Mr Sophisticated

Mr Sophisticated

Another floating head sketch that I have inked up with body - in Clip Studio Paint.

Inking brush (textured pen), background texture was made with brush (Dry gouache).
Red nose achieved with Daub Low Absorption brush - DONE :)

Chewbacca and Han Solo

These are two of my childhood's fondest characters - Chewbacca and Han Solo. Flying around in space, dropping off cargo (modern day courier), visiting new galaxies at hyper-speed. Like...wow, yeah I'd be in for that.

I originally drew up Chewbacca in my sketchbook...another floating head, and then completed the rest of him in Clip Studio. I initially struggled with Han, as I couldn't get him to fit in with Chewie (in terms of looks). And that all important 'Appeal' factor. Hopefully I nailed it here.

Ink brush used is by the impressive Frenden, found here.

The actual name of the brush is Frendens Inker (tech pen).

It has this lovely thick to thin quality which is like butter to work with (if you know what I'm trying to say).

Can't recommend Frenden's brushes high enough.

Flintstone funny face

Flintstones

Loved the Flintstones (1960's) series as a kid, still do. Awesome character designs and beautiful backgrounds too (by Art Lozzi).

The above image comes from my sketchbook, just a floating head originally with no body. 

Image inked and coloured up in Clip Studio Paint.

This is not my take on Fred Flintstone - just wanted to try a random manly man character.

Oggy and the Cockroaches - awesome animated show

I haphazdly stumbled across this great little animated cartoon called "Oggy and the Cockroaches". Wow, it is such a great show. Funny, slap stick and the characters are super entertaining.

I really love the character designs in this show too. They have a lovely quality - how to explain? The characters have real appeal. I love the shapes for each of the characters, how they are designed (nice contrasts between shapes). And don't they just a little bit hark back to the classic look of toons in the 1940's. We'll, I think so. And they kinda remind me also of Ren and Stimpy too.

Much like Ren and Stimpy - Oggy and the Cockroaches also have those extreme poses, expressions, and that gross sense of humour. This I think also really adds to the appeal of the actual show. Considering that the characters rarely if every speak (more cat shrieks, baby cries and the like). 

Ok, time to check out some more awesomeness (poses and expressions).

Theses above images were found here Oggy and the cockroaches - poses - heaps more too!!!

The studio responsible for the show - also here Xilam

Bunny Rabbit Cartoon

Bunny Rabbit Cartoon

Bunny rabbit cartoon - inked in Clip Studio Paint.

I love Clip's brush engine - so nice to use. All the brushes and pens are so intuitive in this program. Highly recommend.

The actual above image was just a floating head in one of my sketchbooks. So I scanned in the head, drew up a body. DONE.

Egg Shape head construction

This exercise is an important step in the construction of a character head. Here you are changing the the perspective of the head and are therefore faced with many more challenges, to get it right.
I found that only when drawing the head in multiple angles could I start to see the importance of how forms on the face relate (and are connected to each other). And those connections are established by the all important guidelines.
Those all important guidelines - essential!!!

Horsing around

Exaggerated cartoons

My first art dump, mid December 2019.
First image at left a little un-inspired. I was looking for something with more exaggeration. So I then came up with next image.
My goal was to push certain features whilst constraining others.
Maybe still conservative? 

So I tried again with another two sketches (below). To help me along in the process I thought of certain emotional states to up the 'Exaggeration'.

Exaggerated cartoons

In my humble opinion, two kings of toon exaggeration, Tex Avery and John Kricfalusi.
Damn these guys are good!!!