3 day's break and I get rusty!

Problems...

• The center line on the cranium off (too far to the left)
• Mallet too wide on near end
• Trunk of body too small, not solid enough
• The hat and carrot are off, but I did not notice this at the time (woops)

tried to fix them for the next step.



Man, I can't let myself go so long without rigorous practice. Stiff and yucky. I'm off to do another that will be better.

Asking for real world advice, basically

I thought I'd confess publicly that the reality of graduating college this May is slowly creeping up on me, and I'm a little concerned. I figure it'd be a good idea to move out to southern California if I expect to get a job making cartoons (in any form), but southern California is too expensive to just scoot on over and hope for the best. However, if I wait more than 6 months to move out, I will have to move out while paying for student loans.

...Does anyone know about how, exactly, to go about this? Really I just want a job that will pay my bills, give me some sort of experience with a studio, and allow me to learn and grow as a cartoonist. Unfortunately, I can't really see that happening with anyone but John (perhaps I've become a purist already). So, basically, I guess I'd be trying to pay my bills, get experience, and going home and studying (similar to how I'm doing now, only I'm taking classes and working as a barista instead of just having a real job).

Anyway, I'm free from school in May, free from my lease in August (I'd be ok breaking it if there was some extremely grand opportunity). I have to start paying off my loans in November.

I suppose I should be building a portfolio, but that cuts into my cartoon studies. Maybe I could spend some time after graduating building a portfolio? Would any place care about my studies? Ach.

Perhaps the biggest problem is that even if I had a portfolio prepared, I don't know of any cartoon studios that are making anything I actually like!

I guess I'm just posting out loud, but I thought I'd ask if anyone had any sort of advice on getting my career started.

A tree

No relationship to the faint rough of another tree behind it.

The details above the root don't wrap tightly and look awkward.

Anthony's dad again again

Edit, big problem: I made the inside of his mouth all wrong. It should be pushed far back. It makes no sense as it is and I'm a little embarrassed that slipped by.

More problems, but this one turned out clearer and more successfully than the last. I wanted to make sure the facial structure made sense.

Stimpy's eyes look off. Some of the details pinch too hard, are too big. I shrunk Anthony's dad's cranium.

I think I'm gonna go back to trees for a while, but I think these exercises were helpful. I wish I could improve faster!

Anthony's dad again

Notice that I changed how far back the smile stretched in the finish. Why did I do that? I'm a yutz.


Ren doesn't hold together very well. I accidentally made the folds of skin underneath the pectoral muscle way too dark and big and attention-grabbing.

Not my best. These are tough, but I figure the more I do, the easier drawing will be (whether or not I can immediately perceive it).

More Anthony's dad

This one was more complicated, but less successful.


Clumsy beginnings... as the picture progressed I kept skootching Ren and Stimpy themselves closer (as they are supposed to be) but I did not skootch them enough, ultimately.


Finish is a bit too thick and dark... this one is actually drawn smaller than the other Anthony's dad study I did, which was a mistake because it's obviously a bigger picture...


Angles, angles, angles!!

because he was DEAD

First rough... scanned for problems, fixed some issues.
Got a rough that felt good, solid, somewhat accurate.
Added details, solidified lines.

Finish

• Left arm should be thicker and more manly
  
• Right hand should be smaller (namely the palm-shape less elongated)
  
• Details should wrap tighter on gut
• Pec muscle should be larger
• I made his chin too big, which stretched out his face; I compensated some cranium details to match. woops.
• Long story short, watch proportions.