Art challenge

[rubyredrose]

Theme: Game #2
Media: 1st link is ballpoint on lined paper (very) cleaned up in PS LE. 2nd and 3rd links are ink on paper, also cleaned up in PS LE
Notes:So I can't write dialogue. And both characters are off model. But I did two versions of it trying to get it right and I'm done. Oh well. I still find it somewhat amusing. The card player is Luna the divinator, and the odd looking floating head is Van Owen. Both DnD characters. Um...I like how the chibi in the comic turned out, and I suppose Luna's face in the 2nd panel. I need to get some decent fonts if I'm ever actually gonna do the comic thing. As for the 2nd try, the 1st panel turned out pretty well, I hate the 2nd panel. Not a lot else turned out decently. And I'm late, again. *sigh*

Pictures behind a cut because there's more than one of them."

Comic!


Try #2, panel 1!


Try #2, panel 2!

Comments

When will this be challenge become a webcomic?

[wildstarjp.livejournal.com]

Nice, you're really up to this challenge. I see the benefits of doing a rough draft and final copy (or the cleanup copy) as well. I can't wait to see what all of this will build up to by week 52, but I'll keep looking each week ^_^

posering

[tingirl.livejournal.com]

I like your tendency to draw fairly prominent noses, and in general avoid the "ethereal" aesthetic of a lot of anime/manga. I don't know where that influence is coming from, but I cherish it, since I don't see a lot of such things.

The main weakness I can see in your sketches is a tendency towards stiffness in the poses. I know you're not the most body-aware person(I, being a parody-er, paragon, of grace, of course cannot comprehend such a thing :P) but when in doubt about the "rightness" of a pose, try it for yourself-- I know it really helps me,not so much to look, but to feel where the bones are.

Looking at panel 1, try 2, in particular:
When you sit cross-legged, the thigh tilts up from the hip, giving the foot room to fit under it. Also, the foot tends to tilt either forward or backward from the ankle,and be partially obscured from the outside.

Sitting lotus is another issue, and one I am at a loss to describe in words. I'll see if I can jam a picture of it into the next Clog.