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[jdmakescomics]

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[AlphaMale73]

Wow By far the best I've seen u post. Only real outstanding weakness I see is yur rendering of hands and positioning of the hands.

[NickRocks]

seriously....the daredevil and the thor rock HARD.

the one robot chick looking thing has effed up hands though. i definately wanna see more.

[jdmakescomics]

robot looking chick...iron man? I knew I drew him too skinny >_<

[qwertyuiopas]

I really like the daredevil, man. Later...

[RonnyHell]

Dude, one thing I can say for sure is that you've already improved a lot from when you first started posting here. I love the Thor and the Shocker, and I actually see a ton of potential in that little dude in the corner of the torso studies page. Keep posting dude!

[jdmakescomics]

this is already at the top so I hope noone has problems with me bumping it. Its not that I'm not drawing, but my scanning situation only lets me post on weekends and sometimes not even then....unfortunately. Hopefully that explains the rare updates

[jdmakescomics]

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I tried a different shading technique with the above superman, does it look better or worse then my other stuff?

[jdmakescomics]

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I wish I still had marvel vs capcom 2......

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Nacho libre for some reason O_o

[jdmakescomics]

It would also be helpful to get crits. I'll never improve if alls I get pats on the back. Not that I'm not thankful for the previous comments but I want to improve now more then ever.

[Huxley]

Well in that Spiderman and Ryu pic his right arm is too bent. His left leg also looks alittle stretched.You probably know about the hands......Well, that's about it.

[jdmakescomics]

thanks Huxley, now that I look at it that entire spiderman is kinda messed up. Next post I'll redo that spidey seprateley and refence him more.

[jdmakescomics]

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[NickRocks]

LOL that was iron man?

[jdmakescomics]

yeah, : P, supposed to be

[jdmakescomics]

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[Huxley]

I see alot of improvement so far. But your right foot on cyclops is mispositioned. Your showing too much of the under of his foot.

[jdmakescomics]

crap, just realised cyclops is off model, I should revise that....

[Frito]

I like you art. My only crit is to work on hands a bit more they kind of just look like balls at the moment.

[AlphaMale73]

because u show alot of potential and determination. I'm going to give you a book that is helping me. It's called 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards. I'm in college and that was the book we used in 101. It will make u think about how u draw more. No one can actually learn to draw, but it teaches you how to differentiate the two. Read it.

[jdmakescomics]

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I still have to do that hand study. I'm rteading Hogarths dynamic anatomy at the moment, I can get that one you mentioned soon alphamale.

[jdmakescomics]

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This was colored by thunderking. http://www.penciljack.com/forum/member.php?u=9396 I in no way take credit for the colors I just wanted thunderking to get more attention.

[smygba]

I know you know this anyway, but I really love that flash (especially because his arms don't follow his standard blurred comic rules here!)

thunderking. attention.
*cough*

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[Huxley]

Well, the first pic (spiderman) I don't see a problem with. But the second pic I dunno know why but he looks alittle flat.

[bbbearcounty]

Hey man. I can see that you're totally doing
an awesome job with these new drawings. I'm
feeling a Tony S. Daniel (see current Teen Titans)
style. I think you just need to get tighter with
hands (like many before me have mentioned.)

I'm loving the Batman versus Spider-Man sketch.

[jdmakescomics]

Tony Daniel? I've been reading Teen Titans but I didn't really notice the similarity,now that you mention it I kinda see it. I did some hand studies...I know I need to do more though >_<

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[NickRocks]

your lighting on spiderman in that pic is exactly the same as the one above...

[jdmakescomics]

Holy crap it is...I need to start moving around light sources.

[jdmakescomics]

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[Rey de las Cabras]

one thing that kind of bugs me is that your green arrow pics have him pulling the bow back so far that the arrows aren't resting against the bow anymore. Do a google search on archery and check out some photos of how it really works.

[countfrankenstin]

you got a cool take on spidey

[jdmakescomics]

Designs of Blackhawk and the canary. Check out my scripts in the writing forum to see what these batman and robin rip offs will do.
http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70520

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Another design for the saem script. This is canary in a new costume.

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Invincible
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[jdmakescomics]

Okay after looking at inkthinkers thread (and dowload) I promptly dowloaded easytoons.

My first simple animation, I like to think its the x-man cannonball : P

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A little more complex, 2 superman types fighting, a little too dragonball Z for me but whatever >_>
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Cyclops
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[AlphaMale73]

Dude the two supermen fightin is awesome!

[NickRocks]

theres nothing wrong with dragonball z type fights. do more!

[smygba]

the two supermen fighting is awesome man.

[jdmakescomics]

Some animated FF stuff from before I started the draw off. I had no refrence for thing at the time , I'll re-do him.
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Animated wolverine and other doodles
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Considering doing the animated FF with ultimate suits, spiderman copied from mark bagley, bizzaro from Adam Kubert, and thing from a kirby drawing.
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[jdmakescomics]

even more doodley than usual
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DUFFMAN!!!
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Its cyclopstastic
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[jdmakescomics]

Done from photo refrence. Deviantart stock photos and such.
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More photo refrence
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The bottom face is also photo refrenced
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[jdmakescomics]

HULK SMASH!
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[smygba]

The texture on the thing really doesn't look rocky.
Your referenced stuff is pretty nice.

