The Inconsequential sketchblog

Robot Conquest Minipainting

2009-10-27T15:53:26Z

I am trying my hand at acrylic, but it has been slow, since I am teaching myself as I go.

Overall, I have to say I prefer photoshop, but I will keep toiling away on this, because there is something satisfying about holding a piece of artwork in your hands.

Geisha

2009-10-20T00:25:19Z

This was a request from a friend of mine. There were very specific elements that had to be included; the geisha, dragon back tattoo and cherry blossom imagery.

I created a tiling pattern for the fabric, and a simple scatter brush for the flowers on the tree.

Soranik Natu

2009-09-02T17:23:58Z

I don't read a lot of superhero comics, but I recently decided to check in on my childhood favorite, the Green Lantern Corps. It is no wonder, then, that green lanterns started showing up in my sketchbook.

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I also took a screenshot if you were curious what size I work at in photoshop.

Do It Yo-self

2009-08-26T15:16:36Z

Ive been messing about with screenprinting, laying the screen directly onto the fabric. That works, but tends to smear. You get a better result using a press to maintain a little standoff betweeen the screen and the fabric.

I did a little looking around the internet, but even the smaller presses are pretty pricy considering their simple construction. I could easily make one using scrapwood I had laying about.

For mats I took the bits from a busted wallocker. Particleboard with wood veneer.

My parts, numbered by layer from lowest. I tried to cut so I could keep the faux-wood edging exposed.

And theres everything screwed together. I picked up some actual hinge clamps from the store rather than try to improvise something.

Looking back, I probably should have driven the screws for the pad up from the bottom, so as to leave the working surface unmarred. Oh well, i'll keep that in mind for Screenpress Ver. 2.

Adventure!

2009-08-24T14:52:12Z

I've got a lot of projects in the pipe right now, but unfortunately, none complete enough to show you just yet.

To tide you over, here is an image from my sketchbook.

Drawn while watching 'The Misadventures of Flapjack'.

Adventure!

Messenger Bag

2009-08-21T15:26:56Z

Lately, I have been doing a bit more exploring of my adopted home state and drawing from life. It is a bit awkward, though, wandering about with pockets stuffed full of pens and things.

Normally, as a shut-in, I don't run into this sort of problem.

Alright, so I need a bag to put things in. Ive got a lot of bags, but they were all issued to me by the military at one point or another. I don't like to advertise my affiliation, so maybe I could modify it a little.

Here is a small bag. You can see where I tried to black out/remove the 'US army' last time I needed a bag for something.

Ive been practicing screenprinting, so I've got a bunch of scrap prints laying about. I'll just cut one of those out and seam up the edges.

I like this Gear and Key design I did, I'll use that.

There we go. A little spray fixative to make it lie flat and a quick pass through the machine and we are done. I just need some pin-on buttons and the indie look is complete.

Dr. Sketchys

2009-08-18T21:02:35Z

Went to Dr. Sketchys in Seattle last night!

I need more practice with lifedrawing, especially at the short poses, but here are some of the drawings I am not ashamed of.

model with shell, 9 min.

model with stuffed 'tiger shark', 20 min.

It was a three hour session, but honestly the time just flew by. Its too bad they only hold a Dr. Sketchys once a month.

Skull Bear

2009-08-17T14:04:33Z

This weekend, on a whim, I cut up an old teeshirt and used an army sewing kit to make a stuffed bear.

I used a fine brush and white screenprinting ink to paint the design on his front.

I cant take full credit for the idea, as I am certain I have seen skull-motif stuffed bears elsewhere on the internet.

I learned a lot doing this, but mostly I learned that hand-sewing a stuffed animal is very tedious work.

Robo Lunchbox!

2009-07-27T16:48:35Z

Bought a blank lunchbox to paint!

Coat of grey primer to start.

Details painted on with acrylic.

Painted a different face on each side, applied a clear coat, and reassembled him.

Complete! I'll put art supplies or something in it, and give it a good spot on the shelf.

Now I feel bad that he is just a head. Maybe I should build a body for him...

Magnetic strips

2009-07-25T21:01:00Z

I draw on a drafting table, which is a nice large area for drawing. Too large, really. I usually only use a couple feet in the middle.

