Week 14 - Harley Quinn By Rich Bernatovech

Here is my contribution to Week 14 of Illustrious Bits. This week's character was choosen by the fans over on Deviant Art. I always love drawing Harley Quinn and love her original costume design. Sorry, the new DC version is not my taste. Why can't silly and fun characters stay silly and fun?

Harley Quinn (c) DC Comics

Week 13 - The Master by Randy Ostridge

Another great sketch from Randy Ostridge... the Master.  Guess he's a pretty popular guy, he he.

Here's what Randy had to say over at Deviant Art...

"This image is for a weekly theme over at the Illustrious Bits sketch group.

The theme was Buffy the Vampire slayer, and I picked the Master because I wanted to draw one of the bad guys, and he has a monster look. A lot of the other bad guys in Buffy tend to hide in normal human shapes. Anyways, this was ratcheted out in about 45 minutes, so definitely a quicky.

Pencil on paper, inked with marker, some texturing and colour adjustment in Photoshop."

Check out more of Randy's work here.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c) Mutant Enemy Productions

Week 13 - The Master by Andrew Charipar

The Master, the big bad guy from the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Started this one as a quick sketch and just went off on it.  Decided to leave it as is for the posting.

enjoy
-Drew

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c) Mutant Enemy Productions

Week 13 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer By Rich Bernatovech

I'll be honest, I wasn't planning on drawing this weeks subject on the Illustrious Bits blog. I have been pretty busy and didn't think I would have time. But the other night I did a quick sketch and kind of liked the way it looked. Of course, after inking and coloring it, it didn't quite look the same, lol. But hey, this is for fun and I enjoyed drawing her more than I thought I would.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c) Mutant Enemy Productions

Week 13 - Gentleman from Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Dwayne Biddix

This weeks subject for Illustrious Bits is any character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That could be the tv show, the movie or the comic.
Dwayne Biddix did this drawing of a Gentleman from the Hush episode of the tv series.

See more of Dwayne's work here.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (c) Mutant Enemy Productions

Week 12 - JEM! by Randy Ostridge

Another great image from Randy... The JEM! group on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, a great image based on one of my favorite Glee covers.  If you've never seen it, check it out.

"This image is for a weekly theme over at the Illustrious Bits sketch group.

When the theme of Jem came up for the sketch group, I immediately thought about doing a magazine cover of the band. The only music magazine I know is Rolling Stone, so I sorted through some of the their covers. I took inspiration from this Glee cover (my wife loves Glee):

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It worked because it had just the right number of characters, and I could easily see Jem as the central figure. Anywho, it may have been a little ambitious in the end, as I kind of ran out of steam during the colouring process. But it was still pretty fun.

Lineart is pencil on paper, inked with markers. Coloured in Photoshop."

check out more of his work here.

Week 12 - JEM by Andrew Charipar

Having just got back home from Mega Con just a few hours ago, I was half inspired/half tired and out of my mind... and this is what happens...

Jem from the 80's cartoon with just a few liberties... okay... a LOT of liberties, he he he.

enjoy
-Drew

Week 12 - Roxy by Danielle Alex St. Pierre

Here's Danielle's contribution to the Jem Week... and it's fantastic!!!

Here's what she had to say over at DA...


"It's week 12 over at  and the subject is any character from the Jem cartoon. I decided to tackle one of the Misfits... so here is my take on Roxy. I took a lot of liberties with her design. "


Check out her Deviant Art site here.

Week 12 - Danse from JEM by Ross Campbell

This awesome addition the to Illustrious Bits is brought to you by none other than Ross Campbell, the incredible artist of Image Comics GLORY.

Here's what he had to say over at DA

"Danse from JEM!
i'd been mulling her over for a while and IllustriousBits' Jem Week was the kick in the pants i needed. and yes, the Stingers are on the way. "

also go back and take a look at all the other JEM sketches he's done and posted on Deviant Art.

check out more of Ross's art here.

Week 12 - Jem by Rich Bernatovech

Here is my contribution to Week 12 of Illustrious Bits. This week's theme was picked by fans on DeviantArt and is "any character from Jem" (the 80s cartoon). I picked the cartoon's lead character, Jem, as my subject this week. I liked her attitude and how her look was totally a hologram. I had fun drawing this one, especially the hair, lol. The only thing I messed up was her earring. I made it a star and later realized (after inking) that it was really a six pointed type of star, not a standard star. Oh well, lol, she still turned out better than last week's Sailor Moon!

Jem (c) Hasbro

Week 12 - Jem By Dwayne Biddix

To start off JEM week we have Jem by Dwayne Biddix.

And another great example of Dwayne's stuff.  Excellent.

Check out his DA site here.

Week 11 - Sailor Neptune by Michelle Sciuto

Thanks Michelle for contributing another Great sketch.  This one is of Sailor Neptune.

Check out Michelle's DA site here.

Sailor Neptune (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Mercury by Jamie Fay

And yet another Great sketch from Jamie.  Sailor Mercury.

Here's what Jamie had to say over at Deviant Art...

"It's a new week over at  and this week's character/s is any character from Sailor Moon.

Since I've already drawn Sailor Moon herself in the past, I decided I had to draw Sailor Mercury or Venus next. I ended up choosing Mercury. I always liked how smart and caring she was. (I had a small Sailor Moon phase in 8th or 9th grade, when manga and anime started to blow up)

lines/inks by me 

colors to come by someone

YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO USE MY ART WITHOUT FOLLWING THE RULES IN PLACE> [link]
ASK FIRST AND I'LL SEND YOU THE HI-RES ART OR MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD"

Checkout Jamie over at DA here.

