Le Dungeon de Art, Design & Cool Stuff

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!

Drawings from my sketchbook! I used Aaron Lopresti’s illustrations in (Crossgen) Mystic as reference. The heroine is Giselle Villard, a powerful sorceress.

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:

For our next activity in Comics Class, we were asked to pick athletes in action in Track & Field & Basketball respectively. The Track & Fielder should demonstrate the concept of “Swing of Motion” while the Basketball Player shows “Suspended Action”. They should also be drawn with uniforms on.

Swing of Motion shows either the beginning or end in a series of a specific action/movement. Here is my drawing:

I watched a short narrative on TV about “little” people overcoming bullies. This reminded me of one of my favorite stories from the Bible: David & Goliath.

I’m aiming for a “versus” scene in worm’s view perspective.

I’ve drawn the figures so they express how they felt during the intense battle. David, calm & confident, waits for Goliath to come near enough so he can take his one perfect shot. Goliath, driven blind, mad & stupid that David is not at all intimidated by his obviously imposing figure, thunders towards David…

… & we all know what happened next!

Oh, I should have posted this days ago but never got around to it until now: The IDEAL Male & Female Pairing. This is how their proportions should be expressed when paired! To put simply, this is how Barbie & Ken ought to look like, by an artist’s ideals.

I’m also drawing some sketches in preparation for the final assignment on The Female Figure, which is to invent a seated or reclining figure.

It’s a bit of a struggle to just visualize & draw (without a reference picture)  a figure that’s got some parts bent, balled up or shortened in space while maintaining correct proportion (*nosebleed) - but in fairness to myself & my efforts I think I’m beginning to get the hang of it.

We were asked to draw an upright figure of The Female Figure in Comics Class, but this time, it has to express femininity or “the woman in it’s natural shape & form” (as my instructor Nestor Malgapo explains). That’s not one of my strong points because since then, I’ve always liked to draw my women with broad shoulders, a little muscle & in intimidating stances.

I’ve done my best to shape her the way I’m expected to in this drawing.