At 11/2/05 01:02 PM, _Nick_ wrote: What I don't understand is how the number one generally has a 4.27 score (unless it is new, then it has 4.4 and then gets pushed down.) There are some movies out there that i don't understand how you could possibly vote lower than a five. It's strange...

Hey, I voted four. To me, an involving story is as important (if not moreso) than shiny graphics. I honestly found littlefoot to be dull at times... my mind would wander waiting for something interesting to happen. Most of the time the audience on this site votes (with movies) maybe 80% animation 20% story, which is fine for them, but personally I think the idea is as important as the way it is put across visually and stylistically.

At 11/7/05 04:23 PM, NuiStyles wrote: alone in the dark, seems to me that ur a bit jealous, dont complaine his storys are lacking a story line or depth, like he said these episodes are just to introduce the things in the episides, just lay off it :P its not like all ur movies and animations have good story lines, as a matter of fact i aint seen one, i dont wonna start any aguments but u just seem to be VERY VERY negitive :P

NuiStyles

*rolls eyes* Why is it impossible for someone to have an opposing opinion without someone else saying they must be jealous, as though there is something abnormal about thinking differently to the majority.

At 11/7/05 04:43 PM, _Luis_ wrote: I dont get why people see it as jelousy when someone has a contradicting point of view. Is it not possible for someone to not enjoy it?

Since when does one shoe fit all?

Exactly.

Thanks to everyone who commented on the drawing. :D

At 11/10/05 10:51 AM, _Luis_ wrote:

Thanks for the contructive comments. I did have a bit of trouble with the lower teeth. I think if I did change just one tooth, it would be the second molar down on the right, it juts out just a bit too much. But as you said, I should leave something once it's signed.

At 11/10/05 10:58 AM, -Mogly- wrote: line in chin takes away from the realism, unless it a beard (although the guy looks to young to have a beard)
shoulders make it look less realistic
top of the head looks to much like straw as if he doesnt have a crown (not as in a kings crown, the bit in the middle of your head that the hair splits off from.

Thanks for some more criticism. Hmm... The line is part of a beard. If you look closely in the photo you can also see some highlights to where the beard extends below his chin. I drew them in at first, but couldn't get it to look right so chose to draw it over it as though it's an exact part of the shadow. The shoulders are the same shape as in the photo, kind of unusually sloped. I don't really know what to say about that. The top of the head had to be improvised... in all of the pictures of him I've seen where the top of his head is on a remotely similar angle there is pretty much just a rounded shape... you can see what I mean here: [link] So I made the choice to leave it sort of rounded and simple, and slightly shorter than the hair might actually be.

At 11/11/05 01:14 AM, Sikes wrote: AGH, that is a gift right there. I want to be able to draw like that someday, but I can't shade or crosshatch to save my life, are there any suggestions you could give me?

The link given by mualem looked pretty good, better than I could explain. Take a really good look at that site, as he said, there are a lot of helpful tutorials there. Good luck. :)

At 11/11/05 04:05 AM, mualem wrote: hey AGH how long it took you to finish that drawing ?

That took about 6 or 7 hours I think.

At 11/11/05 07:28 AM, Sikes wrote: I'm suffering from boredom, but nothing eases my suffering like seeing someone else suffering too! So I drew this boy who's unhappy for an undetermined reason... Maybe I should have drawn him with a severed limb or something.

I like that, especially the angle of his body.

At 11/10/05 09:02 AM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: I will if you do.

maybe

Um... you go first.

Awesome picture, btw. I can't think of anything to criticize. That hair must have taken ages to draw, also I'm glad I don't go to his barber.

<3

Thanks. <3

At 11/10/05 09:10 AM, GuntherSwanh wrote: I loved that. Unbelivable that it made with just a ballpoint pen! Amazing detail and really accurate likeness.

Thanks a lot. You know I totally nicked the whole preview image thing from you.

At 11/10/05 09:11 AM, ANARCHAOTIC wrote: awesomeness. is it ballpoint pen?

It certainly is.

At 11/10/05 08:03 AM, mualem wrote: <A>http://www.patmedia...l/cool_illusion.h

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That thing is cool. I like optical illusions.

Well, I just got through about 20 pages that I'd missed. That's a whole lot of art. So much good stuff.... Stem, your 3d artwork rocks. Twinsen, your animation went straight into my faves. Luis, I really liked that drawing you posted a couple of pages back of Tommy. BMK... make more >:( , that's all I have to say. Cheshirepus, it's refreshing to see that inkie sort of artwork you posted in the NGAS. Aah... I can't remember it all.

