Ridiculous Reference #5

Here is a new peek at me using photo ref. This one I thought was a good example of  using the ref for as a starting point to get size and relationships straight.

Einstein Grey Test.

This is a finished pg from my upcoming book. What do you think of the grey tones instead of color?

Ridiculous Reference #4

So here I am home alone and I need a shot of Einstein kissing a lady's hand. Not the hardest of shots but it gave me some trouble so I clicked on the old Photo Booth on my Mac and started shooting. I dressed the part for Einstein but went ahead and kept on my PJ's for the girls arm pic. Lets face it, no matter what I put on for her picture I was gonna look stupid. so I got 2 shots that worked well enough together opened them up in Preview next to my pg in Sketchbook Pro and started drawing.  I added in some onlookers but Im not sure if it looks cluttered or not. Once its all inked I'll be able to decide if I'll keep them. This is the last pg of the story so look for it soon.

Pin-Up tests

These are some test poses for an illustration job I'm working on. I took a bunch of reference shots of Hattie but there is no way she would let me post those. You'll have to come over to Baconhut Studios to see them. I feel like I was channeling Greg Tocchini in the first one.

Ridiculous Reference #3

Today I had to draw Albert getting back handed by a big ass gladiator & I wasn't in the mood to throw myself around hoping while trying to take a picture. So I did a rough layout of the panel & then used a Poser model to get the right pose. Its a useful program when you need to check or keep thing in proportion & you don't have anyone around to hep you out.

Ridiculous Reference #2

Since I cant really post up full pages of my Albert Einstein: Time Mason book I'm going to keep posting reference shots with the finished drawings. In these shots I wanted to get the fists looking as good as possible since they are the main focus so using Photo Booth on my Mac i snapped a few & started drawin. I may or may not have add a little muscle to the characters.....

Ridiculous Reference

Just some more stupid reference shots of myself with the pencil drawing I did from them.