Cartoon Studies and Pokemon

[Jasper Flick]

Hi! I'm here to show a piece of myself. I'm a WIP. :^^:

Currently working on basic Preson Blair cartoon studies (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2532308#poststop), mixed with some Pokémon.

Previous work is mostly Pokémon. Yea, I like Pokémon. Not the show, not the games, just some of the critters.

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[Jasper Flick]

Here's a small overview of the unholy stuff I created before I started this sketchbook.
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[Jasper Flick]

This was my last drawing before the sketchbook. First some reference studies from official manga/anime, then the WIP.
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Final result. The critters don't fit in colorwise though.
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Now I'm off to read a book by someone named Loomis. :teeth:

[nate01776]

lovin the pokemon sketches... i bashed pokemon for years and then about a month ago got my hands on a gba and seriously havent stopped playing red since... nice work, the sketches of Eevee with the grid lines laid over are really nice, I think that the lighting overall could be more focused though, if you catch my drift...

[Jasper Flick]

:D Hehe, watch out when you bash something, you might start to love it! :ilaekae:

Focused... as in there's too much saturation, so the eye keeps wandering? I need to mull it over more.

[dmitri]

Interesting subject matter... :)
(I have nothing against Pokémon, I mean, a good few of the critters are great designs...)

One problem with the colors on the Eevees is that they do not reflect anything from the background. Color is always reflective, so if you have a green background and then completely brown/completely gray creatures, they aren't going to fit into that background!

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks dmitri, you nailed it! Stared myself blind on that. I guess it's what I know from the 3D world as radiosity.
I goofed with the underpainting, the color separation started there. Should've taken more time for it.

[Jasper Flick]

Read through Figure drawing for all it's worth. These are my very first steps.
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[batang-gala]

This sketchbook is so lovable!! Can't wait to see more!

[Jasper Flick]

What's lovable, the Pokémon or the mannikins? :D
Anyway, more mannikins. I'm starting to loosen up a bit.
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And a quick Pokémon painting.
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[BlightedArt]

Now heyyyy, those gesture / loomis drawings are very nice. And I'm not just talking about the context. I'm talking about the clean lines and the care you've taken to go over them once more. That's good!!

Also: "Hi! I'm here to show a piece of myself. I'm a WIP." is quite a nice quote. :P

Try to draw/paint more furred creatures from life if you can (if you have a rabbit or cat or something that's asleep, draw them while they're not bouncing around causing mayhem around the house)! :P

-Marc

[Redfrog]

sweet pics! Bring on Bulbasaur and Squirtle!

[Nettle_Mountain]

pokemons eh, you are from da aren't cha?
hehee don't worry this is best place there is to grow artistically, i left da year ago and haven't regretted it.

i will look with interest where your fixation with cuteness and anatomy studies will lead, something interesting im sure.

post more stuff, you have your first fan

[Jasper Flick]

You're right BlightedArt, I don't know much about fur yet. With Pokémon I'm also still figuring out where between realistic and manga rendering my sweet spot is...

Nettle_Mountain I'm still on DA as well. I'm at DA for the fun, I'm at CA for the skills. :)

Quick roughies after visiting Redfrog's sketchbook. Sweet stuff over there! :D
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[Nettle_Mountain]

allright, here we go: I want you to design your own monsters, you decide upon your own artistic sensitivities what they are but taking a bit distance from drawing only one subject, herefore pokemon will help you to become better. Design your own "pokemons" and draw them.

will wait

[Jasper Flick]

Alright, here are two cute fakemon for you! :)
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[Jaytea]

Ah, really like those figure drawings. I think I'll get a pdf of that book. :] You improved, so much, in that one post. Such a variety of great work here, from the refined paints to messy b/w. Keep it up.

[Clochette]

And if you'd try to draw anything else than Pokemon? :]
Apply what you understood drawing them to draw other subjects? From life stuff, your own creatures design?

