The Tiger of Malaysia

There was a period in my childhood in which I had no game consoles, and the cable company didn't have service in the neighborhood, just outside of the town, in which me and my family lived. Reluctantly. I took reading as my source of escapism, and it was Treasure Island what finally hooked me into reading (and that only because of Takarajima, which was my favorite cartoon back when we lived near civilization and delicius cable).

Treasure Island got me so much into pirates, that after finishing that I DEVOURED the whole Sandokan series. What does that have to do with anything? Well, today on the train I saw a dude that looked EXACTLY like I used to imagine the character in my head! It is an uncanny feeling. Here are some sketches.

More sketches

Some of the doodles I've been making trying to understand variables of character design. These are about neotenic features in faces. If you have ever seen Fred Moore's drawings of cute ladies, you know what I am talking about: The tall forehead, the small nose, the big eyes, etc. I am not sure if switching the ratio has exactly the opposite effect, but it is still and interesting variable.I wonder how a monster like Medusa would look if Fred Moore drew it?  I also wonder if we have moved past these assumptions about beauty, or if we can use them to challenge our expectations regarding characters?

Overheat

This is an iPad sketch I did in a hot summer evening. Make sure your computer stays cool!

cartoons from observation, sometimes on Tuesdays

A page from the sketchbook

Since work leaves me so little time to do finished pieces, sketches and figure drawing sessions will have to do. At least until I put together my portfolio again. The good news is that todayI got a chance to see how my first illustrated books are going to be printed. I can't wait until August when they are released!  In any case, have sketches of a jogging cat lady :)

Tuesdays are fun

Full shade

So it turns out that my buddy just wanted a black and white, no background, fully shaded version of the boxing lady. So here it goes! I took Marilyn Monroe's face and I figured out the pose with a simple 3D model (not very accurate in proportions, as the trained eye may be able to tell).