The Cellar / Attention

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/21/2023 5:38 pm

Mr Dickface.

**Posted by Flint** 12/21/2023 6:06 pm

lol, that's MISTER Mr. Dickface

**Posted by Flint** 12/21/2023 8:36 pm

**Posted by Flint** 12/22/2023 2:35 am

haven't written a lick of story for this guy, but he's sure fun to draw

**Posted by Flint** 2/26/2024 3:34 pm

I'm always trying to draw "energy" ... I always loved Silver Surfer, "cosmic" type stuff

**Posted by Flint** 2/26/2024 3:37 pm

this, and the last one I drew by hand, then tweaked a little..

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 2/26/2024 3:59 pm

good coloring on the energy one

Last edited by Happy Monkey (2/26/2024 3:59 pm)

**Posted by Flint** 2/26/2024 4:05 pm

Happy Monkey wrote:
good coloring on the energy one

thanks, full disclosure, this is the drawing--

**Posted by Flint** 3/01/2024 6:30 pm

had to do a green-haired guy
--(long, green hair inspired by Saionji from Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Last edited by Flint (3/01/2024 6:36 pm)

**Posted by glatt** 3/04/2024 8:06 am

I bet it's difficult putting on that shirt. My fingers would get all tangled up in the sleeves.

**Posted by Flint** 3/04/2024 4:01 pm

for sure.. there must be a sheer component with a gold applique for the accents

**Posted by Clodfobble** 3/04/2024 7:03 pm

Like a figure skater!

**Posted by Clodfobble** 3/04/2024 7:03 pm

Except while he's figure skating, he keeps that expression on his face the whole time.

**Posted by Flint** 3/04/2024 7:23 pm

Clodfobble wrote:
Like a figure skater!

"like a figure skater" is a pretty good description of Araki's (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure creator) "battle lingerie" designs

**Posted by Flint** 3/06/2024 3:57 pm

working on my line art to finished state pipeline..
..pencils > technical pen > contrast adjusted photo >
..Paint.Net: color flats > shading layers > background > flatten to png >
..mastering in GIMP: mean curvature blur/sharpen (unsharp mask)

Last edited by Flint (3/06/2024 3:58 pm)

**Posted by Flint** 3/06/2024 6:52 pm

..the process makes it easy to experiment with color schemes..
..(and amounts of slutty)..

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/10/2024 6:55 pm

I wonder how the ladies view him, he doesn't look romantic or cuddly, or even safe.
More like a killer for either good or bad, like it doesn't much matter, it's a job.
There is certainly an advantage to looking dangerous, making the other guy have even a touch of self doubt.
But this guy strikes me as pure danger, the nuke in reserve with no socially redeeming qualities.
A smile would make his face self destruct.
Just my...
=13px

**Posted by Flint** 3/11/2024 12:36 pm

It's true, traditional Western comic books, in general, are locked into an ultra-masculine, aggressive power fantasy. No matter how esoteric the subject matter, it almost always degrades into a fist fight.

**Posted by Flint** 3/13/2024 4:21 pm

vroom!

**Posted by Flint** 3/14/2024 12:53 pm

..the main thing I gotta work on is placing objects within a common perspective grid. ..I can only stretch "artistically composing elements within a fundamentally flat series of layers" so far, (see: Mignola, mostly)

**Posted by Flint** 3/14/2024 5:26 pm

I'm a little surprised that my freehand estimate of human proportions is 7 by 2.33 heads.

7 heads is shorter than average, for western comics.
Manga proportions run smaller, so I must be drawing to anime standards.

How do these proportions look to you?

**Posted by Flint** 3/14/2024 6:04 pm

..continued..
..this is 8.5 x 2.66 heads, i.e. "heroic proportions"..
..this is cool looking, but I don't think this looks like a believable person..

..this is a pro bodybuilder they call "Jamie the Giant" ..
..he is 6'5" and maybe 7.5 heads tall if he was standing straight..

Last edited by Flint (3/14/2024 6:33 pm)

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/16/2024 9:45 pm

I think the 7 looks badder... more bad... badester... than the 8½. More heavyset?
However...

I'm out of my area of experience here with only people to compare to.
On that basis... head A = too small, head C = too big, head B = juuuust right.
I have to stand up because I don't want to mumble when I'm talking out my ass.
Are they mutant humans or extraterrestrials in the super hero/villain costumes?

**Posted by Flint** 3/18/2024 12:43 pm

those are my construction lines for a person,
A) is the face-- from the chin to the point where the forehead "turns" to meet the top of the head
B) is the head
C) from the midpoint of the clavicles, the two muscles (sternocleidomastoid) that run up and connect to the occipital bone

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 3/27/2024 8:07 pm

Thanks, A & B were what I thought and C is... um, er... what you said. LoL
That makes the illustrations rational... well for super hero pictures.
sternocleidomastoid? occipital? So they are aliens.
I still think 7 looks more menacing, kind of like an NFL lineman as opposed to an NBA center.
Are you doing this for the hell of it, as in just to learn how, or a shot at fame/fortune/professional?