Comic Artist - Volume 3 2016

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Artist Q&A

Bedridden at home with no Wacom or scanner

access, I inked my drawings and captured them with

the iPad’s camera – a handy and quick solution.

Answer

Dave replies

When yanking your character

about in an action scene,

consider the physics of the

situation and how it affects the

human body. Arms and legs will f ly and

f lap about, and their positions can be used

to highlight the motion you want to convey.

When people stumble or fall, they’ll often

make frantic motions to try to correct their

balance. Capturing some of that desperation

will add that energy to your image.

Question

I want to draw someone getting pulled sharply in

one direction. How should I achieve this?

Tina Wright, US

PROP ’EM UP!

I’ve used several props in this image. Having

characters losing their grips on their prop

weapons helps me convey the violence and

direction of the motions. Create a visual

trail of related objects behind your moving

figure to push the action.

Artist’s

secret

Always watch those

air ducts! These three

spaceship crewmen

risk their lives to

demonstrate possible

solutions for having a

character pulled quickly

in different directions.

A recent spate of Alien franchise

discussions inspire this whimsical space

monster scene. I want to examine three

varied poses, with each one being created

by an external force pulling on the figure. I

make these up out of my head, so they’re a

bit loose, but such as exercise is excellent for

teaching yourself how to make this kind of

pose convincing. Try sketching a lot of

these, and don’t worry – there’s always more

brave spacemen where these came from!