This drawing was done with Prismacolor pencils, which I like because of the way it can be layered and is slightly erasable but not super-prone to smearing, as is the case with pastels and charcoal.
This drawing is from my February 12, 1992 to June 23, 1993 sketchbook. I like the freedom and spontaneity of the line treatment and the abstract flow of the curving lines. The drawing of the feet is weak though.
The drawing on the left was drawn first; the drawing on the right was drawn on the reverse side of the same sketchbook page. I was going through my “Kirby” phase (early/mid 90’s) when I did these.
I like the ink line on the body, but not the face. Or, to be more precise, the treatment of the face doesn’t match the body. The body’s line-work is much simpler and spontaneous than the face; it would be better if the two parts matched. Also, the head is too small; it makes figure look super-heroic.
I like the way I smushed the end of the nearly-dry brush into the paper to get the effect of nappy negro body hair.
I was in my Jack Kirby phase when I did this drawing.
Since I’ve been posting recent Ad Marker sketches executed in a sketchbook (“THE PAPER IN THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN FOR PEN AND INK SKETCHING AND FOR FELT TIP MARKERS”) I decided to scan and post other sketches done in this same book, from even further in the past. This one was done with ink and coquille pen over 20 years ago.
I’m dipping even deeperback the archive, having exhausted the series of Ad Marker quick sketches. Actually, these drawings are in the same sketchbook as the Ad Marker drawings. This book had paper especially formulated to accept markers and ink that I purchased while still a student, in 1981. Actually, I’m still a student, but now I get paid to learn, while in 1981 learning was quite expensive.
Also, during this period (1994) I was into the fisheye lens effect; I was using it often in my drawings and comic book work. I fear my run on “The Mark” suffers quite a bit from this interest on my part.
This is the last of the series of quick sketches done to test a large quantity of Ad Markers I suddenly inherited.
Another in a series of quick sketch drawings, done to test a large quantity of inherited Ad Markers. They were mostly still pretty good.