Comics art and boobers (by vemp)

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Jam it back in, in the dark.

magi, I'm not taking up any classes and never had (but if given the chance, I would love to have formal education on Arts). So far, I'm doing this as a hobby, and at the same time improving my skills for I want to pursue a professional career in comics someday. I still have a lot of things to improve, specially sequential art. But so far, it's just a hobby.

naz, nice to see you too! hehe

There's nowhere I can't reach.

rubbersuitguy, I have no specific influence, it kind of varies depending on what mood I'm in, or what book I'm reading. But I'm a huge fan of Adam Hughes and Mike Mignola's art. Right now, I'm into Olivier Coipel and Steve McNiven. Mostly marvel artists.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

[size]whoa! ava lilly replied to my thread.[/size]

Holy shit, I never got this much replies since my last "BEEN HERE FOR X YEARS NOW" thread! Thanks for the comments guys, I'll try posting some more stuff later, and I encourage everyone to make constructive comments, not just "nice art" comments. I really want to know what are my flaws and what I need to improve. Once, again, thanks!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

sorry Jess... I promise I'll do it. I just need to find the right mood of the drawing or something. :/

How ya doing, buddy?

sup Rorschach.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

heh magi, I exactly know what you mean, you tried and read the last 2 issues of X-Men (#182 - #183). That's a concrete example of what you just said. The colors messed up everything.

FELIPE NO

Hey thanks. On average, they usually take an hour or two. Longer if I get lazy. Heh.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

lol sorry for the lack of boobs. I'm kinda doing some tweaking with my art. don't worry, I'll draw some boobs for ya soon!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Something I whipped up earlier tonight. (click image for larger view)




I'm sort of re-inventing my style. Something like that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

yeah, he's hellboy. spread the hellboy love!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Looks like I'm going back to drawing the wimmenz.



Carol Danvers <3

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Oh yeah, this drawing drove me nuts, and then I finally gave up and "finished" it.

Here's some of the problems that I was trying to solve. First, the right fist, it should have had an outward look, the fist should have been 3/4 outward and not sideways like how it came out. Second, the left fist, the arms are stretched to the back and the fingers should have been spread, which also should have been highlighted! Third, the right foot. Probably the part where I spent the longest time. As you've said earlier, foreshortening. Yeah, I had a VERY difficult time doing this. Draw, erase, draw, erase, draw erase, until the paper's thin as fuck until I just settled with having the right foot showing, as compared with having the shin and the foot. Fourth, left leg. Her lower leg should be showing. And lastly, the torso. Truth is, I still find it difficult to draw a full body pose of a woman. Mainly because I can't get the lower torso part, from below the chest to the legs. And I'm trying to improve that.

Thanks for noticing them magi, it's cool to see someone see your mistakes instead of the regular "OMG NIEC TITS" comment. Also, I can't go into making my own comics yet cause I'm not that confident with my art yet. I guess that could wait. heh.

I was speaking idiomatically.

thanks naz and ava, oh and I'm kinda experimenting with that kind of style, heavy blacks and all.

magi, sadly I tend to "finish" a thumbnail when I try to make one. This piece is an example of it. It started as a small sketch, like I'm trying to get the pose and all, and I kind of "finished" it. It's just a small sketch, about 4"x4" so it's very small, as for the pose, I think mine's a bit exaggerated. I was trying to put a sense of a "fast" flight (?) like she's going forward in a faster pace or something. And yeah.. I still lack experience. A lot of it.

LET'S LVL UP AT BLOODY FOOTHILLS!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hi. Here's our busty heroine from JSA, Power Girl.



I'm practicing drawing full figures. Hence the Ms. Marvel and this drawing. I'm trying to practice everything all at once. Shadows, foreshortening, hands, feet (!), hair, cape, etc. So if you feel you have something to say about how wrong, how this one is supposed to be, what should be done. Please do say it. I would really appreciate it.

Anyways, after this one, I will try to do sequential art using Jessykins' stories.

FELIPE NO

Ok. I didn't actually get that, but I get the idea of the "going at different directions". Ok, thanks, I'll take note of that. Anything else? Don't be shy.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Thanks. How weird dude? Like shadows? Too long? blah blah..

