Sunday, June 26, 2011

Rhino from Spider-man


More practice with MS Paint.  I found these drawings in the same spider-man coloring book as a previous post of Cat Woman and as before with Cat Woman took a digital picture of them and then traced them using MS Paint.  I think my technique is getting better and that the drawings turned out pretty good.
What do you think?

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Twinkle Twinkle

This was done as practice for sketching with MS Paint, it's a cross-stitch that was done for our son when he was first born.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Baby Blanket

This was done as practice for sketching with MS Paint, it's a blanket that my wife made for our son when he was just a baby.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Tigger and Pooh


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Pooh tackled by Tigger.
I decided to color this one just for fun, but no shadows.  Maybe next time.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Layout Sketch (Draft)

It's a good idea to start with a Layout Sketch (or Draft Sketch), to get you started on drawing the real thing.

This step will help you get the proportions right.
Start with a grey Layout or Draft Sketch as shown.
Once you are satisfied with the grey Layout or Draft Sketch, draw over top of it with another color (black) to create your final drawing.  (I replaced the grey in the following picture with red to make it distinguishable from the black, although in practice the grey works well because it kind of blends in).
Then remove the grey from the final drawing.  (Use Color Replacer).
If you have no idea how to use Color Replacer, see A Few MS Paint Tips.

Congratulations, now you know the steps I use to create a basic cartoon drawing.