Sketch 021 of 100... JOHANN KRAUS

Sketch 021 of 100... Johann Kraus of Hellboy fame, the ectoplasm man.

This is the fifth in a series of Hellboy Character sketches but I might be tempted to do a few more... later.

enjoy
-Drew

100 Sketches in 101 Days... Update 02

Cruising along...
So far I have done 8 commissions sketches, 3 Illustrious Bits illustrations, 4 (out of 5 ) Hellboy character sketches and 5 character sketches that will eventually be part of a larger, team drawing.

More to come.
enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 020 of 100... SAILOR MARS

Sketch 020 of 100... Sailor Mars.

ok, this is a bit of a cheat, this was an unfinished sketch from week 11 of Illustrious Bits Sailor Moon week... but I don't care... It'll also be one of my submissions for the "catch up" week of Illustrious Bits.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 019 of 100... LIZ SHERMAN

Sketch 019 of 100... Liz Sherman from Hellboy.

Continuing my Hellboy character sketches... I've liked how these have come out and I'm thinking about making them in to a print set... we'll see...

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 018 of 100... GAMORA

Sketch 018 of 100... Gamora of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

This one came out pretty good, at least compared to the  original layout I did...

ugh
-Drew

Original Art on eBay

 Original Art of eBay... click on the image to see the auction.

and bid, bid, BID!!

thanks
-Drew

STARFIRE

WONDER WOMAN

HELLGIRL

CAMMY from Street Fighter

Female DR STRANGE

EMMA FROST, the WHITE QUEEN

Sketch 017 of 100... LOBSTER JOHNSON

Sketch 017 of 100... Lobster Johnson of Hellboy fame.

Like Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson is a great additional character in the Hellboy universe and I can't wait to take another shot at drawing him.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 016 of 100... WARLOCK

Sketch 016 of 100... Warlock of the New Guardians of the Galaxy.

Now I know when the guy who commissioned the Guardians team sketch, Warlock was a member of the team and now... spoilers... he a villain, but what the heck... He's gonna be there...

enjoy
-Drew

100 Sketches in 101 Days... Update 01

Just a quick update... 15 down, 85 to go and only 92 days left till the New York Comic Con.. whoo hoo!

Sketch 015 of 100... ABE SAPIEN

Sketch 015 of 100... Abe Sapien of Hellboy fame.

Continuing my Hellboy sketches, made just for me, is Hellboy's "sidekick" Abe the fish man Sapien.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 014 of 100... HELLBOY

Sketch 014 of 100... Hellboy!

This one was just for me cause I've wanted to do some Hellboy characters for a while now...

more to come...

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 013 of 100... MANTIS

Sketch 013 of 100... Mantis of the new Guardians of the Galaxy.

Another character for the larger group drawing.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 012 of 100... MOONDRAGON

Sketch 012 of 100... Moondragon of the new Guardians of the Galaxy.

She wasn't on the list for the final group drawing but as a fan of the series I know she should be there so most likely she will be in the background somewhere.

enjoy
-Drew

(12 sketches in 15 days... not to bad.)

Sketch 011 of 100... BLACK WIDOW

Sketch 011 of 100... Black Widow!

yet again, another long over due commission request.

Gotta love a hot red-head chick in all black leather.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 010 of 100... HAWKEYE

Sketch 010 of 100... Hawkeye!

And yet another long overdue commission request.

Working working working...

more to come
-Drew

Sketch 009 of 100... DRAX the Destroyer

Sketch 009 of 100... Drax the Destroyer.

I am working on a sketch of both the original and new Guardians of the Galaxy and just like I did last year with the Lantern Family Guys sketches, I will be drawing them all individually then putting them together for the group shot.

Drax as the first on my list...

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 008 of 100... PIXIE

Sketch 008 is the X-Men team member... Pixie!

This is another long over due commission and I still have a dozen or so more to catch up on... so check back for more soon.

Now some of you might say... "wait a minute... the Robin sketch was number 006 and this is 008... where is number 007??  Or is Andrew really that bad at math??"