[Jasper Flick]

The most I got from drawing Pokémon so far is experience in digital painting and a lot of fun. You're right I should branch out more again. :)
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[Jaytea]

Haha, ditto for me. I started with Pokemon, but it was a mix of fursonas, crappy people, and b/w emo stuff that you all shall never see.

Yeah, it's great to check out what other stuff there is out there. I must've changed my style 5 times because of that. xD! Great still life! Maybe eliminate the outlines/sketch?

[FightingSeraph]

You have a lot of potential, and I kinda like Pokemon (not as much as I used to nine years ago). After you get good with the studies, maybe you should diversify beyond Pokemon.

[Jasper Flick]

Shalite: Well I started a long time before Pokémon, but just like you I'm not going to dig that old stuff up, whatever of it still exists.
And I'm done with the shoes, I'll give you a ladybug study instead, ok? :)
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FightingSeraph: Indeed I've gotta diversify, diversify, diversify!

[Clochette]

That's what I mean! Your ladybird is much more interesting than the pokemon, in my opinion of course! ;)

[Jasper Flick]

Will keep expanding, but I'll be gunning to make the Pokéart more interesting as well! :D

Some early Halloween fun:
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[Jaytea]

Great ladybug! The shading was wonderfully executed- keep it up!

Wow, the painterly feel was nailed on this one, the lighting is very mysterious.

[Ryuartyi]

I've been a fan of Pokémon for a long time, and it's very exciting to see someone on CA take a shot at it. That being said I would really like to see more studies from you and less Pokémon art.

The more you focus on aspects of nature you focus on, the more dynamic your paintings and drawings will become. After you take a while to study on more of the basics, you will find things that you can add to your paintings.

[Jasper Flick]

I'll be doing one or two more Pokémon drawings and then it'll be studies for a while. Right now it's just a random doodle though.
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[S.C.P]

Hey thanks for dropping by my Sketchbook.I like your work so far,the ladybug study is sweet,keep it going !:rocker:

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks, I'll keep it up!
Time is getting a problem though, so I need to increase my speed and stick to rough drawings for a while.

Today's stuff: doodles fleshed out from random squiggles (like the monster from my previous post), posemaniacs fast and slow, an outdoor color study, and some Pokémon action.
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[Katzenminze]

Hey! you really seem to love pokemon :D
why dont you try to design your own pokemons? (or critters like them).
pick a theme and start fleshing out your ideas!
as far as your paintings go, try to balance them out a bit more by making the backgrounds less saturated. at the moment its a bit color-overkill!
(i think the one from oktober 5th is an exemption, you worked a cool background against awarm foreground/monster which looks really good!)
and for your drawings, if you want to make a critter appealing to the eye ty to give it thick, smooth outlines. our brains are very lazy the less it has to interpret the more it will like to look at something, giving a creature thick out lines makes it a lot more cute!
you are making good progress please dont stop working!

[Nettle_Mountain]

Good progress, here's few tips:

Yes, saturate as katzenminze said backrounds closer to grey/black colour than full saturation and try not to block in colours by rubbing with too small brush, instead: Coloupick and bigger brush with pressure sensitivity with opaqueness (and size as well, experiment)

Do you colourpick to blend colours together?, i can explain if you don't know (long story)

more! MORRREEE!

[Master Chill]

Heza there,

now first off all, I have some bad news, I'm not a manga nor pokemon fan 'cause to my personal opinion they're not realistic enough. Now, besides that, I have to say that you've made some very realistic studies there! Never before have I seen such detailed studies for "just" some pokemon. (Sorry for my perhaps offensive opinion) There is some curious fact though, I'v seen your other Loomis-studies too and you show great potential in drawing much more then what you're doing now, I'd say keep up the good stuff and try perhaps some other branches, see what it gives ^^

Cheers

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll increase efficiency and keep going.

Katzenminze: Will do some original designs. Don't know about "thick outlines = cute", will have to try that one out. :)

Nettle_Mountain: I know about colorpick-blending and use it. But as you can see so far I've stayed rough and not blended much.

