Mark Bartle ART Blog
Welcome to my blog! My aim is to provide useful content for artists and art lovers. In this art blog, I publish posts about illustration design, comic and fantasy art, drawing tutorials, drawing tools, sketching processes, art events, and more.
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Latest Blog Posts
How To Draw Hulk (Part 2)
This is the second part of my Hulk video tutorial. Check out the LIVE stream of me drawing The Incredible HULK poster.
This part is about laying down the flat colors for this drawing of one of the most powerful comic book characters ever.
Grab a seat, enjoy and share your thoughts about this Hulk illustration!
⚡️ twitch.tv/markbartleart
Hulk Tutorial (Part 1): PENCILING Composition
The Hulk is a Marvel character (alter ego: Dr. Bruce Banner), one of the strongest beings ever. It was created in 1962 by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.
Check out this LIVE stream of me drawing The Incredible HULK poster. Grab a seat, enjoy and share your comments!
⚡️ twitch.tv/markbartleart
Should I Use Copic Markers?
Copic is a Japanese brand known for their refillable markers and with replaceable parts. Copic markers are the most popular alcohol-based markers used by professionals, artists and designers. In this blog post, I explain why I want to use Copic markers and how I think they would fit into my process.
Where Copic excels is that not only are they professional level markers that give consistent blends and vibrancy in colour but are also fully replaceable in parts and refillable.
Are you yourself a Copic marker user? And are they really that good?
how to draw Thor Using Charcoal And Ink
Thor is a character from Marvel Comics belonging to the Avengers team. Literally the god of thunder, protector of Asgard and powerhouse (next to Hulk) for the Avengers. Considered traditionally a b-grade character in the comics and now popularized by the Marvel movies. Thor is part of the Pantheon of Norse Mythology.
Discover how to draw Thor: an easy 5-step process to draw Thor in grey scale, with cross hatching to create tonal or shading effects, including a tutorial video.
As Wolverine says: “ ‘nuff said!”