I didn’t want the old man that I sketched yesterday to be lonely, I decided to do some old lady character designs for him to spend time with. These are memory sketches from today. I was on my way into the Hobby Lobby with a stack of old gift cards, to buy a new sketchbook for warm-ups. I saw this old lady on her way out. She was perfectly, amazingly, round in the middle. I love her.(the sketch in the middle is probably closest to what she actually looked like)
-Will
My wife Amber was doing a memory sketch of an old man we saw at the movie theater while waiting in line. I decided to do several variations of him to try to push the design farther. I haven’t really done a lot of character design. I’m sure there’s a lot more to it. But I had fun at least. My favorites are the 4th one on the first page and the first one on the second page.
And of course I had to take a stab at ripping him up like a Spumco drawing. Poor guy.
Ren and Stimpy style
It has been a very busy month, but I’ve tried to squeeze in sketching whenever I can. I’m almost finished with this moleskin sketchbook. Probably 7 or 8 pages to go. After this I’m going to switch to a brown paper sketchbook, just to keep things fresh for me.
Lately, I’ve been drawing with red/blue pencils, and for some reason purple prisma color brushpen for outlining. On this page in particular, I’ve been smudging the purple to get shaded effects, and then go back over it with colored pencil, or greys to give it more depth. I’ve almost completely stopped using black ink for the last few weeks or so. Most of these were drawn at the Lubbock Comic Book Expo this past weekend.
-Will
These are a few of my sketches from the past week. Lots of walmart people, and a few from the mall. Lots of character this week.
I loved the security guard in this first one, he came in all flustered, with a baby blue bicycle helmet on, and his pants leg rolled up,
scrambling to get some food before his shift.
-Will
We had a good group of marks at the walmart this week. It was a lot of fun trying to catch them all. Although we did get busted. Which almost never happens. Luckily everyone seemed to really enjoy their sketches.
This Joyful old soul was partaking in an icecream desert at Jason’s Deli last week. You can really see how excited he is about the sweet concoction.
This is not my best ever attempt at digital painting. Sometimes I forget how to do things, like paint in a computer.
-Will
This old guy was so adorable. We found him at the mall. I wanted to keep the colors quick, this was about 30 minutes. Playing with some new PS brushes my friend Brandon gave me. Definitely makes things quicker and smoother. I’m having a lot of fun with it.
-Will
My Wife Amber and I are starting to do warm-up sketches together in the studio. Today’s theme was Old Wolverine. We may do a whole series of elderly super hero characters before moving on to something else. Check out Amber’s site to see her take on Old Wolverine.
I drew this with a much thinner pen than I’m used to, and it ended up looking like a Skottie Young drawing. I love his stuff! I decided to go ahead and experiment with adding textures and muted colors to go all out with it. I think he turned out alright.
-Will
I love sketching Old Dudes. Its no secret. Especially living in West Texas where Old Dudes are in and of themselves work of art for the caricature artist. I was out at the Market Street last night with Amber sketching people, and the Olderly’s were out in full force. This guy was one of my favorites. I decided to paint him in Photoshop. I want to do a whole scene of these guys. But I still have lots of other work to be doing. Maybe one of these days I’ll do a book of ‘em.
-Will
Today was a little rough getting going. It was starting to feel like a Monday so I got in my truck and left town to get recharged. I drove out into the country and stopped at a restaurant in Littlefield to do my work for the day. To get the creativity flowing I did this warm up sketch of a little old man I walked past on the way in. Old men are so much fun to draw.
I still have some work to do before bed. But I want to keep up as best I can with this sketch a day thing. I appreciate everyone stopping by to check out my art.
-Will
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Will works as a freelance Illustrator and graphic designer, and of course as a comic book artist. He has been making comics for over a decade. He has done comic and illustration work for many clients; including Disney, Microsoft, Flat World Knowledge, Slave Labor Graphics, Ape Entertainment, and dozens of small publishers.