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MercerMZ — Duke L'Orange Stance
Published: 2013-04-28 21:33:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 1644; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 4
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Never thought I'd see the day I drew a fencing stance (or an attempt at a fencing stance).My entry for the Good Guy Colab. Duke L'Orange from the Mighty Ducks cartoon series. I didn't necessarily grow up on the show, but looking back at 90s cartoons, this is among one of my favorite series. I've been saying for a while I've been meaning to draw new characters, so I was pretty syched to draw this guy!
Some of you may recall my drawing of Sa'Luk for the Villains colab ([link] ). a while back. That time, I was attempting a different kind of outlining technique that, looking back at it, I wasn't too crazy about. With Duke, I didn't want to do anything too crazy with his sketch, so I kept it relatively simple. Even the coloring came out as well as I thought it would.
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I don't really remember this guy (or at least not more than a vague familiarity). ^_^" I think I saw at least some of the Mighty Ducks cartoon at some point, but I don't really remember much about it. Perhaps I should try finding some episodes of it online...
Hmm... the outlines for Sa'Luk look smoother, but the outlines for L'Orange are thinner. (I like thin, smooth lines - though I usually end up with thicker lines when I draw stuff, and also end up getting too annoyed with trying to make one single smooth stroke per line when I draw with a tablet. Pencil's easier, though. Pen, though, I never was good with. Was this done with pen? Looks pen-like.)
The pose looks hard to draw, with the angle of the sword and the angle of his arm and all that. I think it looks good though (but I don't really know anything about fencing stances).
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My process, typically, is pencil first, inked by pen and colored using Primacolor markers (and cheap BIC markers in my earlier drawings). My latest piece is a good example of how I create them. And I was fine for the most part with Sa'Luk, except I tried to give him bolder outlines and it kinda took away the picture I was going. Lesson learned: experimenting is fine, but practice is even better.
And I used plenty of references for this, most noticably artists who've upload Duke art here on DA.
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OMG. I miss this cartoon so freaking much. Awesome work here!
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