Here's a snag: I work in ArtRage. Almost all images so far have been digital oil paintings (some old stuff is digital velt pen). I don't own Photoshop or Painter. I have GIMP, however I use OS X and have to run it in X11, which doesn't support pen pressure. So with my current setup my brush options are rather limited. I'd like to expand but at the moment I am not going to spend €100+ on a drawing program... Does anyone have tips?

Master Chill: No worries man, fun you checked the thread out anyway. I'll keep expanding. :D

Todays stuff: more poses, a cloud experiment, a second take of the stairs, and a setup for another Halloween drawing.
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[mAkAm]

hey hey.. thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.. One advice for your envies: they always look very "clean" when it comes to hue. Maybe try to use overlay, pin light, lineral light, hard light, color dodge and so one to get different moods. this sometimes creates room for new ideas and designs. I know that e.G Scott Robertson is using this, when he needs to design evironments. also keep up your studie work, you are doing good! greetings to Amsterdam :hatsoff:

[Natzuur-JK]

Wow those enviro concepts are cool, the cloud and the stairs are very van gough-esc but with a modern style. Keep on bringin em!

[S.C.P]

Hi there,nice improvement to your colour study.I use Art Rage 2.5 ,best $25 US spent :asspat: You can still use photoshop layer blend modes mentioned before ,colour dodge ,screen,multiply etc.
Keep up the good work mate.

[WickedEdges]

I'm so jealous. I want a tablet reeeeally bad. lol.

[Niku]

YAY its pokemon, I like how you made eevee pick on the old one, fools like this mutha...And the way the others interact with each other, moogle and pika¿...try making look more mature lol...how does one elborate on scenary, I want a tip on that if you can...

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks guys, will play more with layers!

Niku: You want tips on scenery? Euh... "The Where deserves just as much attention as the What"? If you have any specific question just ask them in your own sketchbook. Though I'm not much of an authority or anything, I'll contribute if I am able. :)

Worked some more on the halloween pic. Tried the airbrush again; turns out it works fine if you keep the canvas small. I'm sticking to one hue and saturation, only varying lightness.
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[Jasper Flick]

Some awful poses, and happy Halloween everyone! :)
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Another set of poses and mannikins. Still gotta loosen up more.
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A batch of 30s, 60s, and 90s poses. Does the quality go up at all with the added time? Doesn't appear to be so... Well at least I'm no longer petting my lines.
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[basementPicasso]

really like the quick figure poses, great sense of gesture in them. Keep it up.

[Talo]

I must admit the Eevees drew me in here xD But I am not disappointed. I really like painting style. Reminds me of Monet somewhat (I'm not too painter savvy, there could be a painter out there that would be a better complement =P). Anyways, I like the flow to your gestures and I am particularly impressed by your earlier eevee studies.Makes me wonder what creatures you yourself could create. I still see myself as a newb, so I don't have critique to offer so I will just say that I look forward to more! :)

[Nettle_Mountain]

Your latest digital and poses show improvement allready, keep at it

Put your posemaniacs training into use, make a sketches/digital about character/s

[Redfrog]

Love the halloween pics! My only suggestion (post 24) would be to maybe use some illumination behind the silouetted figures (subtly) to help them jump out more and have some spill onto the ground so you can cast shadows from them. The halloween pic in post 39 is fantastic - great mood and atmosphere!
Great to see you experimenting with stuff. Keep up the good work! :)

[Jasper Flick]

Talo: Haha you fell for the bait! :D
Hmm I feel like doing a few more creature studies before creating my own... And I'm a newb like you so don't be shy. :)

Nettle_Mountain: I'll keep edging my way into drawing humans. Definitely my weak point, never done it much up to now...

Redfrog: Thanks! I see what you mean. I will plan my environments more and pay closer attention to lighting and shadows.

[Jasper Flick]

I've focused on learning Blender and the Unity game development tool, so I didn't have anything to show for a while.