Nope, true believers, I'm not that bad at math but sketch 007 is done but I can't post it... yet.  It's a special gift for someone and I don't want them to see it before they get it... so as soon as I know it's in there little hands... I'll post the pic.  Promise.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 006 of 100... ROBIN (Stephanie Brown)

Illustrious Bits week 31... Any of Batman's Robins

Stephanie Brown... ROBIN.

One of my all time favorite Robins... not my favorite Batgirl but favorite Robin.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 005 of 100... BATTLE ARMOR THOR

This is the next to the last commission for one individual who has been waiting for a looooong time... Battle Armor Thor.

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 004 of 100... SPIRAL

This is sketch 004 of 100 Sketches... Spiral.

This is another commission that has been a long time coming...

enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 003 of 100... DOMINO

Sketch 003 of 100 Sketches... Domino!

Also, a sketch for Illustrious Bits Week 30... Any character created by Rob Liefeld.  Domino was a hands down favorite and I just HAD to take a crack at her.

This one is NOT set aside for anyone so it should be available at the New York Comic Con 2012 in October.

More coming soon, enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 002 of 100... SUNFIRE

Sketch number 002 of 100 sketches... Sunfire.

This is another commission request that has been a long time coming.  One of at least 5 that I will be working on this weekend.

Enjoy
-Drew

Sketch 001 of 100... DARTH VADER

This is the first (001) sketch of 100 sketches... Darth Vader!

This is a commission from a looooong time ago, but it counts as the first sketch for New York.

Enjoy
-Drew

June 25, 2012... This doesn't count as sketch #1...

This is actually my first full attempt at using Manga Studio Ex... The first page of my new Cornerstone OGN (Original Graphic Novel).

I added tones to the picture but didn't like how they came out so I think I will leave this B&W.

I actually have 5 drawings on my table right now that count toward the 100 in 101 days... and I will post them all as soon as they are done.

NY Comic Con... 100 Sketches in 101 Days

ok, so the NY Comic Con is in 109 days and counting and in preparation, I am starting a new sketching initiative.

100 Sketches in 101 Days.

That's right... I will be sketching 100 sketches in 101 days, beginning tomorrow.  My family and I will be going to see Brave in theater tomorrow and I was planning on starting with a sketch of Merida for the initiative.

Last year at the show, I sold a lot of pre-drawn sketches and this year I plan to have more... Make my art work harder for me, not me work hard for my art.

I will start off by working on commissions that I have been very, very lax on getting done, some as old as 2009, yikes!  They will come first but once they are done I will open it up to suggestions or commissions but everything will be at my whim.  If you see something you like... let me know and if you are going to the con I can put the sketch aside for you.

Prices will vary from as little as $5 to $30 depending on subject, materials and size.  Some sketches will be small and quick and be excellently priced at only $5 and will be first come, first served.

I expect to have somewhere in the range of 80 to 85 sketches at the show, so stop by my table... as soon as I have the location I will let you all know... and say "hi".

-Drew

June 19, 2012... crap, it's been a while

dang, it's been a while.

So, my good friend Dave gave me a copy of Manga Studio and I have wanted soooo back to try to use it to work on Cornerstone.

The idea is if it "speeds" up the process at all, then it could be very good for me.

I have been playing with it over the last few days and watching the tutorials on line.  I still don't know exactly what I am doing but I am having a blast.

I am working on page one of the new Cornerstone book and doing it completely digital... whoooo hoo.

check it out as it comes along.

-Drew

Tori... Zombie Slayer

This was a request from Tori for her graduation... Tori as a Zombie Slayer.

Hope she likes it.

Congrats kid.

-Drew

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... Turtles in a half shell... Turtle Power!

I've always wanted to draw the boys and with this weeks subject over at Illustrious Bits... any character from TMNT... I took the bait.

As you can see, i did NOT go with the standard turtles and did each one as a different species.  Cool, huh?

I still hate my scanner and hate how the white paper comes out sooooo grey.  The more I play with it in photoshop... the more the drawing gets blurred.  I have a lot to learn about playing with it... ughhhhh.

enjoy
-Drew

Week 25 - The Crone by Andrew Charipar

OK, this is me once again going in a different direction.

