whipsmartbanky

I haven't used acrylics since my high school art classes, but I found my box of paints that I used to use for painting model figures.  They're still good and rather than see them go to waste I and was kind of tempted to give painting with acrylics a shot again.Any of you guys have experience in painting with acrylics and would like to share your tips, tricks, and ideas?Thanks!

When you're sketching for fun or practice, what are you doing it on, in, or with?Are you a fan of sketchbooks?  If so, spiral or square bound?  If not, are you sketching on loose-leaf paper, post-it notes, or digitally?If you're drawing traditionally, what kind of drawing utensil do you use?  Pencil?  Pen?  Lead type?  Mechanical?  Wood?  HB, color?If you're drawing digitally, what kind of input device do you have and what program do you use?  PC or Mac?I'm such a whore for the method, so if you've got time to share, please post a comment!

I've never had any delusions that I would ever be an accomplished draftsman on the order of Adam Hughes or Alex Ross, but I'm lately I'm finding that I'm reaching more and more for my own artistic "voice."I always thought I admired the likes of Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri.  I realized recently, though, that my true inspiration growing up was actually afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons.  He-Man, Transformers, GI Joe, Voltron, Tranzor Z, Thundercats, Silverhawks, and even Robotech.  I always drew as a child, but those shows really hooked me in to the "art" of it.It wasn't until my high-school years that I really discovered comic books an...