sketch dump!
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amredthelectorExactly what the title says! I'm thinking of doing a sketch dump once a month from now on.
I'm working on the designs of some of the characters from Paper Bird. I just can't seem to be satisfied with Sam's face... he's supposed to look kind of ferret-y, but without looking totally cruel or unpleasant. Didn't really capture that here. Emily's design is sort of set, but I was playing with her a bit here. I think she looks to innocent with her hair down.
Kahlil's design is perfect and I love it and it was influenced a lot by the art style used in the X-men: Evolution cartoon. No, really, I based him on a mix of Prof. X and Wolverine. ....I shouldn't have admitted that.
So, there was this OC meme that I was going to do on DA, but decided against it. I did do a few sketches of Sam for it, though. This is yet another design for his face. Getting closer. Close up of his eye, too. He's supposed to look tired and have kind of blood-shot eyes, which I think I was able to do with that sketch.
Full-body of Sam for the same meme. His head is too big. :/
I also thought about doing the meme for Emily. Working on hairstyles for her. She looks so much more coy and conniving with her hair up.
Doodle of Kahlil. He was supposed to be playing with a mechanical spider, but I didn't finish.
On to the aliens! I posted the color version of half of this turn around earlier in the week, so I'll go ahead and post the full sketch. DEC 6-208, who I've been mentally referring to as DEC Seis Doscientos Ocho, or just 'Dosci'.
Tomas. He and Dosci are for my secret project. I'll say this much: Tomas is a 19 year old Mexican, and Dosci crashed a spaceship in Tomas's backyard.
Profile view of Dosci. Trying to figure out how DEC look from all angles.
Profile view of Tomas. He's got a pretty big nose.
This was drawn pretty much just to define a scale. Tomas is a pretty short guy, and the DEC are HUGE. They're about 6.5 feet, over 7 if you include the ears. Also, DEC are totally hairless, so they'd be confused by human hair.
Possible concept of armor for a DEC. Not too sure about it.
This was just a quick exercise. I was using a brush-tip pen to try and draw a DEC in as few strokes as possible to work on streamlining their form a bit.
Dosci strolling along. Point of interest: DEC toes. Their 'thumb toe' was on the back of the foot on the original design (seen here) like a bird's hallux (the backwards toe), but I've changed it. Now it sticks out from the side of the foot, more like the thumb-like toe on a chimp or ape foot. I could go on and on about how the DEC evolved feet like that, but I'll spare you from that.
I thought it might be fun to play species-swap with Dosci, so I drew him as a nikitak from Inhuman and Sabrous. Of course, he would have rather a lot of markings for a nikitak, but I still think he looks ADORABLE. Though, going from having a single hand on the end of a tail to having four hands would probably be very, very confusing for him.
Fan art of Murdoch, the necromancer from Sins. A bit darker then the actual character is, but I felt like putting a different spin on him.
And finally, a very, very angry cat. I drew this because I'd read over 100 pages in one book for lit class only to realize that I was reading the wrong book. Now I have to get at least half way through the other book. Fortunately, it's short, but I've decided not to annotate it, because I just want to get through for class on tuesday. So, yeah, angry kitty.
In other news, I finally finished the Zot! Black and White Collection by Scott McCloud. It had some problems, but I really liked it. The conflicting ideologies of strict science and loose imagination where interesting, without be contrived or a bit science versus magic/religion/whatever plot. I also really loved the focus on the mundane - I've always dug looking at normal people doing normal things in a epic setting, because it helps me relate to the characters. Sure, I wanted to know what Zot was up to, but I could relate to Jenny's yearning to be in the perfect alternate earth and trying to deal with an idealist in a world that doesn't live up to their standards. The art could be better, and sometimes the story is a bit scattered, but it's definitely a good read.
I'm working on the designs of some of the characters from Paper Bird. I just can't seem to be satisfied with Sam's face... he's supposed to look kind of ferret-y, but without looking totally cruel or unpleasant. Didn't really capture that here. Emily's design is sort of set, but I was playing with her a bit here. I think she looks to innocent with her hair down.
Kahlil's design is perfect and I love it and it was influenced a lot by the art style used in the X-men: Evolution cartoon. No, really, I based him on a mix of Prof. X and Wolverine. ....I shouldn't have admitted that.
So, there was this OC meme that I was going to do on DA, but decided against it. I did do a few sketches of Sam for it, though. This is yet another design for his face. Getting closer. Close up of his eye, too. He's supposed to look tired and have kind of blood-shot eyes, which I think I was able to do with that sketch.
Full-body of Sam for the same meme. His head is too big. :/
I also thought about doing the meme for Emily. Working on hairstyles for her. She looks so much more coy and conniving with her hair up.
Doodle of Kahlil. He was supposed to be playing with a mechanical spider, but I didn't finish.
On to the aliens! I posted the color version of half of this turn around earlier in the week, so I'll go ahead and post the full sketch. DEC 6-208, who I've been mentally referring to as DEC Seis Doscientos Ocho, or just 'Dosci'.
Tomas. He and Dosci are for my secret project. I'll say this much: Tomas is a 19 year old Mexican, and Dosci crashed a spaceship in Tomas's backyard.
Profile view of Dosci. Trying to figure out how DEC look from all angles.
Profile view of Tomas. He's got a pretty big nose.
This was drawn pretty much just to define a scale. Tomas is a pretty short guy, and the DEC are HUGE. They're about 6.5 feet, over 7 if you include the ears. Also, DEC are totally hairless, so they'd be confused by human hair.
Possible concept of armor for a DEC. Not too sure about it.
This was just a quick exercise. I was using a brush-tip pen to try and draw a DEC in as few strokes as possible to work on streamlining their form a bit.
Dosci strolling along. Point of interest: DEC toes. Their 'thumb toe' was on the back of the foot on the original design (seen here) like a bird's hallux (the backwards toe), but I've changed it. Now it sticks out from the side of the foot, more like the thumb-like toe on a chimp or ape foot. I could go on and on about how the DEC evolved feet like that, but I'll spare you from that.
I thought it might be fun to play species-swap with Dosci, so I drew him as a nikitak from Inhuman and Sabrous. Of course, he would have rather a lot of markings for a nikitak, but I still think he looks ADORABLE. Though, going from having a single hand on the end of a tail to having four hands would probably be very, very confusing for him.Fan art of Murdoch, the necromancer from Sins. A bit darker then the actual character is, but I felt like putting a different spin on him.
And finally, a very, very angry cat. I drew this because I'd read over 100 pages in one book for lit class only to realize that I was reading the wrong book. Now I have to get at least half way through the other book. Fortunately, it's short, but I've decided not to annotate it, because I just want to get through for class on tuesday. So, yeah, angry kitty.
In other news, I finally finished the Zot! Black and White Collection by Scott McCloud. It had some problems, but I really liked it. The conflicting ideologies of strict science and loose imagination where interesting, without be contrived or a bit science versus magic/religion/whatever plot. I also really loved the focus on the mundane - I've always dug looking at normal people doing normal things in a epic setting, because it helps me relate to the characters. Sure, I wanted to know what Zot was up to, but I could relate to Jenny's yearning to be in the perfect alternate earth and trying to deal with an idealist in a world that doesn't live up to their standards. The art could be better, and sometimes the story is a bit scattered, but it's definitely a good read.
