Le Dungeon de Art, Design & Cool Stuff

Combining my ink drawing of (The Clothed Male Figure) Alucard & (The Female Clothed Figure) Shanoa on one page for a final presentation on Pen, Brush & Ink Techniques.

Both subjects/characters are © Konami Castlevania, making this drawing an original fanart.

I thought I had it easy when I got a 100% last time but class is slowly turning out to be somewhat like a video game now. It’s like I’ve defeated a bunch of monsters on Level 1 so now I’ve gone up a new level with bigger/stronger monsters to contend with! Look what I have to do next!

… So, methinks I’ll go off & dig a shallow grave now.

Here’s a drawing I made of Spawn. It’s a dynamic pose I saw Greg Capullo do in one of the pages that’s impressed me a lot. I hope I’d get to be as good as Mr. Capullo in the future - I know it would take a lot of talent & time but that’s my dream.

I’ve been re-reading Spawn since last month to suck up some inspiration out of my favorite comics. After reading up to issue 100, I decided that my favorite story arc would have to be “Immortality”, issues 51-54. Todd MacFarlane’s writing + Greg Capullo’s art + Danny Miki’s inks = PERFECTION.

I had some free time today so I made Superman art. It turned out quite nicely so I’m going to cover it in ink next time I’m free.

Learning Perspective, still… The teach says drawing a pizza box in different angles, vanishing points & eye levels is good practice. So that’s what I did.

From flight or a high jump, I believe this has got to be the best way to land. I drew it in my sketchbook as a reminder. I haven’t quite decided how the other arm is positioned so I drew in 2 variations.

We’re positioning/plotting dynamic figures in perspective now. It takes a lot of brain power & problem solving but I think I’m getting the hang of it after a whole day’s work!

Here’s a scenario I cooked up just to make the page interesting. There’s typical pre-battle drama unfolding here - Feel free to laugh! Nyaha-ha!

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COME ALONG BROTHER

After the completion of my most recent illustration, Captain Nemo and the Mermaid, I dived right into a new drawing project to break my habitual “post-completion” hiatus. The problem was, “What to draw?”.

I reviewed all of my illustrations to check which one needs a “follow-up”. By that, I mean an illustration that may spawn a series. I noticed Lucifer needs a nemesis of some sort - so it’s the natural order of things that I’m now undertaking Michael.

Michael, Michael, Archangel - how to portray him in a good/badass way (YES, there’s such a thing - you know what I mean, right?), not the loser-type we often see in church pamphlets?

I dug into one artbook after another and found a striking Yoshitaka Amano sketch of Vampire Hunter D in flight.

Light Bulb.

Inspiration.

Check.

Thank you, Mr. Amano! Bwahahaha! Oh, and thank you, Led Zepellin, I had Immigrant Song playing in the background all throughout.

I’m officially on a roll!