Drawings & Sketches » Animals http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog Illustration Sketchblog of Brad Fitzpatrick Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Smiling Gorilla Head http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1565/illustration-of-gorilla-head/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1565/illustration-of-gorilla-head/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:22:38 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=1565 ]]> I know some humans who look like this dude...
Cartoon Gorilla Head

Cartoon Gorilla Head


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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/1565/illustration-of-gorilla-head/feed/ 8 Super Duper Charlie Cougar Sketch! http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/365/super-duper-charlie-cougar-sketch/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/365/super-duper-charlie-cougar-sketch/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:39:50 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/365/super-duper-charlie-cougar-sketch/ Here's a character pose from a recent project. The client had en existing cougar character that was in need of updating, as well as adding a few new poses to the mix to help liven up the place. Super Charlie here is the mascot for a Pool League team, and this is his "super" pose.

After looking at it again with fresher eye's I think I might have made his top front fist about 40% larger to really add some extreme dimension and pop him off the page better. I should do that.

cartoon cougar character sketch

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/365/super-duper-charlie-cougar-sketch/feed/ 4 A Portrait for Illustration Friday http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/309/a-portrait-for-illustration-friday/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/309/a-portrait-for-illustration-friday/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:46:21 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=309 Today's Illustration Friday topic is "Portrait," go play!

A Cartoon dog portrait illustration

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/309/a-portrait-for-illustration-friday/feed/ 10 Use A Felt Nib on your Wacom Tablet Pen for More Drawing Control http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/308/use-a-felt-nib-on-your-wacom-tablet-pen-for-more-drawing-control/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/308/use-a-felt-nib-on-your-wacom-tablet-pen-for-more-drawing-control/#comments Tue, 23 May 2006 21:22:54 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=308 Wacom Tablets are great but no matter what anyone says, they are no substitute for real life paper and pencil... not even close. I hear the Cintiq bridges this gap considerably but until I can afford the $2500 price tag, I'll have to keep going on the rumor.

The biggest factor that makes drawing on a Wacom Tablet so difficult is the lack of pen control, the surface is just too darn slippery and it doesn't feel natural. I may as well be drawing on a ceramic tile with a greasy plastic spoon.... Okay it's not that bad, but it does get frustrating when you have to "undo" 45 times in a row.

However there is a way to improve the feel of the drawing surface... did you know you can buy felt-tip replacement nibs for your pen?? Oh yes, these are awesome. They have a marker-like feel which creates friction and causes "drag" so you gain much more control than you have with the standard plastic nibs. Almost feels like real paper.

They come in 5-packs for only $4.95 on the Wacom Direct Site. It's a bargain steal for the difference it makes.

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/308/use-a-felt-nib-on-your-wacom-tablet-pen-for-more-drawing-control/feed/ 26 Cartoon Turtle Drawing http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/281/speed-is-relative-mr-turtle/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/281/speed-is-relative-mr-turtle/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:38:20 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=281 This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Speed." And as the turtle sketch below suggests, speed is relative. Sometimes your clients don't see it this way though. :) Slow speed is still speed! Don't discriminate!

Drawing of a Cartoon Turtle sketch character. Turtle sketch

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/281/speed-is-relative-mr-turtle/feed/ 45 Watch Me Draw a Dog… http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/277/watch-me-draw-a-dog/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/277/watch-me-draw-a-dog/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:27:58 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=277 Video Run Time 3:45 - Here's another video demo of me drawing, this time the subject is one of my cartoon dog characters. I've been scoping out the digital camcorder scene, what a deep pond of water that is. After a bit of research I've got my eye on a few models, the Panasonic PV-GS300 in particular. Enjoy the video and if you've got a comment or suggestion, I'm all ears! (click here if you can't see the video below)

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/277/watch-me-draw-a-dog/feed/ 23 Florida Arts Poster… http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/274/florida-arts-poster/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/274/florida-arts-poster/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:54:15 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=274 Here's that Florida Art Festival poster I said I'd post for you when it was done. (click the image below to enlarge) It was actually for the Palm Beach Cultural Council if anyone knows of it.

This was a fun assignment but it was tricky getting all the characters to piece together just right. As you can probably see from the original sketch, there was a lot of tweaking involved. That's another great advantage to working digitally, vector in particular... it's relatively easy to work the composition by adjusting placement and sizing of elements. Some might call this cheating, I call it saving years of my life. :-)

I'm looking forward to getting a copy of the full-size poster from the agency when it's complete... it'll make a nice addition to the studio. I need more finished art on my walls, plenty of sketches and works in progress but not much color stuff.

The client was very pleased with the final art, I was even lucky enough to get a quote from the art director for my upcoming testimonial page...

"Brad's artistic and professional capabilities are superior and made it easy for us to complete our project and go beyond our clients' expectations!"

Florida Poster Illustration before and after - small

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/267/watch-me-draw-a-horse/feed/ 55 Love Bug – Illustration Friday http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/264/love-bug-illustration-friday/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/264/love-bug-illustration-friday/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:04:30 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/264/love-bug-illustration-friday/ This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Insect" so allow me to introduce to you - Mr. Love Bug. A peek into the softer side of the cynical mind of Brad. :)

Cartoon Love Bug character - Illustration of a cartoon bug

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]]> http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/264/love-bug-illustration-friday/feed/ 20 Black Sheep Character Designs.. Baaad to the Bone. http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/200/black-sheep-character-desgins-baaad-to-the-bone/ http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/200/black-sheep-character-desgins-baaad-to-the-bone/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:20:11 +0000 Fitz http://www.bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/?p=200 I'm currently working on a character design for a client that needs a "tough, but nice" black sheep character for his business mascot. I think these two guys are a good start in nailing down the attitude, but I think we might have to simplify him a bit by losing the clothes and possibly the halo. He's a good guy, but not that good I guess. There's also talk of bringing him back down to all fours so there's no mistaking he's a sheep.

sketch sheet of a black sheep character design. bad ass sheep drawings

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