Le Dungeon de Art, Design & Cool Stuff

I finished rendering/shading my Ascension drawing in pen & ink. I did not plan lighting as much as I should have because instinct just sort of took over. It’s the first time that I used mostly solid blacks on a picture so I’m not really sure if everything looks right -

Drawing fan art instead of drawing assignments. I am a bad-ass that way. Mwahahaha!

I saw a small corner panel by David Finch in Top Cow’s Ascension & thought it was a very good composition so I tried it out for myself. The scene is basically the same, but I changed the vanishing point & eye level so that the figure looks as if he’s heading towards the viewer instead of upwards.

The shaded parts will be covered in solid black ink so I did not bother to draw an outfit on him.

The roundhouse kick kicks butt effectively. In my opinion, a super-heroine who cannot do a decent roundhouse kick is lame. Changing how the arms are positioned doesn’t lessen the powerful imagery of this kick.

From flight or a high jump, I believe this has got to be the best way to land. I drew it in my sketchbook as a reminder. I haven’t quite decided how the other arm is positioned so I drew in 2 variations.

We’re positioning/plotting dynamic figures in perspective now. It takes a lot of brain power & problem solving but I think I’m getting the hang of it after a whole day’s work!

Here’s a scenario I cooked up just to make the page interesting. There’s typical pre-battle drama unfolding here - Feel free to laugh! Nyaha-ha!

A page from my sketchbook! Drawing “super” figures in motion. This is more fun than drawing still figures, I’ll tell you that!

I sketched in several more figures. I felt that the previous drawing did not quite capture the scene I want to portray. So, I’m dividing the picture into comic panels.

• Panel 1: David & Goliath; worm’s eye view from behind David
• Panel 2: Goliath from David’s point of view
• Panel 3: David from Goliath’s point of view
• Panel 4: Audience’s point of view

I’m confident with all panels except the first. There’s something not right about it - I just can’t put my finger on it…

Following my previous post is my representation of the idea of Suspended Action, which shows the mid-point in a series of a specific action/movement. It gives the viewer the feel of what is about to happen just before it actually happens! Here is my drawing:

Drawing figures standing still or just sitting down for the past 2 months certainly felt like I’ve been drawing figures with half-lives.

Figures in Motion - at long last, we meet again!

Now that I’ve advanced to this subject, I feel quite relieved. I was beginning to imagine myself getting stuck in the Twilight Zone of stick figures forever.

Drawing dynamic figures is my favorite topic - this is where one can use the figure as a form of expression!

Here is my submission for The (Female) Human Figure in Motion.