I really tried to follow my instincts with this piece. I didn't put too much down with the pencil before I began inking- I wanted it to feel more organic and energetic that way.
When I pencil, I tend to labor over every little line I put down and I'm constantly changing my mind as to how I want to render things. When a correction is a simple as picking up the eraser and doing it right then, it's easy to get carried away and usually leads to completely starting the drawing over. It's one of the things I'm trying to change about the way I work and this was a good step towards that.
It may be hard to tell because I cleaned it up a lot in Photoshop, but I got pretty sloppy with the inks. This is the first time I've used a crow quill dip pen since school. I also used a couple different brush pens and of course some microns. I even broke out the white paint for a different texture in the background.
All in all this was a great learning experience and I'm definitely gonna try more stuff like this in the future.
I'm just gonna comment in here instead of in every one of your drawings, cause that seems kinda redundant, but all of these pics are AMAZING! this one especially, great inks, and expressions, and keep it up! cant wait to see your GB pic for RS! Like Nando said, if you get some samples together i cant see how you wouldn't be working for one of the big companies!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support, Eric! I really appreciate all the comments everybody's been posting here! It means a lot.
ReplyDeleteAs for sample pages, I'm actually working on some X-Men samples right now. I'll post em up here as soon as they're finished. And for the GB, I've got something in the works that I should get up on RS later next week. As a fan, that was an awesome topic pick btw!
Hi greaat reading your post
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