Ink Sketches: Copies

Above is a sketch referenced from a scene in The Hunchback of Notredame, which I found in the book of works from Disney artists.

Looking for a subject matter to draw, I started by doing multiple ink sketches using ink. It helps me to produce a series of drawings in a short amount of time in order to record my progress as I go along. 

I started drawing from a second resource picture reference first, like an illustration in a book (a Disney book filled with concept art and screenshots of some of the films proved to be really helpful), or professional photographs of landscapes in a photography guide which I simply re-enacted with ink.

This sketch was referenced from a photograph by Lee Frost. Working from a photograph is particularly useful, in a sense that a subject's form can be determined by looking at real-life events. This further strengthens the need to obtain primary photographs of my own.

I have come to realize that using black ink works effectively for the foreground, as it is more bold and eye-catching, in a sense that what a viewer tend to see in a landscape; foregrounds tend to be much darker in hue, and slowly retracts as the picture moves further away into the background.

In this case, I used a sepia-toned ink for the shading and for the outline of the building in the background. Noticing this enables me to create depth within the sketch.

More of my ink drawings can be found in my sketchbook.