Garbonzacus!

The Dreaded Flesh Panty, Garbonzacus!

Characters Exercise

My new CHARACTERS label is the home of an on-going drawing exercise between my mate Liam Nickerson and I. Each of us comes up with a ridiculous fantasy character name, then we illustrate each other's names. You can see Liam's entries here.

The main goal behind the exercise is to improve our drawing and tablet skills, as well as to experiment with Manga Studio which, due to its speed and and a couple key features, is becoming one of my favourite graphics apps.

I first learned of Manga Studio from a tutorial by the illustrator Ray Frenden. His inking skills are way above me at this point. In the video you can see Manga Studio's fluidity in action, but the big thing for me is being able to rotate the page as you're drawing. Saves me from the breakdancing contortions I used have to do to get a stroke at just the right angle.

Mundo Geriwurlitzer

Mundo Geriwurlitzer, Earl of Twilinger Commons