Sketch 275/365: There We Go!

Ahhhhh….that’s better. A sketch I’m actually happy with. Only took four days. This sketch also marks a monumental point as it’s officially the 3/4 mark in the year! That’s right, Sketch-A-Day 20-XIII is 75% complete as of this sketch of Malicen. Sketch date: 10/02/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, heritage, pencil, Sketch

Sketch 274/365: Lost Cause

Hoo-boy, sometimes you just need to know when to concede and stop trying to save a sketch. Something I totally ignored on this one of Malicen. Ordinarily I would have scrapped this sketch and started over for the daily sketch posting but it was getting late and I was too tired to start over. Let’s …

Sketch 273/365: Month End

Between the previous sketch and this one it’s a rather weak ending to an otherwise fantastic month here on The Sketch Side. While personally disappointing, I know I have off days and I accept that sketches like these are going to happen. Just keep pushing forward Sketch date:09/30/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: comic art, heritage, …

Sketch 272/365: More Design Work

Just another loose sketch trying to figure Malicen out. Sketch date: 09/29/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, heritage, pencil, Sketch

Sketch 271/365: Did You Take My Wings?

Just a quicky of a wingless variant of Malicen. Sketch date: 09/28/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, drawing, illustration, Sketch

Sketch 270/365: Framework

Malicen was never meant to be a big bruiser type character. He’s fit and powerful but should still be trim. The framework on the body is getting there, but I can probably still lighten the load a bit more. Sketch date: 09/27/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, drawing, illustration, Sketch

Sketch 269/365: Scaled Soul Patch Too

Another head study. reduced the size of the scales on the forehead. added some in a soul patch arrangement on the chin. Thinned the face out a bit again too and brought the pointy ears back from much earlier sketches…unless I can nail the ears perfectly I don’t think they will be a trait I …

Sketch 268/365: Bangs, Scale Plates, and Topknots

I thought maybe I’d play more to the dragony appearance with a gruff jaw and some scaly plates across the forehead… Sketch date: 09/25/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, head study, illustration, Sketch

Sketch 267/365: Wing Option

Not all half-dragons are created equal… I like the over-sized forearms and claws. I like the dragon horns from the back (plus they come in handy in the story). The wings however I’ve been back and forth about. I like them. Having them large enough to be feasible to suspend disbelief that they could actually …

Sketch 266/365: Harumph!

Quick sketch. Since there’s going to be so many of these please forgive me if at any point they don’t have any special blurbs from me. Sketch date: 09/23/13 Filed under: 20-XIII Tagged: character design, comic art, drawing, heritage, illustration, malicen, Sketch