Why is this page in black-and-white? Short Answer: While I’m preparing for The Last of the Polar Bears’ big relaunch, I thought it would be fun to share the raw pencil pages for the next part of the story. As[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s warm-up sketches are of orphaned polar bear cub Siku, born last month at the Danish Scandinavian Wildlife Park. Such a cutie! Here’s the video that inspired the sketches: In Last of the Polar Bear news… I scanned a bunch of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Warm up sketches of polar bears. The bears here range in age from a week to six months. Instead of my standard mechanical pencil, I decided to try a new technique: sketching with blue line pencil, and finishing with Tombow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More studies of polar bears from photos as I work on new pages. 🙂 Knut’s keeper Thomas makes an appearance this time. 🙂
More studies of polar bears. These are referenced from photos of the famous Berlin polar bear, Knut, as a cub and now adult.
Studies of polar bear cubs to warm up for penciling a new Last of the Polar Bears page today.
More studies of African lion cubs. Source: Photos from Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Zooborns.
Studies of African lion cubs, with a focus on weighting and balance. Source: Photos from Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Zooborns.
Studies of African lion cubs. Cats, wild and domestic, are wonderful subjects to study because their “line of action” is often very pronounced, as you can see in these sketches. Source: Photos from Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Zooborns.
Update 11/23/10 – The second page of the spread is up! Who might those mysterious paw prints belong to? I’m currently working on a Fraggle Rock comic for Archaia, so updates will be irregular for awhile. Bear with me. Progress[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…