I’ve been trying to participate in the Sketch Dailies twitter sketch challenge as often as I can. Most of the time they’re just warm up doodles, but my drawing of Storm from X-men the other day turned into a couple enjoyable hours playing with ink brushes in Photoshop. The original was only a bust, inked with a Zebra brush pen in my sketchbook. I used most of the sketch in the finished the drawing. It was a lot of fun to play with Storm’s design and try to put my spin on it. I’m planning on coloring it and making a print available. Stay tuned!
I based Storm’s costume off of a recent re-design by Kristafer Anka that I found through Helen Chen’s fantastic Sketch Dailies post. Andrea Garcia and Edwardian Taylor and Luis Montes shared great versions of Storm in the Sketch Dailies feed too.
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The Sketch Dailies seem really fun and great for warm ups before doing illustration work. I think I’ll join in as well!
I wish I had time to join in Sketch Dailies every day! They are a lot of fun indeed. When you post your sketch, be sure to hashtag it with #sketch_dailies on Twitter, Tumblr or your other social media platforms. I’ve found some fantastic artists to follow by keeping an eye on the Twitter feed for the hashtag. The Sketch Dailies twitter account also retweets a selection from the stream. Mine got retweeted the other day!
Thanks for the tip! I’ll be joining Sketch Dailies today :D It certainly does look like a great opportunity to meet new artists and get new inspiration. And retweets are great! Can’t wait to do the illustration for today!