I tried to do the rubbery feel in the lines with this Popeye toy I drew down below.
I probably didn't pull it off too well. It feels kinda realistic to me. I was tempted to put in some shading, but didn't.
I think I added way too much lumpiness and wrinkles in his pants and legs.
I tried making the lines feel like rubber by making certain objects swoop into other objects without connecting lines like his right eye and his hand holding the spinach.
I do like how the torso area came out.
I think I was also able to put in the planes you were asking for, John, like in the cuffs, tugged in shirt, and the tips of the shoes.
It was pretty hard to do, but managed to learn a few things I guess.
it is harder than I thoght (but fun).. I think it would be even harder to copy from the real toy than it is to study from a picture..
I had problems with the neck... none of my drawings got the real shape or the real angle of his neck... and it is easer to see this now that I put the drawing and the picture side by side.
it was a good exercise, now I will go back to practice Kaspar's construction.. those ones are really giving me lot of work.
before starting with the difficult angels I decided to do some of the easiest angles
-mine is to thin -pelvis should go more down -the feet are in a wrong angle -the farthest foot should be smaller -the hat has a wrong shape -the chin should be less steep
-chin has to be more prominent -the body is wider -the arm has to be bigger, thick, not so skinny
I think the curve of the head in the back has to be more pronounced, it will give the cranium more volume.
I think this came up pretty well.
Crap, the hat sucks! I've stretched all the drawing!
