I love Atomic Robo! (featuring Doctor Dinosaur)

I love Atomic Robo.  Atomic Robo represents what comics seem to have forgotten - fun.  Whether this eighty-year-old invention of Nikola Tesla is battling giant robots with evil Nazi brains, running away from Cthonic monsters from outside of the universe, or rescuing soldiers from the vampire dimension, there's a feeling of fun and awesomeness permeating every page and line of dialog.
So here is my very belated entry for the "Dinosaurs" theme - Atomic Robo being pestered by his nemesis Doctor Dinosaur ("Crystals!").

Now do yourself a favor and go get your grubby hands on some Atomic Robo.  Your "awesome meter" will thank you.  And remember - always assume it's mummies until proven otherwise.

Making Points

My next piece of catch-up, my dinosaur (a fave from my childhood).

As you can tell, I was looking at a lot of Frank's rendering technique while drawing this. No where near as good, but I figure I might as well emulate the best (my reptile skin rendering sucks). Figure this would be a good place to test techniques that aren't my typical.

Also did a digital paint under the line work. Playing around. Left some of the sketch showing as some seemed to like that with Thark.

Okay. One more and I'm caught up!

Flight by Steven E Gordon

This was the drawing I had originally planned for ERB week - sort of a crossover with last week's theme of Dinosaurs. Instead I copped out and used the designs for the GN that you saw.
But since I still owed for last week I decided to go ahead with the original plan anyway and use this as a study for the GN I'm working on of The Eternal Savage
Now all I have to do is catch up on this week's theme...and try not to cheat by using an old drawing.

2 in 1 Jon Riggle

Sorry I was late to my own party, last week. I've been trying to track down where one of my projects is and if I'm still getting the materials or not. Kinda frustrating to say the least. I had the dinosaur finished last week, but just didn't have time to scan it till tonight. I also last night sketched out my Golden Age piece... And since many won't know who she is...

Zegra (who used to be Tegra) was a Golden Age superheroine from 1948 and originally the star of a rewritten Rulah story, but she eventually became a separate character whose name was changed from Tegra to Zegra and whose hair was changed from brunette to blond with issue #2. The original publisher was Fox Feature Syndicate. Now before you ask, no I wasn't alive to read this book, I've been trying to find time to redesign characters from golden age era books. Not for anything but for fun (and to use in future sketchbooks)

I am slightly behind here on blog....

I will get better at this. Not much time with a pc or desktop due to wifey and her nursing school. For some reason my 'smartphone" could never post pics here just comments. These are all quick 10-20 minute sketches. I still have to do the EBR sketch but I couldn't decide on that one. lol. The first pic is of course Frank and his bride and the Dino theme and last is my first idea for the Mythology theme. On my phone I did not see this weeks theme. *facepalm* So I will be working harder at this. Thanks for not booting me. =)

Lllllunch! by Shawn Dueck

A chubby little compsognathus after some "second breakfast". The beastie was sculpted and painted in Sculptris, the dragonfly was painted in Painter X, and the background is from a photo I took at the UBC botanical gardens in '08.

Here's another view of the sculpt:


I'm sure all you dino aficionados out there could pick the anatomy apart all day, but I was having fun just learning to sculpt.

shedevil vs super raptors

I had an idea and decided to follow it through. shedevil vs super raptors, I'm not a dinosaur expert but I think my raptors are a couple feet bigger than a normal one, hence the super size. Bristol paper and pencil. I scuffed up my lady and scarred her up some, to look more authentic to someone who lives and survives in a jungle setting with predators running around. Thanks for looking!

Raptor by Axel Medellin

Well, the themes just keep getting better here...

Nothing deep about this one, I guess... raptors rule!

I hope you like it...

Dr. Dinosaur!

Since it's Halloween, I decided to go a little silly with my dino selection and to a quick sketch of the crazy-fun Dr. Dinosaur from the Atomic Robo series.

The bad boy is mostly digital, and I'm not entirely comfortable with that, yet. (:

Week Six: Dinosaurs T-Rex by Scott Christian Sava

So, I'm continuing to learn more about the medium.
I bought new watercolor paper.
This was done on Strathmore 140 lb 5.5x8.5 inch Watercolor Cold Press Paper.

I also learned that you can use Painter's Tape to keep the paper from contracting. So no more tack holes.
:)

And finally...I was told GUACHE is best for hitting white highlights. Better than white watercolor.

I love going to the art store and learning something new.

So...here's my 2 hour sketch of a T-Rex. Hope you like it.