Dr. Zeke
An emergency-room slice-of-life comic about long shifts, strange cases, coworkers, bad timing, and the occasional lucky card.
Beginner Manga Artist: Overcoming Drawing Challenges #001
My main goal for this one shot study was to show a basic story line without any dialogue. I was able to show that at a beginner and basic level. However, my art work looked amateurish given I’m a beginner. I was able to implement my learning studies with construction and simplification of an object. […]
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A small independent corner of the web for comics, rough drawings, concept art, experiments, and the process of getting better one panel at a time.
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Beginner Manga Artist: Overcoming Drawing Challenges #001
My main goal for this one shot study was to show a basic story line without any dialogue. I was able to show that at a beginner and basic level. However, my art work looked amateurish given I’m a beginner. I was able to implement my learning studies with construction and simplification of an object. […]
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Drawing From Imagination Study #1
For this particular study from my sketchbook, I tried to draw a penguin from memory instead of using a reference and trying to simplify the basic shape of a penguin. One particular issue I ran into when drawing this was trying to get that 3D effect with the legs and the body of the penguin. […]
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Overcoming Challenges in Manga Drawing: My First Month
As I hit the first month of my manga-drawing journey, I have been working on a medical drama series centered on a new ER resident, Dr. Zeke, and the staff working in a high-volume ER in New York City. These early pages are rough and still in the story-boarding stage. I wanted to document the […]
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Step 0: Draw your backgrounds. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat.
First thing I’m learning about creating a comic is creating the background and trying to experiment with different mediums. I was unable to get the mountain shading right and perspective is my weak point again. So I need to learn how to bring that 3D effect into a background.
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Starting from Absolute Zero – July 2026
Welcome to Seven of Spades Studio. This is the first real post on the site, so I figured I should start by explaining what this place is supposed to be. I started learning how to draw and paint in July 2026. Before that, I had basically no real art experience beyond stick figures. Instead of […]
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Finally Popped My Face Portrait Cherry
These two face portrait studies were rough. I clearly struggled with getting the round head shape and my symmetry looked off. This was before I started taking formal art courses and actively practicing my lines and shapes.
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