My Non-Artist's Cartoon Procedure by MrGorf

Mixed Medium • Work In Progress • posted on Apr 16, 2011

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She really shouldn't wear green. People are making too many watermelon jokes. Yeah, I know cleavage is a real cheap way to get people to look. Sorry... I'm trying to learn how to draw. I really am. But my brain is having a hard time comprehending it. So, I cheat. Here's my new "too much work" procedure for trying to do a cartoon character. I know it's a crutch, but otherwise you'd be seeing some Picasso-like image (and not in a good way). I must practice for real!! We start with a Poser rendering. I'm refining the settings to get just what I want. I made the hands a little smaller this time. Better? Then, I printed out the render and did the pencil stuff... On TRACING PAPER. Yes, I'm ashamed of myself. At least I am learning how to draw clothes. Next, the inking phase in Manga Studio. I have so much trouble with it, I might have to try actual, physical ink one of these days. After that, it's a coloring book. Yeah, I can do that! So why the pencil? Well, trying to ink straight over a rendering was... different. It took too much thinking. I thought I would try this. Who knows? Thanks for looking and reading!

Comments (8)

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DangerousThing

1:02PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

For inking you might try using the pencil scan and adjusting the contrast to get most of the "inking" done.

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tennesseecowgirl

1:19PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

Love how you showed your technique and sketch work, I can't draw a circle so you are way above me I wish I had this talent, and I have tried but its just not there. Nice work and I like the green :)

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A_Sunbeam

1:40PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

Whichever way you've chosen, it's worked, hasn't it!

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MKeyes

2:22PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

An either case, still an excellent display! Nice seeing the process of Chilli - remember that comic? Chilli & Milly? That's what she reminds me of...

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EyeOfTheJen

3:24PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

hey, it works, and works well. Nice work.

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Faemike55

5:48PM | Sat, 16 April 2011

You go the way that works best for you I like your thinking and your explanation

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T.Rex

9:42AM | Mon, 18 April 2011

Hmmm... that's how I started, with tracing paper to get the contours. Once the contours were on the drawing paper, I did the filling in with different pencils (different hardnesses, different shapes of the lead). However, one drawing could take a whole day, which is why I quit - no time and much work with it. I never tried the cartoon look, always striving for a real look. "Gack! Choke... cough!(spits it out)Unedible! Unlickable! All paper! Cough!" - T.Rex.

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