Thanks Vince, I don’t normally scan the pencil of the comic, since I use real ink but this pencil was appealing and I thought if I mess up the ink at least I have the scan to prove that the original drawing was good 😉 Then I came up with the idea to animate all 3 stages.
It’s all in the gesture! That’s where you get the energy and ‘funny’ into your drawings. So I always spend time practicing each drawing on a sketch pad by drawing big circles and blobs for the heads and bodies of my characters. This helps me ‘anchor’ them into place and make them feel real. Be sure to always get a good under-drawing happening before committing to the final. No amount of style can make up for a poorly balanced drawing.
So get crazy and start making ‘gestural drawings’! 🙂
When drawing on the outer edge of your panel, it’s important to extend the drawing as if you were drawing the whole character. Even if parts will get cut off it is a good idea to draw them to get a feeling for where things are supposed to fall. For example in this drawing, Peckinpaw is off to the side and his shoulder is mostly cut off even though I drew the shoulder. Without the shoulder I wouldn’t know where to put his arms and hands. Also note that his left arm is drawn even though I won’t see it because of the book in front of it. That way I know exactly where to put his fingers.
I call this ‘backdrawing’ or drawing in the round. 🙂
Here is a picture of my collection of metal drawing nibs. I have gathered these throughout the years and although I only use a very specific type for drawing and lettering, I like keeping them. The ones I use on the strip are in the little plastic box in the foreground. The techniques I use to draw are very old fashioned to some. Although I do use a tablet for doing commercial work, the plastic ‘sliding’ feeling of drawing on a tablet won’t work for the strip. I like the feel of drawing on paper and inking with nibs.
13 thoughts on “ICECUBES the comic strip #0236 Animated!”
J.P. Keslensky
Nicely done there Leroy. Is that real time or time lapsed. Just kidding.
Leroy Brown
Ha ha thanks Bugs, it’s actually slow motion 😉
Leroy Brown
I hope you don’t mind that I called you Bugs? I just really like the name of your comic!
bernard tardy
Love the animation….Great…
Leroy Brown
Thank you! 🙂
Mark Stokes
Just fab, Leroy! Very creative!
Leroy Brown
Thank you Mark! It was fun to do. 🙂
Vince
Love this. Great way to show your process. -v
Leroy Brown
Thanks Vince, I don’t normally scan the pencil of the comic, since I use real ink but this pencil was appealing and I thought if I mess up the ink at least I have the scan to prove that the original drawing was good 😉 Then I came up with the idea to animate all 3 stages.
Todd
Cool stuff Mr. Brown!
Leroy Brown
Thanks Todd! 🙂
CPUGuy1
Very Good Effects!
Keep up the good work.
Leroy Brown
Cheers Mr CPU! 🙂 Thank you so much for the nice comments.
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