First cover concept.

                          Hey so I haven't really figured out what I want to do about the cover yet so here is one that I ran through +Photoshop.

                           This may or may not be the finale title I' m not sure yet, if you have a suggestion feel free to let me know. The rest of the comic is being scanned and finalized right now. SO you get to read it very soon.

Cheers,

Joshua

Comic Pages 3 - 4 ruffed out.

Hello again,

          Well I got pages 3-4 ruffed out today as well  and here they are. I' am trying to get half of the entire comic ruffed out today.

(Page: 3)

(Page: 4)

 Well I hope you are enjoying these if so let me know. Until next time.

Cheers,

Joshua

Camera is down ! But I shall update anyway.

         Okay so I have been drawing for two days now and my camera is down (Bummer). The main character designs are drawn and are currently being colored. Once the character designs are scanned I will make sure to get them in. The current names for the characters are:

1. (Main Character) Stanlee
2. (Stanlee's Roomate) Matt 
3. (The girl across the hall) Sally

        There will be more characters but the story line focuses on these three. There is no love drama, family sit down dinners, or any talking animals (SMH) also no cliff hangers, flashbacks (unless necessary), or +Conway Twitty  songs. You'll just have to check it out purely because you want too.

         Moving on.

         Storyboards for the first full comic are half done right now. The entire comic will be 39 panels over 9 pages. Once the comic is scanned in it will be colored then a few copies will be printed. These copies will be sent to winners of an up coming contest I have planned. The comic will be turned into a PDF and will be available on your Kindle for $1.99.

          If you would like to reserve a copy of the printed comic please email me with your information and I will contact you back within 24 hr.

          Well I'm going to get back to the storyboards.

Cheers,

Joshua

Kindle Direct Publishing

Hello again,

         Well thanks to a friend of mine I was directed to +Kindle  to figure out how I could publish my comic on my own and upload it via +Kindle . Now I have looked into this for a few hours just to make sure I have everything understood and I believe I do.

          Once I have a comic finished (This means scanned in and colored via +Photoshop or +GIMP ) I will be uploading them to +Kindle so that you may purchase them for your viewing and reading pleasure.

           More updates include +Pintrest, and comic title.

           Firstly you can find my +Pintrest profile here Pintrest Account. I will be adding all of the pages as they are getting worked on to +Pintrest so you can keep an eye on the work. I will make sure to keep updating the blog and give you any new information as it comes up.

New Comic TITLE! = "I don't know yet"

(Have to at least get one page done before i know what it will be called)

P.S) The amount of pages for the comic as of right now is 10 pages at the least.

Cheers,

Joshua

Comic and Cartoon design process.

Here are a few of the visual steps I like to take when creating a new project.

I like to start with a shape for the head and draw it from each angle.

• Looking to the left and up.
• Looking to the left.
• Looking left and down.
• Facing front.
• Rear facing.
• Looking right and up.
• Looking right.
• Looking right and down.

This may seem like a lot right now but it will save you hours of time in the future if you take care of this now.

Here are many different eyes and noses to be used for characters faces.

Here are some hair styles.

Here is the characters body sheet.

                       Body sheets can include the full body from each angle that will be viewed in your comic. You can also cut the body up in to smaller pieces to give yourself a quick reference guide to use late.

Here is a full character design. (The Ghost)

                       I have found in my years of drawing that if you give yourself a base design sheet you can reefer back to it at anytime to make you drawing workflow much smoother.

                       I hope this has helped you and if so let me know. If you would like to know what the lines mean on the head angle sheet let me know and I will add an explanation.

Here is a link to my official cartoonist studio.

http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/CubicleDetail/675/Joshua-Hastings

Till next time,

Cheers

3D Transparent crystal ball tutorial.

Drawing a transparent crystal ball.  Tools Needed

• Pencil
• Clean eraser (For highlights)
• Smooth nylon brush (For blending)
• Digital camera with view finder
• Tripod/Mount
• Light Source

Steps

1. Focus a camera on the 3D shape you desire to draw. (Make sure the shapes complete view is within the surface you will be drawing it on.
2. Once you are happy with the angle at which the shape is placed while looking through the view finder, start to trace the outline of the image while looking through the view finder.

