Old Man Chuck

I took a break from the crayon brush practice, and went back to my webcomics. I will be sure to continue with the crayon practice, but wanted to make sure I give some attention to having a consistent-ish schedule for my webcomics. I wanted to just incorporate a bit more of my interest as a side story for “An Introvert’s Parables”. Most people know that I am a sneakerhead, and I just want to setup this side series called, “Sneakerhead Logs”. This side story documents my recent pickups or just what I have been wearing a lot of lately. Nothing too deep, and it allows me to incorporate a bit of my hobby of sneaker collecting into my art. Hope you like.

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One Love,

I recently came across the Nightwing #96 cover by Bruno Redondo, and I love the nod to the Brady Bunch. I completely forgotten about that show, and once I saw that cover, all the memories came back. I wanted to do my own spin of the Brady Bunch intro, but using characters from Spy x Family. I am still using these sketches to practice with crayon brushes.

So far this is the first image, and there is no real time frame for the final image. I plan to take my time and make sure to focus on the main thing, which is to learn and experiment. When I focus on an end project, I tend to play it safe and get with what I know. I have been enjoying breaking away from how I think about colors and coloring my sketches. So far my approach with my line art is still the same, but there is just one extra step.

Stay tuned for the following images in this series. Check out my Twitch and join me when I go live: https://www.twitch.tv/iamcharlesjw

One Love,

First stream of the year! I am not going into this year promising a consistent schedule, but I have an idea of what I want to use my stream for. I hope to use my stream to document my journey into learning new skills and experimenting with different approaches to my art. In this sketch, I decide to do a bit of fan art of Shigeo from Mob Psycho 100. I used this sketch as a chance to play around with crayon brushes in Procreate. I really love the textures and how messy the sketch looks. I would like to incorporate more crayon brushes into my art in the future.

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One Love,

So it begins, the preparation for 2023 is here. There are number things that I have in mind, and what I am sharing now is just a sneak peek of the direction that I am heading in for the upcoming year. I plan to work on several one-shots to experiment with different types of storytelling, art styles, techniques, and to hopefully apply what I learn back into the other comics that I am working on.

I want to spend the next year building an audience for all my original characters. I won’t stress over having an outline for a story, because I want to dive deeper into the personalities of my characters. With this series, it will allow me to work with a new personality type. Protagonist of this comic is meant to have a dark path and hatred as his motivation. The grittiness of his personality contrasts with the aspect of having plush kaijus and plush mech suits.

So, for the character design images below, I was heavily inspired by Godzilla, Pacific Rim, and Gundam. I have been wanting to find a way to draw mechs for a while now. I had this idea for about a year, and officially started developing the characters and playing around with colors. This is intended to be a one-shot… for now. I am enjoying building out the story in my head as I draw the characters. For 2023, I hope to take my time in exploring colors and being able to shift away from the usual purples, reds, and blues in my pictures. I want this comic to feel gritty and inspiring. Hope you like.

One Love,