Fan Art: My Marvel One a Day Challenge

Originally posted by Anna Raven Swift, those tips really helped, and I haven't even really studies them that much yet! I never realized you shouldn't hatch with curved lines, I think I had been doing that a lot, because I'd been sort of following the shape of my contours with them. Also the line weight issue. I really wish I had a teacher or two who would've given me these kind of tips. Thanks a bunch! I tried to use them some in my latest piece, Wasp.

My partner out and out disagrees with my methods, so for what its worth, the advice will vary wildly depending on who you ask.  He firmly believes in wild non-linear shading, which drives me bonkers.  If you have any questions or need advice, I'd be happy to help.

-Swift.

I was kind of sloppy on that one. It did not turn out the best in my eyes. :-/

I like the Wasp drawing! (Even if I'm not a fan of the actual character).

One comment is on the Magneto drawing, but you might find helpful for future drawings: Magneto's arms extend too far down.  On an average human body,  the elbows reach down to the bottom (sometimes a little lower) of the ribcage.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/photos/uncategorized/2009/04/24/human_skeleton.gif
For skeletal reference work. 

I had made comments on human musculature but it's hard to work without a visual component:
http://esoriano.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/human_body.jpg
and for back muscles:http://www.healthyflesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/human-body-muscle-diagram.jpg

I see you've started hatching and crosshatching more!  Keep up the good work!

-Swift.


Edited by Swift - 03-Aug-2010 at 3:59pm

Wow! Your women are very solid. Oh and Doop looks great too lol.

Originally posted by marhawkman Hmmm... Fin Fang Foom is not a snake.  His back apparently bends in much the same way as a human's would.  Maybe a little more but not that much.

Originally posted by marhawkman That's a large part of why he has such an interesting head.  His torso is the most human part of the character.

I guess in regard to Fin Fang Foom I am trying to make one or more small adjustments to the characters, my own spin if you will. I always thought if Fin Fang Foom is a dragon let's make him a dragon! Why does he have this human torso? But yeah I can understand your point marhawkman - and I realize by injecting my own personalities into the characters ala Medusa I run the risk of detracting from their essential character. Then there is the fact that I am doing this late at night after a full day's work, so sometimes I am just being lazy. :P

Well anyhow - I will try to do better! Your comments inspire me to do better in fact!

Speaking of Medusa - her giraffe-neck was bugging me ALL DAY! So I uploaded a revised version tonight. Go check it out.

Enchantress will be a lot of fun arsenalloaded!

Oh also, I can't believe this thread made it three pages already! You guys rock! Here is the website again since it's been buried once more:
http://rons-sketchbook.blogspot.com/

Hey, your work is absolutely fantastic and it's so good to see a fan art thread with some legs on the site for a change :) Keep it up!

Edited by ianbetween - 05-Aug-2010 at 11:01am

Hmm...  FFF is often drawn standing on his toes.  Why is he semi-humanoid?  Um... because he's an Alien from Kakaranthara and not a real dragon?

the board tags have an annoying habit of dropping trailing )...

It's cool Gibbering Fool. I asked for critique, so I don't mind people expressing opinions. :) But yeh, I may not draw every character as everyone would want to see them. Maybe I will do a more traditional Foom later though, he was fun to draw!

Did not do a request tonight, I did The Vision, but I'll get back to the list soon.

Hey great stuff ianinbetween!

Enchantress came out great!

Great work man!  The pose looks a little awkward, but you did a reat job on the face and the shading.