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wallycee asked:
holy shit i love your art! are you published? can i buy anything from you? You are extremely talented!
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Haha! Thank you! I have a short story published in The Anthology Project Vol. 2, and you can buy that. It’s full of incredible comics by unbelievable artists. You can read the short online HERE.
I will let y’all know as more of my stuff becomes commercially available. (because it is coming).
Test Number Two. Stay tuned. Next week she uses the sword.
For those of you who missed it: Test Number One.
-Jake
Just finished coloring an old page. Just started drawing a new page.
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Anonymous asked:
will you hang out in my bedroom
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Well aren’t you a saucy one, Anon.
I will hang out anywhere on these conditions:
1. You let me play on your nintendo.
2. You let me read your comics.
3. Don’t get fresh, Anon.
4. There will be snacks.
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Anonymous asked:
Where are you based / where can I hang out with you? O:
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I live in Burbank right now. But we can hangout wherever.
My younger brother as a black mage, circa 1994. It’s his birfday today. He’s 26.
He’s still a black mage.
Drawing by Jake Wyatt
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elfhands asked:
Hi! As I've said before (and will keep saying forever), I love your work! I have some questions though - what brush settings do you use for linework, if you do it digitally? I absolutely love the look it has, and I would love to try something similar in my awkward stumbles through Photoshop. Thanks for your time, and have a great day!
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TOOL TIME!!!
DIGITAL
The brush I use for nearly all my PS linework can be found HERE. It’s a mighty brush, and gives a great textured line.
It’s the Pencil: Stumpy 6pt brush, but I usually use it set to about 15pt with a 75% flow for drawing at 300dpi. For background stuff I set it to 20pt to 35pt with a 40% flow and use a lighter hand. This helps the figures appear a little more ‘in focus’ against a grainier, softer background.
TRADITIONAL
When working in the physical world I use 2b-4b lead in .7 MM drafting pencils for figures, and knife-sharpened Blackwing pencils, powdered graphite, and 4b-6b graphite sticks for backgrounds and laying in value.
CASUAL
When drawing from life and in my sketchbook I use either a ballpoint pen or a knife-sharpened black Prismacolor colored pencil. You get a nice, dark, textured, non-erasable line. Plus, Prismacolor pencils are waterproof and nearly smudge proof.
PRETENDING YOU’RE IN WESTEROS
I knife-sharpen my tools because it gives you more control and a variety of edge. It also just feels cool.
If you have to do something dull, like sharpening pencils, it might as well make you feel like Mance Rayder a little bit. Life should be fun.
This tiny comic is Test Number One. But more tests are required.
-Jake
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loluis asked:
someone just rebloged your most recent post and i followed you immediately in hopes that i get to read that comic. is there a website where i can get acquainted with your past work? or should i just look through your tumblr?
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Hey thanks! I don’t really have a functional website right now, so going back in time through the tumblr is probably your best bet. I’ll let everybody know when the site’s up.
And you WILL get to read that comic.
In-progress style test for a comic I want to draw.
-Jake
Still coloring old pages. These drawings are well over a year old, and the color is from Tuesday. A collaboration between Past Jake and Present Jake.
Past Jake has been hard to work with, and his shortcomings frustrate me, but I feel like he pulled his weight on this one. I hope that Future Jake is proud of our work.
I’ve pretty much come around to the idea that Jake Wyatt is my Messiah
Haha! Kris, everyone knows that you worship no god but Steve Rogers. You can’t fool us with your sass.
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somoscasanova asked:
big fan of your style. As an animation student I was wondering if you had any reading materials/tutorial type stuff that you would recommend? Anything that helped you out? Are you just naturally awesome? If so any tips or tricks to help a brotha out?
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I can kind of answer that question.
I don’t know what kind of art you want to make, but these are the teachings and habits that help me down the path I choose to walk. But so much of the art I like doesn’t involve any of what I’m about to tell you. There are so many roads to explore, and most of them are more interesting than mine.
SPELLBOOKS:
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way. Stan Lee and John Buscema. It’s maybe the most concise, accessible primer on representational drawing in the known universe. Great text for beginners. And full of snappy alliteration and hokey hyperbole. It’s basically the Book of Spells by Miranda Goshawk.
The Works of Andrew Loomis. Available for download HERE. I’ve got a few of them in print. Really dense, kind of stuffy, utterly invaluable resources for learning the lost lore of spatial draftsmanship. These are arcane tomes, and they teach the Old Ways. The lost spells. But to absorb their teachings requires sacrifice. Master the way of the novice, the Marvel Way before you approach them.
The Animator’s Survival Kit. Richard Williams. Teaches you how to endow your graphite-and-ink homunculi with the spark of life at 24 frames a second.
THE WIZARDING WAY:
DRAW FROM LIFE. All the time. Draw naked people. Draw clothed people. Draw pets and buildings and teacups and trees and draw all of it all the time. Put it in a book that you keep in your pocket. Steal life from the realm of the living so that the worlds you create might also live.
PAINT FROM LIFE. Use all the paints. Start with value. Separate the light from the dark. Add temperature. Add color. Paint objects then paint landscapes then paint people. Use what you learn to illuminate your own realms.
STUDY. Do not just read about art or just look at art you admire. Books and blogs can be used much more effectively. Copy art you like. Pick it apart. Try to do it yourself. Reverse engineer. STUDY it. Apply what you learn. Take it’s powers for your own.
COURT FAILURE. Try when you might not succeed. Find out why you failed. Correct your mistakes. It’s very tempting to take safe routes to pretty pictures, to sidestep weaknesses or gaps in your understanding. SCREW THAT. Confront them. Destroy them. Smite your weaknesses down upon the mountainside and write the story of your triumph with their ashes.
CREATE. Make what you want to make. Don’t put it off. And don’t wait to be ‘better.’ You’ll always want to be better. No idea you have is so grand that it’s worth wasting your life over until you’re ‘ready.’ Do the damn thing.
FELLOWSHIP. Make friends with artists who inspire, challenge, and support you. Friends who are your cheerleaders, your coaches, and your rivals. An enemy is someone who hates you and wants you to fail. A rival loves you for the challenge you represent. Rivals inspire one another, and give meaning to each other’s struggles. If you don’t understand positive rivalry, read shonen manga until you DO. Start with this. Avoid toxic relationships, and shun those that practice the dark arts.
That’s what works for me…
But you can be a fantastic artist without doing ANY of this stuff. It’s just what helps me on my path towards a very specific, pretty traditional artistic ideal. I confront the challenges that are the most fun for me, but most of my favorite art doesn’t fall within the bounds of what I’m trying to do.
As always, I’m getting to the rest of your questions. Promise.
Q
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Anything for you, Beverly.
I posted my color process a while back. You can read it HERE. If you want to know something specific that I don’t cover, lemme know!
Also, I’m behind on answering questions, but I’ll get to all of them.
Promise.
The Boy Wonder, comic short by Jake Wyatt.
can you say INSPIRING? Because wow what
I had forgotten ALL ABOUT this thing. Mr. Parker brought this post to my attention. Turns out I drew this thing like… four years ago? Three years ago?
I love the hell out of Robin, y’all. I have a soft spot for all teenaged vigilantes.
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