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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Daily Quick Sketch: Perry Wanna Kracker. the giant pirate parrot
Today's quick sketch in pencil, brush pen and Copic markers. It is a supporting character for a little picture book story I wrote called Pirate Dreams. Perry W. Kracker is a huge parrot, abnormally huge, and he ALWAYS wants a cracker. He is part of the ship of misfits lead by the main character.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Mermay 2018: Shark-Tail Mermaid
The second image I did for the online event MerMay2018, where artists submit their mermaid illustration during the month of May.
My final version of a Shark-Tail Mermaid with various shy neighbors |
The original color background before changes to make the main character "pop" more |
The original sketch in pencil |
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Daily Quick Sketch: Picture Book Character Mash-up
I had purchased new brushes for Photoshop last week, looking for brushes that give a more natural feel than the current brushes available in Photoshop. Grut brushes are pretty impressive because most of the brushes are not cookie cutter stamp and repeats.
Highly recommended, with over 300 brushes for just $20. The site even has a free sampler for you to try: Grut Brushes Link
Highly recommended, with over 300 brushes for just $20. The site even has a free sampler for you to try: Grut Brushes Link
Playing around with two of my picture book characters: Bladimir Blarfarg and Little Boo And yes, Bladimir is the one going to the bathroom in the lake |
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
YouTube's The Cozy Chair reads Bobby's Biggest Bubble
Special thanks to Rebekah of YouTube's The Cozy Couch for reading Bobby's Biggest Bubble!
She did an absolutely great job. She is also doing a bubblegum bubble contest. The best bubblegum bubble photo sent to her email (thecozychairclub@gmail.com) wins the book and gum! Wooo!
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Daily Quick Sketch: RokSok, Son of Mudsok
Haven't drawn an underling in some time. These are characters to an underground world in a children's book I wrote a few years ago. The story is far from being polished. But I like to go back and add a few details here and there. I not only want the story to be fun, but also educational. Mixing non-fiction with fiction.
To see his dad, go here: LINK
Roksok, the youngest son of King Mudsok. Image inked using a Kuretake brush pen. |
The original pencil sketch |
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
UPDATE Daily Quick Sketch: Cap'n Billy Buttons
UPDATE
So what's a pirate character without a parrot? I originally had a parrot on his shoulder, but really dislike the way it looked. I like this new little guy . . . introducing Cap'n Billy Buttons and his parrot companion, Pockets.
So what's a pirate character without a parrot? I originally had a parrot on his shoulder, but really dislike the way it looked. I like this new little guy . . . introducing Cap'n Billy Buttons and his parrot companion, Pockets.
A new update: changed Mr. Buttons' colors slightly and added a new parrot, Pockets |
- - - Originally published on 4/7/18 - - -
A digitally colored version of the Cap.n Billy Buttons sans parrot |
Cap'n Billy Buttons isn't taken seriously by other pirates, mostly because of his name. So he runs a crewless ship. Because of no crew, Buttons has to do everything on the ship, including the laundry . . . (which apparently he knows nothing about as you can see from the shrunken clothing he wears.)
Hand inked version of Cap'n Billy Buttons with (eech!) parrot (that needs to be revised) |
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