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Masters & Apprentices.
These big fat personal sketch card commissions measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
You can watch recordings of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.
-Otis
Tony Stark & his alter ego (from "Iron Man") and Han Solo & friends (from "The Empire Strikes Back").
These big fat personal sketch card commissions measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
You can watch recordings of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.
-Otis
Jabba & Leia from "Return of the Jedi", Other Mother & Coraline from "Coraline" and Xene & Gabrielle from "Xena: Warrior Princess".
These big fat personal sketch card commissions measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
-Otis
Wonder Girl from DC Comics, X-23 (and Dad) from "X-Men" and Cousin Eddie from "Christmas Vacation".
These big fat personal sketch card commissions measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
-Otis
. . . whether you like it or not:
I'll be talking about this with Marc on the next episode of the Words & Pictures Podcast.
-Otis
Captains Jack & Barbossa from "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the beasties of "The Last Unicorn".
These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
You can watch recordings of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.
-Otis
P.S. Due to a drawing blunder, I've had to reschedule the Batgirl card for "Bluesy11" to Wednesday's Noon show.
Captain Picard from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast", Power Girl, The Shadow, Howard the Duck, Soloman Kane and The Vision from "Avengers".
Go HERE to watch a recording of me drawing all 7 commissions!
Go HERE to learn all about "7-7-Sundays!"
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to grab a commission and watch me draw. I hope to see everyone back again next Sunday!
-Otis
Amalthea & Lir (from "The Last Unicorn"), Lara Croft (from "Tomb Raider"), Merry & Pippin (from "The Fellowship of the Ring", Al Bundy (from the "Married With Aliens" episode of "Married With Children") and She-ra & Swift Wind.
These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
You can watch recordings of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE and HERE.
-Otis
Since I switched to the wider sketch card format I have been using my Cintiq 21UX to digitally draw the roughs for each card. I then print out those rough drawings and transfer them to pre-cut bristol using a lightbox.
Drawing the roughs digitally allows me a lot more flexibility and options for composing images than I ever had when I was still sketching them out on paper, and this results (I believe) in a better product for my customers. I can draw each visual element on separate layers and then compose them afterward, allowing me to experiment in ways not possible in the analog world (and much faster, too). If I need to rescale, flip or rotate an element of the drawing, I can do all of that with ease. And because it's being drawn on a Cintiq, it's all drawn by hand.
Here are some samples of the digital roughs (drawn in blue, just as I did with my analog roughs) and the final cards drawn with Micron pens and colored with Prismacolor markers:
As you can see, some of the digital roughs are very rough. I am mostly concerned with finding a good composition and drawing the basic shapes and figures. The drawings are solidified and refined when I transfer them to the actual sketch card and even more so when I ink the pencil lines. But drawing the roughs digitally is the best way of starting the process because it allows me to work faster and explore options in ways that I never could by drawing on paper.
For years I worked in an analog to digital workflow. With the Cintiq in my toolset, I've reversed the process and it's improved the way I work in many, many ways.
-Otis
House MD, Masters of The Universe, James T. Kirk (young & old) and Tigra vs Wonder Woman.
These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.
You can watch recordings of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE and HERE.
-Otis
