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Sketch of the day: Heroic Romans

on July 11, 2015
Posted In: blog, sketch of the day

There’s also a pen review posted today 🙂

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At the comic shop yesterday, I’d start out drawing one thing, then get sidetracked into something else. For example, for some inexplicable reason, I started out drawing Felix, but the face narrowed into Wonder Woman.

WonderWoman_facefront

I tried to de-Felix this one by adding a dash of Lynda Carter.

WW_LyndaCarter

The next time I’m in the shop I’ll probably tweak their foreheads/hairlines 🙂

One of the Damon sketches preferred to become Death from Sandman.

Death_Sandman

This last one actually was a Batgirl commission. The nice gent who came into the shop toward the end of the evening asked for a cross between the new, young Batgirl and an older, saucier version. By which I think he was trying to ask for a bustier, sexier costume, without sounding skeevy in front of his wife. I hope I got it right! I was feeling like I was taking too long and should speed up, toward the end, or I’d have spent a little longer making her hair a proper red.

Batgirl_commission

Maybe, next time, Iusta as Batgirl…

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Pen review: Pilot Drawing Pen (Oil-Based Ink)

on July 11, 2015
Posted In: blog

The Pilot Drawing Pen with oil-based ink is another US$3.30 pen from JetPens.

Didn’t quite get the Felix profile right this time. Dunno who that guy is.

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Pilot Drawing Pen with Oil-Based Ink

A mini-review of the Pilot Drawing Pen with water-based ink will follow as soon as I find mine….

└ Tags: goals: July 2015, JetPens, pen geekery
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Pen review: Pentel Pulaman JM20 Disposable Fountain Pen

on July 10, 2015
Posted In: blog

The Pentel Pulaman JM20 Disposable Fountain Pen is US$3.30 on Jetpens. An interesting pen, but subject to spattering.

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Pentel Pulaman JM20 Disposable Fountain Pen

└ Tags: goals: July 2015, JetPens, pen geekery
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