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Legendary San Francisco Journey: Gaiden - updated with colored
by Natto on Sep 27, 2010 6:33 AM PDT
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PrintI've wanted to draw something Giants related for a while and finally stopped being lazy this week and did so. I thought it would be fun to try and draw a manga-style cover featuring some Giants players. I normally draw digitally, but I wanted to do it all old-school style this time: just pencil and ink on paper. I had a mini-survey earlier in the week to see who people would like to see in the picture and got a good group of players to draw. I pared the list down to Lincecum, Cain, Posey, Wilson, and Huff. After some sketches and research, I got to work.
First, I did a sketch to try to nail down the style. I usually do my sketches on scratch paper because it's readily available, and I'm cheap. (I have a new scanner, so the quality for some of these is kind of crappy as I haven't figured out all of the settings yet.)
Not the best, but I was on my way. Next I did a sketch for the layout and all of the players.
Once I was reasonably satisfied with the layout, I transferred the sketch in light pencil to nicer Bristol paper by tracing over a light desk. It's here that I really tighten the details and refine the outlines. Then it's time to ink. This is what my workstation looks like:
My desk tends to get into disarray when I'm working on something, especially when I have a lot of pens out. In case you're curious, I use Sakura Pigma micron pens. They come in a variety of tip sizes, and the ink flows nicely. Here's a straight up view of the half-inked page:
I worked until I got it to a point where I felt like it was good enough to share. It's not done yet, but it's getting close to it:
There are some blacks to fill in and some touch up to do, but it's almost there. I'll also be coloring it once I'm finished, although I'll be doing that part digitally. I'm pretty happy with the way Lincecum and Cain turned out. I was "in thezone" when I was working on them. I wassn't sure whether to have Posey hitting or playing his position. I decided on drawing him in his catcher's gear to get some variety in the uniforms. Figuring out what Huff and Wilson would be doing took longer. I just did what came naturally. More to come soon.
Update: Here is the final inked version. Color to come sometime soon.
Update again: Aaaaand finally with color
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Rec'd-I especially like the way you drew Posey's eyes
Great job
Buster Posey>
"Screw it, Redbull time"-Brian Wilson
I don't even know where to begin.
Natto, this is fantastic. Magnificent. I like to sketch some nonsense on occasion, and the comparison is kindergarten macaroni art next to a Caravaggio. Your ability to capture the physical character of these men with such simplicity is stunning. I can’t wait to see the final product.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Huff looks so happy
well done.
First ever adoptee: Steven Michael Decker, our 2012 San Francisco Giants Manager/starting catcher.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
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Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 5:04 AM PDT reply actions
Holy shit this is amazing. I love your choice of pose for Posey, he looks like he’s got the weight of the world on his shoulders or something.
And I love how you’ve got all the small details in there, like Wilson’s unbuttoned shirt and Matt’s poofy hair.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This is really well done!
I have enjoyed your art on this site for quite awhile, but never took the time to comment on it.
Thanks for sharing your great talent with the McCoven!
I love all the poses you picked, and all the details you put in. Fantastic job!
24 is clearly the most perfect of numbers.
EYEBROWS!
I like using Sakura Pigma microns too.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
Awesome!
I particularly like the yellow Kazoo sitting on the middle of your desk. Do you play it while drawing?
Sits on it.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
(so he can play whilst drawing)
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
This is FREAKING AWESOME, Natto.
Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)
by tk on Sep 17, 2010 9:53 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Amazing.
I feel like a talentless slob.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I am a talentless slob.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 17, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
and I feel it.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
needz moar angry aubrey
seriously awesome though
Awesome
Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Awesome.
I had some Cartoon Thong Huff worries.
And re-reading that sentence just makes me upset.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Bipolar Stuffed Sheep of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
I simply adore this
I wish I could do more than rec it. Like, subscribe to an entire manga of the 2010 season, drawn by you.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
I would buy a 2010 Giants manga
in a heartbeat!
Get it done, McC brass!
24 is clearly the most perfect of numbers.
Dood
I’d pay good money for that. I wonder if a manga has ever been based around a baseball season before?
Natto, if they win the WS, you have to do this!!!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
There are tons of baseball manga
Most of them are high school-oriented, but a few are about players in pro or semi-pro: Major is one of the more famous, Abu-san is (I think) the longest-running, and then there’s a very popular one called—I’m not kidding—Star of the Giants.
I think there’s another one with robotic cats for players. Or maybe it was dogs. I hear about so many of them from my son and his otaku friends that I can’t keep them all straight.
I would say "Awesome"...
but photobucket is blocked at work. So I’ll assume because it’s Natto, the drawings are his usual fantatsic work.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs I'll miss you my son.
Love Wilson's wrist tat
Well done—thanks for sharing the process.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Dude
That fucking rocks.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 17, 2010 2:31 PM PDT reply actions
Really good stuff Natto
are you doing something more with all this work – I forget, but are you in college now or what?
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I graduated a couple years ago and am currently working in the social gaming industry. I’d really like to do some sort of short comic with the Giants but haven’t come up with a decent story yet.
