Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist

Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« on: May 24, 2015, 09:03 PM »
This is definitely some unfamiliar waters for me so I thought I'd just jump right in. My friend, an old VOID user that may be coming back as well, introduced me to VOID about a month ago and I've been a bit busy to really do much or figure out what kinda character I wanted to bring in. I decided I'd run with an OC that kinda got left in the dust before really doing much so I figured it be best if I kinda showed how she has developed in the last little while. Originally she wasn't going to have any super powers or abilities in the world she was intended for which explains her more average appearance however, I figured I might change her up a bit.



Abigail Lynnhaven (Also known as Flash or Abby) was, and is, a journalist for some famous newspaper press called "The Daily Buzz" for which she reported all news to deal with the heroes/villains/ super natural happenings in the world. However, the more I played around with her character the more and more I was liking the idea of her having some powers since both her parents have some kinda of super natural powers themselves. She is basically the Flash in a sense, with super speed and being slightly stronger than your average lady Abby could be a hero whenever she wants... If she ever decides to become a hero that is. With this new approach I decided to freshen up her character a bit, even though it's still far from done, and might even come up with a super heroine costume for her in the design sheet.



Anyway, I was hoping to get some help with maybe design ideas and general anatomical help before making a definite design sheet and making some solid roughs for the intro comic pages. Thank you and sorry for the mass of text!

« Last Edit: May 24, 2015, 09:06 PM by Nana-Banana »

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2015, 12:03 AM »
Welcome to the site! :)) Actually I think you have just the right amount of text for a character intro.

The very first thing I can think of is make sure we can see her hands and feet clearly on the final sheet--that'll be very important. I think the way you're approaching the anatomy is a good start, getting the framework beneath the clothes. Her facial features look a little misshapen--like, if her right eye (well, the eye to th left of the pic) was up a little higher it would look more proportionate.

I'm sure the rest may find more articulate points to further advise you, but those are the things I'd look at first. I do look forward to seeing more from you, as I like the concept and would definitely battle her!

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2015, 10:54 AM »
Welcome to Void!

you definitely want to show off your hands and feet skillz, those are basic necessities. A superspeedster journalist is pretty fresh so if you wanna run with that go ahead!

your legs are on the short side in the bottom page; this happens when you start working on a character drawing from top to bottom, then realize you're running out of space at the bottom. What you want to do is draw the entire figure first before you start getting into the details. that way you can perfect the figure by erasing/redrawing, or using selection tools to reshape/transform proportions to what looks right. Don't stop at any point in the figure too, like for that bottom drawing, don't stop at the heels, go ahead and draw the whole foot.

If you have access to figure drawing that's gonna be something you wanna practice with alot and soon enough anatomy/proportions will become second nature to your process.

can't wait to see some pages!

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2015, 07:56 PM »
First back to Mister Kent: I will definitely get those hands and feet drawn as soon as I can. I'm hoping to get my design sheet mostly done after prom this weekend and in between/after finals. I'll make sure that lazy eye is gone as well :D

Then to Terran: I will extend the page size to make her body all portioned correctly! It's the same thing, some time after prom/finals I'll touch her up and hopefully make Abby look more presentable!

I did get a few roughs of the first two pages done, and after some advice from my friend Elge, who even suggested a full body shot to play with the panels more, (After changes on the first page) I'll finish up a solid draft of the first two pages within the next week or two as well. More info about Abby to come next post, but in the mean time this is some of her old information from my first failed run with her for some additional help figuring out her character: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I0E64CcTmRoiq7FxX_Q9fhrA_ImwsVj518qIwQ8JuS8/edit



Then page 2, I swear everything will make more sense once its all cleaned up,




Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #4 on: Jun 27, 2015, 12:00 AM »
So I have some better roughs of the 1st two pages of the comic, more than likely I will use all four pages but if I can fit it into 3 I will try to do just that! Been busy with graduation, family issues, and getting ready to move again so I haven't had all that much time for wiggle room to even relax let alone draw. So for pg 1 I had a different idea, which I got from my friend Elge, who suggested maybe instead of a choppy panels to panels I have a full body (siloette at least) of Abby in the shower to show a better perspective of things going on? Let me know if that idea sounds cool cause again, this is my first real comic so I'm open to any ideas of suggestions you guys might have. I Really don't have a set idea for the first page so I'm throwing around ideas like this is suppose to have the toilet in the forefront so you see the radio with a faded shower silhouette in the background if that makes sense? I'm just lost on what to do/ how to set up the first page at together really but, second page is more or less gonna be the same set up as I have now.





