Author: RSC Arts

A Journey through Art and Making Comics. A comic book nerd who enjoys creating art. This artist blog, RSC Arts is where he shares his creative process, insights, inspirations, and comics.

Drawing Captain Marvel: My Marvelous Sketch

I recently started a pencil drawing sketch of Captain Marvel, inspired by Brie Larson’s portrayal of Carol Danvers in the MCU…

Captain Marvel drawing

From Screen to Page: My Captain Marvel Sketch

I recently started a pencil drawing sketch of Captain Marvel, inspired by Brie Larson’s portrayal of Carol Danvers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). I really enjoyed the movie and don’t understand why it gets so much criticism. In my opinion, it was a fun 90’s inspired superhero film.

My current project is a pencil sketch that I plan to eventually color using Prisma color pencils. Although I have done some face color pencil sketches before, I want to complete an entire figure illustration this time. I’ve included a picture of the whole figure here, but I apologize that it’s a little light and out of focus. I’m not the best photographer, but I wanted to show what I’m working on.

Captain Marvel drawing

In the close-up picture of the face, I feel you can see how I’ve improved in drawing the female face. Having developed a stronger style of drawing faces from my practice sketches, which can be found in some earlier blog posts. I did use some photo references from promo images of the movie.

I’m quite happy with the progress of this illustration, but I know it’s only the first step in my process. For this sketch, I used a .05 Pentel mechanical pencil, which helped me achieve fine details in the drawing.

I’m excited about this new illustration project and can’t wait to see how it turns out. I plan to continue practicing and improving my drawing skills, especially with coloring and shading. As always, I welcome any feedback and suggestions from my fellow artist friends and blog readers.

Improving My Art Skills: From Button Noses to Alien Villainesses

Discovering Confidence in Drawing: Progress with Female Face Sketches

As an aspiring artist, I am constantly looking for ways to improve my skills and techniques. One of my recent goals has been to draw faces and practice sketches, which has allowed me to experiment with different drawing techniques and styles.

To help me keep my proportions in line, I used grid paper for all of these sketches. I also tried a new technique for drawing button noses I learned from YouTube, and I feel that they turned out better than how I usually draw them. For the lips, I added a hint of a smile to each of the heads. You can also see some practice sketches of lips in the background.

All of the heads are female, and I tried out different hairstyles for each of them. In the first drawing, I made the features slightly larger than usual, including the eyes, lips, and ears. The hair is also styled in a unique way, with one side shaved and the other side long. I used a .07 mechanical pencil for this drawing.

In the second head sketch, I decided to color the eyes blue to add a pop of color to the otherwise monochromatic sketch. I used the same pencil for this drawing as well.

Overall, I had a lot of fun with these sketches and I am happy with how they turned out. I feel like I am improving my skills as an artist with each new drawing. I didn’t use any photo references for these sketches, which shows that I am becoming more confident in my ability to draw from my imagination.

Finally, I decided to challenge myself by drawing an alien or necro villainess for my last sketch. it allowed me to experiment with different shapes and features for the face.

All these face practice sketches have been a great way for me to improve my drawing skills and experiment with new techniques. What new techniques have you tried recently in your own artwork? Share your experiences and successes in the comments below!

Guardians of the Galaxy Art: Gamora Color Pencil Head Sketch

Gamora Color Pencil Drawing

Color Pencil Sketch Portrait of Gamora

As a fan of Marvel Comics, I was thrilled when Guardians of the Galaxy hit the big screen and became a huge success. Gamora one of the members of the Guardians has become a popular character because of the movie.

So for fun this afternoon I decided to do a colored pencil head sketch drawing of her. I used Prisma color pencils and grid paper to help me keep my proportions accurate. By overlaying different tones of green, I was able to add variation to the shadows and highlights, while using yellow around the eyes to make her more accurate to the comic book version. Even with the grids the eyes turned out a little crooked, but I’m still happy with the end result.

Capturing the Intensity: A Color Pencil Sketch of Jean Grey

Jean Grey Colors Pencil

Color Pencil Sketch of Jean Grey (Or Maybe Madelyne Pryor)

Color pencil sketching is a great way to express your creativity. I had a lot of fun drawing Jean Grey from The X-Men in a quick color sketch of her head. The expression on her face actually made her look more like Madelyne Pryor her evil clone.

I used grid paper to keep my proportions accurate which I feel really helped. I draw things a little skewed sometimes. Sketching with colored pencils is a great way to experiment with different techniques and create unique and vibrant works of art. I highly recommend giving it a try!

Cthulhu Comes to Lunch: A Ballpoint Pen Sketch

Cthulhu Sketch

Ballpoint Beast: Cthulhu Sketch on My Work Notepad

During my lunch break, I decided to do a quick sketch of the great old one, Cthulhu. Using just a simple ballpoint pen and a work notepad, I was able to capture the essence of this legendary creature.

It only took me about 5 minutes to complete the sketch, but I was happy with how it turned out. Even though it was just a quick drawing, it’s always fun to flex my artistic skills and see what I can come up with on the fly.

Jean Grey X-Men Red

Jean Grey Drawing

1st drawing of 2018,
Jean Grey in her new X-Men Red look

After Jean Grey’s latest resurrection she leads her own new team, X-men Red. So with a new life, a new team she’s going to have a new look. This was a lunch break sketch I did last week. I was inspired to draw Jean after seeing artist Jamie Fay‘s amazing rendition he did of her. Jamie posted the image of her on his Instagram account.

Spooky Cartoony Fun: My Inktober Vampire

Cartoony Vampire Ink Drawing

Inktober Fang-tastic: My Cartoony Vampire Drawing

In 2015, I participated in Inktober and decided to draw a cartoony vampire for one of the prompts. I wanted to challenge myself to draw in a style that I don’t usually use, which is inspired by anime and manga with big eyes.

To create the ink illustration, I used a combination of Pentel Brush, Micron pens, and Sharpie pen. I tried to give the vampire some movement by drawing his flowing cape. To make him stand out, I added a black background. One of the rules of Inktober is to draw only with ink and no pencil sketching. I enjoyed the process of creating something spontaneously.

Fury on Paper: Mad Max Drawing in Micron Pens

Mad Max Ink Drawing

Sharp Lines and Cross-Hatching: Inking of Mad Max for Inktober

In October 2015, I participated in Inktober and did an ink drawing inspired by the Mad Max: Fury Road movie. The drawing is of Max wearing a metal muzzle when he was strapped to the front of the villain Nux’s roadster. I used Micron pens and a Sharpie pen for the ink illustration.

For this drawing, I experimented with a lot of cross-hatching, more than I usually do. I wanted to try a new approach to inking and challenge myself to use only ink pens without a pencil sketch underneath. While the result is a little wonky and stiff, I’m really happy with how it turned out.

First Order Stormtrooper

Stormtrooper drawing

First Order Stormtrooper

First Order Stormtrooper from Star Wars the Force Awakens. Done with a pen brush and a micro pen. This was done last year for Inktober in October 2015. Had fun with this drawing. I really dig the new helmet design.

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