[jdmakescomics]

I slapped some colors on one of my spidey 2099 sketches out of boredom

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[NickRocks]

you have a better eye for color than i do. however, that green background is not flying. nice colors on the webs.

[jdmakescomics]

Yeah, I thought a green background would be awesome at the time but now I regret it : /.

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Photo ref stuff
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I dont like the armor. but I liked the pose in that one rejected movie iron man suit picture so I drew it.
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[jdmakescomics]

No refrence on that Green goblin head, so I dont know how freakishly off model it is -_-
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Some practice for a jam involving videogame characters
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[jdmakescomics]

If you comment here I'll be your best freind. Sure its pathetic to have a best freind on the internet but whatever.


Am I the only person whos ticked off that civil war made all the "fans" hate iron man?
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I was studying how mark bagley renders, nothings copied though.

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[jdmakescomics]

commmentcommentcommentdesperatedesperatedesperaten otsosubliminalmessage
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The kingpin was refrenced from the sketches in ultimate spidey 100, I wasn't trying to make it exactly the same though
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[jdmakescomics]

Guess I drew one before the last batch but I forgot to post it for some reason, is noone gonna take up that comment for freindship reward? I was about 75 percent serious >_>

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I also forgot to post this, it was for an art jam over at deviantart. Its supposed to be cammy from street fighter, liu kang from mortal kombat and megaman...from, well you figure it out.

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[jdmakescomics]

anyone? I live off of comments and without them I will wither and die. You wouldn't want to kill an innocent child would you?

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This is for the vampires vs werewolfs jamboree
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[jdmakescomics]

for a jamboree at a deviantart marvel group
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[sadman2000]

for a jamboree at a deviantart marvel group
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please do not mix these two ever again web head is not worthy of the bat mantel!:mad:













:D

[jdmakescomics]

If spidey doubled his brooding time I'm sure he'd make a great batman :P

[Phreak]

Ha! I dig it, keep'em coming!
You just made spidey prettier than he's ever been!

[jdmakescomics]

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These are the characters from my web comic "the owned" located here http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Owned/

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refrenced from some of my moms old entertainment weeklys

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[jdmakescomics]

I picked up the first issue of robert kirkmans new antman series last thursday. Seems cool so far.

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[DannoE]

for a jamboree at a deviantart marvel group
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That's great!

It's so great to see you working so hard at this. My man, your stuff is oming along very nicely.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks Dannoe, its good to hear that my staying up untill 4 in the morning doodling and studying art stuff is actually paying off. I really need to start drinking cofee >_>

[jdmakescomics]

flats that I like beter then the final

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the final

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[AlphaMale73]

That is the best spiderman I've seen u draw!

[Frito]

Your stuff is looking really good. I love the shadowed spidey, the colours are pretty awesome!

[jdmakescomics]

I was trying to be more catooney with the top 2 batmen
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This was for a 6 year old, so I'm worrying more about looking cool then anything else :P
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A lot of this is copied from the first arc of superman/batman by ed mguiness, it helped a lot with my punching. Also, I'm aware mcguinness isn't the place to study anatomy, so I'm paying more attention to how he draws the movements then where each muscle is.
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[jdmakescomics]

More punching/hitting/random crap, not many of these are copied
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[jdmakescomics]

eh, I drew these in class.
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[jdmakescomics]

Done for the M.O.D.O.K self portrait jam.
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Random sketches
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More sketches
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Runaways sketches, does anyone else here read this comic?
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Must...have...comments.

[Ugga Bugga]

keep at it . . . you have made HUGE strides.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks ugga, I'll definatley keep on drawing, how else would I stall when I should be doing homework? Now a bit of my comment lust is sated, I just need a few more...

[jdmakescomics]

a ridiculously rough layout for a batman vs spider-man script by bbbearcountry

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[jdmakescomics]

Not my best week of sketches, oh well, at least it keeps me form getting rusty.

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In Wizard Magazine they were doing one of those hypothetical castings for the upcoming flash movie. Thye said ryan reynolds would make a good flash, so I took the picture they had of him and drew a flash mask on him. Though it doesn't look much like him which ruins the point...but whatever.
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[jdmakescomics]

The screaming one and the tobey mcguire one are copied from random spider-man 3 promos.
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[jdmakescomics]

I always liked the "holy crap I'm trapped in this suit" drawings...
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Uh, this was my freinds idea, its abomination in a batman suit and hulk in a joker suit. I have weird friends.

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Some amalgams. In the upper left is Atomite (the atom + ironman), in the upper right is green target (bullseye + green arrow), the bottom right is Weapon Blue (blue beetle + deadpool) They all have stupid names but they were fun to think of and draw at the very least.

