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MichaelDooney — TMNT group shot process
Published: 2010-02-25 18:49:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 2337; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 288
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While I do my share of Turtle commission drawings, I never do full groupshots but for some reason I broke my rule here so I figgered I'd document it
Here's the process from rough to final marker tones and painted highlights (I'll post the final pic separately). I've drawn the Turtles long enough that I really don't need to get too detailed at the pencil stage. These days I like working on this light green board so the white highlights really pop.Oh yeah, did I mention I don't do group shots
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Ah AWESOME! I love seeing the process! *u*
Do you use lightboard (or what's the name) to trace down the sketch for the inking..? YOu don't directly draw to the original sketch, do you? o.o
It's not blue print, this is only what I can tell XD;
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I do draw directly on the board. Often I will rough out the sketch in a small thumbnail size (a couple of inches) then blow that up and light table the layout onto the final board and start penciling from there, but for these con sketches I just jump in and pencil on the board.
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Oh WOW impressive!
And you are able to erease? I do it often so messy that I couldn't erease the pencil perfectly and it looks quite..ugly.
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Very, very cool. I absolutely love seeing the process behind completed works, so thanks a ton for posting this. Do you mind if I ask what sort of pencil/lead you used for this? My biggest problem right now is finding the right pencil that doesn't smudge much and erases smoothly after I apply some inks. I've tried harder leads and putting scrap paper under my hand but I still can't avoid smudges. Thanks Mike!
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I agree that pencil lead can be messy, but I've stopped fighting it, and now I just make a mess and then erase it all after the ink is dry. For this I used a 4b pencil which is very soft and smudgy but it helps me move quickly and stay loose. Often I'll do all the roughing out with a light blue pencil (colorerase) then tighten up the drawing with a lead pencil before inking.
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Cool, thanks for the info! Whatever your methods are, the end result is always impressive.
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I LOVE seeing you progress! It helps me in my work. do you teach a workshop? Lol I wanna learn from you!
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sorry no workshops. My favorite advice I heard was from Chuck Jones, get a giant stack of paper and start drawing and there is a really good drawing on the bottem page
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