Sparrowsky

Tamer of Beasts

The Indomitable (Summer 2023)

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  • The Unshakeable (Autumn 2023)
  • The Indomitable (Summer 2023)
  • The Indomitable (Spring 2023)
  • The Unshakeable (Winter 2022)
  • Sharing the Knowledge
  • Tamer of Beasts
  • Giver of Life
  • Dimensional Dominator
  • Basics Brawler
  • Drawing Prompt: Tool Shark

  • Drawing Prompt: Lost in the Multiverse

  • Drawing Prompt: Scrap Yard Tank Wars

  • Drawing Prompt: The Court of the Rat King

  • Drawing Prompt: Fantasy Ice Cream Cart

  • Drawing Prompt: Everything, a Dragon

  • Drawing Prompt: Everything a Magic Vessel

  • Drawing Prompt: The Annual Parade

  • Drawing Prompt: It's Not Easy Being Small

  • Drawing Prompt: Summer Fun

  • Drawing Prompt: Pirates in Every Age

  • Drawing Prompt: Gambling for Babies

  • Drawing Prompt: Serious Situation but it's Muppets

  • Drawing Prompt: Flora is Fauna

  • Drawing Prompt: In Memoriam

  • Drawing Prompt: Office Wars!

  • Drawing Prompt: Consecrated Critters

  • Drawing Prompt: Reboot Reboot

  • Drawing Prompt: Bardic Band

  • Drawing Prompt: The Moon Really Was Cheese!

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Framed Ink

Framed Ink

I'd been drawing as a hobby for a solid 10 years at least before I finally had the concept of composition explained to me by a friend.

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Marcos Mateu-Mestre's Framed Ink is among the best books out there on explaining composition, and how to think through the way in which you lay out your work.

Illustration is, at its core, storytelling, and understanding composition will arm you with the tools you'll need to tell stories that occur across a span of time, within the confines of a single frame.

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