[In this video I decided to make my outline of the shape slightly bigger because the closer my pencil tip got to the object the tougher it was for me to see the line on the paper through the view finder.]            3. Work on the darkest areas first because they will be small and will not take up most of the                    object.      4. Next fill in your mid grays and heavy grays. The gray should become darker as it gets to the          object. (Keep it gray don't turn it black.)      5. Before you begin to blend the mid tones in the sphere blending the dark tones into the          mid tones.(This will leave pencil residue on the brush to make lighter tones easier to bring in          later.)      6. Start to blend the outer ring of the sphere, also rub your brush in curing motions in the          sphere to show some depth to the 3D object.      7. Once you have blended all of your shadowed areas so that they fade from darkest to white,           flip your pencil over and with the clean eraser and a firm grip draw in some solid white lines           following the curve of your shape.
         Make some minor touch ups and you should be able to look through the view finder again and see a 3D image. I hope this tutorial helped you if it did let me know. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them.

3D Apple drawing.

        So after watching some video's of +Tracy Lee Stum  which can be viewed on +YouTube  of her 3D side walk chalk drawings, I decided i could give it a try. Due to the fact that I do not have a contract to do this on a city street i choose to go with something i had in house.

        Here is a couple shots of an apple I had around the house that was drawn with pencil while looking through a camera view finder. The task was not simple at all due to the fact that you have to re-learn how to draw the objects shape.

        I spent a lot of the time focusing on where the light would hit the object. I have to say that I' am quite happy with the finale result. Although I do not have the current ability to do the city sidewalk chalk drawings like +Tracy Lee Stum I' am confident that if I was given the chance to do one of these great pieces of art I could accomplish it.

       Below is the +YouTube video I watched of +Tracy Lee Stum  preforming her +SIdewalk Art  so check it out and see if it inspires you to try this fun style of art for yourself. If you have any questions on how to apply and preform this method feel free to ask and I will be sure to add it to the Tuts section of the blog.

Cheers,

Joshua

Video's.

                  Well I have managed to have one video posted so far of this current project. I would have a complete video but the camera I' am using is a +Samsung USA  and is about 10 years old. With a future new camera I will be sure to have video +Tuts and video progress of my paintings posted soon.

                  Now the other day I was getting my blog registered with all of the major search engines. As I was doing this I came across a young women with the same last name as myself and was also an artist.

                 Her name is KATH HASTINGS and on here blog she has these awesome "Iconic Toxic Drums" Paintings.

                                  I wanted to share a few of the ones that stood out to me with all of you.

        
                    Now these are just the few that I picked out that I enjoyed, but don't just judge on these two go and take a look for yourself at her other works.

Update on current project.

Here is the current state on the dry brush oil painting.

The theme is bio mechanical. I also have the painting of +David Tennant and a pencil drawing of +Lisa SIMPSON  done by commission.

Both of these works are currently on display.

Current Project.

                 Currently I' am working on a bio mechanical dry brush painting in oil. Sadly I' am have some     issues with my camera right now or I would add a progress photo. Current items in painting include (wires,skull,cogs,bolts,screws etc.) the painting is going to be my third attempt at dry brushing

                 My first painting with this technique was of +David Tennant from +Dr Who which did not come out bad at all but showed I had much room for improvement. The second attempt was of this man.

                  This was just a photo I came across while searching +Google for "portrait photography". I just thought the wrinkles and hard to soft shadows would prove as a good test. I spent two hours on the painting and was very happy with the result. This attempt was light years better than my +david tennant painting. After finishing the painting I had given it to a friend because they had liked it so much. Because of this I only have a image I took with my phone that is only a portion of the full painting.

                   So once I see this person again I will be sure to take a digital copy of it for this blog.

Cheers,

Joshua

Past work.

Zombie Nurse - Title : Infection

Biomorphic Skull- Title : Bad Candy

Skull Tattoo design: I saw a similar picture online an re drew it .

Grim: Title : Don fear the reaper.

"We're back a dinosaur story".

Biomorphic: Title : Blue Monday

Zombie: Title : Day Z Mothers Day

Zombie: Title : Bad Breath

Zombie Girl: Title : Can you give me a "Z!"

 Hello,

       These are not all of my past works, I have a ton more that I need to get added in. There should a be a new batch of uploads weekly. Or as soon as I find more of them.

Cheers,

.H

Overview.

Purpose of the blog.

      .H is a blog about drawing, sketching, painting, comics, cartoons, illustration, digital art, concept art, gallery art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci-fi and fantasy illustration, dry brush paintings, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics and anything else I find.

A little about me.

      I' am 28 years old, I attended +School Of The Arts until 2002 and joined the Army in 2007. During the past 6 years I have been looking into new styles of painting and i believe I have found one that I can really get in to.I have been an artist for about 20 years now and I have figured why not share my art with everyone. So here you are, I hope you enjoy.