Draw It Up!

Naruto fan art update

2009-07-05T14:25:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to post an update to my Naruto drawing. I made some small adjustments to his proportions and details. I'm planning to add some more color to him soon. I hope to post an update as soon as possible. Feel free to leave some comments. Thanks! -Rick

Naruto Sketch

2009-06-06T12:53:00.002-04:00

Sorry for not posting in a REALLY long time. I was working at Blue Sky Studios for almost 6 months and was slammed the entire time. I have been drawing a lot and I plan to post more work here soon.

Enough of that, this was a sketch that I started on the train and I am now finishing digitally. I am a huge fan of Naruto (possibly my favorite animated cartoon series ever) and I got inspired to draw the main character in my own style. As you can see the line crossing the image was where my sketchbook ended, so I added onto the image in Sketchbook Pro 2010. I have been testing out Sketchbook Pro 2010 as a possible drawing/inking tool for a few weeks now and it's pretty cool. I hope to post inks soon, but in the meantime I would love to know what you guys think about this pose? Is it working? Does it need adjustments? Hit me up!

Peace!
Rick

darkstalkers!

2009-01-20T23:56:00.003-05:00

b.b. hood!!
heres a sketch of my entry for Udon's darkstalker tribute book.
i think im gonna make like a verticle frame around her out of bullets, sandbags, grenades, landmines, and barb wire

1800's Sketch VMN

2008-10-24T20:40:00.002-04:00

Here is my first stab at a deep sea diver from the 1800's.

I want to push myself to try a new style.

VMN

1700 1800's blue collar worker

2008-10-01T20:50:00.003-04:00

just some sketches... brainstorming an idea...
coal miner. i like to just doodle until i find stuff i like...

i wasnt sure if the assignment was to make a steampunk version of 1700-1800's blue collar worker or just a historically accurate one. i went with a more steampunk look on the miner.. i gave him lederhosen, breeches and some pipes and stuff... the drill is modeled after a panzerschreck

Vampirella Without Background - Rick

2008-09-30T21:37:00.002-04:00

After looking at the image a couple more times, the more I wanted to remove the background. Here it is on white.

Peace!
Rick

Vampirella - Rick

2008-09-29T22:49:00.003-04:00

Hey Everyone!

So here is my redesign of Vampirella. It took me longer than I wanted to spend on it. Dealing with the background was probably my biggest issue. I also tried various designs and this one appealed to me the most. Feel free to leave crits because I need them.

NEXT PROJECT: 1700-1800 Blue Collar Worker

Thanks and I hope you like it.

Peace!

Rick

Vampirella Sketch - Rick

2008-09-09T22:56:00.003-04:00

I've been behind due to work and unfortunately missed the submission for the Vampirella redesign contest. I thought it would still be cool to show the sketch that I am using for the final version. I am making some small anatomy changes digitally and I hope to finish it this week. The reason for the missing calves in the sketch is that I plan to add some foreground elements that are going to cover that area.

Vampirella Crazy

2008-09-09T01:58:00.002-04:00

I went crazy with the costume designs. Here are a few designs.

Incognegro65

My ReVamp designs_Victor

2008-09-09T00:49:00.003-04:00

My Entry for ReVamp

2008-09-08T22:02:00.006-04:00

I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted so it was all just working out the pose. Then the usual inking in photoshop as well as color. I was inspirited by the old 60's Sci-Fi movies.

I Can't Stop Drawing Batman!

2008-08-25T19:07:00.001-04:00

vampi painted

2008-08-22T15:17:00.002-04:00

i think im done.... im not sure how i feel about the lack of a background and stuff...

Superman Revised_Victor

2008-08-20T23:23:00.002-04:00

I have been playing around with a new Superman costume.
Let me know what you guys think.
VMN

Vampirella_Victor

2008-08-20T01:05:00.003-04:00

Here is my first sketch of Vampirella. I'm not sure what to draw
for her costume yet. There will be more sketches to come.
VMN

vampirella!

