The Daily Sketch

[Danimation]

I thought it would be cool if we could start a new sketching thread. I'll kick it off! I hope to see lots o' art! Cheers

[Danimation]

Here is today's sketch! This guy is for a new series of drawings that I'm doing called the "Monsters of Metal." They'll be monsters based on real metal bands. Can you guess what band this guy is? Cheers

[damage]

wow Danimation those are coool. I'll see if i can skecth some up as soon as i get a chance.

[Graphiteman]

Wow. The message I have is apparently too short...but that's it.

[jchap 03]

Nice work Danimation. I especially liked the second drawing of the lady. Your color shoice is nice too. A daily sketch is a great habit to have. I had gotten into the habit myself, but the last couple of weeks have been a bit busy. I've started picking up the pencil again. As a matter of fact, here's one I did today. It's called "Nobody Wants To Have Fun Anymore".

[Larry L.]

Hello.

Wonderful stuff! I am now off for the Summer - off is a relative term - with a one man show- two teaching gigs in Europe and a presenatation at SIGGRAPH.

Anyhow I have time to learn Maya and to draw and paint.

So I will have to scan some recent work and put it up- one a day- great!

[Danimation]

Thanks for the comps guys! Jchap, I love your work as usual, your drawin' is sweet, and I can relate to it as well. I look forward to seeing more work form everyone. Here is today's sketch, cheers

[damage]

Hey guys nice sketches. I took some time to do one. I was tired of doing flats on the book and did a sketch.

http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/boy001.jpg

it's different from the normal horror/action stuff i usually do.

[phacker]

Something I worked up last week.
http://www.tco.net/~phacker/flashtests/greenman3.gif

[Gamirk]

haha Phacker...that's awesome :D

[MonkeyGirl]

danimation,
was the first one the scorpions? I don't know about the second one, but it looked related. Which band is that?

[Danimation]

Great guess on the Metal monster MG! You're right. As for yesterday's sketch, that was just for fun, nothing related. Here is another for today. I'm a bit tired and whipped this off fast. Everyones work is looking awesome. Phacker, that is one funny lookin' scotsman. Love the design. Damage, sweet work as well. That's awesome that you can do different styles. What did you use to color your sketch?

[damage]

I did this one as quick as i could to get it in before 12am. So it's a bad scan but i still maneged to color it.

A born artist.:)
http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/babie001.jpg
Keep up the great work guys.
Danimation I'm painting these in ps. I like to vary my style to try to keep myself flexible to be able to animate anything. My true love tho is to try to animate a little more realistic and not as styilized.(if i spelled that right) I would imagine that styilized animtion like the powerPuff, rugrats etc would be a little more easier. I don't know as of yet but i hope to someday.:)

[Danimation]

I feel sorry for the mother who had to bare that child! He's huge :eek:! Great work, a portfolio piece for sure. Damage, did you say you were getting a table at the SD Comic Con?

[damage]

Thanks for the comments Danimation :)

Re the booth and SD yeah i do plan on having one. Working hard on the flating out the color for my friend so he can finish the book in time. We already sent out our money for the booth just waiting to hear from the SD staff themselfs to see if we got it. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Danimation]

What are the requirements to get a booth? Is it hard to get a booth there?

[okkenbom]

http://student.hivolda.no/anmark/maskefjes.jpg

A 10min drawing in photoshop. Quite happy with it.

[damage]

Hey Danimation i don't know all of the details of aquiring a booth. My friend who works with me on the book is in charge of it. He got the app and sent it in, me and my other friend who work on the artwork just forked over our half of the booth money. It was $422.00 each so it adds up too $1266 for our booth. I think that were going to be on the main floor. They also have artist ally which is significantly less. From what i heard about and saw last year is that they have intergrated the independent section with the reg or at least made the independent section the outside border of the convention floor instead of it being it's own section. Which sucks becuase most people wont give independents the time of day. At least this way you end up going by them and if you interested you pick up their stuff.

Here is a link to the SD exibitors section it has the pdf for download down towards the bottom. The app and info. http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/CCIExhibitors.html

As soon as i can get ahold of my friend i'll ask him and see if i can give you a quick answer.
Lates:)

[Danimation]

Here is my little ditty for today. I really like you work okkenbom, great atmosphere in there, I look forward to more! Thanks for the details Damage, I look forward to hearing more about the Comic Con. Cheers!

[damage]

Darn it i almost made todays deadline on the sketch. I missed it by 27min. O well mabe next time.

Awsome walres like character Danimation. Are you doing yours tradition and then with guahse or marker?

Nice one Okkenbom. Did you use ref or straight out of your head?

Here's mine. Sketched it and painted it in ps. I wacthed the return of the king last night so go figure. I really like the look of the bad guys in those movies more than the good guys. Especially the Urikhi.
http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/WargRdr001.jpg
ok time to go sleepy. Maybe later on today i'll do it earlier. Good times right? :)

[evandaeman]

nice sketches danimation and damage.. :D looks like i gotta get in the action and post some of my sketches :D i will in couple of days :cool:

[evandaeman]

This is most recent sketch i've done...

I'll work on posting more later.. :)


black and green grocery store pens on recycled paper.. i didn't wanna draw the neck and stuff so i just blurred it:D getting lazy

http://www.evandaeman.com/html/drawings/animals/snake_close.jpg

[Danimation]

Sweet work Damage. I love those beast riders in LOTR, and you captured the pose nicely. Great work as well evandaeman, what kind of reference did you use for your subject? Was it a ball point pen you used? Those are great to draw with. I was tired tonight and didn't manage to get too much going with sketches (I hate artist block!). I did however whip up another caricature of myself for my avatar. I've been meaning to change it for a while. Cheers

[swankaman]

Hey guys,
cool stuff!This is just a little Flash test (My wacom skills are suffering most of all)for something Im working on.Its actually a charicature of my Dad and he's helping me out; sorta?Hes a very hip guy and in his older age progressive!? and frankly, probably puts me to shame in the party category!I hope my tanks as full as his at his age;it will be a blessing.Its what I did today
swankaman

[Splatman]

Nice portrait swankaman!

It's not that bad using the old wacom...I've adjusted to it!

Now this thread looks like fun...wait, lets make it political!!!
No, I joke...lets not.

I'm going to have to join y'all in some of this!

(I figure if I post this, I'll have to follow up with it!)

Good job everyone!

Splatman:D

[swankaman]

hehehehe!Thanks for the comments too!
swankaman

[Danimation]

Drawing with the wacom takes some definite skills my friend, and that looks great! I really want to buy one, which size is good to get? I look forward to seeing more! Here is today's daily. I call it "Jack." Damage, I forgot to answer your question about what I use. I've been using the Faber Castell brush tip pen to rough in, then I use Tria markers for shadows and color. After that I highlight with a white prismacolor or FW arcylic ink. Cheers!

[evandaeman]

nice danimation:D love the style

[swankaman]

Hey nice stuff guys.Damage and Dan great line qualities on your stuff!This is a little character study I did last night.He came out looking a bit like the kid in Slingblade if he were just a bit older (to me at least)Keep up the good work!
swankaman

[ThJ]

Today on "Girls I Hate":

http://thj.no/images/art/drunkenbimbo-colored.jpg

The knee is known to have freaked out people. ;) A nasty little mistake I made. This was drawn with my trusty Wacom on my Paintchat (http://thj.no?ID=9).

[Graphiteman]

Swanka,

Your dad looks like my dad.

[damage]

Heee hawww great stuff guys. This is turning out to be a kick as thread. Sorry i haven't posted in a while had a lot going on.

Danimation re; the booth at SD. From what my friend told me they like to see a sample of your work, if you 've been there the previous years, a temp sellers permit, application which you can download from the link i posted earlier and good old fashion money. Other than that once they recive everthing you have to wait for them to send you the confirmation of the booth and pack your bags. You got a booth. BTW great skecthes i love the dog.

evandaemon i love that snake post more.

Thj you your sketch has inspired me to do a girl sketch. so here it is.
http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/devilgirl001.jpg
swankman nice work more more more. Let's keep this up guys untill next time.
lates

[jchap 03]

One from last night.

