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Thursday, February 11, 2010

MvC dreams in mah sketchbook

Before pencilling Darkstalkers pages I like to warm up with some drawings in my sketchbook.  I've been on a col-erase kick for some time now-usually using Carmine red-which scans in kinda pinkish : P
At times I will add in light blue, blue or whatever other colours I have on hand but stuck with the red for this one.  Each colour has a slightly different feel to them-sorta like different lead hardness between a 2b and a 3b lets say-maybe not so drastic?


*the warmup started after droolin over Joe Mad's Ultimates comic(pencils version) which gets my artistsauce flowin' -this explains why some of you will recognize the Venom in the sketch ;)  I would draw a character or 2 and get back to the Darkstalkers comic but return to it when I had an idea for another character.  This kept me fresh on the DS pgs even though on paper it seems like it would take longer-but struggling through a page eats time like nothing else!

here's a crappy photo of the page when I first started it-Ryu had to leave-Donovan's arms had to be redone etc...



©Marvel:
Sentinel and Justin Seyfert(heh)
Venom
Spiderman
Magneto
FanFour's Thing

©CAPCOM
Warzard's Leo
Darkstalkers Donovan/Bishamon
Streetfighters M.Bison/Akuma/Blanka

Bonus character cyborg dread girl©joverine


I wanna buy a fresh sketchbook and fill it like this me thinks...The one I have has a blue cover-with a sort of lego floor texture to it-you know the pads you could buy for lego men's feet to stick to ?(well any lego piece :P ) there's no identifiable markings on it whatsoever!  How am I to stay loyal to your brand?! hahaha-if anyone has some insight lemme know!

cheers!
joe

19 comments:

  1. i am diggin' this for real. i like when you combine the red and blue together. really great technique...may have try myself. take care kid!

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  2. Wayne Porter: cheers thanks dude-i'm a fan of the colour combos as well-it just takes more...balls hahaha

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  3. That's an awesome page, a perfect wallpaper material ), please let me know when you eventually finishes it )

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  4. This is one hell of illo! The layout of the characters is so dynamic, and i still wonder how Venom can fit in this piece....nice one Joe!

    -sammy!

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  5. Ben Lo: hey great idea :D - I never planned on finishing it up-but I think I might when I get some time-might be good for a print at cons?
    cheers!

    sammy!: Thanks Sammy! well it started with Venom so he had to fit haha(thx again to joe mad for that inspiration!)

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  6. CapnG: haha ok Matty-just for you-but it might be in 2011-sorry :D

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  7. man, this is freaking amaizing, brutha!!

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  8. AMAZING as always. I love sketch work. It's so free and loose.

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  9. unf unf unf
    I agree this needs inking, ink makes everything x10 sexy

    oooooh you're too awesome Joe ;)

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  10. Cheeks:thanks again bro! gotta try to keep up with ya ;)

    Adrian Lubbers:sketchin is my fav-easily hands down-although I do get pretty into colouring up some detailed monsters from time to time :P

    N.Hall:it definitely CAN make things look better-if done by an inker ;) I wouldn't mind seeing this at a more finished level though so we'll see :D(ps thnx)!

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  11. Inspiring work as always! You should scan your sketches big enough for me to color them!!!! :P

    ...please!

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  12. wow.. pure awesomeness, Joe! Sad to see that Ryu is gone but it's still awesome in the end! :D Look forward to seeing more, man!

    All the best.

    -Charles

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  13. Clever Blue: thnx! I have a higher rez, maybe I'll email it to ya X)

    Charles Santoso:thanks! ya I didn't want to scrap the Ryu but I just couldn't get the face right this time around X(

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  14. Amazing sketch Joe Oo
    Great compo too !

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  15. serge birault: woot thanks Serge! was mega fun to work on

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  16. really enjoy ur sketches, they are uber awesome! =D

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  17. Please, save me a copy of your future best seller art book. ;) Great job!

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  18. Hao Wu: thanks man! I just checked out your blog-sweeet artwork-and I like your design aesthetic a lot!



    Miguel Martinez: thanks Miguel! You have a fun style-very colourful and appealing. Also your blog-very clean design-and its a blogger blog? Did you make a custom template?

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