i have been looking up some garfield comic book covers and it’s all very nice art. i really don’t care about the fundamentals of art and just want to draw garfield and his friends but i really do want to learn the fundamentals of the shading like the mr jim davis artstyle
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>>7774954You have to learn some fundamentals to replicate any style. Jim Davis' Garfield art is all based on an inked comic. The most important design elements are bold, smooth, and geometrically simple shapes with a consistent line weight (as if you painted it all with the same size brush). The shadows are usually half-moon shaped arcs that follow the curve of the outline to communicate roundness. They are usually pretty small and confined to edges, as if Garfield is always being lit head-on.Your first step should be using an art software that allows for line smoothing and better brushes than whatever you used for these. Use a brush with a sharp profile.Also, you need to start every drawing my establishing the general size and position of each part of Garfield, and confirm it's proportionality before drawing an outline. There's also a lack of understanding for what to represent in line work. For example, have you ever seen a Garfield image where his entire circular chin is outlined on top of his neck? No, the line cuts off with the fat rolls on either side. Because lit straight on, there would be no sharp angle to cast a shadow beneath the jaw to create that line.Your best path for doing this is following a general guide in drawing cartoons, and apply what you learn to drawing Garfield. Jim Davis has cartooning fundamentals in mind while making every drawing, and it informs the style. You cannot reverse engineer it from just the end product.
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