Repeating themes or style shorthand?

Sorry I grabbed the wrong urls (Image instead of game) for the initial post and can't seem to delete...

Bastard Animals: http://drawception.com/viewgame/8DkS66htbq/fastest-snail-ever-born/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/zBS6n6yx2r/id-sell-my-soul-for-a-n64/ Not entirely successful: http://drawception.com/viewgame/RTAKySODHD/octopus-beach-volleyball/

I've been finding myself drawing a lot of landscapes and other nature-themed drawings lately:

http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-6/3QCnjW7by3-12.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-7/Q6492qbP5b-14.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-6/TxaL27fH4S-8.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-6/ZpzhWxFxZ4-10.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/wSzHCBeZP7-8.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/NQhMCgc7ex-6.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/XR2fZMgTEQ-6.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/LH4bWCWfk5-2.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-3/2Z9BANCE98-4.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/zpzt9Hr2jK-14.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-3/PCTgcPjPh3-10.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-4/ybTB35GWAD-10.png http://drawception.com/pub/panels/2012/6-3/j4kjasY8wz-2.png

I think I got that part mostly mastered. I do a whole lot of cross hatching and just plain scratching in my nature pieces.

Nice! Whenever I try cross hatching it ends up all random scribbles. Not precise looking like yours.

My usual style has somewhat scratchy black outlines on everything. This works well for me on most things but I always get flustered when I have to draw things that are already black, such as Batman, Darth Vader, or Xenomorphs (Aliens).

Early on, some of these things would look like black blobs and I didn't really know how to put detail in. I've since figured that it looks better if I use black for the body then use the darkest grey in place of the black I would normally use for outlines and details.

Here's some early examples of Xenomorphs: http://drawception.com/viewgame/f2QaNzFPSQ/green-lantern-and-his-boombox-in-the-hood/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/LSRy6aXMZr/alien-vs-zombies/

Here's some more recent ones: http://drawception.com/viewgame/QGAprObHr6/alien-vs-predator/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/T88ekdyKQ9/girl-cries-from-prank-call/

Hasty background style I seem to do a lot :)

http://drawception.com/viewgame/N1HMzf2nsf/gooby-pls/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/c77xLkWeOM/a-donut-cop/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/gZBE6M2cyw/a-dot/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/H8K5qSTpNA/chewbacca-rides-a-noble-steed/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/36WdGk3r7T/one-reason-to-like-skyrim-because/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/b47257EDdP/hello-yes-this-is-dog/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/KQhA7s2FLj/a-dingo-couple-goes-to-a-fancy-party/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/qYwcZyArTY/a-cat-wearing-glasses/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/aH32a6ekrf/sonic-rainboom/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/Oa5KkMejw2/by-your-powers-combined/

oh and I see to keep having text in the top left of the box and it get's cut off by the circle which says which panel number it is :P

http://drawception.com/viewgame/mA7c7nXNhA/the-greek-treasury/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/hWAWzcfptF/the-princess-and-mr-whiffle/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/SKFzLrAp72/i-have-the-poweeeeeer/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/5pKkCSYcWf/ultimate-warrior-gorillapresses-himself/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/1S2HFnxq3m/department-of-unclear-physics/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/Oa5KkMejw2/by-your-powers-combined/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/YqeP9e7Wga/downs-syndrome/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/mbBm88SGjg/the-ludus-magnus/ http://drawception.com/viewgame/Tmw7H5r39E/magicarp-uses-splash/