19-May-13 The Odyssey of Mr. Holiday.

[JamesSimons]

Nice Update! I look forward to space batman!

[adamsimons]

C-bro: Thank you.
J-bro: Thank you too.

not much to show for the week, but here you go.

future Batman in ink and marker.

a preview of the comic i am working on.

a few sketchbook pages.

[letsgopangolin]

Your artwork is lovely! :') I love your sketches, especially how you can feel the motion!
The only critique I can really think of is on your digital painting.. I think you could add a little more contrast and be more adventurous with color and how color reflectsagainst certain objects.

[JamesSimons]

Good job on the batman!

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

"They're a lot better then mortal combat"~ JamesSimons
Nice job on the batman!

[adamsimons]

pan-bro: thanks for the crit.
j-bro: thank you.
c-bro: '_'; thanks.

So i got the pencils on my first comic page done very slowly over the course of the week.
I'm hoping to move a bit faster on the rest.


and my sketchbook pages for the week.
I have been inking my sketches as practice for the comic.

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

"I'm waiting for the kettle to boil" ~jamessimons
Good work and finish that comic!

[JamesSimons]

Yeah!

[adamsimons]

C-bro: thank you, I will.
J-bro: thanks!

I'm going to save posting any more comic stuff till its finished.
I've been rolling my kneaded eraser over my sketches and giving them another pass, and of course practising my inking over the top.

[JamesSimons]

"Have you seen the phantom today?"~ Christopher Simons
Keep up the good work!

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

This is NASA *Thumbs up* *Wink*, Good job!

[Unlink40]

Keep up the good work man. i suggest some studies from life. Heres a step by step demo from my teacher, hope it helps

[adamsimons]

J-bro: thank you.
C-bro: *wink*
U-bro: thanks for the demo!

Almost done with the pencils on my comic.
I am hoping to get the ink and colours done pretty smartly.

My sketches for the week and a couple of digital things.

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

Nice on!

[JamesSimons]

Way to go, pally!

[Iristhevirus]

your art is really great! I like your sense of humour and the creativity to your work. Also, I wish I knew what was going on inside this thread, joking-around-wise. I'd feel a bit cooler

[adamsimons]

C-bro : Thanks.
J-bro : Thanks.
I-bro : Thanks. I share a desk with those guys, so the game is "who can say the silliest thing"

spent the first part of the week icing a sore shoulder and the second part watching episodes of a touch of frost.
next week i start inking my comic with colours to follow.
here are some sketchbook pages and a couple of value studies of a skull.

[JamesSimons]

Yeah!!

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

Weird skull is weird, *Thumbs up*
Good work!

[Jeremy Swan]

the ink work, the toons, BRO!

[fantasticmissfox]

Love seeing your style progress throughout your SB! It's so charming, and your inked work is so clean

[adamsimons]

J-bro: *pumps fist in the air* thanks.
C-bro: thanks.
Js-bro: thanks.
F-bro: thank-you.

I had a good week this week.
inked the panels for my comic, title, lettering and colour still to go.
studied some knights and stuff and did a he-man sketch. oh and some teal'c studies for my sisters b-day card.

[JamesSimons]

Good job! I like the knight vignettes!....also Teal'c

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

"I HAVE THE POWEERR!"
Good job, Keep it up!

[adamsimons]

J-bro: thanks, not as many this week sorry.
C-bro: thank you.

so, this week started a bit rough, no thanks to this comic.
inspired by dangerous dan I started doing still life painting,
and I'm getting more out of it this time round then the last time I tried.

[JamesSimons]

Keep up this life painting stuff and you'll greatest pear painter ever!!!

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

That pear of pears is peartastic?!
Nice work this week, we're on the path to destruction (read greatness) we better make our time!

[adamsimons]

J-bro: thank you for supporting my pearsistance.
C-bro: Where there's a WHIP, there's a WAY!

Still plodding along, I had started thinking about this comic as something to get out of the way.
but I have realised that what ever i can learn, especially with the colouring, will help a lot with the other projects i want to do next.
here is a WIP snippet.


I don't think I solved any problems with these as much as I got a better idea of what I need to work on.

I think faces are a big hole in my tool set, so I am getting back into loomis as a start to filling it.

and the rest of my sketchbook pages.

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

Still lives for life!
And these figure drawings in red are cool.
*Thumbs up*

[JamesSimons]

Good job with still lives!, can't wait to see the comic done!!