I've been drawing, but have neglected to post. So here's what I've worked on the last few days;

Here I was putting down some ideas for a strip (not necessarily the first one). I was trying to figure out what camera angles would work, which is hard at this point because I haven't drawn from many angle or worked on cartoon bodies much.

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It was really raining on Sunday, so I spent a lot of time working from Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain by Christopher Hart.

Using different shapes for the head


Same basic head shape, different features

Different views of the same character - needs work!

A few randoms

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An finally, here's one I did from Cartooning the Head & Figure by Jack Hamm.

Rose and Peekaboo

Here's Rose from Rose is Rose (Pat Brady). Rose is a sweet gal, devoted to her family but often imagines herself as Vicki, her biker chick alter ego. These were drawn are from Running On Alter Ago.

I'm want big cheeks (the face kind) for my character, so Rose is good practice. I found her hair a little difficult, what with all those angles and 'swoops'.

Here is Rose's cat Peekaboo:

The fur, like Rose's hair, gave me fits.

Oh, a word on the scans; the previous posts were scanned at 150 dpi, then resized to 72 dpi. The scans in this post were done at 300 dpi and not resized. When I tried to go to 72, I lost a lot of detail and created jagged lines. So this is an experiment. The images will take longer to load. If loading takes too long or come out badly, please let me know; I can go back to the 150 scan and 72 resize.

Girl Profiles

Different styles of female profiles from Cartooning the Head & Figure by Jack Hamm.

I'm starting to decide on the look for my main character. Her only oddity will be eyes that are a little too far apart, as long as that doesn't look creepy. I've decided to model her somewhat after actress Gene Tierney. Aside from her beauty, there were a couple of other coincidences that helped me decide to choose her. Gene played Belle Starr in 1941, who I am a distant relative of on the Shirley side of the family. In 1946, she starred in W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge, which happens to be one of my favorite books (if you don't believe me, you can take a look at my 'About Me').

My main character won't really be considered pretty like Gene, but the hairstyle, cheeks, and slight overbite will be a caricaturization of her.

Character Types

'Young Kid' and 'Husky Type' from Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain by Christopher Hart.

Expressions

A few expressions using Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain by Christopher Hart. Aside from expressions, I discovered how difficult it is to draw the same character over and over and still have him look the same. Dude needs a haircut too.

A Show of Hands

Why are hands so difficult to draw? Actually I didn't find them that bad, but they do present a challenge. I haven't yet decided whether I want to use 3 or 4 fingers for my toons.

I'm not really sure how the mouse got in there....

I referenced several books for these (Blitz, Hamm, Hart).