Life Drawing- Two Women in Conversation on Bus

I think it's time to ditch this old brush pen, as it starting to make really weak marks when I'm using it. Apart from that, this is okay, although I need to get more confident with conveying hair with the brush pen.

Life Drawing- Old Man with Poppy in Cap

I was able to do my life drawing on the bus again. I was quite pleased with my result with drawing just the man's head, whilst the detail on the bus window might be a bit too abstract amongst the scribbly mark-making I was making on the right.

Life Drawing- Teenager on Bus with Smartphone

I know Inktober is over, but I will try and continue to do life drawings whenever I'm on the bus. So here's a teenager on the bus on his smartphone.

Inktober- Day 31- More Book Cover Concepts

We've finally made it! This maybe the last day of Inktober, but that doesn't mean that I will slowing down anytime soon. I devised some covers based on the main character of this comic I have been working for this client. It is just another angle for me to play with before I develop my mood board to present to the client.

Inktober- Day 30- Further Cover Concepts

I am a man of my word! I looked back at the research my client had sent, so I took my initial designs into another direction. Might go for the right one as it looks dynamic - without the censored text or face!

Inktober- Day 29- More Book Cover Sketches

Following on from yesterday's brief, I have now been given the full title from the client, so I have to take into account a lot more text then my previous attempts had used. I have a simple concept I want to play with, so I may or may not explore this further. Although I might have to revist some of the client's inspiration to create a few more ideas.

Inktober- Day 28- Book Cover Sketches

I'm back on that project for this client again, this time trying to work out what the cover should be, hence the censored titles and author.

Day 27- Inktober- Whistling Man Revisited

I decided to revisit yesterday's Whistling Man concept. I added some more into the background. It certainly got an influence of Milton Knight and Robert Crumb about it. I might revisit even more at some point.

Inktober- Day 25- Food Illustrations

Trying to win a new assignment on my freelancing platform. So I had to draw three dishes (Chicken Tikka; Garlic Naan; King Prawn Bhuna) to woo this client over. Wish me luck!

Inktober- Day 24- Life Drawing

 

Did some life drawing on the bus today. Whilst the hair wasn't as rugged as it was in real life, and it was unfinished because they left for their stop, I quite like the minimalist marks on the seating. 

Inktober- Day 23- Peeling Potato Study and Cartoon

Similar to how I did some research for my recent illustration work, I wanted to do some research for this potato film idea. So I sketched from an image to get an idea on how the hands work when doing this. Then I drew a quick cartoon just to get an idea on how it would look.

Inktober- Day 22- Life Drawing (Woman on Bus with Trolley)

I tried to do some life drawing on the bus, but the trip was so wobbly, that I wasn't pleased with it whilst doing this. It's not too bad, although I would've liked some more definition with the trolley and her hands. There's always another day.

Inktober- Day 20- Potato Designs

Just wanted to play around with this potato character a bit more before developing some of the further scenes for this germ of a film. I quite like how this character looks like, so I might work on some of the other scenes featuring potatoes that I want to include next time.

Inktober- Day 19- Realistic and Cartoon Potato

I though I needed to do some research to develop my potato characters a bit. So I did a realistic study of one, via an image search, followed a cartoon potato with a face on it. I like how the 'tuber' can be made into a nose. I wanted to use a brush pen to draw it to achieve that thick-line 'manga' look that can be easy on the eye, and easy to animate - in theory! I might need to work whether I want to apply simple shading into my film or not; as long I don't try to colour it is like that with a brush pen it could give them some dimension.

Inktober- Day 18- Life Drawing

I might be a bit rusty after all of that illustrative work lately, but this drawing of man in a hat and glasses was a pretty reasonable effort.

Inktober- Day 17- Potatoes Being Boiled Alive

You know when you have an idea that you want to put down as an image for quite a while, well this demented idea started off as a germ of a film idea I've had since attending last month's Encounters festival.
Whilst I now regret using the brush pen as part of the overall hierarchy when inking the pan, it is a pretty solid idea I want to use in this film.

Inktober- Day 16- Quick Sketch

I had to ammend a piece for my client - again! - so I did this quick sketch to work out where things were going.

Inktober- Day 15- Character Study and Drawing

I had to add an additional character to my piece. So I managed to do a quick study from an image I did some research for the piece, then managed to quickly draw a cartoon take on that study in the pose that I needed the character to be in for the final piece - hence the censored head on the right.

Inktober- Day 14- Concept Sketch/Study

A continuation from yesterday's study for that professional project I'm working. Not as polished as my previous study, but it has given me an idea of what to implement in my final piece, and that I need to work on my overlapping and proportions when I do life drawing.

Inktober- Day 13- Background Sketch

After some success with that illustration from yesterday, I wanted to try and add some further detail into the background to develop its mise-en-scene a bit more. So after doing some more research, I sketched out a couple of props that could be used to develop its location a bit more.