(Sorry about the size, my friend told me to safe the roughs as JPGs from now on and I will!)

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #5 on: Feb 24, 2016, 08:59 PM »
Since it has been a while since I tried to start doing a character on void I thought I'd give it another go. Lots of personal issues and moving made it hard for me to keep working, along with starting college, but since I do have down time every now and then I thought I could use project to help me simmer down. I don't have my tablet so everything is gonna be good old pencil and paper for the moment. Since I'm almost restarting I thought I'd redraw the first 2 pages ( I'm shorting the comic to 3 pages) to get some general feedback/interest back in my Abby. I'm already planning on resizing the first page to almost fill the entire sheet like the 2nd page but, I just wanted to make sure the story flowed so far. Sorry if it's super big, trying to fix it! Thanks! (Also scanner is scanner :I what can ya do, turns my pic kinda wacky?)


Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #6 on: Feb 24, 2016, 09:13 PM »
look who's back

back again

nana's back

tell a friend


look into a free art program like Fire Alpaca or Gimp to properly size, move and adjust your images, crop out the edges and enhance the lines. It'll take a bit of learning to do but it'll be invaluable for you moving forward. Don't be afraid to google/youtube exactly what it is you want to do, you might be surprised how many links/videos will help you figure out how to set up your pages!

There isn't alot too different here from last time so you'll probably get more critiques with more completed work~

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #7 on: Feb 25, 2016, 03:12 AM »
Abby seems like a really nice character so far :) Can't wait to see her in action soon.

Posemaniacs can serve as a great reference for anatomy, and if you have an artist's wooden mannequin on hand, you can use that to help you with drawing poses.

I'm not very good at explaining anatomy, to be perfectly honest, so I've sketched up some quick examples to keep in mind.



You had the right idea to use stick figures as a base to build and position your character, but if you mark balljoints to your stick figures, it'll give you a better idea of where the shoulders, wrists, elbows, knees and ankles join. You could trace the stick figure skeleton on some photo references to get an idea of the pose and the joints, and once you got the hang of them, practise drawing them free hand.



Arms don't look this straight and pointy, well not for mature female characters in this case. They tend to be curvy and sleek looking, and note how the elbow juts out at some angles. Incidentally, if your character was a child, then the arms (as well as legs and waist) would be less curvy and more straight-ish.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f79/JayKat88/shower%20steam_zpsibyvs79w.png

This is kind of NSWF-ish, just to be safe. If you're worried about showing off 'bits', particularly in shower scenes, you could always draw steam and highlight the figure with hatching or any type of shading.
« Last Edit: Feb 25, 2016, 03:43 AM by JayKat »

Re: Abigail Lynnhaven; The Journalist
« Reply #8 on: Feb 25, 2016, 08:04 AM »
Hi there! You've definitely got some weaknesses in the anatomy department, especially with the legs and overall proportion. We have a tutorial and reference section here, so definitely take a look:

http://entervoid.com/index.php?topic=12176.0

There are ones in there specifically for hands, feet and legs as well. The best advice I think we can give you is to practice practice practice. Anatomy is something you have to study and really work on. Doing quick gesture drawings also helps a lot.

I noticed on the first post you had a little drawing that you pasted in the corner (inspiration maybe?) with exaggerated anatomy. There is nothing wrong with drawing figures in a stylized way, but I can tell you that anyone that is good at that learned proper anatomy first, THEN stylized it into their own personal way. That way, it's still not technically "correct", but it still ends up feeling right because the core understanding is there. So, I'm not discouraging you from putting your own personal spin on your art, but I am strongly encouraging you to study real anatomy. Things like what JayKat said about elbows, how the legs connect to the torso and how they move, the proportion of the legs to the rest of the body and where the hands fall next to the legs.. All of those little details are going to really help!
Keep posting and drawing, and if you need help with anything specific, just ask.

 

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