That's what I think Superman would say at the age of 54. What a great movie that would make, Superman the old guy. If he's invincible would he get old or not?
Thursday, August 31, 2006
I'm gettin' too old for this
That's what I think Superman would say at the age of 54. What a great movie that would make, Superman the old guy. If he's invincible would he get old or not?
Ginormous Hugantic Head
Sometimes we get requests to create a charicature of a person. This is the first time we've received a request to sketch from a photo that already looks like a charicature. It's a simple digital trick used by Jay Leno to make his chin even larger *shudder* these morphed out images still kinda creep me out.
Brian on his bed
Not what I was expecting when I read the request. I guess the bed is out of frame. Rather than create something literal based on the request, I created something based on what I saw.
Drop one for Vi Khuu.
I think it's a tad bit too late (or is it early?) in the middle of the night to post any comments that will garner a 'guffaw'.
One for Sherman.
Here's a nice lady for Sherman.Trying my best to capture the facial features... but the photo was kinda small. I guess I'll make due with what I have.
Imagination!
Robot for James
We've got one for James and his robot (it was actually a robot with wheels... but hey, I'm not that great at circuitry or Circuit City, for that matter).
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Requested Artists
We have been getting a few requests in lately that ask for a specific artist. If you do in fact get the artist you asked for, congratulations, you are lucky. Each request is assigned to the next available artist in the order they were received.Some artists are more in demand than others. That's great. We love getting fan mail or even nice comments linked to our posts. If you absolutely want a specific artist create your sketch, you can contact them directly and ask. Just click their profile link in the upper left corner of this site. Drop them an email and work something out.
You, the customer, get a digital version of the sketch. All original artwork created through sketch-it remains the property of the artist that creates the sketch. That is, unless you contact the artist them and buy it.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Dancer for Hung
Here we have a balet dancer for Hung.I'm curious how the entire world of Sketch-It would react if I started going back to the original, wanderingpanda cartoon style.
Perhaps all the air in the world will turn into wood.
Fizzard!
This picture was requested to be done in a more cartoony fashion... like Questionable Content or Clone High.A style I'm highly comfortable with.
In Memoriam
SnuggleFest
Follow the link to Cute Overload and you will discover that the kitties were snoring an almost imperceptible snore.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Katy Header
In keeping with a newly established tradition, this week's header has been created by Kate of the U.K. Check her stuff out here and here. From what we've seen so far this illustration is classic Kate. She's got a rough-around-the-edges and energetic style that employs ink, a steel pen nib and paper. Not bad in todays technomalogical world.
For Jonathan
I hope this is ok, I know that you wanted Soulchoice to do it. Very fun photo though! :)
Friday, August 25, 2006
Subtractive Babies
Getting my mind to see only the light and not the shadows and then draw the areas of light and not the shadows is really, really difficult. I am so used to seeing shapes of shadow that create lines and shapes and forms. Turning that around requires me to study the subject more. I have to force myself to not look at the shadow. Every now and then I try it. Some look great some look adequate. Which category does this fall under? You tell me.
I will say that it took a lot more pen strokes to add the areas of light on this one.
Continuous Crown Series
Here's part of the "Continuous Crown" series, where part of doing the sketch is not letting the pen leave the page, here's my sketchy, ball-point, continuous line crown:
Hoodie Buddies
I did this one with a really fat paint pen. It's made by Sharpie. The nib is about 3/8 inch wide. It uses oil-based paint. The pen was manufactured in Vietnam.
If you get any of this stuff on your walls or furniture don't expect any help from the Sharpie web site. They have burried cleaning suggestions deep in there. If you do find it you will notice that they punt, saying something to the effect that there's just so many darn variables that we can't make any one recommendation for removal.
I tell you all of this because my son got a hold of one of the big-fat black paint pens and proceeded to color an antique chair from his grandparents. Luckily it was the water-based variety of black paint pen. Not sure why I had it but thankfully that's the one he chose.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Gettin' Creamed!
Framing is everything. Since this photo was kinda small and had all sorts of other things going on in it, I decided to focus on the action. I also gave it a very loose pen style to go along with the whole chase metaphor. I also re-posed the characters and made them more dynamic.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good sketch.
Adam & Shelly
Feel the love. All of these sketches of people kissing each other. I must admit to enjoying a little peck on the cheek myself. Both giving and receiving.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Sarah & Jerome
Steve sent a reference photo of his sister and her fiancee... here's the resulting sketch:
Shallow in thought
Kent submitted this photo (described as "Kent shallow in thought") to sketch... here's the ballpointed result:
For Nick (finally)
This request kicked my butt. Nick submitted a super cool photo and asked for an "anime-style sketch of this dark and moody shot". Unfortunatley anime is not my forte, and for me (please don't hate me) when I think of anime I think of giant swords and giant robots. Needless to say, I thought and thought about how to approach this sketch. And since it took me so long to finally do it, I spent a bit more time on it than usual. AND added color as this entire sketch was done digitally using a mouse...
This baby looks familiar...
I seriously recognize this baby. I think this baby sold me a hot dog last week.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Babyface
I guess a couple of us got this request on accident.. hgere's one of the ones I finished that I liked.. Im not gonna post the rest as they arent done and Im not too parcial to showing incomplete work.. hope you enjoy!
S!
Continuous Crown
Continuous line drawing of this crown. Just the crown, no background, as ornate as you can get it with continuous line and the time allotted!
I peeked on this one also. Call it guided continuous line drawing. After all people are paying hard earned cash for these sketches. They deserve something that looks better than what my cat coughed up.