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[jdmakescomics]

Spider-Man, the Goon, and Invincible

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[Frito]

Great stuff and a variety of poses.
Poses... thats something i've really got to work on.

[jdmakescomics]

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[sadman2000]

hey man your movin' along quite nicely you've got most proportions down, poses are fasntastic but for now i think some anatomy and foreshoring studies to hone your skills (cause you got em!:cool: ) would be in order. sometime even drawing directly from an anatomy book is great (we all do it.) but really, your doing great stuff for your age. im 15 and i've been drawing, painting the works since i was 3 or 4 and im still growing as an artist and so will you.

keep that stuff up!

sadman2000

P.S. your sig works;)

[jdmakescomics]

A christmas present for my grandma, it's shirley temple. I refrenced it from a photo.

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Dr.Doom for a 30 minute jam over at deviantart,

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The superman and clark kent (at least the clark) were heavily inspired by Leinil Francis Yu.
I referenced a pic for the clark but its a bit different from the original.
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[smygba]

the Electro headshot is brilliant

[jdmakescomics]

Some ninja, lex luthor (that looks way too similar to my clark last page) and another clark kent. I reaaaaally liked superman birthrihgt so expect a lot of superman related art form me in the future.
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[NickRocks]

as smygba said, the Electro headshot is great. the doom is well shades, but lacks and sense of imposing threat or power. dooms hood looks really lame. but theres definately a marked improvement from when you started this thread, so keep at it!

[jdmakescomics]

as smygba said, the Electro headshot is great. the doom is well shades, but lacks and sense of imposing threat or power. dooms hood looks really lame. but theres definately a marked improvement from when you started this thread, so keep at it!

Yeah, I thought the hood was off too. I did the doom one and some others with another guy at deviantart. We have 30 minutes to crack out a decent sketch of whatever the subject is, and my 30 minutes was up so I coudn't really change too much of it. I'll keep it in mind if I draw doom again to make him more menacing.


A pic for a ben ten jam like the doom one.

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Lois Lane, using her usual "get into dangerous situations on purpose to lure superman out" plan.

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[Travis]

Dear lord, please don't get there in time for once!

[NickRocks]

hahaha i love how nonchalant she looks about bullets flying past her face.

[jdmakescomics]

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Super pea head.

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[Deth]

you know I gotta say.; You have gotten alot better. keep up the good work and keep studying.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks deth

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[jdmakescomics]

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[jdmakescomics]

The new(ish) blue beetle.
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I just found "how to draw comics the marvel way" again so now I can give it another read through. Hopefully after I'm done reading that I can do some sequentials, since to be honest I'm getting tired of sketches.

[NickRocks]

if you want to do sequentials...just do sequentials!

your sketches are getting nicer, but if you want to get better at sequentials just draw them. i see you starting to develop a good grasp on form and depth.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks nickguy, I'm working with bbearcounty to get a quick script done so I should have some comic pages up eventually.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js400.jpg

[NickRocks]

you are getting better with each post here. by the time you reach page 1000 you should be a pro lol.

[Dri]

Joshua You are on the right track with 'Marvel way to draw comics' book. Because you're pretty young you'll only get better. There is no gauge as to how you will develop as an artist but I must say you have an understanding that will help. Your passion to draw will also get you to where you want so keep learning. It so cliche but learn from life. It's free and so is the library.

Btw, I like your Nightcrawler.

[jdmakescomics]

Thank you greendri, it may be cliche to say to learn from life but it's something I should be doing. I haven't drawn from a photo or anything in forever.

The short story I was gonna do with bbearcounty is a superman one, so I did some head sketches to get a feel for the characters. It's supposed to be clark, superman, jimmy olsen, lois lane, and braniac.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js401.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

The clark is refrenced from a picture of brandon routh and the lois not in profile is from an issue of superman confidental with some small changes.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js403.jpg

I think it need to work on noses in profile, the nose looks too flat on the bottom lois.

[NickRocks]

superman confidential rocks. lois is such a ho.

[jdmakescomics]

heres some fixes on the lois's in profile. Also, my perry white looks too much like a fat J Jonah Jameson.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/superman_sketches_by_literacysuks1.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js404.jpg

I started reading how to draw comics the marvel way

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js405.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js406.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

an attempt at inking

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js407-1.jpg

[Deth]

holy crap!!!!

I just looked at your first page then your last. theres a world of difference.

I remember when I first saw your early stuff. I gotta say thats some really good improvement.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks deth, nice to know I'm improving :D.

I think I've gotten down how I'm going to draw lois for the comic.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js409.jpg

just for practice...
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js408.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

I wonder if drawing more boobs, violence ,and explosions will get me more crits :P

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js410.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js411.jpg

[Frito]

Your doing great work.
I'd love to see the sequentials to that superman comic your doing when there done.

