MyPenPaperDrawings3/6/10

[magengar]

Some of my most recent artwork on paper;
it's been a while since I last done any artwork
on paper with pens, markers, and pencil.
Enjoy!

Mazinger-Z


Mazinkaiser


Raideen


Mazinger-Z Kanji logo (my version)
magengar.multiply.com/photos/album/11#photo=6

Feel free to d/load and save these for your
own enjoyment. ;D

zozo-Magengar

[xiombarg]

Those are great man. I do a lot of computer graphic work and it's always so great to get back to paper. I thought after getting a tablet that it would be the end of paper for me. Negative. I still love to do as much as I can on paper before moving to the tablet.

[sketcher]

Awesome, Tony!

Nice work there. The Mazinger really stands out in that first one.

Keep it up man.

[magengar]

@ Xiombarg:
Same here, I enjoy 3D modeling and editing images
on computer. I wish I could get a Wacom tablet someday
so's I can use its pen instead of the mouse.

Computers and Tablets are cool for drawing and doing
Photoshop edits and such... They're expansions of your
other talents and art skills.
But you're right, Nothing beats that good old-school
natural feeling of drawing on paper. There's more
Truth and Energy in a paper drawing that's done by
your own hand.

zozo-Magengar

[magengar]

Thanks for the compliments, guys!
I'll continue this way and add more stuff
later on.
I also like to draw other things that come to mind,
like celtic knots and tribal designs.

In addition to drawing on paper- I also enjoy
drawing with a soldering iron (also known as Wood-burning)
onto fresh virgin wooden surfaces such as plywood,
guitar bodies, and other wooden objects.
I'll have to dig through some old photos of my Wood-burn art--
--I did an entire drum kit burning artwork and sketches
onto the shells. ;D

zozo-magengar

[mazingerzetto]

Beautiful drawings!!!!

[magengar]

Thanks, Mazingerzetto, I'm happy you like them.

Update 2/10/10:
I've finished Great Mazinger last night...
...he looks Badazz, and I can't wait to post him here.

The rest of this week I'll draw a couple more
classic robots and finish them.
I'm tempted to touch-up the backgrounds for
Mazinkaiser and Raideen, with the same "cloudy"
technique I used for Mazinger-Z.
I also did the cloud background for Great Mazinger,
and his Thunderbreak highlights him really sharp.

When my next batch of robots are done, I can take
the whole lot to Kinkos to have them color-copied
and the originals scanned for posting here; that way
the costs will be a little cheaper than doing just one
finished drawing.

zozo-Magengar

[nikodiablo]

Great stuff, Tony! I particularly like the Raydeen.

Have you try to digitally color them? They'd look really sweet!

[kitsir]

Your drawing is awesome ~

[magengar]

Do you mean Scanning the originals, and then
editing them in Photoshop or some other
image-editor? If so, I'd like to try it someday.
Or, perhaps I'd scan the Xeroxed Colorlaser copies
and edit them instead (Look, Ma! no ink bleeding! LOL).
That way, the color and details would look more
sharp and precisely defined, and the drawings
would be more web-worthy.

That would be cool. But, for now, I'd rather post
the scanned originals so folks can see that
these are actual raw pen/paper drawings that
weren't doctored in any way.
And, besides, my <home> computer is packed
in storage waiting to be shipped to my new
address in Puerto Rico later this year.
(Unless I sell it and buy-or-build a new PC).

Update 2/11/10: I've started on Grendizer.

Thanks to everyone for complimenting!

zozo-Magengar

Feb 11, 2010 5:42:59 GMT -5 nikodiablo said:

Great stuff, Tony! I particularly like the Raydeen.

Have you try to digitally color them? They'd look really sweet!

[jonncl]

Cool artworks magengar! Would love to see more action poses of Mazinger or Shin Mazinger

[Kidchuckle]

sweet mazinger is my fav out of the ones you've done!

[magengar]

Update 2/12/10: Grendy's almost finished!
Meanwhile, on to another robot favorite. ;D

zozo-magengar

[kencoesta]

Awesome pose on Raideen!
What are you using to shade the white areas?
Pencil? Marker?

