Mr. Blook

I was reading "Fun With A Pencil" by Andrew Loomis, which recently went public domain. "Mr. Blook" called my attention, and since he himself invited you to draw him, I obliged. You can tell that Andrew Loomis was actually having fun in this book, hoping you to join. "Mr Blook" looks impish, and is sure to be all over the book with tips and congratulations. I will draw this guy a few more times if I continue the Loomis book. By the way, his public domain drawing books were refered to in an Escape From Illustration Island blog post.  Follow on twitter Illo_Island.  Here's the blog post.

Learning to Draw Hands

Earlier this week, Mark Rudolph had tweeted about a tutorial from Tom Richmond's blog on drawing hands. It looked like a good way to start studying hands, so I started to play around with the ideas.  I've loved MAD Magazine since childhood, so it was a fun way to approach it. Not that my first rough try looks anything like Richmond's but I'm learning in an entertaining way. And by the way, the two big slightly cartoony hands are from the tutorial.  The rest is just me doodling. Sometimes I like to try "negative space" drawing (the little hands on top). You can check that tutorial out here. Thanks for dropping by!