Patrick Bosworth
Los Angeles
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Blondie the good
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13d
added comment inAssignment - The Secret of Simple Forms
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Work has been hectic lately so couldn't find time to do these assignments on time,but i still want to share these with the community!,i like how some of these turned out and some not but i don't know how to do orthographic constructions that well so i hoping i will get a grasp of them in the future lessons😁
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2d
Really excellent work. Love the mannequins, and that centaur!
Agnieszka
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18d
I really love all the awkward sinks in this exercise :D. In general, I like this exercise; however, I was confused when there were a lot of lines. But after the critique, I understood that I don’t have to extend every line to the vanishing point. Sometimes I used a ruler when the angle was hard for me, and I could see it was wrong, but I couldn’t make it right. Most of the work, though, is done freehand.
1952 MG-TD. Tough keeping perspective lines tamed with paint, but I discovered my love for the flat brush on this one! Hit this with a little bit of airbrush to try softening the transitions in the front fenders, which had varying degrees of success and failure so I didn't go too heavy with it.
Toka Mathetsa
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13d
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This has been a painful realization that I need to exercise my visual memory more
It was fun though
Emily King
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11d
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How much time ought we to plan for working on a comic-book cover?
I realize that the simple answers are: "As much time as you need," or "An hour less than you did last time", and the like... ...but I'm wondering what the "Industry Standard" is for doing a cover of the quality level we're seeing in the Cover Illustration section of the Marvel Comics course.
I'm working on budgeting time for my first series and want to make sure that the schedule I plan-for will get me used-to what would be expected of me if/when I might get hired to do this as a legit. gig.
(The web-searches I've done so far have yielded only chaff.)
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9d
Hey Emily! I don't actually know what the industry standard is, but Erik mentions in an upcoming demo that a cover like the one he did for Fantastic Four #44 he'd allocate around 50-60 hours total to bring it from start to finish in oil. I think it has a lot to do with the production planning of the book (most comics are released monthly), and also depending on the medium you're working in, but around a cover a week for Erik's process.
Emily King
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9d
The best suggestion I ever got for what to use for a sketchbook was from Alex Toepetti, (who at that time was lead key cleanup artist at Walt Disney Feature Animation).
Printer paper and a clipboard.
His thinking was that, 1) you're not worried about leaving frayed edges by tearing-out bad drawings so you're more adventuresome with trying stuff that might not work; and 2) You can choose the surface smoothness/roughness you like best... and change it up if you ever feel so inclined.
I took that idea a step further and made my own, purse-sized sketchbook that I can thread-in/out any kind of paper I want. (Currently, I've got smooth paper for character ideation, toned tan paper for development sketches, and some lightweight Bristol paper for inks (or watercolor)... all in the same book!
( a quick walkthrough if you want to see it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1M4BlEr4m0/?igsh=MXc5cXd1Z3R0ZjNvNQ== )
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9d
I LOVE the DIY route you took with different types of paper all in one sketchbook, great idea!! Also seconding the clipboard and printer paper! It's what I use most when playing around with ideas or when sketching on the couch! Loose leaf paper is also nice because it can be easily used to transfer your drawing to a nicer piece of bristol board or watercolor paper with a light table if you want to take a sketch further!
Lucas Barrett
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10d
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This is my progress from 2024-2025 drawing my self-portrait. Much of my practice came from Proko. Thank you!