You hear (and see) the craziest things at Walmart when you’re sketching.
-Will
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Lunch Sketches
I’m a little over halfway into this brown paper sketchbook. I’ve enjoyed working on midtone paper, but the size of the book is just a little bit too small. I tend to only put one to one and a 1/2 figures per page, which is a challenge for composing sketches together. I’m hoping that by the time I finish the book I’ll be more comfortable in this size format.
These are a few of my favorite lunch sketches from this week. I really like the first guy, I drew him tonight. I could really see the shapes on his face the moment he sat down. I love it when that happens.
-Will
Texas Comic Con 2012 – Convention report
I was a guest at Texas Comic Con this weekend in San Antonio. I had a great time meeting other comic creators, and finding some new fans. I even sold some Super Zeroes original art and that really made for a great convention!
Photo by Reed Gunther colorist Josh Ulrich – who kept me sane at the table Saturday
Probably the hi-light of my weekend was getting to tour Antarctic Press and meeting all the people behind the scenes at one of the oldest comic book publishers in the industry. Even better was hanging out with Brian and Julia Denham afterwords and hearing Brian tell stories about working in comics back in the day for Rob Leifeld, Marc Silvestri and Wildstorm. Makes me feel better about my past experiences working in studios. Everyone I’ve met at Antarctic is super nice and down to earth. They’re just having fun doing what they love. My thanks to Ben Dunn for introducing me to everyone!
The last couple years have been such a change for me. I always went to conventions just to try to make money, and sell books and meet fans. Which is a good goal. But I never socialized all that much. Now I make it an effort to meet other creators when I come to a show, and to hang out with them afterwords, and stay in touch long after. I love seeing how other artists and writers solve the same problems I often struggle with as a creator. Making comics is such a lonely job, its nice to finally feel like I’m not alone. I’m also glad that my art (and ego) seem to be at a place where other creators don’t mind being around me.
This was an enjoyable show, and I’m really glad I got to go. My greatest thanks go to Austin and Amanda Rogers for letting me crash with them this weekend. I really enjoyed catching up. They are such a talented couple, and I look forward to seeing them get more awesome year after year. Thanks for having me as a guest!
-Will
Here is some art from the weekend:
Terminator Doodle while it was slow…
A happy customer..
I don’t draw sexy girls as much as I used to, but seeing how well their prints sell at convention, I’m temped to. Here’s a catwoman commission from this show…
Its quickly becoming my favorite thing to sketch people in costume at comic conventions. Several of my artists friends have challenged me to do a book collection of my sketchbooks. So there’s a good chance you’ll see that from me this year. Here are a few of my favorites from this weekend…
More people sketching
The guy in this first sketch had me cracking up. I looked like a cartoon before I even did anything.
People sketching
Sketching people in the wild. I just really like people.
Sketches April 2012
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
Feather in his cap
I found this charming cowboy at the mall this weekend. His gut was most impressive. Oddly, I started noticing more and more feathers in cowboy hats after seeing one in his. And the feathers just seemed to get bigger and bigger. Also, I really like how the texture styrofoam cup turned out.
-Will
people of walmart sketches
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
Walmart sketches – 1.19.2012
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.
Nerdcore
These are some older sketches from back in September. I think I was waiting on a friend, who happened to be at a Magic: the Gathering tournament. Lots of interesting characters to draw. I’m not sure why that one guy had a medal ribbon around his neck. But he sure seemed pretty proud of it.
-Will
