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

Just wanted to draw something for fun! I always forget that a good mix of fantastic and whimsical is not a bad thing. I tend to swing to far in either direction. I hope I struck a good balance here.

Pentel Sign Pen and Photoshop.

Labels: heart, pen and ink, Pentel, Photoshop, warrior

I've been doing a lot of personal sketching and whatnot, just not posting it anywhere. I thought I'd try out some of those techniques on this week's Illustration Friday topic, "Magic". It's been a long time since I'd participated, but with bowing out of Inktober, I figured I should try to get some art out in October. Feedback is always appreciated.

Labels: brush pen, faerie, Illustration Fridays, ink, Magic, pen and ink

As we're headed in to October, and Inktober is beginning, I wanted to post some Destiny fan art I'd done before I forget again.

I had done a quick 4" x 6" portrait just to try out dabbling in the Destiny world and trying to draw the intricacies of the Destiny armor with a brush pen. This was the results.

This one was for a contest, where the original art was given away. The winner got to choose the armor that was showcased, and they chose the Phoenix Strife, or crucible armor.

The second one was just for me (big Destiny fan here!) and I chose the Gensym Knight hunter.



Hope you enjoy!

Labels: brush pen, Destiny, Gensym Knight, Iron Banner, pen and ink, Phoenix Strife, Photoshop

I had originally done this for a friend as a birthday present. He's a bid birder and this was one of his favourite birds. He got the original but not before I'd scanned it in. I've never really had much luck prior to this scanning markers but I found a great tutorial on how to clean up marker work for scanning.

I really need to do more to get artwork back up on the site more frequently. I have been having a killer creative block lately, and what work I have done can't be shared publicly at the moment. It's been a long time since I've drawn just for myself. I will be uploading some other marker work I've done shortly though, so there's that. Baby steps I suppose.

Labels: brush pen, Copic, Goshawk, markers, pen and ink

Just like that, the first two weeks of November escape me!

I wanted to write up a brief wrap up of my Inktober 2014 experience. I would say for myself, overall it was a big success. All in all, I'd call 23 out of 31 a success. Probably the most art output I've had in a single month in quite sometime. Sure, there were a few failed experiments and a few duds, but I stuck with it the best I could given all other prior commitments and I got some new art to show off in the process.

Not only did I learn what I think works and doesn't work for me in terms of style, I also gained some new technical knowledge that I hope will help me going forward. From a bit better execution with a brush pen, to scanning markers, it's been a whirlwind for sure. I think ultimately, the thing that held me back was not having a focus, and really just making things up as I went along. I also get very leery of simply drawing other characters from the Big Three or pop culture. I'm not knocking those that do, but for myself it's a bit boring. I love the thrill of designing something new.

Next year, I'd like to try and output a cohesive story or set of images. A few of the artists that I follow did that, and it was great watching that play out over the month.

Up next for me is perhaps some more paid illustration work (which I can't show you) and adding some colours to the Inktober pieces I really enjoyed!

Labels: brush pen, Inktober, pen and ink