Cat Animation

Feels good to do something different. This animation may be simple, but it sure took a while to finish. Im sure anybody who owns a cat can relate with poor Mr Stickman haha. Enjoy

Toejam & Earl

Man i loved playing this game. The music in it was the best in all of the games I've ever played. Playing this has to be the first time i've ever heard funk music featured in a video game before. Doing these drawings of old video games is making me miss my old console.

Ariel and Jasmine

Disney sure knows how to make em right... Im talking about princesses. Half cute, half sexy. I kind of took a little bit of artistic license with the eyes but the rest of the character are pretty much as they were designed. Im a little embarrassed that it took me a little longer to sketch these two than it should have. I've always admired artists who could sketch a picture in under five minutes without breaking a sweat, and still have it look good as can be. One thing that is more than likely slowing me down is the fact that im using a pen tablet to draw all of these time lapse sketches. Although that is not an excuse because even a semi talented artist could draw on it just as fast as with pen and paper. However, one thing that i am having great difficulty doing is drawing good solid lines. That is why everything i draw is really REALLY sketchy. That is one major drawback with using a pen tablet i guess but i really dont mind at all. Its actually rather nice to be able to just sketch like crazy and not worry about mistakes.

Drawing Exercise

Today's sketch is just a bit of an visualization exercise for me. Im trying to get a feel for character design and making a characters personality come through in their pose. Although the end result isn't something to be very proud of, i still feel like ive gained something from drawing this. I wonder if i should do more of these...hm.....

Ren and Stimpy

I used to love watching this show when i was a kid. They would always do outrageous stuff even when they were on kids cable TV channel ( nickelodeon ). And even more so when they moved to Spike TV....but even the adult television station couldn't handle how far this cartoon pushed the envelope when it came to craziness. Ren and Stimpy is one of my most favorite cartoons of all times for sure ^_^

My 30'th Post

Where does the time go? Marvel vs Capcom characters Chun Li, War Machine, and Stryder Hiryu. Anybody who's ever played this game cant help but love all of the characters in it. Although these chibi sketches dont do them justice, i had fun sketching this one. And to anybody who hasnt played Mvc, go out and play it.

Felicia and Morrigan

I couldnt get Felicia's right leg right...it still looks really weird. I guess that means i really need to work on my foreshortening. Maybe i just got lucky when i sketched Morrigan....oh well. These are two of my favorite female game characters so i decided to draw them. Drawing things that i really like feels so much better than drawing boring crap.

Imaginary Mannequin

I've got an imaginary mannequin! But I cant show it to anyone because its imaginary ( duh! ). But what i can do is my best to draw it for you. I got a little bored with drawing ordinary stick figures so i decided it was time to move on to mannequins. However, using a real physical mannequin would defeat the whole purpose of drawing from imagination so im drawing from an imaginary mannequin ^_^. Smart eh?. Anyway, I think i will stick to doing things this way until i improve a little bit with drawing the human form.

Blah...

I know Im supposed to be drawing every day... and i  have been. Today I sat down and tried drawing something original for a change. But everything that i draw, i end up hating... Ive even been tempted to crumple them up and throw them away. But i just stuck them in a file instead.  Drawing gets me kind of aggravated sometimes whenever i cant come up with anything cool.

Raziel and Neku

Two main characters from two totally different games. I wanted to try and draw Neku because i liked the art style the artist used for him. He has an edgy feel that for some reason reminds me of graffiti art. Also i wont be "inking" my sketches for a while. I want to focus on my drawing ability rather than making whatever i draw look nice and neat.

More Doodles

I know i know...you guys are probably getting sick of doodles. Im not being lazy or anything, Im just trying to find my own style of drawing. I'll try and draw something worth looking at tomorrow. Right now my wrists and fingers are really sore from practicing for an upcoming show ( i play mostly keyboards ) which is why i draw in the mornings. 5 points to anyone who can spot domo-kun in this doodle ^_^.

Random Doodle

Wikipedia sais:

"A doodle is a type of sketch, an unfocused drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes."

"Unfocused" sounds about right... I wanted to see what kind of stuff i would draw without a clear theme or focused direction. It seems like cartoon style art is my Cup-Of-Tea. Although i want to do more doodles just to make sure of it. More can be done story-wise when it comes to toon style drawing as opposed to more realistic looking style art. At least i think so.

Also, there wont be any video to go with this post. Part of it has to do with the fact that i accidentally lost all of my undo history for this drawing, and the other fact is that its just a doodle. Nothing really worth watching anyway.

