Superman VS General Zod

(Pen/Ink/Digital)

Well I had originally intended to post another project today, but in lieu of having just watched Man of Steel the other night I decided to whip up a Superman drawing.  I really enjoyed the movie, I've seen some articles complaining that it was just a big 'ole punching match, but to be honest, that's exactly what I want to see in a Superman movie. I'm not interested in Superman "outsmarting" his enemies, I want to see him punch things. *SPOILER* - Superman and General Zod fight.

So anywho below is my process in creating these images. They all begin as a blue pencil sketch which I ink over. The image is then scanned, I turn the scan into line art (ie: remove the white background) and proceed to color the image in photoshop. I begin by just blocking in the colors so I can use them as a basis for layer masks that I create for highlights/shadows. I use layer masks because it is a process of non-desructive editing - meaning if I "erase" something using the layer mask, I can go back and remove the mask exposing whatever I had "erased"- it's all still there. After coloring is complete I apply an appropriate texture layer to enhance the work.

Flying Whale

(Pen/Ink/Digital)

It's a flying sperm whale/narwhal with feathers, or something...

I'm the Baby, Gotta Love Me!

(Pen/Ink/Digital)

Now I know it's not the actual baby from Dinosaurs, but I did just happen to stumble across the show on Netflix the other day - I gotta say it's a lot different watching shows like that as an adult vs. having watched them as a child growing up. 

Oh hey! A Tree!

(Pen/Ink/Digital)

I've been updating my website and this blog over the past few days and of course, I've been making art too! This is another sketch that I scanned in and colored digitally. I have a few more that are up on my portfolio site that I'll be posting here soon.

Another Portrait!

(Digital)

So here's the other one.

Another Self Portrait

(Digital)

Hey everyone! It's been a while since my last post and I've been working on a few projects (and continuously starting new ones).  So here is my latest completed one, a self-portrait.  I'm trying to play around with a few techniques I've been developing.  I'm probably a third of the way done with the next one I've already started, so expect another one in the near future.

Now in Technicolor!

Well it's been a little while since my last post - I've been pretty busy as of late but I had some time to sit down and scan a couple of page out of my sketchbook that I was really pleased with.  Threw these sketches into photoshop to add some color, so take a look!

(Pen/Ink/Digital)

(Pen/Ink/Digital)