Saturday 3 May 2014

Tribute to my Childhood- Pokemon

My series of Tributes begins with the whirlwind that was Pokemon. It took the world by storm and it is still going strong. It was a new and amazing idea that captured the imaginations of every child back then, it's like had not been seen before. The cartoons were great, the toys a must have and the games mind blowing. To top it all off as Pokemon reached it's peak it then went above and beyond with the legendary Pokemon: Then First Movie.

This was a film that encapsulated all the great things about Pokemon. But more than that it had a story with genuine depth and conveyed a message about kindness that hit everyone in such a profound way.

It is for these reasons that Pokemon gets my recognition first.

Jolteon in Pen and Crayon

Hypno in Ink and Crayon

Dragonair in full Crayon

Tribute to my Childhood series

The cartoons and stories that I grew up with have had a large impact on the kind of styles of drawings that I like. Because of this I have decided to do a series of drawings dedicated to the cartoons I used to watch. As a child the cartoons I watched were: the X-men, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Thundercats, Transformers, He-Man, Spider-man, Batman, Animaniacs, Warner Bros. and more. In addition to those cartoons I was also a fan of the Beano and Dandy comics.

Friday 13 September 2013

More on Perspective Drawing: 3-Point Perspective

By now you should have a much better understanding of perspective drawing, providing you have read my previous posts on perspective drawing. If you haven't do it now and get the basics down before attempting 3-point perspective.

Tuesday 10 September 2013

More on Perspective Drawing: 2-Point Perspective

Now that we have looked further in to 1-point perspective it is time to dig deeper into the world of 2-point perspective.

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Saturday 31 August 2013

More on Perspective Drawing: 1-point Perspective

Now that we have looked at the basics of what is perspective drawing and what types there are and their basics, it is time to look more closely at each type. This time it is the simplest type; 1-point perspective

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Learning to Draw Figures/People

To be able to successfully draw comic style images I'm going to need to learn to draw people. Not just a one-off sketch but multiple images of the same person in a variety of poses and situations. There are a couple of methods that are used for drawing people and artists pick the one they prefer.

Sunday 18 August 2013

Negative Space Drawing

For a while now I have been intending to do a drawing using negative space but it has taken me a while to make myself do a picture. I have forced myself to do a picture and here it is.

Tuesday 13 August 2013

How to Shade with a Pencil or a Pen

Here I will show and discuss with you the different ways of shading with a pencil, their merits and the types of effects they can produce.

Thursday 8 August 2013