Gonna study another one of these sometime. It's kind of hard capturing the nuances of a toy with lines, but fun. I'm working mostly from black-and-white prints, so I noticed that on the bow tie I went by the curve, not where the red ends.Like I said, I was pretty unsure on the nose. Maybe on the next angle, I'll try a different, more detailed way of capturing it.
Ahh, I totally didn't make the vest dimensional enough on the right.
Your drawings are incredible! This may sound like a redundant question, but what sort of pencil and paper do you use?
ReplyDeleteHiya, Robert! You're too kind.
ReplyDeleteI do most of my studies on smooth bristol (brand is irrelevant as long as the paper takes a good share of abuse). I sometimes use a col-erase light blue pencil to do my basic construction, and, you'd be shocked to hear this, but for the final line: real pencils! With a variety of softness (I'm still experimenting). This may seem obvious, but for most of my life it was a secret. I will never ever go back to mechanical pencils!
Ha, you respond quickly! How long have you been at this for? Without considering your inherent skill, it looks like you must have been practicing for a long time. I haven't been able to look through your entire blog, but are you working your way into the animation industry?
ReplyDeleteGeneva! Your line work is awesome! very clean, soft and appealing! I like it!
ReplyDeleteHey, How many attempts did before coming to this?
Hiya, Paul! Usually I sketch very messily until I come up with what I want... This was my first try for this toy angle. I did, however, make a pass for corrections that I didn't include (I messed up the eye a bit more, originally, and probably a couple of other things in a minor way), but nothing significant enough to warrant a total do-over. :)
ReplyDelete"I do most of my studies on smooth bristol (brand is irrelevant as long as the paper takes a good share of abuse). I sometimes use a col-erase light blue pencil to do my basic construction, and, you'd be shocked to hear this, but for the final line: real pencils! With a variety of softness (I'm still experimenting). This may seem obvious, but for most of my life it was a secret. I will never ever go back to mechanical pencils!"
ReplyDeleteI always thought that Bristol board was solely for painting BGs on and doing rough comic book work on. Maybe next time, I'll order some on Dick Blick just to try it out. Right now, I'm using one of those Soho sketchbooks for my studies, and I think the paper quality could be better. I switched over from Mirage this week.
And yeah, mechanical pencils are the worst. I can't even make a decent line with those, and they always break. Glad I started experimenting with pencil quality a few years ago.