Chris Case: Illustration Sketchblog

Some meeting doodles

2011-07-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

A few quick sketches

2011-07-02T21:49:00.000-07:00

The first 2 of these are kind of cheating-- the color versions will be up on my monsterblog soon-- but it's been awhile since I've posted, so getting something up was priority one...

A few sample colors from a recent job

2011-04-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

These are a few samples and a detail from an illustrated story I just completed for Compass publishing. Am still liking the gouache/ watercolor/ ink thing, but I feel like it may be time for a change-- finally time for digital? Would like to experiment with color more, and watercolors are pretty unforgiving. Am also a little too short on space for oils, and a little too not liking acrylics for acrylics. A drawing tablet, though.... lots of glossy pros, and I especially like the idea of not having to house a lot of physical copies of my mistakes.

So anyways, here's some stuff I made. 2 out of 3 children across time prefer green walls:

More Compass Sketches

2011-03-29T22:52:00.001-07:00

Here are some more sketches from a project for Compass Press (did 8 pages total). Nothing fancy, but whatever. I think that the drawing of the kid at the computer has a niceness to it...

Will be posting colors in the weeks ahead.

Compass job color details

2011-03-13T22:01:00.000-07:00

Here are a few color spots that go along with the sketch shown a few posts ago. Will likely continue to post B&W's and colors from this job over the next few months.

Little Compass Sketch

2011-03-04T12:27:00.000-08:00

Not much to this one, but I haven't posted in awhile, so...

Here's a little sketch for a job through Compass Press. May post more down the road.

More Blog Hokey Pokey

2011-02-10T13:19:00.000-08:00

Last post of the old stuff...

Blog Hokey Pokey

2011-02-10T13:12:00.001-08:00

I'm shuffling blogs to make room for something new-- these are some old images that were originally posted on a blog that's on its way out. The images are from a picture book dummy called "Octopus Ink Everywhere!", nib/ brush and ink.

last cowboy book post (for awhile, at least)

2010-12-29T16:11:00.000-08:00

These are a few old illustrations that were leftover from a revised draft of a current project, and a few new ones that came out of revisions. This book is being submitted now... on to something new.

Will keep posting sketches from new projects as they come together. Thanks for looking,

Chris

More from the new book

2010-12-19T20:07:00.001-08:00

I'm currently revising this book for submission for publication. Some of these illustrations are in the final, and some aren't...

Still more new book details

2010-12-06T00:31:00.001-08:00

More new book sketches

2010-12-05T01:33:00.001-08:00

More from the new book

2010-12-04T10:25:00.001-08:00

Back with some cowboys

2010-12-03T23:09:00.000-08:00

I've been drawing for awhile but haven't been posting-- I'm long overdue for this, I guess.

Here are some details of sketches from my new book. I'll be pulling and posting a batch of these a day for the next 4-5 days. Enjoy!

Babies from a current project

2010-06-06T15:08:00.001-07:00

Here are some babies from the current version of my cowboy book (see the post below this one). I really like drawing these little guys-- they don't always turn out beautifully, but they're still fun to draw, and they only take 20-30 seconds apiece to do. Each one of these drawings is only about 1.5" - 2" around.

More Cowboy Book Sketches

2010-06-06T15:00:00.000-07:00

This book's been kicking around for years, but it may finally be coming together. Am currently revising it with my agent's help for submission. Here are some old dummy sketches:

Some Highlights Images

2010-06-06T14:45:00.001-07:00

These are 3 (of 6) images that will appear in this November's Highlights High-Five.

Old sketches from a new book

2010-05-02T17:42:00.000-07:00

These sketches are from an older version of a book that I'm currently reassembling for submission. I've got a ton of these old drawings laying around for this project, and felt like putting a VERY small sample up. I'm hoping to get a dummy of the new version out by tomorrow, so I'll probably put up a few more images later this week.

Sketches for a Highlights job

2010-04-30T21:24:00.000-07:00

These are spots that will be laid into a 2 page spread with a background image...

Cows! (some slightly belabored submission sketches)

2010-04-19T00:21:00.001-07:00

A color study for a potential client:

2010-02-22T00:12:00.000-08:00

Broken Wrist Compare and Contrast

2009-12-18T15:35:00.000-08:00

This so-so horsey drawing was done when I had a broken wrist and elbow. The awful molester-bear drawing, on the other hand, was done with a perfectly functional drawing arm.

If anyone wants to publish a molester-bear one-a-day calendar, just get in touch. I will churn these little guys out.

Random

2009-12-18T15:34:00.000-08:00

Museum Sequence

2009-12-18T15:05:00.001-08:00

Here's a sequence from the same book as the sketches below. There's a boy climbing the skeleton in the first set of drawings...

Book Project Sketches

2009-12-18T15:01:00.001-08:00

Some sketches for a project that I'm playing with. The "comic" panel one is an idea for the book's intro.

Beans!

2009-12-18T14:43:00.000-08:00

Some character sketches for a book.

More Octopi!

2009-12-18T14:35:00.000-08:00

Some B&W Sketches from the same book as the color studies below...

Some Friday Octopi

2009-12-18T14:21:00.000-08:00

Here are some color character studies for an upcoming book about an Octopus.

Sniffing

2009-12-18T14:16:00.001-08:00

More book studies.

Book job studies

2009-12-18T14:13:00.001-08:00

3 kids and a torso

2009-12-18T14:08:00.000-08:00

Character sketches for a book job.

Cowboy Syrup

2008-09-14T17:46:00.000-07:00

These comic pages were going to be "bookends" for a children's book. Now this story's being redeveloped as an all-comics thing, and will go in a different direction, idea-wise. So here's some out-of-context old direction:

A baby that I drew

2008-09-14T17:40:00.001-07:00

I like my manatees doughy

2008-09-14T17:14:00.000-07:00

This was from an old-ish story idea about a boy and his manatee that's now being revisited. I think it may turn into a children's book about something else animal-related-- also may not. Here are some old character sketches: