Perspective!
Perspective can be hard!!! That being said, I always loved doing all the straight lines and perspective points as a kid when I drew big skyscrapers – although my page was filled with ingrained lines that couldn’t be erased and the buildings that looked more like kids building blocks! But hey, I enjoyed doing it!
Anyways, it can be difficult and even more so when drawing people! I caught myself in the early stages of laying out a page when I realised I was keeping the view point, the camera, at the same angle from panel to panel which didn’t make it very engaging.
I struggled getting a vision in my head of what viewpoint to go with – especially as there was two people in the scene! But then I hit upon an idea (okay, it was a memory of something I’d been taught before an age ago) and used action figures to work out not only the ideal position for both characters but also the best angle to tell the story!
And the best thing? I don’t need to worry about working out perspective points as I could just take a photo and draw over it! Which I did!
So I took a number of photos until I was happy with the shot and then uploaded it, digitally drew over, printed out and then drew over the copy… which I then scanned to the PC. Um, when I see it I’m now thinking I could have cut a few corners! Anyways, I’m well happy with the result! What do you think?
More soon! Bear hugs!
PS. If you’re interested I was using action figures from M.A.S.K. These guys were handy!
