CATS – Week 3

It’s the two-year anniversary of CATS: The Sketchbook coming to print! To celebrate, I’ve been sharing sketches from the making of the sketchbook. Here are some of my favorites.

The question is: can you get a copy of this book?

Well, I have digital copies available on Ko-fi. Print books? I’m intending to get these beauties back in print in time for spring conventions!

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CATS – Week 2

It’s the two-year anniversary of CATS: A Sketchbook coming to print! As part of the celebration, I’m sharing some of my favorite sketches from the sketchbook.

Here is week 2’s selection. Next week I’m changing things up by sharing what my Club Members are receiving this month. (To join the Club, check out my Ko-fi page.) Then on week 4 I will share another batch of sketches.

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CATS – Week 1

It’s the two-year anniversary of CATS: A Sketchbook coming to print! To celebrate, I’m sharing some of the sketches from the sketchbook. Here is this week’s batch of sketches.

Come back next week for the next batch!

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Morning Canyon Discovery – An Illustration

We look up from the rocks on the ground and see a view from the bottom of a deep canyon. A hiker at the bottom of the canyon gazes up to the trees that grow along the canyon top, casting dramatic morning shadows along one canyon wall.

Here is “Morning Canyon Discovery,” an illustration I did in Clip Studio Paint.

Originally, I drew this for a comics anthology. But the organizers said this wasn’t “comic-y” enough. I didn’t have the turnaround time to change it, so I just dropped out. At least now I can show you this.

I’m REALLY pleased with how this came together, too! I really wanted to play with dramatic angles and lighting in this one.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

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P.S. Here’s the sketch I did before doing the final piece.

concept sketch, showing a hiker at the base of a canyon. Dramatic shadows are cast on the canyon walls, while overhead the trees grow large.

Punk Pirates

Not gonna’ lie, I had a LOT of fun drawing Jamie, Thomas, and Daniel in these punk rock/Rockabilly-esque looks. I don’t draw them in modern outfits very much, so it was a treat to draw these!

When coloring them, I wanted to play with Copic markers again. In particular, I wanted to experiment with using different shades when coloring each one. If you look closely, you’ll notice that Jamie’s shadows have a blue-green hue, while Thomas has a red/burgundy hue to his shadows, and Daniel has a blue hue to his.

One of these days, I’ll put together a tutorial on how to use different colored shadows with Copic markers.

These characters are the main cast of my adventure webcomic, The Legend of Jamie Roberts! You can read it for free now on the official webcomic site.

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