Harrison Ford Sketch

I tried to capture Harrison Ford's signature expression in this portrait sketch using graphite pencil on 9" x 12" Artist's Loft newsprint paper. This was a random sketch created yesterday during dinner time. Initially, I was thinking of sketching Optimus Prime, the Transformers hero & leader a la Michael Bay movie version. So how did I get from a transforming robot to the man who is known for portraying the film characters Indiana Jones and Han Solo? To aptly quote Indiana Jones, "I don't... Read more...

Drawing Drew

Pencil portrait sketch on 9"x12" newsprint paper created during my lunch break today. This is my rendition/tribute to the famous movie poster artist Drew Struzan. Drew Struzan, Richard Amsel, Bob Peak and Kazuhiko Sano... they defined movie posters of my generation. Drew is retired... and all three Amsel, Peak and Sano are no longer with us. I'm going to miss the era of hand painted / commercial illustration-style movie posters.

Getting Comfortable

I'm getting more confortable working on the Mcdonalds restaurant napkin... As well as drawing my version of Miyamoto Musashi. The McDonalds napkin has been one tough substrate to work on. It's been my greatest education for the past four months! Its delicate surface can easily tear at just the slightest mistake. It is an unforgiving paper that challenged me to rethink the way I apply pressure and control to my rendering lines and shadings. Nonetheless, one of my creative goals for... Read more...

Fashion Style Sketch

A change of mood and subject on this one. I did a type fashion-style sketch using a new pen set that I got over the weekend. I recently got a new marker pen set manufactured by Artist's Loft. I'm not familiar with this brand name but their products were on sale over the weekend at a local arts and crafts store. For its affordable sale price of just a little over $5, the set comes complete with a range of marker tips from 0.005 to 0.08. Not bad at all! It's enough diversity for quick... Read more...

Marvel Masterpieces - "Birth of a Cosmic Hero" - Finished

The completed Marvel Masterpieces Artist Proof sketch card featuring the cosmic characters Silver Surfer and Galactus! The title of this piece is Birth of a Cosmic Hero. • Click the link below to see original layout for this card: http://cednocon.com/blog/507/marvel-masterpieces-sketchcard-birth-of-a-cosmic-hero-layouts/ The initial concept for this card only involved the idea of the Silver Surfer. But the more I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that the best scene -- the... Read more...

Musashi Head Sketch

Another head sketch of Japan's legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. The work was drawn and inked on a small trading card size bristol paper.