Schazz Practice

More Jim Smith Clean-ups

2008-07-23T17:41:00.004+01:00

This one was already pretty clean (I think i screwed up on the top of the fridge door though >_<)... there was a little note on the original saying "This is great", and I agree!
Tried to fix the arm and bible on this one
Didn't really like how this one tured out -_-
His mouth kinda confused me here. You can really tell the difference between Jim's beautifully drawn right foot and the left, which I had to draw the toes for.
Thought it might be easier to ink if there was a clear distinction between George and his surroundings.... *shrug*

Jim Smith Clean-up

2008-07-22T16:30:00.003+01:00

How's it looking? I tried to skip straight ahead to Illustrator at first, but found that it looked better when I traced it in blue pencil beforehand.

(As you can probably see, I started to draw him with a fez rather than a nightcap - whoops!)

George George George

2008-07-21T03:02:00.005+01:00

'Nother George ink

2008-07-17T18:50:00.005+01:00

I love the layout drawings of George on John K's blog - I couldn't resist trying to ink one of them.

Y'know, it's amazing the flaws you notice when you post stuff - namely the thin lines for the legs and feet. Bah, there are probably a load more >_<

George ink, take two!

2008-07-06T18:12:00.004+01:00

Crappy take one.

Improved take two!

Here's my second attempt at inking George. Personally I think it looks much better, all thanks to Amir's inking advice (cheers Amir!) - what do you think?

George ink

2008-07-03T17:52:00.007+01:00

This is a drawing of George John K gave to Amir to practice inking (and like the dirty low-down thief I am I swiped it for my own dark purposes)
Here's Amir's inking of it. I made a point not to properly look at his until after I made my own attempt. Look how great his is!! Super contrasting lines, the nice lttle details...and the shoes! Just compare the feet on Amir's George to mine and you'll see what I mean....

This is my attempt.

......

ARGH!!! It's like I was afraid of thick lines or something. His feet look like... like... I can't even think of a fitting comparisons for those mushy looking things. And he looks pretty mushy overall.

So...more contrast with lines... and better feet. Let's see how the second one turns out.

Oh, and it took me just under an hour to do.

Yet more inking - original artist now known!

2008-06-29T21:30:00.007+01:00

Yet more practice. I need it.

I'm pretty sure I know who drew this, but I really don't want to mis-credit

EDIT!

The lovely Katie rice has informed me that the artist behind these great drawings is Jen Martell. Please go look at her other great drawings at

Calamity Jen's Roundup of Doom!

'Nother Sody ink

2008-06-29T14:35:00.005+01:00

Did another inking - ties in with previous post.

Again, if you know who drew the original sketch, please tell me so I can credit them ^_^

EDIT!

Belongs to Jen Martell!

Someone else's Sody - inking practice

2008-06-28T16:26:00.006+01:00

As mentioned on my other blog, I got a new Wacom Intuos3 tablet. A vast improvement on my old one (which is 7 years old or so), I decided to give inking a try (Adode Illustrator).

I would love to give credit to the person who drew the original ....but I don't know who that is! I found it on John K's blog - can anyone tell me who drew it? I can only guess. (Either way, sorry for butchering your drawing)

I'm still not quite used to inking (I've only done my own shitty drawings about three times before), but it helps to have a good drawing to work on! (I really like this person's style)

Any critique, tips on inking or a name to put to the original drawing are more than welcome!

EDIT!

Belongs to Jen Martell!

Bad Catholic Girls 1

2008-06-21T22:43:00.001+01:00

Sody doodles

2008-06-21T21:30:00.003+01:00

Sody's fun to draw ^_^

I make her way too innocent though. It's not until the very last image that I seem to have attempted any kind of sexiness. It's probably because I keep thinking of the fact her age is meant to be about 15... I have never met a 15 year-old girl like Sody. Or should I say, a 15 year-old with a body like Sody's. Which I suppose makes sense as she's a cartoon girl, but if I was to give her an age judging by the pictures I've seen, it would be 17 at the youngest.

I just have to get that out of my head. She is "cartoon age".

Studying Sody Pop

2008-06-17T19:35:00.001+01:00

Story Sketches - The Bomb Shelter

2008-05-20T21:49:00.009+01:00

I don't even really know why I'm doing this....

George is happily dreaming of manly things, like wrestling bears -

(yes, that's supposed to be the back of a bear...)

- but his dream is cut short....

...by the pain of his aching bunion! Not good...

He limps painfully over to the window, suspicions raised, and is shocked by what is outside his window

A squirrel with a most curious and worrying mark on it's back

He twiddles his thumbs anxiously, clearly perturbed.

He decides to take a walk to calm his nerves, but is soon met by more bad omens.

Take heed of the geese!

His worst fears have been confirmed - the Canadians are going to bomb George's beloved US of A!

But George won't be that easy to get rid of!

Sody is ushered in by George - soon to play an important part

Our future Eve 2.0 is told what she must do

Okay, this is the point where I realise I need to practice drawing George and Sody (especially Sody), and actually learn how to draw Jimmy! Poor guy has been omitted so far!

If you've read the original plot outline on John K's pitch blog, you'll realise I took a few "wee" liberties. I quite liked the whole maple leaf theme at first, but now I wonder if it was overkill...

