Spread Out...

sketch118, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

I said I needed full bodies...so I whipped this one together. Now I guess I need to work on developed backgrounds.

A Fine Gent...

sketch117, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

I realize that I also need to do some full forms...here, I got a head, torso, and nearly half a leg....I still gotta work on it.

Animate Objects...

sketch116, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

Mug Shot...

sketch115, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

A quickie I did from a mugshot of Machine Gun Kelly...for no other reason than I happened to come across it and liked his face...

sketch114, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

I've tackled some architecture...decided to tackle a little auto-mo-car. The interesting and frustrating thing about cars is their mishmash combination of straight, curved, and slightly curved lines. (Sorry it's off center...but click on it if you want to see it better...I don't have time to fix it.)

Miss Blaise...

Modesty Blaise Sketch, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

For my cousin's b-day, I did this quick drawing of my interpretation of Modesty Blaise. I'm quite a fan of Enrique Romero's work on the strip, and have been trying to pick up some stylistic pointers from his draughtsmanship. I'm not as quick and angular with my inking as he was, but I'm working on it.

Across the way...

sketch113, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

I never had many opportunities for life drawing classes...but then again, after some of the horror stories, I'm not sure I wanted to draw the people who were willing to sit around nekkid for me. Anyhow, I've also been trying to sketch more from life...this gentleman was sitting across the way from me, and even though he wasn't much for sitting still, I think I got him.

Bonus...

sketch112, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

Because of some other work I'm doing...I drew a werewolf havin' coffee...

Very Small...

sketch111, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

In one small corner of my sketchbook...I did a person...some (* ahem *) architecture...and a tree...all in one place...I'm not patting myself on the back just yet...it's too small for that...

Ink Slinging...

sketch110, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

Took some time yesterday to let the pen move a little looser and just did some cartooning. I haven't tried anything in this sort of style in...well, I don't remember how long. Working in ink again is making me enjoy taking a few more risks, and just setting things down on paper without over thinking them.

Heads Down...

sketch109, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

Just a quickie...more to come...

sketch108, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

I figured that something in a cathedral always made for a good traditional drawing subject. This one was a spire I capped a photo of while wandering around Stockholm. My attempt to get over my malaise with drawing buildings continues....

Down...Not Out...

sketch107, originally uploaded by ryanjebelt.

Between a wacky flu...and two different work deadlines...this past week was a little too busy for sketch time. This morning, however, for a few minutes, that all changed...