Like 12am. I was sketching while on Skype. Then me and Johnny boy had some hot chikkin wings in the afternoon. The waitress saw us drawing and asking if we were cartoonists. And some girls were looking through the glass wall (?) pointing and probably laughing at us.

PS. I posted a bit lengthy entry about gaming over at my other blog, alex.negimaki.com.

Coffee shop sketching every Thursdays is good.

Earlier today, my friend John was talking about how I tend to draw things that aren’t really what I like. He made me realize that even if I’m a big fan of monsters and other nightmarish creatures, I tend to draw superheroes a lot more. Truth is, he has a very good point, and that made me see things clearly.

Back when I was a little young boy, I used to draw all sorts of monsters (well, aside from X-Men). There was this time in my life when I started to get really interested into the darker side of things, and that affected my art. I remember drawing Black Sabbath album covers, flying toothed creatures, horned beings, a lot of skulls, Spawn and anything related to Spawn, and grim and unworldly things. I remember showing it off to my friends and that my religion teacher back then talked to me and asked if I have problems at home. I guess I was happy.

Thing is, I think the best way for you to improve your art, or have fun in doing your art, is to draw or work on things that you like. Not things that you find cool after picking it up then lose interest after a while. Things that will make you crave for more, things that you dream of, things that you find fascinating, things that you love reading or drawing or looking at. And i think if that’s what you will work on, you won’t need to force yourself in doing it.

Well, at least that’s what I think.

Working on shadows. I need to do this more often.

I just noticed that It looks like Black Bolt, minus the forehead thing. Heh.

Me and my buddies, John & Leandro, hanged out earlier at this coffee shop (since the bar we used to hang out closed) and did some sketching and discussing.

Did some shadow studies, a werewolf sketch, and some life sketches of the people there.

My friend John advised me to stop inking for the moment and practice on my pencils first.

Hm. Left hand looks weird.

I’m going to try this thing again. I can’t just spend everyday not drawing anything.

Here’s Death. I liked it better when it was in pencils.

So I draw stuff on my little note pad.

Hellboy sketch loosely based on Guy Davis’ art. I love his style, it’s pretty loose yet gives the right texture and feel.

My friend John suggested to the guys over at Istorya.net that for practice, we come up with 4-6 pages of sequential art before the month ends. This is no competition, but purely for practice purposes. My piece will a Hellboy story based off an Irish tale I read. It’ll probably fit in 4 pages.

Also, I’m sick.