The Artistic Ramblings of Ryan Howe

Old FF samples (circa 2009 or so)

2011-07-24T21:32:00.000-07:00

When I was backing up those Spidey samples I came across some sample Fantastic Four pages I'd done up quite a while ago. There's stuff I like, stuff I loathe and can't believe I did, but for better or worse I thought I'd share anyway.

Spidey Samples 6

2011-06-20T10:27:00.003-07:00

Spidey Samples 5

2011-06-20T10:27:00.001-07:00

Spidey Samples 4

2011-06-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

Spidey Samples 3

2011-06-20T10:24:00.000-07:00

Spidey Samples 2

2011-06-14T07:20:00.001-07:00

Spidey Samples 1

2011-06-13T09:32:00.001-07:00

Working on some sample pages of Spidey to take along to Calgary and thought I'd share them as I finish them up.

Thor

2011-05-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

Some sketches

2011-02-03T06:29:00.000-08:00

Some rough sketches for something new.

Illustration Friday: 'Surrender' NSFW

2011-02-02T11:51:00.001-08:00

Quick pic for Illustration Friday. Click the thumbnail for the full NSFW image.

Winter Warm Up

2011-01-18T06:51:00.000-08:00

This fancy pants couple were done up for a poster for the U of S Ballroom Dance Club's upcoming Winter Warm Up dance ('Putting on the Ritz'...Young Frankenstein has permanently destroyed any productive imagery to go with that phrase). The poster was a slight nod to Art Nouveau, which is why the lineart's the way it is. That background texture looks kind of weird out of context of the rest of the poster now that I'm looking at it.

50Girls50

2011-01-14T06:33:00.001-08:00

A while back, a year or two ago I think, Frank Cho had run a contest looking for an artist for a new series he was starting called 50Girls50. These 6 pages were what I came up with.

Ghostbusters round 2

2010-07-26T19:01:00.000-07:00

Second set of Ghostbusters samples I sent to IDW back in January. Wasn't trying to nail the actors likenesses as I wasn't sure if they had the rights or not, and wanted to instead at least give an indication as to who's who without being too identical.

'Breakfast' - Illustration Friday

2010-07-21T16:36:00.000-07:00

Been meaning to do something for Illustration Friday for a while.

Saturday Morning Drawing Class

2010-07-21T16:32:00.000-07:00

Things went a bit smoother with these ones, tried using an old sketchbook back cover (pretty solid cardboard) as an easel of sorts.

Life Drawing

2010-06-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

It's been probably 7 years since I've done an actual life drawing session and I was extremely out of practice at the Dr. Sketchy session (the first 5 images). Dr. Sketchy was awesome, even if my drawings weren't, and I'm really looking forward to the next, but in the meantime, I found an awesome little group that meets every Saturday for life drawing. My second crack at life drawing came off a lot better, I think, as I found a much better posture to hold the drawing pad at (though I think I'm going to rig up some sort of portable drawing board for future sessions).

Forest Diversion

2010-05-26T11:46:00.000-07:00

Hit a roadblock while working on a couple websites and thought I'd do a quick sketch to work on the site designs subconsciously for a little bit. Full image is a little NSFW (a bit of bum and boob).

Beatnik

2010-05-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

A quick Beatnik for a drawing jam at Drawingboard.org. I'd been wanting to try a 50s cartoon background that was sort of abstracted for a while and this seemed like a good one to try it on. As a first attempt I'm reasonably happy with how it came out.

India Ink lineart, digital colouring.

Finished Inks

2010-04-09T08:13:00.001-07:00

All Characters Property Marvel Comics

Thanos and the Infinity Watch

2010-04-08T11:47:00.000-07:00

I hadn't had a great deal of time to draw over the last week or so and I thought that knocking out this piece for a buddy might be a good chance to get things flowing again before I dove back into Gun Street Girl and BlueWater pages.

A lot of the background and terrain elements are really sloppy mainly as the effect I want to render it with is better achieved with the brush while inking so there's not much point investing a ton of time making the pencils really pretty.

All Characters Copyright Marvel Comics

Fairies in the house

2010-01-26T13:48:00.000-08:00

A couple of fairies I drew for my wife. These were meant for printing at about 5"x7".

These were also my latest venture into digital coloring. I usually prefer a rough look, and like watercolors and ink washes but the challenge was set forth to go for a smooth look. There's bits I'm happy with and bits I'm not but I'm really looking forward to mucking around with the technique more.

And off we go...

2010-01-19T14:01:00.000-08:00

Looks like the blog is finally up and running. Still some sprucing up to do, header, layout, the odd thing here and there, but at least we're off and running.

For the first thing out of the gate I've chosen a 3 page GI Joe sample I was working on. Click to enlarge, of course.