--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_...> wrote:
>
> Excellent rendering and tones on these pics Jim.
Thanks, man! It took forever to finish! I should be able to kick
something like this out in one day, and now it's taking me a friggin'
week! Gaaahhh!
>
> DarkOwl made an intersting observation; the characters'
> bodies appear a little short. This isn't actually a
> problem when you consider the associated details (okay,
> yes, we think about these things _way_ to much). Since all
> the characters are fairly short, their bodies are
> correspondingly smaller. The illusion that 'makes them
> look wrong' is that DarkOwl and I are fairly tall, hence
> our perspective when looking at others is usually looking
> slightly downward. The perspective in the picture is
> putting the viewer's eye line about similar height to the
> girls' shoulders - feels a bit high for the viewer to be
> sitting, but too low for those of us of taller stature.
> BUT it does give them a stronger presence; the natural
> 'respect for things bigger than you'. Hence they look more
> 'dangerous' as they are more imposing drawn at this angle.
Yeah, I drew the perspective from about Des's shoulder height.
Because of Treska's menacing appearance, I thought it'd lend a little
fierceness to the image by dropping the point of view a bit.
Regarding heights- Onika is 3 feet, 9 inches tall! That's only a
few inches taller than the top of a deadbolt lockface on a standard
house door. Treska is about four-foot-eight, and Des is an even five
feet, I do believe.
> Great work, as always Jim - I'm sure many on the group are
> hoping you'll feel inclined to draw Onika taking on Thor.
> :-)
Who said anything about her taking on Thor? ;) You'll just have
to wait and see, I reckon...
--JMH
Received on Tue Feb 21 2006 - 19:26:36 CST