Meow inc. #Damecember (D)

After #noshaveNovember, J suggested #Damecember and I was all about that idea. I've only done a couple so far but they've been great. Ladies are fun to draw.

Michelle Pfeiffer is the best Catwoman. Fight me.

Self-Appointed Lord of Star (D) [UPDATED]

I never quite understood the name but I don't suppose that's the point. I've actually drawn Chris Pratt once before and I like this one much better.

This led to this:

17 May UPDATE -- Which led to this:

Now with more Mantis!  Check it out on Instagram to swipe through sketch, gesture and B&W versions, along with a timelapse video.

I'm actually not a huge fan of these movies but these were really fun to draw anyway.

Beardy Cap (D)

Beardy Cap is best Cap. #hairgoals

Mr. B (D)

[I really need to get J in here to post all her amazing TGS arts...]

Today's the day!!!

I think he's in there.

Sketch version

Movie Mustaches (D)

Movie weekend!  I really loved experimenting with a toned paper texture with these.

Like An Anthem In My Heart (D)

I decided to experiment with my first-ever speedpaint for this one.  ~45 minutes, though it could have gone on for ages.

Sunday Sketches verion

That's it for #TGSbyDrew for now!  Itch definitely scratched.

Three Ladies and Mister Carlyle (D)

I really need to get J in here to post some of her Greatest Showman arts, they are really marvelous.  But in the meantime, here's a series of three ladies in fabulous costumes and varying moods, followed by a handsome fellow in a tuxedo.

Never, never!

This Is She! 

Breathtaking View

 I was having so much trouble with this one that I almost gave up completely pretty early on but I'm glad I stuck it out.

Sketch version 2 (version 1 will never see the light of day).  Even relying heavily on ref I find his face very challenging to get right.

A Million (D)

The obsession continues.  I really need to get J in here to post hers too, they are amazing!

I enlisted Instagram to help make my work in progress version a little more dynamic and they were really helpful!  For comparison's sake here's the sketch:

Barnum (D)

Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for...

You Can't Stop It (D)

Last night I finished the last 20 minutes of Hairspray Live! on the old DVR. What, doesn't it take you over a year to watch a televised version of one of your favorite musicals?

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color IX (D)

(Meant to post this yesterday but time's a-wastin', I can't put it off!  Too many things going to do!)

Hey!  Almost done!  Here are a few more Disney Un-Disneyed, this batch three very different types of royalty.

I thought about steering away from blonde but it just seemed to work.

Hair is one of my favorite things to draw soooo.

I intended for this to have basically nothing but white with slightest shades but this works too.

Just a few more P.S.es to round things out!  See you next time.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color VI (D)

A few more on this fine Thursday afternoon.  Sketches for these here.

This is one of my favorites of the whole series so far.

The broooooding.

I had some color issues with this one but it works.

Almost caught up!

It's Pronounced On-Ed-Ers (D)

Apparently yesterday was #nationalonehitwonder day (since apparently EVERY day is National SOMEthing Day) but anyway, it was a good excuse to take this old sketch idea I had, polish it up and throw some paint on it. Definitely my favorite one-hit Oneders.

I also decided to add Mr. White, marking the second time I've drawn Tom Hanks, in the last month and ever, because Faye always seemed a bit lonely down there.

Here's the original, circa 2012.

Little Shoppa (D)

"On the 23rd day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not to long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places..."

Sketch version

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color V (D)

I missed last week, but it's all good.  Here's the next trio in the Disney Un-Disneyed In Color series.  I always get excited when I reach this point. (Sketch versions here.)

Poor little waif.  At least he doesn't look much like a Hobbit anymore.

I actually have some design issues in hindsight but I decided to leave them be.

All the roses!

Hasta la vista.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color IV (D)

Three literary dudes for the next round a painted Disney Un-Disneyed.  I especially like how Robin Hood turned out.

Merry indeed!

L.A. was short on physical description but I read somewhere that Taran had black hair in the original cover illustrations and I'm totally into that idea. 

Two for one!

The sketches for these can be found here.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color III (D)

Time for a few more (sketches here), all done March 2017

I must admit her dress coloring was an inspired decision on my part.

This has never been my favorite but it's sure popular on Instagram.

Oooh, green textured background!

See you next week!

I'm So Glad It Was You (D)

I've had this in mind for a couple days but I wasn't feeling it so I decided to put it off until I was, and I'm glad I did.  We rewatched this movie over the weekend and it's still so good.  They really just don't make movies like this anymore.  Don't you love New York in the fall?

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color II (D)

Here are the next few in the series.

Details, details.

Get ready to see a looooot of digital watercoloring...

He can fly!

Sketches for these here.

Disney Un-Disneyed In Color I (D)

I really should have been posting these all throughout the year!  But here they are now, again in batches.  These were all done January 2017.

(Sketch versions here.)

I've posted this one before, but I'll throw it in here too.

Little Wooden Boy!

Let the background texture games begin.

More to come in the weeks to follow!