KNIGHT MAEK SKETCHDUMP (I raep 56k)

The One Dark Knight

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Will be updated as I go.


Feel free to pierce my tender hide with your wicked harpoons of criticism and haul me ashore where I will flail feebly.




Character concept for a battle tourney that I'll (hopefully) make it in, the guy running it said the deadline was the 20th but posted today saying that slots were closed. ):


ERM


I need to learn how to ink better (as well as anatomy and all that jazz). I'm digitally inking right now. That was done with the image at only 1k pixels wide, zoomed in about 200%. Would it be a better idea to leave the image huge, ink it, then shrink it?


More to come as I yank crap out of my sketchbook.

EDIT: HEY LOOK MORE




Gash <3

EDIT: PAGE YAY

Highlander_77

Well, you already know you need to work on anatomy, so I don't need to tell you that. It's hard to tell too much based on such a stylized drawing, because I don't know which "flaws" in the drawing are intentional parts of your style, and which ones aren't. I will say one thing, until I read the little "This is why she has no nose ring" caption, I had no clue that this was supposed to be a female character that I was looking at. Now, I hadn't scrolled down to fully see the full figure drawing in the middle at that point, and I probably would have figured it out from the color scheme, and the fact that she's wearing a dress. Still, I had should have been able to tell from her face that she's a female.

Overall, it's not bad. I would suggest doing some drawing from life, and maybe some good anatomy books, and practice drawing in a more realistic less anime style for a bit.

multimoog

The One Dark Knight wrote:

Actually, her hair was going to be bright pink before I realized that clashed horribly with her dress. ):

Wrench was a spur of the moment thing more than anything - I was actually thinking of replacing it with a baseball bat.

I dunno - I don't think a bright fuschia-pink would look bad. Maybe blue?

As for the wrench - is it part of her character? Like, does she do machinery? That's why I gave one to Tanzt - it makes sense as she builds a lot of stuff (and is scratch-built herself). If you just like the shape of it, maybe you can give her some kind of squared-off axe? I'm not saying I have the copyright on giant wrenches, but you should choose a weapon that makes sense for the character.

The One Dark Knight

Highlander_77 wrote: »

Well, you already know you need to work on anatomy, so I don't need to tell you that. It's hard to tell too much based on such a stylized drawing, because I don't know which "flaws" in the drawing are intentional parts of your style, and which ones aren't. I will say one thing, until I read the little "This is why she has no nose ring" caption, I had no clue that this was supposed to be a female character that I was looking at. Now, I hadn't scrolled down to fully see the full figure drawing in the middle at that point, and I probably would have figured it out from the color scheme, and the fact that she's wearing a dress. Still, I had should have been able to tell from her face that she's a female.

Overall, it's not bad. I would suggest doing some drawing from life, and maybe some good anatomy books, and practice drawing in a more realistic less anime style for a bit.

Hm yeah. I'm gradually trying to grasp the ins and outs of the body by studying from real life, which gets me some strange looks from people on the train. But I think now I have a fairly good grasp on the general shape of the female body, I really ought to do some studies and more practiced stuff.

With regards to the character - yes Moog, she's a sort of kid genius who lives in a futuristic Hong Kong. I really just made her to use as a battle character. I guess giant wrench was the first thing that popped into mind when I thought of a weapon. I probably will change her hair color to something more blue ish.


Ok, posting more stuff. I think the main thing I have a problem with is that my inking sucks and whenever I ink it tends to make my characters look horrible. I think I just need more practice.

The One Dark Knight

Gash, main character of a short comic that I'm going to start shortly.


He's an orc. Large choppy sword not pictured.

Rolo

Dude has some really small feet. You need to check your proportions as you lay down your basic sketch and skeleton.

The One Dark Knight

Rolo wrote: »

Dude has some really small feet. You need to check your proportions as you lay down your basic sketch and skeleton.

I know, that was intentional. I know my anatomy is shaky too, but if you want to point out the shaky spots (aside from the feet), that'd be great. I know his hand armor is omghuge too, and his legs are kind of long, but that was also intentional.

Spectre-x

Well, his calves are apparently made of upside-down traffic cones...

Rolo

Well, it might be intentional, but the guy is gonna have a hell of a time standing up and staying balanced with feet that small.

Nareg

I wanna say his left bicep looks either too wide or like it's rotated in too much. It's also making a tangent with his ribcage make the ribcage look more like a growth. His right humerus looks like it's broken - or his right shoulder is dislocated, or his triceps have grown around his arm and eaten his biceps... err... something. The tattoo on his left peck obscures the form for me.

The One Dark Knight

Nareg wrote: »

I wanna say his left bicep looks either too wide or like it's rotated in too much. It's also making a tangent with his ribcage make the ribcage look more like a growth. His right humerus looks like it's broken - or his right shoulder is dislocated, or his triceps have grown around his arm and eaten his biceps... err... something. The tattoo on his left peck obscures the form for me.

Thanks, I probably do need to work on that area, my muscular anatomy isn't that strong.

lilchingch0ng

i think everyone beat me to the most noticable stuff so...er... o_O

hi! nice to meet you! your stuff is shiney

...okay no its not, but if u painting it that way it would be! why the hell am i even posting? i have nothing contructive to say

OH WAIT i got one, okay okay, the naruto squiggles u got going on, vary that up. The designs constist purely of that one...uh design. do other squiggle shapes! i mean, when your looking for kewl designs, just kinda...well squiggle, until u squiggle something kinda cool looking, then use it!

in conclusion, vary your squiggles.

mmm, i give the best critiques

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heh heh i said constist

srsizzy

On that orc, the torso has a lot of random lines. It's not really defined as a muscular male body, and looks kind of round and plumpy. The arm on the right isn't connecting to the shoulder correctly. His head is smaller than his fist. Your facial anatomy is good, but on both the orc and the girl the rest of the anatomy isn't too hot. The girl looks like she has twiggy sticks for limbs.

The One Dark Knight

Page for an audition for an original character battle contest.


Yes I know my inking sucks. The linework looked a lot better before I mangled it. This was digitally inked, I think I'll try to ink the second page traditionally and compare the two.


I know anatomy is off, I'm trying to rush this. ):

Kewop Decam

For Gash (cause his feet are tiny), remember this general rule.


Most people's feet are pretty much the same length as their forearm. If you think I'm making this up, get a ruler and see for yourself.

MagicToaster

Xiao Mei wrote:

But seriously... how many 15 year old girls do you know with their own nuclear, custom made robot arm? Huh?

Ahem....

Spoiler:

Penny's arm is strong enough to crush steel... but gentle enough to crush puppies.

Seriously, I love your design. If not for the fact that I am horribly afraid of you, I'd smack you around in a battle of some sort.

The One Dark Knight

And this was traditionally inked. But it came out like crap after I tried to get rid of those annoying gray edges... anyone have any idea of what I'm talking about and how to get rid of them without ruining the nice smooth lines?