Anyway, here be the first decent thing I've done in quite a while. The picture is only a PREVIEW I strongly suggest clicking on this link to see the fulltastic image.

At 10/25/05 03:09 AM, Inglor wrote: on happier news congrats on your 4000th post

Cool, I didn't even realise it.

Congrats on the whole Inglor Day collection too, I just spotted it on the front page.

To everyone in the Flash Forum (NGAS regs especially), it seems that someone is stealing work from the regs here and claiming it as their own. The user Xint has a DA account [link] and has had at least one piece of work removed from the account over the past few months due to the fact that it was stolen. Rather than directly inform DA as I have done one other time in the past, since I know that one of the drawings in his gallery has been stolen directly from -Aztec- (this one) I figured that you regulars should know about it before I report it.
I think that posting this here as a separate thread is the right thing to do because it directly involves Flash Forum regulars, but doesn't specifically involve stolen work being on NG, so I hope this was a moderator friendly thing to do.

For informations sake the other piece of work that I knew was stolen was a direct rip of the first 30 seconds or so of Teknogames' Action Tutorial. I'd also be interested to know if the flash in Xint's NG profile was even created by him. Maybe some of you folk will recognise them from someone else's site or account.

At 10/20/05 10:12 PM, -cook- wrote: Do I see Kevin Pereira? Looks like him. From Attack of the Show.

Lol... maybe he's a distant cousin.

At 10/20/05 11:02 PM, TESM wrote: still impresing me though AGH. Impressionism was also largely the use of incomprehensible brush strokes which alone are nothing, but blend color to impress an image.

Thanks. Yeah, my point about Impressionism and Expressionism was really in relation to the fact that Impressionism is purely based in real life, while Expressionism has room for theoretical/conceptual movement. Since most of the stuff I've done has something made up about it to give it a sort of... headspace, most of the time I'd call my work Realism, Expressionism or a combination of the two.

I have some art too.. i've improved no?

Surely. You've been posting a lot of good stuff lately. Your proportions are getting better and better too.

At 10/20/05 11:24 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Yay, you made new art! :D It's a killer picture.

:) Hey there, it's good to see you're still around.

At 10/21/05 01:31 PM, keicho wrote: Click here and here to watch them bigger, so u can appreciate the lil details

Man, you have skills. Reminds me a bit of Piranesi's style. [link]

At 10/23/05 10:36 AM, BastardMonk wrote: I'm always drawing stupid stuff that doesn't mean anything in Flash

lol

At 10/23/05 10:31 PM, Sentinel_specter wrote: STAPELOR

I made this for an MS Paint Contest on My Forums .

Lmao. You totally won didn't you.

At 10/20/05 10:09 PM, AGH wrote:

At 10/20/05 09:54 PM, Juanny wrote: Is it like impressionism? because you put other colors, like red and it still looks good. something I learned in art class, don't ask

Yeah I know, those nipples are rather prominent aren't they. Impressionism... yeah, that's probably the best way to put it. Like a filter of life.

Actually, I'll change that to Expressionism. Impressionism is more to do with the external, Expressionism with the internal, but they can be somewhat similar styles when it comes to technique. I always feel pretentious talking about my artwork like this.

At 10/20/05 09:46 PM, keicho wrote:

This is the first thing I've done in a while. It took 30 seconds in MS Paint so don't hait me >:( Bigger

wow, pretty wicked. Kudos, i love that style, its the one i use in paper. I wonder if u like animation as well, most of tallented artist like you also like animation.

Thanks :D you aren't so bad yourself. ;) Yeah, I'm a big animation fan, although I haven't made that much. There are these: http://www.deviantart.com/view/12903647/ / http://www.deviantart.com/view/22154912/ but other than those I haven't got around to making anything I'd officially submit or call a finished movie.

At 10/20/05 09:45 PM, MFProd wrote: OMG Your Sally Marshall

OMG you're... that guy. :P

At 10/20/05 09:54 PM, Juanny wrote:

At 10/20/05 09:41 PM, AGH wrote:
This is the first thing I've done in a while. It took 30 seconds in MS Paint so don't hait me >:( Bigger

Quite some manboobs he's got there :) j/k
Is it like impressionism? because you put other colors, like red and it still looks good. something I learned in art class, don't ask

Yeah I know, those nipples are rather prominent aren't they. Impressionism... yeah, that's probably the best way to put it. Like a filter of life.

At 10/18/05 02:52 PM, Darkfire_Blaze wrote: thats great toast! lol..... pretty awesome.

