Nova inks

Working on my inking again.  The original pencils were on 8.5" x 11" but I printed the blue line on 11" x 17" and inked over it.  Nova was done mostly with brush.  The backgrounds were a variety of mediums.  It was beneficial for me since I hadn't inked some of these effects before.  I do NOT like the feathering on the effects.  I think I did okay (by my novice standards) on the feathering on Nova himself.  Just not good on the background.  I suppose there are better ways to tackle these effects (especially the starry background) and hopefully I'll learn those over time.  Mixed bag but it was fun and I think I learned some things.

Hellboy pencils

Trying to keep up with sketch type drawings when I can.  I've been working on Young Gladiators again recently and I can't show any of that work yet.  Found sometime to work on Hellboy.  I haven't read much Hellboy so hopefully I've represented him at least fairly well.

Nova pencils

Back with another sketch.  I'm back to working on Young Gladiators, the creator owned project I've been involved with, and since I can't post those pages yet, I'm afraid my blog output may be a little low for a while.  I'll try to find some time to work on some things other than YG and post those when I can.

Inking!

It's been a while since I've worked on any inking so I thought I better pencil in some time.  Er, I mean, INK in some time.  Right?  Anyway, I decided to try my hand at the Daredevil piece I recently finished and a Captain Marvel I did a couple of months ago.  Daredevil was inked mostly with a brush, the brick work was done with a nib and the background buildings with pens.  Captain Marvel was done almost entirely with a brush with the exception of some of her costume details.

Daredevil sketch

Daredevil sketch with a fairly simple city background.  I usually go for more detail in the buildings I draw but I think it's worth trying some easier to draw designs that might be effective in a smaller character sketch like this.  This was done on a 9 x 12 sheet of bristol board.  I'm going to try and ink it as well.

More, MORE anatomy

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More anatomy work

Figure practice!