My sketches, studies and character design sheets : this is where the construction work shows, with guide lines, annotations and research pages. I’ve grouped the drawings by technique — pencil for everyday sketching, charcoal for studio studies, and the tablet for digital.
Pencil
Sketches and character sheets in graphite pencil, most of them in a spiral sketchbook.
A My Hero Academia fan-art sheet in two stages : the pencil sketch on top, the same scene coloured with markers underneath — two characters side by side, fists clenched, on a blue polka-dot background.
The Demogorgon from Stranger Things, its head split open like a flower, built up in graphite in very dark values ; a string of coloured bulbs frames the page, a nod to the series.
A pencil character sheet covered in notes : the full-length figure in the middle, clothing and face details drawn out separately, measurements and personality traits written in the margins.
A character sitting at a table, arms folded with the chin resting on them, eyes lowered. Shadows laid in with light hatching, the background left empty.
Two winged characters sitting side by side, large wings spread behind them, sketched in pencil on a loose page.
A full-length character whose huge wavy hair fills almost the whole page ; a light dress and a raised arm, drawn with a fine, even line.
A movement study : the character looks caught mid-fall, arms flung out, hair and clothes swept upwards.
A girl in a sailor-collar uniform with big curly hair, seen three-quarters on ; the face finished, the body left as a sketch.
The profile of a character with spiky hair, an earring and a raised jaw. The strands worked in quick, nervy strokes.
A character design sheet : the full-length figure with their weapon, alongside separate studies of the face, the eye and the accessories, all annotated by hand.
An exercise sheet : about ten hands in different positions — open palms, pointing fingers, closed fists — worked on a single page.
Two characters embracing, arms raised above their heads ; the construction lines are still visible under the drawing.
A run of figures simplified into volumes with the joints marked : several quick attitudes studied on the same page.
Figures built from basic shapes to work on balance and movement, with no facial or clothing detail.
A manga face in close-up, very large detailed shining eyes, short strands of hair and a shirt collar : an expression study.
Character sheet for « Jiyū » : the full-length figure and a three-quarter portrait, with her height, personality traits and favourite dish noted by hand.
Charcoal
Studio studies in charcoal, worked in values and blended with a stump.
A charcoal drapery study, reproduced from a plate in the magazine « Peindre et dessiner » (Larousse, no. 2, 1995) : a cloth falls in heavy folds from a support, the volume built entirely from blending and deep blacks.
A charcoal still life, reproduced from a plate in the magazine « Peindre et dessiner » (Larousse, no. 2, 1995) : a round vase on a neutral background, its curve achieved through rubbing and gradients rather than line.
An anatomy exercise reproduced from a plate in the magazine « Peindre et dessiner » (Larousse, no. 2, 1995) : a figure from behind resting on one leg, the modelling of the back and shoulders worked with a blending stump.
An anatomy exercise reproduced from a plate in the magazine « Peindre et dessiner » (Larousse, no. 2, 1995) : a seated three-quarter figure with one arm raised, shadows laid in with broad charcoal hatching.
Digital
Drawings made on the drawing tablet.
A digital illustration : a girl in a grey hoodie with messy brown hair, surrounded by bees ; the word « morning » written in green above her.
A digital greyscale sketch : a figure in a dress, hair and skirt lifted by a gust, the movement carried entirely by broad grey values.
A digital character sheet : a line study of the face on the left, the full-length figure on the right — red hair, a loose white t-shirt and grey shorts — with the name, age and given name in kanji.