Drawing a Bear in 4 steps: From Illustration School: Let’s Draw Cute Animals by Sachiko Umoto. Part of an adorable series of drawing books. I just adore Sachiko Umoto’s charming illustrations and whimsical approach to making cute animals that’s simple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, I did a cover illustration for the Fraggle Rock comic series. When I do large illustrations like this, I like to track my coloring progress through a series of iterative save files in Photoshop. This allows me to experiment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Recently, I put together some Archie character drawings to try out for a penciling position. Finding the Look Working with pre-existing characters is different than designing your own. I first had to familiarize myself with nuances of the “house style”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Studies of North African Cheetah mom and cub. My liveliest results, in regards to observational studies, come from videos, and it’s no surprise why. Photos are great for analyzing proportion and anatomy, but life is constantly in motion, and you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Studies of a African Crowned Crane chick. When I’m sketching (either from imagination, or from reference as in this case), the first thing I do is quickly jot down the entire pose, the action the figure is doing, keeping it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Studies of black-footed ferret kits. These cute little critters are the endangered wild relatives of the domestic ferret. The ferret is one of my favorite animals. I used to share my home with two adorable ferrets–Momoko and Elf. Their crazy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is my artist desk as it currently is, nothing moved or cleaned up. The piece of paper taped over top of my comic page is my technique to battle doubting-artist tendencies to continuously go back and tweak/redraw finished panels.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re drawing a comic or an illustration with an animal in it, it’s important to have some degree of familiarity with the animal. The more comfortable you are with drawing animals, the more natural it will be to draw[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There has been a lot of scrutiny over the lack of quality in the lettering of the Twilight manga adaption. I don’t disagree. The lettering is lackluster, difficult to read and feels like an afterthought– word balloons seem to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the questions I’m frequently asked is how to go about “breaking into” the comic industry. It’s a tricky question to answer, because there is no direct path. The comics industry is a tough business to break into. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…