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At 3/21/09 01:52 PM, DeIirium wrote:

At 3/21/09 12:47 PM, J-qb wrote:

At 3/20/09 07:28 PM, DeIirium wrote: Its been a long time since i posted in here... I have to say most of the stuff ive posted in this topic is shit and embarassing, but it was a long time ago.
Heres something new, i dont really like the lower body, but the rest is fine.

His arms are too short, Anatomy is also a bit lacking in the other drawings, maybe you should do some practicing?

I practice constantly.
And i don´t understand how his hands are too short. They´re almost to his knees. The armor might make it look weird.

Yeah, it might be the armour, I was under the impression that his waist would be the 'thinnest' part. If that is the case his hands come to his thighs.
If his hands do reach to his knees, the rest of the body is too short.

At 3/20/09 07:28 PM, DeIirium wrote: Its been a long time since i posted in here... I have to say most of the stuff ive posted in this topic is shit and embarassing, but it was a long time ago.
Heres something new, i dont really like the lower body, but the rest is fine.

His arms are too short, Anatomy is also a bit lacking in the other drawings, maybe you should do some practicing?

good stuff

At 3/21/09 10:43 AM, Foxpaw wrote: And a cooler version with the neon edge effect. I'm glad my internet is finally working!

Not that cool if you ask me, You've got some good sketches here, why go an filterfuck them up?
Otherwise, cool stuf

also (sorry for double post): the hands are nice, only 2 things: on the second picture, #
the top left hand: I think you shouldn't be able to see the nail on that little finger/ring finger.
bottem left hand (2nd pic): The little finger is too little especially not broad enough. length is okay I think

I think faces aren't your strongest suit; maybe you should focus on drawing a couple of those for a while

Looks pretty damn nice so far!

To get back on topic, Here's mine!
I guess I could have put some more effort in it, but I don't feel like it. I won't have much time this weekend, and I'm also working on my first flash animation, which is now about 1/3 finished.
Also: All terms found in the description below, can be checked in wikipedia. The algarrobba tree grows of the chaco plains. The strange 'first female/than male' growth is actually not that strange, it occurs in certain fish species.

The cantor parvus (lat. Little singer) has to be the most remarkable insect know to mankind. This hemimetabolous hermaphrodite is part of the order of Hemiptera. Living only on the chaco plains of central South-america, it is known to the local populace as the 'whistlebug'.

In fact, only the 2nd & 3rd instar larvae of this bug produce the whistling. It's back shield consists of several seperate parts. The Cantor Parvus can shift these parts to let the wind flow through them, and produce theIt h whistling sound. as been recorded that a single larva could make up to 17 different tones. 1st instar larvae have softer shields, which allow for some room for growth, but rules out the whistling. In 4th instar larvae the shields accrete, and in 5th instar the backshield functions as a cover for the wings.

The most extraordinate about this insect however, is it's lifecycle. Being a protogynous hermaphrodite, it's larvae are female, the imagines are male. After the 2nd moult (usually 5 weeks after emerging from the egg), the (3rd instar) larva is sexually mature, and starts whistling to attract the male. After copulation the larva lays her eggs on the leaf of the algarrobo tree, shortly after which it will moult for the 3rd time. About 2 weeks later it will moult for the 4rd time, now the insect is a sexually mature male.
Since few of the insect make it to the 5th instar, the full grown male Cantor Parvus spends most of its adult life copulating with the female larvae.

very nice indeed, although I'm not sure about the angle. Together with the fact that he has barely any expression it makes it a bit dull. However portret wise it's amazing.

At 3/20/09 01:08 AM, megashell wrote: I kninda hit a brick wall when it came to the background, i had no idea what to do anymore, so i just went with a lazy assed job with the background my fault but i dont know what else to do with the back ground

It's a ska/ punk-ska band if i'm guessing correctly?. Maybe you could make a little pattern of all the instruments used, put that a 30 percent black over a red background. Perhaps do that on the areas that are now black, and leave the band over it.

I love the way you make your faces, It's really great, and it distinguishes your style. Also the chicken killer (doesn't have a face) is very nice too, great sense of composistion. It really tells a story.
Keep it up!

At 7/2/08 03:22 AM, The-Swain wrote:

At 7/1/08 07:56 AM, Swanwig wrote: Now here's a hastily drawn knight-guy.

What is wrong with his pose?
I know there's SOMETHING wrong but I can't pick it, it's like it's a bit distorted or something.

So, Art forum, WHAT IS WRONG with his anatomy?

The problem is that one leg is longer than the other for no reason. If one leg extends out, the other needs to be bent at the knee. Also, less rule-oriented but more aesthetically, he looks completely at rest while holding his shield up in front of him...if he's making the effort to brace his shield, why is he so relaxed? OR, why is he holding his shield up?

Exactly that, I think if you bend his left (for the viewer right) leg out a bit, you fixed the length issue, and looks a bit less relaxed.

do you play anything lundsfryd? you seem to know something about it.

I play the Euphonium (look it up, too hard to explain) for about 12 years now, and have been playing piano for almost a year.

Here's an update of the Imago (full-grown) Cantor parvus.
not finished yet, mind you

At 3/19/09 08:37 AM, Wivernryder wrote: The musical mushroom! He grew in a musician's house. If you press the colored dots on the cap, it... ...back any music that you play for it, lighting up the dots on its cap every time the notes are sung.

