I 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.”
Posts Tagged ‘sketches’
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
November 22, 2011
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Out of My Head….
By Jack Ruttan in 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 […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, horses, men, sketches, women
November 21, 2011
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A Kelpie, a Vampire; other things.
By Jack Ruttan in horses, men, sketches, women
November 18, 2011
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Comic Colour and Nasty Horsemen
By Jack Ruttan in 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 […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, Brush Pen, colour, digital, horses, men, sketches
November 15, 2011
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Roller Pen Drawings
By Jack Ruttan in 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.
Tags: ballpoint pen, black and white, Pen & Ink, sketches, women
November 13, 2011
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Arrr…. Ulllg….
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolourThis guy is vaguely based on John Cusack from the movie “Say Anything,” but I was too lazy to draw a portrait. So he becomes “random guy,” because it’s too cold to go out on the balcony and draw people.
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour
November 11, 2011
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Hard and Soft Edges
By Jack Ruttan in sketches, watercolour, womenI dislike ink outlines, but am working on hard and soft edges in drawings. Leaving the middles alone in this case, or giving them a gentle wash.
Tags: colour, sketches, watercolour, women
November 6, 2011
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Fast and Slow Watercolours
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, watercolour, womenOne of these was painted very quickly, the other very slowly. Which is which? Do you care?
Tags: colour, men, sketches, watercolour, women
November 3, 2011
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Pencil Portraits
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketchesMahler I’m working on my portraiture chops, by drawing some faces out of an old “New York Times Book Review.” Tough to be technically good, and still contain a hint of personality. But that’s why we practice with these kinds of things, isn’t it? Young Orson Welles Hal Holbrook
Tags: black and white, men, pencil, sketches