[swankaman]

More Wacom wackiness!Still trying to get it down but sometimes the awkward stroke grows on me?Why the heck are Cowboy hats so hard to draw?Nice stuff again guys.Graphite Man the thing that worries me is Im starting to look (and sound!) more and more like him everyday!Ill post another tomorrow hopefully!Happy Holiday guys!

[Danimation]

Sweet work guys! This thread is taking off! I had to take a couple days off, but I'll be back with one tonight. ThJ, I really like the expression, good work! Damage, sweet demon or is it an Incubus? She looks kinda feisty! Chap, that is awesome too, love it! Reminds me of Julia Roberts.swankaman, great stuff. Isn't it funny how we sware that we'll never be like our parents, but we always end up just likem! Cheers til tonight!

[ThJ]

This is one of those stupid ideas that's been sticking to my brain for a looong time...

http://thj.no/images/art/fusebulb.jpg

The perspective's totally farked on this one, but it was a quickie.

[evandaeman]

here is another quick one just loose.. trying to catch the moment.. reference: photo from a magazine

http://www.evandaeman.com/html/drawings/people/man_guitar.jpg

[evandaeman]

just sketching with my wacom

[swankaman]

Good stuff!those loose sketches rock, sometimes much more interesting!Heres another guitar player! Thats odd?I swear I did this today as well.Im working on a western style project thus the underlying country motif as of late.This guys plays angry though!Hes got a bit of an attitude!?
swankaman

[evandaeman]

lol.. he is angry alright.. love the eyes.. gives the whole anger look:p

[jchap 03]

One from today...

[jchap 03]

Three more...

[Splatman]

jchap 03...great stuff as always! Love the sketches! Question: was the robot done in Painter? It looks great!

Splatman:D

[Danimation]

I couldn't resist this sketch after I saw the AMEX Superman-Sienfield commercial today. Not too big a fan of the other short films though. Keep up the great work guys!

[evandaeman]

NICEEEEEEE :D Love the superman

[ThJ]

http://thj.no/images/art/crazyfrog.jpg

A crazy frog, drawn in my Paintchat (http://thj.no/?ID=9).

[swankaman]

Heres a couple more in my search for the perfect face?Anyway nice stuff guys!cool superman and the robot is wicked! (Kinda makes you feel as if you are squinting or something?)
swankaman

[swankaman]

This is a buddy for the Beaver (i have to admit the two old blues guys from the intro to the Dave Chappelle Show are part of my inspriration)He's holding a harmonica but its a bit hard to see.Another Wacom test.
swankaman

[Danimation]

swankaman, love the armadillo! (Did I spell that right?) Here's mine for the night!
Cheers

[damage]

Great work guys. :)

This is cool here is mine a little late but in none the less.
http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/kidWarrior001.jpg

[swankaman]

How do you guys (and everyone else too!)keep your strokes so loose?My strokes feel tight or?need More practice!Haha, good stuff!Something about someone holding and axe and smiling is just..well ;disturbing!The extra little lines that were part of the scetch but maybe not so finalized (like the sword)make the pics look more interesting to me.Ill post another later unless I pass out (started a new job!)Im beat!
swankaman
p.s. jchap i sent you a pm about the place you work, check it out if you can.

[jchap 03]

this has turned out to be a fun thread. nice work everyone.

splat, yes, the robot was done in painter. it was pretty quick... 15 minutes or so, that's why it's so rough. thanks!

swank, I can't speak for everyone else, but when I draw, i tend to work in a process. I start out extremely loose, then begin to fine tune the drawing, laying down a tighter line. I also like to use loose shapes as character layouts when I draw. By the way, i got your PM and sent one back... at least I tried to send one back... not sure if it went through or not. Thanks again!

Here's one from today: Fun with Gouache
:)

[MonkeyGirl]

I drew this one for my husband.

[Splatman]

That would clear a trench out in a second flat!

But I digress...

Did he like it?


Splatman:D

[damage]

Here is mine for today. This one i tried to take a little bit more time since i was experimenting with the brushes. I'm trying to get the hang of color. Good times.
http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/fairy002.jpg
swankaman i def try to keep the sketch loose except for this situation were i think i overworked it. I def like the method that jchap uses i think i'll give it a try and see what comes out.

Really nice work everybody let's keep this up. :D

[Danimation]

Sweet work everyone! Here is a drawing of my guinea pig Felix. As for my process, I work very similar to Chap. I prefer to use an almost dried up brush pen to rough, then build up with markers. Then I toss on the highlights with liquid arcylic and prismacolors. I'm still working on becoming looser with my lines though. Can wait to see more work from everyone! Cheers

[evandaeman]

very nice.. i'm enjoying these drawings....

awsome work guys :)

[swankaman]

Hey guys, thanks for the tips!Sounds like kinda what I do as well (I just need more practice)Hey J chap, thanks for the reply.I just didnt want to post another time without a sketch!Nice work as usual guys!This guy is the final member of the band.He's the "tool cool for school" type.(doesnt every band have one?)Maybe this is why the beaver is so torqued all the time!
swankaman

[swankaman]

I think Ive got my man.Its a small project so..This is a colored sketch that displayed some of the pencil lines from the other side (of the scan) when I changed the layer screen properties.
swankaman

[Danimation]

Love the cowboy swankaman! The lines feel nice and loose
Here's my submission for today. Cheers

[keenasmustard]

I've been following all of your wonderful sketches since this thread started, and it's motivated me to draw again! (I haven't for ages!) So here it goes... Yes I know the hands are naf.

[cjaye]

I'm a big fan of this thread, too, mustard. I like to see anyone's work, even if they pull it from ancient archives, but ... this is like being let inside the studio to watch you play. it's great.
Is it a sketch if I did it on a tablet? This is yesterday's and I'm posting it just because of mustard's naf hands. Mine are, too. Drat. (i love how these boards clean up my language :) I'm trying (and trying, etc.) to capture a moment in her clapping.

ps. I hope this shows up as a thumbnail because I don't see how to create one manually.

[Danimation]

Great work everyone, its cool to see so many different styles! Here's my submission for today! Cheers

[cicchillacchi]

Hi everybody!
I'm new from here.....and i'd like to show you what i've draw some hours ogo and to know what u think about it!

Thanks!

[evandaeman]

okay just did this today.. started last night.. alltogether i spent about 4 hours on this.. everything was done in photoshop

reference was an image from jurrasic park
http://www.evandaeman.com/html/digitalgraphics/painting/dino.jpg

still trying to get the hang of this wacom tablet i got:cool:

[Danimation]

Here is my sketch for today! Great work guys, and welcome to the forums cicchillacchi!

[jchap 03]

Can't let this thread die... :D

Flash stuff and a car wreck of a comic strip

[Danimation]

Sweet work Chap! Here is tonight's quick sketch! Cheers

[grega]

Zip's the name!

[swankaman]

Nice stuff as usual guys!The pineapple is funnee!Just a quick layout test.Needs more intermediate land/hills?But just a quickie placement test.Cee ya later,swankaman

[Animated Ape]

Great work all. Dan I really love that cowboy leaning against the fence. The only thing, I keep thinking he's wearing Laura Croftish hotpants. lol

The Ape

[Dancing Cavy]

Wow!! Excellent work everyone!!! I love the guinea pig, dog, dinosaur. . .oh all of them!!! :) I wish I had some to contribute but I haven't had time lately.

[Danimation]

Thanks for the kudos! A Cowboy in hotpants...Laura Croft watch out!:D Here is today's sketch, cheers

[jchap 03]

Dan,
great design. great rhythm. hands down your best yet! Love it!
reminds me of Stephen Silver's stuff.

[jchap 03]

I had some time at work today b/c of computer trouble. Here are a couple of pages of drawings I did... I may post the others later.

[fourchinnigan]

This thread is great.
So much of the work in here is fantastic.

[cjaye]

Wow, jchap - I wish you loads of computer trouble in the future - those are my favorites so far - They have that 'animatable' loosey-goosey quality.

Dan - what a great head you have - it's so limber. There's a big difference between your sketches and the Rotten Banana guy - do you switch gears when you color or .. ? And when do you decide which characters you'll animate? Or do you just sketch away?
swank - I guess that's TX landscape, but you captured some of the CA country in spirit (we don't have those craggly things) yes, though, some roll/foothills would get it. very cool.

here's what i did yesterday. i don't expect you to see the improvements, but there are. this thread has been instrumental in reminding me to try again every day.

