Em's Crap: Sketches (9-11-08)

Mowgli · March 26, 2008, 01:32:44 PM

I'm a jerk.

Anyway, I like the night time coloring, it really makes the eyes and lights into focal points. Since you have used lines to indicate curling of the gas, you might wants to add another shade of green to give the gas a bit of volume. Looks good though. Sorry I missed it. :banghead:

Nimbus · March 30, 2008, 11:20:38 PM

Great stuff here. You are damn talented!

MJB · March 31, 2008, 10:54:16 AM

Quote from: Nimbus on March 30, 2008, 11:20:38 PM
Great stuff here. You are damn talented!

Thanks Nimbus. :)

Another drawing for Spud's project. This weeks subject is War Machine.

Inks:
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/warmachine_inks.jpg

Color:
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/warmachine_colors.jpg

-MJB

bat1987 · March 31, 2008, 11:15:03 AM

Wow! Just wow!

Love that colors!

captainspud · March 31, 2008, 11:17:08 AM

Meejub, have my babies.

Please.

:o

Sevenforce · April 01, 2008, 07:13:55 AM

*sighs, goes to prepare the shrub

MJB · April 01, 2008, 10:59:10 AM

Quote from: Sevenforce on April 01, 2008, 07:13:55 AM
*sighs, goes to prepare the shrub

. . . Huh?

-MJB

Mowgli · April 01, 2008, 12:28:35 PM

Meejob, I love the inks. There's a lot of great detail in there and I like the viewpoint. The colors obscure a lot of the detail you did on WM's back. Other than that, I like the shadows. It adds to the feel of an aftermath. Keep posting these! :thumbup:

Sevenforce · April 02, 2008, 10:47:31 AM

The babies? The family shrub will need updating ;)

Really love that sentinel, currently is my background

MJB · April 04, 2008, 12:53:53 AM

Quote from: Mowgli on April 01, 2008, 12:28:35 PM
Meejob, I love the inks. There's a lot of great detail in there and I like the viewpoint. The colors obscure a lot of the detail you did on WM's back. Other than that, I like the shadows. It adds to the feel of an aftermath. Keep posting these! :thumbup:

Thanks for the kind words about the inks, Mowgli. Spud seems to have liked what I did as well. As for the colors obscuring the inks, all I can say is that you may want to check out your monitor. Not saying that I am infallible, but the colors on this pic turned out nice. The colors do not obscure anything on my monitor.

That being said there is a good chance that I need to adjust the colors on this monitor.

Me love to contradict what I say!!

The cycle is... never ending.

-MJB

MJB · April 07, 2008, 08:20:44 AM

Up next: Stiltman.

Spud drew the layout and I basically just inked it. Added some touches of my own.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/stiltman_colors.jpg

**EDIT**
Sorry about the muddy colors. Working to fix them. *sigh*

**EDIT-2: Electric Boogaloo**
You may have to refresh a couple of times but I brightened the colors a bit.

-MJB

Mowgli · April 07, 2008, 01:47:56 PM

LOL!

That is an awesome drawing there guys! It's a simple idea with the perspective... I wonder why no one else has thought of it? That is simply great! :thumbup:

MJB · April 14, 2008, 10:36:24 PM

That's right, three new pix from good ol MJB.

Spuds project rolls on. This weeks subject: Starro!

I had the idea for the first Starro design right off the bat. I sent Spuddles a doodle I did in MS Paint (Ill spare your eyes by not showing it). Spud sent back a sketch of his own. I liked it so I used it as a basis to put my own spin on it.

Inks/Colors
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro1_inks.jpg
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro1_colors.jpg

Next up I had the idea of the images telling parts of the same story. Pic one has Starro arriving and fighting members of the JLA. Pic two would show a hero getting possessed. Pic three would show a Starro controlled hero taking on a normal un-possessed one.

Here's the initial sketches I did: **CLICK HERE TO VIEW**

Inks/Colors
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro2_inks.jpg
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro2_colors.jpg

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro3_inks.jpg
http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/starro3_colors.jpg

Me tired...

-MJB

Panther_Gunn · April 15, 2008, 01:34:51 AM

oh man, I like all three of these, for different reasons. The first is a good overall sort of pic, and even at that small size, Bats still looks grim. Is there a reason you went away from the standard gold/yellow coloring for the Daily Planet globe? The second one is just a classic MJB sort of emotion.....it's got that campy edge to it, without being horrible. The last one gives a sort of "ouch" reaction, as Steel is getting pwned in the back of the head by a full-on power ring blast. I don't see that ending well for the man with the hammer. Overall, :thumbup:

El Condor · April 15, 2008, 02:35:37 AM

That's awesome, Em!

