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Mark McConnell
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What a wonderful use of color and contrast. I'm envious.
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Chris Yeoman
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Hi all,
Does anyone have any advice on how they became so great at drawing such
awesome comic characters!? I love to sketch and most of my work here
has been either portraits or a more realistic approach to the
characters but I'd love to know if any of you can offer me some tips or
pointers? Thanks a lot.
Edited by Chris Yeoman on 19 September 2005 at 5:11pm
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Well after i signed my name on the contract the guy in red told me i would be alright
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Darren Taylor
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Bill the clay piece is amazingly good!
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Darren Taylor
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Great sketches and painting Mike.
I've missed so much. Everyones been going great guns-LOL.
Here's my latest offering.
Jack Hawksmoor [Authority]
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Guest79877180
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Chris - practice, practice, practice! Life drawing, life drawing, live drawing.
Redundant enough? Ha. That's what just about any pro will
tell you. Using photos to learn is good to a point, but won't get
you a really good feel for a 3 dimensional object. You have to be
able to draw real things and make them believable. Perspective is
key as well.
Here's a good interview with Neal Adams that I think is valid and good:
http://www.comicfoundry.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?ar ticleid=100
There's a question and answer with Neal Adams on JBF somewhere, but I can't find it that echo's this interview.
So, superheros are kinda idealized forms, but using basic shapes to lay
out the body can help. How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is real
good too.
Get a sketchbook and just do some gesture drawings of people in the
park, that is fun, gets you use to motion, and gets you outside for a
time.
Lastly, a class might help you. Maybe a community college, if you
have a similar thing in England? That's it. Draw, draw,
draw.
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Darren - great to see you and your stuff around again. Great piece.
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My inks over AJL's pencils of The Avengers
Colors to follow soon. Hope you like it Anthony.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Simply fantastic work Matthew.......
You know you are bringing this one on yourself Matt but here goes
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Glad you like it Anthony.
And why hasn't it shown up in my e-mail then? :)
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Anthony J Lombardi
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It's enroute Matt to be certain. I'm multiy tasking right now...
I'm watching the NY Giants school the Saints at the moment :)
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Darren welcome back. I like the way you did the background. Also your penciling on the figure is really nice . I see that you didn't go as thick with your line work on the guy i think i like this a bit more then you normally do. As well as the cross hatching you'v done on this piece good show.
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