Legacy LD5

Hi everyone, RipRoarRex nipping in with more artwork.

Yeah. That's right. I drew Scooby.



I've always liked Scooby. I can't deny that when I used to watch Scooby-Doo as a kid, my mind might have wandered to thoughts of his big paws on more than one occasion. But I had never really ever given serious thought to drawing him until a recent conversation about 'guilty pleasure characters' on Eccentricities in which Scooby-Doo's name came up. Admitting therein that I was quite keen on the character, I suddenly found myself curious about whether I could draw Scooby - and receiving strong encouragement from certain folks to try it. conversation.

Of course, with a mind like mine, it doesn't take long for me to come up with a bunch of mischievous ideas for any character. And once I had with Scoob, I knew I needed to give it a try, especially because it seems the fandom is suffering from a severe deficit of giant heavy thumping Scooby feets.



As ever with a character I've never drawn before, I started by spending several days doing lots of training sketches (some of which I will probably end up adding to a future Character Training Compilation in my FurAffinity Scraps) in order to familiarise myself with the character and the Hanna-Barbera style. Then I started working on the actual picture.

I have to say, I had great fun doing this piece. By my usual standards, it was a refreshingly quick and smooth process - I'd already finished the linework and coloured the scan within 24 hours of starting the exploratory sketches, then got all the shading done within a further 24 hours. Some of the proportions are not quite right (especially those back legs), the background is a classic lazy gradient copout, and the style isn't 100% faithful to the original. But I genuinely like it. It's one of those relatively few pieces of mine that actually makes me smile when I look at it. Not least for the amusingly cute-looking ghost about to be stomped.

And before you ask, yes, I will be drawing more of Scooby in future. No question. I enjoyed doing this and already have several other ideas I know I'd like to try at some point.



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If only Scooby-Doo was bigger. He'd never fear any of those phony ghouls ever again.


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RRRex

Zoinks! There must have been something funny in those Scooby Snacks! (cue canned laughter)

The background isn't a cop-out, if you compare it to any of their classic chase scenes. Talk about streaking! (cue canned laughter)

With your level of skill, who wouldn't say no to seeing a new character in your style? Other than meddling kids! (cue canned laughter)

*shakes head* Laughter tracks on cartoons. Why. Just why...

Heh! Thanks Sprotchymon.

And another dip into the "unusual" bucket...can always count on you for that, Rex!

Is anything 'unusual' on LD5?

Apart from having a fear of slippers?





Thanks Dino!