For Marieke
Marieke designs pixel grafix and wanted a sketch of one so I did this!!!
Hope ya like it!
S!
Dad in Ireland
Julie requested one of her Dad in Ireland. He looks quite the casual traveler. Enjoy!
5 for Uwe
A few (well... five to be exact) quick ballpoint sketches!
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Saturday, August 19, 2006
Wedding Emulation
I was given a photo, and a request for two different styles. Specifically those of Ryan Power and Shane. I tryed my best to emulate them, but I'm sure they would have done better themselves.
Becky - Part 2 - Pirates!!
"A sketch of my kids on some type of adventure like a treasure hunt or something... Something cute. "
I liked doing this one.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Mouse 02
He's got the whole world
in his hands
He's got the whole world
in his hands
He's got the whole world
in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands.
New contributor!!
Hello everyone,
My name is Kate, and I am proud to say that I am the newest contributor to Sketch-it! I look forward to filling your requests. Here is an example of my work. My favourite medium to work in is ink. Basically I just love to draw.
If you want to see more of my work, head on over to my sketchblog...
http://www.ytak87.blogspot.com/
Thanks
On Time
My friend just had a boy and called him like his cousin, who is renown for being always late. To be different from his homonymous, the baby was born 9 days early. He should be drawn with curly hair and maybe a clock in one hand.
Wine!
for brian! this girl in the photo looked slightly like keira knightly...:)hope i got th elikeness correct!
-Jeremy
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Couple of Cute Kids Quickly Commandeering a Canoe
Say that 3 times fast! Here's a ballpoint sketch of Craig and Adam:
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Awed Christian
A continuous line drawing with some computer colorizing. I can't find my big stinkin' paint pen or I'd have done the black by hand. There's something satisfying about filling in a large graphical area by hand.
Friday, August 11, 2006
The First half of Nico's Batch..
Im having fun with these! Hope you enjoy!
Shane
BTW..
Special Holler and Thanks to Nico for purchasing 10 sketches!!!!!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Kerrrrr Splash!
It's a friend of mine taking retaliation on me after I threw her fully dressed into a swimming pool.
Boxer Grrrl
For Laura:
Please sketch me a cartoon version of boxergirl. Cheeky with attitude but sexy too.
butterfly!
For Laura.
I know you just asked for a top view and a profile view of one butterfly.. but I just couldn't resist. :3
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Two for Anthony...
One of himself and one of his "lovely girlfriend Susanne."
I hope you two like your sketches!
Mister Coco's
According to Dack, this was a fun place many years ago, and to make the sketch look weird. Well, hopefully this leans towards weird?
For Raul!
This one's for Raul and his girlfriend resting on top of a giant mountain top.
I wonder if it's made of spaghetti?
Monday, August 07, 2006
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Large group!
A group drawing of your friends or two tacos at Jack in the Box? A dollar well spent, I believe.
Original photo here.
Quadruple Header
a birthday breakfast for Michael Ludwig and his gal... sweet!
two buddies on a train. oh my gosh, its Alex Handorf! And his buddy (email did not name him :( too bad), hey buddy!
Hope you enjoy!
-Jeremy
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Wherefore art thou?
As a little boy I used to have a pet German Shepherd dog named Bently. When I saw Amanda's request for a sketch of her little puppy Romeo, I jumped at the chance. Bently was a black and tan like li'l Romeo here.
"...and sit. Stay... Ok boy. C'mere!"
Woof!
AJ
New Year's Eve
This sketch, for the same client as below, struck me because of the contrast. The woman isn't that much smaller than the man but her facial expression, posture and the sparkler in her hand made me think of her as a little elf or pixie.
Then I thought of doing the sketch in a cartoonish style. This would allow me to exagerate some features. It makes me smile.
Happy New Year Stephen and Brigit!
Then I thought of doing the sketch in a cartoonish style. This would allow me to exagerate some features. It makes me smile.
Happy New Year Stephen and Brigit!
Friends in Berlin v2.0
Yes, this is version 2.o of a previously posted sketch. I was not that pleased with it so I did it over again. This time I used my left hand. It's my non-drawing hand except when I choose to draw with it.
The first version was done in a dark hotel room in the middle of Iowa. It was 100 degress F outside. My son was taking a nap. I didn't have a scanner so I snapped a digital pic of the drawing. So many things about that sketch that I just didn't like.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our German speaking fans that came to us via Ehrensenf. It was a wild, wild week of many requests. We are just about caught up.
To the rest of the world, look for your language or geographically specific special sketch-it promotion coming soon.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Hugo, Der Boss
here's some illustrations of Hugo of Hugoderboss.com fame
feel free to check out the low down at:http://www.hugoderboss.com/
German S.
requests for our Friends overseas
Hi, here's a sketch for a client overseas. enjoy. Please leave a comment.
-Ryan
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Here comes Tilo!
Shakes on a Plane!
One for the pennington family:
one for rolf!
coming back from comic-con, i was a little late on sending these out, so i spent over the usual minute to make sure it was more special for the delay. Hope everyone enjoys!
-Jeremy
one for rolf!
coming back from comic-con, i was a little late on sending these out, so i spent over the usual minute to make sure it was more special for the delay. Hope everyone enjoys!
-Jeremy
For Steffen too
I received the same photo sketch as Wanderpanda - just took me a little longer to get to it. I invented a little bit here. The woman in the sketch reminded me of a mermaid. Thanks.
View reference photo here.
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