Words, Art & Science by Anthony Francis
Day 11's drawing, colorized. Lots I would fix in the underlying drawing; many techniques of digital coloring I wished I had learned. But enough of that. Tired, going to bed now.
Still ... Drawing. Every. Day.
-the Centaur 
Hello, Porsche, my old friend; time to draw you again.
Getting more comfortable with the Cintiq + Photoshop + Humanscale combo. But only had time for the inks today. Colors maybe tomorrow, or perhaps another drawing.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Cinnamon is tired and so am I. No-regrets quick cartooning with a heavy ink pen - a Faber-Castell "Pitt Artist Pen bullet nib 1.5", according to the label. It came in a box. (I filled a cup of pens after an emergency run for art supplies and literally just picked this pen at near random tonight).
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
A sketch of a National Geographic magazine cover that reminded me of the vampire Lady Nyissa from Dakota Frost, Skindancer.
Yeah, I'm not liking the broad lines of these colored pencils or the roughness of the texture I can get out of this charcoal pen, especially compared to my preferred comfort zone of pencils-then-ink for line art then Photoshop for color. And you can even see a bit of the previous page, where I'd been sketching the logo to the old space furry comic Dalgoda. Ugh!
But, as my wife and I were talking ... you have to put pen to paper in order to improve. So ... sigh ... lots more work to be done improving will require lots more work that, um, sucks.
Still ... Drawing. Every. Day.
-the Centaur 
Not so successful experiments with light pencils on black paper. A consultation with my wife suggests Conté crayons or oil pastels as an alternative, but really, I think I prefer the brown paper of my other experiments as providing the best midtones. Even Photoshop couldn't salvage this one:
The original came out pretty grainy ... these pencils just won't cut it on black paper.
Still, drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Bit of a rush job, as I want to turn in early tonight (and still leave a little time for Editing Every Day). Forehead a bit too high, could have used another rough sketch.
Still, drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Tony Francis at Meteor Crater. Sure was windy that day. Oddly, this is one of the best pictures I have taken of my dad.
Guess I enjoyed spending time with him more than taking photos!
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Ran out of time unpacking and organizing my library, so no digital sketch today. All I had time to do was a hand sketch of Uncle Boo, which I took on in hopes that I'd do better than the digital one (or at least figure out where I went wrong). Other than imagining connections instead of seeing and drawing them, the number one thing I walked away with was, man, I need to find and unpack my art supplies.
Though the resemblance to my dad is more striking in a drawing ...
Perhaps I've found my next drawing subject ...
Still, drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Uncle Boo, after his picture in his obituary.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Bit off more than I could chew this time, attempting to do full coloring layers. Had to give up about a third of the way through because it is way past bedtime, even for me. Not happy with the sketch or the result, didn't really get to flesh this one out the way I wanted to.
Still, drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
Daily Sketchworks: trying to reproduce the cover of Andrew Loomis's Figure Drawing for All It's Worth, available as a gorgeous book from Titan Books (recommended) or a PDF via Goodreads. I'm not going to show a full-on scan of my drawing, because it's a copy, but you can see some of the coolness of some of his drawings by looking at the following screencaps:
To be wholly frank, I'll use whatever tools I have to to make me do more drawing.
-the Centaur 
How much can you draw before they bring your food? Fountain at Front Page News L5P, again with no pencils.
-the Centaur 
The challenge on this one: no pencils, no references, just straight freeform inking. 
Little sketchier this time. But drawing every day.
-the Centaur 
-the Centaur