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02 July 2008
Drawing Words - Writing Pictures: Chapter 1
Ok, this is going to be a long post with mediocre art (even by this blog's standards). Consider yourselves warned.
I bought Drawing Words & Writing Pictures after Bryan Lee O'Malley recommended it on his LiveJournal. It's essentially a textbook for making comics, complete with activities, assignments and homework.Unfortunately, I'm working through the book on my own (as a "Ronin") and seeing as there isn't a lot of material online for people like me, yet, I decided I might as well upload my work here (and, hopefully, draw some traffic in the process >:D).
Here we go.
Chapter 1
Activity: Drawing time
Part 1
Where I'm supposed to draw 5 moving objects from a list.
2. The car, considering my limited car-drawing abilities, turned out pretty good. It's leaning towards the front, slightly, and the wheels are distorted which works nicely. Perhaps I could have added a blurred background (like so) to give an even stronger sense of velocity.
3. There's some amazing examples of falling balls at the official site that make my attempt look plain lazy. Which, I guess, is true. Still, it is a ball, and it is falling.
4. My staggering person is where I failed completely, something also mirrored later in my tripping person. Maybe if there was more context and I used some emanata to get the message across. Drawing people in unbalanced positions is hard.
5. Finally, I'm quite happy with the newspaper. I guess I could've made its shape more wobbly, but I'm not sure if it'd still be recognizable. The little leaf is a nice touch that someone also used in the official examples.
Part 2
Homework: Drawing in Action
Where I'm supposed to draw a scenario of my own.
I thought my first attempt wasn't "action-ey" enough, seeing as it lacked speed lines, so I drew this, instead:
Which is, well, fairly straightforward. The eggbox looks awful, though.
Checking the examples made me realize my first attempt (which I like better) was just fine, though, so here's that, as well:
It's hard to get a peaceful breakfast around here.
I'm just not sure how obvious it is that Dracula is appearing out of thin air to scare him.
Hm... These are a lot harder to critique than the ones with a specific goal.
Final Thoughts:
I think I better understand the importance of getting a crystal-clear message across, now, as well as the fact that these "tricks" definitely have their place.
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how about a bouquet?
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full moon
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