Incredibly shit drawings of guitars

one thing that kills drawings like this is total adherence to a particular photographic source- it doesn't matter how much nuance you put into the shading if you don't understand the mechanics and dynamics of the thing you're trying to depict

also little jimmy's arms are incredibly long

That thing Jimmy Olsen is playing looks more like a saz than a guitar.

Actually it is a baritome saz.

Not to be confused with the soprama saz, a.k.a. tha sazparilla

https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/shower-curtain/images-medium-5/3-jimmy-page-manon-zemanek.jpg?&targetx=0&targety=-54&imagewidth=787&imageheight=928&modelwidth=787&modelheight=819&backgroundcolor=CCCECC&orientation=0

https://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Hypno-Hustler-Spider-Man-Marvel-Comics-h1.jpg

https://i2.wp.com/themarvelreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-31-at-8.31.37-PM-e1504230269448.png

Don't get me started on drums, cymbals, and tom angles.

Here is a pretty good drawing, as a palate cleanser:

https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/4379044.jpg

it's obviously tough going to get the face of the guitar to read as a flat surface on an elipse with so many compound curves around the edges

Wow, both of the instruments on the Spider-Gwen cover that morrisp posted are pretty good! OFF TOPIC. MODS PLEASE PERMABAN.

I said it was a palate-cleanser!

Ok but take further discussion to "Reasonably accurate drawings of guitars."

OK, back on track... this is one of my favorite drawings, by my favorite artist -- but I'm not afraid to admit that the angle of the neck is all f'd up:

https://thenextissuepodcast.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/lrvol1-24.jpg

Hernandez Bros grasp the fundamental trick of *not* drawing strings

well ok maybe just Jaime

suspicious number of frets on hopey’s bass

I think my favorite detail of that cover is the implication that someone stagedove while wearing heels

Spider-Gwen looks like she's about to drop her pick. Good drawing otherwise tho

That’s MJ; Gwen is seen swinging thru the window.

Mary Jane! I hope you can play fingerstyle!

She travis picks

Will the circle be unbroken?

https://d3zr9vspdnjxi.cloudfront.net/artistInfo/arturchi/big/388.jpg?0

smooth

the baritone saz is popular
https://66.media.tumblr.com/1c8495fae16327eca4d532b3b56a7305/tumblr_ph3qso8QKu1vhdznbo1_500.jpg

I would love a les Paul with a neck the width of a breadstick

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/42/28/36/4228365bb93c9655f41cd0fdfc622593--les-paul.jpg

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2026/1033/products/b525_1024x1024.jpg?v=1578407123

https://i.imgur.com/ENMDWY5.jpg
context is everything

https://i2.wp.com/crockpics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/beatlescartoonsbottom.jpg

The Beatles cartoon wasn't exactly a model of accuracy, but it's funny they went to the trouble of drawing Paul with his left-handed Höfner bass but couldn't be bothered checking how many strings a bass has.

... it has four strings

Oh no, hang on. This is the one I meant to post, with Paul's 6 string bass.

https://whythebeatlesarestillrelevant.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/beatlescartoons.jpg

would totally kick it with a six-string Hofner bass though

Probably off-topic for this thread but providing a (completely implausible) snare stand is small comfort given that a kick drum with no spurs is liable to roll off the stage...

"Incredibly shit drawings of drumkits" thread would dwarf this one, if it were something that anyone but me cared about.

I mean, many non-guitarists have at least looked at guitars and kinda tried to represent what they look like. Many non-guitarists have held guitars. Some even own and display them as collectibles or art objects!

In contrast, only drum nerds have elaborate opinions about tom mounting systems, double-braced vs. single-braced cymbal stands, tilters, booms, single vs. double lugs.

Incidentally the zigzag pattern of the lines on the second Ringo pic indicate a system of rope drumhead tensioning that was becoming obsolete in the 19th century. Meanwhile the first pic is a little ahead of its time; those lugs have an 80s Pearl Export vibe!

drumming post

for you YMP
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/8b/33/908b3328cfdc21cc3daa7b30f0a1d5ef.jpg

🤩

Lol thanks

“Drawing shitty pictures of drums cheers me up. Whenever I feel low, I draw some new pictures of shitty drums.”

> rope drumhead tensioning that was becoming obsolete in the 19th century

This is fascinating, because the visual trope is a constant in illustrations of toy soldiers, the little drummer boy, etc. It seems to carry over into images of trap sets, even though there was no overlap.

Exactly. I am sure there are rope-tension aficionados, just as there are animal skin-head aficionados. But Ringo was neither of those.

https://i.imgur.com/X6G8phh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/J8QJJvy.jpg

So many good details! Appropriate number of strings, p90 pickups, a bigsby tailpiece.

Then you got the instrument cable coming out of the lower horn.

(from the Be Cool Scooby Doo episode, 'Screama Donna')

ahahah I was looking at that like 'hey looks pretty good!' then saw the cable lmfao

Cross posted from the incredibly shit drawings of Shaggy thread

Beat me to it!

Shaggy & Scoob look like they've changed stimulants over the years