sketchbookpages, 2 of 'em.

[Ra Havok]

http://www.astella.com/lava/sketchpage7.jpg



Somewhere along my artistic road I'm planning to make an ultra-violent story with characters like these .. The contrast between the 'soft' cartoon style and the raw violence should add a nice touch..
http://www.astella.com/lava/sketchpage8.jpg

[PimpChimp]

Ra, you're a funny man.

"Oh God, I landed an elephant."

Dude :P

[Art of Drowning]

Funny sh!t. I like the "just landed a elephant" haha. Keep it comin.

[Spike]

um......yes! the 'landed an elephant' made me crack!

Jesus Ra...great stuff. I'd love to see some of these sketches inked up nice and smoooth. I reckon they'd look fantastic.

[Hangman]

since u took the time to do these nicely shaded characters , y don't u start making small,quick strips about them. I think they'd b a riot.

[Ra Havok]

Pimpchimp : Man, it's weird.. When I try to be funny (e.g. thinking up a scenario for a little strip) I'm not; yet sometimes -out of the blue- I get a funny idea..
Thanks!

Art of Drowning : Glad you found it funny!

Spike : :) Actually, I don't ink. At least not sketches like these. I have the uncontrolable urge to shade, and since I'm really not good at crosshatching (or inking in general), I don't ink. I rather color!
Thank you for the reply!

Hangman : I'm first going to think up little stories for them.. or one big story; and then I'll start the drawing. These were just for fun..

[Mike]

You know, I just realized what your cartoony drawing reminds me of. Shrek. It's the round, subtle exaggeration mixed with the smooth shading.

[Ra Havok]

Originally posted by Mike
You know, I just realized what your cartoony drawing reminds me of. Shrek. It's the round, subtle exaggeration mixed with the smooth shading.

sooo... that's a compliment?

[Spidey]

Well when someone compares my sketches to fully rendered cg I'd take it as a compliment.

[Mike]

It's a compliment. Sorry for the ambiguity, Ra.

[Ra Havok]

lol, thanks Mike!
and thank you Spidey, for butting in. ;)