Honestly, any one of these could be a self portrait.
I did some real quick mockups of the latest sketchbooks in Affinity photo and now… well… I kinda wanna get them printed and hold ’em in my grubby lil mitts.
Whaddya think? Let me know in the comments if you’d like a physical copy? I may have already ordered some sample packs.
You can view the sketchbooks in the links below:
Got into drawing flies in a big way this month and filled a few pages in the grid notebook (I found this Etherington brothers tutorial really useful, the proportions are trickier than you’d think).
I produced two sketchbooks using Affinity Publisher and scribbled some rough ideas for covers, layouts, etc. I didn’t end up using the cover ideas but I might do something for the next one. Ideally, I’d like to spend time drawing a new detailed cover illustration as opposed to just using existing art.
Finished off the wee yellow sketchbook with some late night sketches using black and white posca markers. I really like how they came out, the fly head especially looks great on the page.
I started a new A5 sketchbook and decided to just fill the first few pages quickly to break it in. The paper wrinkled really badly with the posca paint markers, makes scanning these a real pain.
Not much in the way of digital work this month apart from a few doodle/scrap pages in procreate.
Finally, couldn’t resist picking up this tiny guy on the weekly grocery shop, such an awesome wee fig.
I’ve put together a collection of drawings and illustrations from 2023-2024, check it out below or download the free pdf.
Darren-Reynolds-2024.pdf (approx 15.1 MB)
A small collection of my favourite spreads and drawings from the wee yellow sketchbook, check it out below or download the free pdf.
Darren-Reynolds-2023.pdf (approx 13.4 MB)
Got aliens on the brain again, gonna have to work up something later in the month at a more reasonable hour…. so very tired.
Not much time for drawing but I’ve been adding to these larger pages of bedtime doodles, sketching some favourites and other stuff.
The awesome Matt Garvey sent me some variant copies of Gangsters versus Nazis #2. It’s something else to see your work in print, grateful to Matt and Andrea for the opportunity and to anyone who grabbed my cover in the KS campaign, thanks for the support!
It’s nearly the end of the month so time to clear the old iPad again and free up some precious precious megabytes. Before you ask, no I haven’t seen the new movie… I only just recently saw across the spider-verse, I’m truly on the cutting edge of the zeitgeist… what day is it again? Why are mullets a thing?
The next page was drawn without ref just goofing around. I do quite like the idea of a slacker spidey going against a gobby with an ill-fitting rubber mask for some reason though.
I recently started a new job at one of the local uni’s that involves a bit more desk work than I’m used to. I’ve been keeping some scraps handy and have been doodling while waiting on queries, etc. I was feeling fishy last week and managed to sketch these lil dudes.
Starting to feel happier with some of my inking lately and the way it scans, here’s a page from the A5 sketchbook that feels like something I can build on.
The urge to create fanart at the moment is strong, the only problem is that every book I’ve read recently I kinda want to do something for, it’s an affliction. This is something in procreate for Remote Space by Cliff Rathburn that I’m hoping to work on a bit further next month if I get the chance.
Had a quick go at the Manero challenge of the month for November. I don’t think I’ll finish it up but I had fun trying out the layer mask technique he explains in the video. I used a photo of a Godzilla toy as ref but it didn’t really feel like I was getting away from just drawing a straight up copy.
I was thinking of drawing up some Gangsters versus Monsters trading card art earlier in the month but didn’t get past the layout stage.
Procreate continues to be a lot of fun and those pencil brushes are so nice, here’s a wee ghostie that hovered onto one of my pages.
Feeling like Christmas is now creeping up pretty fast and it’d be sweet if I could do something for it, let me know in the comments if you have any character suggestions or something you’d like to see. Always welcome some feedback if you feel inclined, take care and look after yourselves!