Sketch-a-Day 150/365: Call me Batman ONE more time...

Nottabat-man seems to be having a problem being the victim of mistaken identity. "It's difficult making a name for yourself with HIM around. I don't even think we look anything alike" Nottabat-man told sources.

Sketch date: 05/30/13

Sketch-a-Day 149/365: Nottabat-man, again.

I'm having fun with this! the sketch style and the character, too! Notta-notta-notta-notta-bat man!

Sketch date: 05/29/13

Sketch-a-Day 148/365: Nottabat-Man

I tend to draw random characters sometimes with generic hero masks. This one ended up looking a lot like a certain caped crusader that I have decided to official dub him Nottabat-Man, because he's not the Batman :P

I really enjoyed the sketch method I used on this one and I'm really pleased with the results. I think I may have to try and stick with it if my brain can erase a lot of what it learned before hand.

Sketch date: 5/28/13

Sketch-a-Day 147/365: Unnamed Character Design

Decided to get away from the third-party IP for a bit so I whipped up this quick random character sketch. It has potential for being something worth using. Looks a little like the Punisher got a hold of some Iron Man armor to me though.

Sketch date: 05/27/13

Sketch-a-Day 146/365: Black Spectre

Bringing the week of characters with Black in their name to a close I bring you Black Spectre from Moon Knight's rogues gallery (I completely omitted his belt and swords...oops). I could really keep this going as there are a lot of characters utilizing black in their name, but in all honesty, its been a very smudge filled week from all the shading so I'll just move on from the subject. :)

Sketch date: 5/26/13

Sketch-a-Day 145/365: Black Manta

Outcast Studios runs a weekend challenge for Saturday and Sunday which doesn't quite fit my sketch schedule of one a day so I deviated from the challenge as I will most weekends when I follow their weekly topics. I did however keep with the Black named theme they started. For Saturday I went on my own and chose DC's Black Manta.

Sketch date: 5/25/13

Sketch-a-Day 144/365: Black Panther

Day five of characters with Black in their name brings us Marvel's favorite Wakandan, Black Panther.

Sketch date: 5/24/13

Sketch-a-Day 143/365: Black Knight

Hey look at that, another character with Black in the name! Thursday's sketch subject from Outcast Studios was Marvel Comic's Black Knight. I have to say I really struggled with this one, probably because I was never a fan of him. The whole Crusader Knight theme in the modern world was kind of silly to me and I hated the re-vamp of him in a leather jacket and lightsaber while still keeping the helmet had me just abandon keeping track of him completely after it was done. I have no clue what Marvel did with him after that.

Sketch date: 5/23/13

Sketch-a-Day 142/365: Black Mask

I think there's a theme building here of characters with the word Black in their name over at Outcast Studios with the DSC. Today's challenge was DC's Black Mask. So basically it was like drawing Red Skull only in black instead of Red...

Sketch date: 5/22/13

Sketch-a-Day 141/365: Black Cat

Day two of Outcast's DSC this week brings us Marvel's Black Cat. I think I made her boobs too small in all honesty. Felicia Hardy is usually portrayed as quite implantically (possible non-word there) well-endowed even for comic woman standards.

Tonight I came to the conclusion that my new sketchpad sucks. I had been suspicious of it for a while now but confirmed it the past two sketches.
Note to self: No more brown cover strathmore 400 series sketchbooks. Stick to the green cover recycled ones. Paper specs may be identical, but they are not the same.

Sketch date: 5/21/13

Sketch-a-Day 140/365: The Black Terror

Quick sketch of Golden Age (and public domain) character The Black Terror as my entry for the DSC by Outcast Studios.

Sketch date: 5/20/13

Sketch-a-Day 139/365: Head Shot 7

The final head shot of the week from last night. So how does everyone think I did on my goal for the week?

Sketch date: 5/19/13

Sketch-a-Day 138/365: Head Shot 6

The goal of this week; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces.

Sketch date: 5/18/13

Sketch-a-Day 137/365: Head Shot 5

The goal of this week; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces.

Sketch date: 5/17/13

Sketch-a-Day 136/365: Head Shot 4

The goal of this week; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces.

Sketch date: 5/16/13

Sketch-a-Day 135/365: Head Shot 3

The goal of this week; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces.

Sketch date: 5/15/13

Sketch-a-Day 134/365: Head Shot 2

The goal of this week; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces.

Sketch date: 5/14/13

Sketch-a-Day 133/365: Head Shot 1

Kicking off the week of head studies. The goal; to not be one of those artists that draws the Exact. Same. Face. on all of his characters. 7 days, 7 faces. And here we go with face number 1!

Sketch date: 5/13/13

Sketch-a-Day 132/365: Female Armor Take 3

I think I'm getting happier with this type of armor design, still bound to be some tweaks along the way but I'm happy enough to finally dub this as Felicity from Heritage. The hair style is even what I wanted for her too. :)

Sketch date: 5/12/13

Sketch-a-Day 131/365: Not Quite What I Had in Mind

Well, while I was going for something completely different, 2 out of 2 children agree...apparently this is a Troll. Back to the drawing board!

Sketch date: 5/11/13

Sketch-a-Day 130/365: More Female Armor

Take two at tackling the female armor issue.

Sketch date: 5/10/13

Sketch-a-Day 129/365: Female Armor

Playing around with some armor designs for the "fairer sex". Trying to find something protective and flattering to the female form while also being somewhat functional and not hazardous to the wearer.

Sketch date: 5/9/13

Sketch-a-Day 128/8365: A New But Familiar Face (to me anyway)

Mid-week and hey! I know what I want to work on instead of just random stuff, go me!! This is a character that's been in development hell for me since I have two versions to design that have to look somewhat alike yet still alien to each other. I think i finally found his human face though. Say hello to Malicen everyone!
Oh, and as a tip: you've seen his not so human quick face sketches before.

Sketch date: 5/8/13

Sketch-a-Day 127/365: Seems So Familiar

I started out making just another generic comic villain, though it's eerily familiar and I just can't put my finger on it exactly. Anyone want to help me out here? I think I majorly fudged his right hand and forearm too :-p

Sketch date: 5/7/13

Sketch-a-Day 126/365: Blank Figure

I wasn't sure what to do when I started and ended up with just a blank figure study. In retrospect it would have made a pretty good Wolverine pose :)

Sketch date: 5/6/13

Sketch-a-Day 125/365: Just Chill

You can't get any cooler than Mr. Frosty himself. Iceman rounds out the week of X-men. Hope you enjoyed it!

Sketch-a-Day 124/365: Bad Storm on the Rise

Sure it was a bad joke at the time but the punk revival of Storm rocking the mohawk and leather turned into something iconic for the character to many readers today. Personally I always preferred the mohawk over the luxurious mane of white hair

Sketch-a-Day 123/365: Who's Awesome?

YOU ARE!

Sketch date: 5/3/13

Even Nightcrawler knows it! You just keep right on being your awesome self :)

Sketch-a-Day 122/365: Simply Marvelous

Ya know, Marvel Girl only looks sweet and innocent, until she chokes you with your own belt...from 1,000 feet away.

Sketch date: 5/2/13

Sketch-a-Day 121/365: The Old One Eye

45 minute Cyclops. Now stop snickering you dirty minded sicko!

Sketch date: 5/1/13

Sketch-a-Day 120/365: 30 Minute Colossus

Tried again to keep my sketching time to 30 minutes AND worked completely from memory on this one. Didn't turn out too bad. It does make me notice a big discrepancy in my consistency when it comes to styling though. May have to keep at it.

Sketch date: 4/30/13