[po.ck.ket]

definitly rough. sorry for no direct link.
http://www.comicsportfolio.com/portfolio/member.asp?MemberID=8062&PortfolioID=1143

[ April 05, 2002: Message edited by: po.ck.ket ]

[TossMonkey]

I like sketch 1 and 4. The poses are dramatic

Are you gonna do a comic strip? I think it'd be cool

[po.ck.ket]

when i get good...thanks for the look.

[Basse_Ex]

You've definatly got some skill, but I'd say that all in all, your art seems a bit on the stiff side.

I like the last sketch best, probably because the stiff look fits better with a robot than with a person.
On sketch 4 the legs look like they must have been broken to get into that position, which is OK(sometimes great, just look at Jack Kirby and John Buscema) for an action shot in a comic-book, but is not so good for a single static image.
The faces seem to have a bit too much style, and too little substance. You've got the style in, but it seem you don't have the knowledge of the underlying process.

Manga style caricature is very much based on real-life, except for some elements that are more philosophically based(Like the huge eyes, which are intended to express emotion more easily. The eyes are, after all, said to be the mirror of the soul).
I might very well be wrong, but it seems like you've spent a lot more time drawing from books or your own head, than you've spent drawing from life. This is often the reason for this kind of "stiffness".

So my advice to you is to draw more life-drawings. You've certainly got some talent, so you might just explode(In a metaphorical, and positive sense) by focusing more on life-drawing, getting the basic, and the rhythm, in.

But... the drawings are nice. Really. They just need a bit more "life".

[Kaete]

It's a total fallacy to think you have to hire a pro model for life drawing. Grab a sketchbook and head to the mall. Or to anyplace, for that matter. Basketball games, class --- anywhere there's people.

[powerchild]

nice work so far. I agree with the crits. I am actually especially impressed by them, They should be extremely helpful. I know they were for me and I've got nothing up here. Work with that manga influence and create your own funk. You'll like it more and it will add some life to your stiff stuff. Think movement.

[po.ck.ket]

wicked crit...thanks

yea although i don't draw out of books i certainly draw out of my head..almost exclusively with the odd ref. by life you ment models right?..i'm in design school and theres little chance of me getting models..any alternitives?

[po.ck.ket]

thanks guys..

[Basement bound]

Top notch,
Your producing some really clean stuff there. I am really intersted in sketch 3, pretty cool

JA

[saladbowl]

Cool stuff!
I like it... especially buffy and the marker one..!