Robo6 In reply to ericdixon [2009-03-08 16:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Ok,

Well if your going for a the Caricature look then you need to understand real faces. The most important thing on a persons face are thier eyes. You can cover a persons entire face leaving the eyes open and you can tell whi that person is. And of course the rest of the face is equaly important. The thing to remeber when doing caricatures is that you need to keep a level of consitensy with the facial features relative to what it looks like in real life. Simply just exagerate the persons features while keeping the basics unique shapes of that persons features. And I cant stress enough, practice, practice, practice, practice. And more practice. I draw 12-14 hours a day.

To add to that dont try to draw it slow and get all the lines just right. Do rapid sketches. That way you can work out the features a lot better. Then take your approved sketch and trace over it with tight lines. Its a little difficult to explain it like this. I hope that helped out if not you can call me. Ill send u my number in a note.

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Robo6 In reply to FabledFiend [2009-01-27 16:19:09 +0000 UTC]

I mostly like american comics. I do like Anime related material but I dont practice that particular art style. I draw a lot so I have been out of touch latley in the comicbook arena. But I am currently reading, Ultimates 3 by Joe Mad(this is my favorite comicbookartist), Iron& The Maiden by Francis C, and Sky Runner by Garza. Im a visual guy and I like story as well. A lot of the comics out there manga and american hire these low brow artist to tell these stories and its irratating. So its been kinda hard for me to find anything that I like. I mean the story can be awesome. But if the artist is a hack I cant read it.

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FabledFiend In reply to Robo6 [2009-01-27 16:26:02 +0000 UTC]

i do agree that the comic industry everywhere is hiring artist of low calibur now-a-days. I mean what can you do if they are ready to make money before they make art that is bound to happen. I have to have a near flawless design concept before i read a book...so if you don't mind me asking have you gone to school, do you work on any professional projects, or are you justs freelance?

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Robo6 In reply to FabledFiend [2009-01-27 16:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Yes I did attend school. I studies 3D art/animation at School Of communication Arts in Raleigh, NC. Self taught artist with some highschool art classes under my belt. Didnt really learn a great deal there. Im currently working on a comicbook series called Nephilim which Im nearly done on this series. Lead designer for the whole project which is also being made into a movie. This will be my for foray into comics and its been a great learning experiece for me. And my art has improved 3 fold due to the sheer amount of drawing i have to do each day for the comic. You can check out IMDB.com and search for Nephilim to see info on the movie and Nephilimthemovie.com and Nephilimthecomic.com.

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FabledFiend In reply to Robo6 [2009-01-27 16:38:26 +0000 UTC]

sweet good luck man!

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Robo6 In reply to racheview [2008-09-07 13:21:27 +0000 UTC]

Rache!!!!!! Awwwwww buddy thnx. Yup thats my baby girl. She is 1yrs old now and just is into everything. Wow its really good to hear from you friend. I been mad busy lady working on this comic book. And I been doing some inbetween work latley to earn extra cash. The comic book is taking up most of my time. So hopefully in the next few months I can put up some more personal work. Its always good to hear from you Rache. Ill keep you guys posted and will be hittn up our site soon also. Much love and give your family my blessings!!

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Robo6 In reply to Mr-King55 [2008-05-30 21:02:57 +0000 UTC]

No problem boss!

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Robo6 In reply to Mr-King55 [2008-05-20 13:42:07 +0000 UTC]

No problem brother. Always in search of unique styles. And thatnk you for the fav!! Everyone seems to like that one. It gets the most hits, lol.

Hhaha yea. I use sketchbook pro 2 exclusively with a wacom tab. Drawing digitally is basicaly the same as drawing on paper. U just have a little more option at your disposal. However using the wacoms take a little getting used to. I love my tablet but very soon here I should have a Wacom Cintiq. That will allow me to draw naturally as I can draw directly on the screen as if I had a huge sketchbook in my lap, and still have all the tools available to me. Currently the way Im set up now is my tabs to my right. So I never ever look at the tablet just the screen. But Im not complaining, lol. Check out the wacom site, they have some good deals on refurb tabs. Look forward to seeing you grow in the digital area. Your first attemp with Photoshop is good!!

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Mr-King55 In reply to Robo6 [2008-05-20 17:01:23 +0000 UTC]

ooh, thanks very much! how much does the waccom cintiq cost? i get a 4 month long break from college for summer so i'll be practicing waccom every weekday for 4 months (theoretically... depends how frustrated i get) so hopefully i'll get pretty good before too long

... i need to learn to use colour better in my work so my plan is that the waccom should help!

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Robo6 In reply to Mr-King55 [2008-05-20 17:29:17 +0000 UTC]

Cintiq runs about 2500 bucks. But thats the big ones. the 21 and 22inch. They have a smaller one that like 1000. But I dont like the way the screen is shaped on that little one. So its basically personal prefrence. If you can just visit the Wacom site and before you purchase one of those Cintiq's I would try to demo one if you can. Im pretty sure there really nice but u never know. LOL. Thnx for the extra faves and the watch.

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Mr-King55 In reply to Robo6 [2008-05-20 17:31:56 +0000 UTC]

no worries!

lol my poor student income could never afford one... i might try and convince my college that they need one and borrow theirs......

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Robo6 In reply to Mr-King55 [2008-05-20 19:35:42 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha ok cool.

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Robo6 In reply to boxergirl86 [2008-05-17 15:18:14 +0000 UTC]

LOL. Im back finally. Been busy working on the Nephilim comic. I got new work posted and more to come. Thnx for the concern, hahahaha.

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Robo6 In reply to ericdixon [2007-11-07 00:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kind sir. I will do my best to keep the work coming! Much love brother!!

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Robo6 In reply to racheview [2007-11-07 00:13:12 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaa, well thns you ms.lady. It was only a matter of time. Thnx for the love buddy!!

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