I like markers

McJohnstable

Hello, Loved penny arcade for ages. Just dropping some of my drawings here to say hi.























I like working with markers mainly, though do some digital stuff too.

earthwormadam

I really like these! Some of em are particularly sweet like the grim reaper and animal with the drums one. I also like that axe warrior one, though I wish that it was a full body shot and not just upper torso.

Stick around and post some more!

farbekrieg

seconding that animal one is fantastic

Kronus

Agreed, you have a really fun style. I'd love to see more!

Benjamin.

At the risk of sounding repetitive the ceiling-embedded drums are my favourite too! Also the way the dragon-slaying pic is framed by the coils of the dragon itself struck me as clever. Cool stuff!

NightDragon

Great style!

m3nace

Great dynamism in those lines! The coloring is also pretty great but some places it gets a little washed up, like on the first one in the third spoiler with the "go" sign, his orange vest isn't standing that much out from his hoodie. Maybe if you'd chosen a lighter brown for the hoodie they'd be easier to differ. It's when you've got more contrast in both value and hue that your colors really shine like the avatar piece or the "he doesn't look grim to me" one (both of which are badass).

sharky t

love these! keep it up

McJohnstable

Thanks guys. And thanks for the great feedback m3nace, although I hadn't implemented it in these drawings I'll definitely try more with it in future.

some digital this time round...



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earthwormadam

Your stuff is super cool, so don't spoiler it.

McJohnstable

Okay, just thought spoilering was the thing to do here. Sweet thanks.

farbekrieg

im not normally a fan of markers, but god damn i think im going to have to change my mind

i figured that since i didnt have any good criticism, and yet still come in here to eye bang your creations, i should at least say something

Vanguard

Real cool style. Do you just do this for fun? Please tell me you get paid for being awesome.

McJohnstable

Thanks heaps you two. I used to feel that way about markers too for some reason, but they're very fun to use when you get into them. Quick and look good on paper (makes your sketchbook really colourful too).

All the illustrations here are just for fun, but I have a part time graphic design job where I get opportunities to draw every now and then. Thanks again for the kind words.

earthwormadam

That little skull graff kid is wicked, you should put some of these characters into an fully developed environment!

McJohnstable

Thanks earthwormadam. Here's a slightly older pic just reminded me when you said "environment" hehe. Almost forgot about it. It's for a personal life long project of mine, and even has an old, short-lived alias written on it...

wakkawa

These are all really awesome. the colors and the energy.

McJohnstable

Thanks heaps wakkawa.

Here's last nights fun, I got a bunch of awesome feedback and a good paintover from a mate that means I'm going to go back to this and work it up s'more.

bebarce

These are fantastic. I'm thoroughly a fan.

Linespider5

I love how clean everything ultimately is. The boundaries of the shapes in your drawings are very strong and precise, but not clinically so.

Great job.

Prospicience

I want to hug all of your art. It makes me ridiculously happy.

McJohnstable

Thanks heaps guys, you rock. Still trying to make a name for myself. Anyone liking my linework should definitely check out my inspiration: Ben Caldwell, if you've not seen his shapes already.

It's my birthday today so just playing Skyrim instead. lol

farbekrieg

happy birthday

McJohnstable

Thanks farbekrieg!


I just entered a competition, and would really appreciate some votes if you think you like my tshirt design. It's a 5/5 voting system for each design.

http://www.tigerbeer.co.nz/T-Shirt-Comp/Designs/Thirsty

Mine looks like this:




Thanks heaps!

tynic

Oh, I do like that actually. It's complicated without being busy.

Your colour sense is really superb by the way.

McJohnstable

Thanks tynic.

Who's up for something completely random and non-sensical?

earthwormadam

ME

Godfather

Watch out for that bad egg!

Lyrical

That's my favorite poop of all time.

Mustang

I usually really dislike marker work, but this thread has changed my mind completely about them as a medium.

Scotty

I must join the throngs of fans, excellent work!

McJohnstable

Thanks heaps guys.

Quick heads from earlier.

irishsoul19

All of this work is awesome. Really well done. Hope you keep them coming.

McJohnstable

Thanks heaps mate.

Thought I'd go ahead and bugger up a pair of perfectly good headphones.

McJohnstable

Been busy with good ol' life stuff lately. Here's a sketch, more have been done but not scanned.

worstcase

Love those headphones. I really like the style you have going on here.
One can tell you're confident in your linework.

the dragon t-shirt design is my favorite though!

melting_doll

McJohnstable wrote:

Thought I'd go ahead and bugger up a pair of perfectly good headphones.

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And by "bugger up" you mean make completely awesome! Nice stuff here (:

kraz007

Very lively style, looks like it will be fun to apply it to a casual game title.

I love drawing N2, lovely perspective and the characters are really engaging (trying to avoid the word "cute").

earthwormadam

Diggin on those last two B&W characters, though they could definitely use a contrast bump.

McJohnstable

Thank you heaps guys. Two days left on that Tiger Beer Dragon T-shirt contest! Fingers crossed. Thank you for voting too. Earthwormadam, you're right about the contrast it could definitely be bumped.

Bit of a rough day today, happy to be home, vented on paper so, spoilering for Poo Language. :P

and an animal.

McJohnstable

And an alien Anglerbusinessman.