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Likeness help!

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 1, 2008, 12:20 AM
I posted this on PJ, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to post this here too. So if you read this there, I suppose you can ignore it here!

Anyway!

Just wondering if anyone can help me. I'm terrible at drawing likenesses, and the comic I draw nowadays is all about my life, so that means I have to draw lots of people I know. I can't really ever draw them the way they should look.

Can anyone give me advice on likenesses? Are there any good books/tutorials you can recommend? This is pretty much the way all my comics look...I'm not super realistic, but I'm not cartoony enough where I can pull off a caricature type thing.

Any ideas?

By the way, today will suck. I hate April Fool's Day.

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  • Current Age: Twenty six
  • Current Residence: Home
  • Interests: Art, comics, movies, games...pretty much everything you'd expect.
  • Favourite movie: I'm such a movie whore...I like pretty much everything. Except Ghost Rider. And X-Men 3.
  • Favourite band or musician: Fishbone, Queen, Dresden Dolls, Danko Jones, The Ramones, Horrorpops, Living Colour
  • Favourite artist: I like everyone. Except Greg Land. And Steve McNiven. And Greg Horn.
  • Favourite poet or writer: I want Mark Millar dead. Everyone else is good by me.
  • Favourite photographer: Jimmy Olsen!
  • Operating System: OSX
  • MP3 player of choice: iTunes+iPod. I've been an iPod supporter since the very first model.
  • Favourite gaming platform: Ever? Dreamcast. Currrently? I probably play my 360 the most.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Everyone knows it's Butters!
  • Personal Quote: You know you love it.
  • Tools of the Trade: Mechanical Pencils and Faber Castell Pitt artist pens/Microns, and my Intuos 3.

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~NeoTaeray:iconNeoTaeray: 11 hours 37 minutes ago
Thanks for the watch!

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~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: 23 hours 35 minutes ago
No problem! Thank you for the awesome art!

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    • =Linay:iconLinay: 3 days 14 hours ago
    Thank you for the watch! c: :orange: :orange:
    ~Nevusien:iconNevusien: 3 days 16 hours ago
    No problem 4 the favourite! u speak the truth about Iron man-it was AWESOME!

    Damien out

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: 6 days 12 hours ago
    No problem! Keep up the great work!

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    • *MichaelCrichlow:iconMichaelCrichlow: May 6, 2008, 9:26:42 PM
    Thanks kindly for the :+devwatch:!! Much appreciated!! :D

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: May 4, 2008, 9:42:00 PM
    DONE!

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    • ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: May 4, 2008, 9:41:51 PM
    No problem! I really dig your style!

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    • *ott01:iconott01: May 3, 2008, 7:18:11 AM
    Thanks for the watch, man. =)

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    =mechangel2002:iconmechangel2002: Apr 27, 2008, 11:07:25 PM
    Aw cool! I want to work at a comic shop *pouts* I pretty much almost NEVER buy anything at a con unless its art supplies on sale at a Blicks table :lol: Sometimes I buy a trade that's on sale cause of the exchange rate and stuff. But yeah cons for me are about meeting up with all my fellow artists :D But because I'm EIC of a publishing label now, I have to run booths or tables at some cons.

    Yeah I've never been past the eastern borders of the Pacific states.... I really really want to go to WWC lol. Maybe next year!

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Apr 27, 2008, 10:27:24 PM
    WWC is the only con I've ever been to, and it's always been a blast. I work at a comic shop and I get all my comics for free, so going to a con is more about meeting up with friends and less about buying stuff for me. But this year, a bunch of the people I would want to talk to won't be there, so I'm gonna skip it. I think I'll go next year regardless, though.

    You should come out this way sometime! WWC is fun!

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    • ~Lizzaro:iconLizzaro: Apr 26, 2008, 10:42:46 PM
    I think you need to change your age again...
    =mechangel2002:iconmechangel2002: Apr 23, 2008, 8:07:02 PM
    Aw darn. I'm dreaming of WWC lol but at this point I don't think I'll make it there.... next month I have a booth at ECCC in Seattle, and then I'll be organizing another Drink n Draw at SDCC in July. Someone's trying to entice me to hit WWTX but I duno yet *sigh*

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Apr 23, 2008, 3:38:21 PM
    I don't think so...The only one near me is Wizard World Chicago, and I think I'm taking this year off, heh. Yourself?

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    • =mechangel2002:iconmechangel2002: Apr 21, 2008, 11:29:20 PM
    :XD: True! Hitting any cons this year?

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Apr 21, 2008, 12:54:26 PM
    Haha, well, that's definitely better than the alternative!

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    • =mechangel2002:iconmechangel2002: Apr 19, 2008, 1:49:23 PM
    Well I'm alive :P lol....

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Apr 18, 2008, 1:20:42 AM
    Hey darlin'! No complaints on my end. How about yourself?

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    • =mechangel2002:iconmechangel2002: Apr 13, 2008, 11:33:12 PM
    :wave: hey you :) how are ya?

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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Apr 7, 2008, 12:18:18 AM
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    • ~medicateddream:iconmedicateddream: Apr 1, 2008, 12:13:46 AM
    Thanks for the friending~ :3

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    *krrobar:iconkrrobar: Mar 24, 2008, 8:07:23 AM
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    ~thinktankbob:iconthinktankbob: Feb 26, 2008, 12:11:59 AM
    Hey, no problem brother. I really dig your gallery!

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    • ~capoman2000:iconcapoman2000: Feb 11, 2008, 1:37:32 PM
    Hey thanks for the add my friend. I appreciate it.
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    ~angeles080:iconangeles080: Feb 1, 2008, 1:27:14 AM
    your welcome. ^_^

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