Been reading John K's blog (http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com), which is very interesting if you're into cartoon animation or drawing. Learned a lot! It inspired me to get off my illustrator's ass and whip up a cartoony moogle.
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[Jasper Flick]

Practicing my lines. I want to get long, smooth strokes down.
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[Jasper Flick]

This was a lot of fun to draw! I'll throw in some WIPs as well.
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Still nowhere near perfect and slow, but getting better with those lines.

[Jasper Flick]

Created for use as an id or thumbnail. Little Vee wants food!
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[tobbA]

Poor buneary... :P

Some neat stuff here. Like that stair case thingy you did :)

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks tobbA! And happy holidays!
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[Great Distance]

Very cute and cool stuff! I like these. Keep making more of them. :D

[Jasper Flick]

Will do, Great Distance!
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[Shad0w666]

Wow really nice drawings... specially your first pokemon things... althought i don't like pokemon at all, but your drawing were so cute :D Nice =)

[Jasper Flick]

:D Thanks Shadow! No one can withstand the power of the cute.

Hadn't drawn anything yet this year. It was high time I did something about that.
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[Cam Sykes]

It's good to see that you have a passion for something that motivates you to draw. I think it would be worth your while to use this passion to branch out and improve as an artist. If you have a strong interest in pokemon you can take that interest to create your own creature designs. There is many tutorials and process pics in the Creature of the Week section of these forums. Also look at creature anatomy books, or do more referenced drawings of real animals.

[chuck18mp]

Great job!
I agree with CamSyko
:)

[Ricardo Robles]

Thanks for your visit! You got a funny style, and I like the happiness that your drawings inspire. But have to agree with CamSyko in the fact of find your own way to do art. Practice animal forms will give you skills to improve in this themes, I see you like it a lot. Try to work a little more in your backgrounds to place characters better.
And keep it up!!

[Nettle_Mountain]

Seconded camsyko, animal anatomy studies and creature design

Its more fun to draw cute creatures that you have designed yourself & have copyrights to do whatever you want with them

[Jasper Flick]

CamSyko: You're absolutely right. I'll try to get more varied stuff up here, not just Pokémon!

Ricardo Robles: Cool you noticed the happiness vibe! That's quite an important part for me. I've been focusing on figures lately, but its good you pointed out the backgrounds, I need to get back to them.

Nettle_Mountain: :) Hah, copyright or no, I'll do whatever I want with poor Pikachu! But of course you're right. So now I've gotta dream up some original content...

For now just a very rough robot concept and Pokémon study.
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[amianna]

Hey there!

I'm glad to see you're working on taking your talent to the next level. I started out drawing pokemon too. I designed my own pokemon all the time and that's when I branched out to more concept art and character design.
You have a great start here and I see a lot of potential especially with your lines and paintings of environments.
Your finished pieces seem to lack the charm that your paintings have. On the one were pikachu is eating the whole image is skewed a bit. When you're doing your digital work always remember to flip the image every now and then, especially in the beginning stages.

:sungod: keep it up

[Jasper Flick]

Hey Amianna, you're right about the skewed eating-'chu drawing. I put a slant in there on purpose, but didn't control it well.

You mean you don't like the lineart vs the paintery stuff? I try to get charm in my lineart, but it's harder because there's less wiggle room there. Anyway, here's some new rough paint!
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And a few more Jolteon studies, just copies from anime frames and such.
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I'll probably do some real dog studies soon as well as some more robot concepts.

[Jaytea]

I just noticed the different hues in those rocks for that pokemon painting. ;u; I love how the distant rocks are cooler shades~

really loving those jolteon, studies, though. Eeveelutionsftw

[Jasper Flick]

:) Yes, there's some color depth! By the way, I used a photo reference for the scenery colors.

And now a weird bunny robot and a dog study. Tried another way to color as well, starting with grayscale. Interesting, but right now I'm a total klutz with it.
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Nothing much last week, just some ass.
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It's a copy of an actual sprite from one of the games, I kid you not. I just added the text.

[keelman91]

Yo great work,ah pokemon the memories...

[Nettle_Mountain]

Yo great work,ah pokemon the memories...

Ahh talk about it, i used to draw pikachu in many different situations that are illegal in most civilized countries. Memories...

