Lots of fun poses in this pirate gesture session! I've been thinking about putting together some notes about how I approach gesture drawing, and some of the things I practice - which I need to practice more of myself. Let me know if that's something you'd be...
Here are some sketches from another fantastic All In Gesture session, with Kelly as a Viking! I was definitely influenced by How to Train Your Dragon ...
As I love The Lord of the Rings I had to draw this session, even though it's a little ways back in the All In Gesture archives! The hobbit is a little bit of Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam.
For this session I chose to draw digitally, just to shake things up. I like getting away from the screen every once in a while, but sometimes it's hard to adjust to real media given I spend almost all my time drawing onto my Cintiq. Ralph was a fantastic model! I...
I struggled a lot in this class and was only beginning to warm up by the end. The variety of emotions and poses was good fun! In my head I was imagining Legolas at various ages - young and slightly pensive to older and battle-experienced.
A young queen falls ill at the beginning of her reign. Initially unable to leave her bedroom, she fights against fear and hopelessness in her dreams. But as Kinsey grows strong she remains in the dream world, avoiding the kingdom she left behind …Take a peek inside:...
Here's a look at some of the process I went through drawing the title page for Kinsey's Sword. As it was the first spread I painted for the book I was still trying to capture the style of the illustrations. Initially I'd thought I'd add a lot more detail and move...
John Mackey was completely in character at last week's CTN Character Sketching session! It was great fun, and I came away with the desire to rewatch Pirates of the Caribbean ...
Last week I was finally able to catch the free costumed drawing session CTN is running before it vanished from YouTube! As it's a recording I was able to skip back and forward a bit as I pleased, so though poses were between two and seven minutes I spent less time on...