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New T-Shirt Illustration
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration
HE MAT-MEGALODON ILLUSTRATION
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration
Earlier this year I did this illustration for the Mat-Megalodon Batch for the Arm Bar Soap Company. This painting was super fun as I got to paint a giant great white shark with a galleon ship! I’m currently working on an illustration for a new product to debut later this year from ABSC can’t wait show it to everyone.
The Big Trouble in Little Rio Illustration
Posted by Sam Kressin in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Photos, Drawing and Illustration
Last year I did this illustration for the Big Trouble in Little Rio Mega Bar for the Arm Bar Soap Company. This painting was really challenging but a lot of fun. I’m currently working on an illustration for a new product to debut later this year from ABSC can’t wait show it to everyone.
The Jiu-Jitsu Players Guide to Good Hygiene
Posted by Sam Kressin in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Photos, Drawing and Illustration
Illustrated by me and perfect for the home gym or dojo The Jiu-Jitsu Players Guide to Good Hygiene is Available here; https://armbarsoap.com/collections/accessories/products/the-jiu-jitsu-players-guide-to-good-hygiene-vol-2
Sketch Book Tour of One of My Sketch Books
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Sketch Book
Illustration I did for the Arm Bar Soap Company
Posted by Sam Kressin in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Photos, Design Work, Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings, Martial Arts
A Cool Pic of the Illustration I did for the Arm Bar Soap Company. You can order a Bar of this AntiFungal Antibacterial soap here; (It comes in the box I illustrated); https://armbarsoap.com/collections/soap/products/the-absolute-batch
The 6th Annual Joe Sinnott Ink Well Challenge
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings
It was an honor to be able to participate in this years Annual Joe Sinnott Ink Well Challenge. Pictured below is the legend himself Joe Sinnott after signing this years pages. The circled page is mine.
Nightmare Batman
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration
Pencil and Water Color Sketch I did from Batman Vs Superman my favorite iteration of Batman ever put on film.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 16
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
These drawing studies I did from the Famous Artist Cartoon Course are various types of girls with the Round Head Shape. The labels “Bird Brain,” “Gold Digger,” and “Dowager” were actually written in under the illustrations the original lesson. Keep in mind this is a drawing course from the 1940s and is not politically correct.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 15
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
The drawing studies I did today out of the Famous Artist Cartoon Course. These are supposed to be various types of girls with the long oval-shaped head. The labels, “High Style Babes” and “Literary” are actually written in under the illustrations in the original course.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 14
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
New drawing studies I did from the Famous Artist Cartoon Course. According to the lesson these are suppose to be various types of “Average” Girls. The labels “Capable Secretary” and “House Wife” are actually written in under the illustrations in the original course.
New Strength Monsters Lettering
Posted by Sam Kressin in Design Work, Drawing and Illustration, Sketch Book, Strength Monsters
New hand drawn typography by me for my Strength Monsters Comic Book. These are my latest rough sketches
Source: New Lettering
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 13
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
My drawing for today out of the Famous Artist Cartoon Course is the girl with the round head shape.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 12
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Today in the Famous Artist Cartoon Course “Drawing Pretty Girls” I am working on the next head type. This is supposed to be the girl with a Long Oval shaped head.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 11 Redrawn
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Yesterday I posted Day 11 of the Drawings I did as I work through the Famous Artist Cartoon Course. Unhappy with how my drawings turned out I redrew those illustrations today. I’m not really sure they turned out better but I am glad I gave it another shot. Improvement requires repetition.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 11
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here, Day 5 Here, Day 6 Here, Day 7 Here.
I did three more head studies of what is suppose to be the “average girl.” The Famous Artist Cartoon Course does not really give any specific description or explanation of what constitutes an average girl other than to keep your lines “angular and crisp.” I may redraw this set tomorrow as I’m not particularly happy with how they turned out.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 10
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here, Day 5 Here, Day 6 Here, Day 7 Here.
Today as I continue through the Famous Artist Cartoon Course we are drawing the head using the oval shape as a starting point and rotating it inorder to achieve different perspectives and angles of the head. The follow illustrations are free hand recreations I did of Joe Kings drawings from the course.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 9
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Sketch Book
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here, Day 5 Here, Day 6 Here, Day 7 Here.
Today is working on construction of the head based on the fundamental oval shape and building it up. This set of drawings is a free hand recreation I did out of the Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7 “Pretty Girls” original illustrations by Joe King.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 8
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here, Day 5 Here, Day 6 Here, Day 7 Here.
