Etc., etc., etc.
Posted By Scott Hallett at 5/17/2008 7:57 AM

Here are some of the things I've been working on. Character designs for a short story:





And a very quick color test for that same short story:


The last two Drawer Geeks, "Lone Ranger" and "Dinosaurs":

Labels: character design, colour, comics, Dinosaurs, Drawer Geeks, goat, Illustrator, Lone Ranger, pen and ink, Photoshop

Tarzan
Posted By Scott Hallett at 3/07/2008 12:00 PM

"Tarzan" was the theme this week at Drawer Geeks. I really tried to push myself this week. I took my time, and really tried to get down exactly what I had in mind. I'm happy to say this is relatively close to what I had in mind, a few happy accidents aside. I know as an artist I still struggle with putting down on paper what I had in my head.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Tarzan

Monsters Under the Bed
Posted By Scott Hallett at 2/21/2008 8:36 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Monsters Under the Bed". I kind of just flew through this one, not a lot of time this week.

Labels: bed, colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Monsters, Photoshop

Galactus!
Posted By Scott Hallett at 2/05/2008 10:13 PM

"Galactus" was this week's Drawer Geeks topic. The focus on this one was getting a straight up cel shaded effect that I was happy with, and cutting down on my coloring time. I was pretty pleased I was able to get this one out quickly. I realized after finishing this that Galactus' pose is a bit like he's getting ready to scratch some records. Maybe he's a DJ on his off time?

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Galactus, Illustrator, Photoshop

Ents
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/31/2008 4:06 PM

This was my original sketch for the "Lord of the Rings" topic at Drawer Geeks, but I ran out of time. I decided to finish it because I thought it had promise. This was done with a brush pen and Photoshop. The things I tried to focus on this time were limited palette, and no fancy Photoshop tricks such as blurs or fancy brushes. This was done using the pencil tool and a few gradients. Often times I get caught up trying to add more bells and whistles and really eat away my time.

Labels: brush pen, colour, Drawer Geeks, Ent, Lord of the Rings, Photoshop

Nazgul
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/24/2008 1:56 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Lord of the RIngs". I wanted to take some time and try out a few new techniques to try and speed up the way I do things. I also wanted to focus on value over hue, hence the grayscale. I think I'm going to use the Drawer Geeks topics from now on to try and push new ideas and new ways of doing things, at least for me.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Lord of the Rings, Nazgul, Photoshop

Red Necks
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/09/2008 9:21 AM

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Rednecks". For some reason, this was the first thing that popped into my head. More of a "red necks". I know, I know... Rednecks are obvious. I think I have too much giant monster on the brain or something.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Red Knecks

The Elf Polar Rescue Squad
Posted By Scott Hallett at 12/11/2007 3:52 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks, the theme is Elves. In particular Christmas Elves. I was a little out of my element here, but since I couldn't think of a way to wrangle giant robots into a Christmas illustration, this is what I ended up with.

Labels: Christmas, colour, Drawer Geeks, elves, pen and ink

Star Belly
Posted By Scott Hallett at 11/30/2007 6:54 AM

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Star Belly" with an open interpretation. This is what I came up with. I tried to use this as an opportunity to try out new things and new methods (such as using a brush pen, spot blacks and speeding up rendering). All in all I was pretty pleased with the results. Let me know what you think!

Labels: brush pen, character design, colour, Drawer Geeks, Star Belly

Design a Sith Lord
Posted By Scott Hallett at 11/07/2007 8:59 AM

This week at Drawer Geeks, the theme was design your own Sith Lord. I'm not a big Star Wars fan myself (I'm of the widely accepted opinion that the last three movies totally stunk), but I did know Darth Vader was fashioned after Samurai armor. So I sort of ran with that and went for another age, sort of an Arthurian era meets Akira type vibe. I was actually pretty pleased with the way this one turned out.

Labels: character design, colour, Drawer Geeks, Sith

Monsters!
Posted By Scott Hallett at 10/18/2007 2:24 PM

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. I keep fiddling with the colors, and tweaking and tweaking until I'm left with two complete, but disparate choices I can't choose between. For the next Drawer Geeks. Oh well. Enjoy!

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Universal Monsters

Cleopatra
Posted By Scott Hallett at 9/25/2007 5:05 PM


Just playing along at home for this week's Drawer Geeks (not a member, just a fan). The theme is Cleopatra. Enjoy!

Labels: Cleopatra, colour, Drawer Geeks

Nautical Disaster (Colour)
Posted By Scott Hallett at 9/10/2007 4:17 PM


Here's a little colour experiment on this one. Just trying to get a little more prolific in my coloring techniques. Trying not to be such a perfectionist. Comments welcome!

Labels: character design, colour, pen and ink

Robot. Ninja. Trident!
Posted By Scott Hallett at 9/07/2007 7:20 PM


Not too sure where this one came from. Just sort of a lunch time doodle that ran away from me. Moving on...

Labels: colour, ninjas, robots, trident

Lady of the Marsh
Posted By Scott Hallett at 8/11/2007 1:58 PM

Just trying to switch things up a little bit and try a little something new. Not a dramatic stretch, but the content and methods are new for me. I wanted to invoke some of the elements that make Japanese horror comics so appealing (and terrifying). Comments and criticisms are always welcome.

On another note I've got a pretty exciting announcement that I can't make just yet, but hopefully soon. Stay tuned.

Labels: colour, horror, marsh, octopus

Ghosts in the Forest (Colour)
Posted By Scott Hallett at 5/06/2007 9:35 AM

I coloured my previous sketch to test atmosphere and overall color palette in a story I'm trying to write, but I couldn't decide on which time of night I wanted (dawn or midnight). I ended up doing both, and I like them each for their own reasons. Let me know what you think!

Labels: colour, fantasy, Forest, ghosts, sketch

Mannequin
Posted By Scott Hallett at 6/13/2006 6:34 AM

This one's been a bit of an uphill battle. I really wanted to push myself and try to learn new techniques and new ways of doing things. I tried a combination of different tricks and hopefully the end results pay off.

I've included the original digital line work, as well as a more traditional colour scheme (minus the fancy multiply layers and extra bells and whistles), and finally the finished product. As always, feel free to leave any comments.

Labels: character design, colour, giant robots, Mannequin, Photoshop