Yet another sketch.

Al_Ninio · Sat 09/10/2004 04:16:57

Well.
I keep saying I'm going to tackle figure drawing.
So now I've done this heap of junk.
For some reason, I decided not to use reference for the guitar.
So um, yeah.
Ignore the guitar.

Crits are welcome, rip this thing apart.

Also, I would LOVE some tips on inking, as I've tried inking many of my sketches, and they come out simply hideous.
Thank you.

veryweirdguy · Sat 09/10/2004 19:52:49

A couple of things that strike me on close inspection (it did of course take me a while to find something to crit

):

His legs seem muchly (well, not muchly, but a bit) out of proportion with his upper body, in that they are much thicker than his arms. Now this could be because he is wearing baggy trousers (& is playing Madness), but then surely his t-shirt would have a certain degree of bagginess too? At the moment it looks a little tight. Just a thought.

Also, it looks as if it is supposed to be a moving pose, like he is going into some kind of a solo or something. For a dramatic effect to this, might I advise giving the hair a little more 'oomph', like having it trail back a little so it gives the impression that he is moving forward.

I know you said don't crit the gee-tar, but it looks a little thin to me, especially the neck. Either that or he has very long fingers.

But it's a fantastic start. I don't think you will get a lot of crit until you start inkin and/or colouring it, because there's not much you can improve on (in my admittedly simplistic artist's opinion) at the moment.

Goodeth lucketh!

Evil · Sat 09/10/2004 19:56:27

The left arm looks great. The position is almost perfect. However, the right arm is to high up. Maybe something more like this.

Sorry about the shittyness.

Al_Ninio · Sat 09/10/2004 19:58:24

Yeah, the arm does seem a bit off, now that I look at it.

I don't know about the legs, though, they look fine to me.
I used this for reference:
http://www.funeralforafriend.com/images/live/57.jpg
And yeah, the hair lacks 'oomph'.
Hair is hard

Evil · Sat 09/10/2004 20:08:07

Yeah, yours looks ok when compared to the picture, I dunno, I guess shading could fix it. Hah, it looks like Teh Helm.

Escargot · Sun 10/10/2004 02:27:54

I like the flowing lines of your sketch very much, it gives the picture a lot of movement and make it dynamic.

One thing I have to point out, as a sometime guitar player: all the fingers of the left hand in your sketch come up over the top of the fret board. Usually the tips of the fingers are used to press down on the strings. If you look at your reference picture, it looks like the ring finger and pinkie are pressing the strings.

The only time all the fingers would extend over the fretboard is if the guitar player were using a slide, one of those metal or glass tubes that slide over your pinkie (usually), and make a bluesy sound.

I like the legs too, they're nice and flowing.

CodeJunkie · Sun 10/10/2004 10:04:13

Cool picture! I'd add that the guitar neck is perhaps bent downwards a little - I think the middle of the neck would travel through the fingertips should it be straighter.
And you aren't the only one that can't ink. I tend to scan my stuff in and then 'ink' it in PSP on a new layer. I find a size 2 brush with about 20 opacity works well because if you trace your lines several times you get a bit of a grey edge which makes them a lot smoother. It is a lot easier to ink on PC with a graphics tablet (which I broke not long ago

).
The only tips I can give you about inking are ones that I've read - thick lines for foreground and shadowy parts, thin lines for background and light parts (or something like that).
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/inking/ink.html - this might be helpful
http://neondragonart.com/dp/ - this site has a short tutorial on inking which might help

Al_Ninio · Sun 10/10/2004 15:17:04

Escargot: I was actually going for a muted-strings position, but I guess it's hard to tell.

SimB: Yes, the guitar neck looks... broken

I'll fix it soon.
And thanks for the links, I found a *link* on one of those links that's helped me somewhat

Here's a work-in-progress inking shot:

I kind of messed his right hand up...

I don't like where this image is going...

c.leksutin · Sun 10/10/2004 21:17:16

I think the torso looks a bit to straight and stiff. I'd add a slight bend, otherwise is torso appears to short for the rest of him. Otherwise it's dynomite work!

C.