[Thanatos]

Man I don't know why I never post to this forum, I know I can benifit from it. (I usually have a strange addiction to msg forums)

Anyhow, I did some lineart of a shape shift still forming (thus all the distortions on his body)... Tell me what you think, suggestions on how to improve it.... Tear it apart as long as you give suggestions while you're at it. Oh yeah color it if you want to, I don't care just as long as you don't take credit for the entire image.



Shape Shifter full size

Thanks in advance for everything.

[This message has been edited by Thanatos (edited December 01, 2000).]

[Matt Elder]

G'day and I would say welcome to the forum but looks like you've been quite for a long time. Initially the image struck me as a bit slopply but then I had a look and saw that you where trying to do something a little bit different. I thought you were trying to draw a guy on fire.

There are a few problems that you might like to have a think about. On the characters right arm, that is the closest thing that looks like something morphing/distorting. Mainly because the shapes aren't closed like those on the chest (which don't look as if they are coming from the character but more just tacked on).

While this arm is good, it is still suffering like other parts of the image because the effect is too prominate. What I mean by this is that it is difficult to try to make out what the actual character is because you are too distracted by the morphing agents - particularly the characters left arm (I can't make out what that area is, is there a tail there?)

The other main thing is that there is no variation in line thickness. You only use one thickness of line the whole way. Coming from this is you don't have any shadows anywhere and the character lacks a little depth.

For this effect, you might like to check out comics with Venon or Carnage in them (spiderman supporting characters) to see one way that people draw this morphing idea.

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[Thanatos]

"G'day and I would say welcome to the forum but looks like you've been quite for a long time. Initially the image struck me as a bit slopply but then I had a look and saw that you where trying to do something a little bit different. I thought you were trying to draw a guy on fire."

Heh, yeah I've 'been' here forever. I always check these boards but never post on em.

"There are a few problems that you might like to have a think about. On the characters right arm, that is the closest thing that looks like something morphing/distorting. Mainly because the shapes aren't closed like those on the chest (which don't look as if they are coming from the character but more just tacked on)."

The character's chest is basically "finished forming"... But it could have used a little work.

"While this arm is good, it is still suffering like other parts of the image because the effect is too prominate. What I mean by this is that it is difficult to try to make out what the actual character is because you are too distracted by the morphing agents - particularly the characters left arm (I can't make out what that area is, is there a tail there?)"

Yeah there's a tail there, the character's left arm was done pretty badly.

"The other main thing is that there is no variation in line thickness. You only use one thickness of line the whole way. Coming from this is you don't have any shadows anywhere and the character lacks a little depth."

Wait, you're saying the way it's drawn it wouldn't have shadows... right? Because this is lineart, it isn't supposed to be shaded. But I'll look more into depth... That's prolly the #1 area where my drawings (all of them in general) suffer.

"For this effect, you might like to check out comics with Venon or Carnage in them (spiderman supporting characters) to see one way that people draw this morphing idea."

Heh, my brother actually pointed out that he looked similar to Carnage when I finished, ah well. If anyone has any real depth tutorials, that'll help a bunch. I get more out of studying tutorials than drawings... It's easier to remember words and simple pictures for me. (not imaginary things that don't exsist)

[This message has been edited by Thanatos (edited December 01, 2000).]