Lady Blackhawk Commission

Good times drawing this character again after quite some time apart. :)

Robin Commission

Used the good old Windsor Newton Series 7, No. 2 on this one. My former illustration professor Bob Dacey used to preach about this brush all the time, calling it his "work horse." He was referring to working in watercolor, but I know this tool is used a lot with ink as well. It has an absolutely incredible range of lines that can be achieved (not that you will find them by looking at my work), from the razor thin to a fat, quarter inch stroke and back in a second. Worth every cent.

I tried to make Robin's cape look a little like a bird's wing in this one, just to throw in a little cheesy conceptual angle. Not sure it was entirely successful, but the intent was there. Enjoy!

Hard Edged

I think i've always had a natural aversion to drawing everything and anything mechanical. Cars, planes, guns, robots... anything that will probably require the use of a ruler or some sort of french curve (freedom curve?) and i definitely can't hang. I don't know whether I have some sort of learning disability when it comes to technical drawing or whether I just really prefer and find organic subject matter to be much more interesting.

This Ultron sketch proves my point. I saw this version of this character online and liked it as opposed to older versions, even though it borrows heavily from a lot of generic anime mecha designs. Maybe not designs per se, but just the general shapes that are used in the silhouette construction of the character. I kept the lines pretty obviously hand-drawn and like it better that way.

I don't know much about all the different incarnations of the character, but my idea was to show Ultron sort of being "born." He might be coming out of some cool-down vat of liquid or rolling off of some high-tech assembly line -- something along those lines.

Anyway, I haven't at all given up on perspective or hard edge objects. I've actually got an Iron Man sketch rolling around upstairs that I want to put down, and I haven't even seen the movie yet. Has anyone seen it? Is it any good?

Cable Commission

How awesome were the 90's?