yogi bg,etc

Those first 2 BGs are BGs that I copied from "donald's diary" , I need to copy like every BG from that cartoon, they're all super beautiful. They take me a bit longer than the HB BGs i've been doing, but i'm getting the hang of it.

Oh and I noticed that on the donald's diary BGs that the light sources are really well thought out. I recommend people practice those, they're teaching me a lot.

The second three pics are Eisenberg comic pages that I copied and inked the Yogi traditionally and then just did the whole BG in photoshop using his layout but my color and texture.

critique welcome and appreciated.

Kitty Kornered

My perspective is off, and so are some of my proportions. All sorts of wonky. Wonky, wonk, wonk.

Woof and Miaow

I know I said last time I'd do some background, it seems I lied. it must be pregnancy hormones.













It seems I shortened the neck and slightly altered the tilt of the head. In fact the cranium is too narrow and I've tilted the eyes backwards.





In this next one I squished his feet closer together. That's if you match up the head positions. Got angles slightly wrong.





Then I did these two little sour puss drawings, because I like the Sour Puss.





Eyes too big and head tilted too far back in first one.









Now to draw some trees and fences and stuff.

Model sheets, etc

Here are a few recent entries into the ol' brown sketchbook. The next few days will be devoted to layout studies, but have some characters in the meantime.
^I didn't measure the box to correct proportions so everything in the frame was squashed a bit to compensate.

^a few mickeys copied from my cell phone screen. He is fun to draw.

^jerries copied from the model sheet

^some "original" poses :p these look all flat and bad to me, any critiques/suggestions?

It's so awesome to see the great work being posted. It is intimidating and motivating at the same time. It seems impossible to catch up when you know that the original artists were producing dozens and hundreds and thousands of drawings over days and weeks and months. There don't seem to be enough hours in the day!

Asterix and Yogi Bear

Here are the rest of the sketches I did last night, they are all done in color pencil and brush pen. This is my first time layering my sketches over the originals and I'm seeing TONS of mistakes this way.

I love how Uderzo draws animals, he gives them such personality he pairs up animals with people quite well. I love the contrast between Dogmatix and Obelix for example.

This horse was really fun to draw, I had to fill in some gaps since I removed the rider and the tact. It was interesting trying to figure out all of the shapes and getting the little textures right.

I drew the horse's head WAY too big and too wide! This front hooves should be out a bit more and his neck should be a lot shorter and not hang as much. His flank needs to go out further.


Here's an Underzo bull. I tried to mimic the inking as best as a could. A lot of his lines don't completely join and he does a lot of little squiggles that were a challenge to emulate.

Here's my take on it.

Now let's see all of the many mistakes.


I beefed up his front leg and chest too much, as well as his back leg. His muzzle is at the wrong angle and needs to be more forward. His tail is too high up and too angular.

This is the last Underzo animal. The original he's covered in stench clouds so I tried to put the pieces together and figure out the rest of his anatomy.







This one is really wrong. Another big head issue, his front legs are a bit too low and his back legs and flank are completely wrong. They need to be lower and his legs shouldn't be that straight.

Here's an Underzo horse I drew from memory after doing these sketches to see if I could get all of the anatomy correct. His hooves aren't looking so good, but I like how the face came out.




Now it's Yogi time!!

I love the inking and pose for this one, as well as the line of action.


I think this is the first time I've actually liked a Yogi that I've drawn.



The main problem is I have not pushed him far back enough, and made his right arm too far down. And once again, huge head.

Here's an off-model Yogi, I couldn't remember how to draw his hat so it is very gone.

~Becky

Bugs Bunny & So Dear To My Heart Construction

Hey guys, sorry for my absence. I made sure to do lots of sketches tonight!

I mainly wanted to focus on construction, inking and animals. This is also my first time using a colored pencil and then inking on top. I loved it so much I'm going to get some Col-erase pencils this week! All of these are inked in brush pen.

These first two are from "So Dear to my Heart,"

The owl was quite difficult. I made his wrist too small as well as his hand. His head should lean back a bit more and his head should tilt more to the side. I also made his tall way too small. In the original, I enjoy the little bits of feathers that are on his neck and head. I noticed that they aren't completely covering him so there can still more smooth lines, also the feathers aren't stand alone, they are in clusters.



The sheep's head I made too large as I tend to and his legs are too short. I really love how there are so many subtle curves on the sheep's leg. They are really tough to draw, I either want to smooth out his leg or exaggerate the curves. There is a real understanding of anatomy in this image, and it's simplified in such a perfect way.


This is one of my favorite Bugs designs. I love his yellow gloves and far apart eyes. I love the line of action for his arms, how they flow together. There's something great about his ears completely back and his tail straight up in the air, it makes great contrast.

For my drawing if him, Bug's torso is a bit long and his right hand should be lowered. I made his bottom HUGE! His head should be narrower and tilted back more. The carrot should be tilted back as well.



This saucy Bugs pose is one of my favorites. The folds of the dress are perfect, you can easily make out the forms underneath. And I love the slight curves of his lady like gams.

For my drawing, his head is too wide and his muzzle juts out too much. His feet should also be closer together and the frilles of the dress are completely wrong.

I have 5 more drawings to post tomorrow. I didn't want to make a huge entry. They are some more Yogis and Asterix animals!

Jerry poses, and Howie Post color do-overs

I tried my hand at some Jerry poses, after studying the model sheets. model sheet copies.

I know these poses aren't really revolutionary in the field of mouse poses, but I think I'm really starting to understand and get the hang of drawing a character's head at different angles (it's something I've always fudged).

Also I recolored a couple of my Howie Post panels to make them brighter. I think I went a little more gut instinct on the hot stuff panel.



Also I have a favor to ask of John if you have the time. I was wondering if you had a good doll with a long nose like a fox or an alligator that you can take pics of for me. The top cat and mr.jinx exercises are some of my favorites and I feel like I really learn from those

Oh lastly, another flintstones and yogi bgs that I copied. I realize the ones with linework in them are a lot harder.

Background Painting with Gouache # 02

hello everybody,

here goes another study of painting background...

it got very different from the original.. value, colors, size of the characters... but I think it is better than the first one... and I am having a lot of fun during the process, so it means that I am going to do a lot of this.

unfortunitly it will be very hard for me to post another exercise until the begin of october :(

but I will keep practicing in my sketchbook, specially composition and background design.

I am packing my stuff and organizing everything to go to France... I still have 10 days before I go, but change to another country is never a simple thing.

Kelly, you asked about the guache colors I am using... well I just use magenta, yellow, cyan, burned sienna and lots of white.. sometimes a deep blue and deep yellow, I don't have greens or black (maybe I should get one), insted of black I mix brown with blue, it gets almost there but it is easer to get it in harmony with the other colors and if you add white you will find a lot of beautifull grays.

Professor John K, you are doing an amazing thing for us, it is changing the way I understand drawing, painting and art in general... thank you very much for this incredible oportunitty.

You have my word that I am going to study very hard as soon as I get to a place that I can call home again.

and thanks everybody for the critiques and knowledge you've beeing sharing with me.. I think I am very lucky :)

I will try to came here to check what you guys are doing until I can post again.

your Brazilian friend,

davi calil