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