Mu - comic and sketch thread

[Mu]

an environment of a stairway with elevator

I realize I need to do this with natural media, too (if not instead), because I dislike Painter's straight line tool.

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/stair.JPG

[Mu]

Hey,

today I practised portraits from photo ref in the noir style I am studying with Shawn Martinbrough's book.

I use india ink (black and white) and edding markers (which are not as opaque as I hoped).
Posterized it after the scan so it does show only two values (instead of all the shades and stains from the curved paper a.s.o. - i.e. otherwise it looks very much like the paper version)


http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20001_LOFI.jpg


http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20002_LOFI.jpg

[Mu]

another one from photo ref (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_magoo_icu/2370718614/). The head is a bit off, ack! Also, the pose is a bit more tilted in the ref.
It's just great when you spot these things just when you think you're finished.

:cry:

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20001_LOFI%7E0.jpg

[Mu]

More portrait exercises in noir style. I think I can start with dialogue shots next week.

all from photo ref, albeit not too closely, I admit...:D

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20001_LOFI%7E3.jpg

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20girl_LOFI.jpg


http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/normal_noir%20001_LOFI_new.jpg

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noir%20girl2_LOFI.jpg

[Mu]

more portraits

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noirs%20002_LOFI.jpg

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/noirs%20001_LOFI.jpg

[Mu]

environment practise - line drawings, scanned, copied and inked:

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/brushline%20004_lofi.jpg


http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/brushline%20003_lofi.jpg


http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/brushline%20002_lofi.jpg

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/brushline%20001_lofi.jpg

[Mu]

Next Exercise in Shawn Martinbrough's book is called "two-shot".

The task is to show two people in dialogue while minding the following things:

- one in the foreground, one in the middleground
- consistent lighting
- background with texture

these are from imagination without ref. As Martinbrough puts a lot of emphasis on reference (as does every good drawing teacher, I guess - hello Rebecca :D ), I will go and take a few of these from imagination level to more refined level by supporting character creation from ref.

Here's the first level:

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/twoshot%20002_LOFI.jpg

http://muratkayi.de/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/twoshot%20001_LOFI.jpg

[Djampa]

Hi Mu,

Nice to see your sketches here. :)

I´m joining DSFs soon as possible, seems to be great, I don´t know why I took so long to get into it :D

Cheers,