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Misplaced Lens Cap
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@picoide
This blog aten’t dead, I promise! For some reason for the past few months I’ve wanted to draw only high fantasy in my spare time, and then commercial work set out to destroy my schedule. So I’ve been drawing orcs and pretty flowers, but (unfortunately) not sharing the same canvas.
As far as Trek goes, I’m stalled somewhere in the middle of VOY (I think Kes just temporarily turned evil on us) and I’m this close --> <-- to finishing TNG. Season seven is somethin’ else.
Thank you so much! I’m grinning ear-to-ear over here. :D
I mulled over your question a bit and my answers are still all over the place. On the one hand I want to wax on and on about how important life studies are (for speed and general knowledge), on the other I want to emphasize how important a foundation in cartooning has been (for knowing how and when to simplify), and on the third hand is some long rambling speech about trying to forget all of the above and just enjoy drawing for a bit.
Art is...so many things at the same time, it’s a bit of a mess. A specific thought I keep coming back to, though, is how much the simple ballpoint pen has helped me out over the years: it forces you to run with ‘mistakes’ that you may make early on in the drawing and make use of ‘em instead of getting stuck erasing every attempt at a line.
As for recommendations, here are three artists I’ve stared at, copied, and emulated a lot when it comes to line and construction:
George B. Bridgman (big pdf link!) - His books on constructive anatomy are just a godsend, particularly to people like me who tend to fall short on rote memorization. He breaks everything into manageable (and visually digestible and replicable) shapes and it all makes a whole lot of dang sense.
T. S. Sullivant - Please view the drawings on this blog in high-res- this guy’s inkwork, hatching, and combination of caricature and realism is just the best thing. ;; Pay attention to how good the silhouettes are, even if the shapes of the figures themselves are exaggerated or presented at a strange angle.
Heinrich Kley - ...I’ve had such a raging crush on this art for so many years, CAN YOU TELL? Swoopy loose lines and animals standing up!! More seriously, I’ve got such admiration for how Kley manipulates human and animal form into such odd positions while keeping the bones intact, haha.
...and there are so, so many more. I wanted to branch into about six other artists while typing about the first one, and now I’m itching to make a more contemporary list!
Hope this helped you out a little, and good luck with everything! Any of you feel free to send me a message blabbing about art ANY TIME, y’hear? :D
furiously ignores reptilian facial structure
More OC nonsense! So far: Short Punky Ferengi Lady* has roped a small crew together on her (totally legal and fiscally legit) quest to find a rumored remaining stash of Jevonite in/around post-canon Cardassia. Cardassian Defector Pilot is unsure about all of this, despite defying her own government for years. I don’t know Tall Ferengi Guy’s motivation in all of this yet, but eyyy that’s the fun part.
* (who’s totally my answer to Pel and I’m sad things didn’t work out for the actress)
Kai Winnnnn
Screwing around with bigger ears and slightly gelada-like/lesser-ape-like markings for Bajorans. I’m fond of it, but elongating the ears that way (and going for a primate look) definitely runs parallel to key features of the Vorta, so I dunno...
Neelix is a hyena-lookin’-thing now, I guess.
(There was a truly tragic looking Tom Paris attached to the sketch, hence the ghost arm, omg)
Wow, things are happening. In the meantime, here’s a song that’s always induced gut-wrenching space feelings in me...if you like that sort of thing. B]
Commission for @ladyvean of her beautiful ‘dassie OC! ✨
Being fairly new to Trek means I’m late on all the jokes ‘n memes, but if y’all haven’t read Larp Trek...it’s fun
normally wouldn’t share something this silly/rough, but it brought me some peace to make- might bring it to someone else too. Be well!
Just watched the Voyager ep where Tuvok is a stand-up guy and a good dad and I had a lot of feelings…and now I get to watch “The Thaw” and “Tuvix”
This show is a CIRCUS
Jadzia being infectious ❤️️
Another sketch that got out of hand- I just wanted all three of the DS9 gossipmasters in one room!
I have about 80,000 things that need doing, but I just want to draw moody Trek art accompanied by only the finest Pink Floyd songs thankyouverymuch
Today’s my first Trek-anniversary, so here’s an OC ‘dassie lady mirroring my own expression- I luv y’all, and hope ‘17 treats you well!
Odo zoning out and turning a little transparent
More ‘A Stitch in Time’ stuff, and another WIP: Garak instigating his apology to Parmak