Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Thumbnails for my next comic project.



Thumbnails for my next comic project. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106649776764/thumbnails-for-my-next-comic-project

Monday, December 29, 2014

I don’t know where or when this photo was taken, but it reminds me of a ’70s Roger Moore/James Bond film.



I don’t know where or when this photo was taken, but it reminds me of a ’70s Roger Moore/James Bond film. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106550696639/i-dont-know-where-or-when-this-photo-was-taken

From my sketchbook. robertliefeld's X-Force. After college I got back into comics and Rob Liefeld's X-Force was one of my favorite books.



From my sketchbook. robertliefeld's X-Force. After college I got back into comics and Rob Liefeld's X-Force was one of my favorite books. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106540387544/from-my-sketchbook-robertliefelds-x-force-after

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Late night doodle of Cable from X-Force.



Late night doodle of Cable from X-Force. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106480702369/late-night-doodle-of-cable-from-x-force

It’s the ’90s in my sketchbook. Here’s Omega Red.



It’s the ’90s in my sketchbook. Here’s Omega Red. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106423845149/its-the-90s-in-my-sketchbook-heres-omega-red

Rolled outta bed and did a quick doodle of Shatterstar. On the bad side, my PC wouldn’t start up…



Rolled outta bed and did a quick doodle of Shatterstar. On the bad side, my PC wouldn’t start up… http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106413388354/rolled-outta-bed-and-did-a-quick-doodle-of

Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee.



Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106411900379/today-i-did-a-bunch-of-gesture-drawings-from-the

Saturday, December 27, 2014

weirdellis: Commission Excellent painting by my friend Ellis!



weirdellis: Commission Excellent painting by my friend Ellis! http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106379013754/weirdellis-commission-excellent-painting-by

Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee.



Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106374733279/today-i-did-a-bunch-of-gesture-drawings-from-the

Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee.



Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106354369739/today-i-did-a-bunch-of-gesture-drawings-from-the

Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee.



Today I did a bunch of gesture drawings from the X-Men cards drawn back in the ’90s by Jim Lee. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106345926644/today-i-did-a-bunch-of-gesture-drawings-from-the

Gestures copied from the X-Men cards put out it the ’90s drawn by Jim Lee.



Gestures copied from the X-Men cards put out it the ’90s drawn by Jim Lee. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106338977954/gestures-copied-from-the-x-men-cards-put-out-it

More gestures.



More gestures. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106338605454/more-gestures

More gestures.



More gestures. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106331224554/more-gestures

A page of gestures drawn for the X-Men trading cards Marvel put out in the ’90s. Drawn by the amazing Jim Lee, I found these when I got back into comics and they really captured my imagination and I still find them very interesting.



A page of gestures drawn for the X-Men trading cards Marvel put out in the ’90s. Drawn by the amazing Jim Lee, I found these when I got back into comics and they really captured my imagination and I still find them very interesting. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106327891789/a-page-of-gestures-drawn-for-the-x-men-trading

Late night drawing from my sketchbook.



Late night drawing from my sketchbook. http://scottsackett.tumblr.com/post/106295631184/late-night-drawing-from-my-sketchbook

Friday, December 26, 2014

In the midst of holiday madness and recreational artwork, I’ve been working out some gestures for a secret project that is gonna be ‘The Big One’.



In the midst of holiday madness and recreational artwork, I’ve been working out some gestures for a secret project that is gonna be ‘The Big One’. http://ift.tt/1vyRJ3h

I visited The National Western Heritage Museum in Okc today with fellow artist Ellis Goodson. I made a lot of sketches here’s some of them. The blue is a Colerase pencil. The ink sketches are my spanking new Kuretake brush pen. I’m not a natural brush user so it’s a little rough. But I’ve never been afraid to make some bad art to learn new skills, playing it safe never pays. Besides it’s fun to sling a bunch of ink on the page and have faith it’ll look okay when it’s done. The museum has some rules about tools you cannot use but I didn’t see any rule about Japanese brush pens. Still when the security guard came over to talk to us I was conscious of the wet ink on my sketchbook and hands. It seems Ellis and I talk to a lot of security guards. They’re just doing their jobs and we’re doing ours.



I visited The National Western Heritage Museum in Okc today with fellow artist Ellis Goodson. I made a lot of sketches here’s some of them. The blue is a Colerase pencil. The ink sketches are my spanking new Kuretake brush pen. I’m not a natural brush user so it’s a little rough. But I’ve never been afraid to make some bad art to learn new skills, playing it safe never pays. Besides it’s fun to sling a bunch of ink on the page and have faith it’ll look okay when it’s done. The museum has some rules about tools you cannot use but I didn’t see any rule about Japanese brush pens. Still when the security guard came over to talk to us I was conscious of the wet ink on my sketchbook and hands. It seems Ellis and I talk to a lot of security guards. They’re just doing their jobs and we’re doing ours. http://ift.tt/1vyRIMR

weirdellis: Went to the Cowboy and western heritage museum with Scott Sackett. Copied a lot of Frederic Remington horse poses. Here’s a few. The big cougar is called canyon princess. It weighs 8 tons. Made from a 31 ton block of marble. The big headed Indian painting is Charles Russell sculpts for ref for magazine illustratiions. A shaman that paints the color schemes onto bugs. Ellis’s report on our trip today.



