Caption This! round two...

This looks like it's time for another Caption This! Contest, because this drawing makes no sense at all.

Enjoy.

~R

Can the Invisible Woman fly?

...I guess she can now. :) For some reason I can't recall if Invisible Woman can do anything else super or not... I think that's a weird combo of powers I've given her in this drawing. I don't think she has the ability to do the heroic cool-float, but oh well.

Tried doing something with the entire Fantastic Four, but Sue was the only one who turned out interesting enough to finish. ...not sure what her left hand pose is about, but anyhoo...

Have a good weekend, everybody!

~R

today's doodles

I dunno what these are. Just some experimentation with different shapes and ideas. Anyhoo...hope y'all enjoy em.

~R

wolf sketch

just a doodle. trying to draw more often.

Robin

Barda Doodle

Just a quick sketch, hope ya like.

~R

Process Detail

Ok, here's the process detail explaining my layers and my setup. Let me know if thee's anything that needs clarification.

Oh, btw, this piece was done entirely in Sketchbook Pro. ...but the techniques will still work in Photoshop as well, so no worries. I like the interface in Sketchbook Pro better, so that's where I'm at. And the pencil brushes are more lifelike.

Hope y'all enjoy.

~R

Family

Not exactly a common subject for superheroes, but I always like Mr. Miracle and Oberon's gig.

I might cobble together a process post for how I'm doing these in Sketchbook, if anybody's interested. Let me know.

~R

One Night in the Sewer...

Pretty self-explanatory. Started off as a drawing of Killer Croc, and then I thought it would be better if I added Batman and made it a fight scene. I like making Batman little compared to KC, seems like I often get into too much "size twinning" sometimes, where all my characters are the same size, so it's nice to push things now and again. Fun times...

Hope y'all enjoy.

~R

Nightwing

Nightwing seems to be attacking something. ...hopefully it's the interest rate on my upcoming mortgage... keep it low, Nightwing, keep it low.

~R

Webosaurs Dino Dig

The first of two shorts I co-directed for Webosaurs.com. The site's pretty fun (and addictive) you should check it out.

Kent Alfred co-directed with me, and animated the first shot, with Pterry digging through the fossils. I animated the last shot where he finds Horns (the triceratops), and says "eurekasaurus!"

Woohyun Nam did the sweet matte paintings, and Seth Olson did the wicked sick VFX in AfterEffects, with Ahren Shaw doing the honors in editorial. Liz Hauser and Julie Terrell did an awesome job on the lighting as well. Justin Barret is the inimitable voice of Pterry, and Justin Harder digs deep to bring us Horns, the triceratops. Thanks for the awesome work, guys!

Enjoy!

~R

Parasite vs. Superman

Just came up with this one after the Hulk sketch and had to get it out of my head. ...why is this stuff so much easier than all the cool, meaningful stuff I have in my head? ugh. I should have been working on my story development stuff. ...instead, superheroes.

oh well, hope you likee.

~R

The Hulk...Incredible

I finally took the time to rent last summer's "The Incredible Hulk." It was actually really good. Not perfect, and not for kids, but reasonably accurate to my recollection of the character, and a fun couple hours. And the Tony Stark cameo at the end was great, even though I knew it was coming.

Anyhow, thought I'd give the green monster a place here on the blog, so I did this as my kindof warm-up-for-fun sketch today. I gotta get my drawing day started earlier, I think. :)

Anyhow, hope you enjoy.

Daredevil

Swingin his way into a back brace, it's... Daredevil! This blind lawyer was one of my favorite Marvel guys, back in the day when I liked Marvel guys. I still like the classic versions, but for some reason, I can't make myself pick up a Marvel book that isn't written by Stan Lee, drawn by Jack Kirby, or both. The current stuff is too "gritty" for my taste.

Anyhow, I think I bent his back too far in this drawing, but hopefully it feels like ole' hornhead is really givin it his all to save the city. I'll work on the pose a little longer next time.

On the positive side, I really dig his right hand, and the overall asymmetry in the pose. I really pushed and pulled this one a lot in the posing phase, trying to get something really dynamic, so hopefully that comes across.

Excelsior!

~R

Plastic-Man!

Had a lot of fun with this one, considering what a lame character it is.

Enjoy!

Orion-tchya gonna post a new drawing?

Just a quick rough tonight. I have so little skill in inking it's not even funny. The rough sketch of this, pre-blackline looked really cool. ...I promise.

Might try to finish this one, but we'll see. Might jsut need to do it over. ...in any case, there's something about it that makes me enjoy it, hence the posting.

~R

Help Free Gao

Go to
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And please sign the petition to free an innocent man, who has been kidnapped by Chinese government officials. Please go to the site and add your name to the petition, it takes very little time, and the cause is good.

Thanks,
~R

a doodle for you-dle. ...sorry.

messy, but I thought it was fun in its own way.

~R