The Drawing (Like Ian Bowden) Challenge

A new challenge was born this morning after scoping some illustrations on flickr. We thought Ian Bowden's journals were envy-worthy, so we're trying it out: drawing in the style of comics. (Oh, alright, graphic novels. *rolls eyes* Whatever.)

My first attempt. I used a picture (Guess who! :-D) 'cause I suck at drawing comics, and I suck at drawing from real life on the fly, I figured: one challenge at a time.

(Apologies for the poor pic quality, which either makes the drawing suckier or uh, better.)

First, the outlines.

Second, shading. Hee! Fun! Sucky, but fun.

Then, I was possessed to add a blue wash.

Which wasn't a good way to find out that Stabilo markers are not waterproof. Crap.

Clearly, I haven't gotten the hang of this. Off to practice some more.

posted by: cat