THE FLY: Winterland Redux
THIS PAST FEW WEEKS, the bulk of my drawings have been character-only, with plain white backgrounds, mainly to save on time and also to add emphasis to the characterization.
So! It's been nice to add in a 'decent' background once again, and I will be doing more of these soon........the technique I prefer for this is drawing the backgrounds small like thumbnails, then blowing them up. The characters themselves are shrunken into the enlarged background plate---I just love the idea of playing around with scale like this.
The drawing seen here represents the first time the Fly-Man Andre has left the scientific laboratory to venture out into the wider world, which is why he is trying to hide his striking insect-features from the general public using his huge scarf.
INSPIRATIONS: Unlike some P.R.A.T.S. who act as if they are Gods' Gift to cartooning, [they're not: they would like to be, though......] I myself rate cartooning in general as a cannibalization of all that has gone before: no cartoonist is 'wholly unique', we absorb influences all the time, whether we are aware of it or not-----I myself am heavily inspired by UK 'funny' comics of the 50s-early 70s, before the rot set in,---which is why I draw in a more retro style--------- and also the style of the older American cel hand-drawn animations, and not just Disney, of the 30s to 50s period.
This drawing was inspired by the very early shots in Disneys' 101 Dalmations, [1961] : the scenes with the different personalities out walking their dogs, as observed by Pongo.
So! It's been nice to add in a 'decent' background once again, and I will be doing more of these soon........the technique I prefer for this is drawing the backgrounds small like thumbnails, then blowing them up. The characters themselves are shrunken into the enlarged background plate---I just love the idea of playing around with scale like this.
The drawing seen here represents the first time the Fly-Man Andre has left the scientific laboratory to venture out into the wider world, which is why he is trying to hide his striking insect-features from the general public using his huge scarf.
INSPIRATIONS: Unlike some P.R.A.T.S. who act as if they are Gods' Gift to cartooning, [they're not: they would like to be, though......] I myself rate cartooning in general as a cannibalization of all that has gone before: no cartoonist is 'wholly unique', we absorb influences all the time, whether we are aware of it or not-----I myself am heavily inspired by UK 'funny' comics of the 50s-early 70s, before the rot set in,---which is why I draw in a more retro style--------- and also the style of the older American cel hand-drawn animations, and not just Disney, of the 30s to 50s period.
This drawing was inspired by the very early shots in Disneys' 101 Dalmations, [1961] : the scenes with the different personalities out walking their dogs, as observed by Pongo.
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