[Danimation]

Sweet work guys! Thanks for the comps too. It's an honor to be compared to Steve's work! Thanks Chap. cjaye, here are the answers to your queries.
The Rotten Banana started with a sketch of the ape, then I decided to color it in flash. When I do flash work I like to make it crisp. I find that flash lends itself well to a UPA, Blair style of art, flat colors and whatnot. Not that mine looks near as good as those collection of works. Usually I just sketch whatever comes of the top of my head. I guess that all of the drawings could be animated, but I never think about that when I'm sketching. I just try and focus on being loose with the lines, as well as trying to be creative. Here is todays sketch. It's bizarre cause I hadn't looked at Chap's work (which is awesome) since I last posted, and now that I do, I see some similarities between his work and this drawing. Crazy! I was inspired to do this by the old General Mills Monster Cereals (Count Chocula...etc). I love that style, so I kinda took some from it and put in a bit of my own in. I have no idea what this guys cereal would be though! :D Cheers

[pilser]

you guys are great...! What kind of pencils do u use... I'm about to embark on my quest to become an animator... need tips.... thx

[Danimation]

Here is today's sketch! Welcome to the forum pilser! I normally use a prismacolor or ebony pencil to rough. I hope to see some of your work on here. Cheers

[Danimation]

Here is today's diddy! Coal minin'.....believe it or not, it's the second dangerous profession!

Cheers

[jchap 03]

Great work as always Dan. Your stuff is looking really great.

Here's one from today.

[Danimation]

Sweet work Chap, love it!. Here is today's drawing! Cheers

[Danimation]

I can't sleep.....so I thought I'd do another pic. Cheers

[Danimation]

Today's daily!

[cjaye]

Good god, you guys (oh, i'm just the queen of alliteration lately) - it is really so EXCELLENT how you dash off these sketches!!! aren't you tempted to collect one or ten of them and write a children's book? what a sweet collaboration. and any profits could go to an awn fund for po' animators in need of some cash assistance. (apparently, i'm suffering alliteration and lofty ideas all at the same time. it's too much. time for a cocktail.)

[Danimation]

JeffRM I'm really enjoying your style. Can you tell me your process for these designs? Also, how did you color them? Here is today's sketch as well. Cheers

[bluehickey]

Hey guys, I wish I drew as much as you did, there is some terrific work here!

Since you all love to draw so much, I thought I'd point out a very cool message board: "The Loop". It is a caricature artist haven, with lots of talent. I've recently joined and posted a few images. But unfortunately the site does not have nearly as many members as AWN does. For this reason I thought I'd post the link here, to all you active drawers! Check it out and hopefully we can help it grow. One of the top artists from Mad magazine posts there! If you guys like it, let me know and I"ll start an official thread about it here!

check it out:
http://p074.ezboard.com/btheloop10064

[Danimation]

Wow, love the designs JeffRM! Keep'em coming! I'd like to see the roughs too. Here are some 5-15 second life drawings I did today. Something a bit different for the thread! Cheers

[swankaman]

Havent posted in awhile.Something i did today.Dry pastel.Its basically a 11-12 yr old kid.Like one of the kids in Mexico who will carry things for ya to make a buck.From stories my grandpa used to tell me and things Ive seen, these kids look "older" from working so hard early in life; like little old men?
Great stuff Dan!And Jeff, those characters are very cool!
swankaman

[Shany]

got bored in around 3 in the mornning.
i don't have a scanner :( so i had to use my webcam.

[Harvey Human]

Wow, great work, everybody.

Damage, you're a master, which leads me to wonder why you're wasting time on this forum instead of being wined and dined by publishers and agents.

[JeffRM]

I really like seeing what everyone else is up to, keep on drawing. :)

[Danimation]

Shany, great work on the sketches, I look forward to more of your work!
Jeff, when I saw your BG, actually the entire still, my jaw hit the floor. Man, that is nuts! BTW I love the extra designs you threw in too. Here is a commissioned piece I just finished today. Keep the work coming guys! Cheers

[Shany]

hi.

Danimation, thanks, your drawings are cool as well, keep up the good art.
JeffRM, good stuff :)

[Wade K]

Hi guys,

If I may be so bold as to ask, as I am not much of a render-ist... yet.

Damage, I like the colourization of your work, especially one of your pieces from earlier in this thread "a born artist". What software are you using to do this? It is just Photoshop? I have been wanting to start rendering my stuff more, and am looking for a solution that gives me a look such as that. I am tired of having just line drawings in my portfolio, and would love to get some colour in there to spice it up a bit.

Danimation... You too. I love the brown/sepia looking sketches rendered in marker of some sort. I would love to get some of those markers you are using. Are those the $6.00 a piece pantone markers? I am going to have to go and pick a set of them up, or whatever they are. If you could pass along the make, etc. I would be very appreciative.

Cheers guys, and keep up the good work!!!

[Shany]

when i was younger, around 5 years, i just loved boris valleju's art work (models/fantasy), so i wanted to see if i can draw a pic he had.
it turned really nice in the end though.

[JeffRM]

Danimation, is that coloured in marker or photoshop, I see the line is coloured and it got me wondering, really nice design style, your characters have that good animation flow, I usually stick to the black line, ...nice drawing shaney, looks like it is charcoal, I find it hard to get that good detail in their with charcoal................tria markers are the best because of the 3 ends but prisma are o.k too, less expensive but harder for some of the detail work.

[Danimation]

Very nice render Shany, did you say that was from an existing piece? JeffRM, I first roughed that drawing out, then cleaned it up, and colored it in Flash. Flash is great for crispy quality! Wade, I've been using Tria markers and Prismacolor pencil crayons. The Tria's are about $6-$7 CAD, but after you have the pen you can buy refills for every color. The refill bottles fill the pens up quite a few times too, so it cuts down on the cost. Having the three tips, like JeffRM mentioned, is great too (I only use the chisel tip though). I was never overly fond of the Prismacolor pens though. They always dry up fast :( , and the color selection is smaller. Tria also makes a brush tip adaptor and a airbrush type pen. Has anyone tried them? Some other cool felts are the Staedtler Mars 3000 duel brush tip pens. I likem' cause they're also water-soluble, so you can get a water color type effect. I'll see if I can post a sample of them up soon. Cheers

[Wade K]

WOAH! I haev a set of the Mars 3000's that my folks gave me about 14 years ago! I just checked them, and they all still work (LOL)! I actually did the line work in a couple commercials for "Young Drivers of Canada" years ago with the black Mars 3000, to simulate a 'Chinese Brush' look. I am going to have to I am going to have to go out and find a set of the 7 buck markers though. What I like best about them is the smooth quality of them. They do not get darker and darker (or do it much less) than your average markers. The go on clean, solid, and streak free!

Thanks, Graphite. Now I am still really interested in Damage's answer. His renders look SMASHING as well! I hope he says it is something other than Photoshop.... Then I won't feel like such an idiot, unable to pain that well in the software...


Cheers

[JeffRM]

Is it just me or does the undo button in photoshop rule.......

[cjaye]

LOL!!!! Undo in Photoshop and ... every other program I own. I've entertained the idea of a short story about a chick who relies on it so much, it's her first instinct to use it in real life. A little autobiographical, that one. Pity it'd be a one-trick pony story.

[Shany]

JeffRM,
yeah, i used a charcoal pencil, around 1-2$ in that times, its higher now i persume.

Danimation,
here is the original piece: http://fantasy.bratsk.net/cgi/show.cgi?Id=208

[Danimation]

Undo, ahhh, how sweet it is! cjaye, I think that would make a great short, it's an interesting concept. Here's today's diddy. I have to thank Wade for the inspiration (i.e. the email)! Cheers

[Danimation]

Here's the guy making the "monkey" dance. Cheers

[Shany]

Danimation,

cool stuff :)
thus the monkey reminds me of Abu from aladdin :D

[Jin Takamatsu]

Y'know, the trouble with Real Life (tm) is that it doesn't have an Undo key. Although if you had a time machine that might help :D

[phacker]

A little something I put together yesterday.http://www.tco.net/~phacker/dc/jack.gif

[Danimation]

Nice work Phacker! That would be sweet to see the Jack in the Box animated! Here is today's sketch. Cheers

[damage]

Hey there gang long time no post. Glad to see u guys have kept up the thread u guys are an inspiration to keep pushing.