[Jasper Flick]

:) Thanks keelman91. Always good to touch people's memories.

:D Ok Nettle_Mountain, you caught my interest. You gotta incorporate some of that stuff into your sketchbook! Share the love!

Been busy with other things. Time to wake up again!

Some experimenting going on here. Combining oil and airbrush in ArtRage. Playing with colors and saturation. Starting to get the hang of layer blend modes.
Wanted to make it feel dreamy and focus on the hatchling. Placing the egg smack dab in the middle is bad though, but it turned out to be the best crop for the final image.
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[Ricardo Robles]

Interesting image, it´s dreamy like you said. your execution is coming better!
I think you could add some more vegetation in the background.
See you!

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks Ricardo! Next time I'll put in more stuff, not just foreground and distant background. Not sure when though, got lots of other stuff to do with higher priority.

[HAJiME]

The beetle on the first page is amazing. I also admire how you seem to have a good 3d picture of what you're drawing in your head. Nice.

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks Hajime, indeed I always try to understand the entire volume of something I draw.

[Porg]

Ahh talk about it, i used to draw pikachu in many different situations that are illegal in most civilized countries. Memories...

Pokemon Porn FTW!!! :harbl: :moon:

Glad I 'accidently' found your sketchbook.
Liking your Pokemon but like the others said, would be good to see you create more of your own [which I see you're doing].
Work on that animal anatomy though as I'm sure that'll be a great help.

Good luck.

[Jasper Flick]

Thank you, Porg.

I've been quite inactive, but this will change. Here's a rough sketch to mark the transition.

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Yes, it's a study of Pokémon art. I will use this critter for a Halloween drawing. Not impressive, but it heralds a new approach:
1 - sketch with pen and pencil again, no longer 100% digital;
2 - try out GIMP, instead of sticking with Artrage.

[zenkislider]

NICE pokemon stuff <3 pokemon

[toastergargletop]

Some cool pokemon fanart there Jasper Flick, I think you nailed some of those with a degree of AWESOME. Your non pokemon stuff looks like its improved a too. I like the way that its adding to your fan art.

someone said it though: create your own! the bunny robot is rad!

[Eiki]

pokemoooooooooooon :) great stuff!

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks toastergargletop! You know, I don't actually think I'll create my own Pokémon. When I bother to be original, I think I'll prefer being detached from the Pokémon universe and going off in another direction, like that robo-bunny-gun. Redesigning existing Pokémon would be somewhere in the middle I guess.

zenkislider & Eiki: yay!

Ok, a slightly more polished Darkrai this time. This guy's basically an hourglass with red teeth and arms.
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The next step would be the Halloween drawing. Let's see if I can make it ominous.

[Jasper Flick]

Halloween drawing got seriously delayed. Ah well.

Here's some Preston Blair studies! Will do more of these.
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More egg heads!
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And that concludes Preston Blair's "Construction of the Head" page.

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I should pick up the pace!

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Upgrade to pear-based bodies!

I know my copies are bad, but the rabbit is really... abysmal. That's fine though. I prefer to do multiple studies rather than agonize to get one perfect copy, as long as I analyze all mistakes I make (which are legion).

[OmenSpirits]

They show a lot of potential. The more multiple studies you do, the better you'll get.

:D

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks OmenSpirits, be patient for that potential to be realized though!

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[Fiddzy]

Good work so far, Like the Vulpix picture on the other page XD.

Keep up the good work.

[Jasper Flick]

Will do Fiddzy! Everyone loves Vulpix ass!

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Today was a rush job...

[OmenSpirits]

ever try going step-by-step in the motion of movement? Adding the inbetweens?

Try it in Flash, can't hurt to see your work in actual movement to tell how you're developing.

I know there's this animator who creates some really cool stuff.

Think the character's name is Bitey. www.biteycastle.com

:D

[Jasper Flick]

Nah, I'm not up to animation yet. More dynamic poses will start sneaking in at least, though. Movement comes later, just don't hold your breath!