Today begins the study drawing the face and head which according to the Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7 “Pretty Girls” is one of the four parts to drawing a pretty girl. In this first exercise we are drawing a profile built off a basic oval shape and building the drawing on top of that.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 7
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here
According to the Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7 “The most successful method for drawing appealing babes is to pencil in the compete figure in the desired pose before attempting to clothe it. Clothes won’t hide a poor drawing of the figure underneath them.”
Todays drawing is a free hand recreation of Joe King’s illustration of a girl in a bikini signaling the reader or student to turn to the next page.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 6
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here, Day 5 Here.
Todays lesson is proportions and drawing a figure eight heads high. Again this is a free hand recreation I did of Joe Kings original drawing from the Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7 “Drawing Pretty Girls.”
Cover Title Lettering Inked!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings, My Inks over My Pencils, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
The inked hand lettered Cover Title I did for my Kickstarter Funded Comic Book Strength Monsters in “Ultra-Mayhem!”
Source: Cover Title Lettering Inked
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 5
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Uncategorized
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here
Today we learn about the “Four essential parts to a sexy girl” according to the Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7. Below is the drawing I did from this lesson. It is a free hand recreation of the illustration by Joe King. Each one the four circles in the drawing are suppose to be one of the “four essential parts.” They are listed in the course as 1. The Face 2. The Breasts 3. The Hips and 4. The Legs.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 4
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Sketch Book
Read Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here
Today is “The Cartoon Girl Based On Life.”
Todays lesson comes from Famous Artists Courses Lesson 7. This is to teach the artist the difference between drawing the “cartoon girl” and a “real girl.” In the first illustration I was suppose to draw a layin of the figure with the black area’s indicating the figure of the actualy model. It is an exercise in where to change your drawing from life to make an appealing cartoon girl. The second drawing is a fully finished cartoon girl based on the same pose. Both drawings I did are free had recreations of the drawing in the course by Joe King.
Cover Title Lettering
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Design Work, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
The Rough Lettering to the Cover Title of Strength Monsters in Ultra-Mayhem. Illustrated by Sam Kressin.
Source: Cover Title Lettering
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 3
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Sketch Book
Read Drawing Pretty Girls Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here
To improve in my ability to draw women I am working through lesson 10 of the Famous Artist Cartoon Course circa the late 1940s “Drawing Pretty Girls.”
Still working through the second page of the lesson. There is a black and white photograph of a Nude Woman. For todays exericse I did a free hand pencils study of the of the photograph as close to the actual photo as I could.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 2
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Read Drawing Pretty Girls Day 1 Here, Day 2 Here, Day 3 Here, Day 4 Here
Moving onto to the next page of the course there are a total of 3 illustrations to make a study of in addition to about 1/4 a page of written text. Today I will do the first illustration.
The female figure, as the cartoonist draws it is a stylized figure based on the popular American ideal.
This is also more of a challenge as the idealized female figure for me doesn’t exactly meld with the American ideal. It is also difficult as I now have to draw the full figure.
Below is my second attempt at recreating the first figure drawing on this page of the lesson. Look and comparing the two illustrations (mine and Joe King’s) I made mine quite a bit thicker than Joe’s even though I was striving for the super slender figure and his over all pose looks a lot more dynamic than mine.
Drawing Pretty Girls Day 1
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal
One of my biggest weakness in Illustration is in drawing Women. There’s a lot of reasons for this. One major issue being when I was younger I was too embarrassed to draw women. I thought if I drew the female figure people would judge me as being a pervert. Today however as an adult I am not embarrassed and don’t care if people judge me. I have therefore decided to make a serious study to improve my abilities in this area. The famous saying goes; An artist that can draw beautiful women never goes hungry.
To get started on this endeavor I have decided to work through the classic Famous Artist Cartoon Course Lesson 7 Pretty Girls by commercial Cartoonist Joe King. The original famous artists correspondence courses were founded in the late 1940s by Norman Rockwell and Albert Dorn. I believe the original course consisted of 10 lessons with an addtional 14 lessons add at a later time. Each lesson was then to be completed by the student and sent in for critique by a professional. Today the courses are still under copy right by Cortina Learning International and available for purchase at the famous artist school website here.
The first page of the course begins with a half page type written introduction to drawing “the pretty girl.”
Here are some of the funnier quotes;
The pretty girl, the dame, the frail, the tomato, the cookie, the cutie is always welcome in a cartoon no matter how grotesque the rest of the characters may be.
In drawing a pretty girl, don’t be too skimpy with the bust or the thigh line. These can be accentuated without giving the drawing any suggestion of vulgarity.