2008-08-18T17:07:00.005-04:00

Hi everyone first post here!
I started out with some thumbnails to get the costume down. I knew i didn't want to make a typical scandalous swimsuit wearing vampirella, so I decided to go with a younger more hipster looking vampirella.

Superman Finalist

2008-08-09T01:13:00.008-04:00

This design was chosen as a finalist in the "Project Rooftop
Superman Costume Redesign Contest". It still needs a lot of work.
I plan to redraw this image. The lighting could be better.

http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/

Superman Redesign-Victor

2008-08-08T23:15:00.003-04:00

I designed a wide variety of Superman costumes. The only constant
was the omission of the red cape. I feel the cape reflects Superman's
past and serves no useful purpose. To move forward his suit should be
utilitarian. Superman possesses extraordinary abilities. He doesn't
need armor or utility belts. The most he would need is a force field
to protect him from kryptonite or Wonder Woman's sword.

Superman Redesign-Vince

2008-07-11T23:46:00.012-04:00

Here are some sketches that I came up with...

I always like starting off by just throwing ideas out there. These are the first couple of sketches to get my head into it. I went two ways with the costume. The one on the left has more of an astronaut/cosmonaut feel and the other has more of a motorcycle suit influence.

I decided to go with the bulkier astronaut/cosmonaut route than the slimming athletic suit. Here is the original sketch below. As you can see, there is a seam running at the bottom of the page. Originally the drawing was at 8.5" x 11" inches, but it kept growing and shrinking and inevitably I had to tape another piece of paper to accommodate the rest of it. At times, I plot out a rough structure with red pencil lead and flesh out the rest with regular pencil lead. I usually feel that my sketches have a bit more life in this rough state. I just like the immediacy, the accidents and the flow.

Here is the final colored version done in Photoshop. I didn't do too much cleaning up of the sketch except for changing the line color, getting rid of the seam and fleshing out the cape. I am fairly happy with the results. I think that he could have been more dynamic in pose. Fun exercise all in all and I am ready for more.

Superman Redesign - Rick

2008-07-10T00:59:00.002-04:00

Hey Everyone!

I FINALLY finished my first posting here for DrawItUp. This is my redesigned Superman (original Superman created by DC Comics). I learned a lot on this one illustration. It's my first time trying to really use shading aka rendering in an illustration. Typically I just use 2 or 3 shades of flat color. There are a lot of things I would do differently but I have to move on. There is so much to learn! Hope you enjoy.

Peace,
Rick

Welcome

2008-06-11T21:54:00.005-04:00

Thanks for stopping by "Draw It Up!" I just wanted to post an introduction that explains the purpose of this blog.

A little history first. This whole idea came to light after Victor (see the side bar for contributers) and I figured out that we shared the same love for drawing and illustration. We both had a common goal...get better at doing it! Soon after kick starting this conversion, Nook (a coworker and awesome artist) started showing the same enthusiasm. Last to join the voyage was Vincent. Victor came to me one day after we started planning out our mission and said his friend Vincent was great and would love to join in on the gameplan. Four artist with a common goal.

So what's the gameplan? Well it's pretty simple. We were highly inspired by 3 basic sites:
1. http://www.conceptart.org/
2. http://drawforce.blogspot.com/ and
3. http://www.drawergeeks.com/

With those three sources of inspiration, we came up with a two part plan. The first part involves doing studies of primarily Andrew Loomis' and George Bridgeman's work. The second part involves (the best part) of actually doing our own illustrations. The topic will be chosen by the group. Every 3 weeks or so, we post our finished illustration. Pretty simple. We all want to improve, so the best way to do that is just to practice. The blog became easiest way to share with one another as well as document our process.

In the end, the number one priority is to have fun with this all. We are all working artist and this is more to let loose doing what we love.

That being said. First assignment is sort of a warm up with a character we all know and love... Superman! Time to draw it up!