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At 6/29/11 11:36 PM, MajesticBob wrote: I think it's a little too extreme. Something about just bothers me. It kinda looks like his hand opened up into a portal, and not staring down the the barrel of a hand cannon.

Well, the way his cannon is made, it's not so much a barrel as much as a chamber for fucking shittons of plasma energy, or something.
I guess I should mention this is Cyborg from Teen Titans (that's also my reference)
It's going to be glowing to a point where you wouldn't see down the "barrel" anyways :P but thanks for the input :D

Also, @Iamsofuckingcool: thanks :P

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Very special thanks to Lovingthedark for helping me fix him up. It has undergone many, many changes (some more noticeable than others), and now I am very happy with how the lineart is. So much so, that I have moved onto flats.
Not much progress, per se, but i've been working on the background, which shall be unveiled soon enough ;)
Higher Quality

At 6/29/11 10:09 PM, TreeSapp wrote: I don't think you can have diseases when you're dead. Unless maybe AIDs. But.. I think that's a virus.

"Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)."
- Wikipedia

At 6/28/11 06:25 PM, Ramatsu wrote: Mhm I see I see, liking this piece so far, you are getting better and better.

I sure hope so :)

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BAM!488">
Got some AVAT lineart done :D
Higher Quality
Critique on perspective or anything?

The fingers on the cannon really piss me off btw

At 6/29/11 04:39 PM, xTY3x wrote: turkey, i've just oticed that the link in your sign seems to say "penis land". i was kind of surprised when i discovered it's actually "pen island". you have a lot of gay visitors, don't you?

That might've been the joke

Nah, don't worry, it's definitely dark enough.

Shhhhhh, we've caught the rare Peglay in his natural habitat.
He is Artying Hard.

So I'm eating stuffing for breakfast because my teeth hurt and that's the first thing I scavenged but its cornbread stuffing and so its disgusting, but I usually like stuffing, but it's usually chicken stuffing.
I don't actually know what the difference is, ingredient-wise, since its a "pour-water-into-the-damn-thing" stuffing, but the taste is horrible different D:

IN CONCLUSION:
NG Stuffing Art

At 6/28/11 05:06 AM, J-qb wrote: you've really improved recently kashi, good for you!
on the last pic you posted its a bit weird that the outline gets lighter towards the top while the fill gets darker... Typically i'd suggest having both get darker/lighter, but you can actually play with increased/decreased contrast between line and fill to highlight the important parts of the drawing. You would want to have decreased contrast at the bottom and increased contrast near the head then though.

Thanks! I had tried to copy something I've seen somewhere (from memory) and... well, it turns out I was doing it wrong anyways. xP

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Some... idk... what would this be called? Realistically proportioned anime? Normal anime? Idk, but I kind of like it :)
Of course, some parts are still kind of wonky... where's the cut and paste function in real life? ;A;

USA beats North Korea 2-0
LIKE A FUCKING BOSS.

Carry on.

At 6/28/11 01:54 PM, Kumakun4 wrote: Could it be that Fifty's taken a liking to drawing manga...? :o

Lolwat? You just noticed?

At 6/28/11 03:08 AM, Knocturne wrote:

Yeah, The Planet Pluto, we even have a newgrounds page

Shameless pluuuuuuuuuuuuuug~!

I guess it's how you want to go about it, but usually boulders aren't a perfect circle. You can just draw your best attempt at a circle, and then move the pixels around from there to get desired roundness.
What program are you using?
Also, I shall link this again: Shading Tutorial
It goes over how to shade a boulder, and may come in handy for your game.

At 6/28/11 12:43 AM, Kinsei01 wrote:

At 6/28/11 12:38 AM, Kashi wrote: What is this I don't even :O

o.O.... the kind kind of look brain dead or stoned o something....

*Stoned Baby* "Mmm..... ball.... delicious..."

lol!

At 6/28/11 01:05 AM, M-Vero wrote:

At 6/25/11 10:39 AM, Kashi wrote: Well, this has been sitting on my drive for nigh on a month now, and I've just been too lazy to submit it.

The facial positioning is worse than before

blegh :/

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I... I don't know.
Completely rushed and terrible looking body GO

fucking with gradients too.

What is this I don't even :O

At 6/27/11 10:29 PM, Kitten2910 wrote: I can do the audio flood though I have good enough scores.

Then, ermmmm, wouldn't it be better if you went about with your idea in the Audio Forum Lounge?

At 6/27/11 12:32 PM, Yhtomit wrote: Ah, it's ok. I'm assuming you're Kakashi1930, right?

That'd be correct ;)

A good pixel art program is GraphicsGale. It's free, and you can also create some nifty pixel .gifs.
As for tutorials, Gumby has a nice tutorial on isometric pixel art, and you can also find some pointers on fur, rocks, and shading. You can also browse through other pixel tutorials on deviantART; there are some handy ones.

Of course, google is a great way to find tutorials as well :)

There aren't many "professionals" on newgrounds, and, judging by what you have submitted to the portal, I don't think professionals would even bother.

Have any of you thought about going to the Nintendo or Sony website? They tend to have a lot of pictures from virtually all angles for reference :P
Also, Ebay might be a good idea too.

of course, nothing beats having one right in front of you :P

Yeah, I really like what you have going here :)
I can't say much more than what Kuma and Melmo mentioned, except for what really sticks out like a sore thumb to me is the girl that is pointing (wearing generic japanese school clothes I think?). Perspectives are really hard to accomplish successfully (many people have the same problem, myself very much included). A useful tool is to draw a dot where the vanishing point is, and extend lines in all directions (using a ruler/line tool :P) and work from there. It won't magically fix your problems, but it should be easier :)
Just in case what I'm saying here is gibberish, here is a quick tutorial on perspectives, and, while I'm at it, foreshortening (also here)

Post more art too :P

At 6/27/11 08:39 AM, Lintire wrote: I know I haven't been participating because I suck, but that's just me.

Then dow are you going to get better? :P
Besides, it isn't about level of skill. Its the whole community thing, and getting feedback on your art (even though that hasn't been so popular lately :/)

I like to participate in the floods, but I'm sort of picky and only do the topics I like :3

At 6/27/11 12:10 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 6/26/11 11:54 PM, Kashi wrote: Congrats Lulu for kicking Jonny's ass! :D
^ in soccer ;)

Not only is soccer not really a Canadian sport.... it was WOMEN'S soccer ;P

Excuses.

And then the German team was found dead, with a suspicious amout of broken hockey sticks in a nearby dumpster :O

I shall miss the flood :<

In other news, I *might* take on a solo project, similar to Dave's art forum thing, but with gijinkas (omg dont kill me ash!)
Because, you guys all know how the collab failed, I dont think Danopus is coming back, I cant run a collab (even if people were up for it), and, frankly, I've sketched out around 30 already, most of which have already been drawn for the collab. That isnt to say expect anythin soon (except perhaps sketches and wips in my thread), plus I have other obligations with animations (what? Oh nothing...)
Just an idea! :P

btw, only first 151, Im insane, but not THAT much

And before i go:
Congrats Lulu for kicking Jonny's ass! :D
^ in soccer ;)

Hey! I can see my art from here!

So... I havent posted here in probably 3 months :3 (sorry!)
I expect to finish my flash by the deadline, and if not, well, would the short clip (+ what I am working on now) be sufficient? That would total around 5-10 seconds for my part. If i finish what I want to, though, it may be anywhere from 10-20 seconds (I'm trying to keep it short :P)

At 6/24/11 12:02 AM, MegaMelmo wrote: Great stuff here! My favorite piece is the Minecraft creeper, looked nice and it was pretty funny.

Yeah, it seems to be pretty popular on dA too :/
Thanks :)

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Well, this has been sitting on my drive for nigh on a month now, and I've just been too lazy to submit it.
I overdid it with the textures, and it looks like I tried too hard :/
Ah, fuck it.

Well, seeing as you're going for a lineless approach (at least, that's what it looks like), you should probably elaborate on Warbrain's answer. Make a new layer above your sketch, and lower your sketch's opacity, then trace the lines (it doesnt have to be a really refined sketch), block in your colors, and paint from there.
While you're at it, you can use your hands or stock photos to get the anatomy down. Your painting may be great but if the anatomy is off (or vice versa) then the result will be unpleasing. :)
(since I can't attach pics from my ipod...) Reference

At 6/24/11 09:58 PM, MasterMerol wrote:

At 6/24/11 05:43 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: In 2nd place, with 14 points each - a TIE between MasterMerol/xxlouisxx and Temariix/Lintire!!

Coooooooooool, what did we win?

Lol, prizes :3
Congrats everyone :)

Because Aigis' character looks like she's having a hard time.
NG ConstipARTed

That immortal room didn't last long, now did it?

At 6/24/11 04:38 AM, Knocturne wrote: Awesome Vero, now let me ask you this:
If Pinocchio's nose only grows when he tells lies then what would happen if he said "My nose will grow now"?

Ignoring Felis' much smarter outcome, it would result in a glitch and Pinocchio would spaz out on the ground and then explode D:

Nice lineart Vero yadda yadda