At 12/16/09 05:17 PM, CypressDahlia wrote: Who is responsible for the (very impressive) forum BG?

I refreshed the page and watched it change before my eyes. It was pretty cool.

johnny utah... I was just talking to toas about how he is really improving

At 12/16/09 02:03 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Can't let a good thread go to waste - 8-bit trip

at least have the gut to link the original, The White Stripes`
"Fell in love with a Girl" by Michel Gondry
In fact, check out more of his stuff, like the clip to "Frozen" by madonna.

think what you think about madonna or the song, that clip rocks. especially fragment from 1:45)

or Heard em say by Kanye, or the hardest button to button by the white stripes again...

anyawys,

At 12/16/09 11:34 AM, FullFistMaria wrote: Fun on a bun

she`s back!

At 12/16/09 10:19 AM, Zyphonee wrote:

At 12/16/09 10:07 AM, PrinceFlea wrote:

At 12/16/09 09:53 AM, PrinceFlea wrote: I'll be taking level 43.

I liked to know what the weapon is called

Morning Star, I think...

A Morning Star is more like a mace. this weapon is more like a flail.
In germany they used to be Kettenmorgenstern litterally Chain-morning star

thats fucking ace sucho...
heres my wip lvl 38 crowguard

At 12/15/09 08:47 PM, M-Vero wrote:

At 12/15/09 05:09 PM, M-Vero wrote: meh, a little late, but better late than never.
here!

Whoops, forgot to post thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssss....

iminthar

At 12/16/09 05:31 AM, CypressDahlia wrote: k. I'm done. I left the lighting an ambiguous white because colored lighting just didn't work with the reds here.

Here is full res.

Title: 33
Aura: Good

I dont like how his pants go from red to white...make it either smoother or make his entire pants red or something...
other than that its amazing

At 12/15/09 05:13 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: Best Artist:

Id have to go wiht my favorite all time artist here on newgrounds, a true inspiration to me;
LaserKarl

Most Improved Artist:

I cant mention Myself (seriously... look at my first few posts, they were all within this year) so I`m gonna go with M-vero

Best Newcomer:

Id say my scoutee and eastern neighbour, Angelus-Mortis

Most Helpful Poster:

Cap`n, Never have I seen him make a sneer at anyone, hes helpfull he is.

Best Art Regular:

BMKI think... All his posts are good, and he frequently updates his art thread

Best Art Thread:

The reinvention of the doubles by the amazing reptilian; Awesomesaurus.

Most Fun Thread:

Draw an Alien by Renaenae

At 12/15/09 06:38 PM, Angelus-Mortis wrote: Well, I'm doing 36 anyways, because I wasn't aware that someone was doing it.

yeah same here.... my scetch isnt as far as yours, so Ill let you do it

youd rock my ass anyways ;)

At 12/15/09 01:42 PM, UNDERNATION wrote: and another cover for chapter one.

that is damn snazzy...
I know I already commented 5 minutes ago, but this seriously deserved a new comment!

At 12/15/09 01:35 PM, UNDERNATION wrote: This is the cover I made for a mini-comic I did way back for a zinefest in Savannah and then the NYC comic-con. It's the second chapter of my comic I've been working and working and working on.
Gospel of Tug Benson

I like your stuff, especially these cover arts. they give a great sense of atmosphere, and really make me anxious to read the novel/comic.
Well done

At 9/7/09 11:27 PM, jake-thesnake wrote: ok hopefully I havent posted in this before but this is my Big Daddy from Bioshock!

At 12/14/09 09:45 PM, jake-thesnake wrote: ok.

made it a while back

posted it a while back too... I believe that was about the time poeple started asking you not to put that picture in every possible thread.

At 12/14/09 04:22 PM, KinG-JaKe wrote: Yea that last one started as just a brainfart sketch, and looked a lil creepy so I finished it. Had no clue what to do for the background at the time (witch shows), but I think it turned out alright.

Here's another, kinda a happier one, but also political. 08 You Can't Hug With Nuclear Arms, Acrylic on canvas board

I like the background and the sun, they are quite nicely done...
the figure ruins it for me...

At 12/14/09 04:31 PM, fishboy121 wrote: I think i'll start using that posemaniacs site too.

Heres an actioney thing, it was more about drawing the helicopter than anything else.

lol at the guy standing half through the window... thats some solid escher there.

Congrats Ben

At 12/14/09 04:12 PM, Bidddy wrote: The last bowls just plain and just a nice trip job. Wheel throwings something I hope I can pick back up in college

the spiral is a nice touch in this one. I really like the carving on the one before this.
I never did make any bowls or anything like that myself, but I know it must be hard to get them interesting/good looking. Most of the bowls I see are either terribly plain, or became ugly in an attempt to make them beautifull...
You did a good job in finding a balance. Its also nice to see how they are all different, yet they are a clear set.

are you using references for these anatomy scetches?
I think you should....
One way I used to practice anatomy (not a lot though) is to reference skeletons, and then add the flesh/muscle skin to it yourself... this helped me a lot.

not saying im a master myself... I dont draw full bodied humans that much

At 12/11/09 07:13 AM, JKAmovies wrote: I love these last few ones you've done on this page. . . very well executed pop art.

Hmm, yeah I wasnt specifically going for pop-art but I guess it kinda is. what with the musicians and bright colors...
Thanks

At 12/11/09 02:03 PM, CypressDahlia wrote: Square is the new cool.

I think you made ray sad... ah well, he`s dead anyways... ;)

nice art.

