Pat Lewis ([info]lunchbreak_pat) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 23:14:00
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drawing practice
One good way to learn how to draw is by copying the masters. I used to do this a lot when I was younger, so I when found some old "Josie" comics for a quarter apiece last weekend at the Pittsburgh Comicon, I decided to try my hand at reproducing some images from them. It was a fun exercise, but I've still got a long way to go before I'm nearly as good as Dan DeCarlo. At any rate, I thought I'd share my results here:

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[info]tedprior
2008-04-30 03:28 am UTC (link)
These are great!

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[info]lunchbreak_pat
2008-04-30 03:34 am UTC (link)
Thanks. They're okay; they don't have nearly the charm or the confidence of the originals, but I'm learning. Hopefully I'll be able to apply some of these lessons to my own stuff soon!

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[info]daltonnw
2008-04-30 03:48 am UTC (link)
Nice work! I've been digging Harvey comics lately myself.

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[info]cadetevon
2008-04-30 03:58 am UTC (link)
I'm a huge Archie fan.

Before I read the text of your post I checked out the images and thought, "Hey, right there. Those look Archie-ish" (Archie-ish is the technical term).

You put across the feeling of Archie. Nicely done.

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[info]kevin_church
2008-04-30 04:06 am UTC (link)
The bottom middle one is DAMN close. There's a lot to learn by the way DeCarlo did eyes and the mouse. Such great acting.

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[info]siskavard
2008-04-30 04:32 am UTC (link)
sweet, i just recently bought decarlo's book full of pin-up art. HOT MAMMAS

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[info]plattcave
2008-04-30 12:47 pm UTC (link)
Nice job. I've got a De Carlo original that I dearly love. (I still need to find me an affordable Bob Montana strip, though.)

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[info]muskrat_john
2008-04-30 01:31 pm UTC (link)
My favorite is the top-right one, because it seems like such a cool merging of his and your styles. The face , though obviously based on his stuff, definitely has the feel of something you've done.

Now, the bottom one, I wouldn't have been able to tell that that was you, at all.

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[info]calico_comics
2008-04-30 02:04 pm UTC (link)
these all look great, but you especially nailed it when you drew the bottom one. i can feel her SHOCK!

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[info]toonhead_npl
2008-04-30 02:28 pm UTC (link)
Not bad! I'd certainly rather have you drawing Archie than ______ or ______ !

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[info]tohoscope
2008-04-30 03:13 pm UTC (link)
I can still see your line in amongst the DeCarlo elements. Very cool.

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[info]doubleare
2008-04-30 04:23 pm UTC (link)
I like these a lot. You seem to have used a thicker line than what would usually be expected from the old stuff, but I think that bridges the gap a bit between the old style and something more contemporary.

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[info]zack_empire
2008-04-30 09:21 pm UTC (link)
i often copy a whole page of art, just to try and see how the artist might have drawn something, or to understand them a little better.

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[info]smarbaby
2008-05-03 06:17 pm UTC (link)
these look great! very clean... and dan decarlo is one of my heros!

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