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lookingland ([personal profile] lookingland) wrote2006-02-22 02:38 pm

the day's no-brainer ~

the dogs have been parked (and subsequently parked in snoozeland after non-stop running for 30 minutes).

i then parked my potatoes to make page 4 and have come to the briliant conclusion that the more complex the "shot" you're trying to render, the more time it takes!

i haven't finished page 4. there are two panels of eugenie lighting the cigarette that come before this shot, but this was the toughie, so i did it first. i think it came out all right! it's more or less what i wanted, angle-wise, so i'm pleased. some things i learned from doing this panel:
1. depth of field is less skeery than i previously thought. i did all right here without too much bloodshed.

2. if you don't want to draw knickers on transvestites, that's where the foreground obstructions and speech bubbles come in handy.

3. finding greytones for the various planes is a lot harder than it looks. i actually have to work at it here.



the "griffe du diable"


i think the picture is done except that it's missing something red. maybe the little green jewel of the absinthé is sufficient, maybe i'll color eugenie's lips red in the close-ups ~ dunno. i'll have to play with it when i actually finish the page.

i don't like the way the first balloon is covering the shoe (it's a good shoe), so i may move it a little. my favorite thing in the whole picture is Anselm's bare foot. i also just noticed i forgot to put the smoke coming off the cigarette ~ will fix that too.

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[identity profile] utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com 2006-02-22 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. My favorite bit is the mirror image.

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
ah, the happy accident of the mirror ~ it's all right, huh? totally unexpected.

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[identity profile] la-vita-nuova.livejournal.com 2006-02-22 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
YES on coloring Eugenie's lips & cheeks. Also, what is with the foot that is turned toward the viewer? Ohh, her foot is bent back, I see it now. Maybe it would be easier to see if the toe of the shoe were a bit bigger though. The bare foot looks great!

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
feet and hands are the hardest part of the anatomy to draw ~ i'm lousy with both, so when they approximate human features, i get excited ~ hahahaha.

and you're right ~ i prolly shoulda rouged eugenie's cheeks a little perhaps.

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