Making progress

Yesterday was a good day for me. I got through with the illustration for the first page. I'm trying to put more line work into my work. My mark making is a bit wonky but I bet by the time I finish all the illustrations for the book I'll make better and more confident marks. Below is my tight sketch and inked version.

I won't show the process of every illustration because I'll feel like I'm giving the book away. But I will share some future plans with you. The book will be in black and white. I don't think I'll make copies to sell because I'm not really confident in my writing. But if someone wanted a copy I wouldn't mind selling them a copy, only if they asked though. But I think I'll sell a pdf of the colored illustrations on gumroad. Well I"m looking forward to making more progress. I might post my favorite sketches and stuff in the future.

Slowly but surely

I had to put postgal on hold for a while because I was working on a test for a company I wanted to work for. I finished working on the test and I'm back to working on postgal and things are going so slow. I started off trying to work on 5 thumbnails at a time and that wasn't working. So my new plan is to just take things one page at a time. I think by doing this I can take my time and not rush things. And by not rushing things I can make less mistakes. I really want this project to come out well and look professional.

Here are some sketches of postgal. I haven't come up with a name for her yet. I was thinking of naming her Gabby but I don't know if I'll stick to that. But I wanted to draw her more. When I first started on the this project I was having problems drawing her and making her look like she did in the collage I did. But I'm glad these came out decent. I hope to make some progress soon and start posting some works in progress here.

drawings from moleskine 1

I just wanted to show some of the stuff I've been working on in my moleskine. I'm suppose to be working in it more.

I was suppose to draw this for my friend Josh a long time ago lol. Such a simple thing I kept putting off. But it's done. I hope he likes it. I always tell him to get into his Josh burrito and go to sleep when we chat.

This is a character created by mizna wada. I think she's a cute character and I enjoy drawing her. I believe she's in a comic made by mizna? I wish I could find more work with her in it, like some comics or something.

This is a sketch of the first page of a zine I'm making called 9lives. It's about a cat girl who loses 1 of her lives by doing silly or bad things. I'm taking my time on this project because I really want it to come out good. I hope I can get done with this project before the end of the quarter.

I would like to continue to post things from my moleskine. I'm suppose to work in it at least an hour a day. I'll try to update my blog with drawings from my moleskine every sunday. It sounds like a good checkpoint.

sketchbook bsns

i think keeping a sketchbook is serious business. and i really love doing it. it's like keeping a record of growth and experimentation. and sometimes it's nice to look back on what you sketched in the past. so i'm just going to share some pages from my sketchbook.

some random mess. i don't know what's going on. i just draw random things that make no sense sometimes i guess. i also like drawing food. that donut came out nice though.

mizna wada is one of my favorite artists. i've been looking at her work a lot lately. it's cute but also has a dark touch to it. something i want to experiment with in the future.

i love cassie mccarthy's psychic cats with their crystals. i tried to draw one myself. but i hate how my crystal came out. and i don't know why i drew those ghosties. i think i did it to fill up the page, or i was looking at something with ghosts.

on the left page is a tatami galaxy sketch and below it is something from pucca. u w u i really like how cute and simple the art is in that show. on the right page is some sketches of a character for a book i'm working on. it's going to be called 9 lives. and it's about a silly little cat girl that keeps losing one of her 9 lives through stupid things she does.

well that's all the sketches i have for you right now. at least the ones i want to share. i'll try to post more sketches and drawings from my sketchbook in the future. thanks for reading.