Sketch Challenge
Added 2023-04-06 05:07:42 +0000 UTCI've started to realize that, since going pretty much fully digital on the comic, my sketching skills have deteriorated rather badly. I find myself slapping down some crappy linework, and then spending way too long "fixing" it digitally.
I should just have to tweak a few lines here and there, but instead I find myself practically rebuilding the entire drawing line by line.
A few extra minutes taking care on the original [digital] inking stage, could save an hour or more in the cleanup stage.
Plus I've been trying to convince a few other artists to do more 'extracurricular' work- art for art's sake, rather than never doing anything but what goes up in a strip. :)
So my first challenge was this- just headshots, any character, any pose, any expression. It's awfully rough, I no longer have the desk space to set up my clipboard, so I just had to use my lap- a drawing position I'm not used to.
I want to do this semi-regularly, and I'm thinking of going back to doing the original linework pen-on-paper, at least for the occasional comic, so feel free to suggest poses or characters.
Oh, and the Swampy & Jinx storyline will be going live on the main page in a few weeks, so no more updates here. It's all colored and there's even more strips, I think you'll all like it!
Doc.
Comments
Sandy and Pirta dodging an incoming TP'd pizza?
scotswolf59
2023-05-10 22:46:06 +0000 UTCThis came up in my daily reads: https://www.inspiringquotes.com/inspiration/6421b06c50fae7000826e300 Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. - Kurt Vonnegut
2023-04-06 14:23:54 +0000 UTCIdeas for sketches, fine. Coming right up, Doc. :) Jake glaring at paperwork Kasi chasing after something Red filling his whiskey flask Bruno unrolling some duct tape Gino holding a blackjack, tapping it in the open palm of the other hand
Jenifur Charne
2023-04-06 10:50:24 +0000 UTCGood to hear about the Swampy/Jinx storyline! I was enjoying that, power armor junkie that I am.
Catsnightmare
2023-04-06 10:28:40 +0000 UTCLet's see. Sandy looking out for what's next, Pirta at a dinner party, Doc blowing something up and forgot his earplugs, Jinx being a typical kid, Roger wanting to level some schmuck and wishing Gino was there instead, and Tawny showing the goods, knowing the camera frame is "off" position. Not bad, Doc.
RivCA
2023-04-06 06:37:51 +0000 UTC
