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Sketchy-san

Again, a few more sketches from the pose files.

What a difference a day makes

Two things— If you follow this blog (thanks mom), then you know I enjoy drawing with colored leads. It stems from most comic artists that do their underdrawings…

New beginnings by going back to Japan

Back to the Japanese magazines for this one, but this is also the image that forced me to start playing with scanner settings! I really worked on the…

Arrrr, me scanning be improving me arrrrrt

I don’t have a pre-scan to show on this one, thank goodness. This is the new level of rendering I’ve been doing, and the fact it’s scanning better…

Lil bunny foo-foo, not so much- in this non-life drawing

This is based on a cosplayer allyssooonnnn(?) but in her version she had bunny ears and a cotton tail. I dropped those. I’m sure it’s based on an…

The devil is in the details, even in life drawing

Here’s a vintage pic, but can’t remember who the actress is. This was another image that the scan settings really changed the final of. First is the original…

Non-life drawing in blue Hawaii

This one is based on a vintage photo that was on a life drawing site; and I loved her hair. Like many of my images, it’s drawn in…

Aye, Der be more non-life drawing ‘ere

Another of the pirate themed models, but below you can really see how the scanner settings impact the final. These pirate images have pushed me into a more…

Switching up some non-life drawing for more non-life drawing

There are a bunch of “life drawing” sites, that have a selection of poses, where you can set a time limit, and it runs you thru a drawing…

Non-life drawing is a wrinkle in my time

I mentioned how drapery is always a challenge. Usually it’s simple things like wrinkles in a jacket, or cuffs of pants, but dresses are always the biggest challenge…

Non-life drawing is busting out all over

Another Japanese magazine image, and of course the two things I wanted to draw the most were… her feet. No, seriously! I did get a kick out of…

Non-Life drawing is suited up, ready for action

I think her suit was a Spiderman variant, bit I was more interested in her pose than anything, with her weight shift onto her one leg, with the…

Non-life drawing is out at the ball game

Another Japanese magazine image, which I guess is a method of distracting the other team? Who knows. It was all about the stripes, and cleats. As I’ve been…

Non-life drawing from retro edition

Some image I stubbed across of a woman in a diner, sporting some retro fashion. Meh, not everything is the Mona Lisa. Again, here is a rescan, with…

Non-life drawing is not what it might seem

Cause this sure as hell, ain’t Melania

It’s a Felony to be a victim of my (non)life drawing exercises

Here’s the incomparable Betty Felon, who is the other half of the talented duo which includes Jordan Gibson. She’s a talented cosplayer who posts a lot of photos…

School is out for-ever!

It’s mid/late-September, is anyone still going to an actual school? If so, should they? Here’s another non-life drawing, based on a pic from a Japanese magazine. This one…

Loomis out the details

This is a non-life drawing based on a shot of a cosplayer, but I don’t know the anime reference; sorry. I’ve been re-reading “Creative Illustration” by Andrew Loomis,…

Non-non-non-non-non-non-non-non-Life Drawing

More magazine based, non-life drawing. This week, drapery, cause it’s all about that jacket.

Life has been a bit sketchy this year

More Japanese magazine, photo based, non-life drawing. If it’s Japanese, you know school girls are gonna end up being involved at some point. This is still just a…