The Double-Winged Wodgett is the king of heavy-lifting in the bird world, able to carry many times its own body weight.
This brightly coloured and highly elusive bird belies it’s small size with some truly spectacular lifting feats, which would put an Olympic power lifter to shame.
Here a Wodgett is attempting to make off with an anaconda.
I’m now g0ing to go through the steps in creating this cartoon.
Initial outline
I was trying to think of some hefty critter for the Wodgett to lift and was scratching my head for a while before the anaconda slithered onto the drawing board.
Finding a background
I was looking for jungle-type background and so had a look through some previous cartoons to see if I could borrow from one. In the one that I chose, I was playing around with the idea of someone using an electric eels as a recharger.
Altering the background
I’ve now removed the characters from the background and flipped it around.
Adding the characters to the background
I added the outline and then another layer beneath it filled in with white.
Colouring the anaconda
I’m now beginning to colour the chratxers, starting with the anaconda. You can see the pallete that I used. I used the wash tool in Procreate.
Colouring the Wodgett
I used the same watercolor wash for the Wodgett. It’s blending in a bit too much with the background at the moment.
Increasing the intensity of the Wodgett
I doubled the colour layer of the Wodgett, so that it stands out more against the background.
Darkening the background
To make the characters stand out even more, I added some dark washes o=to the background behind them.
The finished cartoon
I added some more tones to the water, and some movement lines around the Wodgett, and that’s it!
What’s Next?
I drew some of the above cartoon during Cartoon Hour.
What’s Cartoon Hour?
Basically, it’s an hour where everyone meets on Zoom and draws at the same time (me too!). Folks can choose what they want to draw, and if they’re stuck for ideas, then I’m happy to help with some suggestions.
At the end of the hour we show each other what we’ve drawn. I’ll be imparting a few cartooning tips as well.It’s a good way to get some cartooning done and also to share with fellow doodlers.If you’d like to receive more details on Cartoon Hour, simply add your name, best email address, and type “Yes!” In the message below.