Original Art – Page 5 – ICECUBES the comic strip.

More Art!

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Leroy Brown

I’ll be selling more original art soon, so keep an eye out for it. Thanks to those of you who bought art recently. I will also be attending some conventions in October, so please try to make it by if you are in the area. My convention schedule is on the website on the left column.
Thanks and see you soon!

Leroy Brown

Supersized.

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Check out the size of the latest strip I drew! I decided to make it the same size as newspaper comic artists used to draw comics. All that space to fill was both daunting and liberating. I think that if I ever have to draw a story with lots of detail I’ll do it this size again. It was a bit of a challenge to ink and in order to get good thick lines I decided to go with a Windsor Newton brush instead of nibs. Fun stuff!
See the published strip here!

Stack O’ Comics.

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Here’s the stack o’ comics currently being scanned cleaned and colored. 🙂

Original ICECUBES Art.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Check out new original ICECUBES art for sale! Real pen and brush art done on bristol archival Strathmore paper with India ink, pencil, white paint and watercolors. It’s your chance to own the originals.

Get this framed cover art for ICECUBES Vol. 2 on the Kindle. Signed with archival matte in aluminum and glass designer frame. 12.5″ high x 16″ wide x 1.5″ thick frame. Bid for it on Ebay.

***SOLD!***

How To Draw Comics. Tracing & Transfers: Part 3.

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Leroy Brown

See Part 1 and Part 2 to catch up.

This is the back side of your tracing.

Once you have blacked the back of your tracing paper, you are now ready to transfer your drawing. Remember, you only need to black the area that corresponds to your drawing.

Now you can flip the tracing over and start transferring your drawing! Place your tracing in the exact spot on your strip were you want the drawing to appear. Now trace your drawing, paying close attention to the lines that you want to capture. A lot of times you don’t need to put in a lot of detail. In my case I was just after the gesture and proportions of my original sketch.

Presto! There is your original drawing, exactly where you want it on the page! It’s a great trick and I use it when I feel the need for speed! Looks great doesn’t it? Be sure you don’t dig in too much with your pencil just in case you need to erase and reposition your drawing.

I don’t consider this cheating by the way, since I drew the original drawing. It’s just that I drew it on my sketch pad and wanted to place it at the right spot inside my comic strip. Here are some examples of drawings I transferred recently.