A Second Sketchy Attempt by MrGorf
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I don't know. I think the "sketch style" seems best for white people wearing white clothes in a white room. When I start introducing other shades, it starts looking weird to me.
I tried putting the shading on a separate layer so I could blur and blend a little. Otherwise, Miss Strong (right) would look striped.
I need to figure this out soon. If I can't nail this down, I could always fall back to the color style. Any suggestions????
By the way, putting the two different styles together is a "feature" of my regular comic. (As well as Miss Strong looking strangely young.) This brings up a sensitive issue, and this is as good a time as any to talk about it:
We all know that in the real world, people with dark skin will have lighter skin on the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. The thing is, I never see dark-skinned cartoon characters drawn that way. At least, not since the 1930's... Let's just leave it at that.
So, my innocent question: if Miss Strong is drawn more realistically than other characters, should her palms be lighter, or would that be somehow offensive? (Anyone who has viewed my website might notice that she has up until now always been shown wearing gloves.)
Comments (6)
MrSynnerster
No, I don't think it would be offensive. Like you said, in real life, darker skin people have light palms.
Faemike55
I don't think it would be offensive at all I like this style you're developing here
Knechtruprecht
I think the shading style is awesome, and I also think that there is no reason to care about prevailing styles or conventions when achieving realistic drawing. There's no Soviet Union anymore, isn't it?
DangerousThing
This looks nice. I doubt that anybody would object if the palms of the hands are lighter than the rest of the skin (my palms are lighter and I'm not black). On the other hand, I doubt that they'll object the other way also. I think the big thing is to make sure that it looks natural. Develop and use your own style. It's looking good so far. Though I wish that you would draw the However, that being said, I would spend a lot of time copying the works of cartoonists that you like. This is one of the best ways to learn to draw cartoons. At some point you'll find you've developed a style all your own. And I don't like the variety used for each character. It was kind of cute at first, but it's jarring to me in this image. Sort of like different artists drawing each character. However, this is my opinion only.
T.Rex
I don't see why you're worried about the hands. If you hadn't mentioned it as a problem, I wouldn't have thought of it. Also, I'm light skinned and the soles of my feet are black (oops! did I forget to wash? No, they are just a bit darker than the top sides of my feet). Such things vary individually, just like eye color, body shape, hair quality and color, etc.. This image is quite different from your earlier work. Interesting to see you try out new venues. There's a lot of work that's gone into creating this image. However, I feel it's too much work for a single image in a series of images. As a stand alone image/work of art it's fine. Now I'm wondering (and looking foreward to) what ypu'll come up with next! :-)
KatesFriend
Well for starters, I believe you did an excellent job on these two ladies in any case. Historically, I think issue was not one of artistry but of expedience. In cartoons particularly, each new detail is just another piece of continuity that the animator has to manage. Most cartoons of that era were not intended to be seen more than once or twice and then they would disappear "forever". Studios had yet to come to terms with the strange new technology of television. And they never imagined things like DVDs and their potential.