i like it a lot thx awesome drawing

Nice representation. Refreshing. Not overdone in certain parts of the anatomy like I usually see female characters drawn. I have frequently taken flak for my own character drawings of women because they weren't "well endowed" or sexy enough.

Years ago I was involved with comic book art, and always wondered how those women superheroes could fight with so much "mass" up front. Even when they were supposed to be teenagers, they were built like more like models for the SI Swimsuit issue. Just take a look at Kate Pride & Jubilee from the X-Men and try to convince me those are thirteen year old girls.

It'd be difficult to convince me they're human.

But it's really just a style. Anime girls don't exactly have realistic proportions either (mostly). In those comic book styles, there are no different body types. Everyone is drawn after the same model, unless there's a point to be made of them being either extremely fat or extremely thin. I don't follow a mould in that way. Instead I just go with the build that I think fits the character.

Good point...

Carmine Infantino used Playboy centrefolds as his model for drawing women.

I also have a copy of "How to Draw Comics - The Marvel Way" which does teach the generic comic book style. In production art things have to stay simple, particularly when it involves a team effort and frequently rotating staff. Each artist does lend their own "look" to a book, but still within a set convention.

As a matter of fact, it is more the inker who more determines the style in comics than the penciller. Witness John Byrne. When he did his first stint for Marvel on X-Men I was impressed. However a couple of years later I realised it was not Byrne, but his inker Terry Austin who really made the book look so good, when he (Austin) did some work on a DC anthology comic over pencils by a friend of mine named Dennis Jensen. Looked just like the X-Men stuff even though Jensen's pencil style was completely different than Byrne's.

Eventually I dropped out of mainstream comics (even many of the so called "indies" like Dark Horse & Valiant) & instead developed a liking for some of the small press efforts that tended more towards a sensible visual portrayal of female characters.

Nothing major. Mostly backup & fill in work, nothing that garnered a byline. After living several weeks in NYC (mind you this was the late 70s & New York was quite a different city then) I had enough of the hectic & oft dangerous lifestyle there, boarded a train & returned to the teeming metropolis of Stevens Point Wi.

Basically, back then if you wanted to get a start at either Marvel or DC (which were about the only acts "in town"), you HAD to live in New York. Tried to go indie myself, but the startup costs were a bit too much. Ended up in Computers (when the PC in the home was still the realm of Science Fiction) which at least offered a steady lifestyle. SInce then, I have been content to do the "$5 convention sketch" gig from time to time & provide drawings as setting aids for the FRP adventures and campaigns I ran.

Yeah, I still have a few story ideas kicking around, including what has grown into a major length SF work as well as a plot based on my character Leela & the last campaign I ran. However, Both of these are really too big to do as even a graphic novel and with my physical condition, such a project at this point would be more than daunting.

BTW, interested in taking a stab at Leela yourself? The full description appears earlier in this thread. Again, I like to see different interpetations too.

Both of these are basically novel length stories that do not lend themselves well to a strip or graphic format.

The SF Idea has become very large, taking up nearly a bookshelf for all of the cultural, character bio, and historical notes, sketches of settings, characters, plans of ships, maps of worlds etc..

The background for Rhapsody in Shadow (Leela's story) now comprises about 80 pages of text.

I might get around to it some day All I can say is that it'll be first in line when I feel like doing a sketch again.

Neat. Many thanks

Awesome.

Most definitely.

Now I am curious to see how the kid would look redux.

I know it is on the expensive side, making those technical pens look cheap, but if you have some sort of coverage you might look into a physiotherapist or a massage therapist that specializes in tendon stretching. You'll find the type that should be able to help you at a clinic that specializes in soft tissue pain. That is what it sort of sounds like, something torqued up the wrong way. The good ones will first get you on the mend in a session or few and but also set you up some home exersizes so you don't have to keep going back. If they are really good they'll be too busy to want a high repeat customer coming in.

I gots me one of those too
that's what i was using for that artpad drawing
still haven't quite got used to it though

What I've been doing is a rough sketch in PS using the tablet. Then import it into Flash and "trace" it using the line tool. That way i can use it for toon or something...

anywho...

Great.

Especially loved Tinker Gnome's Nvwati. Excellent pose and nice proportions.

Keep in mind Leela's rather petite, almost child like in appearance even though she was 18-19 during her career as a runner.

BTW, I also used tech pens - Mars Matic. Bought them way back in my college days for about $60 (set of 10 w/bow compass & attachments). In today's economy the same set would be nearly double the cost. Unfortunately lost track of them after several moves.

Heh, as i understand it, you're far from the collegite life, but i could so hear some of my friends saying that to Prof's.... just to shut 'em the frag up... It's not a big deal tho, in reality, few females have "perfect" breasts to begin with, most of them are smaller and or lopsided, and it is only thanks to the marvels of the Brazire that they look so nice

Very Very nice. Particularly "Western"

Not sure how much effort goes in to do this digitally since I pretty much have done art the analog way.

I should consider upgrading (currently only have a 2 generation old notebook running Win 98).

In the past, I used to use ink & Mars Prismacolour pencils & for my character sketches

I think the only way that will happen is if we have a Crash in RL.

Unfortunately, It looks only like it the curve is going to get even more logarithmic as time goes on. This is why I'm content with slightly older tech

I once remember these round black flat things called "records", phones that rang, bicycles with three speeds, cars you could work on in your garage...

Sorry, it's those flashbacks again to simpler days....

So back getting the train on the track...

If I can find means to scan & upload a few of the illustrations I've done I would like to post them. Just don't know how to go about it & where to post them since I do not have a domain.

Thanks for the link.

Now I just need to find somewhere to get a few scans done this weekend.