Luke Cage

Today's daily sketch.  Luke Cage from Marvel Comics.  Not really a fan of the character the way he's written in the Avengers titles, but he's partners with my boy Iron Fist where he's a more interesting character.  Been kinda slacking on the daily sketches lately, but I have been busy drawing pages for a short story I'm putting together, along with the coloring shit I do.  I've tried working traditionally again with ink and markers, but the results weren't anything I'm happy with.  Need more practice there.

Luke Cage, Hero for Hire:

-beefy

The Punisher

Was in the mood to try something completely different tonight so I began this experiment in Photoshop.  I actually like how it came out. I may do more in this style. Basically just roughly blocked out the figure in PS, tightened up the sketch a little bit, then used the lasso and paint bucket tool to fill it in, using the linework as a guide.  Removed the linework and added the skull in the background and done.  Franky here is a character I've been meaning to draw for a while now; he's had some pretty good comic runs throughout the years.  Too bad the movies have all sucked though.  I'm hoping the new one is better (it can't possibly be worse) but I don't have high hopes.

The Punisher:

-beefy

Archangel and a cover

Just a couple things I've been working on the last few days.  A headshot of one Mr. Warren Worthington III aka Archangel from the X-men done for a jam over on deviantART.  I did the Iron Fist pic for it already, but it was fun so I did another as a daily sketch.  The other piece is a cover for a friend who publishes his own comic here in Sacramento.  The comic is a very cartoony/manga style (which I don't even come close to doing) so I figured I'd give it a shot at doing them more in my style.  Came out alright I guess, the characters are still recognizable I think.  It was an interesting change of pace.

Archangel:

Cover for "Scattered" comic:

-beefy

Iron Fist'in and TF2

Well, I've kinda been slacking on the daily sketches since returning from vacation... but that ended today. Did a little sketch for a jam being held over on deviantART that involves drawing the "dome" of your favorite superhero. I drew Iron Fist, one of my favorite characters and books out there right now. I was playing the mediocre but fun Spider-man: Friend or Foe with a buddy on the Wii last week and we played until we unlocked ole Danny Rand here so I could pit him against Spidey in the VS mode, which is why I felt inclined to include a punch to the kisser by Speederman.

I've gotten back into playing TF2 on the PC this week. Goddam that game is good times. The new Pyro update is cool, but fuck me if I don't spawn and get gang-raped 5 seconds later by the six Pyro/Medic combos running around in a group all with the upgraded Flamethrower and Flare Gun. I think I'm close to getting the first upgraded weapon, whichever one that is. I'm sure most people cheat their way through the achievements needed to unlock that shit, 'cause I started playing the day the update came out and already a shit load of people had multiple upgraded weps. Ah well.

Iron Fist. Penciled, inked, then *scanned and colored in PS7:

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-beefy

Big sloppy sketch dump

Just got back from vacation. Went to Nashville with the wife and daughter to visit some friends we haven't seen in a while. Of course, I did no drawing or work while there but before I left I had gotten myself trained to do at least one sketch or drawing a day in addition to my other work. Here's a collection of some of the pieces I'm most happy with. Most were done all digitally in either Painter X or Photoshop, some were pencils which were then colored digitally. Some were done very quickly and are very rough, others I spent some time on. The Nightcrawler piece I decided to take further and turn into a digital painting and the colors posted below are a work-in-progress.

Thanks for looking,

das beef