I sketch a lot more than I put up here. Thought it was time for some of those. Mainly out of my head, while watching DVDs, or live, in some cases. Those always make the best poses.
Archive for the ‘ballpoint pen’ Category
January 23, 2012
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Man and Monster,coloured
By Jack in ballpoint pen, colour, digital, digitalI’m still adventuring in colouring sketches, and hence, cartoons. Difficult to figure out what’s too much, because I like the original drawing, done in roller pen in the sketchbook, just fine. But these flat colours with subtle gradations are all right. I also have to work on my colour sense, to let things blend into [...]
January 17, 2012
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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, womenStill playing with the digital painting. I think I get so carried away with the technical challenge I sometimes forget to make an interesting picture. Hence this horse, not doing much of anything. George Stubbs I am not! Actually, without the “ink” lines, this looks a lot like one of those paint by numbers kits. [...]
December 8, 2011
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Peggy Burns from Drawn and Quarterly
By Jack in ballpoint pen, comics, current events, Montreal, sketchesWent to a chat today by Peggy Burns, who is the marketing person for Drawn and Quarterly Books in Montreal, speaking at the Atwater Library. She talked about the history of Drawn and Quarterly, some of their artists such as Chester Brown, Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine, and Lynda Barry. Also got into a little of [...]
November 24, 2011
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Women’s heads and profiles
By Jack in ballpoint pen, black and white, pencil, sketches, womenDrawing things from DVDs. Freezing it this time, rather than just going on impressions as the movie plays. A lot of work filling things in with pencil! This and the below are based on Sharon Stone from the beginning of Total Recall. And some random, imaginary profiles with my fine-line roller pen: Good night, all!
November 22, 2011
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Out of My Head….
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, horses, men, sketches, womenThat’s where these drawings are from. When winter sets in it’s less practicable to draw things out on the street. So I sit around looking at books, watching DVDs, also drawing anything that tickles my fancy. Hate drawing directly from photographs, but those give you different ideas, and also keeps one closer to reality. So [...]
November 18, 2011
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Comic Colour and Nasty Horsemen
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, colour, digital, horses, men, sketchesI’ve finally learned a comic colouring technique that’s relatively fast, and that I’m happy with. Check this series of youtube videos from the Overground Comic Company, if you want to find out more. Meanwhile, I’ve been drawing a stack of things. Here are a couple of angry guys on horses a la Frank Frazetta for [...]
November 15, 2011
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Roller Pen Drawings
By Jack in ballpoint pen, black and white, Pen & Ink, sketches, womenCould call these “Pen and Ink,” but that seems too grand. The titles become dull also, because of the idea of putting something plainly descriptive in so search engines can find them.
October 26, 2011
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Drawings of Thugs and Women
By Jack in ballpoint pen, black and white, men, pencil, sketches, watercolour, womenSorry, they’re not together. Some other time! The guy here is my trying to recapture impressions of this character I saw on the street, who could have been a thug ordered by Central Casting. Don’t think I caught the exact look of malice on his face which unsettled me, though! Women in pencil, and colour:
September 26, 2011
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The Little Book
By Jack in ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, men, sketchesWhile i haven’t posted here for a few days (been busy here on my tumblr doing exciting gardening videos), I’ve still been drawing, so there’s a backlog of things to put up. Today it’s black and white drawings from my small sketchbook. I’ve labelled it “VL” –not that that means anything, but it’s something I [...]
August 31, 2011
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Canson “Mix Media” (sic) Sketchbook
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, cats, colour, watercolour, womenThis kitty was painted in my book, the make of which is in the title, and about which I was complaining to another artist about because it likes to absorb and lighten dark watercolour paint. I’m too cheap to buy a better book, and frankly, haven’t found one at a reasonable price. It’s not so [...]
August 20, 2011
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King Horse and Marmalade Tabby, etc.
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, colour, horses, sketches, watercolour
August 19, 2011
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Neighbourhood Lady and Unicorn
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, colour, horses, men, sketches, watercolour, womenI can’t actually claim to have seen this in the parade of people walking by my 2nd-floor balcony, but she was a striking woman, and the dress I gave her inspired me to give her a mythological pal. Too bad about the pumps, which aren’t exactly something Burne-Jones would have added. Below, a more typical [...]
August 17, 2011
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More faces and sketchook pages
By Jack in ballpoint pen, black and white, colour, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, watercolour, womenBeen painting a lot of stuff, but want to focus on the comics. That doesn’t mean these will stop, anytime soon. I’m just putting it up!
