Welcome to Gaia! ::

Is the comic about a werewolf of some kind? (Just asking cause that's the impression I get from the shadow.)

Oh. Sorry. xD Yeah, I would say you would have to define the hand so people can recognize the fingers. Maybe try and make sure the shapes of the knuckles or finger sections are more distinct?

mm RESURRECTION.

Some cartoon styling I am trying out. Needs some polishing but I am pretty happy with the characterizations so far.

I'm so jealous of how simple and natural you make the figure stuff look. Hehe. I get all frustrated with the shorter poses. Then again, I'm over a year out of practice.

I think your life work is wonderful. There's not much to say besides keep doing it and keep experimenting with it. Try other media like the accursed china marker/grease pencil or work from a toned page and pull out the form with highs rather than chiseling with darks.

The cartoons have some great shape variation and charm. Don't let the shape flow affect your structure and gesture too much though, because it looses motion and charisma. You're doing amazingly well though. I love it.

You draw gestures so well! And the gouache works look nice. I hear that medium is really unforgiving. (Non-transparent, right?)

Did you draw the people-watching sketches from memory or just as you were people-watching?
I find it hard to capture action or expressions when they only last for a few split seconds.
Haha, and I love that guy's suspicious expression. XD

I usually draw my unsuspecting victims when they're sleeping on the train. lol.

@Yamiko,
Thanks! the gouache, well, its just like any paint really, like a better quality poster paint. Too many layers and it will flake - but with some water you can still get some transparency. I wanted to start practicing with it mainly because I dont have time to do oil painting right now, so I get more of that painting experience on a smaller scale :3

for the people watching, it was more like my friend and I were looking for interesting faces and shapes, and someone would pass by fairly quickly and we would try to jot down what we remembered, like a fat chin or small nose or something. (I remember the first guy I saw was like an Indian Michael Cera so that is what I tried to draw, haha). We settled down later in a food court so there were more stationary people. But yeah, I was definitely trying more to draw different face shapes rather than trying to get a real representation, just to practice getting some variety. I hate it when I draw the same face over and over!

Droods are da bomb.

my nanomango comic so far... based on a weird/silly dream.