A quick Hulk

[endeserben]

Hey guys here's a quick sketch I did of Hulk. Well it's not much of it, but I want to share it with you and get some crits.
Hope you like it!



Thanks for watching!

[Symson]

The drawing is good. The anatomy is off.

It looks like he has two trapezius muscles on top of each other. The pectoral and deltoids don't really connect.

Noses don't tend to go up at an angle.

[golgotha]

if you place some shadow under the nose on his upper lip i think it would help. here is what i am trying to say. i did this quickly in photoshop. good work so far.

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[endeserben]

Thanks for your comments guys, I really apreciate them.

@Symson, I wasn't really sure about the anatomy and that's why I uploaded it here, in the first time. The upper muscles were intended to be from his back. But I guess it didn't look that way. Thanks again for your comment I'll keep working on my anatomy.

@Golgotha, That's a great shadow, I think it really helps to enhance the face area.

[vrblknch]

Two words together that scare me... quick and HULK. But I like this, the comments made so far are spot on. The only specific gripe I have is I'm really missing the brow muscles/growth/lumps that scream brute. To me, they are like batman's cowl ears, its one of the first features that I notice, and in this case, aren't defined or overgrown enough to express HULK to me.

[Bruce Lee]

Not a bad Hulk, endeserben, but there are a number of issues with feature alignments, and so forth. Do you draw on a regular table surface, or on an inclined, raised art desk? The reason I ask you this is because Hulk's facial features are a little skewed. His left eye, nostril, jaw and ear seem to be floating higher than those same features on the right side of his face. Usually this sort of skewing can occur when an artists isn't drawing on a proper raised/inclined drawing surface. Whenever you draw a character's head from a straight-on front shot like this I recommend that you turn your paper upside down and look at how things are going. Looking at the drawing upside down, you'll be able to spot mis-alignments in the features (and any other odd proportion issues you might be having) more easily. Try it. It can really make a huge difference. I check my work this way all the time, and it does seem to help me considerably.

I worked up a quick Photoshop overlay image for to check out, indicating where things are a little off. I've also left you a couple notes on how you might fix things, complete with a composite overlay that might prove helpful to you:



The Hulk is one of the more tricky characters to draw, because so much of the success of the drawing relies on getting the correct facial proportions, attitudes, etc. You did pretty good with it, all things considered, but I hope my overlay and advice will help you figure things out for next time.

It's really great to see you posting on PJ, and I hope you'll continue to post work here. It's pretty easy to see that you have some skill and talent, so I hope you'll continue to share it with us!

Take care,
Loston

[HB Lovecraft]

Loston, thank you for being so helpful.

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@vrblknch, Thanks a lot for your comment. I agree with your idea of how Hulk must look. Thanks again for posting a comment!

@Loston, Wow! I cannot tell you how much I've admired you during my years in this forum. Thanks a lot for your crits and comments, I found them very helpfull. I'll be more careful with my proportions. Turning the page upside down is a great advice, I can see what you meant.
By the way, I work over an art desk, but I didn't used it too inclined since I had my laptop there too. But I think I will tilt it a little more to help me get over these issues.
Thanks again for taking your time to give us this great advice, (because I think this helps everyone who takes a look at this thread, not just myself).

@HB Lovecraft, I know you didn't post a crit or comment over my sketch here, but I gotta tell you that your nick is really cool, haha, I like it!

[Bruce Lee]

Loston, thank you for being so helpful.

Glad to help when I can.

@vrblknch, Thanks a lot for your comment. I agree with your idea of how Hulk must look. Thanks again for posting a comment!

@Loston, Wow! I cannot tell you how much I've admired you during my years in this forum. Thanks a lot for your crits and comments, I found them very helpfull. I'll be more careful with my proportions. Turning the page upside down is a great advice, I can see what you meant.
By the way, I work over an art desk, but I didn't used it too inclined since I had my laptop there too. But I think I will tilt it a little more to help me get over these issues.
Thanks again for taking your time to give us this great advice, (because I think this helps everyone who takes a look at this thread, not just myself).

Aw shucks.... I'm glad I could help you out some.

I recommend that you find a new place for your laptop, endeserben, and that you start using your drawing table at an incline, and not as a table surface that is parallel with the floor. When you draw on a flat table surface, you're looking down and outward at an angle, and that creates some visual distortion. You may think you're drawing facial features evenly--it might look that way--- but chances are good that you will actually be drawing things a little skewed. I think you'll find that if you tilt your art desk about 45 degrees, you'll have a much easier time keeping facial features even. The incline will eliminate any visual distortion between you and your paper, and you'll also find that you will greatly reduce the amount of strain on your back! Bending over a flat table for any length of time is murder on you back muscles. It doesn't have to be a super steep angle, but it should be an angle that is comfortable, and that allows you to see the artwork without worry of visual distortion. I keep my art desk inclined at all times. Here's the angle I work at:

http://www.lostonwallace.com/newstudio2.jpg

http://www.lostonwallace.com/newstudio4.jpg

Make sure you have plenty of light, and a good chair too! Those things are essential for drawing.

Loston
PS: Enjoy some rep points on me, man.

[endeserben]

@Loston, Thanks again man, I'll incline my table more like yours. Hope this help me get through the proportion problems.