--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Inkwell" <inkwell_01@...> wrote:
>
> VERY nice work. Layout for the characters is
> also nice. Was wondering what strip 100 would
> be. But, wait, what, whiskers! Where did the
> whiskers come from? I love 'em! (Pity Al doesn't
> have any upper lip shadow for her whiskers.)
Thanks! I put whiskers on the characters that would have them normally (such as the recent picture of Natasha). The whiskers serve the purpose of allowing the character to "see" things directly in front of their face or to sense subtle changes in the environment. After all, those creatures with a snout would technically have a little blind spot in front of their face!
If I was going to draw stubble on Alexia, I'd have to go the whole route and give her an Adam's apple, square jaw and man hands. But luckily, she's 100% female and not a doctored mess. ;-)
>
> [Me thinks James likes to draw humans as beginning
> art students like to draw bowls of fruit! Doable but
> not as interesting or fun.]
I draw them frequently in my mainstream work, but I do not ink them as I have done in the CnC picture. They are usually grey scale pencils or inks.
>
> ...And I like the way those tails emerge from the hips.
>
> [Only one tiny gripe...Eek...redo Alexia's little finger
> on her left hand. It looks like the tip has been cut off.
> Penance? Naw...Couldn't be...]
>
You'll have to blame the pen for that little problem. There was some sort of debris on the very tip which made the ink kinda "blob" on that detail.
--JMH
Received on Sun Jul 10 2011 - 16:04:01 CDT