Can you draw Astro

[jeffbert]

I started drawing faces from magazines as sources, But fingers when spread apart are very tough. I can draw Atom quickly & you will recognize him, but making a better drawing requires tons more work. Something about the law of diminishing returns or some such thing. Basically, for every bit of noticable improvement, there is an exponentially increasing amount of work (time) required.

[dannavy85]

I need to get home to my scanner.

[tic_tac_astro]

OMG!!!
This morning, I checked my email, and I saw over 20 mail messages piled up in there!
A lot of them were confirmed that I was needed to post in a pic of Astro.
Don't worry people, I'll get it in as soon as I can.

[DrFrag]

Here's the less-angry Astroboy:


When I was little I always assumed Kenneth and Mindy were "together". Now I think Mindy and Astro make a nice couple!
I think this is my favourite so far. I'd like to draw one of Atlas proposing to Livian, but Livian has curvey bits I, um, can't do artistic justice to.



I had a go at following Strange Wings' instructions for drawing Astro's eyes first. It works fantastically! B) I know these aren't the greatest drawings of Astro, but I did almost no erasing and they came out better than my other perspective drawings.
Thanks Strange Wings!


This is my copy of one of the production sketches shown on the Madman extras DVD. I had to keep erasing his hands because the arms were wrong. It was painful! I felt like I got them perfect the first time. Still, it makes good practice. I also had to redraw his head after making it too skinny to begin with.
I didn't colour this one because I wanted to leave my pencil lines showing the guide rules and his toes (in my sketchbook). The pencil don't show up after a contrast adjustment.

The anime production sketch:

I suppose this one was drawn by Tezuka.

[jeffbert]

Good stuff! Everybody seems to be talented. Curse my arthritis! I will need to stick to grabbing frames!

[Strange Wings]

Originally posted by DrFrag@May 19 2005, 03:54 PM

This is great. It looks very spontaneous.
Mindy and Astro would make a great couple indeed.

Glad it works well for you about the 'Draw eyes first' thing.

[tic_tac_astro]

Okay, finally I've drawn Astro.
But only his head.
This is the best I can do on the artboards:

http://www.classicgaming.com/kirby/artboard3.htm

Press "Load", then find and click the file that says, "Astro's Head" then click ok.
Hope you'll like it.

[jeffbert]

Originally posted by tic_tac_astro@May 20 2005, 09:14 AM
Okay, finally I've drawn Astro.
But only his head.
This is the best I can do on the artboards:

http://www.classicgaming.com/kirby/artboard3.htm

Press "Load", then find and click the file that says, "Astro's Head" then click ok.
Hope you'll like it.

You did that with a mouse? Very good work. :angry: I shake too much to draw with a mouse. I have since switched to a trackball, but have not tried drawing.

[Strange Wings]

Your drawing doesn't show up for me.

[tic_tac_astro]

Originally posted by Strange Wings@May 21 2005, 06:41 AM
Your drawing doesn't show up for me.

It didn't? :huh:
As in you didn't follow the instructions (click "Load", then find and click the file that says, "Astro's Head", then press ok)?
Or the web won't show?