My full detailed drawing of Aquaman. - Artist Show-Off

Posted by crestfallen (274 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

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#1 Posted by Icarusflies (11282 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

Sweet!!!!!

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#2 Posted by kfhrfdu_89_76k (2035 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

OH, MY, HOLY, GOD!

That`s great!

His left leg though...It looks freakishly out of proportion. I understand where you were going, and I fail at drawing the leg and/or legs scretched out like that, too (though, I don`t know if this is just a rare mistake for you, not having seen but only this drawing from you), alot of times. Or was it every time?

#3 Posted by Twentyfive (2161 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!

On the real, though. Good job!

#4 Posted by crestfallen (274 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

@Icarusflies: @Twentyfive: Thanks a lot!

@kfhrfdu_89_76k: I particularly don't see an error in the proportions of the legs. On the other hand it was very difficult for me to solve the arm holding the trident. I'm still not convinced. A friend noticed something strange in the proportion of that arm, but didn't say anything of the legs. I guess it depends a lot on the perception of the viewer. Thanks for the feedback! :)

#5 Posted by kfhrfdu_89_76k (2035 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

@crestfallen:

Eye of the beholder.

You`re welcome.

#6 Posted by Icon (2032 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

That's excellent!

#7 Posted by tomlikesfries (3227 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

That's amazing.

#8 Posted by Referee (2581 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

Really nice work, let me know if you ever color it in.

#9 Posted by Aronmorales (9329 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

OOOH!!!

#10 Posted by KnightRise (3961 posts) - 6 months, 5 days ago - Show Bio

Thats so f****in dope!

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#11 Posted by ARMIV2 (5114 posts) - 6 months, 4 days ago - Show Bio

Faaaaaaantastic!

#12 Posted by WaveMotionCannon (2727 posts) - 6 months, 4 days ago - Show Bio

@crestfallen The legs are fine. The arm though , is off you should see more of the top of the hand and the Sceptre should be at a different angle. The way it's drawn , the elbows inside not outside as it would be if the perspective was correct. All in all GREAT JOB.

#13 Posted by Press Oblivion (1642 posts) - 6 months, 4 days ago - Show Bio

While I do think that this is a fantastic job, I wanted to comment on a couple of the things that were mentioned here.

At first glance, it appears to me that you want to have the arm extending straight out to the side

There are some basic anatomy problems with structure of the arm and the musculature that you've built here.

What I've done here is just pull the shoulder out a little and started building outward with more natural proportions.

I also extended the lat spread, but that's more of a personal preference, to give him more weight up top.

Foreshortening

After looking at it more closely, I fee that you were going for more of a foreshortened approach.

In this case the you have to look at this initially as overlapping forms, you can find some drawing tips about how to build foreshortening by first using cylindrical forms

When using this technique you can see the cylinders as overlapping forms then start to widdle away at the anatomy to create the illusion of foreshortening.

So here, the fore arm over laps the bicep which overlaps the shoulder.

Comic book dynamics will sometimes dictate the exaggeration of features and here you can see that I made the hand larger than the first example to enhance the perception of depth

The Leg

While the led isn't wrong essentially, I think what might be throwing this a bit is that the hips flair a bit too much.

If you lock the hips into the V taper of foreshortening of the body then the outer portion of that bent leg is barely going to break that constraint of the V

That bent leg might even be a little longer than I've indicated here via the principle of Comic Book Dynamics.

You have a great illustration here! Again, I just wanted to comment on some of the things mentioned here, I hope it helps - EJ