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Topic: Show off your art Pt. 2

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Quackberg
Great Christmas card, Robb_K! Happy Holidays!
Dutch Duckfan Down Under
Deyanmegara
To that picture you can also add the following from me:

Have a great time, everyone!
Robb_K
Car313
BEST WISHES TO ALL!!! :)

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/l/u/fef9b74b3fd65239c2cff994d210b354/4517843.jpg

my version after a Jacovitti artwork! it says in greek: 'more than mickey I like Donald' and 'duck in sauce'
thank you!
Robb_K
Robb_K
Very nice! Especially Popeye and Snoopy.
Debbie
It's kind of a meet and greet of some of my favorite characters (and the comics I've been reading in 2012, between Fantagraphics' great Disney and Peanuts books, BOOM's new Peanuts comics and IDW's two Popeye comics). It started out as just a sketch I was going to leave in the employee lounge at work which was originally going to be all Peanuts characters, but then I decided to add Donald, Mickey and Popeye the Sailor Man for some odd reason. Then I didn't want to give it away, so I finished it and colored it at home. Donald, Mickey and Popeye were the toughest of the characters here to get right. Snoopy is a character I could draw almost with my eyes closed, as I've been drawing him for years.
Mr. M
I have all Fantagraphics Popeye's and those are some amazing comics which I recomend to all comic fans out there... some very clever and funny stuf...

BTW -> HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! :)
Robb_K
Olivier
Very nice drawings, Debbie! Thanks!

McDuck Menu, I love what you do! Beautiful style.
I like seeing the pencil lines and line drawing, but do you ever ink what you do? Are these not inked for lack of time, or intentionally?

This cover is very interesting, Rob. thanks for sharing the original.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/Robb_K/Pool-1.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/Robb_K/Pool2-1.jpg
The stories are quite different.
In your story, Donald uses a brush so he can't miss the ball, but is mindful of the pool table's felt top; at first glance, I thought playing like this would be difficult because of the friction of the brush against the felt, but the shadows show it's actually hovering over it.
Was the brush neccessary, since there's no contact? What about using a casino's roulette rake? Granted, the brush looks more natural (easier to find).
The final version adds background story: Donald has ripped the felt and switched for the harmless upside-down garden rake; that's pretty cute.
You had a nice gag; adding a bit of story does enrich it.
(Hey, I had not noticed until now that the inker added a stool as well)
What do you think? Do you wish you had thought of adding such background story, or do you prefer your simpler original gag?
Dutch Duckfan Down Under
Most drawings I show here are ??inked??, because I color them on the computer. Truth is, I work much better with an HB pencil, like here.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7606/happynewyear2013w.jpg
Unlike most other drawings, this one is enlarged. A lot. I drew it on a 9x9 cm paper.
As for 1912-1913, I??ve been doing a lot with Scrooge in the early 20th century later. This only seemed fitting.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8053/victorianbanks.jpg
A more Victorian picture, meant to imitate those line drawings that were so popular back then.

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/6480/duckburg.jpg
And an art-deco tourist poster from the 60s. I chose the red-yellow-blue Italian money bin, because it??s more colorful. Cornelius Coot??s statue is done from memory, as you might??ve guessed.
Robb_K
Quote from user: OlivierVery nice drawings, Debbie! Thanks!

McDuck Menu, I love what you do! Beautiful style.
I like seeing the pencil lines and line drawing, but do you ever ink what you do? Are these not inked for lack of time, or intentionally?

This cover is very interesting, Rob. thanks for sharing the original.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/Robb_K/Pool-1.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/Robb_K/Pool2-1.jpg
The stories are quite different.
In your story, Donald uses a brush so he can't miss the ball, but is mindful of the pool table's felt top; at first glance, I thought playing like this would be difficult because of the friction of the brush against the felt, but the shadows show it's actually hovering over it.
Was the brush neccessary, since there's no contact? What about using a casino's roulette rake? Granted, the brush looks more natural (easier to find).
The final version adds background story: Donald has ripped the felt and switched for the harmless upside-down garden rake; that's pretty cute.
You had a nice gag; adding a bit of story does enrich it.
(Hey, I had not noticed until now that the inker added a stool as well)
What do you think? Do you wish you had thought of adding such background story, or do you prefer your simpler original gag?

I can draw fairly well with pencil. My inking (like many artists) is not on the professional standard. Inking is a separate skill that requires years of practise/training to master. There is no sense in submitting an inked drawing to a publisher if there is a chance that a pencil drawing will be bought. The inks have to be done by someone else, in any case. My inking would ruin a good pencil drawing. The stool was added because I neglected to consider how Donald could reach so far across the table. He is not really tall enough for that with his feet on the floor. I prefer my simple gag that the wide brush makes it much easier for an inexperienced pool player to control the cue ball (pushing it straight) than the tiny-pointed cue stick. The inexperienced shooter doesn't know how to aim correctly, to ensure that the cueball strikes the object ball in the proper spot (and with the proper spin) to knock that ball into the pocket (hole). The best chance for the inexperienced shooter is to have the balls lined up perfectly straight to the hole, and to strike the cueball straight on. That is easier to do with a thick, wide surface on a stick, than with a small, circular tip. Ripping the table cover is an entirely different gag, and not very funny to me. So, I didn't like or agree with the gag change by the editors.