This was the first drawing. As you can see, it shows how unsure i am when i draw. That's just because i haven't been doing it in a while. I often see comic artist (especially at conventions) create an outline on a black & white drawing with some color and i like how it makes the art stand out a bit so i just tried it for effect.
This is the second warm-up drawing i did. I was trying to get more comfortable and fluid with my drawings so i had to keep telling myself not to care so much about the outcome and focus more on the strokes. The pen used to draw this is actually a disposable calligraphy pen. The chisel tip gave me a variation of lines that i really liked, especially in later drawings. Her head isn't exactly proportionate but like i said.... just warming up. I used a single color to generate the shadows and i really liked the monochromatic feel of it. If i were to create a comic, i'd like to make it monochrome. Just for mood and such.
So this last drawing is an exercise in using full color with the Copic markers. Again, i used the calligraphy pen and tried to focus on single, confident strokes. The more i kept doing this, the more confident and better i got at it. Little by little, the memory of how to use these markers was coming back. I worked on the top half of her first which is pretty evident in the fact that it came out so crappy. I didn't leave enough white area and used too dark a color for the skin base. I fixed this problem on her lower half and as you can see, leaving hot spots white makes a HUGE difference in how the artwork is perceived. I only have a few colors so until i get more, you'll probably see the same six colors over and over again. Sorry!
These drawings didn't take me long but i did work on them in the wee hours of the night by the light of my monitor. I will post a couple of the more final ones within the next few days.
