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Noted, changed, and looks a lot different from the original. Though I would like to say that the one-point perspective was the reason why I couldn't do it right (I was fighting the point) so I said "Screw it" and tried drawing, like you said, haphazardly. I realized the drawing I wanted to portray was actually supposed to be a three-point perspective, but I didn't know atm. Either way, I'm doing a two-point perspective now. Thank you, had I not looked-up one-point perspective, I'd never know there were multiple type of perspectives. I did know what a one-point was, but I wanted clarification, and knowledge of how I'd be able to use it without making the picture look distant (the biggest reason why I said "screw it").
So, anyone out there see any room for change on my WIP? I need to know before I start to color it.

I was actually gonna suggest you put the character behind the cube, so good going doing that without my advice! great minds think alike eh?
I'd say, to focus a bit more on the expression, just use the area in the red square (or something like that) so that his face doesn't get lost in the rest of the thing. Also; if you can keep his face/head the lightest part of the drawing, keep the cube a bit in the shadow, that would help draw the eye towards that.

At 5/4/12 06:04 PM, esko-man wrote: this rhino is devious, but happy.

Something like this? finished will be cleaner, crispier etc but I'll need an agreement before putting in that effort.

At 5/4/12 06:25 PM, Spags wrote: Great entries, you guys, haha!
Now that I'm not swamped with college prep and crap, I should be able to participate in the next flood.. :D Also, I like it when we choose a later time to start it 'cause I was at school when you decided to flood the portal.

It'll be hard for poeple in continental europe to join if it's any later.

At 5/4/12 06:14 PM, Hoboweasel wrote: Is this any better? I really like drawing this dude...

I think if you'd arch his eyebrows up in towards the midle it'd convey the emoticon best... not sure though. atm they are a bit weird.

At 5/4/12 12:38 PM, pockets08 wrote: Also, I have requests from my friends and family who support me getting better, and those reuqests are as follows -
....
and from a previous thread, I need to draw BeckyRawr :P

Seems like you've got plenty to draw, why the new thread?

I might be able to help you with the art part, what's in it for me though? split revenue?

Hi,
I drew you up a quick idea like you requested; the "stomp" part made me think of a footprint so I drew that too.

At 5/3/12 10:16 PM, Verspar wrote: I need help. I have three situations in which I can imagine for my picture (my emote is the one you see #8). I'll use words to draw it out. There will be a table, there will be a person, and there will be one of three objects.
So which one sounds good?

I'd go for the rubiks cube, while it probably isn't as funny as the others, it's the only one that works without explanation/knowledge of chess.

Definitely zane,
tieing for second place are aigis' one, which is a bit too minimal for my taste, and Kamikaye's, which is, not unlike zane's once, a bit rough & undefined, I just like zane's one better.

At 5/2/12 03:52 PM, Ludic wrote: WIP

looking great!

At 5/2/12 01:18 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 5/2/12 12:58 PM, J-qb wrote: thought I'd let you guys know that DAINO contacted me and we've managed to come to a commission agreement. So all's well, here's the pic I made him:

It gets pretty difficult to see the block-blokes when it's shrunk to a small size, J. Particularly the block in the foreground.

Thanks yeah i know, thats the menu background, I'll edit it for the thumbnail.

thought I'd let you guys know that DAINO contacted me and we've managed to come to a commission agreement. So all's well, here's the pic I made him:

Ng was the first time I used this persona... or any really.

There is really only one option for a name change for you re2deemer, or should I say
ReginaldDeemerTheSecond

At 5/1/12 06:44 AM, BeckyRawr wrote: Pretty much done. Just need to add final touches.

I love the lines in this, no big fan of the coloring/shading.
1- if you're going to do out of the lines coloring, use a hard brush, with a soft brush it just looks messy.
2- don't shade with black, instead pic a darker shade of the same color. Shading with black gives murky colors, especially on light areas such as the hair.

Great new entries poeple especially love hoboweasel.

At 5/1/12 03:41 AM, Hoboweasel wrote: Wow... You actually like it?
Hell, here's a better version then (I did some tinkering).

Yeah this is seriously great, I liked the vibrance of the colors in the other version though....
Looks like this thing is starting to come together eh, you got an up to date list of finished/unfinished/open entries spags?

What is your question?

Let me give you some general advice, you can see this as an answer to all your questions; there is no right way in art. What you like is different from what I like, what works well for you is different from what works well for me. The answer to your questions thus is bipartite: 1- there is no definite set answer, and 2- try some stuff, find out what works for you, what you like.

more specifically to this "question"; yeah if you want cartoon characters to be recognizable you need to exaggerate features; you don't have a lot of detail, so you need to maximize what characteristics you have. A cartoon character can be recognizable even if it doesn't actually look like the actual person. I recognize that someone that drew a stickfigure is actually drawing a human being, even if it doesn't look like an actual human at all.

At 4/29/12 03:26 PM, pockets08 wrote: Hey guys, me - again. Need some advice on a few things.

