Staging

UPDATE!:

5th attempt.


This stuff is giving me HORRIBLE headaches!!!

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Analysis in words:
-Mickey is framed by the test tubes
-There is an interesting variety of sizes. Mickey is small and the other elements (tubes) are bigger than him.
-Lots of negative space around Mickey
-forms of elements are distinctive and varied
-mickey silhouette is clear
- test tubes have negative space between them

blocking out the things first. No details.

Check:
- Left side of the table should be more up.
- Mickey has to be more down.
- The big test tube from the left must be more to the left.
- The tube that is behind, in the left, should be thick and more hiden.
-The round container above the left side is bigger.
-the tube that passes over mickey is in a wrong angle.
-The skull in the left side is bigger, so the book.

Corrections:
More to come.

Slab construction exercise

Here is my Slab, all critiques appreciated.

Feel free to make fun of my truancy.

Hiya, fellas! Sorry I've been such a delinquent.


(I had a scan of more details added in between here-- like some major elements of clothing, some more facial features-- but I think I lost the image).

Maintaining the guts

Hi everybody,

here goes another study.

somethings that I noticed:

- I toned down the line of action (SHAME, I tried not to do this, but I failed)

- There is something strange in the right shoulder, it seems that it is also toned down.

- His mouth was touching the shoulder and I separated them.

- The negative space of the upper lip is too small.

It is sad because I just see this mistakes after I finishand scan the drawings.

that is it.

I will make more studies as soon as I finish the bunch of work that I have to do.

abraço

davi

New try

Ive put the old drawing on the light table and tried to fix all the things John said:

"TRY TO MAKE IT MORE SOLID, HAVE MOrE Weight and smooth out the sharp corners

don't give him whites in his eyes

they are dot eyes like Barney Rubble"

Construction Exercise - individual character

Hi,

Here goes my attempt to learn construction and mantain the guts of the layout.

I scaned the drawing before cleaning with the black lines, for you to compare the structure.

problems and doubts that I had while drawing:

-mantain a solid structure of the jaw.

-find the right place of his butt, it isn't right yet.

-I didn't know if I should draw his shorts more 3D or more flat (I've made it with a "3D" structure)

-I tried to put meat in his cheeks (using the classic Preston Blair's "juicy cheeks") it worked better in the meft cheek.

-I've made his right arm more curved than the original drawing, that is more straight (doubt: in this case should I keep it straight?)

-It seems that I shrunk his head and some of the negative spaces.

I am still busy for te next week, but as soon as I finish some illustrations that I have to do I will go back to my studies... I will keep working on individual characters to improve my construction.

abraço

davi

Petey Construction + Caricature

UPDATE:



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First I analyzed the drawing in words:

-Big head
-Little beak
-Little body
-Little arms and legs
-Leaning foward

Then I tried to exagerate the things that I noticed.

Maybe I should push them further.

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I've changed the face! What have I done!