This is possibly one of the first times that I get to talk about what’s in my sketchbook. Not simply the things I’ve done to improve my work over the course of the years, but to explore different genres of drawing and discuss art, which is somehow weirdly difficult for me to write about.

I decided to challenge myself to draw different things (albeit, it’s from a children’s how-to-draw book). Of course, this isn’t without its frustrations. The book I’m taking my challenge from: Drawing in 3D with Mark Kistler. Yes, I understand that this is a book geared toward kids who are in upper elementary and middle school, however, there’s nothing wrong with returning to essentials, to brush up on them, and draw different things besides what I’m accustom to. I though that it would be a good idea whenever I reach a stage in any of my comics to know how to better approach a particular challenge of placement, drawing an unusual structure, improving character design or even better understanding foreshortening that this is a great place to begin.

This week: A’s

I had a lovely ant, which I’ve had described to me in the stylings of Richard Scarry.

super ant,

android

and really enjoy fine tuning lettering in different styles.

My style definitely stands out since I’ve been drawing for so long. The most challenging sketch for this week was definitely drawing the “Ascending achievement”. I feel that It took several tries to keep the foreshortening from getting too distorted. The extras on this are a pleasant surprise.

That’s all for this week. Next week begins the letter B’s.