I had been at the local comics shop and saw some of the Muggs Star Wars toys. Their rounded shapes intrigued me and inspired me. I wondered if I could try some cartooning of known characters using something like the style of the toys. The following two drawings are the results of that attempt.
The first one attempted was of the main charactors from the USA Network show Burn Notice.
I wasn’t sure that I was getting Michael right, but when I sat back to study it, I realized the line for his mouth is just right (he really does mostly look like he’s been dieting on lemons). I had misjudged the color of Fiona’s hair and so had to darken it, though it’s still too light. But all in all, not bad for a first try.
Then I moved to NCIS.
If you’re cartooning, you almost certainly have to try doing Abby (she’s such a delightful character). I was very pleased with the face of my Gibbs.
It was fun making these attempts (these are photos of the works, not scans), but I haven’t tried to follow up with other examples of the style yet.
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