There should def be a brain storming session about this.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I think it should involve the Western Suns arc
definitely a shoujo in that case…
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Great stuff. Your inks have a really nice line. I also like your composition, starting with the smallest figure of Posey in the center and spiraling out through ever bigger figures until you get to Giant Tim in the corner. When they’re ready, I would like to purchase a signed and numbered print, please.
(Preferably #24)
Proud father of Barry Bonds.
I too would like to purchase a print.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 19, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Great stuff
I didn’t read the initial post at first and wasn’t sure exactly who I was looking at, but when I noticed the angle of the leg kick, I was sure it was Cain. Well done.
Love it
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 18, 2010 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
Nice rendition of my boy
I used to work at the Inkstone in Berkeley. Got to know those pigma micron pens really well! .005 FTW
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Love it! Thanks for sharing your work!
You’re so talented!
Proud parent of Bengie Molina: Buster who?
amazing. that's even better than...
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Sep 18, 2010 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I dunno...
Jaunty Mando might just be Natto’s magnum opus…
Look at my website. Look at it. || Screw Johnsonville Sausages and Safeway. I have my reasons.
I like them.
I think of baseball and anime (specifically Pokemon) from your drawings. That first picture looks like Tim is holding a Poke ball. Thank you for putting my childhood into baseball form. They are very good. I draw too and I wish that I drew more stuff more like, I’m too serious. Keep up the good work.
Pablo Sandoval: The Triforce of Courage
Buster Posey: The Triforce of Wisdom
Brandon Belt: The Triforce of Power
*more like this, I draw too serious
FIXED
Pablo Sandoval: The Triforce of Courage
Buster Posey: The Triforce of Wisdom
Brandon Belt: The Triforce of Power
Can I humbly request that you make a McC shirt of this?
Mr. Brisbee needs to get off his butt and make the darn shirts already.
Also, god damn do I love Sakura Pigma Micron Pens. 0.3 all the way!
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
Print now available for the black and white drawing
Bear in mind that I’ll be doing a colored version too, so if you prefer to wait for that, you can do so.
Awesome!
One minor thing is, I would like to point out that the usual way to put Giants in katakana is ジャイアンツ.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/サンフランシスコ・ジャイアンツ
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
oops
actually I think you did spell it right, but it looks like the little ya is covered and seems a bit funny…
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Cool stuff
I normally draw digitally, but I wanted to do it all old-school style this time: just pencil and ink on paper.
Doing the job by hand was the right call.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
What are you going to fill them with?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 25, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I love Huff’s smile.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I completely missed this series. Still amazing though.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 27, 2010 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice!
Is there a particular place you’d like people to link to when they share this? Because I’m gonna re-post the shit out of this.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Sep 27, 2010 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
That's incredible
my current wallpaper on my mac too!
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Sep 27, 2010 6:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I would buy a glossy poster of this.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Sep 27, 2010 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I can haz tshert plz?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
if the T-shirt is made
between this T-shirt and the five aces sweatshirt, I would have enough to use the cafe press coupon…
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Sweet! What’s the code?
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
SUPPORT15 supposedly saves 15% off $40
http://www.couponover.com/coupon/cafepress.com
there might be more if you google more carefully
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
1) Make this a T-shirt
2) ?
3) Profit
by 49 Giant Shark Warriors on Sep 27, 2010 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Phase 2 = Underpants
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
Colored?
That’s racist!
But I like the artwork anyway!
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
It’s racist because he thinks of them as colored drawings and not just drawings.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
I apologize in advance but
Lincecum has green eyes.
Ryan Rohlinger lives in my basement. I let him out to play baseball.
ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s only when he goes Super Saiyan.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
You should totally submit this to the team
They should show this on the board before games.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
I hope you don’t mind, but I changed the date on the Fanpost so it’ll be at the top of the page a bit longer!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Didn't know we could do that.
/changes date on every fanpost I’ve ever written
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
2010 MCC T-shirt imo.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
YES
Natto, this is amazing. PLEASE make this into a t-shirt that McCoven could purchase and wear, like, immediately.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Black and white version for me.
Still in despair.
"Use the stencil! Do it!"
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Sep 27, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
BOTH OF THEM. AT THE SAME TIME
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I realize that, but it kinda looks like he has extra lips or something
Far be it from me to tell you how to do your artwork, but this is my son we’re talking about.
Could you use horizontal lines like you did for the wrinkles on Tim’s jersey?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
If it’s cross hatching you want, I would have to go back and do it on everyone else to keep it consistent.
Not that big a deal
I’d probably want color any way, but I do think cross hatching would make the B/W just a little better.
Didn’t they teach you “When in doubt, cross hatch it out”?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
(bows)
I’m constantly amazed by people who draw well. That’s probably because I can’t draw a blank, but there you go…
The whole innocent, puppy dog Posey totally makes this. I’d get a shirt in a heartbeat if you were legally allowed to produce one.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 27, 2010 10:53 AM PDT reply actions
I'm the same way
About the only thinkg I can draw is conclusions
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I get my exercise daily
by jumping to conclusions
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I get mine by running off at the mouth.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 27, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I hear some people go to "spin class"
Not me, my life is already spinning out of control
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I love it.
But “IANTS” should be coming out of Buster’s mouth, because I keep thinking it says “I AIN’T,” and, well….
Really, though, I love it.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2010 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
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