The Man from E.G.G.

A place to put my time-wasting doodles, based upon the exercises outlined in the "How To Draw Animated Cartoons" book by Preston Blair.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Getting Scrappy With It

The following image is from a video I filmed yesterday. Its part of an LPS series called "LPS Beswitched" which has so far, only aired 2 episodes. Thing is, I need to get some more scrapbook paper to use for backgrounds (like when the characters are at school for example). The stuff I have on me looks like something out of a corny sitcom if I were to use it in a school setting. 


Will see if dad and I can make a run to Michaels and Hobby Lobby sometime. It sure as hell won't be this weekend since we're booked to the nines. 
 

Monday, March 28, 2022

Fireflies!

 Made a badge of my Animal Jam character, Wisp. I was initially gonna post it Saturday, but I had the meetup and wanted to charge my camera beforehand. So here you go! 


Saturday, March 26, 2022

No Art Today

 My camera is charging up or an all important filming session at my local fur meet. So no new art today. But here's a picture of one of my characters in Animal Jam.

Was gonna post a badge I made of her, but that will be tomorrow...

Friday, March 25, 2022

This One Girl

Took a bit of fine tuning, but here she is.

Still needs work. So much is wonky! The hair is really a problem, so far.
 

Thank God those "evil exes" are gone for good in this series. I initially had plans to include Knives, but her design is so different from the others that I've decided to not have her be part of the project. All episodes will only have the members of "Sex Bob-Omb" and Ramona. 

Now to test the waters with animating.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

The OCS From E.G.G.

 Went scrapping through old posts my dad made 15+ years ago. I wound up stumbling about some old drawings we made together. Hence, THIS creation. 


Dad claims his original drawings of the G3 ponies turned out awful, but I disagree. Feel free to travel back in time to see the originals!

You mean, like this one?

And by the way, Spider was a redesign of a drawing my dad made of a kitten that I, for whatever reason, named "Spider."

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Some Steps In the Right Direction

 Improvements have been made to Kim. Might use the older drawings from 2 nights ago for a future episode where the characters meet different versions of themselves (will give me an excuse to animate my art style). 

Brainstorming session continues! (might post some artwork her later if I've got any...)


And now, some Kim art of my own! 
I really should rewatch the "Burger Boss" episode... 

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Concept Time!!!!!

 Some concept art for an episode of the SP series! 

Also featuring some somewhat accurate depictions of Ramona, Scott, and Young Neil. 
Kim questioning how she'll be able to play with the casts on...

Please ignore the three-eyed cat in the corner. Most of this was just messing around and brainstorming some scene ideas, which will be something dad and I can do after dinner tonight. 
Ramona pointing to a billboard advertising the game that Kim is addicted to.

Will be working on more practice sessions for Kim as well as brainstorming for the episode in general. Might even do some script writing????

Monday, March 21, 2022

Mariel and Craig's "Scott Pilgrimage" Part 2: Kim Pine

 Tasked dad to draw Kim Pine. We're both still practicing for an animated series where, so far, 2 episodes have been created. 

Pretty good for a first try! 

I need to do more work on this. At this point, it just looks like Scott Pilgrim with freckles!

Tomorrow night: Ramona Flowers (who I'll be buying a plush of in the next couple of weeks)...

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Mariel and Craig's "Scott Pilgrimage"

 So I've managed to persuade my dad to try drawing Scott Pilgrim characters with me. Specifically because we had brainstormed a short a few months ago where Scott wins one of those radio lottery contests. And I'd need a storyboard artist for this short. 


Now I've been in the SP fandom for almost 2 years now (thanks to my best friend), and started drawing different characters in December 2020, which led my best friend and I to create an AU (alternate universe) on Instagram. Sadly, the only character I've mastered is Kim Pine. 

She's been my favorite character pretty much since the beginning. Sure, I've drawn others like Ramona and Scott, but they really don't turn out like their original counterparts.... So here's my dad's first attempt at drawing Scott. 
Top was copied from reference, bottom was an expression test.

Will see how he does with KP today ;)

Friday, March 18, 2022

THIS GIRL IS ON FIREEEEEEEE

 Just a little concept art for one of my projects ^^ 

What a weird Lil Mama....