Probably the best piece of advice given in this first part of the lesson is;
One well-known cartoonist who always said he couldn’t draw sexy or pretty girls became on of the top girl artist in the business simply by drawing one complete figure from pencil to ink each day for one year.
Here is my drawing from this first page. It is a free hand pencil drawing recreation I did of the original inked illustration by Joe King.
Thumbnailed Page From Strength Monsters
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book, Strength Monsters
Straight out of my Sketch Books a rare behind the scene look at a page I thumbnailed for Strength Monsters in Ultra-Mayhem. Let’s see how much of it you can understand. Source: 
Scooby and the Gang! (INKED)
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings
Twelve Days Of Star Wars
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration
Opening reception for the Twelve Days of Star Wars show is tonight! My name is on the flyer (your far right hand side column).
Although I won’t be there my Han Solo illustration will and it’s priced to sell. If you’re in the Los Angeles Area check it out.
Making A Sketch Card
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
Get a Sketch Card like this one from me here; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Billy Robinson Approved Grovit Illustration
Posted by Sam Kressin in Catch Wrestling, Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings, Worlds Deadliest
Illustration I did of the famous Catch Wrestling Hold Known As the Grovit circa 2012. As Jake Shannon gave testimony to here in his review of my Catch Wrestling Comic Book Strength Monsters I used to tell Billy about my ideas for comic books all the time.
Here’s the illustration in its entirety;
Little Nemo Illustration Part of the “110 Years In Slumberland”
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration
This Windsor Mckay tribute illustration I did was accepted to be part of the “110 Years In Slumberland” show at the Pop Secret Art Gallery in Glendale California. The opening of the show is Today October 24th! Also in the show is work by Dan Riba (Director of the acclaimed Batman: Animated Series) and Dreamworks story artist Peter Paul. Also in the show will be some original animation cells from 1989s animated film Little Nemo: Anventures in Slumberland.
To learn more about Windsor Mckays Little Nemo you can check out and read all his original strips online for free on Comic Strip Libary here to really study Windsor McKays work there’s nothing better than holding a fullsized (the size the Nemo Strips were orginally printed) hard copy of McKays work in our hands. For this I highly recommend picking up a copy of Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splended Sundays!
Rare Night Of The Living Dead Original Art Work
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Personal Journal
In the recent past I posted here about Fantaco’s 1991 comic book adaptation of the Night Of The Living Dead by Tom Skullan and Carlos Kastro. Kastro’s art in particular had a heavy influence on me. Posted here today is one of Kastro’s test pages for the series that had until today remained Unpublished. While at the San Diego Comic Con in 1993 I was able to buy this page off of Carlos for around $40. While I’ve sold most of the original art I purchased as a kid in order to raise money to take lessons in illustration and make my own comic books this is one of the few pieces I’ve held onto.
Tom Raney Batman Sketch Circa 1991
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings
I got this Batman Sketch from comic book artist Tom Raney at the San Diego Comic Con Circa 1991. Raney was an unknown artist at the time trying to break into comics. I thought this batman sketch was one of the most awesome kick ass depictions I’d ever scene of my favorite superhero. This sketch hung on my wall and sat next to my drawing board for years.
Today I look back on this sketch and it drives me crazy how batman’s bicep is drawn because a bicep does not tie into the deltoid like that. Batman’s abdominals and triceps are completely incorrect as well as the rest of the his anatomy. The head is too small in proprtion to the rest of Batman’s body. Yet even with all these errors it still looks cool. Perhaps some day I will ink this sketch myself and correct it.
Massive Ninja Fight!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Worlds Deadliest
Illustrated by me circa 2014 for my Worlds Deadliest Webcomic which will return this year! You can check out the finished art work here.
Megagalactic Episode 2
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Megagalactic
Check out my Monthly Megagalactic Blog here Chronicling all the content I publish / put out each month. There will be a new Megagalactic illustration with each monthly post.
Chuck Norris Karate Kammandos
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Karate, Martial Arts
This is a cool Chuck Norris Karate Kammando Illustration by former Disney Animator Tom Bancroft. Tom did this illustration of Chuck in 2014 at my request during the time I was one of his supports on Patreon. Eventually I had to cancell my pledge in order to save money in an effort to allocate more funds towards making my own comics.
