George Sentimental Fixes

I made some changes in these inks after Brian Romero gave me a few tips.

In the drawing above I gave the thickest lines more variation in line weight by making the lines thin out a little near the elbows and then get thick again.

In the second one I made the lines on the arm and hat a bit thicker.

I'm still fixing that Jimmy Ink, but I can't get a nice variation in line weight for the tongue yet. I'll post that one later.

Thanks to Brian for the useful tips! This way I keep learning from my mistakes, untill there are no mistakes left to make. I hope I get to that moment soon!

Fix

I tried to make this ink better by following the critics of John and Brian.


I think it is a bit better now. I used thicker lines to hold the larger shapes together, to make it feel like one solid object. The lines are more consistent too, the tongue lines are evenly thick on both sides, on the arms too.

I also fixed some parts where you could see the end of a brush stroke where you shouldn't. For example in some of the elipses, like the eyes or shirt button.

But I'm still not totally happy with it. Maybe the lines of the teeth besides the front teeth could be a bit thicker. I'm not sure about the collar and tie too.

Edit: Fixed the collar and tie now too to match the silhouette outlines.

Another one

I want to improve my inking skills, so I'm practicing on some lay-outs of George in the scene with Mabel. The pencil drawings are fun and I want to maintain the fun in the inked drawing.

I tend to get inconsistent with my line weights, so I want to practice on that to get a hold of it.

I like this one more. The thick lines accentuate the large shapes. The lines on the fez are a bit too thin though...

Ink exercise!

Here's an attempt at inking a sentimental George. It's quite okay, but I'm not all satisfied with the thick and thin lines. I think the thick lines are to thick and some of the thin lines are too thin..
Some lines are also too even.