When using as a photo as a reference, the expression on a face is made obvious, how ever recreating it seems to get me. I Cant seem to recreate eyes properly. Now, not realistic eyes - I can do a realistic eye, but its not the style im going for. I want cartoonish, so theres the simple circle with a pupil, a few lines maybe here and there, but tis really hard to determine, which eyes, go best with what expression, and which eyes represent which expression. Any suggestions?

can you give an example of what you've got so far, what emotion you're trying to do, what style you're trying to do?

can we drop the bullshit please, everything that needed to be said in this thread has been said plus a bit more.

At 4/28/12 11:05 PM, luckylime wrote: all I'm saying is maybe they should write this somewhere on the site where people can read it instead of the usual snooty "NEVER ask to be scouted!". I think that would help new people find their way a lot easier.

if only

At 4/28/12 06:12 PM, IronMaskedMan wrote: Hi, I'm developing a game, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the graphics portion. If you want to help me, just reply and answer this: ....

In return, can you give poeple that might be interested some info about yourself? An example of a game you coded?
At the moment, we have nothing to go by and should just trust that it's worth the effort of even contacting you, let alone draw those pictures.

If I choose you, I will include you in the credits and take an idea/feature you want to include in the game as well.

Even if it was just those two examples, this is really VERY minimal compensation. Actually, it's below minimal imo.
I'd say graphics are usually 40% of a game's worth, there should at least be a coauthor and revenue (if any) share for that.

At 4/28/12 02:42 PM, PatBest22 wrote: Thanks for the scouts, J-qb and Decky!

You're welcome, be sure to post more art here in this thread, the forum is usually a better source for feedback than the portal + we like seeing art posted here.
Im eager to see what you make in a more comic-book style (I'm assuming you mean american style comics?), don't move towards that just because it gives you more anatomical freedom though! If anatomy isn't your strong suit, practice and improve it, don't 'run away' from your problems.

At 4/28/12 03:12 PM, pockets08 wrote: I Envy you. <3 love much.

like Pat said, practice. If the envy is more directed towards the being scouted: you might want to delete those photo-drawovers you did from the portal. Even if they are technically acceptable, they are suspicious and don't really help your chances of getting scouted I'd say.

At 4/27/12 07:52 PM, ImpendingRiot wrote: Great work, Jasper. I really dig your color choice, and it has a very calm elegance to it, despite the intensity of the fire/expression.

Thanks, It's got pretty much uniform value; if you desaturate it it just becomes a solid grey (see below), I guess that might help give it it's calm?

At 4/28/12 04:10 AM, Spags wrote:

At 4/27/12 10:12 AM, J-qb wrote:

Love the warmth and smoothness of the colour!

Thanks!

Alright, since I've been so picky and made so many people redo their submissions or not accepted their submissions, I'm guessing you guys are gonna hold me to a pretty high standard. Here's a WIP concept. I am thinking of making a big encompassing background for it. What do you guys think? What is good/bad about it? Which side do you prefer?

Looks good so far, I'd go for the left one with the big bulb. what do you mean by "big encompassing bg"?

At 4/27/12 01:53 PM, EJR wrote:

At 4/27/12 10:12 AM, J-qb wrote: jah

This looks cute 2

thanks man

At 4/27/12 03:55 PM, MasterMerol wrote: I didn't want this to get any worse so I just left it like this.
Sorry if I deviated a little from the theme.
They're sleeping with the (flying) fish... get it?

It looks great but yeah, the smiley isn't really that obvious anymore... maybe if you made the balloon sleepy too? I guess it's a bit late in the process to go changing stuff like that though.

At 4/27/12 05:48 PM, creepyboy wrote: WIP
I upload this wip more to show the concept, I know the hands look odd she's supposed to be doing a heart shape with her hands. I'd like some feedback and to know what other things to fix.

That's cute, much better than the other wip!

At 4/13/12 11:28 AM, Amaranthus wrote: I really like this one, it reminds me of a documentary.

Thanks, that's kind of what I was going for

At 4/27/12 06:14 PM, pockets08 wrote: Looks liek Life caught up with 'em. Poo,

looks like it eh?

I was hoping to see more. (just went through whole thread, epicsauces)

Thanks!
I guess I'll drop this one in here too then, since I'm posting in the thread anyways.
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I can make you something for $50,-

At 4/27/12 11:08 AM, DAINO wrote: These are my conditions. I need it free. Well.. sorry to sound rude, but it took me a lot of time make this game, so i don't want you to be co-author. What i can only give is a credit.

no problemo, I should have probably asked about that stuff before I got you excited. You'll have to find someone else though, I'm not gonna help you make money for free.

At 4/27/12 10:15 AM, J-qb wrote:

also: I see you have a sponsor space in the menu, does that mean you'll be making money off this?

I should be posting stuff in one post instead of three

At 4/27/12 10:05 AM, DAINO wrote:

At 4/27/12 09:11 AM, J-qb wrote: Will those be the final graphics? I can make you a thumbnail+menubg/splash screen

Yea those be the final graphics. The idea of the game is to convey simplicity, fun and addictive.
WOW ! thats will be great ! I very appreciate it !

I would like to get coauthored btw

jah