Sketch Practice

In the interests of developing my own style of drawing Ive started sketching from imagination. No reference images of any kind were used in this sketch. As you can tell i need lots of work... or maby not... Ive always liked drawing cartoon-ish style  characters, way more than realistic ones. Growing up i idolized Disney style art and characters, each one was very unique and had distinct personalities that seemd to come to life. Developing my own style should be a fun journey.

Bleach - Yoruichi

I need practice drawing human characters so you are probably going to be seeing a lot more these coming weeks. I'd like to be able to draw a pretty good looking human character in under an hour, at present it takes a bit of drawing before im satisfied... and thats moving at a pretty quick pace. Anybody have any advice for drawing human characters feel free to leave comments.

Soul Caliber- Taki

My feeble attempt at drawing Taki from Soul Calibur. I have a really hard time drawing human characters... so my apologize for doing such a bad job. All the more reason i should keep trying. Most characters in comic books are humans right? Like they always say, practice makes perfect.

Tony Tony Chopper and Kon

Another day, another drawing. I realize my sketches are very quick and drity but i like it that way. Its fluid and loose and fast and easy. Id be pulling my hair out if it wasn't. Over time my lines will become less loose and more fluid but for now im very happy with the way i draw. Its stress free, the way it was ment to be. I've got a few fantasy books that ive been meaning to read. A friend of mine pointed out that in order to draw from nothing, you need a strong imagination. At first i didnt think much of it but now i realize what he was talking about and he was right. So ive got a hold of a good fantasy book to read and give my imagination a good work out ^_^.

The Incredible Hulk

I drew this for my buddy Odin. He really likes the hulk. I also made a time lapse video of me sketching it. I wanted to do it with the previous post too, but there was a power outage and i lost all of my undo history.

Earthworm Jim

Man, i used to love playing this game.  One of the only games i had for my now retired sega genesis. I had a bit of fun drawing these two characters. Psycrow was my favorite villain character in the whole game because he was just soo damn cool looking. I mean look at him... a crazy crow with a rusty hook gun and a mean grin with evil eyes....soo awesome.

Lots of Hair

Draw draw draw.... gotta keep it up.

Missed a Day

Looks like i missed a day. Things were getting  a bit busy for me so i didnt do any drawing yesterday. Im trying to develop my own style of art. These "manniquin" sketches are hopefully the beginning.

Marvel Chibi

I was gonna do some more drawing on the left side of this picture but an emergency came up. I have to help a friend with his computer problem. The basket ball character in this picture is just some random character i drew so dont scratch your head trying to figure out who he is.

Chibi Style

Since im getting used to drawing cute stuff, i figured I'd give chibi style a chance. Chibi is a cute super deformed version of regular anime, and it is alot simpler to draw since proportions are pretty much easy for this style of drawing. It's a very minimalistic style and looks really good when done right.

Drawing like a 5yo

Everything in today's drawing is 100% original. I wanted to draw some really simple stuff and this is what i came up with. I really like this style of drawing. Its fast, fun and easy to do. It may not be the most impressive style of drawing but i can appreciate it. I hope others like it too. You may have also noticed that i licensed it under the Creative Common's license. Click the button below to read more about it's licensing info. 

Simple Drawings 1 by Michael West is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Need lots of work

Drawing from reference may be easy-ish... but drawing from imagination isn't. The only thing in this picture drawn from reference is the skeleton to the left... and even that is iffy.... Ive got a long way to go before im ready to start making a comics

Coloring sucks

I could have done more sketching if i hadnt done the coloring thing. I'll probably Stick to sketching from now on and maybe scribble in some color here and there.

Mixin' things up a bit

I started off drawing some more nude bodies from reference images but felt like drawing some mario stuff. I dunno, i think i have more fun drawing cartoons than i do attempting regular people. Maybe i should stick to cartoons..... hm.....

Fast and loose

Thats how today's sketch is. Fast and loose..very loose. Im still having to draw from reference, it feels alot like having to walk with a crutch all the time. I wonder how ppl draw awesome characters without having to use reference material.

Moving along

Drawing from reference is nice and all but eventually i want to be able to draw from imagination. Today's drawings were all drawn with the help of reference images. I focus more on speed than i do accuracy.

Stick it to em'

I think i might start drawing from reference more often. Just so i can get used to using this wacom tablet. I always knew buying one was a good idea ^_^. As u can tell i started drawing more amazing stickmen but wanted to have some fun with this and draw some other stuff too.

Fore Short

I tried focusing on figure proportions today but have a long way to go before im satisfied. I also did a little foreshortening exercises. Although i have a hard time applying foreshortening to my stick figures.