My favorate toon

[nitrobutler]

While growing up Popeye was one of my favorite toons.
I know I need help with the wood, and could've brung this image over to PS in order to create it, but I wanted to create this only in Illustrator.
I left this image layers intact, so be brutal, then I'll be able to go back and correct it.

[ricib]

uh cuh cuh cuh cuh cuh... (that's my impression of Popeye, it sounds better out loud, really)

Nice work, as your interpretation, it's great. Depending on how close you want it to look, it could use some refining to lookmore like Popeye.

That fish seems (like much else) to weigh more than Olive Oil.

Good Job.

[MsOz]

I'm sorry, but it really doens't look anything like Popeye's face except for the shape of the head.
Since this is your favorite toon, you should do a little research to do your homage properly.

Maybe a general Popeye site: http://www.netaxs.com/~animart/AARPage/mwpopeye.html , or a Popeye collectible site: http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbleth...lightdime.html ,
or even the official Popeye Fan Club (Home of the attached image): http://www.popeyethesailor.com/club/main.htm

[nitrobutler]

Thanks for the "Heads up"
Great links MsOz

[RackToon]

Hey....I yam what I yam...ands that's all dat I yam...uck uck uck!

Gotta love Popeye

Don't know if it will help with your scene but here's a simple little wooden pier backdrop I did for a cartoon in vector a while back.
The grain on the wood is just basically long irregular lines and vector shapes. Did the whole dock affair from a straight-on view and used the perspective tool to shape it.



Keep up the good work!--RackToon

[nitrobutler]

Wow! thanks RackToon! I've saved the pier image you've made and will use it for future reference