Jinks

John K had another toy construction lesson on his blog:
Update:



Hmm the lines are a bit sloppy...

And some other thing.
I want to be able to draw decent poses (for animation). So I thought it would help to study some acting and posing from the flinstones. The originals are from Carlo Vince, I got them from John K's blog.

Learning

And then I found this course from Preston Blair! (all kids on skools should get this book)
And now again I copy allot of old drawings to learn the basics and principles, at least that is what I am trying to do.

Inking is really a good way to learn it.
When I ink a drawing I really need to think about the drawing. You need to understand it to do a good job, just like copying a modelsheet.

A ink I did of a sketch of John K's George.

The original drawing of John K:

I really had to analyze the drawing and think about it. Now I see my ink again I see things that I can do better the next time, especialy some of the forms and corners.

I'm thinking what the next step is, drawing a character like bugs bunny in you're own poses? Or should I just keep inking and copying. I still can learn allot from that.

back

Hola, I didn't post for a while...

But from now on I am going to post some more again!

I did this study (I used a daffy duck sheet). It is not much, but I wanted to post something again.


Update:

The second one I did with a softer pencil and I tried to be more free/sketchy, I think it's because of that it turned out better than the first one. But I could have done this one better, there are allot of subtle things that are wrong. Like the fingers or the feets..

Here is the modelsheet I used.

I didn't compared it jet. I want to make a better try.

What do you think?

Do you need a diploma to get work?

I mean what are the + to have a diploma?
Do you need it if you wanna work in a foreign country?
Do people look at diploma's?

thanks

And a study offcourse

falling hare

Round 2.5Not really a great one but I did this one faster than the previous, I have some problem's with keeping everything together (look at the head and arm with carrot in comparison with the rest). But I am trying to do this one as often as I can.

Does someone have any kind of feedback? I'm man enough to take it!

Round 2:

"Study and write down what you did wrong"


Round 2:

Hmm when I started with the book and the hand on the book, I noticed that I did something wrong.. You can see it on the comapirison. When I compared it in PS I noticed more mistakes I made, too bad the head is too wide....


My goal is to make one that is a bit like the original and use that to make a ink.

Round 1:

I was impressed by Amir his practise blog

So I tried to do the falling hare myself.
I started with this quick (and sloppy) sketch. I wanted to get familiar with the construction and pose.

It is really not much, but I want to make a post where I can show my steps on how I study.
Next on a cleaner and better version.

Only two/three months and I will have more time to draw... Counting down.

Rabbit

Today we got a day off :D Joy, that means drawing time!

Ink (after I did the studies, this is inked from the original drawing)


The study. Damn.. It's hard.
The one under is how I begun.

Another Gall

What do you think? Is it clear and readable?

Inky ink

What do you think of it? Give some critique if you have, I am man enough ;)

I think I need to work on the crossing points of the lines (points etc.)

Update:
I just finished this one under, when I was half way I had read Brian's comment and tried to be more playfull with the lines and give her more weight.

Ink

This time I did one of John K. I really like the sketch!


It really helpt that the original drawing have a high resolution.

I'm not totally satisfied, I could have done the mouth better and could tried to make a good hand. But I think I can better start on a new one. Or do you think that you need to improve a study until it is (sort of) perfect?

lines

I don't think the lines are nice, the curves aren't as smooth as in the original. What do you see?

I did this one below before the one above to practise. It is really not a good one but I wanted to show that I do make some practise before.

I am now doing a Ink of this one, I'm trying to upload that one tomorrow.

Update: I did an Ink, but it didn't really worked out well... (the tail for example) I only have this original at a low quality digital. I'm going to practise inking on a other one.