Friday, May 13, 2011

Nightcrawler

This is my favorite hero-cature I've done so far. It's a commission for a Nightcrawler fan named Matt. I decided to document my process since I put a lot of time and effort into this one.

I start with a very light, loose sketch with my dark umber Prismacolor.
I tie down the lines with the same pencil.

I lightly block in the watercolors.

Then I build up the layers of watercolor and start putting in the shadows.



I continue to build up the layers of color until I finally force myself to stop for fear of messing up the painting. Watercolors are a very unforgiving medium.

The Siblings

This is a group of siblings I drew a few months ago. They were a lot of fun to draw because they kept making fun of each other. I try to get a sense of a person's personality when I caricature them, but that doesn't always happen. It's difficult because I'm almost always drawing strangers and I only have a few minutes to draw them, much less get to know them.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Another Buzz

This is a drawing of my friend Sean's son, Nathan. I went all out on this one and I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Caricatures from 2010 (Part 2)

More themed drawings from work.
WOLVERINE
SPIDER-MAN
HUMAN TORCH
THE FLASH
I broke my "Marvel Only" rule because I really wanted to draw the Flash.
TRON
This couple asked to be in Tron outfits.
CAPTAIN REX
I still don't really know who this character is.
JESSIE
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
I drew Sami and Kiki over the summer and they were nice enough to email me this picture. I love drawing animals, but I don't get many opportunities to do so at work. Once I got to do a portrait of a helper dog in-training, and sometimes people bring in photos of pets for me, like the one I used for Kiki. I hope I get more animals to draw this year!
I still avoid drawing princesses, faeries, and mermaids. Lame.

Caricatures from 2010 (Part 1)

These past couple months at work I've been doing more themed drawings, namely super hero stuff. I figured since Disney bought Marvel, I should be allowed to draw Marvel heroes. I later found out that this really isn't the case and I could probably get in trouble for it, but until that happens, I'll continue drawing them.HULK
This was my very first hero-cature. My co-worker Mark.
NICK FURY
Co-worker Caesar
CAPTAIN AMERICA
Co-worker Brian