This weeks subject over at Illustrious Bits Sketch Blog was Movie Monsters.

I personally think Monsters are suppose to scare you.  I started thinking about Movie Monsters when I was a kid and I was fascinated with the classics.  Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein (I loved that one) and none of them really scared me.  Even the modern Movie Monsters (Freddy, Jason and so forth) never really scared me either... they just made me laugh.  But the one, the ONE Monster that actually Scarred me... was the Crone from the Disney animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

We owned the movie on VHS and whenever her scenes came on the screen, I hide my head under a pillow or left the room... she literally scared the crap out of me.  I even had a Snow White art book and there was a full page, full color picture of her and I memorized the page number and whenever I was looking through the book, I would skip that page, avoiding it EVERYtime.

This was actually a very difficult drawing for me... I had to do my Google searching... in fear.

Ughhh.

-Drew

May 13, 2012... Happy Mother's Day

Not necessarily a Mother's Day drawing just the drawing I finished on Mother's Day, he he he.

Lady Deathstrike for Illustrious Bits.

enjoy
-Drew

May 9, 2012... Back from NJ and ready to ROCK!

OK, so I've been back from NJ since Monday and I'm just now posting but... We had a BLAST!

Ayla and I drove up to NJ Friday (21 hours in the car) and then attended the Super Wild Pig Show on Saturday and Sunday and then drove back to Florida (another 23 hours in the car).  We had a Great time.  I met a bunch of old friends, met a few new ones and did a bunch of art.  I also picked up a piece of HERO fan art from my good friend Harold Jennett III (which I will post as soon as I scan the thing in, he he he).

Starting to look forward to the next big show... NY Comic Con in October.  I've signed up for a table and we'll see what happens from there.  More announcements coming soon.  Now back to work...

-Drew

April 27, 2012... Books-A-Million

Andrew Charipar

Books-A-Million
738 Marsh Landing Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32250

To the Owner or Manager,

I am writing this letter to inform you of an EXCEPTIONAL employee you have at your store number 486 located at 738 March Landing Parkway in Jacksonville, FL.

I was in the store Friday April 27, 2012 with my daughter around 7pm.  After finding a few new books to purchase (I am a huge fan of your Discounted Comic Book Trades and purchase 3-5 each week) I went to the front of the store to check out (I am sorry but I did not get the young ladies name who was working the register but I assume with the date and time I provided, that information should be easy to find) and I over heard a pair of belligerent customers talking down to the cashier.  They were upset about another employee who, in their minds, did not give them adequate attention (after listening to these two idiots, I can see why it would be difficult for anyone to assist them).  After berating the cashier for something that she obviously did not do, they threatened to contact the corporate office.  Then the man (the other idiot must have been his wife) said that they worked in retail and know how to treat customers.  At this point it was obvious to me that they were full of crap.  The man then told the cashier that BAMM was Books A Millions stock ID… like he thought that that info would intimidate her… and then he threw his money for the books he was purchasing down on the counter instead of simply handing it to the cashier.  This from someone who claims to know how to treat customers… and knows NOTHING about treating employees.

At this point I was truly disgusted with the way this couple was acting.  The cashier was nice, friendly, cordial and apologetic and they were ignorant idiots.  If they do contact your corporate office with a complaint, let it be known that a customer was standing right behind them and was truly impressed with the way the cashier handled her self and disgusted with the way the customer was acting.  I think this couple should have been ashamed for how they acted in front of someone simply doing their job.

I am a long time customer of Book-A-Million and frequent several of your stores.  I have never had a bad experience with any of the employees and think very highly of everyone I have met.  If these two idiots waste your time by writing a complaint… well I felt it was necessary to write and commend.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Andrew Charipar

Copy of this letter also sent to:
Corporate Office
Books-A-Million, Inc.
402 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35211

April 24, 2012... Superman

One of the last three commissions for the Super Wild Pig Show... Superman.

OK, I will freely admit it here... I hate drawing Superman.

