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I enjoyed painting the baby so much, that I decided to paint a more complex image. But at the same time, I didn’t want to give up the pen and ink work that I love so much. So I’m trying something new… one part pen and ink, one part paint, and liberal amounts of Photoshop to get everything working together.
I might explain this new process in more detail at a later time…
Here’s a little look into my brain.
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m always drawing. If there’s paper in front of me, I will draw something on it. These faces are improvised doodles I did while watching TV today. I even like a few of them.
For those that care, these face were drawn with my trusty Faber-Castell PITT brush pen. It gives great brush-like calligraphic lines without the mess of a real brush.
Merry Christmas, everyone!!
It was a busy week, but I wanted to get something seasonal up on the blog. I drew this is a bit of a hurry, and kinda forgot to give Santa and the Elves legs beneath the table… oops.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! (For those of you in the US, that is… for everyone else, have a happy, yet average Thursday)
Over on his blog, veteran animator John K. is explaining the mechanics of drawing cartoons. He then challenged others to try their hands at drawing this frame from a classic Bugs Bunny cartoon. I think his challenge was aimed at animation students, but even though I’m neither an animator or a student, I decided to give it a try.
This drawing on the right is mine (in case you had any doubts). It wasn’t until I got into the drawing that I realized how complex the original was– the distortion of Bug’s face, with one big eye and the other tightly shut, required some careful analysis… I think I did a decent job, but it’s not 100% by any means. I feel like I lost some of the solidity of the head, not to mention the ears are kinda weird and I’ve got the angle of the neck wrong. But it was fun… reminds me of when I used to copy characters out of comic books as a kid.
