SKETCH A DAY 293: KRYPTO AND STREAKY

Totally silly drawing, but what can I say, I wanted to draw them. Krypto was totally easy to draw and I felt like I was cheating doing him. Streaky on the other hand...Ugh. No wonder I'm not a cat person, cat's are hard to draw. It's all about the head with them. Get it right and it looks great. Get it wrong and it looks off. Not sure which this ended up being, lol, but it was still fun to draw.

SKETCH A DAY 292: SHE-RA

Holy 80s! Here's another request I got for my "sketch a day" project. This time it's She-Ra, sister of He-Man from the old cartoons. Though I watched He-Man as a kid, I was watching by the time She-Ra came around. I recently saw the intro to her cartoon and I have to admit, it was just as cheesy as He-Man, lol. I mean that in a good way though and not slamming her. I think she's actually a cool character visually. And even though she's shown a lot in a classic He-Man type pose with her sword held high, I wanted to draw her a little differently. I think this kind of works for her. Maybe I did a little too much with the hair though.

SKETCH A DAY 291: CRYSTAL

Crystal from the Inhumans was a request for me to add to my sketch a day list and I'm happy I did. I tried to do something a little different with her and not have her in a superhero type pose. She looks like she's in deep thought here and maybe a little sad. The weird pattern in the background was just something I threw in for no real reason, but I think it adds a little something.

SKETCH A DAY 290: DAREDEVIL

Daredevil had been on my list of characters to draw for a long time, but I never got around to him. He's an odd character to draw, yet his costume is way easy. I had fun doing this one and I'm pretty happy with the way it came out.

SKETCH A DAY 289: SPACE GHOST

Space Ghost is one of the old classic cartoon characters I liked growing up. I remember thinking he was a little cheesy, but still fun. It wasn't until they used him for Space Ghost Coast to Coast as a talk show host that I truly got into him though. That show was hilarious.

SKETCH A DAY 288: SPAWN

I've been around comics long enough to have been reading them when Image Comics was created. At the time, I remember the excitement of it all and how fresh and new their ideas were. Todd McFarlane's Spawn was the biggest of the Image books and rightfully so. When it started I was really into the book. But years later I felt like it became stale. Still, I think the character is a very important part of comic history and I wanted to draw him. There's the big Image crossover happening that is reuniting all the original creators and it was just announced recently that Spawn is the big baddie in that. Hmmm, maybe they have changed him a bit since I last read him.

SKETCH A DAY 287: PATRIOT

I'd been meaning to draw Patriot from the Young Avengers for a while now. I've already drawn Hulkling, Wiccan and Hawkeye and plan to finish off the team with Vision, Stature and Speed very soon. I'm a HUGE fan of Young Avengers and I've always said that if there was one Marvel book I ever had the chance to write that would be it. The characters are just so full of stories, I would have a field day with them. Of course, lol, chances of that happening are slim to none, but I still love the team and think Patriot is an excellent character. His costume was a lot harder to draw then it looks.

CASCADE BY CHRIS MORENO

Almost finished posting all of the sketches I got at the Pittsburgh Comic Con! This sketch of BoBo (Cascade) is by the incredibly talented, Chris Moreno. I had first gotten a sketch by Chris last year when he did an awesome rendition of Hamlet from SENTINELS Book 2 for me. It quickly became one of my favorite sketches and when I saw him at Pittsburgh this year I went to him first thing. That first day, he did another great sketch, this time of Harlette from SENTINELS Book 4. I loved that one so much, that the last day of the con I went back and Chris was able to do this cute sketch of BoBo from SENTINELS Book 3. It's really cool to see who he picks to draw each time. And since he's done a character from almost all the SENTINELS books, I guess next time I see him I'll have to get a sketch of some from Book 1, lol. See more of Chris's work at http://www.chrismoreno.deviantart.com/ .

SKETCH A DAY 286: THE DEMON

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this sketch yet. On one hand, I like the feel of it and the position of the figure. But on the other hand, I think I over inked it and went a little crazy with trying to texture it.

SKETCH A DAY 282 - 285: MORE HEADSHOTS

I was in the mood to finish some of the sketches I've had laying around that needed to be inked so here are 4 random headshots. From DC, I drew Cheetah and the Riddler. Cheetah looks really easy, but I was cursing myself after I started inking the hair because it took forever. From Marvel, I drew Wonderman and a Skrull. Wonderman looks a little too young maybe and is not the most exciting sketch. But I had fun drawing the Skrull.

