Kheprera

I finally got my Deviant site up! Yay me.

Now if I could just get my website back...

Kheprera's Deviant Site

Any CoH screenies are being put in my Scraps.

My husband has Poser, and it can be a very useful tool.

I always recommend to use what you're most comfortable with. For me, it's books and other comic art I can reference.

I need to see if I can get a space somewhere while I'm waiting for my website problems to clear up.

*sigh*

Having a full time job and a little makes it hard to hit the boards early enough to get in before deadlines. Someday, maybe.

Great job. Makes me wish I had been looking at this forum a bit more, earlier. Ahh, well. Win some, lose some.

My husband was raised on Zappa, so I've had a lot of exposure to him. I'd enjoy it a lot more without the blow by blow account of what is happening in the songs, however.

Zappa is an acquired taste and rather strange, but very creative.

Awesome screenie. Even my husband laughed.

I'd be afraid of doing that, myself, for fear of being called a griefer.

Yup, sounds like me, as well.

I also like Billy Thorpe (there's an old one to pull out of the woodwork - let's see you young whippersnappers recall HIM!), Aldo Nova (Lunatic Fringe ftw!), Red Rider, Rush (awesome in concert, btw), Boston, Chicago (the bands, not the cities)... so many others...

I married a musician whose taste in music is vastly different from my own. Instead of Styx, I get ICP or some weird electronica stuff. We did agree on enough music like Bing Crosby, the Ink Spots, and other such genre for our wedding, though, so it wasn't all Wedding Singer.

Once I get my site back up I'll have to post the two different pics I did of Sting. One is from his Dream of the Blue Turtles LP cover (yes, I own it) and the other was from a magazine article. He's really fun to draw.

Similar lines, I did a pic for a friends character (Shadowrun) where I incorporated Humphrey Bogart and Sean Connery into an elf. I was pleased with the outcome except for his hand, so I'm hoping to post it soon as I can get some feedback. It's been driving me crazy!

Edited for grammar and punctuation. I'm like that. It's my job.

Not to worry, MFS, I get that a lot when I mention Styx, Supertramp, Lips Inc, or It's a Beautiful Day... or my LP collection.


And TA feels old...

I've never had an art class. Unfortunately, my website is currently down. Here's some suggestions for a basic beginner, however:

"How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" This inexpensive book is an excellent resource and, to me, a must have. I've seen this book on the shelves of professionals who work in the RPG industry (miniature company concept artists as well as the people who draw such pretty pictures in those massively expensive books). It's got a great, basic explantion on bits such as perspective, height, and movement.

Get a *GOOD* book on anatomy. Not a skinbook, but a book for artists that shows bone structure, muscle structure and placement, movement range, and angles. "Anatomy for the Artist" (I can't recall the author and it's still packed" is one of the many that I have.

"How to Draw Cutting Edge Comics" and some of the others from this series are really good.

And lastly, practice practice practice. Find an artist who's work you like (online, comic books, whatever) and just copy their work. As long as you don't try and sell it, you'll be okay. Then post your work and ask for CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Also check out sites specifically for and by artists (like Deviant Art) for posting your work and getting feedback from people other than us. :-)

Seriously, I started drawing people when I was in high school and don't practice enough with paper these days to keep up my skills. They will get rusty after a while. I, more or less, paint minis these days, but have been recently inspired by people here to try and pull out my pastels and penciles, if I can find them.

I also use magazines for reference, from Vogue (wonderously inexpensive) to National Geographic (horrifically so) to Rolling Stone and movie mags. Sketching your favorite actor/actress/rock star can be a lot of fun.

Worry about shading and whatnot after you have the basics down. Once you have perspective, you can worry about the shading later.