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I drew this today:

I realise now, that Huey is too small. perhaps Donald is also a bit too small, despite his being farther away from the camera. huey should probably be 10-15% larger. that happened because I tossed him in later, to fill in the composition, and didn't think about the overall picture. It shows that there are always a lot of different things to think about when making a drawing. It also demonstrates that the overall composition should be considered first, and sketched in roughly, before final decisions on the drawing can be made.

I think, it's very good drawing, Rob. Donald is very good - perfect! I don't think he is too small, he's standing in applicable place :-) Only Gladstone torso is too large, or his head is too small. And factually, perhaps Huey is too small.

Quote from user: QuackbergI am glad to hear that you like my drawing of Slackjaw, he has actually become one of my favorite characters. Perhaps you can use him a second time in a story, to let him grow and become more famous. If you can, it would be great if you could answer three questions about him: What is his name in Danish (he is named "Matte Slappnäbb" in Swedish)? How did you come up with the idea of the character? Did you picture him as Vicar drew him? Oh, this "thanks" has now turned into a interview, sorry about that, but it really would make my day if you answer them. Thanks!
His Danish name is Slaphans Papand, but the name used in my script is Slackjaw Snorehead. (These days all Egmont scripts are written in English.) The character came about because Egmont asked me to write a story marking Flintheart Glomgold's 50th anniversary. Since we at the time never had seen a birthday party for Flintheart, I felt that should be part of the story. I also wanted to bring in whatever Flintheart-related elements I could find in old stories -- especially relatives of his.

Well, the only relative I could find was Flinty's grandfather from http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D++5952 , and I simply couldn't find a way to fit him into the story. And I couldn't really find any other memorable Flintheart-related elements. So instead I looked at the Scrooge-Donald dynamic and decided to make a Flintheart parallel. A dynamic that was mostly dysfunctional, as opposed to the mostly functional Scrooge-Donald dynamic. Slackjaw was designed to be exactly the kind of guy that would annoy Flinty the most: a slacker where Flinty is a hard worker, friendly where Flinty is tough as nails etc. In my script, I wrote: "At the front door stands a smiling likable male duck Donald's age, who -- judging by his appearance -- is a first-rate slacker. (Perhaps he has long hair, sleepy eyes and wears casual clothes?)" Through Egmont, Vicar sent me a colour sketch of how he envisioned Slackjaw, and I immediately agreed to the design. While writing, I only had a vague idea of how Slackjaw should look, but as you can tell from the published story Vicar's design hits all the right spots. (Thanks to a motherboard meltdown, I've since lost that sketch, sadly.)

Glad to hear you like Slackjaw Snorehead, Quackberg. There's a good chance he will reappear.

Quote from user: Zacharias ZorngiebelI know, I'm twisting the function of this thread, but anyway:
The following picture has nothing to do with Disney Duck art or Disney characters (except the character being inspired by "Little Bad Wolf" a little) but I want to ask you, what you think about him and if you have any suggestions for improving him.

((I need him for some kind of presentation.))

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3730/fernseherfarbigub9.th.png
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8155/kasettetempat5.th.png
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4607/kabelsalattempjm7.th.png

More pictures of him will follow soon, if you don't object me misusing this thread ...
It's okay, since he was at least inspired by a Disney character. Cute character anyway, and good luck with your presentation! :)

Quote from user: Roger NorthI have the story where Slackjaw Snorehead appears. It's the story Happy Birthday Flintheart Glomgold in Uncle Scrooge #375.
I looked up about that issue, and for some reason they don't mention that story. :/

Quote from user: Lars JensenQuote from user: QuackbergI am glad to hear that you like my drawing of Slackjaw, he has actually become one of my favorite characters. Perhaps you can use him a second time in a story, to let him grow and become more famous. If you can, it would be great if you could answer three questions about him: What is his name in Danish (he is named "Matte Slappnäbb" in Swedish)? How did you come up with the idea of the character? Did you picture him as Vicar drew him? Oh, this "thanks" has now turned into a interview, sorry about that, but it really would make my day if you answer them. Thanks!
His Danish name is Slaphans Papand, but the name used in my script is Slackjaw Snorehead. (These days all Egmont scripts are written in English.) The character came about because Egmont asked me to write a story marking Flintheart Glomgold's 50th anniversary. Since we at the time never had seen a birthday party for Flintheart, I felt that should be part of the story. I also wanted to bring in whatever Flintheart-related elements I could find in old stories -- especially relatives of his.

Well, the only relative I could find was Flinty's grandfather from http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D++5952 , and I simply couldn't find a way to fit him into the story. And I couldn't really find any other memorable Flintheart-related elements. So instead I looked at the Scrooge-Donald dynamic and decided to make a Flintheart parallel. A dynamic that was mostly dysfunctional, as opposed to the mostly functional Scrooge-Donald dynamic. Slackjaw was designed to be exactly the kind of guy that would annoy Flinty the most: a slacker where Flinty is a hard worker, friendly where Flinty is tough as nails etc. In my script, I wrote: "At the front door stands a smiling likable male duck Donald's age, who -- judging by his appearance -- is a first-rate slacker. (Perhaps he has long hair, sleepy eyes and wears casual clothes?)" Through Egmont, Vicar sent me a colour sketch of how he envisioned Slackjaw, and I immediately agreed to the design. While writing, I only had a vague idea of how Slackjaw should look, but as you can tell from the published story Vicar's design hits all the right spots. (Thanks to a motherboard meltdown, I've since lost that sketch, sadly.)

Glad to hear you like Slackjaw Snorehead, Quackberg. There's a good chance he will reappear.
Maybe a story in which Flintheart and Scrooge are accusing each other of having the laziest nephew, can spawn some sort of "work contest" between the two lazy nephews, that has an important bet with important (embarrassing) stakes for Scrooge and Flinty?

En, ja,-ik ben weer Nederlander!

Maybe I'm thinking of a different issue Lady Quackly.