Lilly Stene
Cindy Rehm
Advanced
Life Drawing 311-01
23
September 2019
Imagined Skeleton
For my project I chose to illustrate
the cartoon character, Bubbles, from the TV show Powerpuff Girls. Because her
head is so much bigger than the rest of her body, I knew her figure and
skeleton would be out of proportion. I spent the most time emphasizing her head
and skull because that is what the viewer is most drawn to see when first
viewing my work. I did a rough sketch of the shape of her head, and then
compared the rest of her proportions to the size of her head. I drew lines
across the page to make sure that her exterior was in proportion to her
exterior skeleton. I used her pigtails to measure how tall her head should be,
as well as other features like her legs and torso. After doing a rough sketch
of her body, I began to compare that to her skeleton, and used the handout in
class of the Pikachu drawing as a reference. I also looked at cartoon graphics
of a skeleton to see how the bones were composed in relation to realistic human
bones. After completing both rough sketches of the body and skeleton, I began
to emphasize her features such as her eyes and mouth with graphite. I then went
over the graphite in black colored pencil around her main features on her
exterior as well as her skeleton. After that, I began to mark out where the
light would hit her exterior body and skeleton with colored pencil lightly, and
then shaded outside of the light spots. For her skeleton, I shaded around the
edges of her limbs, and in the crevices of her bones to emphasize the value of
her skeleton. Since she did not have many bones, without shading I thought her
skeleton would look more unrealistic and wanted to emphasize the big sizes of
her bones. I then went back with my eraser to get rid of any leftover graphite
in both her skeleton and exterior form. For reference, I researched her common
expressions in the TV show on YouTube, as well as the other Powerpuff Girls to
compare their proportions. I also looked to see if anyone else had created a
skeleton version of her to reference. I found one artist named Michael Paulus,
who has illustrated many cartoon characters as well as their skeletons. I used
Paulus’s examples of Powerpuff Girls as an inspiration behind my drawing. In
Paulus’s example of Bubbles specifically, he illustrated her with an angry
expression. However, I decided to illustrate Bubbles with an enthusiastic
expression since she is depicted as being innocent and usually in a good mood
on the cartoon series. I illustrated her posture to make her look optimistic
and confident, which is how I remembered her in the show. After finishing the
piece I was happy with the outcome, and felt that I had done a good job of
utilizing the entire page.
10 Images:
Sources:
1.
Michael Paulus: https://michaelpaulus.com/section/59023-Character-Study.html
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