A Cartoonist's
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In this blog I'll share my
experiences navigating digital art and cartoons. |
In this blog I'll share my
experiences navigating digital art and cartoons. |
I recently uploaded more art to this art blog and portfolio. I think these new pieces are some of my best work. I've added some of these to the superhero comics page and posted the full scene excerpt.
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As you may have noticed I have switched the name on this blog from "Lauren" to "Loren." This is because I'm non-binary. I've just come out at school. I'm using the name "Loren" (same pronunciation as before but different spelling) and they/them pronouns.
'Till next time! When drawing action poses I found the easiest way to draw realistic positions and actions is through drawing the base structure with action pose sketches. How To I like to draw this pose structure where I draw oval-like spheres for the head and torso (the torso sphere is a little distorted (see picture below)) with a line connecting the head to the torso. I use a half sphere for the hips. I I draw a line across the top of the torso oval for the shoulders as sort of a hinge. I then draw the arms and legs as lines extending outward from the shoulder line or the hips. I like to suspend the top of the legs slightly outward from the hips. I like to draw small circles at the knees and elbows to show myself where they are. Keep in mind that these are three dimensional. These shapes aren't going to be the same at all angles. Step By Step
Last night I was sitting on our screened in porch with my family when it started to rain. The sun was shining on the clouds and far trees in the distance. The rain poured on our house like buckets of water dropped from above, yet in the distance the sky was clear, and the sun glowed gold. Rather than washing out the colors of the trees and flowers, it strengthened them. The pink cherry blossoms grew even brighter and the grass shown a vibrant green behind the curtains of the storm. Gushes of water broke into mist through the screens of the porch. Then the rain let up as quickly as it started, leaving the whole world in a bright green haze. The clouds above were a beautiful gradient of grayish purple and golden yellow. The setting sun illuminated the whole world before our eyes. It was as if the world was a photo with the saturation turned up the whole way. Everything had color. The previously grey tree trunks were now a glowing brown. Dead leaves on the ground came back to life. Even driveways came alive. The whole world woke up. The whole world let its colors shine.
Recently I've been experimenting with different ways to draw eyes. When I started drawing my comic strip, I never drew close enough close ups to have the eyes be anything more than black dots for pupils (except, of course, when they were glowing for any reason.) From my superhero comic strip; First Superhero Comic Strip, Birthday Only late in the second story did I began to add color and shine to the eyes. From my superhero comic strip; Superheroes: Balance Toppled, Nightshade's First Strike In the third story I began to experiment with drawing lighter colored eyes. From my superhero comic strip; Superheroes: The Search for Mirage, Pumpkins Even more recently I began to experiment with the different colorings in eyes. If you look close at many eyes, you can see its not just one color but two or more rings blending into each other. I experimented with gradients when drawing eyes. From my superhero comic strip; Superheroes: Division, Time Travelers Arrive Even more recently, after being inspired by the art in an anime-style animated show, Legend of Korra, I tried yet another design for eye coloring. It's made up of three colors, a light, dark, and middle color, and then the pupil. I also experimented with coloring the lines of the edge of the iris not with black but with the darker color in the eye. From my superhero comic strip; Superheroes: A Matter of Time, Tom's Flashback I'm going to keep working to improve my drawings of eyes and the rest of my art!
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My name is Loren SinclairI am an artist and amateur cartoonist. I have been drawing my own comic strips (the biggest one about superheroes) and improving my art along the way. Archives
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