Sketchy Demon

Time to do some fantasy creatures.

Of course this is just a quickie like all the rest but I like sketching in color.

I just did a rush job poster for Warner Brothers . Basically a day and a half turn around. I never expect this rush jobs to come out an good but I always seem to surprise myself. I think I can post it after it gets published and is out there already.

all for now.

Lar-

20 minute sketch

My wife came by and said that this drawing looks cartoony.

Well I have to say that I was thinking in terms of a big eyed anime look.

And when draw from imagination things tend look cartoony.

I like the way the black and white looks. A lot of times I get thrown off course when I use color because it's too much to think about when I'm just doing quick sketches. And color is so easy when working digitally.

I almost went to sleep a half hour ago but I made myself come into the studio and draw something and post it. Even if I don't like what I draw.

remember to click on the image to get a bigger image.

--Larry

Photoshop is closer to painter now

I still need to experiment with the wet paintbrushes in photoshop to see what I can do with it.

One thing that is a sure thing : It's super fast . Na slowing down at all and I like to work in 300 dpi.

This is just another sketchy sketch .

-Larry

Just Sketching

Sketching in Photoshop CS5 . Not playing with the new paint brush capabilities yet on this one.

The 3D aspects have much improved but I'm not using it here.

Just trying to loosen up here.

Thin lines in Photoshop CS5

Just drawing in Photoshop CS5 .

Soft pencil Hard paper

Just another pencil in sketchbook drawing.

Still experimenting with the Photoshop CS5 . The brush tool is is getting easier to handle . Way faster that Painter. That wet on wet is still hard for me to control at this stage so I keep going back to the old spatter point brush with my own settings.

The 'Other Dynamics option has changed it's name to Transfer now but it still works the same.

Trying to get a handle on some of my 3d programs today . Just gotta study .

It's real good for doing things like packaging - but that's work stuff.....

-Larry

Pen line

There was a sale at the art store the other week so I had to make myself go to it.

I don't buy much there anymore because a lot of my work is digital these days. So I have to remember my roots. Pencil, ink, paper.

This one is a quickie like a lot of them , and it's just a pencil sketch with some inking done with one of those Hunt drawing nibs . I used to use actual India ink in the past. Now Im using Acrylic india ink. It's not as thick and black as real India Ink but it has some advantages.

First it doesn't clog up quickly. So it's easier to keep drawing without cleaning the nib every minute. Second, it seems to dry a little faster. And it seems to last longer in the bottle.

The head on this sketch is about 2 inches high. Drawn in my Aquabee sketchbook.

---Larry