[jdmakescomics]

I should have used ref for machine man, and I really need to read nextwave.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js413-1.jpg

The head was supposed to be tom welling, but I gave up getting the likeness and it ended up lopsided
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js419.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js418.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Attack of the B and C listers
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js420.jpg

The tobey mcguire was refrenced from a photo, and the iron man one was because of how evil they made him look on the cover to wizard. (yes I still read wizard, shut up)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js421.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

It's not THE Superman comic I was doing , but it is A Superman comic...just a quick sketched one on normal paper.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js423.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js428.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js429.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js430.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js431.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js431-1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js432.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js435.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js436.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js437.jpg

I also have a comic posted in the sequential lab for those wanting to shatter a young persons dreams.

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js440.jpg

I was looking at Damion Scott's issue of solo and they had a story set 10 or so years in the future where tim drake and cass cain were a crime fighting duo called "the batt". I liked the design for batgirl so I drew it...a lot.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js441.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Some pages for my humor superhero webcomic "the owned".

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js442.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js443.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js444.jpg

Yes this was all a big advertisement...read the comic here :P

http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Owned/

[jdmakescomics]

Why yes I did see ghost rider, why do you ask? Half of nick cage's face is referenced from a photo, the other half was cut off.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js448.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

my character acrobat
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js450.jpg

[NickRocks]

why dont you ink your webcomic? the blackness of the baloons is very jarring fromt he light grey of the pencils.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks for the comment. Because when I started it I didn't have the tools nor the ability to ink and now it's because I wanted to finish the last 5 pages rapid fire before I had school again. Starting next issue I should start doing inks...or wait until I find someone else to do it out of laziness.

[jdmakescomics]

I tried computer coloring for a cover of the owned

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js453.jpg

and I found some gray prismacolors

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js454.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js455.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

concept art for my comic "acrobat" located here http://www.drunkduck.com/Acrobat/
I don't do the pencils for it at the moment
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js458.jpg

Some pages from issue 2 of acrobat when I start drawing it again
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js459.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js460.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js461.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

love it, man. You've made a lot of progress. One thing I noticed, your female waists. even on males, the abs thin inward just under the chest. The female waist should come inward more dramatically, and expand just as dramatically around the lower abs. It's easier noticed from behind (I would know :D), it's what makes the bum look so wide.

[CoreyPledger]

BTW
I Laughed my ass off at your antman thing, especially the "Antman away!" thing.

[jdmakescomics]

Wow...someone can read my hand writing? I actually stole that line from the comic. The guy in the antman suit and lead character had finally confronted a bunch of shield agents who wanted to get the suit back, the verbal excange is like this...

Ant man: Let's go Mitch! I'm READY! I'm through running from you!
Mitch carson: You're FINALLY ready to face me, you coward?
Ant man: actually NO--not really.
Ant man: Sorry to disappoint you, but that did distract you enough for me to think of an escape plan.
Ant man:ANT MAN AWAY!
then he jumps out of a window.

Thanks for the comment and about the waist thing, I'll work on that.

[CoreyPledger]

Awesome, I want to read that now.
Anytime man.
Speaking of time
Where do you find enough time to do all the practice you do? I can't even get a free minute to think anymore!!

[jdmakescomics]

Home school. I didn't draw all that much when I was doing normal school but not having a real set bed time gives me a lot of time to draw. Plus I can count all this stuff toward my "art" hours for the week and draw all the spider-men I please (that sounded odd).

and I'm surprised more people aren't talking about ant man here...considering that penciljack is pretty much a big Robert Kirkman fan site.

Another acrobat page, this time from issue 1. I didn't do the pencils but I did the gray tones in the gimp (instead of using markers for once)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/AcrobatIssue1part2page3Done.jpg

and some concept sketches for acrobat
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js463.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

awesome pics dude. Love the foreshortened kick, but I'd like it more if a foot was attached lol

[jdmakescomics]

awesome pics dude. Love the foreshortened kick, but I'd like it more if a foot was attached lol

It was a weird villian idea I had. She has this elastic suit that snaps outward really far whenever she puts a lot of motion into something. So if she were to punch (or in this case kick), the suit extends and whips out like that and delivers a heavy blow from really far away.

Heres another concept sketch I was going to keep hidden so that this post isn't pointless :P
Edit: took away the pic because I saw that I already posted it..behold the pointless post.

[JimLeeforGod]

Great work and Great Improvement especially now that I compare it to the beggining posts of this blog.

And its great to see you finally using a RULER for those sequential panel boxes :D

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks jimleeforgod, yes , rulers are good :P.

some more design work for that villain. I think I'll be calling her coil.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js465.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Wow
You should make her funny, give her lines with smartass comments.

And Puns.
Lots of Clever Puns. :D

[jdmakescomics]

I had a plan for her. I just wrote issue 3 so in 4 or so acrobat will stop one of her jewel heists, but she ends up getting away. Out of costume acrobat meets the new girl in the high school...finding her voice VERY familiar. They both realize who eachother are at the same time and can't reveal ones secret ID without getting outed leading to a..strange relationship. But she won't talk much during battle, mostly telling acrobat to shut up.

