I am back from Portugal and now I will start to do more cartoon studies. I began drawing these poses below. I started with the ones that had the explanation about the construction, than I jumped for the ones that you had already drawn (so I could read the critiques that mr. John K gave) and at last I drew the ones that nobody had tried. It was preatty hard and I think that it still have a lot of the same problems that mr. John K pointed already... but I also think that I am improving little by little... I will keep practicing. After I finished the constructions I applied them in the background as you can see in the next image. I use the photoshop to apply the images and also to make some small corrections on the proportions so it would fit in the BG... I don't know if it is the right way... but it kind of worked.
I can tell that it is not perfect and the drawings could be funnier (SHAME again)... but I really think that the next ones are going to came better... I will try not to take very long until the next post.
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.
Hello! I've done two copies of some Baby Huey comic book covers.
Here I wanted to feel the drawing out and combine that with my knowledge of the drawing principles so that my copy can look and feel as good or better than the original.
I tried to remember that certain contrasting objects should stand out more so they can accentuate the focal point better.
Below I mapped out some construction.
I should've included the guy's floating hat to show the overall shape.
Baby Huey is huge so I wanted to slightly exaggerate certain features he had to really show his hugeness.
I exaggerated his tummy area making it bigger and rounder, made his head a bit bigger and shortened his legs a bit.
He's not the focal point though. The big tire is what draws our attention the most, so I made it bigger than how it's originally shown.
I also took consideration of the proportions in the original so that my copy won't look too different from the original.
I accentuated the tire more by adding a farther perspective to the front of the car and made the duck guy driving it smaller.
I really wanted to instantly send the message that a big baby has immensely blown into a tire of a car that's smaller than him, which basically is telling you that he's a big strong baby and accidentally blew the tire too big.
This was a really good practice for accentuating the focal point while other objects surrounding it support it. This way I think made my copy look and feel as good or better than the original.
Below is the final drawing next to the original for comparison.
There's some stuff that needs some fixing.
I think I made the part of the tube in between his mouth and hand a bit too thick.
Raise the duck guy's hat a bit up so that the overall shape of the entire thing can be more noticeable.
Probably turn BH's head slightly more inward to his left side so that he's looking more directly at the tire.
I could've made the rear end of the car smaller to accentuate more the tire.
Other than that I think it came okay.
On this second one below I didn't really accentuate too much of anything here, but I did want it to feel and seem as good as the original.
Here's the final
The feel is pretty much there but I did tone down some things.
I made the ball on the ground a bit too small and tones down the focal point, which is the ball itself.
I could've thinned out a bit BH's neck and make it a bit longer
Made the truck seem more slim than the original in the body.
It was preatty hard and I think that it still have a lot of the same problems that mr. John K pointed already... but I also think that I am improving little by little... I will keep practicing.
I can tell that it is not perfect and the drawings could be funnier (SHAME again)... but I really think that the next ones are going to came better... I will try not to take very long until the next post.
