My drawing output has been notably lackluster over the last few weeks, but I was looking at some recent sketches and decided they were, if nothing else, worthy of some commentary. First, there’s a reason the figure drawings above look a little shaky. About a month ago, my art teacher took a spill on the sidewalk and broke her right arm. As she recuperated, she couldn’t fathom not drawing, so she began using her left hand.

Recovery from the flu means lots and lots of old movies. Here’s a sketchy attempt at 30s star Norma Shearer.

Just saw a great documentary called “Stripped,” an overview of the history and legacy of newspaper comic strips, as told by some of their foremost cartoonists. Among them is Bill Watterson, the notoriously reclusive creator of “Calvin and Hobbes.” When I saw that today’s @Sketch_Dailies prompt was #invisibleman, I immediately thought of him. Incidentally, I thought “Stripped” was shot and edited well, with a lot of attention to detail and some slick and clever visuals to supplement the invaluable commentary.

Spent my rainy day watching pre-code movies. Shading done with some new Frenden brushes for Manga Studio 5. Reference:

Here’s another fun exercise from my “Figure Drawing for Cartoonists” class. Today the model put on 1920s garb, and had a few props like an apple, a mink stole, and a bottle of wine. Our challenge was to use each of the 10-minute poses as one panel in a cartoon page, complete with camera angles and dialogue. None of this was pre-planned, although the model purposely fed the apple to the mink after seeing where my cartoon was headed!