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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jun 28, 2006 22:23:49 GMT -5
Ive thought about starting to take some pictures of my park sketches, was going to this tuesday, but forgot my camera...I captured these using my cell phone...thus the poor quality, but youll get the idea, better pictures will come soon! the first drawing took all of approx 7-8 minutes, the second was 15...somewhere in there...   -Chris (keep in mind ive only been airbrushing close to two months...still havent gotten the complete hang of it...) |
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Post by jong on Jun 29, 2006 5:21:28 GMT -5
wow, chris, these are great!! it looks to me like you've got the airbrush thing down pat. of course i've never used an airbrush. the hair on the first one is really cool. you do it way faster than i could, that's for sure! keep up the good work, i'm sure you have many happy customers!
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Post by horate on Jun 29, 2006 12:22:56 GMT -5
interesting works, another style, more "park" i think, but still good.
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Post by toonMom on Jun 29, 2006 16:55:03 GMT -5
These look great. I love to see park sketches.
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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jul 2, 2006 23:47:29 GMT -5
Thanks guys, horate, I know its more of a "park" style and wish to move away from that, one of the reasons im starting to take pictures, so I can look at them and see how I can improve...here a batch from today, if anyone has suggestions to offer, feel free! please do comment, I want to get waaaay better!! I picture how I want the drawing to look like at the end of ten minutes, I got close in a couple, but all were fun, and thats the whole point right? anyways...todays stuff...     my favorite of the day....the most fun! (he didnt want his glasses in the pic  )     |
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Post by Frank Zieglar on Jul 3, 2006 2:40:42 GMT -5
You can exagerate the coloring also.
In the family of three - the dad looks very tanned compared to the kids but you color them all the same. And you didn't put alot of red in the boy's cheeks.
In the second pic with the sad little boy - you drew HUGE jaws. This little boy along with most others don't have that. If you had drawn the jaws smaller - it would look more like a little boy. The shape of the ears you drew are nothing like te ears in his pic. It doesn't look to me like you exagerated his ears, but rather you drew SOME ears. I covered them up and looked at the pic - and the likeness was better to me when I covered them. To me - ears that are not hidden in the hair are just as important as the nose or mouth or eyes.
On the black couple - in the pic it looks like he has BIG, THICK eyebrows and you drew little tiny ones. And the shape of his ears. And hers don't stick out in the pic - but yu drew them sticking out.
On the black guy by himself - I've never understood why some artists draw big, wide jaws on people that don't have them. To me he has a baby face (almost effeminete in the pic).
The next guy - you didn't draw his glasses. He might have not wanted them - but I always ask if they wear them alot. No matter what they answer I reply something like - "People don't recognize Clark Kent when he takes his glasses off. I don't want them to wonder who I drew." Some people put their glasses back on and some don't - I don't really care either way, but I want an authentic pic that looks like them. Not a pic that people will say - hey he forgot to draw your glasses. The chin thing is CRAZY, but I think you pulled it off pretty well.
The last little boy - again those don't look like his ears to me. And I would of asked him to lower his head - the way he's holding it up doesn't make a good drawing IMO.
The ears my seem like an unimportant thing - but to me everything is important. It's th3e difference between a 70% likeness and an 90% likeness. Tooned once drew a Will Smith that looked great to me, except the ears were nothing like Will's. To me it made a huge difference in the likeness. That one change in the ears would've shot the likeness up alot.
Do you know the 3-feature rule? Basically, if you can get 3-features about the person correct you will have about a 70% likeness. That's why the one with the CRAZY chin works - everything above is right, so pulling the chin over didn't cause you to lose it.
Hope this helps.
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Post by craig on Jul 3, 2006 9:42:48 GMT -5
I like em!
Reminds me a bit of Glen Ferguson's live work.
keep posting ;D
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Post by horate on Jul 3, 2006 16:56:50 GMT -5
I like all Chris, lines and colors, exagerations and likeness,...what u have done is awesome.i like a lot, and i think u want some crits, but i don´t have,....anyway Frank give a lot of theory,...maybe interesting or not, i supose that all can be improve.my opinion is to try always searching for the good caricature, and work, work, work....if you can, i mean, if your boss in the park let u some freely work, try to vary styles or techniques.but if u can´t always keep doing and doing some more caricatures, the practice is the only way to do a better job.
