2011 is almost and one of my goals for 2012 is to do more drawing. All of my artistic exploits, be they for work or for my children's book, are currently done in Photoshop and even then it's a lot of painting. I've hardly done any pencil to paper drawing in a long time, so I made a personal goal to do more sketching and drawing. It's amazing how even after years of training and practice, the age old motto still applies:
"If you don't use it, you lose it!"
So instead of waiting for Jan 1, 2012 to officially start, I committed myself to sketching out a character/costume design for the character Harley Quinn. My inspiration stems from a punk/rock influence, and the costuming should be more visible in the painting, which I hope to complete soon. Until now, here's the rough sketch, with mistakes and all.
Cheers and thanks to everyone who stops by or visits. I do my best to visit back or even randomly blog jump to find out what other cool stuff people are doing. I'm really thankful that we live in a time that allows us to connect across continents and oceans through the shared pursuit of making art. Let's keep it going in 2012, at least until the world ends :)
6 comments:
Great design!
Personally I love seeing other artists' roughs, because (especially as a young artist) I love knowing I'm not the only one that doesn't get it right the first couple times, when I'm working on an illustration.
So often, I only see the finals of other artists, which are AMAZING, and I feel incredibly overwhelmed because I have no idea how they got to that stage.
So you have at least one fan of rough drawings, if you ever feel the urge to post more!
Yeah, I got the photoshop bug too. I draw everything in graphite or pen first because I like the warmth that traditional mediums give the art, but can't wait to scan it into PS which is so forgiving and fun to manipulate. I equate it to being 10 years old again and the fun I had with my very first etch-a-sketch.
Mauricio, many of us moved off the WB lot and are working in an annex now. We made the move a few months ago. Not sure when we will return.
Hey Mauricio,
It was good seeing you at CTN! It funny, this is exactly my New Years Resolution also. Still want to get together with you sometime for lunch. Talk soon man, and keep up the good work. Great notes on composition.
Talk soon Man!
Aaron
My goal is to do more drawing too :)
Thanks for sharing the sketch even with "mistakes". Its still beautiful.
Nice work!
Thats one heavy Hammer :P nice!
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