What im learning at my SVA residency

[theprairiefox]

@Aleksey you can do cool things with the toned paper. Very nice!

[ArtofAleksey]

@djly oh no im gonna do something else. I didnt enjoy making this one as much as I thought

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok working on a comic page I like more.

[Maxi Silva]

@Aleksey
I like very much this comic page. Do you have experience drawing comics before?

[ArtofAleksey]

@Maxi-Silva not professionally just for fun

[ArtofAleksey]

Alrighty heres my baba yaga inked

[ArtofAleksey]

Herss another one. Its done on smooth bristol. Anyone have experience with using watercolor on bristol paper? Is it fine?

[braden H]

@Aleksey I see we went with slippers on baba yaga

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett regular shoes haha once they said theres gonna be a gallery showing of all the student work i was like oh crap.

[braden H]

@Aleksey Dude, it looks really good! The toes actually didn't look bad at all (though I totally understand your motive to go with the shoes instead )

[ArtofAleksey]

Heres the colored baba yaga house
Also spoke with an art director that looked at my portfolio and recommended i go into visual development specifically because i can draw little items and character concepts well. This made me feel so good

[ArtofAleksey]

Good exercise for comic writing!
3 random words from a bag you make a 6 panel comic from. It could be anything it’s fun practice to get your brain to just do something random. There was an hour timer.

[theprairiefox]

@Aleksey I like that exercise. I will have to try it sometime. Yours came out pretty good.

[ArtofAleksey]

@theprairiefox thanks it was fun i may do another one for funsies

[braden H]

@Aleksey That method of generating comics might make for an interesting community challenge!

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett yeah it might be! I've been very busy as you can see and cant post anything community wise right now i dont even think i can do the godzilla one even thuoght i really wanted to draw godzillas mom with a slipper or a rolling pin wearing an apron and hair curlers.

[Jorge Valentin]

Inspiring stuff. love your ink work and your comics, it should be in a museum!

[demotlj]

@Aleksey it would probably take me an hour to come up with an idea let alone draw it. Great job. I like this style you are doing.

[ArtofAleksey]

@Jorge-Valentin Hahaha Hahaha I needed that laugh thank you for the compliment though

[ArtofAleksey]

@demotlj well I came up with cup and candle first, I thought what if they were on a table? Where would the camel go in? I don’t wanna spend an hour drawing a camel. Then I thought how can I imply it. And a letter on a desk was the easy solution. (This is how my brain works)