Lady With Large Hair and Shredded Outfit

A pencil drawing or two from an “extreme” costume drawing session I went to.  She might have been dressed as a clown.  Or she just took her more adventurous clothing and stuck it all together in an unholy mess.

Sketchbook page of pencil drawing of a lady with large frizzy hair and a shredded outfit.

Good practice either way.

Duct Tape Witchblade

My first experience with costumed figure drawing was an entertaining experience.  A woman showed up in a silky black dress and a whole heap of duct tape all over her arm.  Supposedly, she was dressed as Witchblade.

Sketchbook page featuring an illustration of a costumed woman dressed as witchblade.

Eh, her costume wasn’t any worse than the one worn in that TV show.

Pirates!

It’s been too long since I last posted any life drawing.  These days I prefer costumed models for practice as I need to be able to draw cloth (and shoes!) with ease.

Sketchbook page showing a seated man and woman, both dressed like pirates.

These two dressed up as pirates for some reason.

Lady Leaning In

Sometimes only a few choice lines are necessary to get across an emotion.

Life drawing from a sketchbook page.  A short haired woman leans in on herself.

Danger from Book Perusal

Sketchbook pages from way, way back.  I was looking at a great book on African art and things…well, things got a little weird.

Sketchbook page showing funny chicken footed creature with giant hole in its head.

Sketchbook page showing creatures that look like medieval inspired deer.The scans date from way back too.

The Giant Foot

Seems I forgot one sketchbook page from a gesture life drawing set I’ve posted already here and here.

For completeness sake:

Sketch book page featuring two gesture drawings of a tall man leaning on a stool.

Production Illustration Stage One

While I’m working on writing the first chapter or so of my comic Ghost Squirrel, I’ve decided to make a couple of “production design” illustrations.  These drawings are intended to help me explore and stage the locations featured in each of Ghost Squirrel’s major scenes.

Landscape illustration of animal characters eating at a cafe before a hospital

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