Practice, Practice, and Some Letters

Welcome back peeps. I decided to practice the base styles I have developed while attempting a couple of new things. First off, speech bubbles. 

I've seen this method of connecting the bubbles in the past and realized it takes some practice to make it look right. This doesn't look too right, but it's a good first try. Connecting lines should be parallel, in my opinion. You can also see the erased outlines of the initial basic shapes. Perhaps I'll make those lighter in the future. Let's try some more.

This one I thought turned out pretty cool. The thin, long tail of the "Hi!" gives it a feeling of something that's being yelled. That's a neat find. The background word was pretty difficult to make after the girl was drawn, but looks good and the font matches what I was going for. It's supposed to say "Awesomeness". The shading continues and the bold outline brings it together.

This is Michael. He's one of the main characters of GTA V, one of my favorite video games at the moment. He's smoking a cigar and contemplating life, pupils pointed more or less downwards (was the intent, at least). Polo shirt, shorts. Should have done some shading on the clothes/overall.

Next is Franklin. He was new drawing experience for me, since I haven't tried too many dark skin tones, tried to shade and draw facial features accordingly. The gun didn't turn out too well, I need to practice objects and hands. Hands are probably one of my next learning points.

Trevor's the third of the three main characters within the game. He's holding a bat and is supposed to have an I-live-in-a-trailer-park-in-the-desert sort of feel. He's also a maniac and wears dirty shirts. The shading (cross-hatching?) seems to have driven the latter of those points across. I continued practicing the background words with these characters, which I'll try writing before the actual person next time. The bottle on the ground is more of a secondary object so is a little bit more faded. 

This new style I tried on a whim. Letters. The font is supposed to be graffiti-ish, though I didn't look at anything for reference so it's more out of what I imagine it could look like. The brick pattern does make it look like it's on a wall though, which I thought turned out pretty awesomely.

Keep on drawing y'all!