Sketch Charlotte http://www.sketchcharlotte.com A collection of artists and writers in Charlotte, NC Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sketchercise: Films of Wes Anderson http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/sketchercise-films-of-wes-anderson/ http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/sketchercise-films-of-wes-anderson/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:31:14 +0000 Henry http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/?p=984

(Bad Route by Jason Kottke, featured in the film The Royal Tenenbaums.)

Do you sit at home, alone, night after night just toiling away on portraits of Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman that the world may never see? Well, then today is your lucky Sketchercise! The theme for this round is The Films of Wes Anderson. Participants should put on their very best crested blazers, wetsuits or red Adidas jogging suits and set about drawing their favorite characters or scenes from any existing Wes Anderson movie. Although, actually if you drew an image from a non-existent Wes Anderson movie, that might be damned impressive. Below is a helpful list of from which to draw inspiration from:

Bottle Rocket

Rushmore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Darjeeling Limited (including Hotel Chevalier)

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

That’s it! Good luck out there my Lawn Wranglers!

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http://www.heroesonline.com/blog/2010/08/31/interview-sketch-charlotte-part-one/
http://www.heroesonline.com/blog/2010/09/01/sketch-charlotte-interview-part-two/
http://www.heroesonline.com/blog/2010/09/02/interview-sketch-charlotte-part-three/

Thanks To Shawn for rounding it all up.
Peace,
Herc

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Okay… This is my first post! A little late, but here is my Hellboy drawing for the Sketchersize. Just a doodle, but lots of fun.

]]> http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/hellboy-by-chrissie/feed/ 5 Sketchercise #3 – Hellboy Universe: Professor Trevor Bruttenholm http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/sketchercise-3-hellboy-universe-professor-trevor-bruttenholm/ http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/sketchercise-3-hellboy-universe-professor-trevor-bruttenholm/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:25:50 +0000 Brandon http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/09/sketchercise-3-hellboy-universe-professor-trevor-bruttenholm/ My first take on this theme was Lobster Johnson, but I struggled with his goggles on separate occasions. That slowed my progress to a halt. So the other night I was considering other options, when the good Professor jumped out at me!

I wasn’t sure how to illustrate his white hair & beard using just black & white so I just outlined it! I had a happy accident while inking the outline. My Prismacolor .01 pen tip split which gave me some really cool textures. I couldn’t have done that with a normal pen if I tried!
Prismacolor & Copic pens on a comic backing board…

(Original artwork available for trade or purchase)

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Admittedly, I saw a really great drawing of Kenny that Brandon had done and I just wanted a shot sketching out this living legend my own self. Besides, I’m sure a down and out Ramona would be powerless against the advances of an even downer and outer, recently fired Kenny Powers in a sordid little sports bar someplace. So 8th Evil Ex Kenny Powers, let’s go!

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This is Kalbi. As lead vocals of the Korean Short Ribs, he rocks the stage on the mystifying Keytar. His supernatural ability to transform time and make chumps dance the robot style’ has made him a huge star in the underground dance clubs. He was Ramona’s beau during the tweaner’ years before she realized the 80’s sucked.

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Prepare to conquer a contest of epic epicness! In “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” Scott learns the hard way that a faint heart never won a fair lady when he finds out that he must battle the 7 Evil Exes of the object of his affection, Ramona Flowers. As if he didn’t have his hands full already, we’re challenging you to create Ramona’s 8th Evil Ex! Is this person a lady or a gentleman? Does this nefarious Evil Ex plan to kick Scott’s butt with a sword, brass knuckles, or mystical lightning powers? Cause as much trouble as you can for our hero and show us an 8th Evil Ex who is a force to be reckoned with!

Your tools: The epic art supplies of your choice. Pencil? Mouse? Watercolor? A giant mallet with paint on the end of it? Knock yourself out! Okay, poor choice of words. Go nuts.

Your winnings: Check it below, pal.
Read Official Rules
1st Place

* $1,000
* GLOBE Limited Edition “Scott Pilgrim” Skateboard Deck
* A copy of the “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack
* A deviantART shirt of your choice*
* 8,000 deviantART Points
* A one year Premium Membership to deviantART

2nd Place

* $750
* GLOBE Limited Edition “Scott Pilgrim” Skateboard Deck
* A copy of the “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack
* A deviantART shirt of your choice*
* 6,000 deviantART Points
* A one year Premium Membership to deviantART

3rd Place

* $500
* GLOBE Limited Edition “Scott Pilgrim” Skateboard Deck
* A copy of the “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack
* A deviantART shirt of your choice*
* 4,000 deviantART Points
* A one year Premium Membership to deviantART

]]> http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/sketchercise/feed/ 2 Imaginox Page 4 http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/imaginox-page-4/ http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/imaginox-page-4/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:04:00 +0000 John http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/imaginox-page-4/ so in my continuing efforts to tell a good story, here’s page 4 from my webcomic, the Imaginox

]]> http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/imaginox-page-4/feed/ 2 CHUCK – Casey & Morgan http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/chuck-casey-morgan/ http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/chuck-casey-morgan/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:39:59 +0000 Brandon http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/chuck-casey-morgan/ I received a request for this commision based on an earlier one I did of Adam Baldwin as Jayne from Firefly. I wasn’t familiar with the show (CHUCK), so the person requesting the commission brought me the entire first season on DVD to use as reference…now I’m hooked on the show! :)

As you might imagine I used photo reference for this…copic pens on 11 x 17 bristol.

]]> http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/chuck-casey-morgan/feed/ 0 Our Growing Media Empire http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/our-growing-media-empire/ http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/2010/08/our-growing-media-empire/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:50:31 +0000 Henry http://www.sketchcharlotte.com/?p=942 So, wow, Sketch Charlotte is spreading it’s tendrils further and further out into the recesses of the larger world all the time. We have, naturally, our Twitter account ( follow us @sketchcharlotte), a freshly minted Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/sketch.charlotte and, as of today, a Group page on deviantART:   http://sketchcharlotte.deviantart.com .

Turns out nearly a dozen of our Sketch Charlotte members also sport pages at deviantART, so it only seems natural that we should all buddy up over there as well. Please drop by some time and wander through the Group galleries but also check out the members’ individual pages where you can see even more great art from our remarkably talented crew.

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