Weekly Sketch Selection 7

Here is the second one for this week! If you want to see these sketches as I do them follow my Instagram account scottwmason.

Interview will be posted on Wednesday!

Weekly Sketch Selection 6

There won’t be an interview posted this week as I haven’t had time to write it up, it will be up next Wednesday though and it’s a lengthy one with a really succesful fashion photographer so hopefully it’s worth the wait!

Instead of an interview I thought I would post two sets of sketch compiles, one today and one tomorrow. Been sketching away this week more than usual so have a lot more to show! So here is the first set, these sketches are posted up as I do them on my Instagram account scottwmason so follow me on there if you want to see more! Getting addicted to Instagram now, post at least 5 times a day.

See you tomorrow for the next set!

Rolands Commission

I got commissioned by my friend to draw a picture of him and also him in costume as Lady Gaga. The one on the left is wearing a T-shirt he made himself which I love the design of. 

I'm available for commissions like this for £10 each, just email me at scottwmason@live.com if you're interested!

Colouring Walkthrough

A few people have asked how I colour and so I thought this week I would do a short walk-through to how I normally colour my images.

I start off sketching the image out roughly.

Then I ink it and rub out the pencil lines to make it all neat, never colour in with markers over pencil lines because that will look like someone shaded 50 shades of crap over your drawing.

I start off using a light purple to colour the shadows to then work over at a later stage.
I then start layering up the skin tones using yellows/pinks and flesh colours.

Half way through I start to add in some darker purples as well to add depth to the colours and image. Not too much though otherwise it will start looking like Barney (Who remembers Barney?)

Adding in some colouring pencil shading to add some texture into the lips/cheeks and hair.

At this stage I wouldn't mind a cheeky tipple of the JD he's holding...

I start to colour in the rest of the outfit and use a pencil to add texture and shading to the sheer shirt as markers would have been too flat a texture for that.Just need to colour the shoes and then I'm done!

I scan it in, fix it up and play around with the levels and contrast a bit to make it stand out and then the image is finished!

I hope this was at least slightly interesting to read or look at. If anyone would like a post in the future for something you're interested in that I do feel free to ask me!

Month Old!

My blog is a month old today! This image is just to say thanks to everyone that has visited so far, I’ve had over 200 unique visitors on the tumblr alone so wanted to say thank you and hope you continue reading!

The whole point of this drawing was her shoes (see ‘em?) but the photograph doesn’t show them aha.

Weekly Sketch Selection 5

I've decided to link this part of the blog in with good ol' Instagram! So I'll be posting my sketches as I do them during the week on my account and then compile them every Friday like so. So feel free to follow me on Instagram under 'scottwmason' .

Just thought it looks a bit more uniform! Plus the filters are flattering to the sketches and saves me scanning, not that lazyness would ever play a part in my decision of course.

Friends Commission

I was commissioned by a friend to draw her and 3 friends, here is the outcome! Was fun to draw as I know them all myself and was interesting to see what parts of themselves I had to highlight in the images. 

I decided to experiment a little bit whilst colouring these and so I cracked out the old colouring pencils to help add texture.

They're just a few photos to show the layering up of marker and then pencils. Took a while but pretty happy with the outcome. I'm always posting W.I.P. photos on my Instagram account (Hence why all these are perfectly square and have filters on them) follow me if you want to have a look at scottwmason.

I am also accepting commissions like these for just £10 each just email me at scottwmason@live.com if you're interested!