Sweet Roundhouse Kick

My son Kevin throwing a pretty sweet roundhouse with a baseball in hand.

Hands are up.
Eyes on the target.
Hips opened up.
Lower foot turned to help open hips up.

Nice form on your kick Kevin.

Keep up the good work!

Poomsae Stances 1st Draft

This is the 1st draft of Poomsae stances to be drawn for our competition team.

Venom

Venom: from the spider man series.

Green Goblin

Green Goblin: from the spider man series.

Fire Engine

A more time intensive sketch, still just doodling.

Kevin's MS Paint Masterpiece

Kevin's first Microsoft Paint Masterpiece

Taekwondo Knock Out

Decided to go to GIF images instead of JPG's.  Better color recognition for drawing or sketching (not as many colors).  I certainly don't need all the colors that a JPG has to offer.  Also, GIF images are generally smaller in file size.

Flying Side Kick

Here is an example of how to sketch using the stick figure on steroids method.

Turned out pretty good.  I am liking this one.

Stick Figures on Steroids

The basics for starting out sketching is to start with a simplified version in the form of a stick figure.  Saves time on figuring out the space on the paper and getting the poses correct before committing time to the detail parts of the sketch.

Add volumetric cylinders to the stick figures and now you have a stick figure on steroids.  Add the intricate detail to finalize your sketch. (Not shown)

Sketch provided by FARP Fantasy Art Resource Project

This method saves time, gets the poses right and fills the space on the paper the way you want before committing to the final details.

Animation

Playing around with a little animation, with tricks I learned from members.toast.net/saddletrout/tutorial1.html

Kevin

A few practice trace sketches of my son.

Taekwondo Nationals 2012

Sorry, I can't make it this year to Nationals in Dallas, Texas.  Go Dragons!
Good luck to Will and Lucas.

Will and Lucas 2012

Will and Lucas, Two of our guys from AFMAC are going to the 2012 Nationals in Dallas, Texas.
This is a rough draft of a card I am making for them since I won't be able to go this year.

Rhino from Spider-man

More practice with MS Paint.  I found these drawings in the same spider-man coloring book as a previous post of Cat Woman and as before with Cat Woman took a digital picture of them and then traced them using MS Paint.  I think my technique is getting better and that the drawings turned out pretty good.
What do you think?

Twinkle Twinkle

This was done as practice for sketching with MS Paint, it's a cross-stitch that was done for our son when he was first born.

Baby Blanket

This was done as practice for sketching with MS Paint, it's a blanket that my wife made for our son when he was just a baby.

Tigger and Pooh

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Pooh tackled by Tigger. I decided to color this one just for fun, but no shadows.  Maybe next time.

Layout Sketch (Draft)

It's a good idea to start with a Layout Sketch (or Draft Sketch), to get you started on drawing the real thing.

This step will help you get the proportions right.
Start with a grey Layout or Draft Sketch as shown.

Once you are satisfied with the grey Layout or Draft Sketch, draw over top of it with another color (black) to create your final drawing.  (I replaced the grey in the following picture with red to make it distinguishable from the black, although in practice the grey works well because it kind of blends in).

Then remove the grey from the final drawing.  (Use Color Replacer).
If you have no idea how to use Color Replacer, see A Few MS Paint Tips.

Congratulations, now you know the steps I use to create a basic cartoon drawing.

Cat Woman from Spider-man

I found these drawings in a spider-man coloring book, and liked them enough to draw them myself.  So I took out my digital camera, took a picture of them, and traced them using MS Paint. I may do a few more of these, as practice for learning how to draw using the MS Paint program.

Chevrolet Camaro

An extraordinary presence in a new age of precision.

Camaro was developed to be 21st century on every level – from its awe-inspiring design to its outstanding performance to its impressive efficiency. For 2011, the sophistication of the sports car continues with more features and increased V6 horsepower. One thing that didn't change is the jaw-dropping design.

Using MS Paint, with only the brush tool, and the eraser of course.
 Need to learn how to use the curve tool.