It’s kinda odd, taking all this time to create this wonderful building or room, then just destroying it. But why? Well I found that it’s a lot easier to create a good solid object first then breaking it to illustrate damage of some sort, rather than just draw a damaged object. They just don’t look right unless i draw them fully constructed first. So I took two hours to draw a perfectly good room then added wreckage and wear and tear to show damage from a collapsing building. What’s your method?
Working on my graphic novel Knight Guards! Finally done with the dragon that comes out of the water, summoned by the rat army to attack the cats! As I was drawing his bottom half, it just came out as an octopus! I looked at reference photos of anglerfish, eels and octopus for this image. A little photoshop manipulation, and I can push the gamma to enhance the darker values.
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Here’s the page I just finished inking in my graphic novel “Knight Guards”. Stay tuned for more pages soon. 😇🙏
In my graphic novel “Knight Guards” I have reached the stage of inking the page where our heroes put on their samurai armor and reveal the full potential of their training and preparation in fighting off the ninja rat attackers. Stay tuned for more pages!
It’s a labor of love, but it’s laborious nonetheless. Moving ahead 2-3 pages a day requires commitment and perseverance, punctuated by the joy of seeing a work of art completed! I can’t wait! watch it happen live, on:
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Inking traditionally it’s becoming a rare thing indeed – digital tablets make everything so convenient that a lot of artists are switching. I also do work on the digital tablet as well but I still have a earnest love for traditional inking, getting my hands and fingers dirty and splashing with ink, seeing where the accidents lead to happy art journeys, and lots of variables contribute to A spark of life and a character. Now I love digital, but I prefer traditional inking for certain projects, like this 250 page graphic novel that I’m working on live. Join me as we explore traditional sketching and inking together! https://www.twitch.tv/rushhamden?
Join me LIVE as I brush paint explosion effects, hatch and stipple, draw and sketch as I ink my 250 page graphic novel on twitch.tv/RushHamden. Weekdays at 9AM, 12PM, 9PM and 12AM, PST. I also listen to comments, suggestions and answer questions.
Back posting for “vessel” from oct. 2. 😇
I would say one of my favorite things is drawing crowds. I love doing diminishing sizes and overlap, foreground, mid ground and background elements of either people or in the situation, rat creatures. In this particular panel, the rats are attacking our heroes’ compound. There are hundreds of these guys coming in and they’re not taking no for an answer.
Wow, I finally got blessed with the daring to go live on facebook, showing how I’m inking my graphic novel, step by step. The novel is a science fiction fantasy story about a couple of tow truck drivers with good intentions helping a stranded motorist, and getting into a LOAD of trouble. Here’s the first couple of videos. Hopefully there will be many more. I had already filmed well over a hundred hours of sketching and inking the novel, but this is the first live feed. I hope you enjoy it.
As primarily a drafter, a type of artist who prefers to use pen and ink pencils and markers, it’s sometimes a bit of a stretch for me to use a brush. However, I have adapted to the brush, and found it to be a good friend! When I have to cover large areas with black ink, it’s more time-consuming and hard on the hand, as well as the pocket, to do it with an expensive set of waterproof markers. It’s so much easier and faster to do it with a brush, and gets the job done in seconds!
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