Very oldfag here. Back in my teens I thought I was going to be some kind of comic book artist or some shit. Unfortunately for me and probably fortunately for you I had to face up to the fact that I just wasn't very good. I would have had to invest a lot more time into it and I got forced into a work situation so never really picked it up again. However I hung onto some of the stuff I created. Most of it is pretty crappy when I look at it now. When I look at the amazing shit some artists do it makes me sad. Anyhow I thought it might be fun to share with you some of it and see how a teenager from the 80's with creative aspirations and some weird thought processes got it out of his system. I have removed the signatures so excuse the black blocks on some of them. Also please excuse the photos since my scanner is not large enough.
Err...white boxes on signatures I mean.
>>2482410
I think I was trying to come up with some Rogue Trooper type bullshit. Autismo mode on full.
>>2482412
Only 3 panels
I was a big fan of 2000AD at the time. So a few Dredd pics.
Young boy fantasies at work.
>>2482406
now imagine if you had drawn all these years in the meantime
>>2482406
These are goddamn atrocious, seems like you lacked a lot of discipline - but you already know that. Its kind of cool to see though dont get me wrong. Wonder where you'd be now had you stuck to it and focused on getting better. Thanks for the share.
Some kinda fucked up self portrait. No seriously. Even I did a WTF when I pulled this outta the attic.
I found a skellington in my closet.
>>2482433
Forgot the pic to go with that reply.
kek
I think my problem was I was a generally lazy fucker who never completed stuff a lot of the time. If I had been Brian Bolland tier I would probably have completed one page every month.
Hey this isn't actually too bad. Why didn't I do shit like this? The anatomy is actually not bad.
I like the dude with the big chin here.
Enjoyed these a lot OP, reminded me of the good old days. It's a shame you didn't continue. Have you thought about going back and starting from the fundamentals all over again, or does it just not interest you at all anymore?
I posted this one over on /tv/ as it's not a bad Who sketch.
>>2482456
I have. It could be a good way to destress I guess and perhaps see if I can still draw and perhaps be better than I was now I know what went wrong. Who knows!
>>2482447
Thanks. That secondary panel I recall was on a suggestion from 2000AD's editor (I actually visited Stamford towers in London where they worked and got some critique). He suggested I switch to using a paint brush and ink instead of felt tips as used in the first panel. It does look nicer I think in the second panel, Shortly after that I was forced to leave school and go get a job. The job I got was soul destroying (working for the government) and crushed my dreams so to speak. I never did get back on the art train after that although I still love looking at others creative works.
You should finish these and sell them to other 80's and Hipster old fags .
>>2482559
I always wished 200AD did a one off special called 1900AD where it is a comic book made in the 1800's by people predicting what the future would be like in the 1900's. A kind of retro/cyberpunk type affair with Judge Dredd riding a steam powered motorcycle and shit. Cool idea no?
>>2482585
>200AD = 2000AD
fixed
>>2482459
OP, I'm older than the average person here. I looks at this place out of morbid curiosity once a month, I post maybe twice a year.
It's never too late, contrary to what some of the edgy teenagers on this board will tell you. They'd have you believe if you're not Ruan Jia by age 12 you should give up and kill yourself.
Jim Lee graduated medical school, freaked out and decided before settling into a life of boil-lancing drudgery he'd give being an artist one last shot.
Brad Rigney was an intermittently-homeless burnt-out alcoholic and drug addict through his 20's and 30's. Now he's one of the most in-demand digital artists out there.
The list goes on. Whatever your goals and aims, start drawing again and study your fundamentals. I recommend you start with Michael Hampton's Figure Drawing: Design And Invention, Marshall Vandruff's online perspective lectures and D'Amelio's Perspective Drawing Handbook as being good places to start.
>>2482406
Ah wannabe 2000AD illustrations. You don't see that often nowadays.
It was basically the anime of the day
>>2482588
>Can totally be a chill career when you finally decide to leave high stress professions behind you.
bait much
>>2482591
>boil lancing as a job
I am sure there are many people on /b/ who would enjoy that!
>>2482591
>Brad Rigney was an intermittently-homeless burnt-out alcoholic and drug addict through his 20's and 30's. Now he's one of the most in-demand digital artists out there.
not sure if I want to feel this glimmer of hope or not
>>2482591
Better be a hobo drug addict alcoholic than a photobasher.
how did you go about getting ref material in the transition state between no internet and internet?
Do you consume more comics now that you van easily steal them online?
I think OP's problem is that he didn't had the resources for learning we have today
a cup of Loomis will fix him
>>2482619
his real problem is that he should find another hobby because he doesn't have the spark.
>>2482622
Well I don't now. Maybe you are right there. It's easy for me to blame it on everyone and everything but myself.
>>2482619
I must admit. At the time a lot of that stuff was out of my reach. Sure there were books about drawing anatomy but not a lot about drawing comics. Plus I was a poorfag and my school was totally disinterested in helping me further my interests. When I was pulled in and asked what job I wanted to do I was given the cold shoulder when I told them I wanted to do graphics work and pushed in a different direction. They always saw me as a distracted, lazy and possibly backwards child. I wanted to learn to play the piano back then but I was shoo'd away any time I put my hands on one and I was not one of those who were fotunate enough to end up in music class. In fact I was never asked and never knew how anyone did end up in that class to be quite honest. The UK schooling system was (and probably still is) all about turning you into a wage slave and saving on costs. I am not sure how it is in the US with regards to allowing creatives to do what they want and getting support at an early age. Hopefully it's a lot better than I had.
I'm not looking for sympathy but I am kind of bitter about the whole affair.
>>2482591
>counts all these people that made it
>forget about the countless people that failed hard and who outnumber them like 1:100
These are very nice op, however the way you drew anatomy reminds me of captain pronin.
>>2482673
That's true but he also cited examples of only those in circumstances which promote failure. Thousands of people will take up art this very minute, and fail, not because they have abusive parents or are addicted to drugs or are crippled but simply because they don't have the will or interest to continue.
So yes, if you count those people, the success stories are outnumbered by the failures; but that doesn't mean failure is inevitable.
Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate
>>2482406
I think you should get back into it old man. The resources are there, you owe to it yourself to give it another shot so you don't die regretting it.
>>2482667
In the US kids are told that they are all special snowflakes and everything they do is amazing and they can do whatever they want to do. Then they get into the real world where no one gives a shit about them and they go mental and shoot up a school or something.
>>2482406
I'm not sure if I ever drew complete scenes when I was a teenager, never mind pages of fucking sequential drawings. I'd say you were ahead of the curve.
This is all really good for a teenager OP. Watch some of the popular youtube art channels and some of their stuff isn't even this good. Its a shame you gave up
>>2483584
I mean their stuff from when they were teens.
What kinds of books did you use back then to git gud, if any?
It's funny how beginners all make the same mistakes, kind of makes their work all look the same.
Too much detail is very telling, they think it makes a piece good if you just keep piling in the detail. Less is more.
>>2482406
you made me sad. i'm sure i'm gonna end like that. not enough time/effort/stamina.
at least it was cool while it lasted.
