More anatomy work

Figure practice!

Anatomy work

I recently attended C2E2 in Chicago.  I didn't set up a table but, as usual, brought some samples with to get feedback on and leave behind with some publishers.  I felt about as confident in the pages as I ever have.  Overall things went fairly well.  However, I got called out on a lot of anatomy issues.  It was a bit frustrating as I have been working on my anatomy drawing and construction and thought I was a little further along than I suppose I actually am.  However, I ultimately feel pretty good as it seems this is really the only glaring weakness I believe I have.  Not that there isn't a lot of other things I can work on but I now know what I have to focus on.

Magneto

I did a drawing of Magneto a few years.  Figured it would be a good inking exercise.  Some of it turned out relatively well, and some I really think I struggled with.  It was done mostly with a brush and I know using it can really make some great looking long, flowing lines.  But, I still use my wrist too much rather than my whole forearm or arm and it really puts a damper on my range of motion.

Dr. Strange (da return)

Yikes!  It's been a while since I paid much attention to this blog.  I think one of my problems has been that I have a habit of spending time explaining my process instead of just posting images.  While I do enjoy talking about what went into the creation of the piece, it is time consuming and makes it difficult to keep posting when time is a factor.  So, I'm going to try my best to keep this updated and will start with something I created recently.

Swamp Thing stages

I've been a bad blogger.  Bad, bad blogger.  I've enjoyed posting art and providing some information or backstory about said artwork but, once I missed a few pieces I had planned on posting about, things got out of hand and here we are.  Anyway, I'm trying to get back on the horse here and thought I'd start with a Swamp Thing drawing I finished recently.  Like I usually do I'll start with genesis of the idea and keep providing information up to the final piece.

Figure construction class

Most of the entries in this blog to this point share an origin with the "Intro to Comic Art" class I took from Comics Experience.  During my extended downtime from blog posting I took another class from Comics Experience.  This one happened to be the "Intro to Figure Drawing and Construction".  As with the "Comic Art" class this was also taught by Robert Atkins.

Thor vs. Dr. Doom

Ugh!  It has been a long, long time since I've paid any attention to this.  I know my subscribers measure in the single digits (actually, single digit.  As in one.  Hey, Neil!) but one of the points here is to keep up with it and make people want to read it and use it as a promotional tool.  Well, someday at least.  So, I need to get back in the swing of things.