Here is mine for today.

http://www.damagecomics.com/Lionel/gothGirl001.jpg
I think that i'm switching from zombie mode to goth. Go figure :P

Harvy Human Wow thanks for the complement. Really makes me feel that i'm imporving, I'm just a guy trying to carve myself a spot in this great big world. Till then i'll just keep doodling until i find my crack.If u know anybody that might be in need of my services don't hisitate to drop me a line.

Hey Wade thanks also for the comp. Yeah i use photoshop for my digital work. I have been trying to learn painter becuse it has a look of traditional painting i'm trying to get with out getting paint on my cloths ha ha. Just getting used to the tools is the hard part.

Danimation great work so glad u keep those skectches coming really inspiring.

Everyone has done some really nice work too. Let's keep this going guys.
Lates :P

[Danimation]

Great work Damage, good to see you back! Here's today's daily, cheers

[Wade K]

Thanks, Damage for the info. I was afraid that it might have been photoshop. Unfortunately, when I render something like that in photoshop, it looks too flat (a bit too cartoony. I too have been playing with painter 8, and this is what I came up with. Still needs some work, but I feel it to be a good start. Painter is a pretty nice program, because you can get that traditional feeling to it, by selecting a toothy paper, using chalk, etc. I coloured it first with Mars 3000 makers, and then touched it up with painter.

Cheers

[damage]

Nice one Danimation reminds me of a mongolian worrier.

Good one to Wade i'll have to try and post one done in painter.

Here are mine for today. They are some sketches that i did for a customer.

Lates :p

[Danimation]

Sweet work guys! Love the head rotation Wade, those Mars pens work nicely. Those monkey's rock Damage, are you going to color them? What will they be used for? Here's today's doodles. A Gaggle of Gypsies

[Wade K]

Thanks, D-man. It is a touch more realistic than I normally do (actually, MUCH more relaistic than I normally do), but I thought it might be a good idea to do some of this stuff for my portfolio, which completely lacks in realism, with the exception of my life drawing stuff.

To be honest, I am not totally taken by the Mars 3000's. They get pretty botchy when you go over your lines, and that really annoys me. I am trying to find a deal on the tria markers... I LOVE them!

Cheers

[cjaye]

you'd think i'd just keep my sketches to myself, but NO WAY. i've been turned on to the power of putting stuff out there publicly (you know, versus waiting til a consensus of your closest friends gives the thumbs up). it's a terrifically bad habit of writers, to hone and polish and - oh hell, totally revise - and THEN drop a manuscript oh-so-casually in front of someone with a cavalier "well, if you want to read it. i mean, it's just a draft." :)

so here's the epic tale. yesterday early a.m., i dashed off this animal to test logo layout on a website. didn't hesitate - just posted the link *** eeek!**. and got LOTS of response. and NOW it's someone's logo. Huh.

thanks.

[Splatman]

Well, it was just too much fun not to join up!

(Painter)

Splatman :D

[Wade K]

Love that painter program... can make swork that looks hand painted, but if you make a mistake, there is always the undo button. Real paint just doesn't have that for some reason...

Cheers

[Splatman]

Gotta love it!

I remember way back on the earlier Photoshops, you could only go back one step. D'oh!!! (Not alot of room for error!)

Splatman :D

[Wade K]

I remember that too, Splats. I only JUST RECENTLY realized that if you push ctrl-alt-Z, you can back up more steps. I was just so used ot the old versions. Damn... If I only knew before... Would have saved me a lot of work. Hehehe.

Cheers

[Danimation]

Great work guys, keep'em coming! Here is today's ditty. It's not a sketch, but it once was. Then it grew into something a bit bigger. I did it for my buddy's birthday, hope he likes. Cheers

[ScatteredLogical]

It's pretty amazing when each element of a picture can have its own perspective and somehow the whole thing's unified lol

[damage]

Hey guys here's mine for today and a couple of cakes i've done.

[Wade K]

WTF?!?!?! Damage, those are freaking CAKES?!?! It would break my heart to cut into one of those puppies. BRILLIANT work with icing. Just one thing... How do you undo your mistakes with that? Simply lick the mistake off?!?!?!

Cheers

[Danimation]

Very nice work Damage with the sketch and paintin's! Did you airbrush on the hard sugar stuff, or did you paint right on the cake? Do you use food coloring as paint too? Here is today's sketch. It goes out to all the Canukle Head's on the forum! Happy Canada Day! Cheers:D

[Splatman]

I just got back from a cruise recently up the inside passage to Alaska with the family. On the way back we stopped at a Canadian port, and there was a dashing Mountie in full uniform. Just had ta get a pic with the kids and him! He was quite friendly and the kids were all cheeky!

Your fab illustration just reminded me of that!

Cheers!


Splatman :D

[ScatteredLogical]

I didn't realize it was possible to blend icing like that...I guess pigment is pigment lol

DAN - Once again terrifyingly fun to look at....the mountie's solid like your other work but the insane wackiness and mix of angular/loose with what I'm assuming is a badgery-beavery creature reminds me of Chapman and how talented you guys both are...the styles are so similar, just...carried out in different ways....I'd go see the Dan & Chap movie =P

P.S. For the laughs it's worth, before I zoomed in I thought it was a roasted Thanksgiving turkey

[damage]

Hey guys how it going. I hope good.

Danimation great work as usuall. I realy like the layout and use of color in your last two. I envy you. Re: the monkey I do plan on coloring them as soon as i do some revisions and they get approved. They are for a kids website thats supposed to promote community thrue stories games and such.

Thanks for the comments Wade. The cakes are iced with Drawing frosting which is just over whiped whip cream. It gets a to be a bit more firmer and can stand up to the airbrush when i paint. Not much tho if i get to close i sometimes blow the frosting rigth off the cake. Btw the over whip whipped cream is then mixed with some buttercream so that the cream will retain the color or else it would just fade away. I first start out by outlining the subject on the cake with some really thick ediable gel paste. I then finishe it with food coloring airbrushed on the top. I have wrecked many a cake. Hope that answers the cake Q and A. I consider this my waitrising job till i land an animation gig or make money off my comic book. Either one would be fine. For now tho i get paid to paint and that's cool.

Well enough rambling to the point of the thread now. This one i did today while riding the bus to work. I figured i had to do something kind of vage since the stinking bus wouldn't stop moving. Good times. :p

Dooouuuu I forgot to attach the image.

Ps me and painter have been going at for 3 days straight and unfortunately painter has won so far. One day i'll do something worth posting in painter. It's just going to take some getting used to with the different tools and all.

Lates.

[Splatman]

damage, can you paint a cake on a shakey bus, too? Sheesh! ;)

I'm still in the dinking-around stage with Painter as well...freakin' steep learning curve!

(Conceptart.org has some Painter guru's and tips-a-plenty!)

Here's my latest Painter sketch..."Frankenbunny"

Cheers!

Splatman :D

[Wade K]

Still playing with the rendering stuff... Pretty simple one here...

Cheers

[Splatman]

Wade...Simply nice mugs! Sit!

JeffRM...Nice background! My eye's were drawn (heh-heh) right thru it, great depth!

Cheers!

Splatman :D

[Danimation]

Hey all, here is today's doodle. Way back in May, I think at the beginning ofthis thread actually, I started the Monsters of Rock. Finally, here is the next one, Metallica. Cheers:)

[Danimation]

Must........not let this.....thread.....die.......

[damage]

Danimation always the true artist. Love it both the flash and monsters of rock.
I've done a few but haven't posted due to graphic content. Maybe i'll add a black dot or squre.

Keep up the good work.

[Wade K]

Damage, we are all artists here. We are grown up enough to look at your "graphic content" work as art work, rather than porn. Otherwise, noone would post any life drawing either... Let's have it!

Cheers

[grega]

Biff Bang Pow

[damage]

Wade your absolutely right. What was i thinking so with out further ado here are my dailies for today.


Sweet stuff Grega. Let's keep it up guys and gals.:p

[Devil_3D]

I haven't been drawing as much as I should, but you guys have inspired me get back in the habit. Fantastic work everyone!

