Last post of 2011

See all y'all Tuesday.

Pensive thoughts, mayhaps?

I was very much enjoying the process of this head study. I started using a lineal hatching technique for a bit around the mouth. Thoroughly enjoyable.

At last

Finally, one I am reasonably happy with. It took most of the night but this one and the last one (soon to be posted) are drawings I'm not upset about. I'm not sure if that is a good way of viewing one's own work but that seems to be my measuring stick.

Back to work

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday and that the last few days of 2011 are relaxing and fun.
Let's get back to the last drawings from a couple of weeks ago. I liked this pose, just not how I drew it.

Merry Christmas

And to all a good night. See ya on Tuesday.

What I do during the day

Our company, Epic Software, has been approved for our line games to be available for the January 1st statewide opening. This is an early version of the top screen art from one of my games. Just thought I'd change it up a bit today.

Wondering what Christmas holds, perhaps?

I started to enjoy this drawing because of the little things such as the left arm receding from sight and the right hand with its curled little finger. When I get caught up in such things the overall drawing tends to suffer. But hey, I had fun messin' it up.

Back to the draw'rings

Lot's of marks with very little result. Again being rusty really sucks. I do like the lower portion of the figure in this one.

No art today

I'm in mourning for the perfect season. Sigh

Simple is as simple does

Just started with a simple line and never looked back. I did make a proportion change late in the pose but I didn't feel it necessary to take that out of the drawing. I like seeing the process.

RIP Eduardo Barreto

Eduardo Barreto died yesterday. Many who come to this site may not know who he is but he was the artist on the comic book series "The Shadow Strikes", my favorite incarnation of The Shadow in comic book form. I've copied a obituary from The Comic Book Catacombs below. I really loved the work he did and feel a loss today.

Born in Uruguay, artist Eduardo Barreto made his name on DC Comics series like The New Teen Titans, Atari Force, The Shadow Strikes, and on specialty issues such as DC Comics Presents Annual #4 (1985). He drew Elvira, Mistress of the Dark for Claypool Comics; and The Long Haul for OniPress; and for Marvel he drew Marvel Knights. In 2006, Barreto took on artist duties for the syndicated comic strip Judge Parker from Harold Ledoux. Shortly afterward, he was involved in a serious car accident and was in the hospital for a few weeks, which left him unable to draw Judge Parker; others took on the responsibilities. He resumed his work, but in 2010, Barreto contracted meningitis, which finally forced him to stop drawing the strip, although he continued working on other projects such as a recent Captain Action Special and on July 31, 2011, Baretto became the artist for the Sunday comic strip, The Phantom. He passed away today at the age of fifty-seven.

Simple yet...

I find the basic shapes pleasing. I think I was a bit cautious in the beginning of this session. Not wanting to make a misstep. When I mess up early it sometimes becomes nearly impossible to calm down and kick out better work. So I just gave myself permission to work a little more slowly than usual.

Getting back into it

It takes a bit to get the flow back. I suppose all of the Santa Claus and wildlife drawings I've been doing have kept my hand and eye a bit more honed than if I had just not drawn for weeks at a time. However, nothing can replace the challenge of drawing from life.

Last of the gestures

Started to get in the groove on these last three. I really like what was happening with the lower left gesture.

More gestures

Seems I went a bit Klimt-ish on this page. Not sure why, perhaps because I grabbed a conte crayon after starting with charcoal.

Gonna stretch these as far as I can

Therefore, no posts this weekend. If I somehow find a stash of decent drawings I'll loosen up a bit. Thanks for dropping in and checking out the work.

Gonna take it slow

I have to milk all of these images since I don't think I'll be drawing the rest of the month, at least life drawing. Here is the first set of gestures (1 of 3).

I always liked this one

Natural pose, a bit of story being related through the tilt of her head. I also like how I rendered this one.

Another oldie

New ones coming soon.

More from the recent past

Going over some of the older stuff puts me in the right frame of mind to draw this week. It has been so long and I hope I'm not out of shape (artistically).

One of my favorites

Going back a bit and replaying some of my faves. I love the shadows in this one, creating a very graphic and almost illustrative look.

Blissfully unaware

That is how I choose to be today, since I think I've already posted this particular drawing. Oh, well, at least it's competent in it's execution.

Running low

The situation I face with The Black Hand Group having our location constantly yanked away from us has caused me to run low on images I haven't posted. I'll start going through some of the older stuff again. Perhaps I'll start comparing recent images versus older work sharing the same pose to see the growth or regression I have gone through.

One more day of being a proud grandpa

All three of my grandkids. Lots o' fun for the next few years, fo' sho.