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Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Sketch Book
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings
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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.”
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Uncategorized
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Sketch Book
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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.
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
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Sketch Book
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Drawing Pretty Girls, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
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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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Inked Drawings
Posted by Sam Kressin in Animation, Book Reviews
Making his first appearance in a 1942 MGM Tom and Jerry cartoon titled “Dog Trouble” Spike the Bulldog has traveled across multiple business and marketing platforms throughout the years. This all begins with a simple how to draw book published in the 1940s.
Spike’s most famous pose comes from a book titled, “Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons” The picture below is from the second edition of the book. Blair did not create the character but he used Spike and several other Characters he had animated while working at MGM and Disney Studios to explain the finer points of animation.
After publication of the first edition of Preston Blair’s book, “Animation” the rights to use some of these characters were revoked and Blair was forced to go back and change his illustrations to make the characters “generic” and legal to use. Pictured is below are the original, “Spike the Bull Dog” drawings included in the first edition of Blair’s book .
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Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! There are literally only 3 days left I was seriously worried! I was thinking, “man this is going to come down to the last minute,” and then… This morning I get up check my email and find out. It made it! IT MADE IT! I’m jumping off the walls right not. Thank you everyone who’s back this project, liked or shared any of my posts and believed in this! I won’t let you guys down! There are still 3 days left if anyone else wants to jump in and pick up one of the rewards heres the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
Interview with local San Diego Strength Monsters artist Aj Fulcher. I did my Big Monsters issue with A.J. part of my current Kickstarter which will be your only chance to get hard copies of any of my comic books for a LONG time there’s less than a week to get in on it here’s the link; http://kck.st/1O4ErsuInterview with Comic Book Artist A.J. Fulcher
Source: Interview With AJ Fulcher Part I
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
Character Designs by Sam Kressin for the Piranha Elfs in the Strength Monsters Christmas Special! This comic book is live on Kickstarter here is the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Source: Piranha Elfs!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
Finished pencils for the Battle Royal Scene by me Strength Monsters in “Christmas Tree Delivery!” http://kck.st/1O4Ersu is the Kickstarter link!
Source: Battle Royal Finished Pencils
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
Rough Lay in for the Strength Monsters Pro-Wrestling Comic Book Christmas Issue! Live on Kickstarter here’s the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Source: Battle Royal!
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
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
The Pro Wrestling Comic Book Association. Anyone who backs my Kickstarter at $3 or higher gets a sticker of the official crest of the Association. Here’s the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
The History of the Pro Wrestling Comic Book Association. Source: The History of the Pro Wrestling Comic Book Association
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
This project is on Kickstarter an only needs a few more backers to make it’s goal here’s the link;http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Illustration by Mike Witherby and Sam Kressin of Pirate Santa Claus.
Source: Pirate Santa Claus is Back!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Comic Books
Jiu Jitus Magazine ran a really cool interview article with my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach Chris Haueter this past month. In it he talks about the Graphic Novel Project we’ve worked on over the years and you can check out the comic book page we collaborated on a number of years ago. You can see the most recent illustration I finished for this project here.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Comic Books
I recently completed this panel for the Graphic Novel Project I’ve been working on with Chris Haueter. Don’t forget to checkout my Strength Monsters Kickstarter here; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
The evolution of the Cover Art to the Comic Book Strength Monsters in “Ultra-Mayhem” Get behind this comic book and help me get this cover colored here is the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Source: Evolution of a Comic Book Cover Strength Monsters in “Ultra-Mayhem”
Posted by Sam Kressin in Catch Wrestling, Comic Books
Get into the season support this comic book and pick up some killer rewards! Here is the link;http://kck.st/1O4Ersu Illustration of a lot of Christmas Trees from the comic book Strength Monsters in Christmas Tree Delivery!
Source: Lots of Christmas Trees!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
Check out my Kickstarter here; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters, Uncategorized
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Posted by Sam Kressin in Strength Monsters
Nearly Finished pencil art by me of a Hulked Up Elf Battling in the Ring! This Project is currently on Kickstarter and needs support badly here is the link; http://kck.st/1O4Ersu
Posted by Sam Kressin in Strength Monsters
Posted by Sam Kressin in Strength Monsters
Posted by Sam Kressin in Strength Monsters
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;
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!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Animation, Story Boards
This is the same sequence I posted yesterday here revised. Stay tuned in the few day or so I will post the entire scene.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Animation, Story Boards
I’m currently learning how to do story boarding for animation. This is a scene from my first assignment that was cut due the fact that I needed to show the entire action in one take. Stay tuned as I will post this same scene re-done tomorrow.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Vintage Martial Arts Advertisement, Worlds Deadliest
Yesterday I published the Vintage Martial Arts Mail Order advertisement to be come a Registered Black Belt and learn Aicondo. Todays post is an illustration I did circa 2014 in nod to the, “simultaneous side kick and punch while neck chopping and opponent” behind you illustration in the Aicondo advertisement. Men of Action is just one of examples of many hidden nods and tributes I’ve embedded with in my Worlds Deadliest Web Comic. Many of them will go unnoticed to the lay person but for the real martial arts historians there is much to be discovered within the series. You can read my martial arts webcomic Worlds Deadliest online for free starting with Chapter 1 here.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Pencil Drawings, Personal Journal, Strength Monsters
This a drawing I did nearly 20 years ago of Rawking from my comic book Strength Monsters. This is a character I had been drawing as far back as highschool. While I’ve improved and changed him a bit over the years (they say you need to draw a character at least 50 -100 times) I’ve kept his guitar which also transforms into a robot nearly identical.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Inked Drawings, Karate, Worlds Deadliest
A panel I illustrated circa 2013 for my matial arts web comic Worlds Deadliest. You can read this entire story arc here.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Strength Monsters
You can download the complete comic book Strength Monsters in “Eat A Burrito” for FREE here just put your name an email in the box below and I’ll send you a copy.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books
Stan Sakai writes and illustrates Usagi Yojimbo one of the great martial arts comic books about a Samurai Rabbit. This is an awesome video showcasing his illustration process.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Freaks of the Gym
Illustrated and written by me circa 2004. This is part of a series I did titled “Freaks of the Gym.” It was inspired by real people and heavily influenced by Mad Magazine. Check out my other Freaks of the Gym posts here; Moses, Checkered Shorts Guy, Propeller Head, Ken, Boot Camp Bob.
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Posted by Sam Kressin in Worlds Deadliest
Illutration I did circa 2013 for my weekly long form comic strip Worlds Deadliest. You can check out the finished art work here.
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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in 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.
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
Once these head drawings are completed with a grey wash I’ll have finished well over two dozen of them as I working toward my goal of pencils and then painting with a grey wash three dozen heads.
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
These heads didn’t turnout as well as I’d have liked them to but you have to start somewhere… 
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
Posted by Sam Kressin in 100 Days of Making Comics
Here’s the work I finished today;
