Stuffs

Just some random stuffs....


Draco, from Harry Potter, though, more specifically the fanfiction Draco Dormiens by Cassandra Claire.

Pencil in my moleskin notebook.









A random sketched comic page. Based off a dream my friend had about Nix, in a utilikilt, leading a gang called the Boys in Skirts, and Kyro who lead the Boys in Skirts rival gang, the Girls in Pants. Not sure if this will ever get finished, but it was fun to sketch out. Pencil on card stock.

Kyro, Rogue Dragon

This is Kyro. She is loud, abusive, a little crazy, slightly manic; all of which spells FUN. She belongs to my dear friend Karalyn.
Kar has this fun little story called Apropos Cafe, one of several which Kyro stars in. I tried to draw Kez as well, but he wasn't working out so well. Also, note the failed perspective. Pencil in sketchbook.

More Kyro. A very scribbled drawing of dragon!Kyro with a dragon on her back. I did this with a brush pen of epic proportions. An amazing little thing from Japan, which will make me sad when it dies. Despite it's scribbliness, I really like this. Pose was referenced from a stock photo on deviantart: (Nudity Warning).

And lastly, a little Nix.

Actually tried to do some pencil shading on this. Hair turned out well, I think. Though, I think I need to make his bangs less... big. His head looks lopsided. ごめん、にさん！

Paper vs Paper vs Paper

I'm loving my new copics, but paper is a whole new thing to deal with when using markers. I first thought bristol board was going to be my new best friend, but it's not. At all. It bleeds like a maniac. Way more than I expected, or want, really. Maybe it's the bristol I'm using. It's old, (probably 10 years) Strathmore stuff, I think. I've never had too much of a problem with until now.

Anyway, I've decided to pursue other papers. My sketch book paper is better. It's really nice for quick sketching with copics. Fast stuff, messy, stuff. (The sketch books I use, by the way are these: Essential Wire Bound Sketch books form Opus. They are very nice.)

I picked up some Letraset bleed proof marker paper a couple weeks ago. Holy Paper Batman! This stuff is nice. Doesn't bleed at all. Not even onto the next page, despite this stuff being very very thin. Which is another nice aspect: I can trace line art without a lightbox! It holds the color amazingly well. It's super smooth and bright white. 10 points!..... Until I took my microns onto it. And Koh-I-Nor pen. They smudge like the world is ending in 24 hours by a very large comet. *sigh* The only pen I have that doesn't smudge is my Copic Multiliner, but I only have size .005, which is ultra tiny lines. I like something with a little more substance. And I haven't had a chance to go buy more Multiliners. But would still feel bad because I have multitudes of microns that I don't know what to do with.

Which brings me to my last test subject: Card Stock. I had some scraps around from my test prints. This seems like the best bet so far. It takes both ink and markers well. No smudging and very little bleeding. Woo!

Anyways, enough of me rambling, here's a visual comparison:

I'm working on a set of Avatar: the Last Airbender bookmarks. This is the Ang one. First we have the card stock, very quickly scribbled (note the "head wtf?"). I colored the yellow with the wrong shade. opps. Middle is my sketchbook. You'll notice it's a little dirty looking in comparison. And last, the Letraset paper, and the glorious smudging.

I'd love feed back on this... on both the bookmark, my copic use and the papers. :)