Category Archives: Line art

Images with minimal color or no color.

Scenes scenes scenes…

Perspective with vanishing points on page.

I have been doing a bit too much drawing from reference image, So to get some variation in my drawing I decided to draw some scenes from imagination and only use reference image to get some ideas as how to fill in the fine details.

Inspired by a tree in Manito Park, imaginary scene.
Wanted to just make a endless hallway drawing, imaginary scene.
Mixing some random elements, imaginary scene.
Little more planned out composition, Imaginary scene.

Heart of the ogre

Exercise in drawing from my imagination

When the great demon lord finally fell his heart was ripped from his chest by the hero. Evil poured from it like a spring of death and it took on a life of it’s own. Before the hero could regain his composure it fled the battle field. They say it’s hiding deep in the earth in a ancient place of evil untouched by light since the birth of the world biding it’s time until it regains power enough to revive the demon lord to it’s former power.

Pencil and paper sketch

Drawing insects

Drawing a praying mantis perched on a rock

I have done a lot of quick sketches of mammals, fish even birds but not as many insects. So today I decided I should give a stab at drawing a preying mantis. I just googled praying mantis and attempted to freehand sketch the following reference image.

The result
Pencil and paper sketch scanned in and touched up in GIMP
The reference image.

Vector elephants

Converting another sketch

Elephants are super interesting animals, Even being the largest land mammal they can still peel the shell off a peanut with their trunk. It’s no wonder they are one of the most famous animals around. I felt inspired to sketch up a image of a elephant and converted it into a vector graphic.

The result
Pencil paper sketch
Vector version

Drawing adventure

Drawing adventure time characters

A cartoon I really enjoyed was adventure time. The weird and wacky setting of earth partially destroyed filled with outrageously over exaggerated characters sparked my imagination and the more serious exploration of fin the human boys mental states left a lasting impact. So I decided to pay homage to the show by drawing some of my favorite characters.

The result
Pencil and paper sketch scanned in and touched up in GIMP

Drawing inky butterflies

Trying out a dip pen for inking in a quick sketch.

I have been curious about using dip pens, I decided to give drawing a sketch or two and inking it in with dip pen a shot. After a couple failed attempts This butterfly inked in without any bleeding or accidental drips.

The Result
Pencil and paper sketch, inked with dip pen.