Weekly Sketch: Sam Draper

— October 09, 2009 (5 comments)
Sam Draper. Ex-Imperial Shadow Commander. Gone AWOL, year 430. Wanted by the Imperial Navy for suspicion of theft, fraud, and piracy. Considered untrustworthy and potentially dangerous. [Edit: If they only knew.] Bounty: 1,200 Jons.


I liked this sketch better before I colored it. The green in particular was a mistake, I think. Oh well. How else am I gonna learn, right?

Once again, you are all witnesses of shattered misconceptions. Last week, I said I wasn't sure about using references for faces. My reasoning was, if I was going to draw somebody from my imagination, I didn't want that somebody to look like any existing person.

But you know what? I'm not that good an artist. It takes me a long, long time to get a Specific Person's face looking just like that Person. However, it takes far less time to draw a face that looks only kinda like them.

Case in point: Whose face is/was this? If you get it right, I'll draw whatever you want. (Note: If you say, "It's Sam's face!" you win my appreciation, but not the prize.)

Oh, also, I'm thinking this feature (if you'll let me call it that) needs a name. Something like Weekly Sketch or Sketch-o-rama, but not quite as lame. Any ideas?

Also also: super secret bonus sketch, hidden behind sloppy Photoshop editing in the upper-left hand corner above Sam's head. I was trying to see if I could still draw a certain favorite cartoon character after a decade of not having done so. Answer: mostly.

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5 comments:

  1. Yeah, I still don't like this one. But I'm committed to uploading what I draw, good or not.

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  2. The AMAZING blue eyes make me think this is Vincent Regan? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716490/

    I feel I'm wrong. Hence the link in case you have no idea who he is, or you decide you really did channel him and didn't even realize it. Yeah.

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  3. The lower face reminds me of Ahnuld... the upper reminds me of Obama... no idea why... Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Keep it up dude...faces are hard to do. I'll post some sketches some time. God Bless you and your family. BTW, Susan and I are in the process of adopting a little girl from Ethiopia. : )

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  5. "The AMAZING blue eyes make me think this is Vincent Regan?"

    Thanks, Sara. At least I got that much right :-) The blue eyes, however, belong to Sam. The reference picture had hazel eyes, I think.

    And thanks for the link. I do know Vincent, but didn't realize it.

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