"Come along with us to Zoobilee Zoo." I don't remember too much about any particular episodes, but I do have the theme song embedded in my brain (below for your own torcher) and think I may have had a boyhood crush on the kangaroo. So I thought I'd take a shot at the characters in a bit of an animation style. Sadly, time got away from me this week and I narrowed it down to one character. Ultimately I'm not too happy with it. He ended up looking way more like Barack Obama than I ever intended. If I were to take a second pass at this, I would probably try to push it further and make it a direct caricature. There are some hand problems too which are making me real close to proclaiming that I will no longer draw hands without a reference for as long as I live.
The one thing I am kind of happy with is its my first try at simulating a "marker look" while still working completely digitally. I found a site with some pretty interesting brushes and may be trying some different styles in future pieces. All in all, I learned something from this piece and I think its important that I try and take something away from everything I work on.
You can see the original sketch over at my personal site:
Mayor Ben Sketch
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-Ben
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