TJ's Sketchblog

“Lola and Me”
Colored pencil on 9×12 vellum bristol board.

Second of my “versus” ink study series. It’s everyone’s favorite girl-on-girl, Wonder Woman vs. Cheetah. Pencil layout & ink on 9×12 bristol.

This will be the first in a new series of inked sketches where characters just beat the beejeezus out of each other. The first bout is between Cyborg Superman and Teen Titan Cyborg, a match I don’t believe I’ve ever seen in print.

Tried conté crayons for the first time, you can tell particularly with the longer poses. The rest were drawn with Sanford Ebony pencils and one with Pitt pens and Prismacolor grayscale. I enjoyed the conté crayons a lot.

I decided to mix it up with this session, using graphite on the shorter poses then pen and grayscale markers with long poses. I used Sanford Ebony pencils, Prismacolor fine point blacks and doubletip grayscale markers, and black Pitt pens.

Here’s a pen & ink piece of the JSA in all their Golden Age glory. The Justice Society of America: Starman, Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy, Dr. Midnite, Dr. Fate, Black Canary, Sandman, Atom, Wonder Woman, Flash, Spectre, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt, Mr. Terrific, Hourman, and Wildcat.

Pen & Ink on 9×12 bristol

I got inspired after watching the newly released “Batman: Under the Red Hood”, so I began with that stark image everyone remembers from “A Death in the Family”. And of course in keeping with this morbid theme, my version of the final page from Superman #75 followed.

Both pieces: pencil layout, pen and ink on 9×12 bristol.

Ink and figure drawing series featuring the ladies of the DC Universe
Pen & Ink on 9×12 bristol

Ink Studies Series: DC3
Pen & Ink on 9×12 Bristol

Ink Studies Series: DC3
The Brave & the Bold: Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Batman, and The Flash Barry Allen
Pen & Ink on 9×12 Bristol

Three characters synonymous with DC’s Brave & the Bold books.