Pseudo Comments - Jeff's Sketchpad

jhwood9 YaBB Administrator Offline Artist Formerly Known as BuniMan Posts: 7027 Northwestern United States Gender:	Jeff's Sketchpad Apr 4^th, 2006 at 2:16pm ...just practice. Trying to rework schedule to include daily artwork.
Back to top	--jhw Jeffrey H Wood http://www.snowbuni.com http://www.jeffnkelly.com IP Logged

jhwood9 YaBB Administrator Offline Artist Formerly Known as BuniMan Posts: 7027 Northwestern United States Gender:	Re: Jeff's Sketchpad Reply #1 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 12:21am ...SnowBuni "weightless" pose, proposed by cartoonist Chuck Fiala for our poster collaboration. Here SnowBuni experiences "reverse Cooper's droop," in which the breasts drift around independent of gravity.
Back to top	--jhw Jeffrey H Wood http://www.snowbuni.com http://www.jeffnkelly.com IP Logged

JHernandez

God Member

Offline

The Fox Rules Forever!!

Posts: 1633
RWC
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 3:13am

Whoa...

That image makes me want to go and find a zero-g environment and take a certain Buni with me when I do.

I can almost hear the conversation as well...

"No. I do not want to go into that with you..." LOL!!!

But yes I did like the sketch very nice. But then again Snowi has always been a cool character.

Signed
The Fox
=^.^=

Back to top

Signed
Johnny 5
The War Fox
=^.^=

IP Logged

Kyle Miller

Global Moderator

Offline

I am...the TOONGUY!

Posts: 1360
Massachusetts
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 6:37am

jhwood9 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2006 at 12:21am:

...SnowBuni "weightless" pose, proposed by cartoonist Chuck Fiala for our poster collaboration. Here SnowBuni experiences "reverse Cooper's droop," in which the breasts drift around independent of gravity.

I think you need to make her feminine curves a little curvier to make them look softer and more natural. I've got some sketches somewhere by Disney artists showing how the use of curves can bring out the cuddliness in a subject.

Back to top

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

www.gamecreature.com
My latest art and commission info on Deviantart!

IP Logged

jhwood9

YaBB Administrator

Offline

Artist Formerly Known
as BuniMan

Posts: 7027
Northwestern United States
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #4 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 9:18am

Kyle Miller wrote on Apr 5^th, 2006 at 6:37am:

I think you need to make her feminine curves a little curvier to make them look softer and more natural. I've got some sketches somewhere by Disney artists showing how the use of curves can bring out the cuddliness in a subject.

Hmmm. Well. I've always liked the "modular" look that was developed in Japanese anime. It does tend to look a bit "cubistic" when taken to extremes, though. What do you suggest?

Back to top

--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood
http://www.snowbuni.com
http://www.jeffnkelly.com

IP Logged

Kyle Miller

Global Moderator

Offline

I am...the TOONGUY!

Posts: 1360
Massachusetts
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #5 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 9:53am

jhwood9 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2006 at 9:18am:

Hmmm. Well. I've always liked the "modular" look that was developed in Japanese anime. It does tend to look a bit "cubistic" when taken to extremes, though. What do you suggest?

Nothing wrong with that when you are trying to portray "hard" objects. But soft things need curves to portray the softness. Think of a kid that's in his (or her) flannel pajamas. The curves eliminate details and make things look softer. Also take a look at Lilo and Stitch. There aren't any straight lines in the entire film.

Back to top

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

www.gamecreature.com
My latest art and commission info on Deviantart!

IP Logged

Kyle Miller Global Moderator Offline I am...the TOONGUY! Posts: 1360 Massachusetts Gender:	Re: Jeff's Sketchpad Reply #6 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 6:12pm I tried to go over some of the lines to show you what I mean. Take a look at Chuck's sketch - I think his interpretation is pretty good.
Back to top	« Last Edit: Jan 17^th, 2009 at 9:35am by jhwood9 » It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. www.gamecreature.com My latest art and commission info on Deviantart! IP Logged

jhwood9

YaBB Administrator

Offline

Artist Formerly Known
as BuniMan

Posts: 7027
Northwestern United States
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #7 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 10:56pm

Kyle Miller wrote on Apr 5^th, 2006 at 6:12pm:

I tried to go over some of the lines to show you what I mean. Take a look at Chuck's sketch - I think his interpretation is pretty good.

...hmmm. Well, I think traditional inking would eliminate most of the sharp edges in these block layouts. I don't do much inking with a brush these days, though... usually I make a clean pencil sketch with my light table, scan, and add PhotoShop color. Probably the completed piece will not be as blocky as these layout sketches.

