Cougartiger's Artwork (Updated 6/21/11)

[cougartiger]

Updated pic of Millie. Made yo-yo a proper circle, re-inked and re-colored. I like this a lot better.

[cougartiger]

Some doodles I did at work while waiting for time to start the movies. I read, too but the art helps create more variety during the day.

They are copied from the books: 50 Cats, 50 Famous Cartoon Characters, and 50 Cartoon Animals.

The unfinished one at the botom is Snagglepuss.

I also have a Locke/Mudd pic done. It just needs to be inked and colored. I will finish it either tomorrow or Saturday.

[sad jazz cantaloupe]

lol it's better than me

I like the faces

[cougartiger]

lol it's better than me

I like the faces

Thanks!

[Doc Sigma]

I really like the one that (for lack of a better description on my part) looks like an angry Sonic the Hedgehog. I just dig the style...

[cougartiger]

I really like the one that (for lack of a better description on my part) looks like an angry Sonic the Hedgehog. I just dig the style...

LOL! It's supposed to be Felix The Cat doing his famous "walks on" pose. After I finished it, I knew it reminded me of another charcter but I couldn't figure out who.

Maybe I'll try an actual Sonic pic soon.

And...thanks! My own style is slowly appearing. I just needed to stop copying things exactly and just go with the flow.

[cougartiger]

More doodles. I'm trying a looser style and not worrying about how close mine is to the original. That was the problem with my yo-yo Millie drawing. I wanted it to be an exact copy of the orignal cast picture (minus yo-yo). That was the intent and it took me months to achieve.

But, given the tracing comments, I need to just relax and draw for the sake of drawing. I decided to abandon the "altered cast drawing" and just concentrate on learning the craft. If I can produce something that is close to the original I'm copying, that's better than an exact duplicate. I am learning. In fact, I suddenly realized what I've been doing wrong in my attempts to draw O&M so I'll be trying them again soon.

I also didn't draw at all during my vaction last week. It helped reset things after my meltdown. I can see improvement. I also noticed this week that drawing also has a calming effect on me. A nice side benefit!

Some of these are the same but it was easier to scan the entire page rather than isolating the new images. Enjoy!

[Segovia]

Lol! Felix the Cat FTW

[cougartiger]

From the sketchbook.

[cougartiger]

Again, from the sketchbook.

[cougartiger]

Switching to dragons to help improve my skills.

[cougartiger]

More dragons. However, these had no step-by-step directions. They were skecthes from the intro to the book I'm using. I just wanted to try copying them to see how my skills were improving. Not too bad, I think! I think original stuff may be around the corner!

[cougartiger]

Yet more basic dragon designs. I got them a bit too close together but I like how they turned out. I'm very proud of the wings on the bottom dragon as I find dragon wings very hard to get right. I also had trouble getting the spines to go in the right direction on both dragons, a foreshadowing of things to come.

[cougartiger]

This one was called "simple dragon". I feel I did pretty well with it. I had trouble getting the wings right and never did even after multiple attempts at it. I might try this one again when I have a little more experience.

[cougartiger]

A Japanese dragon. This one took an entire month. I had to restart it a couple of times but the end result was worth it. The spines gave me such a headache. I had real problems getting them to turn correctly along the path of the body. But I finally did get them right.

I'm very proud of this one. It shows that I am really improving. I added the bands on the tail as an afterthought, the forked tounge as well.