Edit: and there are my ideas so that passerby can steal them...I don't think I have to worry about it though >_<

[Juan2.0]

That Coil character looks pretty sweet. I like the movement studies you did with her...they really bring her to life. Good stuff.

[CoreyPledger]

awesome.
Doncha just love making stories

[jdmakescomics]

Another Acrobat page
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js467.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Crazy
kinda omminous. (or however it's spelled...)

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks rockpencil and I missed your comment juan so thanks...I kind of suck at designing anything nice looking so I'm glad this one turned out decent.
I was trying to do a flying picture using some action figures for reference...but it turned into invincible (again)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js468.jpg

Tried to figure out what coil looks like maskless. I altered the "coils" on her arm a bit. Note to self: be able to draw females by the time she appears in the comic
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js469.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Haha nice
they always become your easiest or most practiced. I meant to do a random drawing of a guy with a gun, but it became one of my cartoons in macho-uber badass Boondock Saints form.

[jdmakescomics]

Even though I used a spider-MAN figure I had for reference I think it turned out okay.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js470.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

It looks pretty good man
just under the rib cage, it should curve inward more.

[jdmakescomics]

I inked it and then added some gray scale on the computer
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js471.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Shouldn't the index finger on her right hand be webbed as well?

[jdmakescomics]

agh, I knew I should of gotten costume reference for that.

Ben 10
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js472001.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

more ben 10 stuff, these sketches are nice breaks in between the acrobat pages (9 done so far!)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js473.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js474.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Gwen is too manly
too thick on the body and chest, and the muscle placement isn't feminine enough

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js475.jpg

[sadman2000]

cool stuff literacy, keep it up you are improving!

[jdmakescomics]

practicing with photo reference
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js477.jpg

The immortal from invincible
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js478.jpg

another villain for my acrobat webcomic named "bulk up" who can control his muscle mass, but unlike coil he pops up for a few pages and serves as a punching bag.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js476.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

Your photo reference stuff is Really good. Keep doing those! You rock man.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks rockpencil. The encouragement helps my overflowing ego : P

More acrobat pages (14 done now)these are not in order though.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js749.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js480.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js481.jpg

[Ugga Bugga]

things are coming along nicely. Don't be afraid to sharpen that pencil.

I'd like to see a little more finishing of your lines.

[CoreyPledger]

nice stuff man
keep it up

[jdmakescomics]

What do you mean by finishing of the lines ugga? I thought the acrobat pages were pretty clean.

A sketchy design of another hero for the acrobat comic
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js482.jpg

[Ugga Bugga]

What do you mean by finishing of the lines ugga? I thought the acrobat pages were pretty clean.




The acrobat pages did have nicely finished lines, and it makes a huge difference. I realize that many of these are sketches, but some of the other pages look like they were done with a blunt pencil, and the messiness detracts from the effect you are trying to convey.

I am very impresses with the effort you are putting into your art. Your dedication to improve will serve you well.

[jdmakescomics]

I just finished an issue of acrobat, the second issue was only 19 pages but I'm still proud of actually getting done with it. I'll put up some scans from the pages when I can.

Heres another villain design for acrobat, his name is burn and he pretty much does what his namesake is. He teams up with another villain named drown (ha!) who I'll put up designs for later. and I tried to keep my lineart nice and clean just for you ugga bugga :P

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js482-1.jpg

[fatmancomics]

Wow, you've very much improved in the last few months. I would suggest putting an equal effort in your female figures as you are in your male figures. Backgrounds as well. Believe me; it will be twice as hard to master them later after you've mastered the male form. Good work.

[jdmakescomics]

thanks fatmancomics, I really need to work on drawing women, the only one I did for my acrobat pages was intentionally butch : /

the rest of acrobat issue 2, finally scanned them all

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat27.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat28.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat29.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat210.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat211.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat213.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat214.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat215.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat216.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat217.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat218.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat219.jpg

[Dri]

You are steadily improving and are cleaning up your style. It's good that you are putting characters into an environment as well. Just practice your use of perspective and how the characters will sit in the space you give them. You've got it right for the most part but there are times you can drop the horizon line or raise it to make the drawings seem right.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/everdri/acrobat217.jpg

I can't articulate it like others on this board because it is a hard subject to grasp. The figure on the ground I would say would have more of the top surface of his body showing. It's the angle and how much of the alley that is seen would warrant it. Just remember if things go above the horizon line you wont see top of it. In this case in the first panel, you wont see the top of the ambulance on the left.

2nd panel, I would say that the guy looks too tall. Maybe there is nothing in relation to his size. Maybe if you positioned him next to an object? The reason that the perspective looks off even though it's well measured is that you were better off with a one point perspective (Cos u can't see the ground). Take the first 3 buildings towards the left. Great! Then you go to the building behind him and the angle seems too extreme.The figure is not following any perspective either. Just make the right hand vp farther away rather than at the end of the panel. Was going to link Inkthinker's way of cheating a vanishing point but I can't find it in the tips and tech section.