Here is my first of hopefully many to add here...

[ScatteredLogical]

Damage, all content issues anyone might have aside, that is some attractive line work! (In the most literal sense possible...)

[Danimation]

Damage, Wade will love it! Very nice volumes, :D . Devil, I like your style too, make sure to post more! Hopefully I'll get something up here today or tomorrow, Cheers

[Scoob nGA]

There are alot nice pics in this neverending thread!...i think i'll try to keep up wit it to improve my skills...here is some of my old till i post some newer stuff...

[Scoob nGA]

done these today...

[Danimation]

Nice work Scoob, I like it! Here is today's doodle! Just a quick sketch, I'm in the middle of moving so I have little time to draw.:( Cheers

[Devil_3D]

Cool doodle Danimation. Here is my next... a darker side of those cute little cartoon shoes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[damage]

Hey there gang, hows everything going? I wasn't able to get to the forums yesterday i think they were down for most of the day. I wan't a to acces them in the computer.

Love the new sketches guys keep them coming i'm glad to see some new faces/avatars added to the roster.

Here are some i did yesterday. Since we're going to Sd in 10 days we needed some new backdrop art so i had to come up with something simple but still nice to look at to so my friend could paint it this week. Dubed miracle week for all the stuff we need to do before going to the show. The sketch that was voted for finishing is the one with the black border around it. I should have it finished today and will post an update later.

[Danimation]

Hey Devil, you know Judge Doom should have popped one of those in the dip instead of that cute one! Nice work. Damage, schweet sketches. Tell me more about how you plan to use the art at SDCC. I agree with the choice, however they all look good! Here is my diddy for today, unfortunately it wasn't flowin' to well today!:o Cheers

[damage]

Hey there Danimation, that diddy still looks good. Hey there Devil that there shoe sure don't look so cute no more looks like he got dipped in the juice and came back out to tell about it. Keep up the great work.

Re: the backdrop art, we plan to use the piec behind us on our booths wall. Just to show off some art work and hopefully attract some customers. We have a lot of old pieces from our last book but nothing from the new book coming out. So now like always last minute we're trying to put toghether some pieces to hang up behind us.

Here is what the piece looks after i've penciled it. From here it goes to my partner Oscar and he'll be painting it.

Sorry about the bad picture it's just the image is way to big to fit into my scanner the size is 31in w by 40in h. The best i could do was my little 2 megapixel camera. Hope you guys can see it.
Lates

[Scoob nGA]

Geez, u guys are seriously good, i think im gonna start workin on my rendering, it seems to bring out ur characters more...well here's mine for today, list as follows..

1 eye pirates!, old geezer guy, joke on sups, n some random charac., heehee

[Danimation]

Hey Guys! Damage, that @#$%ing rocks! A very large piece to pencil in for sure. You nailed the perspective and the clothing folds. I wish I was going to the SDCC to see it in person. The comic that I did will be there with the owners. I'll tell them to stop by your booth. Scoob, I really enjoy your sketches. The flow of the last one is very nice indeed. It would be sweet so see the Supes one rendered too, it's got a great concept. Here's a fast doodle from last night. I was watching Arnie in T2. I always thought this scene was funny. Cheers

[Devil_3D]

Great stuff guys! Damage, very well done, I agree the clothing looks fantastic. Scoob, great work, it's great to see you are drawing more than one sketch per day! Danimation, you make it look so easy! That scene is great.

Well, here's a quick sketch I did last night. I guess I like things with scary teeth! Still working on today's sketch, but it'll be up soon.

[Danimation]

Devil, looks like one mean beast you got there, nice work! It inspired me to do everyone's favorite video game vampire hunter! Cheers

[damage]

Here is mine for today. Me and the guys thougth that we should do one more piece for the back drop. Just in case my friend finishes the other one and has enough time to do one more. So we did the second most liked one from the sketches.

Danimation i thought your where going to SD with the company you did the book with. I was planning on hitting your booth for an autographed book.

I like both your pieces the first one reminds me of the governator and the simon belmont one of my favorite games growing up. I spent hrs as a kid trying to kill Dracula.

Scoob my favorite one i have to say is the one that looks to be a female ninja.
Devil that's my dog when i don't feed him early in the morning.

Great work guys keep it up.
Lates :D

[Devil_3D]

Danimation, cool vampire hunter! I'm honored to serve as the inspiration!

Damage, great choice as a 2nd piece for the back drop. Lovin' the fangs!

Here's two more... just playing around with hard shadowing.

[Danimation]

Sweet work guys! Damage, excellent as usual, don't forget you have to show us the colored versions! Devil, that archer design is very cool, and I like the shading technique. I must try that sometime. I couldn't make it to SD this time. The booth will be there though! Make sure you stop by the Hydraulic Leg setup and say hi to the guys. I have to sign about 700 copies of the book either tomorrow night or Friday evening. I have a feeling that I may not be posting a daily that night!:eek: Cheers

BTW this sketch is titled,"What about the lemurs?"

[Danimation]

Here's today's work! Cheers:)

[damage]

Keeping in the superhero theme. I did this one at work today during luch. I saw this cool ad for a spider girl comic and i had to mimic it. I pumped the anmatomy more but i did use it for ref.

[ScatteredLogical]

When I was a lad....my father used to mix milk and water.....he called it...."Spider's Milk"......get out of that what you will :o

[Devil_3D]

Awesome superheros. Danimation, it wasn't til my second look that I realized it was a sandwich he was making! Good stuff! And Damage, what a great Spider Girl... proves that pumping up anatomy never hurts!

Didn't have much time for mine... bit under the weather... but here's my suave --or not so suave-- superhero.

[Scoob nGA]

He peoples! sorry im a little behind,but i had mad hw past few dayz, im diggin the superhero theme going on so i did Blue Falcon! but props to devil 3d for inspiring the idea from. Dan ur GL from JL is nice! making me hungry though, and damage, nice work wit the spidergirl, u should try to draw here with her old black n white costume, i think it was b&w, been awhile.... then as little extra, a sesame street joke....
...o just a question, anybody got any tips on rendering, or any books to help on it? much preciated!!

[Devil_3D]

Nice stuff Scoob. the sesame street joke is quite funny... I used to work as a performer at Disneyland and always thought that same scenario would be funny with Minnie, played by a guy in the suit(which does happen!), smoking a cigarette. good times.

Alright here's my next... just some fun animal breeding! :D

[Scoob nGA]

Ay damage! i looked up some of the other spider girls! here they go! i might color them later, but the first is red n yellow wit black hair, the other was black n white wit red hair...

...hey devil, is there a name for ur creation? u come up with the coolest ideas, might try to do a cross breed thing myself.....

[Danimation]

Sweet work guys! Damage, your drawings always have nice contours and shape to them. Always impressive! Devil, I love that creature, reminds me of a Giddy Goon from Dragon's Lair. You should give that one a color treatment! Scoob, those are excellent poses. You should colors those for sure. You guys rock!
Here's my sketch for tonight, I thought I'd join in the spidey fun.
Cheers

[ScatteredLogical]

Geez, Dan...That's a static picture and I can feel the Spidey-weight....amazing...I knew you were a first-rate illustrator but now you have to ruin the bell curve with superb comp skills too?

Ah well, the only thing great people make me do is wanna be greater, so I owe you one =P

[damage]

Hey guys great work. Sorry i haven't had time to post or do any sketches lately. I'll try to do some at the con to show when i get back. For now i'll post the two finished pieces me and my friend did for the show.On a side note the books just got in today. We have the van and everything else is in order. For some wierd reason tho I'm still nervouse as hell. O well SD here we come.
Lates

[evandaeman]

don't know what i was thinking.. completely out of the blue... :confused:

http://www.kobitaogaan.com/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1279&pid=44518

[Danimation]

Sweet work E! I love the rendering of the seahorse. All that guy needs is a trough (is that the correct spelling?)! Keep up the good work. Damage, your gonna sell a lot o' books at the comic con this week! Those posters are very awesome. I really like the cu shot of the vampire. Cheers

[bepea]

Its my first post on the daily skeech, in fact its my first post on this forum so please be gentle with me :]. Ok now about the pic, its no biggy just a quick skeech scanned and tuned up in Photoshopster. Im counting on some comments... Yo

[grega]

May I introduce Sir Pendlebury Spank, resident of 78 Rockingham Gardens.