I've found that I really like drawing George, although I was convinced at first that I either wouldn't like drawing him or wouldn't be good at it. I thought, "Sure, drawing Sody or any girl characters would be great....but George?". Now I find myself doodling Georges alongside my usual cute girly drawings. I know a few real life Georges. Working in a rugby club, you'll find a few men that either kinda look like him, or act like him....not completely of course. For a start, you don't find many American Republicans around here, haha. Second, he's a cartoon - naturally, he's exaggerated! But maybe being around these guys can help me better understand him.

To be continued.....

More George Liquor

2008-05-05T17:41:00.003+01:00

Grr, just noticed his legs are too long/not bent enough

I hope we get to draw Sody next....

Also, I've started updating my other blog with my own drawings....it's off to a shakey start, but hopefully it'll get better.

Can I Draw a Republican? See for yourself....

2008-05-02T20:40:00.007+01:00

Eh, no, not really.

This is more practicing my cartoon construction etc. than it is angling for a job with John K

Well, this lesson has taught me one thing: this guy is a bugger to get right.

Made a right mess of the features - too low on his face and too small.

Hmm, not quite as bad. I had trouble with the back of his head and neck, and I can see here his nose and grin are to high up. Chin is more ...jutty-outy.

MORE TO COME!

Hi-Jinks!

2007-12-12T20:56:00.000Z

These were fun to draw! And hopefully I've learned something from it too.

HOWEVER, I probably should have put more time into it - there are some parts I just sense are off, and the lines are too scribbly - begone, oh scribbly lines!

I look at other people's drawings, and envy how oh-so-smooooooooth they are....

Then you get my scribbles....blech.

Oh, and here's a drawing I did of Betty - as in "- Boop", not "Ugly -".... (not a copy from a srceenshot, as you can probably tell)

Scribner's Bugs

2007-10-24T23:19:00.000+01:00

Here are my first three attempts. I'm finding this one quite tricky, so I'm not really happy with them yet. But I'm going to keep trying.

(For what it's worth, they look slightly better in full-view)

Coal Black and co.

2007-10-24T21:43:00.000+01:00

Just some more classic cartoon studies

Linework - first go

2007-10-19T20:23:00.000+01:00

John K made an interesting post about the importance of good lines not so long ago, so I had a go at inking some of his work, to see if I had taken on what he'd said (and partly for fun). The results were...well, let me emphasize that this is my FIRST attempt. I'm definitely going to have another go at it.

Here's the original drawings by Mr Kricfalusi.

And here are Miss Schaschke's attempts at inking them...as you can see with this one, the left hand confused me, so being lazy I left it out all together. I wont next time.

Well, at least I didn't leave out any body parts in this one, but the circled parts here just show how lazy and sloppy I was being (egads, look at the state of that arm!!!). And that left pigtail looks weird...should have circled it.

I'd like to add that I did these traditionally, not digitally...I'm not looking for any praise when I say that (why would I?), but I know a lot of people do their "inking" on the computer, and I just don't trust my skills/software/tablet yet to do the same.

I need to tackle these again and be extra focused when I do (I really shouldn't have tried it in the first place if I thought I was going to get lazy about it). I should also go find some artists who do really good inking and study examples of their work, as I don't think I've quite got to grips with the whole think and thin thing yet.

Right, I'm off to try it again!

Bugs study

2007-10-18T22:39:00.000+01:00

Study of the Bugs Bunny in the Preston Blair book, with my little annotations as to where I think things look off. Tried to copy how Blair differed in thick/thin lines (probably need to full view it to see). Might try other artists' takes on Bugs later. I also might try to ink some roughs (not mine) to brush up on my linework.

Preston Blair and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit studies

2007-10-18T19:48:00.000+01:00

Here are some of my Preston Blair copies...ugh, I hate using that word. Though I suppose it's true enough. Maybe "studies" sounds better...*ponders*

Anyway, I think one of my main recurring problems is that my lines are too sketchy...hopefully I'll get a bit more confident with my lines soon.

They have their errors (especially bottom-right Jerry - left arm is too long, I think), but overall I think they turned out pretty well.

I don't think these are so good, but I think I need to take a better look at them to see where I went wrong exactly - I'm thinking the cranium of the right-hand one is off.

Not bad, but a little inaccurate.

Looks cute, but not a very accurate copy of the original...the ears are far too long, mouth is wrong, the angle is not quite right and the eyes don't look as wide-open as the original.

I need to get back to studying the book, hopefully fixing my mistakes while I'm at it.

While I was at it, I decided to give some of John K's animation lessons a try. Before starting the actual animation, I decided to try drawing the characters. I can't find my drawings of Bosco (or Bosko, however you spell it). but he wasn't much of a problem. For some reason, I had the hardest time trying to draw Oswald right...I think I got there in the end, but here's how it went...

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit...looks pretty easy to draw, right?

Too fat, too skinny, too tall, too short, wonky limbs, wrong angles, messed up facial features...the list is endless. It was at this point I was starting to lose it. He looks so simple, but for some reason I couldn't get it right. As you can see, I was also starting to lose interest, judging by the rather half-assed doodles in the corner.

I decided to take it right down to circles and lines to see if that helped, and added a line of action just for good measure.

As good as it's gonna get, I suppose.

And I haven't even started the animation part!

Well, I'll post some more later, hopefully looking better.