Although I saw the cape first as....a blood spray! And then I thought, "Oh noooo, GL's gone into the head-severing business!!". Then I realized it was a cape and was happy again. Note to self: put on glasses FIRST next time. :P

EC

MJB · April 15, 2008, 11:38:53 AM

Quote from: Panther_Gunn on April 15, 2008, 01:34:51 AM
Is there a reason you went away from the standard gold/yellow coloring for the Daily Planet globe?

Honestly? I had the old Superman animated series in my head. The boys used to have a fast food Superman toy from the series that had a grey Daily Planet globe on it. For the first time since I started this project I didn't do research for one of the items. Heck I even dug out my "Heavens Ladder" book for reference on Steel. :oops:

-MJB

MJB · April 28, 2008, 12:59:57 PM

After taking a week off from Spud's project, I'm back with a new pic!

When Spuddles mentioned that his subject for this week was the Inhumans I was immediately lost. I haven't read any of the Jae Lee Inhuman books and I'm not familiar with the characters. Then he told me what he needed me to draw, a picture of the Inhuman city, Attilan. The shot was of the dome over the city cracking open :blink:

He sent me reference shots and a sketch of the camera angle. I was intimidated but gave it my best. Here it is.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/attilan_inks.jpg

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/attilan_colors.jpg

Comments would be appreciated.

-MJB

gdaybloke · April 28, 2008, 06:48:26 PM

Why are there conifers inside the dome? Hee...

I love it, Meej. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Won't somebody please think about my horny baby and the statue of the head librarian???

MJB · April 28, 2008, 09:03:43 PM

Quote from: gdaybloke on April 28, 2008, 06:48:26 PM
Why are there conifers inside the dome? Hee...

The Inhumans in the pic are standing in the garden area.

-MJB

C4 · April 29, 2008, 02:03:34 AM

Great use of purple & blue colours in the dome/sky. The perspective/size of the woman is throwing me off.

MJB · May 13, 2008, 01:28:16 AM

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/omniman_colors.jpg

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/omniman_inks.jpg

Comments would be appreciated.

-MJB

Panther_Gunn · May 13, 2008, 01:40:15 AM

The perspective of his right knee/thigh doesn't seem to be working....it just looks like a big round thing. Don't ask me how to fix it, though.

Maybe a lighter colored line around his hair to make it stand out better from the smoke behind his head?

C4 · May 13, 2008, 04:21:54 AM

I agree with both points Panther made and I think another colour on the blanket of the baby might be better.

I like how the fire is coming from his shoulder / arm. Cool pic. :cool:

YoungHeros · May 13, 2008, 07:14:22 AM

Quote from: C4 on May 13, 2008, 04:21:54 AM
I think another colour on the blanket of the baby might be better.

I think its Omni-man's cape :unsure:

MJB · May 13, 2008, 07:41:51 AM

Quote from: Panther_Gunn on May 13, 2008, 01:40:15 AM
The perspective of his right knee/thigh doesn't seem to be working....it just looks like a big round thing. Don't ask me how to fix it, though.

Maybe a lighter colored line around his hair to make it stand out better from the smoke behind his head?

I get what you are saying about the knee but I really don't know how to fix it. I guess it's just my "style"? :unsure: :?

Quote from: YoungHeros on May 13, 2008, 07:14:22 AM
Quote from: C4 on May 13, 2008, 04:21:54 AM
I think another colour on the blanket of the baby might be better.

I think its Omni-man's cape :unsure:

Ding ding ding! YoungHeros wins the cookie!!

-MJB

YoungHeros · May 13, 2008, 07:55:29 AM

Oh yeah!(I love your style btw ^_^)

Previsionary · May 13, 2008, 10:44:16 AM

very nice, MJB. I think, and take this lightly since i don't do the whole art thing, if you shrunk the knee a bit and "relaxed" it so that it isn't on the same level as his crotch, it'd look a bit better.

Mowgli · May 13, 2008, 12:29:55 PM

Hey Em! Good stuff here. The thigh doesn't bother me. This may sound weird, but try flipping the image horizontally in Photoshop. Since we read from left to right, I think the image "reads" more smoothly that way. I tried it and thought it looked good that way. Let me know what you think.

Either way, I like the image. It has a strong sense of action (frozen). Well done. :thumbup:

style · May 13, 2008, 01:03:46 PM

MJB you and Spud is Killin It!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

MJB · May 13, 2008, 06:47:46 PM

Quote from: Mowgli on May 13, 2008, 12:29:55 PM
Hey Em! Good stuff here. The thigh doesn't bother me. This may sound weird, but try flipping the image horizontally in Photoshop. Since we read from left to right, I think the image "reads" more smoothly that way. I tried it and thought it looked good that way. Let me know what you think.

Wow. I'm surprised that my drawing was symmetrical enough that you didn't see 1,000 flaws once you flipped it. :blink:

-MJB