I draw the webcomic Manly Guys Doing Manly Things and work on cartoons you might see on TV sometimes.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
It’s here! It’s finally done!
A month and a half and nearly 90 pages later, this sketchbook is fully complete. It started as an exercise in construction, composition, inking and coloring, but it slowly became an album of art that had input from dozens of people. A lot of you guys helped me out by suggesting Pokemon for me to draw, and I would probably still be working on it or have given up by now if not for you!
So now that I’ve finished, I’ve scanned and uploaded every page to a Flickr set for you guys to go see. There were a few photos and scans on Tumblr and Twitter, but I never showed off the whole thing until now.
Thanks for all of the support, everyone! Now I just need to start on a NEW sketchbook! Hmmm….
Good job, man, Really outstanding stuff! Man, What I’d give to see you doing actual character designs on these games…
I hate to ask because I don’t want to be the guy who bugs people to draw stuff, but have you ever done a Gyarados before? I was just wondering because they’re my favourite :P
Illustrator J. Bone — Blah Blah Blog (superheroes) - Man’s Adventure (hunky dudes, nsfw in places) — has been one of my biggest inspirations in recent years. His style hits this particular level of “cartooniness” that I’d love to reach. Not that I’m emulating his style*, but there’s stuff I’ve learned from his art that I’ve been trying to incorporate into my own:
- starting each drawing by establishing the spine as a strong line of motion (this goes back to Preston Blair’s animation book too)
- building anatomy as a grouping of geometric shapes, alternating straight lines and angles
- variation in line width and weight as a method of shading & indicating depth of form (I am still terrible at this, and spot blacks)
- keeping lines even in still forms full of life (I am also terrible at this, but getting better)But mainly THOSE LINES THOSE LINES THOSE LINES
* but OH MY GOD, dem brushtrokes and chisel lines. SO JEALOUS OF THOSE LINES. AAAH. If I ever find myself swimming in cash I might maybe maybe attempt to commission a drawing of my guys, because seriously wouldn’t they look great in that style?
Rebloggan for dem character designs.
