Better late than never....
Hey guys. Here's the Arista illustration that Laura provided the pencils for a little over two months ago. Finally got around to inking this after a couple of crazy months at work. (a 12-hour work day can really take you out of the mood for drawing.) In between the busy times, I've been hitting the anatomy books and trying to improve other areas of my drawing. I realized recently that I want to change careers and focus more on art that interests me, and move away from the constraints of pharmaceutical advertising. I can't quit the day job, but I can work towards another goal. I've always wanted to get into children's books, animation, and the comic industry, but this is the first year that I've actually applied myself by submitting Pangaea. Although it didn't find a home, it helped re-awaken my desire to "fight for the dream." I look at people that have made it, and I know that they are where they are because they made the decision to be there. I'm still trying to figure out where I want to be. So, I'm curious. Where do you want to be, and what are you doing to get there? And, can we make this site more useful by using it for serious critiques and information?
posted by Ozzie at
Thursday, June 07, 2007
5 Comments:
Ozzie, I think that's the best idea I've heard for this blog. I like knowing that we're all friends here, and we support each other, but we should also be able to count on each other to not candy-coat things.
I love the texture-rich style of your inking, but I've noticed a problem when shapes overlap. For example, the wolf-creature's right paw is almost invisible against the rest of him. A bolder outline or more sparing texture would help with the separation.
When I think about where I want to be, I personally want Drew Struzan's job: big, single works of art for covers and posters. To get there, I'm taking any illustration job that I'm capable of completing. I know it sounds like a pat answer, but I really believe that the best I can do at this point is just get my name and art out where it can be seen.
Naturally, I'd like for one of my pet projects to burst onto the scene and make me famous, but for now I'm just concentrating on doing it the hard way.
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Major Sheep, at 07 June, 2007
Thanks for the feedback. I've also noticed the same problem with my inking, and I've also noticed how dark my stuff has been getting, and it has less gradiation compared to work I've done in the past. It's laziness and poor planning on my end, and it's a bad habit I want to break. See?! I'm glad you pointed that out. It's the only way we're going to grow and get the dream jobs we want. Not that we have to be hard asses about stuff, 'cuz putting work out there for everyone to see is difficult enough, but at least we can help each other to be prepared for "real-world" criticism.
I'm not familiar with Drew Struzan but I'll check him out. It's cool how much info people have and share here that I never would've stumbled upon on my own. Like when Mel was talking about Loomis. His stuff's great and I picked up some things from him. Or when I heard about James Jean, and was blown away by his stuff, it turned out Tamara knew about him and was surprised I didn't. When I see an unfamiliar name, I look it up, and that's something we should share here without always having to show a new piece to go along with it. Anyone else?? I know people read this stuff, so please chime in.
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Ozzie, at 08 June, 2007
That would be great Mel. That's impressive that you know the body so well. I can fake some stuff when drawing people, but I want to learn so I don't have to. By the way guys, I came across Avatar Press, a comic company that does publishes work for commercially licensed properties and some creator owned projects. They're accepting submissions for pencilers and penciler/inkers, and they're looking for various styles. I know most places do, but this seems like a decent place to start. Here's the link to their submission guidelines, and they even provide a sample script to try your hand at. http://www.avatarpress.com/avatar-press-submission-guidelines/ Thought it might be something worth looking into.
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Ozzie, at 14 June, 2007
I LOVE it, Ozzie! Sorry for taking forever. I agree that your lines tend to run into each other, but it's the exact same problem I have in extended ink work. But your lines always have so much texture! I think you could probably insert some really thin little white lines between body segments that would help you. Also, using patches of solid black could help, like right behind her head, underneath her claws, and maybe where the tail meets the body. And in the background, some solid black would help separate her leg from the texture of the ground.
Still, this is awesome. It's getting printed and framed. I also have the lineart of this that I'm coloring, so I'd love to have the completed pieces hanging together.
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Droemar, at 09 July, 2007
Late as usual :) Hahaha.
Loving the inking, Ozzie. It looks like you got a lot looser around the bottom of the wolfparts than on top. I don't know if I like it or not.. hmm. Still, the immense amount of work you put into the detailing always amazes me.
I don't really know what I want to do anymore. I suppose what would make me happiest would be to finish writing, illustrating, and creating my fantasy books, but I suppose that's still a lofty goal. I just want to live fairly comfortably and be able to draw all day :P
I've even thought about continuing school and getting a full anthropology degree, just so I can put more conviction into my work and maybe start addressing some issues I see around me. I dunno.
I'm all for anything to make this place more interesting and useful. Any suggestions are welcome - though e-mail would be best.
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Katya, at 14 July, 2007
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