What do you think of this draft?

[Chrisgotjar]

Hello Newgrounds!

I've been meaning to try my hand at animation for some time but since it's been going rather slow for me I've decided to create a comedy webcomic series to help improve my art skills.

I've only been drawing for about a year or two and that's just doodling on and off... Mainly off.
So I'm not very skilled at the moment.

Anyway Here's the Point: I've drawn a first draft of the pilot comic. No text or background (if I put a background in the pilot... Not sure yet) and I wanted to know what you guys & gals think of it. Plus I'd appreciate any suggestions and help too :).

Here's the link to me dump http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/7f26fd3109edeacaf13d3b5c 09f02412">The Draft It was a bit too big to upload directly.

Thanks!

[JKR]

Step one is going to be starting to actually practice drawing. Not "on and off doodling" but really get down to FOCUSING. Spend at least 20 minutes every day learning to draw solid, three dimensional shapes. Right now the character is very flat, and that will be much improved with hard work and actual effort.

One of the best exercises I've found is practicing the Flour Sack. It will help you draw more dimensionally and think in a 3D way. Here's a comic tutorial on it: http://www.animatorisland.com/?p=1 and then you can find many, many examples if you do a Google search. Pick out the best ones, and try to look at the differences between images you find that are solid and excellent, and the ones done by beginners that are very flat.

All in all it will take work to improve, and that's where you want to start, at the foundation. It can be a struggle at first because you won't be great at it right away, but keep it simple until you really get a good feeling for solid drawing, and then the sky will be the limit for you.

Much luck!

[Chrisgotjar]

Thanks a bunch! These flour sacks are great, i've drawn a whole load of them plus a few of my own.

I'll keep working on these over the weekend and post something up on Monday.

[JKR]

At 6/15/12 05:32 PM, Chrisgotjar wrote: Thanks a bunch! These flour sacks are great, i've drawn a whole load of them plus a few of my own.

I'll keep working on these over the weekend and post something up on Monday.

Sounds good! Can't wait to see it.