Sailor Mercury (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Mars by Andrew Charipar

I have a party to go to this evening and I'm not sure if I will get a chance to ink this one before tomorrow so I figured I'd post the pencils.

this is my contribution to this weeks subject... Sailor Mars.

in doing my research of the characters, she stuck out to me the most.  not sure why, maybe it was the hair... but when I finish the sketch, i'll post the rest

-Drew

Sailor Mars (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Jupiter By Joman Mercado

Wow, just wow.  Here's another great sketch by Joman of Sailor Jupiter and here's what he had to say over at Deviant Art...

"another submission for our sketch group ,, 

this week's theme was "sailor moon characters"... the anime/manga was so popular before but to be honest i havent really watched/read any part of it haha OTL,, good thing, my friend google was here to help me with the characters  and so i've chosen this babe cause i just noticed no one from the group drew her yet hehe "

check out more of Joman's great art here.

Sailor Jupiter (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Neo-Queen Serenity by Danielle Alex St. Pierre

Another great sketch from Danielle of Sailor Moon.  Here's what she said about the sketch over at Deviant Art...

"This week over at  the subject is any Sailor Moon character. So here is my contribution. I decided to tackle Sailor Moon as Neo-Queen Serenity. I wanted to do something simple and romantic... after all Valentine's day is just around the corner. 

The background was digitally added after cleaning up the lineart. "

check out more of her great art here.

Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Queen Beryl by Randy Ostridge

This awesome sketch of Sailor Moon's Queen Beryl was contributed by Randy Ostridge and this is what he wrote over at Deviant Art...

"This image is for a weekly theme over at the Illustrious Bits sketch group.

I have seen about two episodes of Sailor Moon in my life, so I am probably butchering this character. One of the main villians in the early series is Queen Beryl, and I just liked her dark look. 

Really experimenting with digital painting in this one. I wanted to get a more watercolor feel, but still keep some of the lineart look. I may have overworked it in the end, but it was quite fun!

All Photoshop."

check out more of Randy's stuff here.

Queen Beryl (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Mars by Bernce Acosta Llamo aka Loki

Another great addition from Bernce Acosta Llamo aka Loki...  Sailor Mars.

This is what he had to say about the sketch over at his Deviant Art site...

"Illustrious Bits Week 11 - Sailor Moon, im still trying out the paint software... sooooo why Mars? I love her... she's snarky... and beautiful. "

check out his DA site here.

Sailor Mars (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Moon by Luciano Vecchio

This GREAT image was by super-great artist Luciano Vecchio.

I am soooo happy that Luciano was able to contribute to Illustrious Bits.  Check out his DA site for tons of great stuff here.

Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Moon By Rich Bernatovech

Okay, I'll admit it, this is really not my best work. I was trying for something that just didn't happen with this sketch. I was trying to kind of merge my style with the Anime look for this week's choice on Illustrious Bits of Sailor Moon. I was hoping something different would come out of the merge, but I wasn't really happy with the results. It was a fun experiment at least.

Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 11 - Sailor Moon By Dwayne Biddix

Here is Dwayne Biddix's contribution for this week's Illustrious Bits theme. Dwayne had this to say about his very funny submission:

"This week was draw any Sailor Moon character. Since I dont know crap about the series I just thought I would make a play on her name.So enjoy!"- Dwayne

Please check out more of Dwayne's work on Deviant Art at http://dlxcsccomicartist.deviantart.com/

Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha Ltd., Toei Animation Co., Ltd

Week 10 - Cammy By Joman Mercado

Here is Joman Mercado's submission for Week 10 here on Illustrious Bits. Joman had this to say about his contribution:

"this is my sketch of Cammy from street fighter,, also my submission for Cammy week on

i do not know much about her too, but she's definitely fun to draw -- now i need to sleep XD"

See more of Joman art here.

Cammy © Capcom

Week 10 - Cammy by Andrew Charipar

OK, I will admit... I went all cheesecake on this one, he he he.

Cammy is NOT my favorite Street Fighter character, that would be Chun Li, but I like her just the same.  This is actually only the second Street Fighter character I've ever drawn, the first being Viper but it was fun and I look forward to taking another crack at it in the future.

I added speed lines digitally but not sure I like the out come so i'm posting both for the fun of it.

enjoy
-Drew

Cammy © Capcom

Week 10 - Cammy by Randy Ostridge

Here is Randy's take on Cammy's original costume.

Here is what he had to say about his piece:

This image is for a weekly theme over at the Illustrious Bits sketch group.I really don't know a whole lot about the Street Fighter franchise, although I am sorry to say I saw that movie with Jean Claude Van Damme. I do recall playing Street Fighter 2 on the Super Nintendo. I think I liked playing Blanka best. I went with Cammy dueling some mysterious foe in a devasted city-scape, as it gave me a little more to draw than just a leggy blonde. Not that there is anything wrong with drawing leggy blondes, minds you. Pencil on paper.

I love the detail you put into this piece, Randy!!

-Jamie

Cammy © Capcom

Week 10 - Cammy by Bernce Acosta Llamo aka Loki

Here is Bernce aka Loki's version of Cammy.

Here is what he had to say about his piece:

She's the second female icon for SF series... her moves are sexy too.

She looks great! I love it!

-Jamie

Cammy © Capcom