Tweak (and I don’t mean the South Park character)
Sometimes I get the impression that non-artists think illustrations just leap full-blown and ready-made from the pen to paper, already fully formed and perfect. My friend, nothing could be further from...
View ArticleFree blank figure templates
Maybe you want to see the character you’ve designed in a pose unavailable in the HeroMachine. Maybe you want to try freehanding your own illustration, but you’re not very good at drawing the basic...
View ArticleProgress on Mideios
The illustration for Mideios, the contest finalist, is going very well. I’ve gotten approval on the black and white lineart, and though you might like to see how it’s going so far (click the image for...
View ArticleWrestling brick
I’ve posted about this before elsewhere, but I thought you might enjoy seeing how an illustration for a magazine or role playing game happens from start to finish. I begin with the art specification...
View ArticleMustang Sally deconstructed
I thought you might like to see how an illustration is put together. After the jump I’ll post an edited image I created while putting together Ian’s prize for winning Caption Contest 42. I’ve put the...
View ArticleFreelance Friday: Babewatch edition
You don’t have to be a filmmaker to know if you like a movie or not, and to offer a critique of it. You don’t have to be an author to know if you like a book or not, and to offer a critique of it. And...
View ArticleSOD.065 – Superwoman
I got a little carried away with the Sketch of the Day this time around, as you can see: Cory Walker has been doing a new Supergirl redesign every Wednesday as part of his “Sketch of the Day” series,...
View ArticleCreating a Custom Illustration
I thought you might be interested to see how an illustration goes from concept to final product. The client wishes to remain anonymous so I’ll be leaving out their name and identifying characteristics...
View ArticleBlank Bodies for Hand-Drawn Illustrations
In the process of cleaning up some hard drive space, I came across some body outlines I drew back in 2006. I cleaned them up a bit and provide them here for downloading and printing. These are not part...
View ArticleSubmission Box: Suleman Tutorial: Frankensteining
Greetings Fellow Machiner, I am starting off a new feature for the blog called Submission Box. If you have something you'd like to share with the community be it a tutorial, a heromachine "recipe" A...
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