[magengar]

Glad you asked! For Raideen's (and all others)
white armor areas, I start the shading with faint
ballpoint pen lines: I hold the pen lightly and
draw the lines real gently (not pressing down
on the paper) until a line appears...
...then, I'll draw a couple more faint pen lines,
each one close together...
...then, I'll use a pencil with a dull point, and
gently start the shading- moving the pencilpoint
in small circular motions, and then I lightly
smudge the penciled areas with my fingertip
to smooth away the lines (as an option).
I thought of using a Light-Grey watercolor marker,
but watercolor markers tend to bleed too much,
and they'd smear my basic pen lines which I
started the robot's outline with.

With the above technique, I try my best to
imitate the "anime cellshading" that's been used
for the classic super-robots, as seen on tv
back in their day.
In this way, also, I shade between lighter hues
and darker hues- using colored pencils- similar to
what you'd do in Photoshop or MSPaint or other
image-editing programs.
I do the same thing for drawing human anime
characters like Koji (which you'll soon see
later this week).

Now, as for the pencil-smudging, when I wanna
make a sudden shade change: I'd use a pencil
eraser to sculpt the shading so its edges are
sharp-- that will allow me to begin the next
shade right at the very edge of the previous
shade, either a lighter or darker shade,
depending on what the previous shade color was.
The result would be a "two-toned" or "cellshaded"
area inside the character.
This works perfect for robot armor, as well as
human flesh tones.

Update 15 FEB '10:
Grendy's done, so is Great Mazinger,
AND a "manga" styled rendition showing
Koji in the foreground/Mazinger-Z's head
behind him in the background.

Next up: Dai Apolon. ;D

Update 16 FEB '10:
I've started pencil-lining Dai Apolon.
And I'm half-way done with the 1967
version of Giant Robot (the classic
Johnny Sokko live-action version).
YYYYYESSS! ;D

zozo-Magengar

Feb 15, 2010 10:49:57 GMT -5 kencoesta said:

Awesome pose on Raideen!
What are you using to shade the white areas?
Pencil? Marker?

[magengar]

Alright, folks, here's my new additions to
this thread. After this week I will merge these
latest additions (and any new entries) into
the very first post which has my first entries;
that way each time I add more drawings
that post will direct you to them posted
in the first post of this thread.

Ok... these new entries are Xerox Color copies
scanned (courtesy of my local Kinkos) and
uploaded here:

Koji/Mazinger "manga" style


Great Mazinger

...Unfortunately, there was some major ink-bleed
in his name logo... Yuck!

UFO Grendizer

...I drew Grendy too large, thus I couldn't fit his
double-harken to show entirely.
He's posed as getting ready to "boomerang" his double-harken.

More drawings to follow next week, they'll be
posted up (and These will be moved to) in the
first post of this thread.
Enjoy! *^__^*

zozo-Magengar

[OJA]

Great Job Magengar. I see lotz of love and care put into these drawings. Enjoyed it a lot! Thanks for sharing. ;D

[magengar]

Thanks, bro! I try my best and work with whatever I have.
This is a break from all the 3D stuff I'm usually doing, so I
do find this to be quite refreshing. ;D

zozo-magengar

[magengar]

My latest drawing as of 3/6/10...

..."Manga-style MAZINGER-Z drawing"



This time, after completing the initial line drawing (uncolored),
I had Xeroxed a copy of it and continued working with the
uncolored copy... this way the lines and shading will become
Xeroxed, and I can add color and detail without smearing
nor bleeding the lines and shadings.
(like a kid's coloring book)

After I finished coloring and touchups, I then xeroxed
a laser-color copy of the finished work.
I then scanned the laser-color copy (At HOME! Yay!)
at 1000dpi and saved it as a bitmap image.
I then edited the bitmap image by making the red
and black outter borders more solid, in MSPaint,
and saved the edited image as a bitmap again.
I then opened the bitmap in Irfanview and used
a Photoshop plugin to Reduce the graininess
by 50% and resized the image to the resolution
you see here, and saved it as this jpeg image.
I send out special Thanks to RJer Kencoesta
for the scanner... it ROCKS!

;D

zozo-Magengar

[magengar]

Those of you who are into Photoshop art,
I have this here Uncolored version of the
Mazinger shown above, so's you
can touch it up however you like...
www.megaupload.com/?d=HJW1ILVK

This is a high-resolution jpeg @ 1000dpi...
...I touched it up with just a black border
around the entire drawing; and erased most
of the obvious specs and spots from it,
then I had reduced the graininess so it looks
smooth.
Lotsa work to be done with it, though; but in
the long run, it'll look as good as you'd like
to have it. Have fun! ;D

zozo-Magengar