"Hand Study II" Last night, I listened to some music and did some drawing. This is one of the drawings I did. It's another drawing of my hand. I feel like the hand is one of the more challenging things to draw. As you can tell by looking at your hand, the fingers are each different lengths. They each have two joints, four if you count the knuckles. The thumb is an exception. It has one joint, or two if you count the knuckle. The hand has kind of a sophisticated shape, so you want to make sure it looks just right. The hand is one of the subjects I especially like to practice drawing.

"Avery Ellis Redesign II" This is an alternate redesign for Avery Ellis of my comic strip titled The Drawing Board . I was listening to some music and drawing tonight. I redrew Jennifer Kyle and then Avery. With Jennifer, I just drew her torso shorter. With Avery, I decided to try a different body type. I think I like this one better than the previous one. I'm not sure if I'll consider it the final one though. I finished using the paper in the drawing pad with the Jennifer drawing, so I decided to use the inside back cover for Avery. I like to draw on the back covers of my sketchbooks and drawing pads. I've thought of another possible body type for Avery as I've been writing this. So, there may be another version of the Avery Ellis redesign to come.

I was just looking at a previous blog post before posting this one. It reminded me that I think Jennifer Kyle's lower legs are too thin in the redesign. I'll want to tweak them. I want to possibly start writing Drawing Board strips in place of what I've written, or for another month. I've got the paper for my artwork of Ginger. It's builder's paper, 24 inches by 104 inches. It's a roll. I think the next step is to cut out the right size sheet for the artwork. Then, I'll draw the picture before starting to use the oil pastels. After reading about Vincent Van Gogh, I decided to choose a picture with bright colors for the artwork. It's kind of a collaboration because my dad took the photo that I'm doing the oil pastel work of. In the recent past, I've thought about doing various types of artworks to put together as a portfolio. I may do those for a tangible portfolio, as well as a portfolio page on here. I'll do stuff like comic book pa...

"Avery Ellis Redesign" Here's another redesign for my Drawing Board comic strip. This one is of Avery Ellis, Jack Miller's boss. I might want to go back to the small dots for the eyes. I started out with those, but then I made them big. I might experiment with another body shape for him, or I might stick with this one. I haven't decided yet. There are more character redesigns to come.

I’ve been watching coverage of the Boston marathon bombing on CNN. It’s sad news. Unfortunately, two people have lost their lives. Hopefully there won’t be any more loss of life. God bless them, and hopefully the ones who are still alive will recover.

"Jennifer Kyle Standing" "Jennifer Kyle Standing 2" Here are a couple more Jennifer Kyle drawings using the techniques I've learned from Christopher Hart's book, Modern Cartooning . I like the low-waist pants on her better than the high waist ones I drew in a previous drawing . I also did another redesign of Jack Miller, which you can see below: "Jack Miller Redesign 2" I tried to make him appear taller, and a little older. I like how these drawings turned out. I like the simplified and stylized look of the characters. I think the techniques in Christopher Hart's book, which again is titled Modern Cartooning , will work great for my comic strip.

"Jennifer Kyle Redesign"  Here's another Drawing Board redesign. I think the shoulders might not be perfect. I drew her with high-waist, '70s-style pants. I'm thinking I'd like to go back to drawing her with the low-waist ones. I like the techniques that I've learned from Christopher Hart's book, Modern Cartooning . They make my cartoons simple but stylish. It makes the process of cartooning smoother. These techniques make my cartoon drawings less detailed, but in a good way. I like how the redesigns are going.