Beginning of some fanart

[exatron]

Here's some ISO fanart I've been working on.

http://pics.livejournal.com/exatron/pic/000454s5/

This is my fourth attempt at drawing this image since I first got the idea in early October (That month turned really bad shortly after I got this idea, and I kind of wish I had it to do over again).

It's in a rather primitive state right now because I really don't like how the arm is turning out. The way it's connecting to Cody's torso is bugging me, and I think I'm becoming fixated on that part at the expense of continuing the rest of the image. Reference pictures, particularly for how the deltoid should look, have been hard to find.

o/
And any time you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
Well don't you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
/o

Comments

[invisiblewolf.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's better than I can do! ;-) Looking good so far!

-Spiritwolf.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hearing people say that I'm doing a good job is encouraging.

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord, no wonder you've been having trouble with this. The shoulder area is a royal pain in the butt to draw in that type of pose--a lot of weird overlap from both the chest and back there.

Good luck there, dunno how to find refs. Looks like a good start so far, though :-)

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found that out the hard way, but it's the only pose I could think of that made Cody look like he's having trouble with the job. Weird overlap and the way the arm twists a bit make it tricky, but the results will be worth the trouble.

Thanks for the encouragement.

[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

That looks like a really good start. I can definitely see how the shoulder would be difficult, Google's not too helpful if you're looking for a very specific image. I hope you manage to get it, I think it's going to make a great picture.

[exatron.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I think it's more of a specific angle than a specific image. All of the muscles in that area tend to merge and twist in weird ways, and nobody seems to have any pictures of the arm from that point of view.