Week 16

Picked up a Pentel pocket brush pen recently and have been having fun inking my daily Kid Hercules drawings with it. Still pretty far behind on my postings, but the challenge goes on! Who knows? Maybe I'll get caught up at some point...

Week 15: My 100th Daily Drawing!

This weeks marks another mini-milestone: The completion of my 100th daily drawing! It's based on the cover art for The Amazing Spider-Man #55 by the legendary "Jazzy" John Romita.

Week 14: Book 2

So here we are over a week into the second sketchbook of my 365 challenge. I've gone over to using Moleskine, which gives the paper it's beige tint. It also means that I've had to switch to using a nib-pen and india ink. I experimented with other pens and even a couple of different brushes, but it looks like I'll be using the nib-pen for now. 

Week 13: First Sketchbook Filled!

This weeks marks the completion of my first full sketchbook of daily Kid Hercules drawings. The last two above images are from the next sketchbook, a Moleskine, so there will be slight difference in dimension and color tone. Below you can see the first sketchbook.

Week 12: Track? What Track?

    

Ok, so here's another update! At this point I may just abandon all pretense of ever posting on a regular basis. I still do the daily drawings, but getting these things scanned in and posted is actually pretty time-consuming (and not particularly exciting). Although this post represents week 12 of the challenge, I'm actually a good six months behind on posting. I think I'll just have to focus on the most important part of the challenge, which is doing the daily drawings, regardless of how often I am able to post them.

So, with that in mind, I'll see you next time! (Whenever that is...)

Kid Hercules Week 11 - Getting Back on Track

OK, so I'm slowly but surely getting myself back on a more regular posting routine. This week's batch is probably my Best Week Ever in that there are a lot more scenes of Kid Hercules interacting with other characters, which makes for a nice change from just Kid Hercules by himself. Vidya, the lovely lab assistant to Dr. Finkenstein, makes another appearance as does our mysterious iron-clad villain. Enjoy!

Week 10: I'm Still Doing This!

Whew! It's been over a month since my last post, but fear not! I have been diligently drawing Kid Hercules daily (I'm actually on day 141 as I write this) and will do my best to get back on track with regular weekly posts. 

Turns out there are many aspects to this type of challenge that are almost impossible to anticipate ahead of time. Running out of ideas is the first major obstacle I encountered. (Seems like I had so many when I started...) Thankfully, Pinterest came to the rescue and has provided me with a wealth of inspiration from the greats- Jack Kirby, Bruce Timm, Jeff Smith and many more. 

I have been doubly thankful since during these past few months I was also incredibly busy and by the time it came for to do my daily Kid Hercules drawing, I was pretty glazed. Knowing that I could just log on to Pinterest and find a great reference helped me stay in the game at time when I probably would've had to quit. 

So if you think you've seen some of these images somewhere else before, you probably have!