I've seen Bitey movies before on Newgrounds. It's nice stuff for Flash animations, I guess... but I don't like it. Weren't it for the voice-over in the latest movie, I wouldn't have a clue about the internal state of that creature. Visually, it's emotionless.

Also, I just don't like Flash vector animation in general. Compared to classic toons like 40s Bugs Bunny, it has no soul whatsoever. It just swooshes, dashes, rotates, scales, and flips from static pose to static pose.

But that's just my opinion, and reason why I'll stick to classic cartoons for examples and inspiration.

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When I speed up a little more, I'll start going beyond Preston Blair studies again.

[OmenSpirits]

Cool. I can respect that. :)

There's a book out there with tex avery's work in it. 50 years of tex avery or someting. Might want to search it out.

Good luck an keep at it.

Oh, oh, there's another book,I own this one, draw the looney tunes: the warner bros. character design manual.

[Jasper Flick]

:) I put the books on my list! So much good stuff to study.

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Definitely need to work on the hands...

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Cartoon hands, as anticipated. White gloves are mandatory!

[LironGabriel]

Hey man thanks for droping by in my sketchbook
I like your toons and style keep it up :)

[Loathsome]

Hey, interesting sketchbook you have :) You have some stuff going but I think I can help you out some.

The painting you did on the ladybug was awesome, because I'm sure you used reference. And the more you use reference in the beginning (and later on in your art careear) the better you will get. You base your art on knowledge you know :)

I'd also suggest that you work with grayscale for a while so you get a grasp of tone, that will help you greatly!

Nice spirit you have still, keep that spirit up and it will reward you :) Hope I've helped in some way.

[Jasper Flick]

LironGabriel: Thank you, though I can't say I have my own style yet. No hurry, fundamentals first!

Loathsome: :) Yea that's solid advice, I give some like that too myself. I'll focus on toons for a bit, but will get back to life studies and values at some point.

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[Loathsome]

Ah holy crap I forgot to go to the last page :P I just checked the first page. I really like those cartoony studies you have going there. I'd love to see more of those, it really adds a new flavor to this forum where most people do more realistic stuff.

Thanks for visiting my sketchbook as well :)

[Jasper Flick]

Loathsome: :D Though a minority, there are still plenty of sketchbooks with cartoons (not counting manga here).

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[Marria]

Hey there! Great sketchbook! The cartoon studies are coming along nicely. I love your use of digital paint and color. i love the strokes and colors in the 'stairs' painting in post #33.

Thank you so much for dropping by my sketchbook and the tips :)

[Jasper Flick]

Marria: Thanks! I'll get back to ArtRage sometime to do more digital painting.

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You're watching Preston Blair studies! Now featuring Meathead, Screwy Squirrel's punchbag!

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Ok, that's enough Meathead for a while.

[Jasper Flick]

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Busy week.

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More cute Preston Blair studies. Also tried to draw Pokémon Lopunny using toon techniques I learned.

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The colored Lopunny is a workflow test for coloring a scan in ArtRage and getting it online with the correct color profile. As ArtRage ignores color profiles, I used GIMP to convert the image from my personal color profile to sRGB.

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Some quick experiments with Lopunny. I'm trying to figure out those weird eyebrow-stalks, as well as make it more feminine.

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:) I tried to come up with something cute for today.

The ears are a nightmare until you start using them as an asset.

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And that ends the hiatus!

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Misdreavus Pokémon, toonified.

[draigun]

great work your cartoon studies are just amazing and the line work is so clean

[Jasper Flick]

Thanks draigun. Personally I think my stuff's real dirty though. It probably isn't very noticeable on the low-res scans.

Some more Preston Blair animals.
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And two colored Misdreavus concepts.
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[Jasper Flick]

Trying Luxray and not doing a good job.
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Basic Luxray colors.

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Luxray finalized, as well as a drawing featuring Luxray and Misdreavus together. It was for a kind of art trade over at deviantART.

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[DefiledVisions]

I friggin love pokemon! show more :D