Monday, April 16, 2007

The Ballad of Abbie Jane


Some character sketches of Abbie as she will appear in the first chapter of "Life and Love in Loudon." I've begun to surprise myself with the degree of consistency that these recent drawings have. Guess that shows that I've really begun to nail the drawing style that I've been shooting for with the series, which is basically a style in which I can draw quickly in and that doesn't allow me to obsess over. Really happy with the front and 3/4 views of this style, but I'm still working on the side views right now. It still just looks odd. This particular style is also loose enough to allow me to add inks over it as well. I've been leaning more towards the penciling end right now, since I'm a better penciler. However, once I get more comfortable with inking with a brush, hopefully it will lead to really loose pencils with more polished inks.

2 comments:

Dave McNeal said...

Fantastic work! I dig the style John.

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