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Sandy Kossin, American Illustrator
Sanford “Sandy” Kossin is one of the best. You may not remember him as he stopped working professionally some years back, preferring instead to draw from the live model to keep his formidable drawing skills sharp. Selfishly, I never agreed with that. I wanted more and more from him. I wanted to keep running into his work on paperback covers or Boy’s Life, like I had as a kid. Sandy hit his stride through the…
YESTERDAY’S POST
“The Banshee” Drawing Process Video
July 9, 2024 - [embed]https://youtu.be/GWV325dO-a4[/embed] Today, I have a livestream I did for drawing 'The Banshee" for FANSTRATICS as well as some conceptual work! As with most of these characters for this series, it begins with several sketch idea for poses and designs, scribbled in ink in my sketchbook. The notes I was from the art director asked for options for both a normal-looking figure in the middle of a harrowing scream, along with exploring of the idea of the screaming head being detached. I tried several options for trying to visually simulate the screaming effect, concentric lines, swirling chains, and garments being whipped around. I tried to move the poses around a lot as I did this, as it is easy to get locked into just one pose when making these little sketches. I initially drew them as…
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Inspiration: FASHION
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Showing At The Society of Illustrators
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Experimentation
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Dancing in the woods and other advice.
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Tips and Tricks from an Art Slave
Friday, January 21, 2011
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Life Models and the Art They Inspire
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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