These are some Green Lantern Pages I wanted to finish for Comic-Con '12 portfolio, but couldn't get 'em done in time. I posted these pages in spite of them not being complete, because if I don't (knowing myself) I won't move on from their mistakes. You can see all the unfinished hands and what not.
That in mind coupled with watching and talking to comic sequentialist about their craft I realized that I wasn't near as good as I though I was (a fantasy I hope all artist have so I do look as bad). At Comic-Con '12 I learned that I'm not fast enough and that my figures have a hollowness to them.
One of my goals (that I normally keep to myself) is to draw anatomy of the figure on the level of or better than Jim Lee one day. I'd been trying all this time buy merely trying to draw muscle on figures. When I should've simply listened to the man himself. At one of the Wizard World LA cons (remember those?) I asked him at a signing what books for artist he recommends and he said Bridgman's Life Drawing. I bought it immediately, but I pasted it off as a complicated art book not made for comic artist instead of as an art tool that will contribute to my growth as an artist all around. I'd been trying to work from M to Z, instead of A to Z. I need to learn to draw and understand the relationship of the masses of the body in terms of rhythm, balance, lighting, etc. so that I don't draw stiff 2D figures anymore. Instead of trying any sequential stuff the next few months will be committed to putting these goals to practice.
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