Key Mage, the Comic Series?!?!

    So I had a big epiphany type thingie. In two parts.  All thanks to the wonderful artists we get to talk to in my Inspirational Design Class.  Let me explain: One of the artists, Stephen McCranie, talked to us and he said something to the effect of, "A lot of people are imitating the Japanese manga style because it's so popular.  One of the reasons Scott Pilgrim was successful was because he understood how to pace his work like a Japanese manga but he kept his style uniquely his own."  This got me thinking: My gigantic big huge idea for an anime someday, which I'm calling Keymage, has been brewing in my mind and has undergone some monumental (at least for me) shifts in perspective, what the story was about, etc.  But the art style I had been drawing all of the people in was manga-ish.  Perhaps I should try drawing them more cartoonie, I thought to myself.  I did some sketches, loved what was coming out, and made this.  This represents a paradigm shift in terms of style for this story I've been working on, and i'm excited.  I'm even thinking of doing my drawing-a-day's about Keymage from here on out, with breaks for Fridays and if I feel like doing other stuff, but mostly this.
  
    You see, I need to start doing these drawings because I am planning on creating a graphic novel version of this story.  This is going to be a big undertaking for me, so I'll start small and use what advice I was given through another artist named Doug TenApel (which we only saw on video, we didn't talk to him like Stephen McCranie).  He said he would have the beggining middle and end for his story on notecards, then make beginning middle and ends for each of those notecards, and then he would do it once more.  this was exactly what I needed to hear to start off this project, so I'm going to be doing that.  I'll have something of a rough plot-point outline down, and once I have that, I will  try and think of important images to sum up each one of the notecards, which I will then post.  neat huh?
Well, that was a lot more writting then I thought it would be! But yeah I can't help it because I'm so stoked to start craking on this! wish me luck!
And the drawing was just me playing with really hard blocky shadows.  The guy on the right is the main character, Amirr.

tldr;I'm going to be working on a comic idea I've been thinking of for a long long time.

Love

Benjamin

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And Then It Was Thursday

So, I tried and tried to find a dynamic pose to draw. I thought it would be easy, but it quickly turned ugly.  Sadly, I could not find what I want. The internet beat me.  But then I found this gem http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-draw-edward-cullen-twilight. so... I decided to just do the tutorial.  i think you should too. Enjoy, and make sure to browse and comment on the other sections of their website.

Love

Benjamin

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Hooray! The Internet is Back!

So my pictures aren't blocked no more. Hooray. To celebrate I drew a picture of a mutant Porygon.  I always pictured it as the most powerful Pokemon, because it's made of the mightiest of polygons and 3-D. Think about, won't you?

Love

Benjamin

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Gopher it!

Hello all. So, i missed posting a drawing yesterday.  This is because I am, on occasion, lazy.  And there's nothing you can do about it. but that's how it goes on the internet, right? am i right? yeah. Anyways this is a lil motivational for you guys. Enjoy.

Love
Benjamin

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RUINED COLORING BOOK FRIDAY #1

 

Oh boy oh boy! Can it really be here already, so quickly? Well, unless my caps lock is broken wHICH IT'S NOT, THEN IT MUST MEAN THAT TODAY RUINED COLORING BOOK DAY. ME TAKE COLORING BOOK AND DRAW SNARKY COMMENT ON IT, OR DO SOMETHING ELSE FUNNY. IT FUN TIME TO MAKE, AND FUN FOR YOU TO LOOK. SO LOOK, AND HAPPY.

Love,

Benjamin

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Check Please!

Wham bam it's another drawing slammer! Today is the all important theme day, which me and the gang came up with the night before.  Thursday will always be theme day, so go check out the other blogs to see what all they did with the word "Egypt".  I chose to draw a mummy, because mummies are hilarious.  they're like zombies, but rolled up in toilet paper.  But the mummies from the classic movie franchise, "The Mummy" (for which Brandon Frasier was nominated for best actor), are totally scary and have magical powers. Poop on that, I say. Poop on it a lot of times.  I'll stick with my funny mummy, thanks.

Love,

Benjamin

P.S. Check out Chad Bierdeman.  And also check out his blog, also. http://cbier.blogspot.com/

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The End

 

Oh hey there internet.  Didn't see you come in there. So... day three of drawing a day. This time I did an actual drawing, got back to my roots as an action orientated guy, you know, monsters and zombies and guns and stuff.  But this has a bit more of a psychological side to it, yes?  What is the gunman thinking? What of the doom coming towards him?  But enough of this meta-art stuff, you should also check out vozzie-comics.blogspot.com.  He's a cool guy, and doesn't afraid of anything.  So yeah, check him out.

Love,

Benjamin

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Picture Face Zoom

Hello again, it's me, the guy who has this blog.  So today I didn't feel like making a drawing, so instead I made a picture face zoom. I think it's hilarious. The son particularly has some funny looking hair. Enjoy.

Love,


Benjamin

P.S. joelbullis.blogspot.com. check it out. now.

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A drawing a day...

Well hello there internet.  My name is Benjamin Daniel Kroll, and I like to draw.  Like my About Me says, I indeed am studying animation.  One of the things my animation professor's have been bothering me about is how I don't have a blog.  Well, now I have two (awinnerssmile.blogspot.com).  The purpose of this one is to do one drawing a day.  This was one of my friends ideas, a guy by the name of Derek Bortz (http://bortzanator.blogspot.com/).  You should go check out his blog.  And some other cool guys, who won't be mentioned because I can only shamelessly plug for so long, are also doing this in addition to the cool stuff they do.  I have no idea what they do.  They could be drawing furry porn for all I know.  But enough about this furry porn stuff.

Here's to drawing every day!

Love,

Benjamin

P.S. I will be posting a coloring book page that I have ruined with love every Friday.  Mark your calendars.

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