Here's the character description in case you're curious...
Jerry Loomis–
used car salesman boss.
New York.
2008.
A cruel, moody ,high strung, dishonest man.
Wears a cheep button down shirt with a vest or sportscoat and a greecey tank top underneath and a tie that doesn't fit.
Middle aged, White male Negative attitude towards life.
Stocky Build around 5'4".
A patch over one eye and missing a finger due to an angry employee biting it off.
A large round head with deep set eyes and sunburned skin.
receding hairline with a pony tail.
mouth with yellow stained teeth.
8 comments:
lincoln - this looks familiar is this part of Silver's character design class?
Anyways i like this sketch and i like the pose you gave him, it definitely is a used car salesman.
i would like to see just a bit more of that p-tail and maybe his finger that got bit off too. When i think used car salesman i always think of gold jewlery like a watch or a big ring or something. i think you have the hard part done not start looking for details to really make him pop!
Thanks Brad! it is from Stephen's class. And the things that bother me are the finger, that hand in general is too weak. It's also the same size as the end of the tie. And then i look at the size and position if the tie which runs parallel to the arm and basically it's kinda messy...so I'll be working to fix all those goodies and give that pony-tail a little more personality, as well...
and while I like the color choices, the rending itself isn't so hot— I've not done alot of digital rendering so I'm still finding a way that works for me, thankfully it's not a final...
This is a fun sketch. Look at all the great lines and his expression! You've captured him well! ;)
I think he should be lobster-red to emphasize the sunburn. I agree the hand/finger and pony tail could read a little better. Fun - reminds me of Dennis Franz!
Mike
Haha great character Lincoln! Nice that you have thought him through so well. His yellow hued eyeball also shows some liver infection, probably due to heavy drinking. I think the pony tail is just right in this one, no need to change that I think. I would probably go with a shorter tie and just let it rest on his belly, like it naturally would in a pose like this one. Drapery alone can make a character look stiff, if it doesn't fall right. Small detail, but I'd also let the sleeve on his left arm flush with the line of his bicep.
It's inspiring to see your progress. Keep it coming:)
-Hans
Thanks Abz! Right now he's still a work in progress, but he's far better than the original one I did before I started class with Stephen Silver and started studying Preston Blair and Walt Stanchfield...
Hey Mike good to see you're in the blog world! Rock on! You see those "little sausages" causing a problem, too.... You know I've got a ton of different character actors that are apart of Jerry and one of them is Dennis Franz...(seems like he did a ton of these bit roles in the 80's before hitting it with NYPD Blue). More Sunburn...I'll yellow up his skin and give him that sickly under color and make his burn more pink. Right now he looks like he's working on a tan that actually "improves" his looks...
Thanks Hans! I did yellow up the eyes for the liver effect... Good call on the tie lying over the belly. That solves some of the tangent and parallel line issues I was having with the tie placement. I'll give it a shot. I've got a revised version in the works where I've fiddled with the hands and there placement near the body to work around the drapery of the shirt, but making the shirt flush to the biceps could solve some issues...I'll give that a shot as well.
Lincoln. this is awesome. Definitely have the personality down. He fits the description very well and you have some great acting going on. Just fiddle with that hand a little more.
The robots were actually something the team came up with here at FishWorld... so, they thought they'd give it a shot. I dont think we'll be continuing with the whole theme, but maybe a few select items.
Thanks for stoppin by dude. ;) Waitin on those posts!
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