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Sadgasm's Sketchbook And Doodles
Sadgasm
Deluded doodlerA cold placeRegistered User regular
Deluded doodlerA cold placeRegistered User regular
Decided I wanted to start up a thread here as well and post some of my art for public ridicul- I mean, criticism. Here's a selection of some of my sketches, mostly horror-themed stuff.
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I like these sketches, though some are easier to read than others.
It might help with critiques if you tell us a bit more about what your goals are. Are you a hobbyist, are you hoping to get into illustration or comics more seriously? Do you have anything particular you want to work towards?
I already do comics seriously, but they're mostly in a three-panel format, my goal for this thread is to post art I do more in terms of illustration, and it'll be mostly sketches with the occasional finished piece. My goal is to improve as much as possible with just black-and-white art, my personal preference.
Improving skills with black&white is a noble pursuit, and pretty classic for horror. Its also one of those traditional spaces where considering what material you are using, and why, can really help give you more refined results.
Some comic sketches today, Professor Pyg from Batman and The Dark Judges from Judge Dredd
No, you're probably right, sometimes I lose track of the lineart and I drew the damn thing, it's just not something I ever incorporated into my style. It's something to work on though.
More Lovecraft art, this i for The Outsider.
It's pretty good, even if you can see the twist coming a mile away.
Sketch of Leatherface
What, that Clive Barker/Cronenberg thing?
On a side note, in this past year I've been getting into graffiti art (on legal walls only btw), and here's the tag I've been using
A page of sketches I made of various Stephen King villains
Drawing based on the Lovecraft story Cool Air
Freddy Kruger sketch
I'm a big fan of the web novel Worm. Or more accuratly, I'm a big fan of the setting, and the first half of the novel. I read a lot of the fan stories based on the setting. This is an illustration I made of three of the major villains from the first part of the novel, the Endbringers; Leviathan, Behemoth and The Simurgh.
Illustration of Worm villains Slaughterhouse 9
Page of sketches of the creatures on Gravity Falls
Decided to start posting my comics here too
Stephen Kings novels wouldnt have a plot if everyone in them werent either drunk, high or trying to not be drunk and high
If terrible syndicated tv shows have taught us anything its that you can always revive viewer interest by introducing an obnoxious and superfluous kid character, usually because any kids you already had on the show hit puberty and started looking all gross and gangly.
I'm a big fan of the art from the original Shadow Of the Beast. Not so much the gameplay
This isnt fictional in any way, the three characters in that middle panel were 100% real. Captain Battle, Flag-Man, and Lone Warrior were all considered to be worth publishing back in the 40's. And this isnt even scraping the surface of some of the goofy shit they printed back then.
A few quick recommendations: If you don't do it already I'd highly suggest doing some figure studies to really lock down your understanding of the human form. Having a good foundation in figure drawing will really help you exaggerate and "break" proportions thus making your characterizations feel more real. Your actual bodies are pretty solid but the faces could probably use a little more structure.
As far as working in ink I'd say try doing less scratchy lines. They're effective in places but if used too much you end up with backgrounds and foregrounds and characters all blending together and making the scene hard to read. Try working in some solid blacks and thinking about where your lines are going to best ensure they don't bleed together.
Good advice. I have noticed faces are difficult, though it's been more that I have trouble making varied ones. Probably should do some studies.
I'm a big fan of the Tick animated series from the 90's. I also like the original comic series, but the comics had a very different tone from the cartoon. Not quite as big a difference as between the TMNT comics and cartoon, but still
As someone who doesnt drink coffee, or any type of hot drinks for that matter, the zeal of which the beverage is treated can be baffling. There's something deceased about a culture where hot bean water is a symbol of status.
Drawing of the classic Sinister Six lineup from Spiderman
Classic Universal World Of Darkness sketch
Darkseid sketch
On your latest, the way you have the BG and the character crop out confused me for a second. I couldn't make out the background on the quick read, it took me looking closer to understand what was going on. I think because they crop out on the same line, it looked like a tangent at first. it kills the depth too.
Hope that helps!
Vintage X-Men villains sketch. This one didnt turn out nearly as good as I had hoped and took too long to make. Oh well.
Thanks, that seems to be the most popular part of the sketch, I've gotten the same response on the other places I posted this on.
He kind of looks like he's coming through a portal? But if so, it needs to be more clear. Kind of like this.
If you didn't mean to make it look like he's coming through a portal, that needs to be clear too. As it is now, I can't tell what your intention was, which is kind of the problem
Hope that helps!!
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