weirdellis: Went to the Cowboy and western heritage museum with Scott Sackett. Copied a lot of Frederic Remington horse poses. Here’s a few. The big cougar is called canyon princess. It weighs 8 tons. Made from a 31 ton block of marble. The big headed Indian painting is Charles Russell sculpts for ref for magazine illustratiions. A shaman that paints the color schemes onto bugs. Ellis’s report on our trip today. http://ift.tt/1HNW0FX

I’m visiting The National Western Heritage Museum with Ellis Goodson. @weirdellis



I’m visiting The National Western Heritage Museum with Ellis Goodson. @weirdellis http://ift.tt/1ErOwfe

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Quick doodle with a Kuretake brush pen and some copics.



Quick doodle with a Kuretake brush pen and some copics. http://ift.tt/1vqfXwA

Merry Christmas!



Merry Christmas! http://ift.tt/1CEhQNS

Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Drawn Kuretake sable brush pen and Copic.



Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Drawn Kuretake sable brush pen and Copic. http://ift.tt/1sZsZ3h

Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Drawn Kuretake sable brush pen and Copic.



Lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Drawn Kuretake sable brush pen and Copic. http://ift.tt/1xi80zZ

Sketch for my Christmas card.



Sketch for my Christmas card. http://ift.tt/1wlz0Hu

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Sketch for my Christmas card.



Sketch for my Christmas card. http://ift.tt/1zgXbsJ

Monday, December 22, 2014

frenden: 30% off all brushes in my store through the holidays! Reblog for a chance at a free set! Use the code KRAMPMAS at checkout! My more than 200 Manga Studio and Photoshop brushes are on sale for a limited time. They’re used and acclaimed by industry professionals in animation, games, film, and comics. I’m super proud of them and think you’ll dig them too! Great sale on some good tools.



frenden: 30% off all brushes in my store through the holidays! Reblog for a chance at a free set! Use the code KRAMPMAS at checkout! My more than 200 Manga Studio and Photoshop brushes are on sale for a limited time. They’re used and acclaimed by industry professionals in animation, games, film, and comics. I’m super proud of them and think you’ll dig them too! Great sale on some good tools. http://ift.tt/1ABc6Cq

frenden: I see some folks feeling lesser-than because they make digital, not analog, art. They shouldn’t. Don’t sweat the analog-digital divide. The muscle memory acquired for mark making is nearly the same. Each takes skill and practice and share more in common than they don’t. Color theory, composition, and storytelling are universal regardless of the method of art creation. Mark making is mark making. Knowing where and why to put a mark is just as important as knowing how. Is electric guitar any less an art form than acoustic? No. Is digital art inferior to analog? No. It’s just different. Let yourself off the hook. I’ve learned to give myself permission to worry about what I’m making and not how I’m making it.



frenden: I see some folks feeling lesser-than because they make digital, not analog, art. They shouldn’t. Don’t sweat the analog-digital divide. The muscle memory acquired for mark making is nearly the same. Each takes skill and practice and share more in common than they don’t. Color theory, composition, and storytelling are universal regardless of the method of art creation. Mark making is mark making. Knowing where and why to put a mark is just as important as knowing how. Is electric guitar any less an art form than acoustic? No. Is digital art inferior to analog? No. It’s just different. Let yourself off the hook. I’ve learned to give myself permission to worry about what I’m making and not how I’m making it. http://ift.tt/1GR4FZw

frenden: 30% off all brushes in my store through the holidays! Reblog for a chance at a free set! Use the code KRAMPMAS at checkout! My more than 200 Manga Studio and Photoshop brushes are on sale for a limited time. They’re used and acclaimed by industry professionals in animation, games, film, and comics. I’m super proud of them and think you’ll dig them too!



frenden: 30% off all brushes in my store through the holidays! Reblog for a chance at a free set! Use the code KRAMPMAS at checkout! My more than 200 Manga Studio and Photoshop brushes are on sale for a limited time. They’re used and acclaimed by industry professionals in animation, games, film, and comics. I’m super proud of them and think you’ll dig them too! http://ift.tt/1wXW58k

