TJ's Sketchblog

Here is a set from the first figure drawing workshop of the year.

Andy Whitfield as Spartacus

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Whitfield, star of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, who has been battling lymphoma. This is my tribute. Spartacus: Blood and Sand was a great show and he was great in it. Check it out if you haven’t already.

Sanford Ebony on Strathmore drawing paper.

This weeks figure drawing workshop pieces after another long hiatus. Using Col-erase blue, mech pencil, and Sanford/Prismacolor Ebony. Model: Kirby.

Here are some drawing warmups, portrait sketch practice in pencil. My subjects: a bunch of people I seem to be tied to for all eternity. If you don’t see yourselves on here, relax. I only have so much time in the day. There’ll be more. Took about 4 hours. You people are exhausting.

From this weeks workshop in San Francisco. I used ColErase red, mechanical .5, and conte on Strathmore drawing paper.

Justice League DCnU

With all the renditions I’ve done based on DC’s relaunch in the fall, this one was inevitable. I present my version of Justice League!

First of all, the layout isn’t anything original. This looks exactly like a hundred group attack shots I’ve done. But sometimes the typical works. I also love paying homage to Garcia-Lopez iconic Justice League marketing group shots.

Also, a lot of cheats with this one since we’ve only seen a handful of these redesigns. Even basing it on Jim Lee’s JL cover, it’s still hard to do an interpretation, especially with Cyborgs new look. So I applied heavy shadows in parts and created new detail in others.

But another fun Justice League piece to put together. And if you’ve been living under the proverbial rock: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg.