Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I Am Not Popular



25 comments:

MrGoodson2 said...

I like the anatomy delineation. Lot of nice draftsmanship ideas there stylewise. Looks like a brochure for a play.

Tom Moon said...

Yes. I'm thinking a muscical comedy.

MrGoodson2 said...

As I study this, your anatomy is very good and obviously knowledgeable. But the draftsmanship, calligraphy of it has a smidge of Kirby to it. Which I like. And Kirby was all about anatomy , schmatomy, is it dynamic. So nice blend. Lot of energy and cool accuracy.

Rickart said...

Detail where it's needed and simplification where it's not. Love the dynamic shapes. The color is working well on here, too.

At first blush, seeing the word "Noel" makes it looks like you are making some sort of Christmas statement. Is that were this is going?

MrGoodson2 said...

Tom, I did a quick edit on your art. Do you want to see it? I had one Tagster blow out a vacuum tube when I edited his art. I thought I'd best ask first.

Tom Moon said...

Ha ha. Please show me the edited art.

Tom Moon said...

I'm not sure why I picked Noel. Maybe it was a reference to Noel Coward. Anyway, it sounds like a most civilized name in contrast to the action taking place.

MrGoodson2 said...

Ok. I'll add it to this post. And then I'll delete it at the end of the day. Your job, one and all, is to spot the difference in my version.

Tom Moon said...

I cheated. I took both pictures into Photoshop and put them on different layers, then clicked the top layer on and off. A definite improvement Ellis, and a valuable lesson for me! Thanks. In case I've never said it before, I have learned a lot over the years just observing your drawings as you post them on this site. I don't think you should delete your version.

MrGoodson2 said...

Mine is the Frazetta deal of the silhouette should rule vs realism. This one

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UqsRf118B2I/SG8458LDNwI/AAAAAAAACPg/fLg1pn9RVkY/s400/00057980.jpg

Every artist in the world would figure out where her other arm was and have it doing something.

Yours is great. Like I said earlier it's got Kirby energy and great poses etc. I just wanted to make a little visual note that occurred to me.

MrGoodson2 said...

Actually , the only reason I did this was the guy who blew the tube made the comment "You never do that with Tom Moon!"

Tom Moon said...

The other day I ran across a drawing you did of my comic characters which you posted on TAG. A robot, a super-hero, and a fat bird all fighting. It made me laugh.

Tom Moon said...

Your link is invalid when I paste it into the browser.

MrGoodson2 said...

Hmm . It works for me when I corral all of it. I have to look that piece of art up. I remember it just slightly.

Tom Carroll said...

I love it when you two guys blab at one another! It really makes me posting almost unnecessary.

Rickart said...

That was pretty instructive, Ellis... that's for sharing that. And Thanks to Tom for allowing it.

MrGoodson2 said...

Did you get your colors with photoshop or with pencil color?

Tom Moon said...

I drew the whole thing using blue pencils, scanned it and took it into Photoshop and played with the Levels and Colors.

Tom Moon said...

Funny you would post just now Ellis. I was wondering who, if anybody, would be looking in on the TAG site on Thanksgiving Day. I was going to leave a comment just to see who would respond to it.

MrGoodson2 said...

Just eat your fucking turkey and leave me alone!

MrGoodson2 said...

I kid. Between psychotic episodes.

Rickart said...

Present and accounted for!

Beata said...

Does the day after Thanksgiving count?

Ron said...

Tom's puzzling art always promotes several looks. I thought it was Noel Gallagher and the rest of Oasis were having one of their usual spats. Happy Day After...

Tom Moon said...

Day After Thanksgiving counts half a point.

Left over dark meat and stuffing is the best.