Sketchbook Pro for iPad

Just a quick post to show of the first quick sketch I have done with the a Sketchbook Pro iPad App, it is good, really good, especially for a mobile app. 

The only thing I couldn't find was a colour picker? You know to select a colour you have already used. Anyway this is a brilliant app, and will definitely be using this a lot more.

Sketchbook Pro 6

So I have managed to pick up Sketchbook Pro 6 really cheap £30 in fact an absolute bargain, with the full Copic Marker set built in. I wanted after seeing a few youtube videos of some really good artists using it. Mostly for colouring and for doing rough sketches to load into Adobe Illustrator.

First Sketch.

 It has taken me a little while to get used to the "order" and location of of the tools, so many different types of brushes I have only really begun to get a grip, there is lots to learn but it is a really nice package. One of the only flaws is that is goes all blurry or "anti-aliases" when you zoom in.

The first sketch is a bit rough and ready some of the bucket fills didn't work out to great, but the second one came out better.

Second Sketch.

Overall I am really pleased. I think I will draw the rough sketches in Sketchbook Pro, do line work in Illustrator and colour it in Sketchbook.

(Added later)

So here is a hand drawn, digitally lined in Illustrator and coloured in Sketchbook Pro, I think it's quite nice.

5 Minute Studies of Illustrators (Part 1)

First up is a Hedgehog by Marion Lindsay in Elizabeth Baguley's "Ready Steady Ghost". In the original the scene take place ay night so it is all in shades of blue, but I mostly like it as the hedgehog had no real defined lines, just spikes. I also really liked the wiry bark on the trees. So here is my version.

Next up is the boy and penguin from Oliver Jeffers' "Up and Down". I really really love the style of artwork I hate drawing feet and hands as the often come out wrong so Il liked this simplistic approach to it, or avoiding it if you like. Here is my version of the cover.

Both images took about 5 minutes to make and both books are highly recommended so be sure to check them out. I checked out quite a few books from the library so I am sure I will do some more studies.

Compilation of Monsters

So as you may have noticed I have stopped drawing bots and moved over to "monsters" albeit fluffy and cute-ish monsters.

Slowly building up a library of them much in the same way I did with the robots.

Making variations on a theme,

 

generally just having fun with the idea of little creatures.

 Making both "furry" and "reptilian-style" monsters.

Until I had a nice "family" of creatures.

The originals were hand drawn and inked, then scanned, digitally inked, and coloured. Eventually they will be texture coloured like I have done in the previous blog post to get them the right colours, but for now I am happy.

Mixing colours and techniques.

So it started off with a sketch using my new Letraset ProMarkers which I really liked.

I then digitally traced it, and reduced to four colours which I kinda liked.

I then coloured pieces of paper, canned them and used them as a texture to colour the creature I am calling "Harvey"

Which gives it a nice velvet-like texture which I prefer most of all.