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Charlie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:25:53 +0000

Ashes: Running

Charlie — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:55:06 +0000

Quick Sketches

Charlie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:40:42 +0000

Some quick sketches I did while watching an old movie, “Confidential Agent.”

Pale Skin Study

Charlie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:33:05 +0000

I haven’t posted in quite some time… mainly because I haven’t *had* anything to post in quite some time. But I did this study a while back, of pale skin tone. Basically, you lay down a layer of grayish green, and then build over it in semi-transparent layers with colors like pink, yellow, and beige. I don’t know if I did it right technically speaking, but I did like the results, so there you have it.

Druid

Charlie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:50:00 +0000

Pendergast To The Rescue!

Charlie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:31:54 +0000

My latest drawing is a scene snipped from the book, “Still Life With Crows” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I’m a fan of the series, and this book in particular is one of my favorites.

The picture contains book spoilers so I’ll post the snipped, unspoilered version here, and then link to the full sized image for those who don’t care about spoilers.

Pendergast and “Still Life With Crows” are both copyright by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Their website is prestonchild.com.

The snipped pic:

SPOILERS!

Pretty girl with flower…

Charlie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:51:48 +0000

I need to come up with slightly more clever titles.

This is just something that started as a gesture study, but I sorta liked it, so I drew some clothes on her and here she is!

Just developing a character for my own use…

Charlie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:59:25 +0000

Well, I did…

Charlie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:34:14 +0000

…a self portrait that I sorta like, but since posting such a thing might spoil the fun of anonymity, here’s a hand instead. And yes, it’s my hand. *DUN* Dun dun! That’s right, the left upper appendage of my person has been revealed on TP. Do you feel special?

Oh, by the way, my hand *does* have skin on it, I was just practicing anatomy so I over-accentuated the inner workings as part of my study.

An exercise in patience…

Charlie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:27:34 +0000

So usually I want to rush through a picture when it comes to the inking phase of a drawing, and I usually sacrifice detail for the satisfaction of a finished project. So I decided to force myself to do the opposite. Usually I’ll finish inking within two hours. This one took me about four days, off and on. I’d say a total of 8 hours of work here. Granted, some of it was spent fleshing out the sketch before inking, so it wasn’t literally pen to paper the entire time, but overall I think this was a successful challenge.

I’ll be attempting to force the same slow, steady pace during the coloring phase of this picture.