Here is the first one.
Everything is made up of very simple shapes, then the details are added. The leaves on the trees are made up of circles and ovals then the leaf shapes are added around it, the smoke is done the same way. Everything in the composition is made to focus our attention on the main action, the person running away. The smoke leads to him, both foreground characters are looking at him and have more subtle poses so you don't focus on them longer then the main action. The horse has his neck arched which points at the guy running. The trees act as frames for the horse and cowboy and for the small fella as well. Also there is a great assortment of sizes, larger sizes in the foreground and small one in the BG, this gives the image variety and makes it more dynamic which suits the action in the scene.
The Yogi Bear composition is a bit more complex. It is still made up of simple shapes, only they are more organic and uneven and with a bit of texture but not enough to clutter the picture at all. The composition fits into a triangle shape (Booboo, Yogi and Old Fateful all fit together to form the shape). Also the mountain forms a triangle that Yogi and BooBoo overlap. There is a good balance of lights, darks and medium shades. Printing it out in grayscale helped me out a lot to decipher the values. The black shapes don't touch each other and form confusion, they are broken up by the light and medium shapes (ex: look at how the people don't overlap).
Well I think that is everything, sorry for rambling on like that, I hope I didn't just repeat everyone.
Also this Yogi Bear looks really fun to draw! I should try and draw him soon:
Hi Becky,
ReplyDeleteIt is always good to have more explanations.
I also loved the inking you have done.. I still can't ink without destroy the "expression" (I don´t know a better word) of the drawing.
thank you for the lessons.
yeah yeah! i love the inking
ReplyDeleteHiya Becky,
ReplyDeleteGreat copies! How did you get that crosshatched shading effect on your yogi copy? And what did you ink these with? Thanks, keep it up!
In the Yogi and Bo Boo one:
ReplyDeleteYogi's head too big. The back of his head is warped -too thin at bottom compared to top.
Boo Boo Head: His skull needs to be bigger. The face is too big and cramped within too little space.
This is a common problem among all of us-cramping the face within too small a head space.
Use the negative space behind the face as a guide.
In the Howie Post drawing, the inking is so thick and rushed, that it is taking away from the forms.
ReplyDeleteYou also should be on the look out for empty spaces within all your drawings to contrast with the filled spaces.
If this is vague, ask and I'll try to explain maybe by drawing over one.
Thanks John!
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, I quickly inked it with a brush pen, I'll use an actual brush and do it properly next time.
To Kelly:
I bought a placemat from a dollar store so I did a pencil rubbing for the texture. Thankyou!