Nice work. Keep it flowin.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks for the comment greendri, I'll be working on perspective...I need some books on it or something.
Another acrobat design for my batman rip offs father
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js486.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

The flash
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js487.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Second flash attempt. I got some comments over on deviantart (gasp!) from smygba ,another user here who sporadically posts.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js489.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

awesome :D
I'd work on that left hand though

[giver of laughs]

I'd say great job on the amount of work compiled here. My only assistance that I can offer is proportions. it's the toughest, and believe me the longest to over come. I still get thrown off by proportions all the time. When those fall in line your work will be on top! Your rendering and shadows are keen! They set the tone and make the shapes stand out. Your poses are great too. Very dynamic.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks rockpencil and giver of laughs, I'll hopefully improve in proportions with time and study and I spent enough time tweaking that flash drawing that I don't think I want to go back to it..I may burn it >_>

A quick acrobat as a warm up for a comic page
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js491.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Sorry for the lack of updating, I just went to a comic convention and have been doing acrobat pages that I need to scan.

a bunch of sketches in a smaller book done in about the span of an hour.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js493.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js494.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js495.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js498.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js499.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

random sketching and practicing
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js500.jpg
and a reaaaally crappy spider-man that I tried to save with too much shadow
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js501.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js502-1.jpg

fanart for a comic on drunkduck called firefly...and yes his opposite sleeve looks like a man boob.

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js503.jpg

the disembodied heads of some of the runaways members...and ricochet

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js504.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js505.jpg

I just read the TPB for the death jr comic (also drew him on the bottom left) , I haven't played the game but the comic was really good.

...

and yes I stole the bordered sketches thing from cory walkers sketchblog

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js511.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js513.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js514.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

This is a design sheet for a spider-man bobble head
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js515.jpg

[Ugga Bugga]

Don't forget to sharpen that pencil. There is a messiness that is detracting from the overall look.

[Dri]

Don't forget to sharpen that pencil. There is a messiness that is detracting from the overall look.

Or go over what you have done with the technique you are using with a mechanical pencil perhaps.

[jdmakescomics]

A drawing of one of luke lopez's (the guy I'm doing acrobat with) characters. I'll be putting him in acrobat in around issue 6 and I'm two thirds of the way through four now so I figured I should get used to drawing him.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js517.jpg

[fatmancomics]

Watch the proportions. You're starting to draw oversized torsos and really short arms. The size of the torsos also makes the heads look too small.

[jdmakescomics]

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45453674/

He's pretty buff so I guess I overcompensated too much.

EDIT: also I'll be drawing from some photos...maybe that'll iron out some of my problems. I'm on the sports illustrated site but does anyone have a good source for figures in motion besides google image searches?

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js518.jpg

From pictures of cheerleaders on the sports illustrated site

[jdmakescomics]

Joshua smith endorses stuff!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js520.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js519.jpg

For a fanart trade thingy on a comic called silvershot on drunkduck.com.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js521.jpg

A design for a possible acrobat character. I can't decide if this should be a robot or a girl in a big suit.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js522001.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js523.jpg

A cyclops I drew for the 6th sketch group after trying to bend the rules of a topic I had horribly misread.

[jdmakescomics]

Fanart for a webcomic called "alchemist comics" With the same firefly character I drew earlier.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js526001.jpg

[sadman2000]

i still think that your thor pic from pg 1 is your best.
still, you have good looking stuff all around:)

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks sadman but I hate that thor now...maybe I could redo it.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat4cover.jpg

Cover for acrobat issue 4, I just finished page 17 last night so I'm really close to done with the interiors.

and heres a half of one of the pages that I scanned to show the other artist how I wanted one of the characters drawn

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js525.jpg

[JimLeeforGod]

Great job Lit,
try varrying your panels from just rectangles and squares add some angles to intensify the action and to change things up. Try to think of storytelling as a beat, norm norm norm bam! norm norm norm bam! This way the reader is more inclined to pay attention to panels and pages instead of just flipping right through the book. Great improvement though man. I love seeing your skills grow. Keep it up! :)

[jdmakescomics]

Great job Lit,
try varrying your panels from just rectangles and squares add some angles to intensify the action and to change things up. Try to think of storytelling as a beat, norm norm norm bam! norm norm norm bam! This way the reader is more inclined to pay attention to panels and pages instead of just flipping right through the book. Great improvement though man. I love seeing your skills grow. Keep it up! :)

Thanks, by adding angles do you mean varying the shots within the panel or changing around the balance of the panels themselves? I've seen some artists do diagonal panels and twist them around but it's always been a bit distracting to me, same with the panels that overlap all over the place for no reason.

But yeah I'll try to vary my layouts a bit, all of the pages of the comic I'm doing have 8 or so panels per page so I've been more concerned with fitting it all in then making it interesting which seems to make the pages suffer.