Killer Catch Wrestling MMA Poster Art! By Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Posted by Sam Kressin in Catch Wrestling, Drawing and Illustration
Awesome Night Of The Living Dead Quick Sketches
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Personal Journal
I discovered this Night Of The Living Dead comic book adaptation at the San Diego Comic Con circa 1992. The book was illustrated by a French artist named Carlos Kastro who was attending the convention. I watched him do many sketches for fans he would seamlessly transitions between pencil, pen, ink, brush, white out and so on. He told me it doesn’t matter which tools you use (brushes, pens, paper ect) as long as you know what it does. This Kastro drew with everything. Here is the sketch he did inside my comic book with just white out. He literally used liquid paper white out that comes in a bottle with the cap that has a brush attached to it.
Not long after watching Kastro draw quick sketches of skulls and zombies inside everyone’s comic books. I immediately took to practicing them myself drawing them upon every worksheet, piece of paper, note-book or homework assignment I was ever given during high school. Then one day in english class I drew a grouping of skulls on the top of a hand out near my name. The teacher saw the image of death laden upon my sheet of paper pointed to it and said; “I don’t like that kind of thing!” I knew I was on the right track.
The next year I returned to San Diego Comic Con and Carlos Kastro was back! He had the second issue with him. Here is the quick sketch he did for me inside my comic.
Here are the covers to Night Of The Living Dead issues 1 & 2.
Back Board I Took Through Artists Alley San Diego Comic Con 1991
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration
Howard Simpson had never worked on the Simpson’s but he drew the Simpson’s on everything because they shared the same last name. Dan Barry drew the Indiana Jones he penciled a Dark Horse Series titled, “Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.” The half circle and full circle with squiggly lines in the lower corner is Rob Liefield and that’s suppose to be Deadpool LOL. The Daredevil sketch is by Ron Garney he made it out to my Brother Seth who was with me and around ten years old at the time. Of course Sergio Aragones did a cool Groo Sketch and Stan Sakai did a cool Usagi Yojimbo.
Greg Capullo’s Bane Re-Inked By Sam Kressin
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, My Inks over My Pencils
A couple of months ago I attempted to ink an illustration of Bane by Greg Capullo. I choose to ink this drawing as a practice exercise to get better with my inking tools and because the illustration is done in a style I would never draw in. My in my first attempt posted here I inked Capullo’s pencils 100% with a brush and I took liberties to change just about what ever I wanted to or felt like changing. After showing it to my art teacher and mentor Joe Rubinstein he challenged me to re-ink it this time using a nib and trying to make it as faithful to the original pencils as possible. So here it is this is the best of my abilities at this point in time.
100 Days of Making Comics: Day 1
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics, Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings
Day One of 100 Days of Making Comics.
The challenge is simple. Work on your comic for a minimum of 30 minutes a day for 100 days straight. Document what you do and upload it to youtube in order to stay accountable.
Here are the illustrations I did today;
New Gestural Drawings
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Gestural Drawing
Here are some new gestural drawings I did earlier this week from life during a session in David Pimental’s gestural drawing class.
To check out some more of my gestural drawings from life hover over the image below and click through the photo album.
Feldstein Inspired Astronaut By Sam Kressin
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Design Work, Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings, My Inks over My Pencils
I have been posting my progress on this Al Feldstein, Weird Fantasy inspired Spaceman piece I started two days ago for Your Web Designer. You can see my rough sketch here, and my tighten up pencil drawing here. Today I completed the piece. I inked him traditionally with a Raphael Kolinsky Sable – Fine Point Round – Size 3
Feldstein Inspired Spaceman Final Pencils
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings
I posted my rough sketch of this Al Feldstein Weird Fantasy inspired Spaceman yesterday for Your Web Designer. Today I was able to get the pencils finished and tied down for the illustration. I will be inking tomorrow.
Quick Sketch Feldstein Inspired Space Man
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Work in progress for Your Web Designer I’ll tight this guy up and tie him down tomorrow. This the quick sketch I did today inspired by an Al Feldstein Weird Fantasy Cover. If you don’t know who Feldstein is I suggest you learn! My recommendation is to pick up a copy of FELDSTEIN: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!
Adventures in the Strike Zone Character Design by Sam Kressin
Posted by Sam Kressin in Adventures in the Strike Zone, Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration
From my Sketch Book. You can see my other character design for this series here.
Frank Frazetta Recreation
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings
I finish this today pencils for a recreation I’m doing of a classic Frank Frazetta piece. I will being inking tomorrow. My proporations are not exactly the same as the original as I freehanded the entire piece (no tracing). This is an exersice to improve my skill to pay attention to Frazetta’s lines and feel how his drawing was put together.
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