The Blond Phantom

The Blond Phantom © Respective owner

Art © 2012 Gene Gonzales

I needed to take a break from penciling the even BIGGER commission and do something for this blog. But I didn't have any inspiration. So I crowd sourced it on Twitter, asking for suggestions. Sometimes you might feel like no one hears you in the din of social media, but wow I got some great suggestions immediately. Thanks everyone who tossed me suggestions! It was Little John's suggestion of the Blond Phantom that intrigued me today. I don't think I have ever drawn her and doing something noirish seemed like fun. And it was!

Keep watching, I may continue to use some of the use some of the suggestions over the next week or so.

Ink on 11" x 17" Strathmore Bristol Board.

This is Post #1568

Sketchbook Friday - Green Lantern

Green Lantern © DC Comics

I was up extra early today so here is an early morning warm up sketch that I colored in Photoshop. Below is the ink and marker version done on brown sketch paper.

This is Post #1567

Sketchbook Thursday - The Spirit

The Spirit © Will Eisner

Working on BIG commission and beginning to learn Sketch-Up today. This is a warm up sketch from this morning. Pencil in my sketchbook.

This is Post #1566

Sketchbook Wednesday - Bigby Wolf

Bigby Wolf © DC Comics

Artwork © 2012 Gene Gonzales

Just a doodle of everyone's favorite wolf from Fables. Done with a Tuscan Red Col-Erase pencil in my sketchbook.

Remember every wednesday, Joe Pekar and I post art on our 2-Point Perspective Blog. And since today is wednesday, check out this weeks theme of "Mermaids".

This is Post #1565

Sketchbook Tuesday - Deadlines & Commitments

Artwork © Gene Gonzales

A deadline was met today, a couple of others yesterday. And so at this moment, I have no work. (Cue the ominous organ music) This is how it goes sometimes when freelancing. Feast or famine. With any luck, the famine parts are short. :)

Still, I only had time to doodle a Rose and Thorn idea, just to get it out of my head. And I had enlisted Dakota to pose as Kara for the BIG commission. I was never happy with the original pose but kept it as a placeholder. This is more of a graceful pose than the first one. Oh and one of the nice things about no work is I have time to work on the BIG commission.

This is Post #1564

Sketchbook Monday - Bad Octopus

Art © 2012 Gene Gonzales

Just trying out some ideas today. This was done in my sketchbook during a few breaks in the day. It was a pretty full work day for me. Getting things done and out of the way. And I still need to put in some paperwork tonight though. End of the year and all that stuff. And finish reading a script.

You might notice at the top of this blog, there is now an "Art for Sale" tab. I have added another page to this blog to sale art. (Hence the tab naming). Right now I have two items listed on ebay. If you are interested in either piece, give the link a click and it will take you to the listing. I will be putting up more pieces for sale and/or auction over the next couple of weeks. We shall see how it goes. I haven't auctioned anything on ebay in a long time and not really sure how the response will be. Nothing ventured and all that.

This bad little octopus was done in my sketchbook with ink, Copic markers and white gel pen.

This is Post #1563

Happy New Year!

Artwork © 2012 Gene Gonzales

Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for all the support you have given me and this blog. I've said it before and it is still true...if you weren't here, I wouldn't be here. So let's start Year Five together now.

The piece above is a work in progress. Done in Tuscan Red Col-Erase Pencil on 9" x 12" Canson board.

This is Post #1562