Sketching

    I'd like to deviate from writing for a post to talk about my other creative media. I love to sketch and eventually intend to post concept art for my story. 

    As a kid I was given the book "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and John Buscema. It's quite dated but the lessons still hold up. Comic artists now days are exceptionally good at figure drawing and something I aspire to. It's fun and I have always valued creative freedom above all else. I love to draw my own characters and creatures and rarely turn to fan art.   

    Drawing, like all art, is of course better with models to work from and I do my share of life sketches as well as photoshop dreamscapes. Many of the environments in my story were inspired by my art. They will be worked into future posts.

    I consider myself a good artist but could be exceedingly better by focusing on it more. Sadly that has fallen by the wayside to my writing. Although it is something to be pursued. I always have a smorgasbord of creative projects to work on and can't complete them all. Literally: I've found my wrists hurt should I use them too much and have to take breaks. But I am hoping to add many illustrations to this blog, linked from my DeviantArt page. Maybe writing about it here will light a fire under me.

For now enjoy this sketch of Humphery Bogart:

 Trench coats never go out of style.