Snakerocket3

Painter part deux- Tapered Sumi-e with resat set to 0

almost back again

For the first time in the whole month-and-a-half of this sketchblog, I've missed some daily sketching. I was visited Tuesday morning with a mystery virus (I'm calling it 'Tim') that has knocked me flat on my back since then. I've upgraded today to 'sitting up and eating soup', so I should be sketching again next week, for whatever that's worth.
Stay tuned for the dramatic conclusion of 'snake flying a rocket'.

Snake Rocket 2

Chapter 2a: Painter. Various buildup and cover brushes.

Snake rocket

Chapter 1: Illustrator

garfunkel's twin

Drew this guy entirely on the little trackpad on my wife's iBook.

Geekzilla

He's an accountant. I've apparently got
godzilla on the mind these days.
There are worse fates.

crowd brush

Trade secret time. Today's topic: Using Painter nozzles to be lazy.
I had an educational book a while back that took place at a circus- with throngs of excited people in the audience. Now, a better artist than I would 'hint' at the crowd, with some quick sketching and a few touches of paintbrush. But I seem to be lacking that 'hinting' gene. Either I draw it in detail, or I don't draw it.
So here's the thing that saved me from drawing little people all the way through summer.
First, I drew about 50 or so quick little people, each in their own document.

Then, I loaded them all into one document in Painter, grouped them, and made a Nozzle from the group.
Then, when it was time to paint the crowd, I had a 'people brush' that I could just use to just paint rows of happy audience members. It took a few undos to make sure I didn't have identical twins sitting too close to each other in the areas where they'd be visible, but all in all it worked. Especially when I had to add them to the cover at the last minute.
Here's a couple views of the result:



..and yes, I can see the identical twins above each other. But at least they're not next to each other. :)

ipodhead

The latest in Brain Replacement.
Actually, it'd probably be the size of a dime.

Early work

Too much of a Monday to sketch anything right now.
But I found this old character doodle for the second book I ever illustrated,
'Horace Splattly, The Cupcaked Crusader'

Below is the final cover. I kinda like the little noodley guys better.

Mr. happytoasterhat

If I got fresh toast from my headgear, I'd be happy, too.

technicolor whale

Same whale as yesterday, in color. Not sure I like it enough to do it again this way.


I kinda like it better without the lines:

Whale commute

Trying a new technique. Going to color it tomorrow.
I never get tired of giant animals in strange circumstances.

eyes

Trying to do different eyes than either 'dots' or 'circles and dots'
I like it. Gotta do more of it.

SWD 3

Now he's done.
Superwienerdog Awaaaayyy!

More Superwienerdog

Still no time to finish it. busy busy.
but I guess it shows how I work. Sorta.

Superweinerdog

No time to finish this one today.
Stay tuned for the continuing advertures of Superweinerdog.

Doug

This is Doug. He says 'hi.'

Busball

I've always wanted to get Godzilla and King Kong
together for a destructive playdate.
I've got dibs on the picture book. (with perhaps less bus-tossing)

taking the cat shopping

I realized women have been under-represented
in this sketchblog.
I'm not sure this is any better.

My cat can stand like this.