Mill City Men dudes

As part of my continued effort to get better at drawing men, here are some more marker drawings of men. These were based off of some photographs taken by Michael Dodes over at Mill City Men. Dodes takes a lot of full-body photos of interesting/stylish men. These real, local men are much more fun to draw than fashion models.

My marker sketches don't do the original photos justice. The real photo of the redheaded dude is really great (his hair is awesome).

Here's a closer look. I started with a pencil drawing on Bristol, and then used a thin sharpie to outline, and then used Copics for the color. Still getting used to the Copics. For me, there seems to be a learning curve with them every single time I come back to them. Guess that's what practice is for.