New sketchbook, new art

[bladespark]

Doodled this for somebody over at FA who was the first to respond to my call for subject material. It's on a roughly 3" x 5" piece of paper, so it's quite tiny.

Comments

[aurora77]

Kyoot!

[doran-eirok.livejournal.com]

It's cute! It seems like small sketches like that can be pretty tricky, because it doesn't leave a lot of room to get things right. This sure came out well. ^^

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I find I sometimes work better small. I've done huge big things, but I really am more comfortable working quite small. That's why I ended up deciding to get these sketchbooks.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I like that a lot-- I was enjoying the strong lines and the composition so much that it took a little while to register that it's a tiger with a ball of yarn.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

He he he. Thanks!

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Great line weights used there, and nice "flow" to that pose.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun fooling around with line weight. It makes such a difference!

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Totally. It has a very appealing, graphic feel. Gives it a nice clean finish.

I actually found some more old, schoolbook note sketches where I drew in black pen with comic-style shading and varied line weights. I'd totally forgotten I'd done all that! Heh, a collection of all the things I would rather do during Calculus, Stratigraphy and Geophysics...

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. A lot of my best art used to be in margins.

[silveradept]

Awww, so very cute. And thank you for the reminder on why I should always keep string away from kittens.