SKETCH A DAY 281: SCARECROW

I should have finished this sketch before Halloween. It would have fit better, lol. Oh well, here's one of Batman's more famous villains, Scarecrow. When you think about some of the Bat villains, they're kind of lame in terms of names and what they originated from (mainly all those Alice in Wonderland characters), but he really has the best villains out there. For Scarecrow, I can't help but think of Wizard of Oz when I hear the name, but they really developed Batman's Scarecrow into a cool character. He's creepy as hell.

SKETCH A DAY 280: RACHEL SUMMERS

I know she's not going by Summers anymore and now she's Rachel Grey/Marvel Girl, but my favorite version/take on this character was when she was Rachel Grey and took on the Phoenix force. I thought the short hair and the tattoos on the face where unique and I loved John Romita Jr.'s portrayal of her. Of course, that the version I wanted to draw and I did this sketch in homage to John Romita Jr.. I'm trying to work on combining my sketchy style with my cleaner one.

SKETCH A DAY 279: ATOM EVE

Atom Eve from Invincible is another request from a while back. I'm not sure why I hadn't drawn her before, she's a great character. I like her powers and costume. Somehow I think the colors on her costume and red hair really add to how she is portrayed. She's very feminine.

SKETCH A DAY 278: ALLEN THE ALIEN

Here's a request from a while back, Allen the Alien from the Invincible series. I love Invincible and think it's a great book, but I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of Allen's. He's fun visually to draw though with the one big eye, lol.

SKETCH A DAY 277: JACK SKELLINGTON

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I figured it was only fitting to draw Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas today. I love that movie! I actually had the opportunity to meet Tim Burton a few years ago when he was doing a book signing near my school. I decided to skip class along with one of my classmates and when we got there the PR people where going up and down the line telling us he would not sign any books personally. I didn't care what they said, I figured this was my one chance to meet him and I was going to ask him just to sign the book to me. When I got to him, I told him how we had skipped class and asked if he could just write "To Rich" in the book. He started laughing and said we shouldn't have skipped class and of course he would write whatever we wanted. He said it was the least he could do for us missing class. I just had him write something normal, but the girl that was with me asked him to write "Can't wait to cast you in my next film and work with you one day", lol. He loved that and actually wrote it. Funny, huh? Anyway, hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!!

SKETCH A DAY 271-276: VERTIGO CHARACTERS

As I'm getting closer and closer to 365 sketches and the end of the year, I'm realizing there are a lot of great characters that I still haven't drawn. So, I've made a list and I'm going to try to get to as many of them as I can. I decided I needed to draw some of the Vertigo big guns, so here are Constantine, Lucifer, Preacher, Yorick (Y the Last Man), Swamp Thing and the original Sandman. I tried combining my smoother, cleaner style with my sketchy looser style with these. I like the way most of them turned out (except Preacher).

SKETCH A DAY 270: GREEN ARROW

Like the last two drawings, Green Arrow is a character I already did a headshot sketch of. But I always liked him and wanted to do a full version of him. I decided to use his current costume without the hat. His lower body looks a little too thin maybe, but otherwise I'm liking this sketch.

SKETCH A DAY 269: FLASH

As with the Beast sketch I posted yesterday, the Flash is another character I drew before but it was just a headshot (as part of my JLA grouping). But I like the character and wanted to do a full version of him. I'm pretty happy with the way this one looks. I think I made him a little too muscular though. Maybe he's just been bulking up.

SKETCH A DAY 268: BEAST

Even though I've already drawn the X-Men's Beast earlier this year (when I did the X-Men headshot grouping), I really wanted to try drawing him again. He's just a really great character. And though I don't mind the new version of him (the Cat-Beast), I'm still an old school Beast fan so I had to draw this version of him. I'm pretty happy with how he came out.

IGNITE BY IAN GLAUBINGER

This sketch of Ignite was drawn by Ian Glaubinger at the 2009 Pittsburgh Comic Con. Ian has a cool cartoony style that caught my eye while I was walking around the convention. His use of line and color is very interesting and this sketch does not show the full ability. I think he usually colors with something different then what he used for this sketch or does his coloring on the computer. Either way, his work is definitely worth checking out at http://www.hasunow.com/ .