Yeah but where is the toilet scale?!?!

stay away from the fill tool in photoshop, it leaves those nasty white lines.
optionally you could use a brush with "paint under" in the same color, to fill in those white spaces.
also, don't use that lens flare you used in that first pic, too often. Everybody who knows photoshop knows that lens flare, it's a bit kitschy

At 3/19/09 06:23 AM, Lundsfryd wrote:

At 3/19/09 06:18 AM, J-qb wrote:

At 3/18/09 11:16 PM, DooDooMeaT wrote: I think I am done maybe....

don't forget your description this time
looks great, yours too wivernryder

wivernryder has not posted anything yet, you must be talking about little me then :3

oh haha, yah I meant little you Lundsfryd.

I am expecting one from you too though, Wyvernrider, don't be a pussy

At 3/18/09 08:12 PM, gassyturtle wrote: ive been trying 2 find a easier style for when i get good with flash so i can annimate hows this um hes Dan the Supervisor

body on him is cool, head doesn't really match though. on the picture in the next post, the bodies are not as good as this one.

At 3/18/09 11:16 PM, DooDooMeaT wrote: I think I am done maybe....

don't forget your description this time
looks great, yours too wivernryder

well, it's okay I guess. It does look like a typical book cover. However, I don't generally like those book covers. I always get the feeling that the person who made it had no idea of what the actual book was like, but just read the backside of it, and tried to make something cool.
Off course, you had no information about the story, so it would be hard to really make something good. The main thing is imo it just doesn't really stand out.

look forward to seeing more of your work.

At 3/18/09 02:57 PM, Lundsfryd wrote:

At 3/18/09 02:04 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote: Go with ..... Lundsfryd.

needed a toilet scale though, dammit /bash desk

Yay.. A vote :)

You are right.. Nothing really beats a toilet scale.. However, if you look closely somebody has been peeing on the snow :P

And that only upset that monster, none of this would have happened, if you had just had a proper toilet scale....
I won't be using one in this weeks entry, it's just a bug, makes no sense scaling it to a toilet.

At 3/18/09 02:31 PM, kanodude42 wrote: Okay...

Before anyone goes off about waiting for the other character, its on the centre of the page.
Also, the way I drew him was supposed to be cartoony, O.K.?

I understand (and I think the rest does too) what you meant. However, people generally don't appreciate it if you go around saying youre character is awesome. They don't appreciate it if it is very good, not if it's good, not if it's so-so, but they especially do not appreciate it if it is not good.
You're charater is better than your stickman, I agree, but they are both bad.
Maybe you should try drawing on paper, before making the switch to digital. It is hard enough to draw anything good as it is. A computer adds extra difficulty, since anyone can hold a pencil, a mouse is way more difficult. I understand the temptation of just taking some shapes and drawing a face on it and saying this is my character. But even 'cartooney' characters eventually come from real human figures. You are doing it the wrong way around.

Don't let the harsh criticism stop you from drawing!

1st, what do you want us to do?
2nd, The other one is not much better.

So here is the first sketch/wip of my music maker:

The cantor parvus (lat. Little singer) has to be the most remarkable insect know to mankind. This holometabulous (completely metamorphous) hermaphrodite is part of the order of coleoptora (beetles). Living only on the chaco plains of central South-america, it is known to the local populace as the 'whistlebug'.

In fact, only the larvae of this beetle produce the whistling. It's back shield consists of several seperate parts. The Cantor Parvus can shift these parts to let the wind flow through them, and produce the whistling sound. It has been recorded that a single larva could make up to 17 different tones.

The most extraordinate about this insect is it's lifecycle. Being a protogynous hermaphrodite, it's larvae are female, the imagines are male. Two weeks after hatching from her egg, the larva is sexually mature, and starts whistling to attract the male. After copulation the larve lays her eggs on the leaf of the algarrobo tree, after which it moves to the trunk of the tree where it uses its proboscis to inject a fluid in to the tree which stimulates resin production. Protected by the coat of resin, the larva enters pupa phase, three weeks after which it emerges as a full-grown (male) beetle.

I'm personally having my doubts about the resin part, think I'll just make it a coocoon. Also, the leaf isn't an algarobo leaf, neither is the portrayed trunk, but well.

also it's top jaw is askew, esp. the front teeth

also:

Ninja's first arose in a period when japan was ruled by several marshalls, each trying to gain an as large as possible teritory. Villages were commonly raided. As a defence against this, villagers created secret rooms in their houses, they hid from the soldiers, and when possible struck from the shadows. They probably did some martial arts training to this effect, but were just farmers or fishermen. That is what ninja's were. This concept was exploited to make cool movies/comics, but hiding is not really cool enough, so they 'forgot' that part.

tha last one is nice, but it needs to be bigger, maybe you could post a link to the full-size? in this size, the lines get lost and it's really hard to keep track of it (if you know what I mean)

At 3/17/09 08:20 PM, Fijeta wrote: I like it, I've always liked abstract art

It isn't abstract

It's okay though, the skull seems a bit off, otherwise it's fine

read the rules before posting,
you are supposed to start with a picture.

symbolic art can mean three things.
first: symbolism as an art stream, tried to use strong images (not icons) to bring the viewer to a certain mindstate.
second: symbolism is the aplied use of symbols, thus a symbolistic piece use certain symbols to portray it's true meaning.
third: a symbolic piece of art, is a piece of art which is itself (not the scene it portrays, but tha actual painting) a symbol for something else.