Update - FanExpo No Skytrain last Sunday

So for anyone who came out last Sunday and found no one there - my deepest apologies, we were all at FanExpo Vancouver, which was crazy! I spent an embarrassing amount of money. But it's OK, nowadays, art and food are really the only two things I spend money on.

Skytrain Sketch Group will happen next Sunday @ 4pm - we'll wait for 15 minutes like always and go onto some sketching fun.

PS. Greg Rucka is an intense dude.

Business Cards!

I'm pretty stoked! And I don't get stoked that often, if you don't believe me, just ask my ex-girlfriend. But I am pretty giddy, cause the Skytrain Sketch Group business cards have arrived!

Just in time for Fan Expo! 

Someone from Vancouver Comic Jams gave me the idea to make the card the same as a skytrain ticket when she wrote it on a real bus ticket. I forgot your name, but if you are reading. Thanks!

The back has all the information about the group.

It's a great feeling when you think about something, make it, and see it come to fruition. The feeling is something like being stoked, I think. Seeya at Fan Expo (smiley face).

April 15th Sketches Part 2

I had to make due with pictures of my pages this week. I still need to buy a scanner. I did some work with ballpoint pen this week, which is pretty fun. You get more of a sketchy feel with it, which I like. Although, it takes a bit more time than just plain inking.

The quality suffers a bit from non-scanner quality. Although, I really like the old woman sketch.

Ballpoint pen is a great way to practice cross-hatching.

It's Brian!

Back to brush pen after this one.

Another Vancouverite wearing sunglasses on the skytrain on a partly cloudy day. Cool.

Exchanging Ideas and Technique

Local Vancouver web designer/artist, Allison Koberstein was cool enough to let me post up her sketches. Check out her blog and facebook page. We talked a lot about sketching, art, our processes, etc - to the point where I had to apologize for talking shop so much. The second most fun thing to do other than draw is talk about drawing, exchange techniques, different perspectives. Allison turned me onto http://www.ctrlpaint.com for digital art, since I just purchased a 21 inch Wacom Cintiq UX. Oooh yah, nerd boner.

Speaking of nerd boners. Don't forget to check out Fan Expo Vancouver April 21st and 22nd. I'm excited. Adam West is going to be there and a gang of awesome artists working in the industry. I'm going to be like a sponge and try to go rub onto some of those artists... no, not creepy at all, that's what sponges do.

April 1st Sketches

April 1st, 2012 was a partly cloudy, partly sunny day. And I got a load of pages done. I added ink and colour on the Skytrain ride home. Drawing on the Skytrain has become something of an addiction, it's like entering a time capsule, the next thing you know, you look up and realize you've missed your stop. Super fun, try it sometime even if it isn't Sunday or in a group. But being with a group is fun too, you get to share a lot of knowledge and techniques. Here's the sketches I did last last week's sketch session.