the art of Will Terrell » pen and ink

Sketching people in Lubbock

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:53:19 +0000

I started using a brown paper sketchbook this week for the first time. It’s also been ages since I used Prisma markers. Its refreshing switching it up.

By the way, I made a video flip-through of my last sketchbook! Check it out…

-Will

Old man – Character Designs

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:49 +0000

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

Grocery Overload

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:32:30 +0000

This sketch is actually from several weeks ago. The lady was walking around looking for a cart to place the piles of frozen food spilling over her grasp. Pretty funny to watch actually. This was a quick memory sketch.

-Will

lady on a bench

admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:55:04 +0000

I sketched this lady while I was waiting in line to see the Hunger Games. She was NOT happy. I decided to splash a little color on with photoshop.

-Will Terrell

pizza girl

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:52:30 +0000

I am trying to push my caricature sketches more towards designing characters right now. Simplifying characteristics, instead of adding details. I saw this girl at the local grocery store, stopping for some lunch. I think I could push the design a lot better though.

–Will

More March sketches

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:50:22 +0000

I loved the fella with the thumb looking head.

March sketching.

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:48:18 +0000

Busy month lately. We’ve been doing a lot of caricature events in recent weeks. I can’t complain, but I’ve not been sketching as much as usual. Just a few here and there. These are a few of my favorites from recently. These are out of the moleskin sketchbook.

-Will

Walmart people sketches

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:08:52 +0000

I just really love sketching people in the wild. It really forces you to develop a vocabulary with creating characters. Both in attitude, and personality. When I would only sketch from my imagination, it was always frustrating to make characters look unique (and correct). I don’t feel I have that problem any longer. Here’s a few from this week…

Rockin Rhino!

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:01:15 +0000

This was a quick commission for this years Singles Awareness day party (Valentines day). I bet he’s into Heavy Metal.

-Will

Sketchbook – January 15 2012

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:02:28 +0000

These are some of my favorite sketches from the last week. These are actually each from a different place. I try to do at least one sketch when I go out in public. It helps keep me loose so that by the time I get back to the studio I don’t have to spend a couple hours getting warmed up to work.

-Will