The PC Weenies

May do something further with this sketch if I get a chance…

-Krishna

Here’s a little warm-up sketch I drew this evening. I’m excited about working on the strips for next week. If I get bored, I may go back and ink it…

Update:

…and here are the colors and inks:

-Krishna

Click on the image above to see the rough pencils with inks placed in. You can also see the first draft of dialogue I came up with.

-Krishna

I designed this little nugget for Faculty Appreciation Week, which started on Monday of this week. Click on the thumbnail to see the large version.

Whee!

-Krishna

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

The slideshow above shows how I go about “building” a character. I always start with the basic shapes and the line of action (a line that basically defines the character’s primary movement), then gradually add details in. By working with basic shapes, it becomes very easy to spot mistakes in proportion.

Too many beginning artists start out drawing characters in outlines – tracing the outer contours of the form. This will result in a character that looks flat. Other beginning artists like to start out with a lot of detail. The energy spent on adding details, early on in the design process, can be potentially a waste of time if the characters proportions aren’t working.

-Krishna