Monday, 20 May 2013

Retro Future and Anime Con prep

If it works for Bane in the comics it MUST be an effective way to get a chemical into the blood stream
As Anime North rapidly approaches, and I try my guts out to get a new issue of Manifest Destiny done in time for the show this coming weekend, it dawned on me that I hadn't updated. I really need to stop forgetting that.

So last Toons on Tap session was Retro Scifi themed and it was awesome.The Models Meredith Viner and Nic Farber were outstanding as the alien and the plucky heroine. Once again I did the drawings on my iPad but it got a little crash happy part way through and I ended up losing much of the time lapse video; I'll try again for tomorrow's session and maybe tack the two videos together.



The Next Toons on Tap session is tomorrow night and is Wizard of Oz Themed featuring a pair of Drag Queens (Daytona Bitch and Miss Conception) it should be fun, or at the very least interesting.

So I mentioned that Anime North is coming up this weekend here's a sneak peak at some of what I have been working on for the Show.
the sketch for the cover of Bo'glin Book 1 print edition
And once again I have had the privilege to Color one of my favorite Artist's work, for the rerelease of Ninja Highschool V 2.0 which will be debuting at AN this year, pick up a copy and get it signed by the Artist Ben Dunn (And me too if you like the coloring on the cover)
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go back to feverishly coloring.



Monday, 6 May 2013

What is this Life drawing thing you do?



What is Life drawing? What do you do at Toons on Tap? What do you get out of it? These are questions I have been asked by friends and coworkers. In short Life drawing is pretty much what it sounds like, drawing something from life. In art school this meant a model came in took off their clothes and posed while we drew them, but it could even just be as simple as sitting on the subway and drawing the people around you.

 Toons on Tap specifically is costumed life drawing. Which means that the Models are wearing costumes. This lets me as an artist get practice drawing not just anatomy, but costumes as well.Toons also takes place above a bar, so you can have a recreational beverage while you scribble to the sound track that the organizers Laurie and Jeremy compile for the session.  A metric tonne of awesome, talented people show up to every session.

 In short it's an evening of drawing interesting subject matter, perhaps enjoying some food and a beverage, while listening to music surrounded by awesome people. If that doesn't make for an awesome evening I don't know what does.

If my description doesn't make it clear on what Toons on Tap is, last session I decided to do all my drawings on my iPad. This is significant because the Sketchbook pro app let's you take a time lapsed recording of your drawings... which I did. So without further ado I give you 3 hours of Toons on Tap drawings, presented in roughly six minutes.

Some notes on the video,  1. orientation of the recording doesn't change when the UI of SBP does, I will keep that in mind for next time please excuse some of the "sideways" drawings in the mean time. 2. I tend to jump back to a piece that I am trying to get more polished, while the model is on break; I tried to get them all into place but missed one. Sorry.

Here are the compilations of the drawings.