The Art Of Chris Hack

Superman...

A few weeks ago I shared the pencils for this drawing. I've since added ballpoint pens of every colour! Well black, red, blue and a touch of yellow! I will put my hands up now and admit this was a tough one to get right. Superman is hard to draw. Especially compared to Batman. You can't hide in the dark bits! Anyway... Was planning on putting this up in the morning. As it's my birthday. But thought I'd sneak it up the night before. So I can put my feet up all day tomorrow. Can't wait to have another crack at the Man of Steel! When I'm a year older and wiser!

Man Of Steel...

So I've spent the last week failing completely on a ballpoint pen drawing. It's so strange when a piece goes wonky. And no matter how much work you put into it you just can't turn it around. Finally yesterday I surrendered and moved on. To this. One of my next pieces.

Christopher Reeve starring as my favourite comic book character. Just edging out the Dark Knight. Superman.

Now this is just the pencils. I plan on inking this piece and adding lots of background details. But I really like how drawings can look at this stage. Sometimes it's a shame to cover it up with ink! So I wanted to share. This is what I can do in an evening. The inking takes a lot longer. Some of the shading is only quickly rendered. But all the details are there. Everything I need to produce the final drawing.

I really want to start using my blog more. In the past I've obsessed about showing only finished polished pieces of art. But it is a blog! So I want to post more often and show people some of the steps and stages. I hope it's going to be a big year for my art. It'll be fun to share a lot more of it on here than I usually would! Give people more of an idea of what goes into my work!

The Dark Knight Returns...

Another Batman drawing today. This time in my ballpoint Moleskine. I really enjoy working on the character. And plan to do more superheroes in the future. Now back to the grindstone! Got lots to get done. And just trying to fit doodles for my blog inbetween other work!

A Dark Knight...

Recently I've been feeling the need to make more polished more intricate artwork. I love taking my time over a drawing. Fiddling away until I'm happy. And lately I think I've been rushing the odd piece. There's going to be a subtle shift over the next few months as I feel my art priorities have changed a bit. They'll still be plenty of things to see on my blog. But maybe there'll be of even higher quality. And hopefully new and exciting endeavours. So i want this Batman to kind of mark a new beginning to something. And we'll see at the end of the year how that's going. Until then enjoy one of my favourite pieces in a long time!