🔎 Derek Flint ↗️

New Superman film is my favorite of all time - no contest

Tell 'em to go kick rocks!

Still out here drawing comic things - been trying a new stylized shape to figures with more straight lines and perspectives. Sketchbook is looking pretty fun the last couple of weeks. #spiderman #sketchbook #ink #ComicArt #graffiti

Pencils, pencils pencils! Should I ink it?

Practicing sculpting and motion with lines

Batman sketch, practicing the feeling of movement and force.

Because of this, artists can draw the body efficiently and accurately. So you end up making heroes you can draw repeatedly with less effort. Flowy clothing requires understanding how different clothing stretches, folds, and wrinkles depending on what the human body is doing.

them either - giving us an emotional, if not altogether, an existential response to pieces that contain them. Similarly, you might wonder why superheroes wear skin-tight clothing. It's because artists spend years drawing the nude form in order to understand the body...

Why does so much art contain images of skulls? Answer: It's one of the first things artists learn to draw when studying the human form. Because it's a constant part of studying, it's an easy addition to any piece. And it doesn't hurt that most viewers feel weird looking...

Continuing to crank out dynamic figures sketches.

Markered Superman in both the traditional colors and grayscale. Pose reference from one of Jim Lee's Batman covers.

Frazetta sketch figures for a warm up

Pencilsssss.....

@darth_na Thanks! Lucky for you, I'm for sure not brave enough to ink the OG!

@I___DEREKflint 1) Awesome! 2) Don't ink the original. Make a scan and print, then ink that.

Can I get some comic/horror art feedback? I'm working on composition and have been playing some Arkham Horror games so I sketched this on 11" x 17" Also, should I ink this thing?!

@EricCanete As a new InkPulp subscriber and fan, I really really appreciate this comment. Thanks for always being thoughtful, Eric. It's why I enjoy your personality and artistry so much. ...And FWIW, I think Jim Lee's rates are, in many respects, absurd ;)

@I___DEREKflint 1) It may be your personality type- its worked wonders for you current and ongoing success. 2) Current/former place of employ may have an underlying/subliminal C-Suite conduct signal, leveraging your personality type. 3) No- I suspect it lessens. But it doesn't go away.

So, is proving your value to a company something you have to do your entire career? Even when I'm killing it and there isn't executive pressure, I generally feel anxious all the time. Does the feeling go away or is this just my personality?

The number of people who spend their lives dedicated to learning people's preferences for blog articles should depress more of us.

@Bonini84 @TheCoolestCool "..." "...Ahh sorry... Is that better? I think my airpods are dead."

@TheCoolestCool “I think you’re muted.”

“Alright. Let me justtttt sharrreeee myyyy screen. Okay. Can everyone see this? Great.” - Everyone

To be clear, you should invest in both paid and organic channels - but the math works differently for organic

Marketing math: SEO CPC for a keyword on day 1 = Cost of blog (est. $1,000 - $2,000) SEO CPC after 12 months in position 1 = Estimated traffic (1,099 * 12 = 13,188 clicks) / Cost of blog ($1,000 to $2,000)= $.07 to $.15 per click Cost per click on paid = $19.00 and rising