Page 32 - Sports Illustrated KIDS Magazine (January - February 2020)
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You’re staring at a
blank sheet of paper,
pencil in hand, certain
your masterpiece will
materialize on the
page somehow. But
where to begin? First
allow yourself to. . .
Shown here is the cover in its
"inks" stage, although Brett
used no actual ink. He draws
digitally, in Photoshop. While
there's nothing wrong with
on TV pencil and paper, there are
makes you want to play ball tons of free drawing apps for
tablets, if you want to sketch
yourself, finding artists that
with the help of an undo button.
you like can inspire you to
draw more. For our cover,
Brett had the challenge of
drawing Buzz Beamer in his
own style while also paying
tribute to one of the greats.
“Everybody wants to just jump into
the masterpiece right away,” says
Brett. “If you don’t warm up, you
This cover is an ode to illustrator
pay for it in the long run. I’ll just
Norman Rockwell’s classic cartooning in a way. Like if draw weird monsters and funny
Triple Self-Portrait (right). But somebody is sad, it’s not faces and that kind of thing. Just
Brett had no trouble updating it subtle. They’re really sad!” getting your imagination going,
for Buzz. “I swapped out some
and getting your hand loosened
of the details for things that were
up.” Try your hand at drawing Buzz
in my studio," Brett says. "His with these four simple steps from
had a lot more of a classic-artist Having art idols doesn’t creator Bill Hinds.
studio vibe, but the crumpled mean getting down on
up paper is definitely something yourself for not matching up
that’s all over my studio!” to them just yet: “Everybody
draws differently, and
nobody necessarily draws
Having a goal will always get
better than another person. you to be more productive.
Brett says he appreciates I see other people do stuff Draw any sports scene you like,
Rockwell’s art “more and more“ and it blows my mind and and tell us what tips from this
as he gets older. “As a kid, every I think, How did they do issue you used, and you could
issue’s Art Gallery
year we’d go on a field trip to that? I wish I could draw be featured in a future
the museum, and we’d look at like them. But I started to (page 50).
his paintings. He takes features really grow as an artist when
and gestures and pushes them I let that go and drew what
a little more so the acting is felt right for myself.”
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