I've been wanted to get in on the sketch card thing for awhile but it finally took me hooking up with a group of other artists with the Krampus set to get things moving (Thanks, Tracy!). One of my goals for 2012 is to work up an inventory of different themed cards for sale. Above are the pencils for nine Creature / Monster cards before I ink them.
Chatting with another artist in December, I was able to borrow his mechanical pencil and give it a try out (Thanks, Pannel!). After all these years, I had never used one, preferring to use either my Number 2 yellow standard pencil, my assortment of HB-8B set, or, as in 2011, using a blue pencil. Tired of constantly sharpening the lead and knowing these cards would have me doing more detail, I invested in a mechanical pencil and more sketch cards last week. Shopping in art stores is always fun but staying up late, watching old movies, while sketching these out to the wee hours of the night is a blast.
Next, time to ink them. This set I'll probably stick to the gray tone ink washes.
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