Jamie Ramsden, known online under the alias “Jamzdens” has been one of my favourite artists for years, due to her eye-catching bold cartoonist work. Her drawings feature strong shape language, clear and balanced anatomy, and a very tricky blend of wacky cartooning and structured professionalism.
I’ve tried drawing in her style in the past, but haven’t quite been able to mimic her understanding of shapes in a 3d space.
all of these examples of Jamie Ramsden’s work have been taken from her portfolio website, which you can view here: https://www.jamieramsden.com/
This is the piece I mainly looked to for reference! These figures have a really distinct combination of simple colours and exaggerated shapes paired with defined anatomy. After looking at this and trying to break down the shapes, I gave it my own go!
I started with a rough sketch. I tried emphasizing the shapes in the jacket (squares) and exaggerated the size of the hair.
I then went in with the line art, trying to mimic Jamie’s unique way of drawing fingers. I also forgot to erase a line at the base of the jacket here but I fixed it later!
Here’s the final attempt! Jamie tends to use either warm or cool toned colours, so I tried a more cool wash. Afterwards, I went over with a lasso fill brush to add some solid dark shadows, a trade mark of Jamie’s work.
This still doesn’t fully capture the style, but I think it’s at least recognizably similar! I think between this inquiry and the last one, it’s becoming clear to me that many of these artists have very distinct silhouettes and lines of action in their work. I’ll try implementing this going forward!