Sketch Vomit

I’m not sure how I’m going to color this, it will either be digitally or with markers.  Either way, before I start, I did a color test, trying to get the values and hues I wanted to make the piece really work. 

I wanted to limit my palette to red, yellow, blue, and grey for the strongest visual impact.  Thor’s colors are already set, and I wanted the sky to be blue and yellow (a lot of reference pictures I looked up for ‘god beams’ had a blue and yellow color cast, so I went with that.

I also wanted the strongest light to be coming down on Thor, signifying a kind of redemption or hope, with a lot of darkness around the edges. 

A great way to tell if your piece is going to work is to zoom out an incredible amount and see if it works small.  If the piece is still readable small, it will read well large.  (the high contrast with the godbeams and thor’s bright red cape read very well).

augh I got three hours of sleep last night everything makes so much sense.

and after some insomnia last night, I got the ink work done.  I’m still not completely happy with the black placement, but I’m going to color it …

and then, I couldn’t sleep.  So I did a bit more to thor.  

its a bit scarce on the black placement, I know, but I do intend to color it.

stripesandteeth:

Welp, can’t draw on my pc yet so I decided to dick around with Thor and Loki in my sketchbook. I wanna make Avengers stuff soon so I need to break these guys in eventually haha. Also I have Thorki feels..

reblogging for thor’s face on the right.  that face.  THAT FACE.

you know what is really hard to do while your hands are shaking?  ink.  Also, take a picture of what you just inked.

Only thor is done, the god-beam clouds have yet to be inked, but its time to stop for the night.  

peppermintmonster:

Finished the cover! Now lettering.

these colors are absolutely fantastic!  Art by sarah benkin.

how a drawing starts.  First, I’ll use blue pencil to sketch out what I want/anatomy, then I’ll go over that with a regular or different colored pencil.  A few edits in photoshop for where I wasn’t quite happy with things.

next, I’ll print it out on some bristol and ink it.

I can’t help it.  Every time I see Chris Hemsworth I’m like “he’s such a golden retriever!”  Incredibly happy.  And probably not the brightest.  But he’ll be your best friend.

My sister decided Chris Evans/captain america is a collie.  He is lassie, the quintessential american dog.  He does look like a kicked puppy through so much of that movie…

its iron-cat and lo-cat.  hiss!  hiss!