inki-drop: nocturnenebula: I might eventually go and edit this but Likes can only go so far for artists. Artists may exclusively upload their artwork to tumblr, or don’t have the time to use other sites and prefer tumblr over deviantART due to its simplicity, but the tagging system can make it harder to navigate. Many artists on tumblr tag with high-traffic tags or use their own tags to prevent tag clogging which eventually become lost. That’s why it’s very important to reblog an artist’s work. I’m not trying to push you to ruin your blog’s aesthetic or something, nor am I saying that “you must absolutely reblog your favourite artist’s work or you’re trash”, all I’m saying is if you truly want to support your favourite artist, instead of just liking their posts, try to reblog them once in a while. The more reblogs they receive, the more exposure/notes/followers they may receive, and it’s just one of the easiest ways to show you care about them. *This does not mean to reblog unsourced artwork or works reuploaded to another person’s blog without permission (re:stolen). Nor does this mean to reblog artworks without the artist’s consent, even if this case is slim. Reblogging is vital if you want your favorite artists to keep on making the art you love! Reblog forever~~~



inki-drop: nocturnenebula: I might eventually go and edit this but Likes can only go so far for artists. Artists may exclusively upload their artwork to tumblr, or don’t have the time to use other sites and prefer tumblr over deviantART due to its simplicity, but the tagging system can make it harder to navigate. Many artists on tumblr tag with high-traffic tags or use their own tags to prevent tag clogging which eventually become lost. That’s why it’s very important to reblog an artist’s work. I’m not trying to push you to ruin your blog’s aesthetic or something, nor am I saying that “you must absolutely reblog your favourite artist’s work or you’re trash”, all I’m saying is if you truly want to support your favourite artist, instead of just liking their posts, try to reblog them once in a while. The more reblogs they receive, the more exposure/notes/followers they may receive, and it’s just one of the easiest ways to show you care about them. *This does not mean to reblog unsourced artwork or works reuploaded to another person’s blog without permission (re:stolen). Nor does this mean to reblog artworks without the artist’s consent, even if this case is slim. Reblogging is vital if you want your favorite artists to keep on making the art you love! Reblog forever~~~ http://ift.tt/1wXW7wP

Messing around with more digital painting. Obviously inspired by Prometheus.



Messing around with more digital painting. Obviously inspired by Prometheus. http://ift.tt/1Hs1oyh

Digital painting in photoshop.



Digital painting in photoshop. http://ift.tt/1E3dktO

Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore.



Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore. http://ift.tt/13wJeON

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore.



Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore. http://ift.tt/1wZRq4p

Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore.



Pen and ink illustrations from a French book I saw at a bookstore. http://ift.tt/1GIMTHK

Saturday, December 20, 2014

I just loaded Sketchbook Pro 7on my small tablet and I really like its curvilinear tool.



I just loaded Sketchbook Pro 7on my small tablet and I really like its curvilinear tool. http://ift.tt/1zIOGcT

Quick doodle drawn at my wife’s office party of one of her coworkers.



Quick doodle drawn at my wife’s office party of one of her coworkers. http://ift.tt/1v3nYqa

Thursday, December 18, 2014

I have an ASUS Viviotab Note 8, which is a windows 8 tablet with a Wacom stylus that is the size of an iPad mini. Mine has manga studio on it and I’m currently installing Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 7. I have to go through hoops to install stuff and it’s a little small for serious projects, but it’s cool, very mobile tool for layouts and quick sketches.



I have an ASUS Viviotab Note 8, which is a windows 8 tablet with a Wacom stylus that is the size of an iPad mini. Mine has manga studio on it and I’m currently installing Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 7. I have to go through hoops to install stuff and it’s a little small for serious projects, but it’s cool, very mobile tool for layouts and quick sketches. http://ift.tt/1zDh8hn

From my sketchbook.



From my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1wODOcn

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

From my sketchbook.



From my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1zyl1D7

What could be better for drawing comics than a pencil called a SMASH?



What could be better for drawing comics than a pencil called a SMASH? http://ift.tt/1ArQ5E2

My Kuratke #40 sable hair brush pen came in today! I’ll write a review when I get time to mess with it.



My Kuratke #40 sable hair brush pen came in today! I’ll write a review when I get time to mess with it. http://ift.tt/1x0KdUR

During lunch today I drew a laundry mat in my sketchbook.



During lunch today I drew a laundry mat in my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1BZlJwB

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

When a cabal of magicians kidnap the strongest man in the world this is who the use as muscle.



When a cabal of magicians kidnap the strongest man in the world this is who the use as muscle. http://ift.tt/138N7c7

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Girl from my sketchbook.



Girl from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1yMAaxR

Doodle of Princess Peach, our Shih Tzu.



Doodle of Princess Peach, our Shih Tzu. http://ift.tt/12KkgLt

Picked up a gray Copic marker today to use to block in forms in my sketchbook.



Picked up a gray Copic marker today to use to block in forms in my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1yLxNvc

Picked up a gray Copic marker today to use to block in forms in my sketchbook.



Picked up a gray Copic marker today to use to block in forms in my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1Gzq8Et

Friday, December 12, 2014

Another pass on my thing drawing.



Another pass on my thing drawing. http://ift.tt/1z1Ihu5

A drawing I did for a thing.



A drawing I did for a thing. http://ift.tt/1BqWPTy