Back to top

--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood
http://www.snowbuni.com
http://www.jeffnkelly.com

IP Logged

JHernandez God Member Offline The Fox Rules Forever!! Posts: 1633 RWC Gender:	Re: Jeff's Sketchpad Reply #8 - Apr 6^th, 2006 at 12:23am I can see a lot of work and effort has gone into this one piece of art work. This must take hours to do as well. FOX
Back to top	Signed Johnny 5 The War Fox =^.^= IP Logged

Kyle Miller

Global Moderator

Offline

I am...the TOONGUY!

Posts: 1360
Massachusetts
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #9 - Apr 6^th, 2006 at 6:37am

jhwood9 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2006 at 10:56pm:

...hmmm. Well, I think traditional inking would eliminate most of the sharp edges in these block layouts. I don't do much inking with a brush these days, though... usually I make a clean pencil sketch with my light table, scan, and add PhotoShop color. Probably the completed piece will not be as blocky as these layout sketches.

I did it with my tablet in Illustrator. I can give you some pointers if you'd like. But the point I was trying to get across is that for soft features, don't use a lot of lines (or bends) when a simple, graceful curve will do. Whenever I'm unhappy with a sketch, the first thing I ask myself is "how can I simplify this?"

Back to top

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

www.gamecreature.com
My latest art and commission info on Deviantart!

IP Logged

jhwood9

YaBB Administrator

Offline

Artist Formerly Known
as BuniMan

Posts: 7027
Northwestern United States
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #10 - Apr 6^th, 2006 at 10:20am

JHernandez wrote on Apr 6^th, 2006 at 12:23am:

I can see a lot of work and effort has gone into this one piece of art work.

This must take hours to do as well.

...believe it or not, these small character poses take me about 2 hours each. But I suspect that I'll get faster if I spend more time practicing... trying to make it a part of my daily schedule again.

Back to top

--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood
http://www.snowbuni.com
http://www.jeffnkelly.com

IP Logged

jhwood9

YaBB Administrator

Offline

Artist Formerly Known
as BuniMan

Posts: 7027
Northwestern United States
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #11 - Apr 6^th, 2006 at 10:23am

Kyle Miller wrote on Apr 6^th, 2006 at 6:37am:

I did it with my tablet in Illustrator. I can give you some pointers if you'd like. But the point I was trying to get across is that for soft features, don't use a lot of lines (or bends) when a simple, graceful curve will do. Whenever I'm unhappy with a sketch, the first thing I ask myself is "how can I simplify this?"

Aagh! Illustrator! My arch-nemesis!
Shocked

Back to top

--jhw
Jeffrey H Wood
http://www.snowbuni.com
http://www.jeffnkelly.com

IP Logged

Foxiekins YaBB Newbies Offline Woot...!!! Posts: 30 San Angelo, TX Gender:	Re: Jeff's Sketchpad Reply #12 - Oct 9^th, 2006 at 2:16pm Actually, to me, angular suggests muscle... There are certain areas on a girl that aren't primarily muscle, though... Breasts and Buttocks... Note that Snowi's boobs are already rounded... Me, I would prefer a rounder butt, but that's just my pervo biases speaking... I liked it back when Snowi had the round behind...
Back to top	IP Logged

Kyle Miller

Global Moderator

Offline

I am...the TOONGUY!

Posts: 1360
Massachusetts
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #13 - Oct 9^th, 2006 at 6:23pm

Foxiekins wrote on Oct 9^th, 2006 at 2:16pm:

Actually, to me, angular suggests muscle... There are certain areas on a girl that *aren't* primarily muscle, though... Breasts and Buttocks... Note that Snowi's boobs are already rounded... Me, I would prefer a rounder butt, but that's just my pervo biases speaking... I liked it back when Snowi had the round behind...

I rest my case. Wink

Back to top

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

www.gamecreature.com
My latest art and commission info on Deviantart!

IP Logged

ctc

God Member

Offline

fear the batmonkey! FEAR
HIM!!!!!

Posts: 1190
Gender: male

Re: Jeff's Sketchpad
Reply #14 - Oct 9^th, 2006 at 6:57pm

Hmmmm.... sorta depends on what you're trying to get across.... Jeff has a really weird art style, very mechanical and extremely stylized; so he can get away with doing things differently from most. His basic figure construction is very angular, so the angular features doesn't seem out of place in the sketch. For me (because of this) the rounded physique doesn't seem all that different. The underlying forms seem to negate that.

Now, I'd think the question is: how "solid" should this particular character be in relation to the rest of the cast? She sorta comes across as having some muscle most of the time. Is this how the character should look? For softer characters, I'd think you'd need to adjust the proportions on the figure more than the rendering. (Given the .... can't think of a better word, but I'll go with MECHANICAL.... construction of the comic's basic anatomy.)

Don C.

Back to top

IP Logged

	Welcome, Guest. Please Login
	Contact jhwood9@gmail.com to join!