Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

In support of the March of Dimes, Troy Parke will be attending the Sports card / Collectible show at the Tacoma Mall Days Inn in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday, March 7, 2009. The below sketch card will be donated. In addition Troy will be sketching for fans from 10am – 5pm with all proceeds benefiting […]

Jarrod a good friend of mine, has allowed me to post some of his life drawing work. His work is impressive to say the least. The shading and how certain parts of the face is illuminated and the shadows gives it real depth. I’m especially fond of his hand detail, it’s very difficult to draw […]

Brooklyn born Frank A. Kadar currently lives in Englewood, NJ with his 8 year old Daschund. There are two pieces of work he’s showcasing to illustrate his pencils and inking techniques. Pencil work of Black Cat I like the feel of this piece! Frank did a great job capturing the subject as well as the […]

A recap of the 8 week journey for my first life drawing course. The course taught a lot of different techniques and it was a lot of fun. I hope I have the opportunity put into practice some of things I have learnt. Prequel – Enrolment Prequel – Equipment Week 1 – Contour Week 2 […]

With Week 6 finished, this week was the penultimate session for this course. Started again with various gesture drawings with the model using a bamboo stick as a prop. This is the first time the model used a prop. To capture it as part of the picture was an interesting experience. Especially in the next […]

Following on from Week 5, the class started with some gesture drawing. It’s an easy way to capture the sense of movement of the model. I hope to develop a gesture drawing into something more academic. It’s a good way to get started on getting a “sense” of the subject. During Week 6, we revisited […]

I couldn’t make it to Week 4 so Week 3 was my latest update. The class started with 15 sec then 30 sec and finally 1 minute gesture drawings. The combined poses on the one page gives it a life like quality. You have to concentrate to pick out the different poses. The next task […]

In Week 2, the class was given 15 seconds per gesture (nonsense) drawing. However as the first exercise in Week 3, the time was extended to 30 seconds then a minute per pose. This allowed the gesture drawings to be more fleshed out. Unlike in contour where the single line is important, in building up […]

Following on from Week 1, two different techniques were shown this week. The first technique was a gesture (or nonsense) sketch. It’s meant to be disassociative, where you start from the middle and build out, as opposed to contour where you start from the edges. This technique is meant to be able to capture a […]

Jack Redd is an English based artist who has been doing some amazing superhero pin-ups. He took the time out to have a chat with me in regards to his work and allowed me to showcase one of his pieces. What originally got you into comics? I originally got into art through comics, I mean […]