How to draw Sam & Max?

[Ebanista]

Hello, I was just wondering if there is a guide or a step by step guide on the Internet detailing how to draw Sam & Max?

I've been wanting to start drawing them and a how to would be a great starting place for me.

Thanks

[crfh]

http://shadren4ever.deviantart.com/a...4330112&qo=170

That one is pretty good, and the second part too

There's also an image lying around on the internet by Steve Purcell that's a guide, but I can't find it right now, try Googling it

[SunnyGuy]

Yeah, I used that guide for help.

That same link has Steve's sketch for Sam btw
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...g?t=1276400827

Max's shouldn't be more than 5 pages before the latest one in the fanart thread too.

[Cheri]

Sunnyguy already linked to the Sam one I have in my photobucket, so I'll link the Max sketch one, and then the model sheets from the cartoon DVD.

Max Sketch Reference

Sam Model 1
Sam Model 2
Sam Model 3
Sam Model 4
Sam Model 5
Sam Model 6
Sam Model 7
Sam Model 8
Sam Model 9
Sam Model 10
Sam Model 11
Sam Model 12
Sam Model 13
Sam Model 14
Sam Model 15

Max Model 1
Max Model 2
Max Model 3
Max Model 4
Max Model 5
Max Model 6
Max Model 7
Max Model 8
Max Model 9

There ya go! I think that'd be all ya need to get started drawing both of them.

[crfh]

Whoa, never seen those animation guides before, SWEET!

I'd recommend inverting the sketch references (as in, flip white to black and viceversa) because it looks a lot clearer that way

[Ebanista]

Thanks for the links!

Here's a scan of my first 2 drawings of their heads. Ill continue with their full bodies soon

Pic:

[Sausy Gibbon]

The Steve reference on Max walking seems to fit alot better than the one in models 6 and 7, it seems like something they insisted upon from Nelvana aswell as 8 and 9 where Max's mouth becomes wider than his face.

[gilau]

Originally Posted by SunnyGuy

Yeah, I used that guide for help.

That same link has Steve's sketch for Sam btw
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...g?t=1276400827

Max's shouldn't be more than 5 pages before the latest one in the fanart thread too.

Originally Posted by Cheri

Sunnyguy already linked to the Sam one I have in my photobucket, so I'll link the Max sketch one, and then the model sheets from the cartoon DVD.

Max Sketch Reference

Sam Model 1
Sam Model 2
Sam Model 3
Sam Model 4
Sam Model 5
Sam Model 6
Sam Model 7
Sam Model 8
Sam Model 9
Sam Model 10
Sam Model 11
Sam Model 12
Sam Model 13
Sam Model 14
Sam Model 15

Max Model 1
Max Model 2
Max Model 3
Max Model 4
Max Model 5
Max Model 6
Max Model 7
Max Model 8
Max Model 9

There ya go! I think that'd be all ya need to get started drawing both of them.

wow!!! thank you guys for posting this, im going so mush to use it...max "g" pronuntation see as somthing painfull xD

[Gohaku]

Originally Posted by Sausy Gibbon

The Steve reference on Max walking seems to fit alot better than the one in models 6 and 7, it seems like something they insisted upon from Nelvana aswell as 8 and 9 where Max's mouth becomes wider than his face.

I feel like either walking style is suitable for Max. Somehow the Nelvana style makes him seem more slick but still cutely menacing. As for the mouth I think it was just to give Max more flexibility when it came to animating him. It was all for animation purposes. Then again Purcell's design is meant more for his comics of course.
I like them both