Thursday, July 14, 2011

Anakin and Obi's Last Stand (2011)

Got to watching the original Star Wars: Clone Wars animated show and figured I'd sketch out Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I drew their faces and costumes based on the style employed in the cartoon series and then added a little more detail to make it a bit more unique. I also brushed in the lines and background, adding a rough /blotchy background that reminds of something Tim Sale would draw.

For the sketch I used Pro-Markers, Copic Markers, & India Ink. 9x12" on bristol board

Anakin and Obi's Last Stand (2011)



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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Obama and Daughters

Spent the morning drawing an American president with his family. The image is of Obama and his two daughters. I kept the lines loose as this was a quick sketch. After I penciled in the shapes I went over it with grey markers and a black felt.

I had previously drawn JFK and his daughter and liked the idea of drawing political figures with their kids as it humanizes them. I find it is easy to depict politicians as despots and whatnot, but rarely and perhaps more difficult to depict them as everyday people. I may continue this theme and work towards larger images, perhaps paintings. Let me know what you think!

Obama & Daughters (2011)

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Art Cards

I've been slowly building up this site to feature my art. I have experience in a number of different artistic forms and styles, each of which I am highlighting as a separate page that are located below the site's banner /name. One of the new pages I've created is for art cards, or also known as ACEO. 

I love creating art cards because they are a quick way to express a complete idea and there is no limit to the ways in which you render your idea. I tend to create art cards with water colors, brush india ink, or copic markers. The cards measure 2.5x3.5", the same size as a trading card. The card itself can be of any kind of paper stock or even canvas. I tend to use bristol or illustration board cards and less commonly water color or textured paper stock. 

Recently, I finished creating 40 art cards that depicted NHL goaltenders. Most of these were modern goalies and at least one from each team from the current 2010-11 roster was included. I also drew a few historical goalies, such as Johnny Bower and Gerry Cheevers. The decision for who I drew was decided by how interesting their mask was, and by representing all of the current NHL teams at least once. Ideally I would like to have 100 of these cards made, but these 40 are presented now to show what I can do with art cards as this project depicts water color and marker mediums, along with a few different styles of my drawing capabilities.

40 Goalie Art Cards (2011).

Contact me if you have suggestions for other goaltenders I should include in my series. Also contact me for commissioning the creation of your own art card at m2010stewart at gmail.com

Prices for art card commissions: 
$10 (includes shipping*) for black and white ink or pencil
$15 (includes shipping*) for marker drawing
$20 (includes shipping*) for water color art card


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