Roughs - Davi

my first tries of the exercise.

I can see some proportions that are not right... and I lost a lot of the negative space...

I will try to correct this.

Chris and Anne... your studies look good. It helped me a lot to look at yours first.

abraço,

davi

Assymmetry, Structure and Style all together

How do you take a scribble like this and make it look solid, while retaining the expression and style?

Well first, analyze it emotionally.
Kaspar is proud in a satisfied sort of way. He has completed a dastardly mission of tearing socks and has gotten away with it. His expression is confident as he gingerly puts back a destroyed sock.

Then analyze physically how that expression and pose is visualized in the rough:

His body pose is somewhat squarish, with the body leaning slightly back to the right.

His arm is in a soft kind of almost S curve.
His eyes are asymmetrical but have to fit into his facial structure.
His smile is off to one side. It pulls his nose and upper muzzle with it.
It pushes the cheek up with it.

His arm on the left (and shoulder) is raised - the other arm is lowered and at ease. That hand points to the drawer of misdeeds.

Are there mistakes that can be corrected? - the nose should be pulled along with the muzzle instead of being in its normal middle position.

All the wiggly hairs have to be ignored while drawing the construction.

OK, now you're ready to draw the structure of all this:



Here's a great article about how unnatural symmetry is:

http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Parity/FaceStudy/FaceStudy.html

Mickey and more

(The bulk of this post is cross-posted, sorry)

DANCIN' MICKEY

Progression: Part One - Part Two

I really like this picture of Mickey. John's posted a few on his blog that are obviously from the same source, and they're all so fantastically cute. I am interested in figuring out this cute trickery and stealing it for my own questionable purposes.


I don't think I did too bad of a job! I checked my errors just the right amount of times, drew LARGE, drew with a regular mechanical pencil, had a really clear b/w print of the reference.

Of course, there are still some errors... the cane is at a slightly wrong angle, the viewer's left leg is too thin, there are some small accuracy issues with the hands, and I stretched the bow tie a bit. I didn't push the mouth shape far enough-- it just needs to be "more." More back, slightly wider open, etc.

There are some wrinkle inaccuracies in the main curtain shape, and I only noticed this upon scanning but I ACCIDENTALLY MADE EVERY CURTAIN FOLD VEER TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT. I have no idea how that happened.

Also, pianos, particularly when they are submerged in darkness, are really hard to draw. I misinterpreted some angles again, there, but I was surprised how much easier the shapes were to handle with some good ol' hierarchy.

Maybe one day I'll learn to see angles correctly. Haha.

Anyway, I've done other stuff, too, but I feel kinda sheepish making a ton of posts here. You guys annihilate me, but I wanna make it clear that I'm participating!

Click here to read me blather on about making these two studies.

ADDENDUMS FROM JOHN:

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/05/design-appeal-mickey-mouse-club-cute.html

http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1357

http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/06/little-whirlwind.html

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/mickey-styled.html

(6:37:47 PM) John K: try copying some more of those Mickeys without worrying about 100% accuracy
(6:37:53 PM) Geneva: okay
(6:38:04 PM) John K: aim for understanding the principles instead
(6:38:08 PM) John K: and get flow into them
(6:38:21 PM) John K: then try your own poses
(6:38:24 PM) John K: like Paul did
(6:38:37 PM) John K: I wanna loosen you up a bit
(6:38:45 PM) John K: get some real pencils!
(6:39:02 PM) John K: mechanical pencils are for 'mos
(6:39:08 PM) Geneva: haha, do I need anything special or just regular yellow #2?
(6:39:20 PM) Geneva: well, that'll come to an end then
(6:39:22 PM) John K: well start with those
(6:39:33 PM) John K: you might wanna try b pencils and 2 bs too
(6:39:51 PM) John K: the softer the pencil, the more flowing your poses will be
(6:40:05 PM) John K: but you can't clean up easily with soft pencils
(6:40:36 PM) John K: but you should see a difference in your flow right away

(6:41:34 PM) John K: you should write notes on things that you learn
(6:41:49 PM) John K: like how a mouth works-how it attaches to a jaw, etc.
(6:41:58 PM) John K: anything you notice about how things work
(6:42:12 PM) Geneva: Ok!
(6:42:26 PM) John K: that helps you to understand the concepts
(6:42:46 PM) John K: and then makes it easier for you to apply them to your own work

(6:43:37 PM) John K: the best drawings come from a combination of the eye and the mind
(6:43:50 PM) John K: does that make sense?
(6:43:53 PM) Geneva: Yes sir
(6:43:58 PM) John K: ok, cool
(6:44:03 PM) John K: you're doing great
(6:44:25 PM) John K: do more mickeys until you understand how he's built
(6:44:31 PM) John K: then draw your own poses