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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jul 5, 2006 15:14:57 GMT -5
Thanks frank for taking the time to post such a detailed comment. a couple things, the asian guy wasnt wearing his glasses during the drawing portion(notice caption above picture in original post), I didnt even know he wore glasses until I looked up when I was painting him, it was obvious he didnt want them in the picture, and he doesnt usually wear them, I also suggest the same thing with glasses, if you usually wear them, then wear them, if you dont...then dont.
as for the child tilting his head back, I view each and every drawing as an experiment. I try and draw the people jsut how they sit for me initially. It is my belief that caricature is more than just attaining a likeness, you have to capture thier personality aswell, and the way they sit for you, IMO is essential to nail in the picture aswell as a likeness and facial expression. but thats just how I view the art. so I try not to influence how the subject sits for me.
craig and horate, thanks for the comments, I really appreciate it! as for experimenting with styles, its difficult, not because my manager prohibits it, but its a job, and I need/want to make money aswell ashave fun drawing. people when they come to the stand, the see the examples and have a set product in mind when they sit down, deviate TOO much from that, and the drawing might not sell...practice practice practie! thats what im doing...hopefully improvement can be noticed...
thanks all,
-Chris
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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jul 5, 2006 15:18:40 GMT -5
The drawings I posted the other day were from a day which I wasnt too satisfied with the way I was drawing, but took pictures anyway cause i feel its a good learning tool. I worked the 4th (a VERY busy day at the park) fell into the groove much earlier in the day, was more satisifed with my work, and as luck would have it, the batteries on my camera died before 1PM, so the few drawings that I decided to capture...here they are, once agian all comments will be greatly appreciated! thanks!  stoopid firework background...a request from the guests    -Chris |
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Post by Mauri on Jul 5, 2006 16:40:16 GMT -5
Chris,
Hi Dude you are doing a wonderful job! I think for the short time you have been spraying you are doing outstanding. Where are you working at? I can see the Fason style. I think you have wonderful structure and a great starting point. Just keep going and pushing on. That job is the best training ground. Who are some of the artist that inspire you there? Anyway keep up the great works!
Mauri
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Post by Frank Zieglar on Jul 5, 2006 19:58:38 GMT -5
(notice caption above picture in original post), as for the child tilting his head back, I view each and every drawing as an experiment. I try and draw the people jsut how they sit for me initially. It is my belief that caricature is more than just attaining a likeness, you have to capture thier personality aswell, and the way they sit for you, IMO is essential to nail in the picture aswell as a likeness and facial expression. but thats just how I view the art. so I try not to influence how the subject sits for me. Yeah I didn't notice the glasses comment. As for the kid tilting his head back - I agree with what you said. It's the same reason I don't ask them to smile - they either do it on their own or not. I try to draw whatever they are doing with it. But I get kids and adults too that look at everything except me (but I don't take it personally). I have people that want to sit for a profile - I don't do profiles. I will ask them to turn their head and look at me. Or pick their head up if they are looking at the ground. Or put their head down if needed. Personality can make a caricature into a great caricature - but no matter what you draw or how much you exagerate you still have to have a likeness. You have a likeness with the kid - but I still think you could of [glow=red,2,300]nailed him [/glow] if his head was down, IMO. |
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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jul 7, 2006 0:17:58 GMT -5
Thanks Mauri, Im working at Six Flags over Ga, for Fasen. as far as influences go, there arnt really any, I do work with Jeremy Townsend (you know him?) and hes taught me alot as far as painting goes, he has a nice park style, but really hasnt influenced my drawings a whole lot, although they are very neat/good...thanks for all the kind words!
once again frank thanks for the comment, I get those people looking everywhere but at me! so I know what you mean, those people I boss around, tell them what to do cause they arnt intellegent enough to know what to do on thier own, but when they have a solid expression (as that kid did) I usually just leave them alone...btw, do you work for kamans? or do you work privatly...previously for kamans? just curious...
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Post by chrisneuenschwander on Jul 7, 2006 0:20:42 GMT -5
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Post by horate on Jul 7, 2006 0:42:37 GMT -5
awesome Chris,.....very inspiring works, fresh and spontaneous, thanks for share it.Do you have somebody that can take some photos when you are working ? it will be inetersting to see the process.congrats man !!!
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