sorry about the crappy snapshots. my scanner is pretty much dead.
hue
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
2. some recent sketches from the moley
sorry about the crappy snapshots. my scanner is pretty much dead.
hue
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sorry about the crappy snapshots. my scanner is pretty much dead.
hue
Oh man I knew you would do this to me, so much.
ReplyDeleteOverall, yes many different styles, but that is good because it is a sketchbook. You are experimenting so well with different levels of realistic rendering, graphic line weight, anatomy and stylizing. I'm sure you could harness one of these concepts and make it look consistent over several pages.
1. The realistic details on ne-na's face are great combined with the graphic nature of her hair and the pattern that spills out behind. It is a good mixture of real and abstract. I wish that you would not have put the little endless knot under her chin or that you would have continued the pattern/graphic further.
2. The bold yellow is great and the style of that figure is new for you as far as I know, very film noir/graphic novel. My eye travels to the dark spot under his brim where the light comes from, but I wish that here there was more detail in the darkness. I like that you are writing on the opposing page and I think that you should do more of this with your drawings (more later).
3. The sensitivity of the shading on the upper left women is great and I like the addition of color, but it seems arbitrary.
4. Here you make the color a part of the story on the right, but it would be stronger if just the fox was called out in blue or just his head. It is also good that you start to see a background/environment. The next step is to have a graphic/logo/pattern in the upper right with a lightly written description/poem/abstract rambling about the crazy character pictured.
5. The male figure on the left page with the elongated neck is new. I think you could play with anatomy more, stretching and exagerrating. Also on pg2 on the right bottom you are sketching some dynamic poses. I think you could work those dynamic poses more. Finally, the cute characters on the 1st and last page need a story or a reason for being. It would be great to see a sequence with them and maybe something written. I think you can go beyond pretty pictures and into story development that would be very appealing to concept designers.
They are awesome as always.
hey kaspar, thanks for the helpful tips. i think one of my biggest problems is that i'm too impatient. i tend to abandon an idea if one or two sketches don't turn out the way i had imagined. i think that accounts for most of pages where you see a disconnect between the images. sometimes, it takes me a few sittings to fill up a page. i'll definitely work on this more as i continue to draw.
ReplyDeletethanks for the suggestion on incorporating more text in my sketches. it's something i'm just beginning to experiment with. my handwriting is constantly evolving, but at a different pace than my sketching skills. so i am a bit wary about writing stuff down on the pages. probably because i don't like the way they turn out. (i have a separate notebook where i practice my penmanship)
what you said about story development is also a very good point. i'll try to be more aware of that aspect in the coming posts. it's always been on the backburner for me...
good crit, good crit.
now i'm stoked about your next post!
thanks!