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I think you should study anatomy before you try and abstract it :/

Do a play on the "I <3 NY" thing, or a cute character or something related to the context of the picture? Or could just leave it blank; does it need to have a design on cause that might overcrowd its simplicity?
Looks great so far anyways ; )

At 1/3/11 10:03 AM, argile wrote:

At 1/3/11 08:35 AM, Fifty-50 wrote: Sonic R? Are you kidding? I played that on my computer a lot when I was a kid. Although I've never touched a Saturn console. The thing that freaked me out was tail's doll.

How many years ago did you hear about the tails doll? I thought that was just for fandom created of a bunch of creepy pastas.

god damn that thing is creepy-looking as sin

KD Looks pretty cool; would be great if you could animate it but I understand about the whole advanced tutorials thing. dunno if there's a modelling forum where you could ask for easy/basic tutorials?

looks good; shading of the iris is very nice ; )
eyebrow looks too low though and I'm not quite sure about the curve of the eyelid at the socket. Did you use a reference?

At 12/29/10 03:20 PM, J-qb wrote:

At 12/29/10 03:17 PM, Batto wrote: So it's not on purpose then? :P

lol no.... his shock is actually the result of a musk ox telling him he smells.

yeah.... dont bother asking.

I dare you to draw that in >: )

I'd recommend not smudging because it's really obvious and also looks kinda lazy; physically shading looks much better and you can add/use texture rather than giving everything a smooth surface

So it's not on purpose then? :P

love the bird; the textures and bubbles work so well together. No wonder you won an award and got frontpaged ; )

love the policeman's expression. Can't see that his hand is on backwards but it could just be me

Congratulations everyone! : )

At 12/27/10 05:34 AM, DemiseAnimation wrote: Pencils annoy me because they don't stay sharp. Until I get an actual pencil (other than the writing based ones that I have at the moment) I'm going to try and stay with a pen. I realise what you mean with the sketchyness and will try to avoid it from now on.

Try a mechanical pencil; always stays sharp : )
For the anatomy studies, you'd be best off using a pencil to get the rough shapes and guidelines, then adding in details, because you can rub out mistakes easily. Pens are only really used for quick sketches; I don't know of any artist who uses a pen straight away for a piece of art unless it's a sketch.

It's an interesting idea, but the shading isn't consistent
what's it for? or is it just a random idea?

finished sha-ne's! Couldn't access a scanner for a while so it's a bit late though

At 12/10/10 09:45 PM, Sha-ne wrote: Aaaaaaand, here it is!
Original: by Batto

Hope she likes it!

I do I do! I like the arm armour and skull best ^^
Should get yours done soon, doing it between bits of work and whatnot. Sorry it's taking so long!

Here's a wip of sha-ne's trade
http://tempupload.ngfiles.com/3095355_IM G.jpg

At 12/4/10 05:13 PM, Abbyka wrote: He was looking at a bamboo one for $69. But not he saw one that's better for $100 and says he might not be able to get me anything else. Which is fine, the only things I wanted were Left 4 Dead 2 and Death Troopers(it's a book mixing zombies and Star Wars lol). I could probably afford to get at least one of those for myself if my arts and crafts keep selling well.

to be honest they all do the same thing, so it doesn't really matter which wacom you get. I think the more expensive ones come with different nibs and are bigger with more controls, so they're better suited for professionals using them constantly. For me personally, the bamboo is perfect. Does exactly what I need it to do with little problems
also, size tends to reflect how big you like to make strokes when drawing, so if you tend to do great swooping strokes, the bigger the better; otherwise smaller is fine :3
might be worth looking into it more though

At 12/4/10 04:11 PM, Knocturne wrote:

At 12/4/10 04:07 PM, Batto wrote: Make sure he gets wacom! Those are undoubtedly the best there is, no matter which you get [from bamboo to intuos/cintiq, they all do basically the same thing]

People say this but I've never seen another brand, not ever

What are the other tablet brands?

I know there's a 'trust' one out there, and I think 'genius' does them too, but wacom's the best known so don't think the others are so well known

At 12/4/10 03:56 PM, Abbyka wrote:

At 12/4/10 03:48 PM, Luxembourg wrote: What kind?

Not sure. He fixes and networks computers so I'm sure he'll find a good reliable one. It was going to be a surprise but I told him I was planning on buying one since my shop was doing well this month. To keep me from buying one he HAD to tell me he was getting it.

Make sure he gets wacom! Those are undoubtedly the best there is, no matter which you get [from bamboo to intuos/cintiq, they all do basically the same thing]

could always do the monster under your bed is the superhero, or something like that. Might produce interesting results

why not just make some out of wood and paint? With some creative photography you could make them look like piano keys in the exact composition you want

At 12/3/10 08:59 PM, Hyptosis wrote:

At 12/3/10 01:20 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: A wild chomby appeared?

*Quickly crams the chomby into his pokeyball*

quick, press b repeatedly!

chomby there's some good anatomy there! Not sure about the skin tones [try looking for a good skin tutorial? Sorry I have none to link you : ( ]
The sketches looks great though! : )

At 11/30/10 08:12 PM, Sha-ne wrote: This is awesome, I am definitely joining!

Wow Batto, I remember that from the Art Portal!- I SO want to do yours!

This is my favorite, but feel free to pick any other one you like.

haha good! :P
I'll do that one then. Gimme a while though, I got a lot of work to do as well as this! [just like legolass it seems, haha!]

At 11/30/10 03:22 PM, Fivethous wrote: Better now? i dont know what weapon fits him -_-

give him a gun belt whatever-it's-called and some pistols/revolvers. He looks like a mexican outlaw to me

I'm in!
I figure this has the most character out of my pieces :P

I'm happy to do anything really, as long as it's not too extreme [ie extreme gore, disturbed theme etc. ]

At 11/29/10 01:14 PM, J-qb wrote: well, I think poeple should just be allowed to pick their own partners, Poeple mention that they are available in the thread, then someone else can take their offer. which the original artist can then decline.

sounds like a good idea
so we would post our image of what we want drawing and say something like "I'm up for an art trade" then? Obviously people might like to see what sort of stuff people can do, but they could probably just look at the poster's user gallery

At 11/29/10 12:45 PM, J-qb wrote: Instead of characters, I suggest just redrawing a particular drawing by the other author in your own style. Ill try to wip up a thread tomorrow; just need to make a starter image ;)

Sounds like the best idea.
Would there also be a quality control on it? just so that no one works hard on theirs only to get a crappy mspaint scribble in return

At 11/29/10 12:33 PM, Havegum wrote: That's a great idea! Someone make a thread about it!
Problem is though, that I don't have any original characters to trade away, as I've made none.

so make one! :P
Actually I don't have any either...

Can we use pictures we've done of characters we like the look of?

Why not do a thread where people sign up to do art trades/collabs, then people can be matched at random and post their stuff in the thread
I'd definitely like to do one though

At 11/28/10 03:22 PM, Knocturne wrote: Naw, it's a religious gesture hehe

Really? What does it mean then smarty pants? :P

love the use of colour in all of these. Zombie looks a little flat though
i'd love to see more : )

excuses excuses :P lol
hands are hard though, but you did a good job on his righty ; )
the gesture means "ok", doesn't it?