Originally posted on 2 years 1 month 3 days. This blog is no longer being updated - you should come check out my new blog: Too Short To Be A Storm Trooper I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve barely had time to get excited by the fact that Iron Man 2 is going to be out in a couple of weeks.
Let that sink in and enjoy the moment for a second.
Iron Man 2.
Awesome.
Not convinced?
I took a break from sketch cards tonight and suddenly got the urge to experiment with some little colour page notepads I picked up really cheap at the supermarket. The paper is really glossy though and had problems taking the ink and then my crayola pencils. But all was not lost as I opened my coloured eco pencils from blossom creations and they are soft enough to put some colour onto the paper.
Iron Man pencil and ink sketch on red paper
Now the scanner didn’t pick any of the colours up very well and the pencils didn’t come with a white one so I might have to photograph it some other time to get the proper effect. But it was just a little experiment so maybe I’ll just leave well enough alone.
I enjoyed the process and the style enough to do it again, any suggestions?
Have you tried…and experiment first…with very very very light wiping with nail polish remover on the gloss..esp where you want white. You can also try masking tape…roll around hand and dab dab dab where you want the colour to take better. You can also try silver gel pens to get a bit of a glisten. Like it though and want to see photo to see how it did come out! Your sketching is more relaxed.
I actually didn't consider doing anything to the notepads themselves, they are quite small and were really cheap so I didn't think about getting more out of them (they are hell on erasers!). I'm also thinking about pastels or even crayon to see what that'll produce.
Thanks for the ideas!
That's Don Cheadle! Is Mickey Rourke the bad guy? I haven't seen this long trailer before. It does look pretty cool. Perhaps an understatement.
I know nothing about art so no comment there other than I'm impressed with your skill.
It certainly is Don Cheadle, I can't wait to see what he brings to the Rhodes character. Rourke is playing the baddie, well one of them anyway, he's playing the character Whiplash though I believe it's going to be quite different to the comic book version.
Thanks for the kind words!