Drawing the body takes some effort but isn't really difficult since it's very basic. Apart for the details, about all bodies of human-based comic characters are more or less the same, all based on the specs of a "perfect woman" and it's all about the head (and clothes, if available :-) ) that makes it the character you want it to be. This one is no different.
Fanny's body has been drawn from scratch but Alanis' body is one I drew for a Suske en Wiske comic I'm working on. In there it's Wiske, in this one it's Alanis. Well, of course they're not 100% the same but started out using the same raw sketch. Just the heads are different.
When drawing the heads I just take an original comic to see how it looks, especially the way the hair and eyes are done, and draw my own version. Usually I look at multiple faces of the same character to see how expressions are done.
The things that I find to be difficult are the hands and feet. Always have trouble with those.
All of this is done in black'n'white in PaintShop using very thin lines. Then I start to color it and modify where necessary. After that I try to find a background setting in the original comics that would fit my drawing. Sometimes I'll end up with a setting from another comic and other times I draw my own. In this Fanny pic. I stole the couch idea from a totally different comic while the wall idea (simple vertical stripes with light blue shading) was taken from a Kiekeboe album.
When everything has been put together, the last step is adding the black lining. I always try to end up with something that the original author could've drawn and since I only do this style of comics the black lining is essential. It's also the reason I don't really use shading or only use shading with a very low contrast as it's usually not there in the originals either. Of course I'll never match the perfection of the originals but I'll try to be as close as I can.
Anonymous1: As much as I crave naked Fanny and Alanis (preferably getting it on) : not with those plastic nipples. Other than that, it's quite decent work. Some more practice and it'll be fine. So, lose those ugly nipples and give us more!
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Drawing the body takes some effort but isn't really difficult since it's very basic. Apart for the details, about all bodies of human-based comic characters are more or less the same, all based on the specs of a "perfect woman" and it's all about the head (and clothes, if available :-) ) that makes it the character you want it to be. This one is no different.
Fanny's body has been drawn from scratch but Alanis' body is one I drew for a Suske en Wiske comic I'm working on. In there it's Wiske, in this one it's Alanis. Well, of course they're not 100% the same but started out using the same raw sketch. Just the heads are different.
When drawing the heads I just take an original comic to see how it looks, especially the way the hair and eyes are done, and draw my own version. Usually I look at multiple faces of the same character to see how expressions are done.
The things that I find to be difficult are the hands and feet. Always have trouble with those.
All of this is done in black'n'white in PaintShop using very thin lines. Then I start to color it and modify where necessary. After that I try to find a background setting in the original comics that would fit my drawing. Sometimes I'll end up with a setting from another comic and other times I draw my own. In this Fanny pic. I stole the couch idea from a totally different comic while the wall idea (simple vertical stripes with light blue shading) was taken from a Kiekeboe album.
When everything has been put together, the last step is adding the black lining. I always try to end up with something that the original author could've drawn and since I only do this style of comics the black lining is essential. It's also the reason I don't really use shading or only use shading with a very low contrast as it's usually not there in the originals either. Of course I'll never match the perfection of the originals but I'll try to be as close as I can.
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