I have trouble organizing things while still keeping the necessary tools close at hand. But I had an idea.

I bought a roll of magnet tape and put a strip along the side. The magnet tape is not terribly strong, but holds all my pens well enough by the metal clips on their caps.

I put another strip near the top of my desk, for miscellaneous tools. The strip is thick enough that nonferrous items can simply be placed along the top edge to keep them from rolling off the table.

After I took these pics I moved the pen strip to the right side of the desk to be closer to my dominant hand.

Do you guys have any useful tips/mods?

More tea, Madam?

2009-07-24T14:12:45Z

Thank you, Jeeves. that will be all.

Koala!

2009-07-22T16:23:00Z

Everyone draw Galactus!

2009-07-20T04:12:58Z

In the past couple of days I've seen a couple posts on my friends list exhorting everyone to draw Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.

Alright, I say, this 'Galactus' is a sexy dame right? Well too bad, because that's what I'm going with.

She can devour MY planet anytime. Aw yeah.

...wait, what?

Lego robot

2009-07-06T21:46:44Z

things that make me weak and strange get engineered away

2009-07-03T08:00:01Z

I'll see her standing by the monorail
she'll look the same except for bionic eyes.
she lost the real ones in the robot wars.
I'll say "I'm sorry"
she'll say "It's not your fault
...or is it?"

I drew this while listening to "The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton

It is the classic love story.
Boy loves girl,
girl spurns boy,
boy builds robot army and brings about the downfall of humanity.

Girls with Bionic Eyes, Officially the new Girls with Glasses!
The video on YouTube.

9

2009-07-01T23:57:30Z

I have to say, I am really excited about the upcoming animated movie, '9'.

Ragdolls, machines rising against humanity, clockwork monsters, and a post apocalyptic setting, you couldn't push more of my buttons if you tried.

Watch the trailer for yourself.

what walks on two legs in the morning...

2009-06-29T19:44:29Z

I haven't been drawing much. I could say that I have too much going on, but that would be a prevarication. The truth of the matter is I have more free time than ever before. It seems I created so much more when I had to steal those moments from work or other necessary business.

However, there is a simple technique I employ to get started drawing again. I simply draw someone elses characters in my own style.

In short, fanart.

For the source of todays drawing, let me direct you to Gastrophobia, which occasionally features comics about sphinx.

Birthday Ghost

2009-06-19T19:08:22Z

Though I can't decide if this is a ghost who is celebrating his birthday, or is it a ghost that shows up uninvited to your birthday parties?

...may be a robot.

2009-06-15T19:27:52Z

Made a new I.D. for my my DeviantArt page.

Heroine

2009-06-01T19:11:29Z

Just a little doodle from the sketchbook I felt like coloring. I thought I was going somewhere for a bigger drawing but the idea dried up.

what.is.death.

2009-05-28T18:11:30Z

Just an idea I had a few days ago, a drawing highlighting the curiosity of an artificial being when confronted by the phenomena called 'death'.

I had a few problems with the overlapping wings, caused by my decision to fill in the crow with solid black. In the end I went with changing the far wing to 90% gray and hoping the contrast comes through.

Our eyes met

2009-04-06T17:27:37Z

If I had to pick a couple things I like about Seattle, it would be the coffee shops and artschool girls.

I was downtown this weekend for Emerald City Comic Con and saw one such girl, an odd cap pulled down tight over the unruly curls of her brightly dyed hair. For a brief instant our eyes touched, and then I was past and well on my way, but her image stuck with me.

Iron Golem

2009-04-01T22:08:03Z

I slept, and dreamt of iron golems, the fires of their forging still dancing in their hollow eyes.

Upon waking I took up pen and tablet and worked feverishly to capture that vivid image.

I think I got pretty close.

crab!

2009-03-31T17:02:29Z

Just messing around, coloring a doodle I had made of a crab.

Don't look at the word 'crab' for too long, it will very quickly lose all meaning.

Crab!

mecha fetal chicken

2009-03-26T21:41:09Z

Mecha fetal chicken. I cant think of anything to say about this drawing.