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[BAMF!]

Just 'porting in with a BIIIG Greetings and Salutations to all of you crazy Elfaholics! Really missed you guys and i'm happy to see that this is still Hostboards coolest forum. It's great to see so many familiar faces and i'd also like to wave a big three-fingered 'HELLO' to any new members that I havent had the pleasure of meeting yet. Two things that I havent done in a loooong time?

1.) Sit down at a computer and do something besides check my mail and run....
2.) Pick up a pencil and do some doodling.

In the past few days i've actually had the time to do both, and I have to tell ya, it feels great! Three cheers for being on vacation! Looks like everyone's really excited about tomorrow. (Or should I say today?) Who can blame us? Its only been like, what, 20 years or so since the last Nightcrawler mini-series. Not too long to wait for your fave character to get another solo shot at the limelight.
Here's hoping this thing is a HHUUUUGE success so we wont have to be satisfied with just a few Fuzzy Elf panels in Uncanny every month!

Oh and before I forget here's one of the doodles I was working on.....




Hopefully i'll have some more to bore you guys with later in the week!


P.S. Thanks to HIDDENCRAWLER and FASHEEM for the great gabs on IM....you two really know how to make a wandering Elfaholic feel 'homesick'


BAMF!

[MGM]

Hey, at least the 'Crawler mini will be his mini, unlike Rogue's one, which just plain sucked.

PS. Your anatomy is slightly off.

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[Foxdie]

Nice hand drawn picture

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[Nocturne]

cool, as mentionerd the anatomy is a bit off, but i reallylike the face. one thing to keep in mind tho, that even a lot of the pro artists forget, is that one of the really great things about drawing Nightcrawler, *especially* if he is wearing the old costume is an exceptionally strong line of action! i think a lot of comic artists don't use it to it's full advantage, because it is actually primarily an animation concept.

what i mean is, see that nice arc going thru his head down to his crotch? you could REALLY strengthen the pose by moving the leg down to further extend the arc, AND the tail, and here's where drawing nightcrawler really gets cool, the viewers eye will naturally travel down the line of action, so if you position the tail so that the tip points back to his face, your viewers eye will be constantly cooming back to that point. as it is the viewers eye tends to get lost right around his crotch (where you definatly don't want it to be stopping) or to the left (viewers left) of the page.

also another animation concept that a lot of other artists seem to have not learned, is straights against curves. in his arm, the straight one, straighten out the top and leave the bottom with the curves in it, it will really accentuate the direction it's being pointed in and re-enforce the fact that it is held out straight. also straighten out the sideof his torso to accenuate the fact that side is being pulled tight. look at the batman animated series' for this concept taken to some of it's farthest extremes.

one thing you ahve down pat in this drawing tho is a great silouhette! nice...

ok, back to my homework. i am dealing a lot with line of action and tails at the moment in my current assignment. heh.

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[Lasombra]

Welcome Bamf! I'm Lasombra. I love the pic.

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[gnahrf]

Great work <font color="#eedd66">BAMF!</font>, this Nighty surely is better looking than the imposter in the coming mini!

The pose is very balanced (I would for sure fall if trying to do such a thing) and his face shows determination and elegance. Nice!

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[BAMF!]

Thanks everyone for the kind words about my doodle! Wow, NOCTURNE you sound like you really know your stuff...i'm going to tighten up the sketch using your suggestions and then post a "before" and "after". Tell me what ya think!

MGM I have to agree with ya on the ROGUE mini. Although it was nice to see so much of the Fuzzy Elf in the 1st and last issues.
FOXDIE, LASOMBRA, GNAHRF i've gotta tell ya....I love your sigs! Funny stuff!



BAMF!

[MGM]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BAMF!:
MGM I have to agree with ya on the ROGUE mini. Although it was nice to see so much of the Fuzzy Elf in the 1st and last issues. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>



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[kurtlover]

hi! nice to meet you formally, i've been here since august and i love it! by the way if you want to talk to me sometimes i have AOL messenger (this goes to everybody in the forum) i love to talk with the members so if you want to say a quick hello to me, yo can find me in:
AOL messenger: kurtlover22
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any time you wan't!

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[BAMF!]

MGM I feel your pain buddy. Although I enjoyed the first Nightcrawler mini, and i'm a huge DAVE COCKRUM fan, I always felt a little dissapointed that they didnt do as much as they could have with the series. I'm betting that as popular as Rogue is, she'll definitely be getting another shot at a solo book!

Nice to be formally introduced KURTLOVER! Hope you dont mind if I go ahead and put ya on my AOL buddy list.

Oh and NOCTURNE I kinda touched up my sketch using some of your suggestions...



I like it! Although the new pose almost makes it look as if he's dancing...I might have to doodle him a 'partner'...maybe SHADOWCAT or MEGGAN?


BAMF!