BLERD-ISH - mock cover

I did a cover commission for a friend's podcast.

I like how it came out. It got me noticed to do another podcast illustration that I'll be done with by X-mas.

Y'all want to see some process?

Here ya go:

digital sketch 01

digital sketch 02 (this is the one we went with)

pencil art - 11x17 on paper

pencil with trade dress mock up (also looks like a little corrections to the art, as well. I don't remember doing that.. heh!)

ink art with background. I did the building digitally and transferred it to paper. I like how it came out, but still talk myself out of doing backgrounds digitally for some reason.

Final colors without trade dress. 

I will show the new image when it is approved and okay to show. Thanks for indulging me.

-L

here's another cover: Not So Super - Humanescent

This suckah's pretty big. Not ridiculously so, but bigger than is comfortable for me.

It's basically a double page spread, with a little extra to allow for a spine if need be. I like it now that it's done... at the time, I was cursing it up a storm.

I'm happy that it's done.

...

I'm happy that it exists.

...

Is that David Tennant?

-L

American Wicked cover art

Cover art for the graphic novel American Wicked. I was sort of stupid and drew the cover without regard for trim and bleed. I guess I was kind of feeling myself.

full sized artwork - India ink on 14x17 paper

So when the cover got trimmed to the book size, I lost some of the badge and a little bit of the Porsche. Learned my lesson!

trimmed art with trade dress

-L

Sketchbook Bug-Man - In Color!

I drew Bug-Man in my sketchbook and enjoyed the drawing so much I scanned him in and gave him some color. I actually colored him twice. Each on a different version of Photoshop.

This one is the first one.

Bug-Man - india ink, computer color - Photoshop CS3

Folks on Instagram quite liked it. I got CC and colored him a second time:

Bug-Man - india ink, computer color - Photoshop CC 2017

I like it better.

Mostly because I was able to use more of the brushes I like for texture and all the other things I use on art that make me feel less insecure.

I hope you enjoyed my ramblings on this piece.

La'ers

-L

#DRAWGUST and first week of drawings!

I've been wanting to complete a drawing challenge.

So I decided to do one called DRAWGUST. It's not as big as, say, Inktober, but I see there are some artists participating. When I thought of it, I planned on making it more than just "Inktober in August" so I made rules for myself.

--- At least a drawing a day for 31 days.

--- All drawings have to, at least be inked. (I'm trying to watercolor a majority of them)

--- Post daily but at the end of each week I would put a weekly scan of that week's art here (my daily posts would show up on my Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr pages.)

--- Along with the weekly drawings, I would have to complete a sketchbook in that month's time.

Simple enough.

Here's the first week:

week 01

-Leigh

At play with T-Shirts

Did you know that I have a store on TeePublic?

It's nothing huge, I haven't even created a profile avatar or a cover image yet. I've had one on Red Bubble for what seems like a thousand years, too, though I do have a profile image on there... I might use the same one for TeePublic or make a new one for both... I don't know yet.

Here's some of what's on there at the moment...

... plus more!

-Leigh

Hunt of the Wolf

I did a comic story for someone. It took me a while to do (especially for only 6 pages) and after spending so much time working on it, I've grown to both love it and hate it. Because I'm not completely sure this work will ever see the light of day, I'm publishing it here without dialogue because I'm not a monster.

-Leigh

ALIEN Drumpf

This election season is... interesting.

I saw the Donald on TV and for the longest time, probably for as long as he's been running for president of the US, I've wanted to draw hi as a character and, maybe, include him in a comic I've been working on for, perhaps, too long.

Pardon my verbosity, here's the picture...

I also did an alternative version due to his unfortunate habit of refilling his lungs quickly through his nose into the listening microphone. Yes, people need to breathe, but... COME ON!!!

I truthfully thought about doing a Hillary one too, but she's not as visually interesting as Trump. Maybe I'll revisit when it's all over.

Laterz!

- L

My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 3

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the third drawing, MUNK from Green Lantern.

I'm not a huge GL fan so I've bever heard of the character. I drew him a couple times, one I finshed, one I didn't...

I'm posting a larger version of the one they posted on Sketch Lottery, plus the one I noodled with for a couple of weeks after....

ENJOY!

-L

My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 2

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the second, BLACK GETTER from Getter Robo.

I'm posting a larger version on my site after they post it on Sketch Lottery.

ENJOY!

-L

My Adventures with Sketch Lottery Part 1

I've been submitting to the website www.sketchlottery.com.

This was the first one, SCUD - The Disposable Assassin.

I'm posting a larger version on my site after they post it on Sketch Lottery.

ENJOY!

-L

STRONG CURRENTS - June 2016

Holy crap! I didn't post this poster? Shame... Shame... Shame...

The poster was used for a concert my friend and his friends put on in June. I did all the lettering design and drawing.

Here's the poster without the copy.

-Me

Rukia from Bleach

Punisher commission - process

bitmap - 1200 dpi version

I was commissioned to do a more muscular, black Punisher drawing. The reference image was a computer generated cover (at least that's what it looked like) with the Punisher resting a shotgun on his shoulder and his free hand resting on a holstered gun.

The first drawings were less than stellar, with the pose of the Punisher looking very staid; kind of like Sears Portrait Studio photo shoot for vigilantes.

I sketched the composition on a piece of newsprint
paper then I traced that onto tracing paper to refine
some of the ideas I had on the newsprint. Ultimately,
an unnecessary waste of time.

pencils - draft 1

I got as far as the pencils, at first... A FEW TIMES! I really had to step back, re-sketch and rethink. This was getting a little out of hand.

I returned to the sketchbook and worked out a picture that felt more like something I would draw.

From them, I made a new preliminary sketch, this time I did the sketch on half of an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper with the intention of blowing it up on a copier and transferring it onto Bristol board with a lightbox.

This way, I can see the whole composition; I'm not drawing so close to the page, my lines are less detailed and I can focus more on the gesture.

From the sketch, I started penciling, adding little details as I went until I got to a point I felt I could start inking.

My inking process is usually to block in the figure and add the rendering after establishing the form but, this time I went a little crazy.

I played with folds and shadows. I started  outlining
 accessories and belt packs.

The guns came next. More accessories, more folds,
though, I did start establishing the overall figure.

Everything is pretty much blocked in. I would start the
rendering of his arms soon, as well as effects like scratching
out details with a razorblade, splatter and any application of
white ink..

I wanted to change the shadow of the shotgun cast onto the brick wall background, so I had to ink everything first and change it when it came to inking the shadow itself.

grayscale - 600 dpi version

Voila! The final inked piece. I scan at 1200 dpi in bitmap and 600 dpi in grayscale for my records and maybe for color in the future. I'll wrap and ship this piece once the payment goes through and the client will have a new piece of artwork to hang on their wall.

I hope you enjoyed this trip through my process, Thanks for sticking around.

-L