meet my brother nicky. last time we were all home, i sat creepily and watched him/sketched this while he just sat down across from me and wrote a song. across from us, our brother grif did an interpretive dance about the whole thing, because we're all JUST THAT TALENTED.
this was a going away present for a good friend of mine. it's a bit of an inside joke, but really, who can't appreciate a laid-back gentleman bear enjoying a cigarette? i sure can, friend. i sure can.
i'm actually surprised it took me this long to have a picture of wolverine up here. surprised, and a little ashamed. he's one of the most fun guys to draw, and this is just one of way too many that i've had in sketchbooks since i was a kid. anyway, here's some more of that mignola/sale-esque big shadows/smaller lines style i've been playing around with. good stuff, bro, good stuff.
so another late night sketch, followed up by a late night, lazy attempt at coloring. here's the thing about that: i have no idea how to color. but you know what you do when that's the case? just use them fancy photoshop watercolor brushes, they make it look all spiffy no matter what. these types of quick exercises are fun/good for me because they show--relatively quickly--what areas i need improving on, be it new (coloring) or old/fundamentals (anatomy, poses, everything, etc). egad. anyway, practice makes perfect 'n shit, and it was still fun. ttfn, kids.
so basically the comic guys i'm copying...ahem, "being inspired by" these days are mike mignola (of course), chris bachalo, stuart immomen, gabriel ba, and (to a way, way less extent than in the past) jim lee. each of these guys is badass in their own way, and has something particular about their style that's really rubbed off on me over the years. so with all that said, i'm a huge comics nerd and you guys can look forward to seeing some damn nerdy stuff on here in the future. this one was fun for a few reasons: A: it's goddamn venom, B: i used ink washes instead of your regular ol' sharpie marker, and i think it leaves a really cool, dynamic effect, and C: it's goddamn venom. so after it was all scanned in, i just slapped a few photoshop brush tricks in there, and before you know it you got yourself your very own venom pic a nerd would be proud to hang on the wall of his mom's basement. thank you, and good night.
for those of you wondering where you're gonna put those throwin' knives of yours, well, look no further, friend. this is the throwin shed, this little fallen-down mini-building in mike's backyard that's a home for the spiders and target practice for the rest of us knife-throwin', taxes-payin' humans.
