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I..uh, have some cartoons.
Macarello
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Hi there, I just joined the forums, mainly for this board. Name's George, I'm 15, live in England, and I love drawing (As I'm sure quite a few of you do). I mainly cartoon, because it a lot of fun developing styles, and sometimes just drawing can be extremely rewarding, especially when I look back on my work and see what I can improve on and what I have improved on. I think that my style is heavily influenced by Gabe (seeing his work was one of the reasons I started drawing more anyway), but I'd like to show you some of my work, and hopefully have you tell me where I can improve in places, as I'd really like to become better at the thing I love.
My dad, who has proven very fun to draw
My cat, also fun to draw.
A quickie, but I like how it turned out.
Its the Doctor, with strangely mangled hands! I like the rest of it though.
NiGHTS, and this is teh one probably most reminiscent of PA.
And, of course, the obligatory Jack Sparrow picture.
My dad, who has proven very fun to draw
My cat, also fun to draw.
A quickie, but I like how it turned out.
Its the Doctor, with strangely mangled hands! I like the rest of it though.
NiGHTS, and this is teh one probably most reminiscent of PA.
And, of course, the obligatory Jack Sparrow picture.
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i can literally copy paste the response from about 50 other threads, but i won't.
here's the bullet points you're gonna get (rightfully so)
-draw from life
-stop copying gabes style get your own (which you will develop by...
-....drawing from life)
-its lazy
-draw from life
-work on anatomy
-draw from life
-learn muscle/bone structure
-draw from life
i bet i can find those poses you used in pa's comics if i took the time to look.
Since you have a good grasp on human structure, next thing I'd do is try your hand at is digital inking/coloring. It's a really cheap, but effective alternative to pens/paper and much easier to undo mistakes, no matter what it is.
Good luck.
Obviously you have the potential to do really well, but you have to drop Gabe's style, as it's quite obvious that it is his.
Check out my art! Buy some prints!
Alyce (and Zerg) are correct. If I looked at this and it didn't have your name on it, I'd swear Mike K did it. I can't imagine getting those hands without plain copying Mike's work. Like Alyce said, to get your own style, first learn to draw from life. Once you've got human structure burned into your brain, you will want to either draw humans more perfectly, or simplify them into a cartoonish style. Style comes from the ashes of despair and discouragement, but it's all the sweeter when it does.
I had this problem when I first came to the forums a couple years ago. My stuff looked remarkably like the PA style. Now I've focused on stuff other than cartoons and my 'styles' are much different. It takes time though, as does many things.
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As has been advised, don't forget the importance of drawing and observing from real life. Get a good grasp of human anatomy and as you breakdown the elements to their basics, that's when personal style will form. Don't rush it though. And there's nothing wrong with being influenced by someone else's work and style, but there's a careful line of being inspired and ripping off. Play around with other styles as well if you feel inclined, if at least to get an understanding as to how other artists may have developed their style. Might help you in your trek to yours.
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but he's a solid artist. and even at 15 anyone serious should be studying the human form. i was taking live model drawing classes when i was 13.
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If you're lying and stole these...you are poop.
...but these are really excellent for somebody who's only 15, despite the fact the style seems kinda derived.
You'll do great. Best of luck, lad.
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But yes, you should definitely branch out and do more real-life stuff and eventually grow into a style of your own.
Your stuff is really nice; more so you were able to take a page full of redundant (especially considering you mentioned it in your OP) observations that your style looks like Gabe’s with good spirit. Your skill and attitude are both very impressive and I sincerely hope you keep it up.
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To the OP, your comics are impressive. I wouldn't worry too much about them looking like another artist's work, so long as you realize it. I'd like to see some of the cartooning talent turned towards a more personal style, or (dare I say it) realistic works, just to see what you could do.
Keep up the good work!
Even gabe has some pretty nice traditional watercolors, if I recall. Zergling is a dick though.
You are a clueless git and need to shut up.
The stylization on these are cleanly done and appealing, but they sort of ache for more differentation from Gabe's style as people have mentioned. You seem to have picked up on the nuances that make Gabe's drawings effective pretty well, so hopefully you're a quick learn and will have your own style in short order.
Oh clearly you are better than us.
Aaaall haaaail Zergliiiiiing...
Well, wise art guru, since you're apparently savvy about what works and what doesn't, would you care to post some examples of your art for the great benefit of everyone?
If you do draw, and have developed skill without learning the basics, then good for you. But you should understand that this is good advice that does work for a lot of people.
If you don't draw, then I wonder if you also stop by stables for fun to tell the kids getting riding lessons, "psh, head and shoulder position? fuck that, cowboys aren't famous for their posture, they're famous 'cuz they kick ass! you shouldn't listen to these people who know what they're doing because I think differently!"
OP: All that good stuff everyone else said, and you should keep posting! It's funny because the one you said is most reminiscent of PA reminds me way more of Sonic the Hedgehog than PA. (Then again, maybe it is a StH character and I'm just out of the loop =p )
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he's not saying he's better than you
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he's saying there's no reason this guy couldn't be taking model drawing classes
those tips are useless? you're a fucking idiot. every good artist here gives the same advice..clearly we're the one who don't know anything.
godfather-i never said i'm better than anyone here
project37- i agree all hail me.
as far as taking live model lessons throughout my early teens, i'm trying to say that as an artist who was OBSESSED with comics growing up. trying to mimic comics without understanding the human form really set me back. I was able to take human form classes, and i wish i had more time as i would still take them.
call me a dick all you want, i'm not hiding behind "i do comic so i don't need to know anatomy" or "well thats my style" BULLSHIT. it means you're unskilled and/or lazy. i would rather try new things and risk them looking crappy than draw the exact dam cartoons as everyone else because you feel it looks good.
Animators have to study from life almost as much as a figurative painter might.
Not all cartoonists have studied extensively from life though, true, it just helps a lot. And I think trying to work without it is the hard way, not the easy way.
But its important to remember that you guys shouldn't run all of these people off of the forum so quickly with this shit. Suggest they start studying from life while continueing to work on developing their comics. Not this 'your comics suck study life go to hell' shit. People on this forum did that to me years ago and I'll tell you what, even though I started studying from life and working hard to develope my traditional drawing skills, it had nothing to do with everyone being a dick to me. And you know what, most of the dudes posting that shit are probably hypocritical jackasses anyways because damn, if they were all studying so hard from life where are they now? I am not regularly seeing life drawing work on this forum that blows me away. Taking one or two life drawing classes doesnt cut it really. You wont learn shit from one or two classes. You need to dedicate yourself to it.
In other words, life drawing = good but only if you really stick with it and do it often.
Being a dick = bad.
I really did look at some of the images and think that I'd seen them before. Like they were directly ripped from other images, but maybe had some details edited to make them into other characters, know what I mean?
I don't know... either you're really good an intuitively drawing certain things in a cartoon style, or you've directly copied some body parts.
That's my gut reaction, anyway.