Ian Glemsans Not So Secret Art Trash

I remember watching the cartoon each morning, that and spiderman :) Decided to go greyscale like the comics.

now back to the artcave!

messy, scratchy, and just the right style for me now. It felt cozy drawing like this, looking at errors and leaving them because it was okay to let them be.

now off I go back to the land of art

Anatomy study, ahhhhh, it went pretty well for a simple breakdown. Figured out feet a bit more with this study so I'm super happy! :D

First set of characters for OCs for artfight 2025, plus a work few work in progress. My account is: Glem

I've only done doodles of fanart, but this I feel turned out great! 4 hours sleep 2 coffees later and it's done :D

Next one I'm working on is HunterxHunter.

Back to the layers of hell with me. Haha...only 150 layers...haha...

Just a batty parent. 1 hour and 40 minute speed draw. :) (cartooning takes me so much longer AHHH line arts lol)

These little challenges are a nice change of pace. I did this over a day but I'll probably return to this piece and clean it up a bit more :)

All pictures I use are from pixabay.

I spent years honing my photo editing skills, and honestly edits like these that are so simple will still be my favorites. The layout for the full cover is below, I just need to write a witty new parody synopsis then I can print.

OFF TO NEVERLAND I GO!

Making a little mermaid vhs slip cover! It was such a fun project, and now I'm planning to make a bunch of these! Here is a closeup of the back and front :D

process video down below!

Alien concept!

Colour is something I try to dabble with a lot, along with different layer effects. I also closed this file for a while and came back, so so glad I did. Torn between which I like, I'll probably go back to this character off and on till I'm happy.

Photomanipulation. It is a style I really like working in and, one I work in fairly often when not cartooning or line-arting.

All source images are from pixabay.

Took around 15-20 hours each, they look simple but each block took 3 coats of paint plus a sealer. I have 2 others, the pufferfish and the rainbow trout. Used little cube wood blocks, acrylic/gouache mix, and woodglue, and modpodge as supplies. 🐟🎣

BACK TO THE FIELDS I GO!

Doodled some shapes then constrain myself to those shapes. for whatever art warmup I do in the morning. I also learned I love drawing in this blue and yellow as a combo is *chef's kiss*.

Lately I've been cartooning a bit more for a changeup and relaxing my hand more as I draw. It is a comfort style for me, when my brain hits any blocks or hiccups.

Mmm tasty tasty colour combos.

I wanted to give myself a 'how much can I do in 2 hours'. It was my warmup this morning. Ended up with three drawings, simpler but it's good to know my drawing speed has vastly improved over the years. Yellow characters practice: 10 minutes each Robot: 1 hour 40 minutes. (my brain could not figure out the lighting)

And back to the drawing board I go! - right after a much needed coffee break.

I make the comic page, I take best bit of comic page. Now to go drink my non alcoholic wine from a glass with a straw like the classy lad I am.

This sounds weird, but sometimes when making uncanny art it hits a weird 'not uncanny but too far gone' or just not as funny as it was in my head. Subwoofer is one of those moments.

I swear to not make an unhinged fish comic.

I swear to not make an unhinged fish comic.

I swear to not make an unhinged fish comic.

OH HECK! I made 2 very short concept comic strip (this is the 1st one) that were a really fun side project for myself. Made roughly I think 6 months ago, give or take a fish month. It'll be a project I do over non alcoholic wine, and when I need to give myself a good laugh. Now if you don't mind I'm going to vanish.