Iron Man 2 Sketch Cards 54-73

This is the last of the IRON MAN 2 sketch cards I did for Upper Deck. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for your patience. The ability to show these cards came at a perfect time because I am working on three different projects that I can't share here. And another commission that is a gift, so once again, no showing here yet.

Doing these cards gave me a great opportunity to play with my Copic Markers. Some cards are more successful than others but all in all I learned a lot and I'm happy with the results.

I will be receiving a few more blank cards from Upper Deck that I will be able to keep. Whatever I draw on them will still have to be reviewed and approved, but it will be fun to do some more cards that I can keep. Or auction? :)

Quick note: Joel Adams has started the Joel Adams Sketch-A-Day art blog. As the title states, he is doing a sketch a day for 2010 and he is off to a strong start. Joel does some great work and if you want to see what he is doing check it out!

This is Post #810

Iron Man 2 Sketch Cards 33-53

Here is the third batch of sketch cards I did for the Iron Man 2 Card set coming from Upperdeck.

As artists, we had to stay away from the movie versions of the characters, (legal stuff, I really don't know) but we were allowed to draw any character from the Iron Man comics or that had any interaction with Iron Man. That pretty opened up the entire Marvel Universe. Which was much better.

I have one more batch to show you tomorrow. By then you will be sick of these. :)

All these are done in Copic Markers, Multi Liners and white paint.

This is Post #809

Iron Man 2 Sketch Cards 19-32

The rest of my Iron Man 2 Sketch Cards have been reviewed and only one was rejected. It was a shot of Tony Stark in a tux, so no biggie. :) Take that one out and the one I messed up and I end up with a total of 73 cards to be inserted in the set. Not bad for my first venture into this arena.

Since there are a lot of cards, there could be a temptation to share them in a painstaking slow manner. I will not do that to you kind folks. But I will show the cards over three days starting with some "puzzle" cards first.

I saw Sean "Cheeks" Galloway do some cards like this and I thought it looked like fun. Later I realized this could drive collectors crazy. D'oH!

These were all done in Copic Markers, Multi Liners and white paint. More tomorrow!

This is Post #808

Black Canary - Sketch Card

I thought I would do an early sketch today to warm up. This is Black Canary done in Copic Markers, Multi Liners and some Primacolor pencils on a 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch Strathmore Bristol Board Sketch Card. As you can probably tell I took a different approach to the line art. It's sketchy and looser than I normal draw but it still looks like my style.

I have some cards that are made of watercolor paper instead of Bristol Board. Maybe I will give those a try next.

This is Post #807

Sketchbook Sunday

Any guesses as to what character I am working on for my next commission? This is a tough one, I know. ;)

This is Post #806

Poison Ivy - Sketch Card

Recently I finished up 75 sketch cards for the Iron Man 2 set from Upper Deck. I will share those once I get them approved. I had such a good time working on those little head shots that decided to do another one today. I had purchased some packs of Strathmore Artist Trading Cards months ago and I am finally doing something with them. I have a pack of bristol board, watercolor board and acrylic canvas. From time to time I will play with these and post them.

This one is done in Copic Multi Liner Black pens and Copic Sketch Markers.

This Post #805

A New Year!

This is the beginning of the 3rd year for this blog. Every so often it hits me that it has been 7 days a week of posting for the last two years. I know I wouldn't have been able to keep up the daily posts if I were doing it alone. I think we have a great group of people here and I am very grateful to all of you who make this blog a part of your day. Not every piece I put up here is a home run, but I think showing the good with the not-so-good is part of the fun. And it's all part of the continuing process of learning. At the least, I hope I have provided some entertainment.

So for 2010, I am going to continue the attempt at doing a 7-day a week art blog. But I am going to try a shake things up here in the third year. I am working on several ideas that will change the look and the content of this blog sometime in the next couple of months. And perhaps increase the level of interaction. It's kind of ambitious and it's likely I will fall flat on my face. But then, I thought the idea of doing a daily art blog for one year was real ambitious and that I wouldn't be able to do it longer than 3 months. So you never know. :)

Thanks again everyone, for your time, your comments, and your kindness. My hope is that everyone has a happy, safe and successful 2010.

This is Post #804