Legends of the Mechanical Knight

Again it seems that I am behind on the posts, I have also been working on an actual name for this story.  It started out as just the "Robot Dragon Slayer" but that seems a bit limited and not much better than "Working Title".  Regardless, we have finally met a dragon and the story continues:

All images and text copyright 2014 - Michael Smith Doodle Bag Productions

All images and text copyright 2014 - Michael Smith Doodle Bag Productions 

All images and text copyright 2014 - Michael Smith Doodle Bag Productions

The bottom image is the original drawing done for the card.  It is hand drawn on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper and rendered with Copic Markers.  The drawings are then scanned and composed in Photoshop with the text and printed on card stock small enough to fit into the lunch bag.

Robot Dragon Slayer

I have been really remiss in posting, my apologies

Let's start with some robots:

Robot Hood done as part of the Sketch_Dailies series on Twitter

The Robot Dragon Slayer meets up with a dragon
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The Robot Dragon Slayer and the Robot Shaman barter
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The Robot Dragon Slayer leaps into action
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This are the different robot illustrations for the past few weeks.

Robot Sketch Card - On a Ledge

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This week finds the Robot Dragon Slayer still working on his quest, the setting sun glints off of his few remaining clean surfaces and he is precariously perched on a ledge reaching for the next safe spot.

Watercolors, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers on Strathmore board

Robot Sketch Card

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In this week's sketch card for my son's lunch we find the Robot Dragon Slayer looking over his shoulder at the edge of a ruined city.  The original name for Atlanta, GA was Terminus.

Strathmore illustration board, HB lead, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, and watercolors

Robot Dragon Slayer

All images and text copyright 2013 - Michael Smith - Doodle Bag Productions

This week's sketch card for my son has a robot knight who is working to rid his world of dragons.

Strathmore board, Prismacolor Ink Pens, with a little copic markers.

Dr. Who - Sontaran

Sontaran property of respective rights holders

This character is a request from my son from Dr. Who.  Evidently a potato-head alien that I have never heard of, still he was fun to work on shading and subtle lines, I wish I had spent more time on him though.

Copic Markers, strathmore mixed media board, Pitt Pens

Finished Wooden Robot

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This was a little doodle of a wooden robot brandishing a wand.

He's a hand drawn and inked image (col-erase pencils and Pitt Pens), cleaned up in PhotoShop and then rendered using copic markers.

Robot - Marker rendering WIP

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A little robot action going on this week, not getting done fast enough, but he is a fun little doodle.

Twi'lek Jedi Sketchcard

Jedi Knight's are property of Lucasfilm

This week's sketch card for my son's lunch, a twi'lek Jedi on Strathmore Mixed Media board with copic markers and prismacolor pens.

Jawa Sketchcard

Jawa property of Lucasfilm and Disney

This week's sketchcard for my son's lunch is a Jawa from Star Wars.  

Copic Marker and Pitt Pens on Illustration board.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Grand Admiral Thrawn is property of Lucasfilm (and Disney)

This is actually the backside of a FED EX box that I drew on and cut down to sketch card size for my son's lunch this week.  He has started reading the Star Wars Expanded Universe series Thrawn Trilogy.  So this week we get Grand Admiral Thrawn.  Pitt Pens, copic markers, and prismacolors.

Math Team Compositions

I had been asked by a friend to do some designs for her son's math team.  Below are some items that I have been working on for her.

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The two images above are working parts of another Math team composition.  The idea is to have the results of what Math can do, dealing with science and engineering along with some molecules.  Option 1 is below.

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This composition is option 1 for the math team and is a little more traditional in characters standing in front of some text.  The school colors are orange and black.

Robot Playing Banner

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Just a little robot banner I placed on my Facebook page for fun.

5th Grade Bag #21

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This week Sara finds that the Gym Rat is moving his sports equipment into the Locker Gnome's storage facility. The Rat claims that the Gnome doesn't need as much space anymore since the kids are all using electronic devices instead of books. The electronics are harder to sneak out of lockers and don't take as much room anyway.

Darth Maul is owned by Lucasfilm

This week's sketch card for my son is Darth Maul from the most recent set of Star Wars movies.  It is a black card and prismacolors.

Figrin D'an

Figrin D'an is the property of Lucasfilm

Sketch Card for my son.  He was playing the Catina Song from Star Wars on his violin, so I thought a Bith band member would be a good character for him.

copic markers, pitt pens on illustration board sketch card.

Sand People

Tusken Raider belongs to Lucasfilm and eventually Disney

This week's sketch card for my son's lunch.  Tusken Raider on Bristol Board sketch card with copic markers and dark sepia pitt pens.