After receiving some valid criticism of the storytelling flow being off on the seventh page, I decided to draw a NEW first panel that has our skateboarder moving and looking up and directing our eyes toward the second panel rather than directly pointing down towards the FOURTH panel, as it was originally drawn..
You can see a camera phone pic of the separate elements AND the final composited page side-by-side with the original page. I still like that first panel, but the new page reads MUCH better and is far more dynamic. Thanks to JOHN AMOR for the suggestion.
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Man, that looks more dynamic already. Can't wait to see the new composite. Sweet work.
What can i say?
Super
II loved the initial page, but this is going to take it to another level. Great job.
Loving the jogger!
Man Derrick, your realistic is marvelous. We don't really see too much of it in D&C (the train yard; the tracks the fence, beautiful)... you should definitely continue to explore this avenue.
Out of curiosity, why do you tend to favor heavier females when you're doing human characters?
Thanks all.
code pros, as far as my preference toward drawing heavier female characters goes, it's simply a reflection of my own tastes. I'm more attracted to that and as such, find it more appealing to draw.
But to get a little deeper into my thought process here, I'm also a little "Activisty" about the whole "size" thing. So when I'm "Casting" a comic and need female leads, I tend to favor that body type rather than simply push larger women aside into comic relief roles such as the ever-present "funny fat friend" of the "traditionally" beautiful female lead.
And in most OTHER cases, when a larger female is the lead character in any medium, her SIZE is what the story is about. It's a dieting story or loaded with endless references to her size, and that irritates the HECK out of me. (Check out 99.9% of all fat superheroes... why is their size somehow always related to their powers or secret identity?) I'm not saying that there isn't a place for those stories where size IS a focal point, but I would like to do my part to help make some stories where size is simply an aspect of the characters being... no more relevant to the plot than hair or eye color.
I'd hoped you were going to say something along those lines. You're absolutely right in your analysis of most artists predilection towards casting heavier characters as ancillary or set up to be taken less seriously.
My comment hadn't been intended as criticism; I'd simply noticed and was curious. You're an extremely skilled artist, so I can only assume your characters look the way you intend them to, so, by extension, your casting is obviously intentional.
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