Can someone please comment on this? Its what i am making for a game and I want to know if they all look good, some need touching... but I'd like to know which ones are, and what exactly should i fix, if you can please.
http://img.photobuck..Nightmaregallery.swf

With the jumping it would look better if he lifted his knees together rather than apart, it's more true to life. The kick would also look better if he actually turned into it, although that would take a bit more work. I like the soul charge but it could be more lively, with brighter colours or with larger circles where the front hand is. Looking good so far. :)

At 10/19/05 10:55 PM, MFProd wrote: heh, I drew another hand.... hee hee. This one's for "Fletcher home memorial" collab. Hee hee joygasm!

Very nice. I take it that was drawn in Flash?

At 10/20/05 07:28 PM, Slippery-Nipple wrote: drew a blackmage in pencil, you can see it at retrogade, heres the flash version

Your drawing skills are improving with every piece. If I had to say anything, it would be that the pose looks a little unnatural though... he should be more menacing, which could either be shown through body language, or with lighting. In this case if you were to change the lighting to a darker mood I'd say it would need to be up-lit (eg:this sort of thing) if you get what I mean.

This is the first thing I've done in a while. It took 30 seconds in MS Paint so don't hait me >:( Bigger

We broke 300,000 views... yay or something! On a different note, was I the only one having mega-slow issues with the site earlier today? I was going to post this a few hours ago but gave up after about 30 minutes of This Document Contains No Data and script errors.

At 10/15/05 10:14 AM, ANARCHAOTIC wrote: yea, you're only cool if your teapot resembles that of the Death Star.

That looks awesome.

At 10/13/05 07:18 AM, Murch wrote: sorry for the triple post, i just want to know how to make it so that you can see a picture on ng. Lol, now i am not going to post until someone else does :P.

You have to upload it from your hard drive using the bar at the bottom of the post window.

I uploaded a bunch of old art stuff to DA today. In the illusion that I've created new work I'll post some of the other stuff here some other time. This is a lino cut I did in 2002 of the house I was a living in. Bigness: http://www.deviantart.com/view/23975042/

Nicely done, polished and shiny but still user-friendly.

Sorry, I give up. I've tried working on three ideas that just plain haven't worked. It's not worth showing you what they are really, it'll be easier to just get someone else to take the part.

At 10/9/05 05:05 PM, MethodMinus wrote: Tiger-Man.

Smaller. Lower Quality.

I like the drawing. He's a strange man though... he looks unsure of himself, lacking in the confidence a Tiger-Man should have.... that is assuming he would be a superhero and not some strange guy in a tiger costume.

At 10/9/05 05:52 PM, Denvish wrote:

At 10/9/05 05:33 PM, DeadAlready wrote: http://www.newground..ers_top_batting.html

Once upon a time, I used to be in the top 10 on that list. For quite a while

And then you became a moderator.... people suck.

At 10/9/05 10:48 AM, TwinsenDude wrote:

At 10/9/05 07:25 AM, AGH wrote: Aah... so that's what a Twinsen looks like. I imagined more blondliness, but maybe that's because of the self portrait you posted in the NGAS a while ago.

Lol, well I'm colorblind, so I prolly screwed up the color a lot.

Whoa. I don't know much about colour blindness, I always assumed it meant that you'd see things in grayscale... athough I vaguely remember seeing something on tv where someone was colour blind and had trouble seeing the difference between just green and black. Which type of colour blind are you?

At 10/6/05 09:07 PM, Helbereth wrote: I want to give it a few days before I post another list, but I still need to hear from diamondz, fishkins, KillMoochie, KJDunwoody and i'd like confirmation from AGH.

I should have something to show you by tomorrow.

At 10/8/05 07:04 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: Eh, What the hell.
http://img172.images..mg172/7725/me3xz.jpg

rofl@Jinx Shirts.

Aah... so that's what a Twinsen looks like. I imagined more blondliness, but maybe that's because of the self portrait you posted in the NGAS a while ago.

At 10/9/05 03:56 AM, cybex wrote: This thread has made me realise how many gingers there are on NG!!! I didn't used to think that there were any gingers on NG at all! But it's infested with them!!!

Nothing wrong with that... you know if you hang around us long enough you'll become one too. It's like leprosy or the ebola virus.

At 10/5/05 04:13 PM, NegativeONE wrote: Yay, AGH has returned from hiatus. I haven't been paying enough attention to this thread.

:D Sort of back. I don't think I'll ever be as active as I was for the first year I was here again (yeah, the repetitive questions got a little old), but I'm trying to start making artwork again. That crapta... I mean wonderful foot cushion is the first thing I've drawn in about a month. It looks like some new regulars have picked up the slack in the question answering regard anywho.

