Shark Week Pt02

Here are some more Shark Week sketches...sorry for the weird fuzzies around the edges. Some of the sketchbook pages scanned a little funny because of the binding of the pages...

Day 5:  The Basking Shark!

 

Day 6:  The Bonnethead Shark!

And Day 7:  The Great White Shark of course

Shark Week Pt 01

Some Shark Week Sketch Jam sketchbook doodles:

Day 1:  The Spotted Houndshark

Day 2:  The Bull Shark

Day 3: The Epaulette Shark

 Day 4:  The Wobbegong (or Carpet Shark)

I've got more of them I still need to scan. I also have more sharks to draw and more terrible jokes to write, so I'll be posting more soon. Happy Shark Week!!!

Leftover Shark Sketches

Happy September, friends! I'd done more shark sketches during Shark Week, but I didn't get around to scanning the traditional ones until last night (I know...bad form)

Marker and Brush Pen Angel Sharks from my sketchbook:

 A page of brush pen Tiger Sharks (colored digitally):

 Some digital Whale Sharks:

And a chance encounter off the shores of Berk:

Bramble Shark (Day 2's Shark!)

Pretty late, but here are my drawings of day 2's shark (the Bramble Shark)
 
Decided to do a marker/color pencil sketch. Still don't like how the colors are scanning:

And a bonus drawing of a Sperm Whale caught in a bramble patch:











Tiger sharks are coming soon...

Shark Week 2012, Day 1: Oceanic Whitetip Shark

I've meant to dust the cobwebs from this old blog for months. What better time to resume posting than the most wonderful week of the year? I am, of course, referring to Shark Week. And this year, as in years before, the talented Kristen Campbell is heading up the Shark Week Sketch Jam! For those of you who want to play along, each day we will be drawing (or painting, sculpting, sewing, etc.) a specific shark species. Take a look at the sketch jam blog and deviantart pages to see what everyone else is coming up with, and feel free to join in on the fun!

Sunday's shark of the day was the Oceanic Whitetip. I sat down with some scrap paper, my Pentel Pocketbrush, and some markers and, in spite of how rusty I felt, did a few sketches of the whitetips (and their pilot fish companions):

This page was fun to draw. Added the color here digitally:

I don't think the colors scanned very nicely, but ah well...here are a couple I colored with markers:

So it begins. Happy Shark Week, everybody!

Edit: Day 2 is the Bramble Shark :)

Velvet Belly Lantern Shark and the Pacific Sharpnose (Late Shark Week entries)

I know these are frightfully late, but here are Friday's and Saturday's sharks.




Thanks again to the super-talented Kristen Campbell for organizing this awesome sketch jam! Please check out the blog and deviant art page to see the fantastic drawings everyone did!

Bonus Shark Week-Related Posts:

Dave Derrick
Rad Sechrist
Stu Livingston
Ian Abando
Bobby Chiu

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark (Shark Week Sketch Jam Day 4)

Thursday's shark is the Brownbanded bamboo shark. I drew a juvenile since it has the brown, striped pattern that give the species its name.

Don't forget to check out the sharkweek sketch jam blog and deviantart pages, as well as the titblog for an assortment of shark sketches!

And a happy shark week to all!

Longnose Sawshark (Shark Week Sketch Jam Day 3)

Wednesday's shark is the very neat-looking Longnose Sawshark! Here are a couple more brush pen sketches with some digital color...

And of course the obligatory sawshark-used-as-a-weapon doodle...Here day 1's shark is fighting day 2's shark using day 3's shark.

This last one is a hammerhead sketch I forgot to scan Monday night:


And as always, check out the shark week sketch jam blog and deviantart pages, along with Kristen Campbell's page! And Titmouse has also been doing some awesome shark doodles at the Titblog page so please show 'em some love!

I also really enjoyed these hilarious Shark Week-themed posts by Austin Madison and David Derrick.

More awesome sawsharks:
Nate Villanueva
Marina Gardner
Eric Wu

Pelagic Thresher! (Shark Week Sketch Jam Day 2)

A quick one for Day 2:


The Pelagic Thresher Shark is one of my all-time favorites. Here is a video of one swimming somewhere near the Philippines:



Join in! Check out the Shark Week Sketch Jam deviant art and blogger pages (and don't forget to stop by Kristen Campbell's page as well!)

More awesome Pelagic Thresher blogness:
Nate Villanueva
Titblog
Tiffany Ford
Eric Wu
Ryan Deluca

Hammerhead Shark! (Day 1 of the Shark Week Sketch jam)

As many of you probably know, it's Shark Week! This means that the talented Kristen Campbell's annual Shark-a-Day sketch jam is on! The first shark of the day is the Great Hammerhead. Here are some brush pen doodles:



You can join in on the shark-action here on blogger or over on deviantart!

Other Shark Week bloggers!:
Carrie Liao
Tiffany Ford
Titmouse
Eric Wu
Mike Nassar
Nate Villanueva
Ryan Deluca

Day 4: Frilled Shark

Sorry it's so late guys! Took me a while to get to posting everyone's frilled sharks!

Don't forget that Day 5 is the (freaking adorable) Porbeagle Shark!

Here are mine:


Hardy har har:


Check out these awesome sharks:

Allison Craig
Ryan Deluca
Nate Lowe
Mike Moloney
Maha Tabikh
Ben Li
Edward Artinian's Stealth Shark
Eric Wu
Matt Boismier
Carrie Liao
Nate Villanueva

And here are some more from awesome people!

Mike Roush:


Freddy Cristy:


Otto Tang:


Matt O'Connell:


Madison Bateman:


Parker Simmons:


Melissa Levengood:


Brandon Cuellar:


Check out Kristen's deviant art page for more sharks!!

Day 3: Zebra Sharks!

Note: Day 4 is the frilled shark!!!

Hey all, it's kind of late, but it's still day 3! I decided to attempt a cleaner line in photoshop as practice since we had an inking demo in class last night. I know I'm more used to cleaning up drawings in flash!

And here are some silly warm up drawings of zebra shark pups (they look a lot more zebra-like than their adult counterparts):


Also check out:

Grif Kimmins
Carrie Liao
Ryan Deluca
Matt O'Connell
Ben Li (best zebra shark ever)
Maha Tabikh
Allison Craig
Eric Wu (aka psycho ninja)
Nate Lowe

Mike Roush:

Madison Bateman:


Parker Simmons:

Freddy Cristy:


Melissa Levengood:

I'm loving these sharks!

Check out Kristen's page for more!!