Hey guys, this is James sketching the beast. Thank you very much for tuning in today. We're just going to do a quick speed sketch of spawn here. I hope you guys really really enjoy this So I just decided to do a little bit of a little bit of commentary on video because It was requested anyways, so guys you can see here. I'm just kind of laying out my pencils very rough I actually tried to speed the pencils up because I felt like the pencils were probably the most boring part for a lot of people I probably say the pencils and the inks but For those of you who Who follow me know that I've been doing this for quite a while now and I've I've really been really really enjoying it and So I got a really large sketch card commission order for about 12 cards That I've been working on spawn is just one of them probably about four or five in I believe at this point but Anyways, so I had a really cool idea that I wanted to do I wanted to do spawn Looking looking all all bad and his bad sale, you know what I mean? But anyways guys, so yeah, I had a whole lot of fun like this. I had a lot of fun with lots of good cards And you know, it's gorgeous. It's a really cool character that He he there's so many different costumes for him and so many different ways you can try on I'm actually gonna be doing another spawn sketch very shortly Of a different version of spawn not quite sure which version of spawn I'm thinking between medieval spawn and gunslinger spawn because those are both two of my favorites But I also like the angelic spawn as well If you guys don't know who those characters are what those versions look like go ahead and go to Google and check it out real quick after this video But anyways, so here I am. I'm starting the inking process and actually so I actually screwed up With the top of the head there and I'm actually kind of working for me where I I want a little too thick with the line and Thankfully because again, this is this is an iconic sketch card and You know, it gives a little bit more of a toony feel when you give it a thicker line But I'm trying really hard to practice a lot of my line weights on a lot of these pieces And that's one of the things that I try to work on with every piece that I do for Here's a here's a quick tidbit for those of you guys who are artists and are looking to you know get better Continuously this is what some of us guys who've been doing this for a little while And I'm not calling myself a professional here But this is what we talk about when we're talking about practice every day Is even if you're trying to do a finished piece and you're trying to do something That you're creating make sure that you're challenging yourself in some way or another make sure that You're trying out a new technique or something even if it doesn't work out and you need to scrap the piece and start all over Go ahead and do that because you know what that's how you're gonna grow That's that's the best way to growth. I can I can almost you know I If I wasn't so self-conscious about them and I didn't absolutely hate them I would probably do a video about all the terrible terrible drawings I've done But unfortunately I'm one of those types of people who who doesn't like to linger on my On the things that I failed at So that's one thing, you know, maybe I'll try to start going forward and Stuff but you guys you can see here. I mean so spawn's pretty easy to do as far as You know his his upper part is cashew. I mean it's his cowl and His body armor and he's mostly black so it is very easy. So the The thing that's fun here Instead of just coloring him all black and then going over it later with you know a white paint mark or or gel pen Like I would usually do is trying to have a little bit of fun with the way that the lighting is working on his face and and stuff Just to make it look a little more dynamic and I won't lie. I didn't really follow any crazy shadowing coloring and lighting scheme here I just knew where my light source was and I wanted that so I wanted to give it some pop when I do the finally Add in the light source physically in the coloring phase and see that a little bit here So yeah, I'm just going just a racing just use a regular generic eraser super cheap But so some of you guys are already like what are you doing and so I'm starting off with the oranges here because The orange is actually so red red has a kind of an undertone of a little bit of orange and yellows on so the real way The way that I've been coloring with the comics is I start with my base color and I usually do a base color That's obviously the mid-tone and then I do the dark spots and then I I blind them and I go back I go back and blend them and then you know I leave room for lighter areas So you can see here obviously I'm doing orange and I'm going in with like a more reddish orange I Mean so actually the red just just always pops on spawn and that's one of the things that I really like about the character Not only because red is my favorite color, but Red is is just a very very poppy color. You do right. I mean it could be it could turn out muddy very quickly But so yeah red and in reds and oranges and pinks Here just to kind of blend them in As you can see and the cool thing about the copics is They're not absolute when you are finished with them They're almost like magic markers and I love them I've tried oh-ho markers and you know some other cheap brands and and copics and then probably the best So here I wanted to give I wanted to give spawn like it is a horror glow You know, which was a nickel plastic and I thought this was a real cool idea so I started off with the lightest color and then Kind of went from there. I actually decided to change it up afterwards Let's see what I'm gonna second as well where Actually go darker with the green Yeah And this this actually took probably took me a little bit longer than it it should have overall the sketch card I word outward to make And I had a whole lot fun and if if you would like One of these videos future. I mean comment below if you'd like to hear what goes into Uh planning in in my thought process into these these sketch cards and If you would like I can also do a video breaking down how I uh You know what the price is involved with you know art using these types of equipment and stuff like that Because uh can you get quite costy and you know I I like sketch cards a lot but overall um I don't make Really much money on them at all Which kind of sucks because I mean they're really cool right and even if you were a work for upper deck Marvel or one of those those companies that do the cards you know You're not gonna make a lot of I think they maybe do two dollars a card or something So your turn around time has to be really quick and I'm just not that fast yet But I mean, it's obviously a great way to get your name out there so I'm not uh I'm not bashing it in any way Right? I mean if you can provide if you can provide a really cool card to people That um, you know is really sharp. It's a good way to get your name out there. I was doing $5 sketch cards for the longest time Before I started doing full-on commissions and starting getting a lot more commissions On top of my free giveaway ways that I would I also do where I would do free giveaways of sketch cards So that's why I actually really recommend sketch cards and getting yourself into a community if you would like to do this But so here now, um, I'm adding the final touches on spawn you can see I'm just uh, so again, I added in that uh that look a little bit of rambling and uh Unfortunately video doesn't capture it as well as as it looks on the physical card but um, man, this um That really made it pop it made it made a huge difference But anyways guys, thank you very much for tuning in. I hope you guys really enjoyed this video If you would like um, you know, please share this and comment below what you thought What would you like to see in the future ones? I'd like to start doing this on a regular basis Giving back to you guys and in the ways that I can um You know, and this is one of them. So I mean if you'd like this video be faster if you'd like it without my annoying voice Please comment and let me know Promise no offense Anyways, until next time guys. This has been James catching the beast. I will catch you guys on the flip side. Peace