Tablet Fun

Inspired by my purchase of the utterly brilliant Samsung Series 7 Slate I have embarked upon a quest to improve my drawing. I've been drawing digitally for a while now, but I feel like I'm using the same techniques again and again. The Samsung slate affords me the ability to experiment with techniques I've never spent much time with in the past.

In an effort to move onwards and upwards, I'm going to try a few things that challenge me and take me out of my comfort zone - starting with this piece.

I wanted to have a bash at updating Frankenstein's monster. It's not a drastic redesign really, but it was fun to do.
I've coloured my linework like I always have, but I'd like to try a version were the linework is removed.

Anyway, here's the first version. I'll be updating this post with a newer version as soon as it's ready.

Three Panels

Worked on a fun little three panel strip with @sizemore for Warren Ellis' Three Panel feature on his site.

Not sure if he's seen it yet, but I thought I'd post it up.

Xenomorph Lunchbreak Paint

Had a bash at drawing the alien a while ago, and really enjoyed it.
I must visit the world of Giger again.
Truly one of the finest movie monsters of all time.

Prickly Fiend

No, I don't know why he's so angry.
Maybe it's cos he doesn't have any pants that fit?

Big Fat Robot

A friend of mine wrote something that spoke of large, terraforming robots, so I took my damn pencils, and I drew one.
BRRRRRRUMMMMMMMMMMMMM....

Deep Black Sea

Photoshopped sketch inspired by a story idea my mate threw at me the other day.
More shall be revealed in time, I guess.

Digital Inking

I'm attempting to put together a comic at the moment, and I've been having a pop at the digital inking process. I've never been able to find a good balance with the Wacom that would give me the quality of line I'd like to achieve.
In my mind, I'd always seen the inking process on this project being done by hand, but before I gave up on the digital version, I thought I'd give it a try.
The results were a little frustrating.
When the computer wasn't crashing, I was able to get quite a nice line quality, but the biggest annoyance was a very simple one - I couldn't turn the screen like I can a sketchbook.
It seems mad that such a simple element could cloud my decision as to how to progress, and no doubt there are many people who could instruct me in the ways of digital art, but for the time being, I think the next step is to try it the old fashioned way....

In the meantime, here's today's progress.

Step 1: Pencils


Step 2: Ink



Step 3: Shading



Step 4: Colours



Step 5: Finishing touches