Yes, she’s in a bikini, but she’s got a personality, so I don’t think she’s just being an object. This is another drawing, in real ink this time, which I coloured with the computer.
Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
January 12, 2012
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Digital Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesThanks to this site here, I’ve taken baby steps in digital painting. Not easy for me! Had to learn about brushes, mixing colours, transparency, layers, and flow. I recommend the lessons here to give you a hint of how to proceed. I still haven’t been able to cobble together a decent palette, but will work […]
January 4, 2012
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Blue Period
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, watercolour, womenHappy New Year’s, all three of you visiting this blog! It’s business as usual at Utopia Moment. I’m still playing with my Wacom Intuos, but I also enjoy the old school tools. These are a pile of faces, in gloomy watercolours. I’m very happy that my local art store has returned to stocking this paper […]
Tags: color, faces, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
December 31, 2011
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New Year’s Eve
By Jack Ruttan in men, watercolourHaven’t blogged much recently. Mainly because I’ve been busy, and drawing little bits and pieces of things as I learn my new tool, the Wacom Intuous Tablet. But there are some exciting projects happening in the new year, and I hope lots of interesting stuff to draw and put up. This is a watercolour man […]
Tags: digital, men, watercolour
December 16, 2011
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Aviator
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolourThis feels slightly less demented than most of my offerings, but I’m probably kidding myself. All the same, I feel more control of my medium and the effects it creates, and also my drawing. Hooray!
Tags: colour, planes, sketches, watercolour
December 14, 2011
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F-F-f-faces!
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, womenStill painting random faces, from DVDs, and my squirming imagination. Kind of enjoying it at the moment. Some bonus kitty-cats as well.
Tags: Animals, cats, men, Nora the cat, sketches, watercolour, women
December 12, 2011
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What’s New in the Sketchbook?
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketches, watercolour, women
December 10, 2011
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Troll Girl
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesI suppose this counts as fan art for this comic here, but I’ve never read the comic. Not that I’m not into French comics. This was another experiment in comic colouring, and I did everything wrong, technically speaking. Still, I’m getting the hang of it. Live and learn!
Tags: sketches
December 9, 2011
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Passive-Aggressive Birds
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesI wanted to put this cartoon up before some internet low-life steals the idea! That’s because I mentioned it on Twitter. @AJKandy thought that the birds would file nuisance complaints with the city until the pigs move away, while @MrBillyBones said that “You launch them at things, but they just bounce off …and then pout.”
December 8, 2011
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Peggy Burns from Drawn and Quarterly
By Jack Ruttan in 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 […]
Tags: ballpoint pen, comics, current events, montreal, sketches
December 6, 2011
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Female Faces…
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, womenCharlize Theron, from the cover of a movie mag. I’ve been neglecting my blogging. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been drawing. Working on female faces here, trying to catch what’s special in a face that makes it a particular person. Easier to draw a generic face. But when you can’t get out to sketch real […]
Tags: black and white, pencil, sketches, women
November 24, 2011
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Women’s heads and profiles
By Jack Ruttan in 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!
Tags: ballpoint pen, black and white, pencil, sketches, women