Poulpette's portfolio

[Poulpette]

Hi guys,

I hesitated to open my own thread because I don't animate anything yet, but I'm working on poses, observation, etc. so I guess that won't take too long before I start to do some roughs and try to animate them, and well, I saw that I'm not the only one showing sketches, so here I go.

I selected some pictures of mine and I post them by chronological order.
As we are limited to using 4 images per message, I will post other messages after this one. I hope you don't mind.

2002

A character I created in high school. That was my German teacher.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2002/german_turtle_600.png

This is Vivi (or Bibi, also) from Final Fantasy IX. Copied from the user guide.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2002/fanart_bibi_600.png


2006

Working on anatomy (that's hard…)
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc1_juillet06_400px.png http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc2_juillet06_400px.png



In my introduction thread I said I stopped drawing at the age of 15/16. Actually I kept drawing a little bit, but well, something like a dozen pictures a year… it's nothing, eh.

[Poulpette]

2006 (next)

Still working on anatomy.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc3_juillet06_400px.png http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc4_juillet06_400px.png

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc5_juillet06_400px.png http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc1_aout06_400px.png

[Poulpette]

2006 (end)

Anatomy again.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc2_aout06_400px.png http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc3_aout06_400px.png

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croc4_aout06_400px.png

Some gorillas
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2006/croquis_gorilles.png
All by memory, excepted the top left hand corner one, drawing from a photo.

[Poulpette]

2007

Young Tarzan.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2007_10/crocs_en_vrac2_600.png

One's good, others… just don't look!

Gorillas (again, yeah, I love them).
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2007_10/croc_gorilles_600.png

A kind of Tarzan in different poses.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2007_10/croc_tarzan_600.png

Some lamas.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2008_03/etudes_lamas1_600px.png



Tarzan (young and adult) and gorillas are drawn by memory. lamas from photos.

[Poulpette]

2009

The following pictures are observation (from my gardens, from photos, or from videos).

A backhoe.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_05/etude_tracto_500px.png

“Cute” little T-Rex.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_08/obs02_500px.png

People on the set of The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_08/obs03_500px.png http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_08/obs04_500px.png


That's all for today!

[Jeckos150]

Hello Poulpette.

It's really nice to see the progress you've made throughout these sketches and drawings. I like some of your hands, and the T-rex is impressive!

Lamas are looking great. So are gorillas.

Some of your anatomy sketches may miss some good proportion I think, but I'm not expert.

I think Lamas are my favorite.

I hope you will be able to animate a bit some of these characters.

[Poulpette]

Hi Jeckos,

Thanks for your comments.
You're right for anatomy sketches, I have to work on proportions, which are not always good.

[Poulpette]

Hi there,

I finally decided to take the plunge and try to animate something.

Nothing special of course, just the traditional bouncing ball. But that was not easy… well actually, the most difficult part was to find a “good” software on GNU/Linux to make stop-motion animation.
I used Stopmotion which is not that bad for me.

So, here it is :
Bouncing Ball Animation [format: AVI | size: 299Ko | direct link to video] (http://poulpettedelamare.com/misc/animation/bouncing_ball.avi)

[lavallelee]

wow i really like your drawings, very nice

the trex looks great!

[Mithmeoi]

You have some really great drawings! I really love that T-Rex! Very nice and good work with the hand poses and random people drawings. Keep up the awesome work!

[Poulpette]

Thank you guys. :)

I'll try to post some other drawings within a week.

[jeremyhopkins]

Yep, I like your recent observations as well. Please continue to draw and post your work. If you need any help with anything, don't be afraid to ask.

[Seth]

Very Nice! I like your Gorilla drawings!

[Seth]

Hey, I love your Art Style, you need to put up some new drawings! :)

[Poulpette]

Thank you Seth. It's nice. :)
I'll put up some other drawings in a few days. Those past two weeks I didn't have so much time to draw. I was actually busy because of a piano masterclass I attended. Now it's over so, just wait some couple of days.:)

[Poulpette]

Hi there!

I didn't have so much time to draw those past few weeks, you know, new school year and all.

I'm still working on anatomy, etc.
Here are some drawing I did from Preston Blair Cartoon Animation.

http://poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_09/obs06_600px.png

http://poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_09/obs07_600px.png

[WillW]

those hands are awesome, nice work!

[Seth]

Wow! Your hands look really good. Hands are something I'm terrible at myself. keep up the good work!

[Poulpette]

This new musical school year is really interesting, but wow… I got so much work!
I'm just working, working, and… working. I don't have so much time to draw, and that pi**es me off, but well, I have no choice.

Here are some observation sketches I've just done tonight. It's done from Tarzan, le livre du film… I suppose it's Tarzan Chronicles in English, but I'm not sure.

Some hands…
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_10/obs_08_600px.png

… and some feet.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_10/obs_09_600px.png

[lavallelee]

GREAT STUDY of hands and feet!

that is something i should do

very awesome detail poulpette

[Moneyguns]

There's a face on one of those legs.....