It is 7.42am, he has just woken and all is not well...

[Danimation]

Welcome to the forum bepea! I really like the loose style on robot. Make sure you post more work, it's got a nice flavor about it. Grega, you always manage to create a great atmosphere in all of your work. I had a nice chuckle reading the caption too. Perhaps he's ill from the tobacco? Here's my work for today. I've been working with Illustrator and Photoshop for the past few days. I started about a week ago. I came to the conclusion that I don't do BG's enough (or at all!), and I needed some in the ol' portfolio. Here is the rough and the final. Crit the heck out of it! Cheers

[grega]

Love that loo!

It's great you've retained the sketchy nature of your original drawing in the worked up piece.

[ScatteredLogical]

Thought it was about time to make my contribution...mostly observation instead of these great cartoons, but all -sketches- from today(ly), so I hope this fits the theme of the thread =)

Just came to edit, it might help to know

1) Relative
2) Robin Williams
3) That same relative
4) Sister
5) Cairn terrier, Dakota Autumn Skye

[Danimation]

Sweet sketches SL! You do have the skillz for realism. I love the rendered piece, is that your sister? Great work, post more!

Addition: Here is another piece from today. Goes with the other JL members. Cheers

[ScatteredLogical]

I love Justice League. I think it's well-animated for its class of TV show and there's no better writing in the genre on television. It makes the show that it can tell a good story so well so consistently.

If we're being technical, J'onn could be the subject of all these pictures, just in various morphs, no?

I will definitely be scrounging for stuff tomorrow to add on to here. Or better yet make some hehe Thanks for the warm reception....Now if I could just get it to move lol j/k

I answer to your question Dan that is indeed my sister. She's a model/actress who lives a split life between here in PA and a small place in Manhattan. I guarantee you you'll be hearing more about her soon enough. She's already been in Maxim (for exposure, that is), Bijon perfume, Quaker State oil, etc...So she's on firm ground...nowhere to go but up =) Thanks for asking...And in case you were wondering that took at least two hours (it's actually the only not-from-today one, I did it last summer...it scanned a bit weird but even in real life when you look hard it ceases to be as awesome...luckily my portraiture has improved)...

[Devil_3D]

Geez, I have been gone only a couple days and I am not even on the last 2 pages here! But it's great to see that more people have joined in the fun.

This is goin back a ways, but Scoob, glad you enjoy my creature ideas... In pondering a name for my last sketch, I came up with 'Snarggle.' hmmm... maybe you can think of a better name?

Well, I could tell you all how great each of your individual drawings are, but... I just did! Stellar work!

Ok, here's my next creation... I've named him 'Frazzz' ... yes, with 3 z's. :D

[Ramimator]

Hi everybody and hi Danimation.. :)

i put some samples of my work....waiting for ur opinion and hints...thx..

[bepea]

Wow ScatteredLogical I really dig the nature skeeches especially the 4th "Sister" skeech is really buttyful.
The stuff ive posted here are some of todays quick skeeches made at a coffee break. There kinda shitty but I thought I could post them anywayz.
Enjoy

[Danimation]

Very cool work guys! Keep it up! Here is my diddy for today. Another Illustrator/Photoshop BG. I have a way to go, but it's fun to practice something new. I'll attach the rough and the finished version. Cheers!

[JeffRM]

Just a question Dan, I've been gone for a while trying to finish up my website and I am always checking back to see what you guys are up too, I really like how you colour your characters and bg's and how the line is coloured, your drawing always look really crisp, whenever I colour the line using photoshop, it doesn't look as good. What program are you using to get that coloured line.(Illustator?) I've never used illustraot but I know that it is like photoshop and that it is vector based. Is that why people use illustrator because the paths/sections are already selected to fill in with colour? All I know is that I did a bg without the line showing and it took forever in photoshop.

[Danimation]

Hey Jeff, good to hear from you! All of the bg's I've posted were done in an Illustrator/Photoshop combo. I take the rough, then outline all the shapes. I like to start from the back to front. Then I select the outlines, fill them and get rid of the outline itself. After I have all the shapes colored, I take it into shop and add lights and textures. For the characters like the JL guys, Rotten Bananas and such, I use Flash MX. I start off by importing the rough into Flash, then Outlining the drawing using the line tool. I then change all of the lines to fills, then taper the heck out of the lines. Then I color the lines and shapes accordingly. Flash is great for crisp work, as well as Illustrator. I tried to color lines in photoshop using my clean-up work done in pencil. What a nightmare! The lines always get pixled and crap! :mad: ! Anyway, I find it a bit easier to do the characters in Flash though. Maybe I'm just more comfortable with that program. I hope that answers your question? If not send me a pm! Cheers

[Devil_3D]

Dan, wow, your BG pieces really have a fantastic style. It was neat to hear how you create them, so thank you Jeff for asking about it. Can't wait to see more!

Ok, another random drawing. I have no idea what it is or why he is in a cup, but after drawing it, it reminded me of a creepy Simpson's character...

[JeffRM]

Thanks dan, that helps, maybe I'll try using the illustrator way, I am not yet into using flash yet, I'm still learning adobe go live and next is maya. Your ways seem alot easier than how I was doing it. I was spending forever fixing up all the lines, it got a little repetitive, later

[ScatteredLogical]

I have no idea what it is or why he is in a cup, but after drawing it, it reminded me of a creepy Simpson's character...

I was thinking Donkey Kong in an Ewok suit. =)

[Danimation]

Here's yesterday's piece, for today. It's another JL character, very familiar to all I'm sure! Hopefully I'll get a chance to post a another sketch today. Cheers

[Scoob nGA]

Sorry peeps its midterms this week, been busy but here's what i got for now, ive been seeing a lot of cool stuff, lets keep it up! im tryin for a color pic next time....i hope...

(1)car scene i was doin but i messed up on the bike girl so on (2) i went from a different perspective, there's no story or motive just drew what was at the top of my head..(3) is just some knights tale thingy, i like the bathroom layout dan did so i was gonna do a funny with knights and bathrooms, i mean, how did they go? metal zippers? hee hee, o well...

[ScatteredLogical]

I tend to think when a suit takes 2 hrs to put on....THAT's why zippers were INVENTED =)

As gross as it sounds, given the time involved and the dire circumstances (ie you have to go but you're in a clearing with 1500 other people about to want you dead) that most of the "going" "went" down the leg...=P

[damage]

Hey there gang. I'm finally back from SDCC. Wow what a blast. I missed a lot since i was gone. You guys are doing a great job.

SD was fun but i'm glad to be back. I ran into an Artist i never knew about. I probably saw his work but never knew who he was. Dean Yeagle, i bought his book and got a cool sketch. The book inspired me to try to mimic his style to see if some of his talant rubs off on me. So here are my mocks of some of his beutiful girls.

[Danimation]

Great work Scoob! I really enjoy your work, keep it up! Damage, good to hear the Con was good to you! As soon as I looked at your diddy's for today, I was like, wow, that looks like Dean's work. Then I read your notes saying that you were emulating his work. You fooled me, and I've been following his work for quite a while! Sweet job D. His style of drawing women is outta this world. I love what you did with it, you added a sweet twist o' Damage. Here's today doodle. I thought that I'd better steer away from the super heros for a bit. Cheers

[damage]

Ha ha ha ha that's one sick frog. Great work Danimation.

Thanks for the compliment when i saw his work my jaw droped his work is so awsome.

[Danimation]

Thanks D! I have to agree he is a master at what he does. It truly is amazing stuff! Here's his site in case you haven't seen it! Cheers

http://www.cagedbeagle.com/

[Devil_3D]

Awesome stuff, guys! Thanks Dan for posting the link to Dean Yeagle's site. He's got a lot of fun stuff there! Damage, great job on capturing his style with those girls.

Cool frog Dan... my sketch has frog legs... sorta. :D

[big_country]

I suck ass at drawing so i wont post a pic but damn you guys are good!!! :)

[Jurjen]

I scaned my sketchbook aswell here u go. compliments to u guys, there is some quality stuff out there

jurjen

ooh 135 kb>the .jpeg is to big so here is a link :

http://kubnw11.kub.nl/~s685228/jurjen/schets.htm

[Ramimator]

those two artists r amazing in drawing girls if u really want:Jeff scott campbell and Jim lee (jeff's master)...i'm sure u heard about them...

