I’m still messing with Kraken. He’s a little longer and leaner through the body here and his arms are a bigger. I like the way the hands turned out in this one. Although I drew it on at the last minute, the more I draw him without the mask, the more I like him without it. I find he looks more menacing. I’m still debating over what he should be wearing. He has the feel of a character that would have a cape, despite how unoriginal they are.
I’m itching to draw larger. I’m sketching in a black DeSerres, hard cover, 8.5×11 book right now. I had been using 9×12 pads for a while but I don’t find they’re hit or miss with regards to standing up to the torture I put them through. The last one I bought was a cheap piece of monkey crap! It had an orange cover with “Biggie” scrawled across it in black. It’s now abandoned, with a bull clip holding the loose pages held together. I have the same problem with books that have perforated pages. They don’t take my abuse very well. Does any one have a particular kind of sketchbook they like? Know of a book that stands up to the wrath of an animator? … While I’m at it, what about pens, pencils and markers? Favorites? I’m curious now! I went to Loomis the other day and picked up a couple of blue Promarkers. They’re not bad. They bled a lot in this sketchbook, but the paper isn’t really meant for markers.
Saturday, July 8, 2006
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Congrates on loosing your blog virginity! and welcome to the mind-knumbing, all-consuming world that blogs can be! I had one with this same site for a while, but I have forgotten my sign-on name
oh yes, it CAN happen.
Anywho, thought I would drop you a quick line and say hello! Keep up the amazing work. Your a really great artist!
Comment by chrine — July 8, 2006 @ 2:09 am
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Its rusty, so I deleted everything except my recent entries!
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Comment by chrine — July 8, 2006 @ 2:52 am
nice tonal work, i really like the the mood it adds to the character.
Comment by Kyle Marshall — July 16, 2006 @ 7:35 pm
Thanks Kyle; I like that effect too. Though, in my mind I see him in more black and maroon than blues. I haven’t done any color tests yet. I may go back and buy some grey markers as well. They had them in warm-grey and cool-grey ranges.
Comment by Joel — July 16, 2006 @ 9:16 pm
I like to use basic markers! woo!!! they dont bleed much or go through my scetchbook pages at all, and nothing beats a good ol pilot pen,
Comment by Lee — July 17, 2006 @ 6:25 pm