I know I'm a few hours early, but HAPPY OCTOBER, everyone!
My favorite month of the year. I love Autumn and I love Halloween and all the spooky things that come with it (marriage! mwuahaa haa) ;)
This Harley Quinn print will be available at FallCon and for sale online.
FallCon is fast-approaching! For those of you who've never gone, it's an awesome one-day convention here in Minnesota. Lots of creative folks and lots of dealers selling toys, comics and collectibles. This year's show is on Saturday, October 15th, from 10am to 4pm. If you're in the area, definitely come check it out. :)
I will have a table there. However, due to the fact that it only runs a few hours and I want to spend some time socializing with artist friends I rarely get to see, I will NOT be doing sketches at FallCon this year. But feel free to email me at grantgoboom@gmail.com if you'd like to inquire about maybe having me do a sketch ahead of time for you -- you could Paypal me now, then pick up the finished art at the show.
But hey, even though I'm not doing sketches on-site, I'll have plenty of art goodies for sale. :) I will have 2011 sketchbooks as well as a large variety of 11"x17" art prints -- $20 each, BUY 2 & GET A 3RD FREE!
Hope to see you there!
"The Power Chronicles" (ThePowerChronicles.com) is a young adult novel in the making. The author, Reggie, commissioned me awhile back to create this cover art. It seems like a really fun, cool story -- definitely click the link and if you like what you see, show your support by checking out his Facebook page, or donate some fundage, or help spread the word and share the link with friends. :)
One more Babydoll post -- For those of you interested in the behind-the-scenes of drawing, I posted a look at the process (pencils to color) over on my DeviantArt gallery. Here's the link.
This is the original 8.5"x11" pencil & ink drawing of my Babydoll print. I'm offering it for $50 (plus shipping, $5 U.S., $10 outside the U.S.). If you're interested, email me at grantgoboom@gmail.com. And if you'd like an 11"x17" high-quality print of the colored version along with it, add an extra $20 -- the original and the print would look great framed side-by-side! :)
**UPDATE**
Drawing has been SOLD.
11"x17" high-quality prints of this Babydoll piece are available for $20. For ordering info (as well as some other available prints), click here!
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I drew this kids' step-by-step for StarWars.com last year, but they ended up not using it. Now that the site's undergoing a massive revamp and they're focusing on new material/features, I think it's safe to go ahead and post this. So here ya go, just in time for the Clone Wars season 4 premiere -- everyone's favorite green-skinned, alien-samurai, butt-kickin' bounty hunter!
Use light pencil strokes and follow the red lines as guides. Start by creating a stick figure frame with circles to represent knees, shoulders, etc.
Give his body its basic shape now, kind of a sharp-edged "figure eight."
Flesh him out some more -- arms, feet, hat -- still using very loose, light, simple shapes.
Now that his over all shape is coming together, you can start penciling in some more detailed areas, such as his face, belt, and clothing.
Okay, by this point you should have a fairly detailed pencil drawing. Go ahead and add some darker lines, fine-tune those details. If something looks wrong, go ahead and erase and try again. Don't be afraid to erase and try again!
And finally, after your pencils are done, you can add some inks, or make a photocopy and THEN inks, or scan it into your computer, or color it with markers. It's completely up to you.
For my example here, I used Faber-Castell artist pitt pens to ink my drawing, and then scanned it into Photoshop and colored it digitally (as seen above).
SW GALAXY SERIES 5 Grievous & Asajj: SOLD
CLONE WARS: SEASON 2 Captain Rex: SOLD
SW GALAXY SERIES 6 Boba Fett: SOLD
CLONE WARS: SEASON 2 Ahsoka: SOLD
About a month ago I had a $100 card sale and these four cards are all that remain. In honor of the upcoming Star Wars Blu-ray release, and Clone Wars season 4 starting up, and me needing money for my wedding(!), I'm offering these final four cards for $75 each, or TWO FOR $125.
If interested, send me an email at grantgoboom@gmail.com and let me know which card(s) you'd like. Payments can be made via Paypal or personal check.
If you're looking to own a Grant Gould original Topps Star Wars Artist Return Sketch Card, this is an offer you won't want to pass up!
**UPDATE**
All four cards have now been sold.
Just a quick process post, since I'll be away from the internet for a few days and didn't want to leave without posting something new on my site. Pretty standard steps here (start at the bottom and make your way up): pencils, inks, flat colors, extra touches, shading -- and as you can see, at the very end, I played around with color adjustments and ended up scrapping the warm colors for cool colors. Happy accidents. :)
In case anyone's wondering, this dragon pic is related to my upcoming game project Blade Raiders. I'm slowly chipping away at it whenever I find a spare hour or two. Hopefully it'll be debuting next year sometime.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Today marks the beginning of a new monthly feature over at myrpgame.com called NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. It's written by my friend Mike, who is the mastermind behind the popular gaming blog "The Id DM." Each month Mike focuses on a new monster, and I'll be doing the illustrations for each one. I designed the logo as well:
It's a really fun project and big thanks to Mike for asking me to be part of it. If you're a gamer/tabletop RPG fan, definitely go bookmark both of these sites. They have tons of amazing, useful content. If you have any friends who are into D&D or other RPGs, please share the links with them, too.
The Id DM: official announcement
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myrpgame.com: No Assembly Required #1
I thought it'd be fun to show a little behind-the-scenes on each monster, too, as I post them. So here's a look at the (1) thumbnail, (2) sketch, (3) inks, and then (4) final colors for Esau (who was very much inspired by the smoke monster of LOST).
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