_spec's stinky sketchbook

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I think most of his parts are too similar in size like his knife blade is almost the same size as his head, and almost cuts on the same horizontal line of the canvas as his head. Id suggest making his blade much longer to contrast the shapes overall.

Also his pose is silly, but doesnt feel too involved. I think it kinda works for the cartoon style, but ultimately he could be way more engaged in what hes doing. Its like hes doing 4 things at once? hes kicking his legs out, hes throwing a green ball, hes screaming, and hes got a sword. Pick one thing and make the image about that action. Where's Waldo is a book where theres just too much to look at, it doesnt feel powerful gesture wise.

https://i.redd.it/f0hdwidwpmi31.jpg

See how his whole body is engaged in the action, always think of that when making a dynamic pose!

Always appreciated!

Looking at it now, there really is quite a lot of shape repetition here. Probably shoulda tweak the actual design after pulling it from my sketchbook.Agree with the pose too- good analogy.
I do kinda like this guy, so I was thinking of tackling another painting of him. Maybe this time around I'll try to tighten up the design and find a more purposeful and unified action/pose.

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A friend recently told me about Peleng/Sergey's new speedpainting forum, so I thought I'd try out one of his prompts and do my first "speedpaint" in a few years haha. Hoping in the coming days I can make an account there and share more there if I do (hopefully) make a habit out of it! But honestly, just posting updates on this site can be hard some days just because how busy I've been, but we'll see.
Anyways, this prompt was bitter truth.