Geeks

Here's a little colour experiment on this one. Just trying to get a little more prolific in my coloring techniques. Trying not to be such a perfectionist. Comments welcome!

Labels: character design, colour, pen and ink

Not too sure where this one came from. Just sort of a lunch time doodle that ran away from me. Moving on...

Labels: colour, ninjas, robots, trident

Just trying to switch things up a little bit and try a little something new. Not a dramatic stretch, but the content and methods are new for me. I wanted to invoke some of the elements that make Japanese horror comics so appealing (and terrifying). Comments and criticisms are always welcome.

On another note I've got a pretty exciting announcement that I can't make just yet, but hopefully soon. Stay tuned.

Labels: colour, horror, marsh, octopus

I coloured my previous sketch to test atmosphere and overall color palette in a story I'm trying to write, but I couldn't decide on which time of night I wanted (dawn or midnight). I ended up doing both, and I like them each for their own reasons. Let me know what you think!

Labels: colour, fantasy, Forest, ghosts, sketch

This one's been a bit of an uphill battle. I really wanted to push myself and try to learn new techniques and new ways of doing things. I tried a combination of different tricks and hopefully the end results pay off.

I've included the original digital line work, as well as a more traditional colour scheme (minus the fancy multiply layers and extra bells and whistles), and finally the finished product. As always, feel free to leave any comments.

Labels: character design, colour, giant robots, Mannequin, Photoshop