[jdmakescomics]

pen doodling is fun. I wanted my character acrobats poses to look less like they were ripped from spider-man comics and more like an actual acrobat or gymnasts so I googled a bunch of photos and sketched from them.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js532.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

A drawing of this character http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54435404/
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js533.jpg

I saw someone posting about drawing a reference picture upside down to get rid of all the preconceived notions you have about the figure..so I tried it on the lower two torsos. I'm going to
do this more because it seems to be helping.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js534.jpg

[CoreyPledger]

I suggest working on the abdomenal area, in particular.

Otherwise, you rock man.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks rockpencil..but what is so bad about the abs in my drawings? I'm already working on it by looking at photo reference and stuff so knowing whats wrong with them exactly would help.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js541.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js542.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js543.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Ugh, I need to redraw that big hand
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js544.jpg

Stuff from photos
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js545.jpg


Since this is also a blog... I just saw spider-man 3 yesterday, it was a great movie and the fight scenes were really inspiring. I can't wait until it comes out on DVD so that I can go through some scenes frame by frame to steal the angles in there for my comic pages.

[jdmakescomics]

I finished acrobat 4 last week, but I'm just now scanning the pages for it. I've scanned about half of it so far so I'll post them as they're scanned.


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_400.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_401.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_402.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_403.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_404.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_405.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_406.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_408.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_409.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_410.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_411.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_412.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_413.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_414.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_415.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_416.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_417.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_418.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_419.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_420.jpg

aaaaand thats the issue

[jdmakescomics]

Just finished drawing this page, it's the first page of acrobat issue 5.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_501.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Zombie Superman, I think the pose is ripped form the cover of superman 6.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js547-1.jpg

Will Ferrell and my character coil
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js549.jpg

More coil
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js550.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

What I've finished of acrobat issue 5. so far it's been great practice. Though I need to reverse some of the panels on the last page because they break the 180 degrees rule or whatever compared to the last one.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_501-1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_502.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_503.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/acrobat_504.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

tried to ink

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/Magnum_inking_WIP_by_literacysuks1.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

I drew his fedora too small
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js552-1.jpg

[JimLeeforGod]

tried to ink

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/Magnum_inking_WIP_by_literacysuks1.jpg

AWESOME! DO THIS ALL THE TIME! GREAT WORK AND IMPROVEMENT! GLAD TO SEE YOUR COMIC GOING STRONG!
<insert all the other props you deserve> ;)

[covie]

I've got to say, it's really awesome to all the vast improvement you've made in your art since your first postings. I am beyond impressed dude.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks a lot jimleeforgod and covie. Heres another inking attempt because jimlee's all capital post inspired me to try it some more : P, this time on my question sketch. I think I'll be practicing with it more because once I ink my stuff I finally get that "clean" look I have in my head when I do pencils.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js553.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

The character Scrap from Dynamo 5

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js555.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

acrobat...TO THE EXTREME!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js556.jpg

[saint manji]

I love how i can see your art style develop.
You're advancing really quick, man, and it's fun to watch.
I like your storytelling, well, the few pieces you have up.

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks saint manji and thanks for the storytelling compliment..I'm trying to get my pages to actually make sense and doing my acrobat comic has helped but I still need to work on it a lot.

Wolverine for the week 10 sketch group
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js557.jpg
bub

[jdmakescomics]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js563-1.jpg

[JimLeeforGod]

Where do I post the fanart for Acrobat?

[jdmakescomics]

If juan sees this (he was the one complaining about the "new" thing being to draw spidey huge right?) sure this drawing has problems but at least he's not bulky!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js564.jpg

and maybe I should send an apology letter to cory walker for stealing his spider-man rendition

[NickRocks]

definately a ton of improvement, this is one of my favorite sketch blogs.


keep it up!

[jdmakescomics]

Thanks nickguy.

Rough concept (meaning I'll forget about it and end up redoing it) for a villain for my acrobat webcomic.

The gimmick is that it's a robot that adapts the traits of any machine once it touches it. Like it gets wheels on it's ankles for a car, wings for a plane and so on.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js566.jpg
I can explain away the long arms by saying he's a robot right?

[jdmakescomics]

Batman, the screaming one is photo referenced. On his detective comics issues pete woods usually had batmans eyes covered with shadow...and I thought that looked cool and wanted to try it.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js567.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

I tried to get Simon Peggs likeness down by copying some movie stills. I want a character in my comic to look similar to him but with black hair so that he doesn't look completely like his shaun of the dead character. As you can see I'm till working at this because likenesses are hard for me.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js569.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Ant-Man and the Visioneer. Meh, I don't like how it turned out at all but I'd rather post it and be told what's wrong with it then throw it away.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js571.jpg

scan of half of one of the acrobat pages I did...I need to scan some whole pages of it this weekend
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js570.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

This started out as references pictures of women bodybuilders...but then I remembered I need practice at hips (and women in general) and drew from some uh...less built women.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js572.jpg

[JimLeeforGod]