[Shany]

Jeff scott campbell is one of the worst artists ever.
he clearly have problems in art that needs an immediant attention such as how to draw faces..etc.

you want artists, checkout Adam Kubert and his brother, mark bagley, john romita junior, ed benes (pretty ok artist, i like his style) .

[Ramimator]

i don't think he's bad to this point..i like the way he draw Girls...why u hate him like that...those u just mention r also pretty good...and what about jim lee...u know him???...

[Ramimator]

he wouldn't do Danger Girl or Gen 13 if he is the worst artist ok....u don't like his style so this is ur Prob. or ur opinion but this doesn't mean that he is bad ok....he is a good artist...

[Shany]

ofcourse i know Jim Lee, he rocks as well :)

J.Scott Campbell,
i don't hate him as a person ofcourse!
but,just because he can draw girls makes him a good artist?
yes he can draw they way he do, i never stated that he doesn't, but he does it in really ugly way, well thats my opinion of course, but i have seen his work, and its not how it should be done in any comic book.

[Scoob nGA]

here some quickies that just popped in my head, n since i've been seeing women and frog drawings i thougt i throw in the the frog prince, sorry its so light, i used my camera phone to get the images...keep it peeps!

..devil, keep up the cool morphs! and dan, your rendering off the chain! super nice! i doin a color one now, but its not as easy as it looks (but practice makes perfect!) and damage, what more can say but nice blend of styles! i've tried blending but all mine end up lookin the same, hee hee, o well, im keeping at it though...laterz

[damage]

Wow i got home late today, and i actually did the sketches early today to. Goes to show my luck, o well.

Thanks for posting that link Danimation. I did see his site already it was printed in his book that i got I should of thought of posting it too. That way others not exposed to his art can enjoy it to.

Devil nice looking walrus frog type character.

Re Jeff scott campbell i personally didn't like his work in gen 13 but when hid did danger girl i really dug his style. Tho sometimes his guys do tend to look a little girlish to me. I still like his work tho.

Hey Scoob does the frog trun into somthing??
Just remember when drawing try to stay loose in the sketch and don't be scared to erase and redraw.

Well here are mine for today or should i say yesterday. The first two again are Dean Yeagle Studies from his book the third girl is my version of a manga girl but in the Dean style. The last sketches are of James the vampire from my book. These sketches were done during the SD convention.
Lates :p

[bepea]

Very very sweet work youz guys! :)
these are some hangover quickdraws :rolleyes:
You really dont know pain till you wake with a headache that could easly crack your skull in two :)
As a look at them not there really weard...

[damage]

Bepea boy do i hear you. Sat at the comic con i had the biggest headace that i've had in a long time. I drink but i never drink to the point that I'll get a hangover but it must have been some food that i ate the night before. Just think your head is pounding you got to sell your stuff and your giving away free sketches with a purchase. At about 3pm and this was going on from around 9am, I finally couldn't draw any more and I ended up vomiting behind the booth. Good times. I must say that that is the worst SD Comic con experience that I have ever had. I had to go to sleep in the van parked in the lot.


Good Times :p

[Danimation]

Damage, sorry to hear about the bad tines. Hope things are getting better. Did you happen to swing by the Hydraulic Leg booth at the Con? Great work everyone, this thread rocks socks. Speaking of Tenacious D, here is a doodle taken from one of their songs, Wonderboy. Here's the lyrics;

"How 'bout the power to kill a yak, from 200 yards away...
with mind bullets! That's telekinesis, Kyle."

Those guys are just way too funny! Cheers

[tacogrande]

Hey, this forum/thread is awesome. I found about awn a week ago. I'm new into animation and im about done with my summer semester class, intro to animation. This is my main character that i'm going to animate for my final project. He is a rough sketch. and Danimation, TENACIOUS D rocks especially that wonderboy song.

[Devil_3D]

Sweet stuff as always, guys! And welcome to the forum/thread, Tacogrande! Cool ninja, let us know when you finish the final animation, I'm sure we'd all love to see it!

I actually did this sketch quite some time ago, but the ninja reminded me of it... Ninja Monkey! :D

[damage]

Thanks Danimation for the concern. Trust me after seeing beast boy that night I felt alot better. I'm sorry i wasn't able to get to the booth. The con was half a mile long from one end to the next, and if you zig zaged your way you would walk a five mile treck. I was also stuck for long periods of time at the booth unable to get out due to customers. You won't hear me complain but boy did my sketching skill get fast.Re Tenacious D I've only seen his flash music vedio which i found hilarious I'm definitly going to have to check out the rest of his work. Great Yack but it seem according to the liricks he's going to be in a rut soon.

tacogrande welcome to the boards. I like the ninja how long is your project going to be?? Can't wait to see it.

Nice work Devil reminds me of my favorite characters Street fighter.

Here is mine for the day. This is one of the characters that I draw for my comic books. I hope to get back to his storyline some time in Feb.

Lates.:p

[evandaeman]

LOL dan.. you do some funny stuff :D

here is my sketch.. red cheetah?? what was i thinking?
http://www.evandaeman.com/html/drawings/animals/cheetah.jpg

[damage]

Nice Cheetah Evandaemon. What was the ref. from paused video or pic/photograph?? What was the time on that one??


Here is mine for today. This is for my comic website. I hope it works out good.

[Devil_3D]

i really like that cheetah, Evandaeman! i even like that it's red!

Damage, awesome comic characters! The guy with the red face paint is sweeeet! ...and I always like how you draw your girls.

Well, I realized I hadn't done a self portrait in quite a while, so here's my quick sketch results... and i usually do something cool with my hair, but i just took a shower... :D

[Danimation]

Hey Guys,

A hat tip to you all, very solid work. I'm in the middle of moving so I only had time to do this very fast sketch. Damage has been posting so many lovely ladies, that I thought it was about time I showed the other half of the coin. I present to you....mom pants. Cheers

[evandaeman]

Nice Cheetah Evandaemon. What was the ref. from paused video or pic/photograph?? What was the time on that one??


Here is mine for today. This is for my comic website. I hope it works out good.
thanks D.. nice hot looking ladis you got.. .who are the models;)

My cousin was doing a project on big cats.. and he had a book full of photos.. i'll probably sketch some more.. not never another cheeta.. too damn many spots :p neways.. dan awsome mommy :D

[evandaeman]

new

reference on of them pen and ink drawing books..

http://www.evandaeman.com/html/drawings/landscapes/shore.jpg

[Danimation]

I managed to squeeze in another one for today! Cheers

[Danimation]

I must have posted at the same time as you E. I wanted to say that's a nice sketch! You should render it for sure. Cheers

[Scoob nGA]

ey every1, wow..went from tenacious d, to ninja's to cheetah's to self portaits, i love this thread! hee hee... here's my stuff...

Damage, to answer ur ques. bout the frog, it just turns into a bigger frog(1), hee hee(2) i liked Devils portrait so i did one of me!(3) and so on are just drawings...still learning, still learning *sigh*, aight, im out...till next time

[damage]

Hey guys great work today. I'm getting these in really late again. Working hard on the new website and here is some of the art that I made for it today.


Hey Evandeamon apprecate the compliment the last girl i did was just stright out of my head where as the ones before where imulated form Dean Yeagle.
Me sleepy now go beddie bye.
Lates :p

[evandaeman]

love the mailbox :cool:

[Danimation]

I managed to sneak on here whilst taking a break from packing. Great work Scoob and Damage! That guy in the mail box must have a really sore back! Here are my roughs for the new JL diddy's I'll be doing next week. I thought I'd post these in case you guys had any crits. Cheers:)

[tacogrande]

I did this awhile back just thought i should upload something to keep me involved :) I love the sketches you guys are submitting its great to look at.

[Devil_3D]

Great sketches Scoob, keep up the good work! Damage, I know everyone's commented on your mailbox guy, but it really is awesome! Tacogrande, glad to see you are staying involved!

