Biker Dude

Now this guys was just fun to do. I combined the head construction with the facial expression and a little ol' fashioned rediculousness and came out with a Bad-Ass Hardcore tricyclist. Awesome.

Hands Again

Man, I feel like I ruin so many good drawings with bad hands!

Here's two drawings, one of me copying "famous" hands, and one trying to build my own based on form.
In case the print is illegible, the hands are (clockwise from top): Dexter from Dexter's Labratory, Johnny Bravo, Robin from Teen Titans, Pinky, and Tom (as in , And Jerry). I tried to take some hints from both the Preston book and from some online tutorials. Thank you YouTube.

Familiar Faces (Edited)

Every once in a while it's helpful to try my own take on a familiar face, rather than starting from scratch. Toad was tons of fun to draw, as far as form goes.
Stewie was taken straight from an online "How to Draw Stewie" from Fox.

The following are the result of watching every Harry Potter movie in the course of a few days. I really like the full body Hagrid, because he just looks so kind. I even tried my hand at tracing and inking with the Ron on the bottom. Man, that guy has the most distinctive face, and it's not easy to capture.






EDIT: I've since fed the drawing of Ron through a live trace and colour, and while it's not exactly pro, I like the results. Hey, at least I'm learning.

Emotions

One part of animation and illustration that fascinates me in seeing character express such subtly of emotion (and sometimes a complete lack of subtlety!). Here's some practice:
I was really going for a furrowed brow, but my knowledge of anatomy fails me. I really do need those life drawing classes.

Others Heads and Rotations

One of the hardest parts of drawing for me has always been drawing the same thing twice (in fact, it's tough because I get frustrated when it doesn't come out the same). So the idea of drawing a framework and building on that really appeals to me. Plus I think it makes my drawings more interesting to look at. Hey, is it me or does this guy look like he could fit in as a Jetson or on Yogi?
I love these three, and hey, colour is fun! A lot of my designs start off bald and I have to add hair later, but the woman (blue) looked way better bald so I added the razor for a laugh.

I should also mention that I've always hated drawing females (human or otherwise). Mainly it's I feel that not all women have long lashes and big lips. That, and I'm generally uncomfortable drawing boobs.

Preston Blair

Over at John K's blog, he offers what he calls the $100,000 Animation course free on his site. Basically it just scans from Preston Blair's book, teaching drawing from basic forms and geometric shapes to construct characters from the inside out. It's tougher than hell at times to follow along but it certainly has had some interesting results in my work.
It starts with basic head construction, using a 3D Egg for a head, adding guide lines, then drawing features according to those lines. It seems really forced at first but I've never been able to rotate a head as successfully as this before.


I love the old lady here (straight from the book) but that crazy punk/Fudd creeps me out.

First is a long time

So it's been forever since the last time I've posted. But that doesn't mean I've stopped drawing, it just means I've been busy. Here are some of the drawings I've done in the last few months.