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by Morpheus306 » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:41 am
My eyes have been lent. I take it this was a first pass, never settle with your first drawing, always explore. When you do things like this ask yourself, "it's ok, but what can I do to make it better and more dynamic? Am I getting the attitude I want across? Is the character easy to read?" I took the liberty of going over your drawing on my pen tab and immediatly thought that homer should be seen in a "down shot" or looking down on him as if in the tree itself. Of course the tree, once added, will be in the foreground. As you can see, it is very clear in my drawing what homer is looking at. The red lines indicate that I created invisable arrows with his features as well. Also, with Simpson eyes if one pupil is touching the edge so must the other. In my case he's looking straight up and not out of the corner of his eyes. His face and body language in my drawing also convey his attitude more, bright eyed/gazing look, big smile, hands eager to pounce, etc. In your pic it doesn't quite look like Homer is approaching a donut tree, it actually almost looks like he's pushing something. On that note, watch out for balance, meaning your homer looks like he wants to fall forward, where as in mine his foot is clrearly planted in front of him holding his weight. I technically used a three point perspective system, but keep it simple, you shouldn't go that technical until you know perspective and the character well. Notice how my ovals work with his form, it's clear we're looking down from a high place. I think that's it in a nutshell, oh, and I splashed some color to show how you could use shadows and what not to portray a 'gleaming' essence. Give it another shot and don't give up!
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