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Character Design – sketch to vector

running-monster

Just some fun with a rhino-like creature running awkwardly… Sketch traced in photoshop and then shamelessly auto-traced in illustrator. I really like how some of the strokes turned out but some are just too obviously unprofessional. I will hand trace it, when time allows. Tonight it’s the figure drawing at in Portobello. Great exercise and different type of creature, I think…

Posca-Pens – pigs in trouble.

piglets sketched with posca markers

We went to a great place yesterday. Bodeans in Soho – the best BBQ ribs in London, apparently. I’ve not had much experience with London’s BBQ joints but it was really close to Carnivore’s Heaven, by my standards. I am sure I’ll be back there pretty soon.

So this morning I did this porca, I mean Posca-Pens sketch of fat baby piglets (whose ribs we had for lunch yesterday) surrounded by the BBQ sauce. I have got to buy more of those. Pens, not ribs.

These are by far one of the best drawing/doodling tools I have laid my hands on. The paint from Posca markers is completely opaque which means you can paint with lighter color over any dark areas color and it you’ll get results. It’s almost like having an undo button in traditional media. No line or shape is final. The stuff dries very fast so you can come back and make corrections as many times as you like (subject to material you’re drawing on) and add highlights at the very end not worrying about it in the initial stage. You can obviously see smudging on this particular drawing but it’s because I did it very quickly. Otherwise, if you give it a few minutes to properly set – there’s no stopping you. I understand my posca-pigs might not convince you but look here, at art by Mr. jontofski on flickr and tell me I am wrong when I say these are the ultimate doodling tools!

Friday night – some go bananas, some are into monkey business

Monkey sketch with splatter brushes

Friday monkey project. I was just going to put a plain sketch up as I only had 10 minutes to do this update when I realised there’s so many quick ways to spruce the monkey up with a little help of a friend.

Three sets of levely splatter and watercolour brushes downloaded from brushking.eu gave it a much better, Friday vibe.

Enjoy your weekend!

PS. It is meant to be brushking.eu, not net. I will correct that later, promise.