I am changing as an artist- please help me

[TheUbermind]

This is Kid Gothic, a character i have been working on for about 6 months now please tell me what you think of him.

These are others of him and other ideas

[dakoscwash]

Awesome, I'm diggin the inks and pens the most. Try to infuse some more depth in the pencil sketches. Good work.

[TheUbermind]

thanks squash man- ive inked some of those sketches today and will be posting them later
:evilbat:

[TheUbermind]

this is something i cooked up today- i know its bad but ell me what you think

[The Iconoclast]

The pose is a little off. The leg on the floor should be bent more or moved back. Currently, she would be on the verge of falling. I like the character concepts, but lets see some anatomy! I used to make character concepts to skip doing worthwhile anatomy exercises, so maybe that's what you're doing. Just a guess.

Anyways, nice stuff, and lets see some color, man. Be a bit more daring with your character. It's not all too original.

[TheUbermind]

thanks for the advice, however i was so disgruntlled from the drawing above i made a new goth chick- i call her betty

[endregan]

hey. good to see you have your own thread.

try focusing on drawing from life before you jump into simplified forms, it will give your 2d drawings a more 3d effect.

Keep drawing

[Hyver]

i really like the graphic style you have going here.. these chars could be a spinoff series to tim burton's Nightmare BC. keep up the good works.

[TheUbermind]

here is another betty sketch i did today- im working on getting her movements down

[dakoscwash]

Cool update. My suggestion to you is, and this will be very helpful with the work your in now, to do some quick gesture drawing on newsprint. It will help drastically to bring life to your characters. Keep up the good work man.

[digitalgannon]

hey man thanx for replying to my sketchbook (i wish i had more sketches!) So i thought i'd take a peak at yours. MAN! I like the style- very cool! I cnat think of any other artist on here that has that style. It reminds me a bit of the sketches Tim Burton does, which is awsome. When you post more can you make them bigger, i like your last post, but i cuddent see the details that well. Also your characters would look great animated! Thanx again, i'll be sure to check in on tis thread every week:chug:

[SeraphSword]

On the last one, where she is lying down, you want to tilt the hips at the opposite angle of her shoulders. This would also bring her torso a little closer to the ground.

[TheUbermind]

thaks for the advice- check here later for more pics, ill be posting at least one a day:evilbat:

[jook]

These are neat, I like that you have your characters that you redraw and keep around. whenever I make a character I almost always draw it once or twice and never again, it kinda sucks..

A thing to think about when drawing the characters is how their stance looks. Try really hard to focus on making the stances look natural and balanced. A good and generic rule of thumb is the character is balanced if his head is directly above the middle of his feet. Of course there are a lot of esceptions but its a good thing to keep in mind, at least for me... keep at it man, lets keep this thread rolling...

[TheUbermind]

HEY HEY i forgot to put these pieces up i just recently inked them in enjoy-


This one is him with his cloak closed so don't get confused ya



I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS LEANING ON SO DON'T SAY ANYTHING- PS IT IS NOT HIS CAPE!



feel free to crit yo- peace out:evilbat:

[dakoscwash]

Cool inks, I like these ones better.

[Sly]

very cool style...

maybe it's just me, but i really dont think signing every sketchbook page is necessary...

your characters have comic book potential!! you should try doing a short strip. it's an awesome exercise for pretty much every aspect of design.

You seem to plan before doing a more final sketch (i should do this more)

[TheUbermind]

I HAVE FOUND HIM, I HAVE FOUND THE ORGINAL KIDD GOTHIC TAKE A LOOK AT HIS CRAPPY GOOD NESS

[arghmisfit]

very unique style, keep it up!

you should start doin some still lifes tho, good practice.

[dakoscwash]

Cool stuff, looks like he's evolved alot since the original design.

[spok]

well U-mind, i gotta say, there's some cool stuff here...i like the inks+ red pencils...nice...

[BigBurger]

I really like this guy! the chiseled lines at the closed cloak and the version with the chiseld feather on the hat!

nice inking besides,...

[TheUbermind]

MAN LIFE SUCKS! HERES A NEW PIC

[dakoscwash]

Nice setting man. Can't wait till you make this into a comic/seq.

[TheUbermind]

this is the arch- bishop. a crazied priest who is killing everyone one who doesn't convert to his religion- creepy yes- take a look at how he evolved ina matter of 2 DAYs WHOA


ok first theres this shit


then a change..


then the good one!

and how he attacks!

im cool..yeah :evilbat:

[TheUbermind]

i would like to say- please have a wonderful memorial day and take time to remember those who made our lives possible and those still fighting today.

John Dorsey IV- aka TheUbermind

[TheUbermind]

i've got sol's all this week so i proably won't be able to pst in a while- feel feel to comment on the work i have and check in later for updates

-theubermind

[Myriadian]

You've definitely got a style. You might want to try incorporating some dynamic poses with that guy. You could do a lot with it.

[insane visions]

reminds me of invader zim type of illustration....I dig it

[TheUbermind]

thanks for the complents- and mr. insane visions- that means a lot to me because i have seen yur work and it is awesome- ill be posting later today- i have no homework this week so it looks like i will be able to draw a ton-

-theubermind