Saturday, February 21, 2009

I've gotten too used to drawing comics

This guy is not going to be easy animating this guy. This is a random Krill grunt for one of the Sigma Star Sketches

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Sigma Star Shockwave: Scarlet keys practice

Trying to get more work done on that Flash Toon I promised. I have a sketch planned out that includes Scarlet keys from the game, but I was having trouble getting this one expression right. I decided to see if a little practice would help.

Scarlet Keys Concept art by Matt Bozon

I decided to use the concept art version of Scarlet as a reference, which gives her a bit of a sharper face. Then I sketched up a picture of her in the exact same pose using the above picture as a reference. After a few tries, I stopped useing the reference and tried drawing her on just memory.
Left: my practice from having the direct reference in sight.
Right: working directly from memory.

I felt a lot easier with drawing her after that. Here's one of the poses she needs to make during the flash.


If the pose here looks familiar it should