This was an image I drew quite a while back now, but for lack of new content I decided to dig into the reserves and add some color to some inks I was always fond of. This was originally done for the topic "Troll" over at Drawer Geeks (man I miss that site).

For me this was the first ink drawing that approached the same sort of things I was comfortable doing digitally (without the "Undo" button). You can see my original ink post here. I had originally intended to finish colors for this and submit that to Drawer Geeks, but couldn't quite line up something compelling. It wasn't until I sat down to color it now that I realized I wanted it to be moody, but was giving it a dusk color scheme. Not to say dusk can't be moody, it just wasn't the right fit. At any rate, please enjoy, and let me know what you think as always.

Labels: bones, flames, Magic, Troll

My oh my, life has been absolutely hectic this year! In the past two months, my wife and I have moved to a new town and had a baby (who is absolutely adorable by the way), along with all the craziness that surrounds those events (and more than a few crazy moments that don't). Needless to say, drawing has had to take a back burner. Now that things have calmed down ever so slightly, I want to get back into things.

For the better part of five years, for some unknown reason, I've been unable to use my tablet to its full potential. I believe the house we were in had some form of radio interference that cause the pen to jump on screen, making inking and anything other than basic Photoshop painting impossible. I was able to use the tablet on the go (i.e. at work etc), so it wasn't the hardware itself. To make a long story short, at our new house this is no longer an issue. I am now free to explore digital inking again, something I was only scratching the surface of.

The picture below started off as a test, but I liked it enough to ink and color. This was done entirely digital, roughed/colored in Photoshop and inked in Illustrator. Feedback is always welcome!

Labels: fire, flames, robot, smoke