Daily Drawings

...Batman, Spongebob, Usagi, Calvin & Hobbes, and Dr. Teeth!

Hi y’all!

I’ve been back in a groove of getting in some Dailies (pieces I do to help with my inking), and I wanted to share the most recent ones with y’all.

I’m about to have more time on my hands when my little one starts Pre-K (next week, and I’m very much not ready), but right now I’m still fitting in work between full-time stay-at-home daddy duties. I’m trying to finally wrap up a long-running commission list and I’m so close! But I also haven’t been inking or painting as much, so I wanted to make sure and do some warmups and practice pieces as I get ready to take these last few commissions into their final stages. Instead of doing my usual 8.5x11 Dailies, I opted to go smaller and work at 4x6. The thinking was I’d get it done quicker, get my practice and warmup done and then boom get to work. And it’s been a lot of fun!

The smaller size offers some interesting challenges in inking tools and technique adjustments, but it also makes me think a bit more about composition and design aesthetic. I’m sure I’ll still do some pieces that are just the character in my style, but I’m also trying to play around with more…I don’t know…dynamic(?) shots. I’m imagining the small bristol being like a zoomed in panel on a comic page and it’s helping me think of some new compositions. Having the smaller canvas size helps me not be so nervous about spending a bunch of time on a piece that then just falls apart due to poor execution. With these, it’s okay. And that adds a lot of freedom, I think.

Anyway, here are the ones I finished up recently. Some of these are done with brush pen and some are with a dip pen and nib.

Also, I’ve been trying to keep up with sharing videos of me inking. These have all be turned into timelapse, so they’re nice and quick. I plan to put together a new longer video where I get to chat about whatever’s going on. Thinking about it, that will probably be me at home crying while drawing when Eva has started school. So get ready for that, folks! Hahaha!

Anyway, you can check out my videos HERE on my YouTube channel.

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