Cheating slightly with the theme this week but who doesn't love a bit of Gladiator? I even made the costume once for halloween, it took weeks of bending cardboard into plated armor and in the end I was beaten by a guy dressed as the tin man who just covered himself in tin foil- but hey, I'm not bitter...
Here is this week's sketch club entry (see link on bottom right of blog). First off I was trying various things with this drawing, I'm not particularly good at doing tight comic style line so I was using conte crayon and a smudging stick on this. I don't even know what I'm doing half the time so it's all about experimenting and having fun at the moment. I might do a second draft of it, strengthen various things, the form isn't so good, or the lighting and the pose could have a bit more life to it. But there you go, comments welcome as always and don't forget to check out the Uncanny Sketchmen blog for all the good stuff that's missing from your life.
3 comments:
hey mate, great to see this up...got some cool style going on with the face, the simplification and bold lines remind me of clone wars ( the good 2D stuff ) :) ....i like the ray of light that's coming down diagonally across his face then onto the shoulder pad...it's an interesting mix you've got of cartoony bold line but more traditional style rendering....i think one thing that sits slightly uneasy with me is the two hands being so close they're almost but not quite touching....either having some overlap here, or more space between would strengthen the pose i reckon...would love to see an update, or this style pushed further in another drawing. cool stuff dude.
DANG! forgot who i was logged in as...yup, that last post was me, wasn't trying to hid my identity :)
Mr Nolan, I demand an update!
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