How ya doing, buddy?

This is kind of my start of my style revamp. I feel more comfortable doing this style as compared to the pretty lady big boobs. I felt it was more "copied" rather than an expression of what I want to draw. blah blah blah blah. I like pie.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

I know. How 'bout this?

In this drawing, I have incorporated a different approach to my art. As you have observed, my previous artworks are mainly about busty women with 'super-hero' like proportions, the kind of art you can consder as 'pin-up' art or 'cover art'. Instead, I took a different turn on how to express my drawings. I have long been a fan of dark/creepy/serious-themed art, mainly because of how the shadows were done, and how the mood of the story/character oozes from it. And so I tried drawing with this style, influenced mainly by Jae Lee after reading his The Sentry run. And I felt more comfortable with this as compared to my previous style. If you have comments, things you think needs correction, techniques on how to do stuff, please do so. I would really appreciate it. Thank you. This would really help me improve myself, and my art.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I mentioned in my journal about a friendy VS-battle competition among the members of a comics club I joined. This happened last sunday, and the mechanics was that the members were paired and each pair were given a theme to draw, and were given an hour to draw in any medium as long as they did not exceed the allotted time. Me and my "opponent" was assigned to "Self-doubt".

Here's mine:



and my opponent's piece:

http://xs100.xs.to/xs100/06183/preloaderselfdoubt.jpg

Oh, I cleaned up mine in PS . Anyway, that guy is more into digital coloring and animation style. He uses blue pencils for his construction lines, while I just use plain pencils, tighten them and proceed with "inking", I don't even think he inked his piece. Like I said, he's a digital artist. So I was thinking it was a bit mis-matched. And it was a good chance for me to try out my "new" style, heavy blacks and fine lines. I wanted to use finer lines but as of that moment, I only had .5 pens, I wanted to use .3 ones for the finer lines I wanted to add on the faces.

So there. Comments, suggestions, etc, I'll be waiting near the gate after P.E. class.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

magi, yeah there's a time limit. 1 hour. so we have to draw the theme in any medium, however we want to draw it, but we should not exceed the time limit. Mine's a bit far from the "self-doubt" theme, but it works.

thanks Dshu!

and jessy, I'm really sorry for the delay I'm having on-the-job training (it's like work experience thing) and I haven't got the the chance to sit down and draw some panels. Although I have read your story and I have a basic idea of the plot.. I just don't have the time to do the pages . Don't worry, I'm gonna start it this week. So if there would be any new art coming from me, it would be about Rue. I promise.

I was speaking idiomatically.

GAH! After a month of not drawing anything (curse you summer job-experience thing!), I tried drawing an imaginary creature for my drawing club. Prior to this, I draw an octopus and a werewolf, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to scan them.

So anyway, I just realized I suck at drawing stuff based mainly from imagination. I tried doing different creatures, but I end up failing. Either it turns into some humanoid being, or I open a drawing or image of another creature and "copy" it. Perhaps I'm not that experienced yet to start drawing based on imagination, and I lack originality, which are quite critical if I want to start drawing a sequential story. Anyway, here's the dog thing I drew today. I believe the right arm/paw is pretty fucked up. Too much lines.



P.S. I'm currently working on one of Jessy's stsories, but I won't be posting any art until I finish em. Still doing thumbnails on how the panel flows and all. Hi Jessy!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Magi

Its all about organizing the thought process, some of the thing that one might think about when designing a certain creatures might be some the practicalities of some of their features, sometimes based on the environment that those creatures lived in, or the circumstances in which the creature is created.

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Since I wanted to create something that can actually move or act in the real world with it's given body structure. I kind of hate how other people make creatures without thinking if what they're doing will "work". Something like that.

(my english is terrible tonight)

FELIPE NO

Me too =(

Don't worry I'll work on your Rue when I have some free time. Since I'm trying to join this group but they want me to submit a sample of sequential art. So I'm using your story.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Tissue paper art.



Very busy with school and shit. No time to draw properly.

Jam it back in, in the dark.