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on June 13, 2012 at 4:24 amPosted In: Blog
SOLD! The Buckets comic strips that were donated to the Team Cul De Sac Book to raise money for Parkinson’s disease did pretty well in the auction: $310.70! Less than some entries but more than most. The Bill Watterson painting of Petey went for over $13,000. Yow. Anyhow, if you were one of the bidders, many thanks goes to you. The auction raised over $50,000 to go toward research to end Parkinson’s Disease. You guys did good.
Click on the cartoon if you need to see them bigger.
Jun14
I’ve mentioned here before that I’m no darn good at the ol’ cheesecake illustrations. Cheesecake, for anyone still wondering, is the ‘Pinup Girl’ style art.
So, what does a cartoonist who’s been very kindly complimented on his ability to draw people and expressions DO when he has to admit that there’s a whole class of figure drawings that he’s ruinously crappy at? Copy somebody who’s GOOD at it and see what makes those drawings work, then incorporate the bits that feel right and adapt the ones that don’t. In other words, you go back to being 8, and you trace and copy and erase and you get pleasantly surprised by what you can find out. And the next time you pick up a pencil, you leave the reference behind and you don’t suck as much when you draw your own stuff.
So! In an effort at full disclosure and pointing out what’s what, these poses came from Chris Sanders‘ Sketchbook #4. Mr. Sanders is the genius behind the character designs (and more) of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. He is, I’m sure everyone agrees, amazing.
I’m still rotten at drawing athletically fit women, but I’m happy to be learnin’.
I love the puns. Decent, odd for comics
Hmm. Not all events create revenue. If Hubris is not careful he could drown in debt afterwards.
Ahhhhh. And it might be funny.
I…I refuse to take the bait. I’ll let you finish this because I’m sure no one want to be told what to write next.