day 76 and 76B

getting back to daily doodles... first is toby and sarah from DD: the kula kola caper.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

and of course, wonder woman.

8x11", pencil. SOLD.

another black canary commission, then off to bed...

black canary / batgirl commission

sorry the photos are blurry...

quick shadow commission

and a quick mole man

heroes con! 2

hi all!
heading off to the con, a few quick things:

i will be on 2 panels sunday, 11am wonder woman (rm 208 AB)
3:30pm manga influences (rm 203A)

also, i had been planning to make a kickstarter/dare detectives announcement at the con, but after consultation, i'll be holding off on that while i make some improvements! stay tuned!

almost-finished zatanna commission:

lots more to come!

HEROES CON!!!

howdy all!
as i've mentioned ad nauseum, i will be at table AA609 at heroes con this weekend. here is a map:

doesn't that nice red circle look inviting? yes. yes it does.

so stop by and... do whatever it is people do at cons? dress up as belle epoch dames and sip tea, i assume? that's a con thing?

it's been a while for me.

but while you're doing _________________, check out my new SB16, and of course i'll have ALL my old sketchbooks too, plus original art and commissions. you can also stare at me while i draw DD2 (i love staring at other people while they draw, so turnabout is fair play).

let's just assume this pic has to do with the subject. because this movie rocks.

also, feel free to show me your portfolio or ask for advice or whatever. just don't ask for good advice, because you get what you get at casa AA609!

i'll also be donating some art for the silent auction!

see you there!

the hell with you, judgy mcjudgerson. ima go watch it again RIGHT NOW.

SKETCHBOOK 16 AVAILABLE TO ORDER!!!

hi all!

sketchbook 16, "action! sketchbook", came in early, so i'm taking orders for it now. and of course i'll have plenty of copies at heroes con, SDCC, and NYCC.

the book is 8.5x11", 80pp black and white. $15 if you want one!

All domestic (US) orders: include $2.80 shipping,

plus $.75 per book for  paypal purchases.

International orders: write me for shipping etc charges,

ben(at)daredetectives(dot)com.

my paypal acct as bencaldwellart(at)hotmail(dot)com.

cheers!

ben c

FOR HEROES CON:

I WILL BE AT TABBLE AA609, IN ARTISTS' ALLEY.

I'LL HAVE COPIES OF ALL MY OLD SKETCHBOOKS,

PLUS PRINTS AND ORIGINAL ART.

73 maria dare! (now with more RGB)

thought it'd be fun to try and draw one of my regulars in a more caricatured way. i've done this sort of thing before, but always as a very graphic treatment. this is more like classical caricature that could be painted or even sculpted.

tried a few versions of this, and really liked this one for maria, who is supposed to be pretty, just not in the same way sarah and bleu are. (so in other words, "tv ugly").

it's easy to smile when your "ugly" could still make magazine covers

also wanted to really individualize her expression, give her a smile that is part wolfish (the canines and the jutting lower jaw) and part sheepish (the uncertain brows and wrinkled inner lids and nose bridge).

-EDIT-

i colored the hell out of it, just because you told me i couldn't.

ben, 1; invisible voices in ben's head, 0.



ps - if dirty old limericks are to be believed (and by god we can all agree on that), then "nil desperandum" is latin for "never despair".

pps - blogspot tried to change "now with more RGB" to "now with more RUB". cheeky bastard.