Day Eighteen

Erased off my pencils on Cap and some of Thor. Some of my spacing is off on Thor's right side (our left). I gave it too much height and he looks less ready for battle. Like he just found out something was going on and he's all like, "Eh! Steve! Who are these assholes?!"

Day Seventeen

Was getting frustrated trying to draw from Kubert's book. Hadn't really drawn in a week. Needed to break the slump. So I started this piece from an Avengers still. Enjoying the use of my techniques on comic subject matter.

Day Sixteen

Finished the Chevette. I should have made better use of ruler and templates, but overall, pretty happy with this.

Finished Matt and Sonny. This one have me fits. I was only slightly disappointed with my rendering of Matt. My own work makes him look much older than he is. Trying to capture Sonny was slightly more challenging. Babies don't have a lot of lines to work with. In a previous piece I just nailed my daughter's expression when she was a baby. I guess I was overconfident. Though Sonny's face is heavily shadowed in the photo, when I rendered it in sharpie it just gave him an unformed quality that was displeasing. After much Wite-Out, I went back over it carefully in pencil, working out my measurements more carefully and then rendered it lightly with the sharpie pen, only adding sharpie marker to the edges where he meets Matt's shirt. I think it reads better this way. Either way I'm fine with this piece. Matt: I hope you don't hate this.

Now I'm going to watch my Kubert DVD and hope I learn something.

Day Fifteen

Second day on this piece. Looks good but I may wish I had used my ruler more and maybe circle templates. Machines are less forgiving with their lines.

First Kubert School book is in the mail. I'm very excited! Prepare for superheroes!

Day Fourteen

Early pencils. Decided to do something inorganic and work on perspective at the same time. When most guys decide to draw a car they pick something cool. Not this guy. I decided to commemorate this little jewel from 1983. If you were poor in the 80s, you may recognize her. Pretty happy so far. 

Some more hands, and just for fun, some noses too. You can never draw enough hands... or noses.

Day Thirteen

I am much happier with my inks than I was with my pencils. I think I was too liberal with the sharpie on Sonny. I might go back on him tomorrow with the whiteout and redo him with more subtlety. BTW, I am not particularly productive on the weekends. Need to find a way to change that. Also decided to order the Kubert School Books. Soon the art you see here will fit the blog title better.

Day Twelve: Continued

Early pencils on portrait of my friend Matt Fee and his new son Sonny James. Still really rough so don't judge it just yet. Apparently, when I run out of ideas for drawing I just jack pictures I like from Facebook. So bring your A-game people!