[LaurenWilsonArt]

It was cool to watch your evolution from the years. :) I'm glad you're doing lots of lifedrawing now. Nothing beats it as a learning tool!

[LaurenWilsonArt]

Er, I mean observational drawing, what with the Lost World special feature people and all. I doubt you were actually there on set, and if you were I better hear some good stories about it! x3

[Poulpette]

@Moneyguns → Which one? Top of the page? If it is the one you mean, then it's not the leg, it's a rough of the body (with a head which is… really not well-drawn. :D But that was not what I was working on).

@LaurenWilsonArt → Thank you. :)
Well, about The Lost World, you're right, I was not on the set (or those sketches would be very old). I did them from “The Making of The Lost World – Jurassic Park”.

[Poulpette]

Hands again…
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_10/obs10_600px.png

[jeremyhopkins]

With your hands and feet, I like how you made the distinction between Tarzan, Clayton, Porter and with the latest stuff of baby Tarzan and Jane - good stuff!

[Poulpette]

Thank you. :)

Well, I did the first turn-around of my life. That's an interesting exercise, and I should try to do it more often in the future.

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/animation/turn-around/tux_750px.png
Sorry for the quality, but scanning on GNU/Linux is not easy…

This is a kind of teenage penguin. Maybe that would be my version of Tux, maybe not… I don't know yet.

[johncbeggs]

cool turnaround,I like the penguin.

I am really enjoying ubuntu and all its cool features I have it running on an 8gig stick and works great! :D but I still mainly use windows becuase of some main programs :laughing:!

Im used to all three and like them all :) their all good in their own way!

[Seth]

Wow....your hands are amazing! And for your first turnaround sheet that's really good. I've made a dozen turnaround sheets and they don't look anywhere as great.

[Poulpette]

johncbeggs → Thanks. :)
Yep, Linux rocks.:D

Seth → Thank you for your compliment. :)

[Poulpette]

Some observations from an old Disney book (actually a book to learn words :laughing:).
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_12/obs11_600px.png
For some of my drawings, if you want to enlarge (sometimes there are things difficult to see), just remove the “_600px” from the file name in the URL.

Hope I'll have time to draw a little bit more… but I miss time.:(

[Seth]

You amaze me. You're like a human photo copier. I could never duplicate drawings like that. By the way, do you have any cartoon characters of your own hidden up your sleeve? If you do I would love to see them. :)

[Poulpette]

Thank you but I'm not a human photo copier.:laughing:
Actually there are some “errors” on my drawings, such as the lion's mane which is not long enough on the right side. :)

By the way, do you have any cartoon characters of your own hidden up your sleeve? If you do I would love to see them. :)
No I don't have personal characters for the moment. Like I said in my… introduction post I think, I stopped drawing some years ago, and now I first want to improve my skill so I'm just “working” when I draw (if you see what I mean by “working”). But as I have a video game project with a cartoon style I'm now trying to draw some personal characters. So I'll post my roughs soon.

[Poulpette]

Some researches I made today for my video game project.
This is Aphonia, and she's a villain.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/projets/harmony/aphonia_rs1.png
The story should take place in a middle aged and magical (but not that much though) kingdom where music is everywhere. I mean everybody is playing the music. Aphonia used to be a great classical singer until the day she discovered a new “kind” of music which is quite exclusively… noise (who said hard rock/metal?:rolleyes:).By dint of “singing” noise, she turned voiceless. Don't ask me why, but she asked her brother (the king) to let this music be part of the musical style of the Kingdom; of course, he refused. She turned hysterical and promised to make him pay for his refusal.

So, here are my first attempts to define the character. On the right I tried to draw her in a quite simple and classical medieval dress. On the left, I tried to make her look less old-fashioned, but not that much. I add a kind of black belt and gave her a black bracelet with some nails you know… this is for the rock/metal touch.

I still have a lot of problems when I have to draw arms/hands and legs/feet. On the rough where she's yelling they're particularly strange.

[Seth]

Nice character! :) You're making a video game, huh? Are you doing it all by yourself, or are you working with friends?

[Poulpette]

I've got one video game project that I work on with some people. We're working on the Internet for this.
For this game project, I would love to do it by myself. It will take some years, but that could be a great experience.

[Poulpette]

Hands studies, again and again… cartoon hands exactly.
Do you recognize the cartoon I studied?:)
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_12/obs12_600px.png

[Seth]

ooh! I know this one! Is it Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers? One of my childhood favorites. :) By the way I was going to ask you, is that your favorite cartoon of all time?

