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Sketch: ‘Last Stand’

"Last Stand." Pencil Sketch. (c) 2015 Michael J. Barnes.

“Last Stand.” Pencil Sketch. (c) 2015 Michael J. Barnes. (click image to enlarge)

I just added this image to my Sketchbook. It’s working title is Last Stand. This image is depicting three soldiers amidst a heavily-damaged, rubble-strewn city and in a battle with an unseen enemy. This is a very “tight” pencil rendering that I will use as a guide for a colored piece.

Let me know what you think.

Sketch: The Duel.

Duel. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes

Duel. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes

Here’s a new sketch I just completed. Originally, I was conceiving a 3D illustration, but I think with this, I may just ink it and add color instead. Now in my Sketchbook.

Radio Flyer

A Very Rough Idea Sketch for a future illustration. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.

A very rough Idea Sketch for a future illustration. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.

So I am sitting here at work, bored out of my mind, when an idea hit me. A rocket-powered radio flyer wagon. And before anyone says, “that’s not an original idea” I just want to say… I know.

I am currently putting the finishing touches to an illustration I am working on, and from that I have decided to make it into a series of illustrations involving characters based on the yet unfinished illustration.

So, as I previously mentioned, I am bored at work, and I pulled out my old, dysfunctional drawing tablet that I use here at my day job, and drew up this very, VERY rough sketch so I can remember the idea for later use.

WIP: New Creature Concept Blueprints

Pillager Concept. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.

I had an idea recently for a new illustration featuring a fantastical monster creature dude. I’m not going to go into too much detail about the final illustration, but I will share my concept of the monster-creature-dude. Here is the initial “blueprints” for the 3-D model of him naked. I am currently working on his attire, which will be mostly armor. I will post that blueprint when I complete it.

Updating My Sketch Book

Creature sketch.

Creature sketch.

I am working up some ideas for a new “fantasy” illustration. I’m not exactly sure where I am going with this yet. But here is a sketch of an alien creature. I know it’s an alien creature because it has four eyes. I have decided to call it a quadceratops. You can view more of my sketches in My Sketch Book.

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