I know everyone is doing the Alpha-Beasts but the meme hit at a bad time for me to try and participate. I thought about it, but didn't know if I could find the time, and right now, I am just enjoying drawing people right now, and for some reason, super-heroes, especially super-heroes from the 1970s.
Storm was a unique addition to the X-Men in the 1970s. Regal, a little fetishized with her skimpy black leather outfit, and a propensity to be an excuse for peek-a-boo nudity. A lot of artists have a fondness lately for Storm in her 80s punk days, but being a nut for costumes designed by Dave Cockrum, I have to go 70s.
I do like the look I gave her in the drawing, almost like she just realized her picture was being taken. I'm also working on those shadows underneath the characters' feet. The highlights on her lower abdomen seem a bit weird to me, but I can live with it.
Wasn't quite sure what to do with "E" this week, so after a quick google search at lunch I found: Ents! One of my favorite parts of the LOTR trilogy, the Ents seemed like a good fit. So I started sketching away, this time without reference. I'd almost forgotten how fun it is to just draw. I did this over my lunch break with a Bic mechanical pencil. Very little erasing, or planning for that matter! I threw in the Hobbiton font in Photoshop CS2 for good measure.
