deltaoutlaw's fledgling attempts

[deltaoutlaw]

Just thought I'd post some of my stuff and see what people thought. I've only really been attempting comic art for the last year or so. Before that most of what I did was wildlife drawings.

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An attempt at Power Girl

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Just something random.

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Trying out photoshop.

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Just a guy, I've since realized that you can go overboard with muscle groups.

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Some older stuff.

[deltaoutlaw]

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[stextc]

You have some fantastic detail with your work.
The propotions seems to be a little off though.
Do you go straight to detailed pencils?

I would recommend working on sketches first.
(01) Establish the pose.
Photo-referencing or live models help heaps!

(02) Does it look like everything is the right size? Right angle?

(03) Once you get that down . . you can work put in the details.

Keep it at!!
Hope to see more of your work.

I've included a couple of links which shows breakdowns to final works.
Hope they help!

Psylocke Breakdown :
http://sigmatestudio.com/2008/12/psylocke-by-eduardo-vieira/

Archer Breakdown :
http://sigmatestudio.com/2009/03/heather-wassy-ryersons-artwork/

Blackcat Breakdown :
http://sigmatestudio.com/2008/10/black-cat-by-jacob-newell-part-1/
http://sigmatestudio.com/2008/10/black-cat-by-jacob-newell-part-2/

[deltaoutlaw]

Thanks, for some reason I've never been able to get a sketch to look the way I want it to. Probably something I should make myself practice.

[stextc]

Try convincing your friends to strike a pose. Make the pose as "crazy" as possible. Then try sketching the basic pose (don't worry about the details yet)!

It'll take a while but once you've got a couple of poses in your head, you can start experimenting with different angles and perspectives. Keep at it! :)

[deltaoutlaw]

I'll give it a try. Thanks

[stextc]

One exercise I did ages back was drawing someone lying down.
http://sigmatestudio.com/2008/10/drawing-course-week-2/

Your field of view was the the top of his head (Exercise 1) or from his feet (Exercise 2). It's a lot more difficult to get the proportion that it seems! It took a while to get it right (and even then I still think my sketches weren't correct)

[deltaoutlaw]

Just thought it would fun to give these guys a try. Sorry the quality is so poor. My paper is too big for my scanner so I took a picture of it with a webcam.

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One I did for a friend.

[deltaoutlaw]

This is what I'm best at. It's hard for me to transition to comic art because I always want my drawings to be as close to a photograph as possible. That's one of the reasons I love stippling. It's as close to photographic as I can get.

[crazyredlady]

what is that, striped bass? that is good!:smile:

[deltaoutlaw]

It's a yellow perch.

[crazyredlady]

sorry, it's been years since I last baited a hook:redface:

[deltaoutlaw]

No worries. Fishing and hunting are probably the only two things that I know enough about to be considered more than proficient. lol

[deltaoutlaw]

How do you get your images to post right on the page instead of as a thumbnail?

[crazyredlady]

I've been using photobucket, use the link options on the pictures you upload and copy the one for forums....when you post it, just insert image, paste your link and bada bing, you're got full page art

[deltaoutlaw]

Ok, thanks.

[Nitz the Bloody]

This is what I'm best at. It's hard for me to transition to comic art because I always want my drawings to be as close to a photograph as possible. That's one of the reasons I love stippling. It's as close to photographic as I can get.

Comic art doesn't need to be close to photographic to be effective, with simple styles working as well as complex ones ( often better ). To transition to comic storytelling would mean that the moving aspects of the pictures would be foremost. However, I see no reason why your style couldn't be adapted to be a really good comic. Perhaps start with really fluid, expressive sketches for the layouts, then rendering them with realistic detail and shading after the page dynamics are set?

[deltaoutlaw]

The problem I have is that I can't never get enough details on the faces when I draw them small and it just grates on my nerves. I've been trying to force myself to be content with a more simplistic approach but it's not easy.

[wutdude]

The fish drawing is beautiful. Must've been very time-consuming, but looks like it was well worth it.

As a previous poster mentioned, the proportions on your figure drawings look a bit off. I'd suggest really studying the shapes and proportions of the human figure, and laying down concrete sketches before going into details. It's boring and painful to do, especially when you've got a great idea in mind you're dying to put down on paper, but necessary.

Try taking pictures of your head in extreme angles and sketching it out. That always helps me, because some of the perspective angles on faces is hellish to draw.