Alex Ledante
This month’s Sketchapalooza is mostly pages from my Laputa notebook, although I stuck in another sketch from roughly the same timeline… These are all really old pieces, circa 1990-something so I don’t quite remember what the hell I was thinking at the time
At any rate, I hope you enjoy this blast from the past
#1 work in progress
If memory serves, I wanted to paint this in the style of Alma-Tadema. Looks like I never got to the wardrobe stage of this piece, most likely because her pose wasn't resolved...
#2 laputa cross section
It looks like I could've used some graph paper here. I have designed several different tiers, each with their own function
#3 balcony study
just some more studies of the castle in the sky- thumbnail and rough sketch
#4 the gang’s all here
If memory serves, this was going to be a watercolor and gouache piece. Probably would've used color pencils as well. I see that P-chan is in the house!
A great start for this drawing.
Amusingly enough, this is where it stopped…
I like the feeling of a free meandering effect of drawing. Excellent.
Agreed, the loosey goosey vibe is strong in sketches
I see your viewpoint there.
I often need many different vantage points to determine the optimal view