[Poulpette]

Hello everyone,

I'm still copying some Disney characters.
As I always have problems with my scanner, the quality is not that good. So if you need to enlarge, just click on the pictures.
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_12/obs13_600px.png (http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2009_12/obs13.png)

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_01/obs14_600px.png (http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_01/obs14.png)

I'll try to do some life drawings now. I think that would help me a lot, even if it's a difficult exercise…

[arif]

Hello..

your study seems so good...but, it is so hazy and light..you can easily increase it contrast level in Photoshop....then, it will look more clear.....

Regards,
Arif

[Poulpette]

Actually I can't.:(
I try to increase the contrast before scanning, but actually that was worse. This is because I draw without a… I don't know how to say. Without stressing too much?
I tried to change the contrast even on The Gimp, but it does nothing good. This is the best quality I can get.:(

[lavallelee]

i really like the drawings! the dog is my favorite :)

[jeremyhopkins]

I haven't used Gimp before but instead of contrast in photoshop, I used layers and set them to linear burn:
http://xsheet.net/pictures/test/obs13_600px.jpg

You have a very nice, solid, line quality in your work!

[Poulpette]

Thank you lavallelee. :)

Jeremy, thank you for the tip. I've never really used software for drawings and I didn't know how to increase the contrast. I've never thought about layers.
I've learned something today. Thank you!

[Seth]

Very Nice as usual! I don't know how you do it. Did you by chance do the Model Sheets for Rescue Rangers? :laughing:
Oh, by the way. My scanner is a real jerk too!

[Poulpette]

I'm trying to draw some more “personal” characters, and er… it's difficult. But I'm gonna work hard and in a few months it should be better.:D

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2010_01/croc1_600px.png (http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2010_01/croc1.png)

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2010_01/croc2_600px.png (http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/croquis/2010_01/croc2.png)

On the first one the big head on the left (the guy smiling) is a copy from Tom Bancroft's book. So are three roughs on the second picture (on the top right-hand corner, the kind of rabbit and the guy on the left, and the man just below him).

[Seth]

You certainly can draw people. I draw too much Talespin so my human drawings skills are low. :o

Anyways, I really like the character in the top right corner. I can't tell you why, I just do.

By the way, that's cool you're studying Tom Bancroft's book, I own it too! :laughing: It's saved me out a few tight spots in the way of reference.

[Poulpette]

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've posted here. Too much work, not enough time to draw.
But now I'm in holidays, so I can make some little roughs again.


First, some hand studies based on Kahl's and Pontillas' hands:
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_04/obs15.png

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_04/obs16.png

And some bird studies from Blair's book:
http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_04/obs17_600px.png (http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/Dessins/etudes/2010_04/obs17.png)

In January when I asked what I should try to animate after the bouncing ball, Don told me that I should animate a little bird… the problem is that I just don't know how to draw birds, so I'm trying to draw them first before animating something.:laughing:

[Seth]

Good to see you posting again. :) I see you're drawing more realistic hands. Are the hands in the 2nd picture down, drawn from real life? If I'm making any sense there. :rolleyes:

As for the birds, your basic shape construction is realy good! As for myself, I still haven't grasped basic shapes yet. All my shapes look like sick turnips! :laughing:

In short, keep drawing! Or Else! ;)

[Sidney]

Great studies.
I always enjoy hands as there the most expressive in my opinion.

[lavallelee]

awesome studies, i love the hands

hands and feet are the hardest!!

[Rich-E]

i looked at all your work very nice work kiddo... the world is a better place because your in it.

[Poulpette]

Thank you richtoonz (er, I don't really understood what you meant actually, but never mind :p) lavallelee and Sidney. :)

Seth → No, the hands on the second pictures are drawn from Pontilla's hands (there's a link to his blog on a different topic).;)

[Poulpette]

Hello there.

Like I said, I’m back!
I decided to draw at least one hour a day. Don’t know if I’ll be able to do so when the new school year will start, but I’ll try not to give up.

So I’m trying to improve my drawing, which is… eh… pretty difficult, but it’s normal for the moment, right?
Tonight, I tried to animate a walking bouncing ball.

http://www.poulpettedelamare.com/misc/animation/walking_bouncing_ball.avi

[Seth]

Draw every day! DO IT!!!! :laughing: Yes, improving drawing skills is difficult, unless you're some kind of freak of nature who is instantly talented at drawing. (But nobody really likes show-offs anyway :p )

Great work on the bouncing ball. Hhhmm..... it doesn't quite feel like a bouncing ball to me, but it seems like it would fit a Frog jumping perfectly! Anyway, keep up the good work. I hope to see more from you soon. :)

[Poulpette]

A frog jumping? I never thought about that actually… But I should work on drawing frogs. It’s true that I could transform my animation then. Thank you for the idea.

[Rodney]

Nice one!
It does have the feel of a frog.
As Seth suggests, more of a jump than a bounce.

When I look at the individual frames it does seem the animation should not flow as well as it is... so that surprised me a little. I really like the sense of acceleration you've got coming out of the contact as 'he' jumps upward again.

It's great to see you back here posting again. :)