Danimation, according to the forum, it's your Birthday! Or at least where I am in California, it is for about 1 more minute! So Happy Birthday, or belated by the time you find this! I always enjoy your work! Here's your birthday sketch... party on! :D

[Danimation]

Hey Devil! Thanks for the B-Day congrats and sketch, I really appreciate it! One more year down hey! Thanks again, Cheers:D

[evandaeman]

oh happy birthday D..

lol am i late? happy b-lated b-day ;)

[damage]

Happy Birthday Danimation. I so didn't know. I hope that i didn't miss it. If i could Id make you a cake. Here's to Danimation a kick ass artist who can only head to the top. Happy Birthday and may you have many more. Cheers.

Here's my sketch for today, for the links section of my webpage.

[JeffRM]

nice sketch Damage, a little haunting but it made me laugh.

[Trixter]

Not as good as any of yours, but I still wanted to submit it.

[Dream state 7959]

Hey Danimation, I really like your stuff, how are you at comic book stuff, I was wondering if you would ever be intrested in working on a non-paying static animation project I'm working on???

[Dream state 7959]

I forgot to tell you that the project is on the serious side, something like a Spawn type story.

Thanks!!!

[Danimation]

Thanks for all the birthday kudos! I had a great day indeed. Damage, that is so twisted and disturbing.....I LOVE IT! You gotta color that! Trixter, welcome to the forums, I really like the plant guy, a hat tip to you. Dream, sent you a PM, and thanks for the comps. Here is another in the JL series. I posted the rough earlier last week. Cheers

[BoStock]

Hey Guys. I'm new here. I LOVE this thread!!! Keep it up!!
I've posted a sketch that I am currently rendering. I plan on doing a spooky background. More to come soon . . .

[Shany]

very cool BoStock :)

Danimation, i love your work, could you do (for fun) in this style more super hero characters? i loved the dc ones :D

[Shany]

draw it around 3am,
i didn't have any pencil so i had to use a green pen (pics are photoshop fixed) on this draw, thats why i couldn't fix the button body of the girl and alot of other things.
for those who wanna know, thats 'psylocke' from marvel universe.

i could be very alot better if i was inked (pre color - as in comics)
ah well :)

[jchap 03]

Wow! This thread just won't die. That's great.
Everyone is posting some great stuff... you can see the improvements that everyone is making. Fun to look at it all. Here's some stuff I've done lately:

http://www.jaredchapman.com/blog/creature%201.jpg

...

http://www.jaredchapman.com/blog/creature%202.jpg

...

http://www.jaredchapman.com/blog/enamored%20reward.jpg

...

http://www.jaredchapman.com/blog/candy.jpg

:)

[Danimation]

Hey guys, sweet work. I feel sorry for that piece of candy, what a poor wreched soul he is. Here's my beast for today. I was trying to create a "Darkstalkers" character for the contest on Drawstick, but alas, I just don't like it.:( Looks too much like the Marvel Comics Windigo. So, that's what I named him! Anywho, I'll keep pluggin' away at it. Hat tip

[evandaeman]

some cool sketches guys.. and looks like some new ppls are getting in the action.. nice..

well since i can't do cartoon much i suppose i'll have continue to just sketch photographs

http://chitchatonline.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/files/tiger2.jpg
reference: photo image in a tiger book..
pen and ink on recycled paper

[Shany]

great work everyone.

there are great poses in the net (xxx related unfortunately, but it has really variant poses).

here is today's work, again with pen, and the no turning back feature :D

keep up the good work.

[Shany]

03:44 am
an hour later, stil with the pen :0
this is a diffrent style than the previous.
enjoy

[Danimation]

Here's today doodles. Another for the Darkstalkers design contest and another frog-toad thingy. Keep up the great work guys! Cheers

[Antlergoat]

Hi everyone. Glad you're all here and doing what you love. I'm just starting to draw again. I started animation school at The Art Institute about 6 months ago..
Here is a quick 10 minute of a hydro plane concept that I am working on for a class project. I can't tell you the specifics because it's top secret. I am working on a team of three to come up with a vehicle of some sort that will be used to fight fires.. This drawing becam the reference for us so there are like 20 different ideas all in one here. I just wanted to post it to contribute something to the thread. Sorry for the crappy scan.

Thanks for having me :)

Jcap03 your drawings are hellarious. Nice work. I love the delicious candy bar and the average peice of candy that nobody wants. Great personality.


Nate

[fiddlestickTOTHEMAX]

Shweet thread, many of you have enviable skills

Image I whipped up in flash... I like arrows.

[Danimation]

Here's is today's diddy. Another version of the drawing I did yesterday for the Darkstalkers contest. Antler, I like the design. Are you and your team going to render it in 3D, or just ink it in? Fiddlestick, your anims are cool, this pic is nice as well. What process do you use to create the BG's? Cheers

[fiddlestickTOTHEMAX]

The bg is just some well placed radial gradients set against White. The shading on the bridge itself is a transparent gradient placed over the original fill (copy and paste in place fill on another layer, change to transparent gradient...etc). The moon's aura is a radial gradient, and it's shadows are radial gradients placed using the same technique as the bridge.

Sorry about the lengthy description; I wasn't very sure what you were referring to.

[Scoob nGA]

a week actually...and a lots more new people, nice! jchap, kool creators, and the candy thing is funny too, it looks like a poster u would find at spencers. then shany and evan wit the life drawings, its reminding me that i need to get back to drawing life...and dan, darkstalkers! brings back memories, capcom charac. are always kool, and good luck on the contest..well here r my stuff

(1) of course darkstalkers! not finish though, gonna color it in color pencil, still not used to the stylus, but the charac. r basically figuring out there a ps2 game(2) is jubei-chan and jubei, jubei of course from ninja scroll(or samurai showdown), jubei-chan i havent seen any of that anime yet..(3) & (4) are my charac. for some comics i created in high skool, self stuff, not sold,( u know when ur bored during math class, hee hee) i just redrew them to see the changes since..aight...till next time, peace

[Shany]

hi Scoob,

can barely see the blue colored pics.
but its all good.

great stuff you guys, keep up the good stuff.
"jubei of course from ninja scroll(or samurai showdown)"
from Samurai Showdown :)
along with hauomaro, genjiru and the all bunch .

here is rouge, real life draw -> comic type draw -> comic character

[Scoob nGA]

yea, shany understood what i meant, kool...its weird the jubei in samurai showdown is like an older version i guess...i dont know, but i guess its two diff. views of the charac., but all the charac. from the ninja scroll movie are almost exactly like the ones in the game....makes u think...hmmm...hee hee..lataz

[Antlergoat]

Danimation. My team and are have the option to model it, but I think we're going to keep it 2D with drawing and inking done digitally.
Thanks for the comments. :)

[damage]

Hey there guys long time no post. Been away for a while and glad to see all the new people posting great work.

Well, I've been busy with some freelance work and my wife just had our new babie son. Man i can kiss sleep good bye. Good times. Hell I'm happy.

Here are my sketche for today. They are of the monkeys that i posted earlier in the thread. I had to go and conceptualize some helmets and boots to make the monkey look more realistic.
Well hopefully I'll be able to keep this up now that i got a little of free time. What am I saying there should alway be time to sketch a little something right. Right. Okay untill then Lates.

[Splatman]

Seems like everyone's having babies ;)

Congrats on your new lil' artist Damage!

Splatman :D

[BoStock]

Great stuff guys!!
Damage, congrats on the new little guy.
Here are some recent sketches.

[Danimation]

My congratulations to you and your wife Damage! That's wonderful news! What is the wee ones name? Great work too. I remember the monkeys you did a while back. Is it for the same company? Congrats again! BoStock, schweet monsters. You have a very cool style to your work, I really enjoyed the colored werewolf as well. Here is today's diddy. It's in the same series as Rotten Bananas. Cheers

[Devil_3D]

Yes, Congrats to Damage on the new baby! Exciting times for you...

Great work everyone. Like some of the others, I haven't posted in a while... been busy with internship and fixin up the ol' demo reel. But it's always great to see some new folks contributing to this awesome thread. Anyways, I whipped up this scketch to keep me in the mix!

[swankaman]

Sorry no pic guys, (im having trouble posting attachments anyways, spyware removal stuff conflicting or?)
But hey "Big Daddy Damage" just wanted to say welcome to the world to your little guy!Its a true gift bro!Hope all is well with you and the new momma!
swankaman
p.s. nice pics everybody!