Coffee Skull

I know, I know it's been awhile but this Fall Semester has been rather hectic. Learning a new language, Art History, and my 2-D Foundations class take a toll on me sometimes.  I was insipred by someone's work they posted on reddit where they made a picture of an owl using the coffee they had leftover at the coffee shop they were at. So like anything I decided to take my stab at it. I had a Caramel Kiss Latte from Atomic Coffee and used a small bit to make this skull. I then applied ink and ink wash to certain areas. I'm still trying to incorporate ink wash and painting with ink into my art much like Tim Sale or Keron Grant's work. Overall not a bad piece for practice and it actually smells nice.  Oh apparently I created this in the future two days from when I created it. I just noticed the date that I put Oct 25 but just realized today is the 24th and I made this the day before. Maybe I have super powers?

Some recent doodles and work

Well my summer term ended more than a week ago and I'm back home for the time being.  I did do some small sketches and tried out watercolor/ india ink again.  I just used the back posting of small journal I had that I no longer used.  It was rather absorbent so when I applied the lighter washed out black ink it went through as it dried up.  The other piece is just a quick sketch I did of the Hulk and colored him in with sharpies.  I will be heading up to Tallahassee this weekend to start the fall semester, I hope I do good in my classes this term like I did in the summer.

More Ink on Cardboard

Well the other day I decided to mess around with a Chineese Ink Brush I bought awhile back and drew half a face which is the image on top. I used some pieces of cardboard I had left over, I like using ink on cardboard since it doesn't really bleed though and less mess to clean up.  I also attempted to work with negative space and drew Marv from Sin City on the other piece of cardboard, I found an image on google and mimicked it and used it as a study.  I think Frank Miller and Tim Sale are amazing when it comes to black and white art and I recently found out that Tim Sale is color blind.  I'm going to find tutorials online about chineese ink paints to get a better idea of how to use that technique hopefully I can create something better than just a face.

Attempt at Ink, Female Head

Well this weekend on my streak of inspiration I decided to ink a drawing this time. I still have plenty of cardboard sheets left and since they are pretty thick I know I didn't have to worry about the ink seeping through or leaving it soggy. The first picture shows the pencil layout and the progress of the ink and the bottom shows the final piece. I did attempt a little bit of the washing the ink to add some lighter tones but for some reason didn't work out so well as I hoped in the end. I still like it with this being my first atempt of using India Ink and a brush. I also added a little bit of white to add some highlights to the lips. Females is another one of those things that have never been my strong point, to me they always seem to come out too masculine and my eyes just can't seem to get them right. With this I just accepted my abilities and went with it. I really like how the small strands of hair came out though, I am going to attempt at least one or two more female drawings hopefully by the end of the weekend.  Also note that I didn't use any type of model or reference for the female, just did it off the top of my old noggin.