Dan's Blog-O-Matic: March 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

O: Orca

Geez, I get half way through the alphabet and then I just stop to pursue other interests. LAME! Let me just say, my bad. I should never do something half way.

When last I left the animal kingdom I should have done "O." I chose the orca or as they are known in popular circles, the killer whale. I drew one before these two that came out very generic. I've always had this problem in my drawings. When I cartoon something I tend to focus too much on the realistic aspects of something and in the process lose what would make a better cartoon version. It's the same with my caricatures. I worry so much about likeness that I don't get bold with my exaggerations. Making my pictures nice but boring. That's part of why I'm doing these exercises. One, to draw things I might not generally draw and two, to develop my drawing to create pictures with more energy and life.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Cowardly Lion takes up Karate

Recently I had drawn a bunch of gag comics featuring only animals. I'm going through this phase where I don't want to draw people (probably because as a caricature artist that's ALL I draw). I've been sitting on them for a few months because I was waiting to see how things went in the contest (see previous post). As the contest is over for me, I have felt the desire to revisit them. I just need to slap some color on them and I'll start posting them here.

This particular gag is actually an old one for me that I recycled. The original featured a little boy practicing his karate in the backyard. It just seemed to fit so well for the Cowardly Lion since there really are talking trees in Oz. I would show you the original but I'd die of shame. I mean I drew it with a stinkin' sharpie people!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

The Brothers Duck

I tried my luck at a competition over at the Cartoonist Studio at the start of the year. I didn't do so hot. I lasted 4 weeks out of 10. I'm a little sad but I'm a big boy, I'll get over it. The comic I created was called, the Brothers Duck. It was about two brothers named Toby and Rusty. Anyways, here are the ten comics I submitted to them for the contest. If you were following the contest you only saw the first four. Also, I made more than ten, so expect more ducks in future post.