Work in Progress!

[chrisddixon]

Here is a six page work in progress spread. It's for a character I've created and it was my tool to work on my
anatomy sketches. Comments are welcome but not necessary. I need to see if I can stand up with professionals if I ever hope to make it.

Thanks for viewing.













Chris Dixon
cddcomics.blogspot.ca

[Flegler]

Keep working on that anatomy! Like in my own work, I see a lot of issues with your anatomy and relative perspectives. We did not see the legs and feet of your character once; is that just a coincidence?

The line work is a little thin for my taste and the backgrounds leave much to be desired. There is a Mike Judge feel to your art (I am not sure if that is what you are going for). The sequential/story may lose your reader a bit and comes across as weak - I am sure that we are just missing what precedes and follows what we are currently viewing.

Personally, I would worry less about keeping up with the professionals, making it in the biz, etc..., and more with getting the basics of illustration down. You have some work ahead of you!

Keep at it!!!

[crazyjedichicken]

it's very hard to understand what's going on, especially in the pages where its the same background but multiple angles! try and work on your story telling if your aim is to do sequentials and practice the anatomy as well! my hat goes off to you for sitting down and knocking out this many pages though! keep posting!

[chrisddixon]

Thanks for the input guys. I get that it's a little hard to look at to start off, I did add frames and post in Sequential art as well.

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I'm really not afraid of legs! The character of Mindscape has no legs, just the void. Think a look similar to Red Tornado but blue. It's not tornado though, it's void. He's a Void Guardian, and the backgrounds are all the same because it's the void. There is nothing there except void creatures and him. Changing the angle of the background linework based on camera angle is a good idea though.

Leg Link (See The Flash)

I didn't put the overlying story in because I wanted people to focus on the artwork. It's all practice. The whole thing was done over a 3 day period, and done while in the backseat of a car, holding a baby for some, drinking for some other. I'll get to posting other work that is a little more concentrated over the next while. The whole thing could have taken me a day!

Thanks again!

C

[Flegler]

I'm really not afraid of legs! The character of Mindscape has no legs, just the void. Think a look similar to Red Tornado but blue. It's not tornado though, it's void. He's a Void Guardian, and the backgrounds are all the same because it's the void. There is nothing there except void creatures and him. Changing the angle of the background linework based on camera angle is a good idea though.

I didn't put the overlying story in because I wanted people to focus on the artwork. It's all practice. The whole thing was done over a 3 day period, and done while in the backseat of a car, holding a baby for some, drinking for some other. I'll get to posting other work that is a little more concentrated over the next while. The whole thing could have taken me a day!

Thanks again!

C

Ah, ok. I didn't mean to come across as harsh; however, you do need to consider your target audience when creating a world/environment for your book (IMO - a void world appears to create a very dull background). Perhaps you may want to create a little more layers within this void. Perhaps you can have alternate worlds that shows a parallel universe to the void.

Remember, fast is not good. That fact that you stated that you could have done everything in a day is not impressive - it shows in your work. Your foreshortening is decent, but again, study anatomy and the way each muscle moves in correspondence to an action!

Keep at it!