OK, let me rephrase that... I don't hate drawing Superman, I hate drawing iconic characters.  I love drawing obscure characters that I can bring my own style to and bring a new interpretation to... but characters like Superman... in my mind, they are sooo iconic that its hard for me to do MY version of the character... same with Batman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, etc.

I liked how this one came out... much better than my first attempt.  That one SUCKED! and I may never post it.

just suckage, but this one come out pretty good.

enjoy
-Drew

April 21, 2012... Doctor Strange

To continue my "do it a little different each time" with my sketches over at Illustrious Bits Sketch Blog... Doctor Strange... as a chick.

Dr Stephanie Strange.

Hope you dig

-Drew

April 15, 2012... "making of" Green Lantern Professor X

and a little "making of"

April 15, 2012... Green Lantern Professor X

OK, this one I was rather iffy on since I did not know how to approach it.

Originally I figured to just do Charles.. then last night I thought "what is Professor X without his X-Men?" so I added the green constucts of Cyclops, Wolverine and Storm.

I think it came out pretty cool.

enjoy
-Drew

April 14, 2012... "making of" Iron Man vs the Mandarin

just a little making of.

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April 14, 2012... Iron Man vs the Mandarin

Another fun one.

Iron Man vs the Mandarin for the Super Wild Pig Show.

I went technical on Iron Man and then went "sloppy" on the Mandarin using just ink on Iron Man and grays on the Mandarin.

I like how it came out.

enjoy
-Drew

April 13, 2012... "making of" Indiana Jones

You may notice that I "fixed" the hat in the inking stage.

In the layout and pencil stage I just could not make it right... but I think I made it better.

The background was just a quick negative technique that I love.

April 13, 2012... Indiana Jones

This one was a blast.

Indiana Jones for the Super Wild Pig Show.

I still HATE my scanner cause it makes everything so much darker but if I lighten it up too much it makes it look like crap.  Just trust me when I say the original looks sooooo much better than my scans.

enjoy
-Drew

April 11, 2012... character design too

One more sketch for the night... Hero's Mother.

This is just a quick sketch I did tonight of Hero's mother.  She doesn't have a name yet and this design also represents Hero's kid sister Missy.  She will show up in the third or forth book (yeah, I'm dreaming here... thinking I might actually get three or four Hero books done, much less ONE book) but she's the spitting image of her mother so there you go.

More soon
-Drew

April 11, 2012... Grannie Ora

 This is the beginning steps for a new character for my graphic novel HERO.  This is Grannie Ora.  She's loosely based on a porcupine.

more on Grannie Ora and HERO soon.

-Drew

 

April 10, 2012... Harley Quinn... Bat-Family member?

This was a really, really late idea for Illustrious Bits Week 14... Harley Quinn.

What I did here was ask the question... what if Harley was a member of the Bat-Family?

I imaging her costume would be either black and red with her belt, cape and bat symbol yellow... or black and purple (like the new Batgirl) and her symbol red.  Since I am taking a break from color... I'll let your imagination fill in the blanks.

enjoy
-Drew

April 9, 2012... Spiderman and Wolverine

This is a commission for the Super Wild Pig Show for one of the guy's 5 year old son... hope he likes it.

Spiderman and Wolverine.

enjoy
-Drew

April 5, 2012... Thor

This was this weeks submission to the Illustrious Bits Sketch Blog.... Thor, God of Thunder.


I, of course, went in a little different direction.  Did somewhat of an original version instead of the tried and true Marvel Comics version.

I think I have decided that Illustrious Bits gives me the opportunity to try different things while at the same time trying something classic.  I was working on a new and different version of Huntress and Powergirl last week but ran out of time (it might still come one of these days) and thought, what a great chance to try something different... keep posted, more coming.

-Drew


PS after I posted the full grey scale version on Illustrious Bits... I did not really like it... I have to work on the colors of my sketches cause the white doe NOT look white in my scans and the more I screw with it, the worse it looks, at least on-line.  So, for this one, I posted it here in just black and white.  Still did not get the full affect of the sketch but, oh well.