Bernard
added comment inI'm a 16 year old aspiring comic artist, I would appreciate any critique or advice!
6d
Good drawings, overall well done.
If I may suggest: you tend to place both eyes horizontally, even when the head is tilted. Maybe you shouldn’t worry too much about getting the eyes completely drawn out, they’ll get enough attention anyway.
Another thing - it is a lot of gloom and doom, which will certainly serve the story, but you make the girls also quite hardened, which makes it more difficult for the reader to relate to them. By making them a bit softer and likeable, the reader will care more and thus you can better build up tension in the story.
2mo
Valid question, it annoys me as well when it happens.
Either only use one side per page, so the smudging will only hit the empty opposite page, or use a harder pencil, like H, HB or 2B, but not softer than that.
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What equipment is required for the coloring section ? I ask because I do not have a tablet or any similar device and I have never worked on digital coloring or drawing. Do I need to buy a tablet or something similar ? Or I will be able to complete the coloring section with traditional ways of coloring ?
Bernard
2mo
No equipment is required, if you want to use color pencils, that would be enough.
It is just that the video will show coloring digitally since that is considered more convenient, but they have emphasized that you can do the coloring traditionally as well.
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4mo
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David,
Hereby my final assignment. I’ve chosen a comic style, for comics is the destination I am aiming for. Drawing two characters make the drawing more interesting, I like to see some story emerging.
Still a lot to learn, but your lessons and the assignments have helped me a lot in growing as an artist, so thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and giving us the critiques we needed.
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5mo
Bark, I'd suggest to avoid copying all details, and in stead dedicating your energy in getting the exact proportions of the main landmarks, like the eyes together, and the eyes versus the cheeks. About the shadows - choose the ones that support a clear view on the face, leading the viewer to his gaze in stead of those that only distract the viewer. You can do it, since you have already proven to create convincing shadows.
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6mo
Bark, Socrates is very recognizable, you can feel his stubbornness.
As a critique: the noses do not match, the left one is tilted too high. And the dark spots may be accurate according to the light situation, but ask too much for attention, leading the viewer away from the facial expression. Your penciling is good enough, now it's time to decide where to put emphasis.
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6mo
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a Markhor and Chimpanzee mix. Pencil sketches. Trying to play with different head shapes!
6mo
Great linework, real characters, with wisdom and emotions. The horns could have been connected somewhat more solid on the skull, convincing the viewer they won’t break.
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6mo
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I did my work on a 8.5 x 11 inch printer paper with a blue ballpoint pen.
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6mo
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Should have sticked to the assignment, mostly drawn by fantasising, so no useful reference pictures. Nevertheless a fun excercise.
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6mo
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Working on Demogorgons from imagination. Any feedback is welcome
6mo
I think there’s good potential in it, but two things you could consider:
- the leg of the figure top right is very human like, now it is difficult to accept that the foot has another structure, with the mid foot joint serving as a heel. Keep it, but try to sell it more convincingly.
- the head is quite original and has enough options for conveying moods, but now it is too much a narcissus flower, which ridicules the figure a bit - the figure would be served better by a stronger structure. Maybe a more aggressive plant would be more appropriate.
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6mo
Hereby the ape / bat combination, could become a nice villain I guess.
7mo
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First using the Écorché to understand the forms and differences with human anatomy. Then did some sketchs from imagination
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7mo
Some stuff from Disney’s Tarzan as well. Delevering stuff for assignments is much harder than just drawing for the fun of it, I learnt.
7mo
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I printed some out and used a light box. I went through and did all of the examples. Though was restarting to focus on pale man and rancor as I plan to attach some memory drawings of those just for the clunkiness of the figures. Drawing directly on top of the image was more challenging than expected. Any feedback appreciated.
7mo
Nice and clean, also properly drawing the complete masses, as in also the hidden parts, I didn’t think of that.
As a next step, you could indicate the joints as well, like knees and elbows, that will also contribute to the structure.
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7mo
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Nice exercise. Tried to guess the skeleton structure, redraw it with that in mind, and redraw it from other angle as well in another pose.
Of course I’m not satisfied with the results, but that’s seldom the point of course exercises - I learn a great deal with this.
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7mo
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This was quite hard to do, being used to draw from photographs only.
However, it does help in generating images from imagination (the one with the gorillas in the corner).
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7mo
I'd suggest: start with light "search lines" in pencil on paper, nothing wrong with that, in fact, the great Disney artists also conceived their characters by starting with very messy "rough" drawings.
As soon as some lines emerge that are really to your liking, commit to them by giving them more lineweigth.
Afterwards, either erase the search lines, or just keep them, as additional character to the drawing.
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Here’s some rough sketches.
7mo
Proportionally correct, proper structure. I the next thing to do is, while drawing, to imagine this ape to be a character of its own, envision him as part of a story - I guess the drawings will then come more alive to the viewer.
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7mo
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Here are some of my newer skullstudies.
As suggested i tried to be more loose and to think a lot more about the volumes, and tried to chase the rabbit.
The pages with a ref are with reference and the pages with an m are from memory.
I think i will focus on the muscles now but im going to continue to study the skulls and skeleton whenever i find time.
Any kind of feedback on what i would need focus on in future skullstudies or in general would be as always very much appreciated.
7mo
Nice skull drawings, each with a character of their own. Sometimes you tend shape them too narrow, I’d suggest to start with the eye socket part (which will always attract the most attention), the zygomatic arch below it and proceed from that.
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7mo
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First few Anatomy Studies, will continue to work some more poses from imagination!
7mo
Excellent work on the muscle study, I tried copying your standing gorilla and learned a lot from it. As for the imagined one, I think the head should be raised to show the face.
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