MORE ACROBAT...MMMOOOOOOORRRREEE!!!!! ARGHHHHHHH!!!! I need my fix! Where is the next ISSUE! DAMN IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GUY WHO KEEPS "absolving" peoples sins? Dont stop and leave me at a cliffhanger! He was at a parade last I heard, THEN WHAT? MOOOOOORRRRREEEE!!!!! SOOO MANY QUESTIONS? MUST BE ANSWERED! Practice later! Acrobat NOW! MMOOOOOOOOOORRROOOOOOAAAARRR! :mad:

[jdmakescomics]

MORE ACROBAT...MMMOOOOOOORRRREEE!!!!! ARGHHHHHHH!!!! I need my fix! Where is the next ISSUE! DAMN IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GUY WHO KEEPS "absolving" peoples sins? Dont stop and leave me at a cliffhanger! He was at a parade last I heard, THEN WHAT? MOOOOOORRRRREEEE!!!!! SOOO MANY QUESTIONS? MUST BE ANSWERED! Practice later! Acrobat NOW! MMOOOOOOOOOORRROOOOOOAAAARRR! :mad:

Thanks for your kinda scary interest. But blame that on the guy drawing the comic now. I have it written all the way up to issue six (and drawn through up to the mid point of issue 5, just need to scan some more pages). and some more pages got added since the parade thing, the link is in my signature.


The Gymnist! Because every male superhero needs a female counterpart who lacks in any and all character depth.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js573.jpg

[smygba]

why do i feel you got inspired half by batman/robin and ultimate spider-man with the gymnist?

[jdmakescomics]

Just finished doing this for my art class, the dragon sucks and my composition could have been improved...but at least it's done by the due date.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js575.jpg

[jdmakescomics]

Yeah I don't know where this came from...I just felt like drawing a bit more cartooney

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js577.jpg

EDIT: I seem to keep doing that same standing position as my default pose for when I can't think of anything better....I have to work on that

[jdmakescomics]

The ripoffish tom omni against a villain I named The Vampsire because puns are fun.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d124/literacysuks1/js578.jpg

This drawing looked fine to me...until I flipped it in the gimp and saw how messed up that punching looks. Also yes I pretty much just drew the vampire thing from the comic Jack Staff and renamed it.

[sadman2000]

I'm jealous... you draw and finish you seqentials to the point of complete comic books. Sheesh, I won't touch the things. How long does it to just draw the pages for one issue? seriously i'd like to know.
Last time I attempted a seqential page I was draw from a sample script here on PJ and spent 10-15 hour one page just trying to lay the stupid thing out. Could not do it. So, I talked to my art teacher (who I later found out to be an art-stealing-wretch) and told me to work on my composition, rendering, and anatomy/proportions. Still studing! Oh, well I guess i can postpone my Dark Force comic for the 3 year in a row.:p


keep up the good work!


sadman2000

[jdmakescomics]

I'm jealous... you draw and finish you seqentials to the point of complete comic books. Sheesh, I won't touch the things. How long does it to just draw the pages for one issue? seriously i'd like to know.
Last time I attempted a seqential page I was draw from a sample script here on PJ and spent 10-15 hour one page just trying to lay the stupid thing out. Could not do it. So, I talked to my art teacher (who I later found out to be an art-stealing-wretch) and told me to work on my composition, rendering, and anatomy/proportions. Still studing! Oh, well I guess i can postpone my Dark Force comic for the 3 year in a row.:p


keep up the good work!


sadman2000

Thanks, well one page takes 3 to 5 hours, they'd take longer if I rendered more but I stay kind of simple. I haven't done them as quickly lately because i have to write a bunch of reports but I usually average 4-5 pages a week so an issue is done in a little more than a month.

Also not that I'm an expert or anything but I read "making comics" by Scott Mccloud and recommend it because the info in that helps a lot when I'm laying out a page. That book covers everything about telling a story sequentially and gives a lot of good examples of angles (which I should be using!) to help tell your story as clearly as possible.

eh I'll just send a private message so that this post doesn't go on too long.


EDIT: and if anyone wants to pop in and give better comic advice so that I both me and sadman can use it please go ahead. It'll raise this topics post count and will make it look like I draw more than I do >_>

[sadman2000]

Thanks, well one page takes 3 to 5 hours, they'd take longer if I rendered more but I stay kind of simple. I haven't done them as quickly lately because i have to write a bunch of reports but I usually average 4-5 pages a week so an issue is done in a little more than a month.

Also not that I'm an expert or anything but I read "making comics" by Scott Mccloud and recommend it because the info in that helps a lot when I'm laying out a page. That book covers everything about telling a story sequentially and gives a lot of good examples of angles (which I should be using!) to help tell your story as clearly as possible.

eh I'll just send a private message so that this post doesn't go on too long.


EDIT: and if anyone wants to pop in and give better comic advice so that I both me and sadman can use it please go ahead. It'll raise this topics post count and will make it look like I draw more than I do >_>

still jealous, you complete you page in a sixth of the time it takes me to complete one pin-up.:p


like i said, keep up the good work, you have great potential.

sadman2000