Thanks!

Some clarification on what are knights and what are warriors? Knights are Gentleman soldiers... kind of hard to make a visual distinction I`d say.
I guess castle crashers count as knights?

At 12/14/09 01:13 AM, HarraH wrote: I already made a topic about this but if anyone in this thread can help me, that's just sexy.

I recently got the trail of Corel Painter 11. I used the marker/texta brush on a fresh layer over my coloured background, but when i lightly press on my tablet, it doesn't reduce the opacity of the brush without leaving white bird shit over my beautiful artwork.

So, anyone know what's going on here?

I dont know corel painter, but I see a little check box in your image that says "preserve transparancy"... I think that might do the trick

Hmm, Getting back from a two day absence really helps you see the mess this place has become...
It might not be the popular thing to do, but I agree with Cap`n ben on this one...
Sure you can talk about something else then art once in a while, but dont have three full pages of nonsense (almost all of it) in one day. Make a funny remark, poeple laugh (behind their computers, whithout making a post about how they laughed), end of story.

Im not going to browse back through three pages to quote the posts I will address

As for the replying to ignorant threads, jonny kind of touched on my vision on that, but I`ll state it here too. You CAN NOT SEE from how he started one thread wether or not someone will be a good addition to the art forum, either now or in the future. In general poeple come to the art portal looking for a cool art-focused community where they can get some feedback and stuff. I think we should welcome those poeple with open arms.
That means, helping them along! So, never post "read the rules", but post a link to where they can find them and tell them that we like poeple to start new threads with a piece of their own original art. thank them for their interest suggest a place they can visit to get an answer for their question.
I think if you just post "READ THE RULZ!!" a lot of poeple will say Fckit, I dont want to belong to this community. If you explain to them what they have done wrong they will feel sorry and try extra hard to fit in.

As for the whats with the anime/manga shit conversation:
Obviously that is an appealing "style" to a large group of youngsters... and I will admit that I have traced my share of DBZ in my day. Rather than ignoring them or telling them anime is not art. answer their question and as an addition remark that you dont think it smart to focus on learning one single style, that you think its better to keep an open view. And after all, you dont go around bashing CypressDahlia because he does anime right? What it comes down to in the end is that poeple can choose what they want to draw, whether you like it or not. And I think that most poeple can not hear from someones description of a drawing whether or not they will like it.

As for the Collab suggestion thing;
That sort of thing is really cluttering this thread. If you want to host a collab think of an idea, pm some poeple, or hit them up over msn to ask if they would like it, and start it. Discussing what would or would not make good art collabs is as I said cluttering this thread (IMO).
I actually thought we had a thread for art collab suggestions, but it turned out to be for art contests..
Maybe there should be such a thread for collabs? I dont know, but I certainly dont think it should be in here. (at least not that elaborate).

As for BMK being sick,
GET WELL SOO KRAIG! you are being sincerely missed.

I was wondering why he didnt comment on my portrait of him....

I think that wraps it up, long post... I hope I didnt bore you to bits

I`d like to add that although you may not actually learn anything from those art classes, they can make you more open to it...
My skills didnt really improve during the highschool art classes I had, but It did make more clear to me that that was an opportunity.
I had nowhere near the skills I have now back then, but If it wasnt for those classes, I might very well have always been doodling in sidelines and stuff without making more of it.

New threads in the art forum must start with a piece of your own original art.

I suggest asking this question in the art forum lounge

At 12/12/09 11:37 AM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote: Don't think I like the phrase "self-taught", especially for drawing.
a) It's all individual; only you know your influences and creativity, not a supervisor. They can only push you.

Meaning they can also push you in a certain direction... I think that could be the only difference between schooled and unschooled artists...
Of course this depends on your teachers, because whereas they can push you in a certain direction, they can also push you to explore different things/widen your horizon.

But as with any education in our current information age, I think if you would not go to an art school you could still acces the resources on the interwebs... you can get critiques from poeple here on the art forum, or on deviantart or conceptart or any other community... If youre motivated enough, whether or not you went to art school should really matter.

At 12/12/09 10:18 AM, daryl2158 wrote: Then again I'm wondering how many here are self-taught? Would love to see work from them and the pros to see what the difference is. Might make for good learning material.

I`m self taught, pick up some stuff from tutorials, but my experience is that I will not pick up anything usefull from a tutorial unless I was on the brink of finding that out myself... They dont really seem to have that much influence on my skills... and I like drawing without a tutorial way better. you really get that sense of acheivement when you figure something out.

At 12/11/09 11:37 PM, AbominableGod wrote: Thanks. I hope to become a regular here and contribute plenty

thats great, its always good to have a new face, especially one as artish as you!

Id like to ask poeple to remember the following

At 1/29/08 03:05 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: 2) Respect your fellow forum goers, do not flame or belittle them. Different people have different feelings and opinions on things, respect your differences. You can kid around with each other but don't be nasty.

so if anybody wants to argue about whether or not someones art deserves a thread, or any other personal beefs, please take it somewhere else
THANKS

At 12/11/09 12:37 AM, Slippery-Nipple wrote: Fairly satisfied with this one.

I can see why... Id like another shot of this one though.... try to get some more light on it. maybe take it outside

At 12/11/09 04:46 AM, OctopusPriem wrote: lol, filters are for fuckin' qu00bs.

Same could be said about ms paint you know.
There is just no point in such remarks, it has already been pointed out numerous times in this thread that he should stop using filters.