At 10/5/05 06:50 PM, -Aztec- wrote:

P.S: As you might know, your visual vision + mind + hand collaboration gets better the older you are. Just so you know that =p

Are you saying 13 year olds shouldnt be able to draw?

I drew this when I was 13...and I'd say it pretty much blows away your example of good. I'm not saying it's good in general but...compared to yours that you are saying is "good for you age"...

I don't know, I think Toast's work is good for 13. Some people can never draw at all, or have a severe lack of creativity, and skills can improve tremendously in time. I mean, I've seen people who can barely draw at that age, but at about 15 something kicks in, and they're suddenly either greatly creative, technically skilled, or both. That's not to say that he can't learn from the advice that's given to him, but for his age the work looks about right.

I did this when I was 13. Aah, those were the days... or something. It's not too bad, but there is a massive improvement with realism between that and the stuff I can do now. It's not quite the same as the difference between 13 and 15-16, but what I was drawing when I was 11 was appalling by comparison. Almost entirely linear, no shading, very dodgy anatomy. Practice had something to do with the improvement, but really it was just something mentally connecting and being able to see what I was drawing from more accurately. The human brain is an interesting thing.

At 10/4/05 11:10 AM, MethodMinus wrote:

At 10/3/05 10:53 PM, AGH wrote: Wow, that's so old school. Reminds me of 80's animation... stuff like in Dot and The Kangaroo.

Never heard of that show...but the 80's were awesome, so it must've been good :-p.

It was a half animation, half film kids movie... I guess you could say the method was a bit like Roger Rabbit. It was good... yes, it was. At least in memory, I'm afraid to watch it now because the illusion will be ruined.

At 10/4/05 11:08 AM, TwinsenDude wrote: HA!!! Your childrens' chair is no match for my futuristic chair!!!

I see your futuristic chair and raise you a... foot cushion thing. All Maya... *cough*

At 10/4/05 05:36 AM, FlashKid wrote: I've been doing some trailing on this animation technique, theres 38 layers and it's 100% tween.

Awesome. That is a perfect example of why tweening is an entirely valid method for animation.

At 10/3/05 03:49 PM, MethodMinus wrote: I scaled this down ridiculous amounts to get it under the KB limit on newgrounds. The dimensions used to be a little over 400 by 400 but that made the GIF have a file size of around 180K. Now the dimensions are only 150 by 150 and 49.9KB.

Wow, that's so old school. Reminds me of 80's animation... stuff like in Dot and The Kangaroo.

At 10/3/05 01:33 PM, Helbereth wrote: Line 3 is available if AGH wants it.

Cool, I'll stick with three. Thanks.

At 10/1/05 04:32 PM, Helbereth wrote: When i actually have time, I might just do that. Unfortunately that won't be 'til Monday because I have all kinds of RL stuff to do.

It was quite a while ago that I said I'd be in it... I was going to just say I'd drop out, but if there are any lines left I'll take one, any more than one and I don't think I could do it in time... if there is a time limit. I really need to start making art work again. I originally had lines 3 and 36, are either of those still available?

At 9/29/05 07:02 PM, -Aztec- wrote: Here's another in the same style. I really like this one too. It's a pic of ornery_scotsman. Comments?

Your style rocks my socks. Do you have a site or a DA page?

At 9/30/05 09:51 PM, LuckyDesign wrote: 3d scene I'm working on for a music video
Link

Foxy.

At 10/2/05 08:23 PM, nick2292 wrote: well i have looked at all the newgrounds help things but if any thing it confused me even more (yes im stuped)

Well, what exactly are you looking to do? It helps to be specific. Are you wanting to learn how to animate someone moving across the screen? Or maybe learn how to draw explosions?

I'm not sure if this is NG related or something to do with my computers settings (probably that, knowing me), but when I used to write something out in the post message box I could go back and forward pages and when I came back to this screen the text I'd written out would still be there. In the past few days I've tried doing this and the text disappears, which is quite frustrating since some of the posts have been kind of long. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me why this is happening and whether there is something I can do to fix it.

Thanks for any assistance.

At 9/8/05 09:04 PM, SabahTHEsefeR wrote: well thats probably what happened, cause i made it.

What exactly was the Flash about?

At 9/7/05 11:55 AM, Helbereth wrote: Here's the updated list of open lines:

I'm going to give back line 8, and just stick with 3 and 36. I just know three will be too many for me to get done in time.