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At 1/26/15 09:50 PM, Chocomilk wrote:

At 1/26/15 09:46 PM, MisterAce wrote:

At 1/26/15 09:38 PM, Chocomilk wrote:

Then you get to choose a show on Netflix to either have Michael Bay explosions or J.J. Abrams lens flares.

I'd just kill myself

With lens flare? Or Michael Bay explosions?

At 1/26/15 09:38 PM, Chocomilk wrote: I don't like either directors explosions and lens flares aside, so I'll choose option c and watch whatever I want on netflix instead

Then you get to choose a show on Netflix to either have Michael Bay explosions or J.J. Abrams lens flares.

Your most anticipated movie is about to be made. You have a choice to have either Michael Bay or J.J. Abrams direct. You are guaranteed explosions or lens flare. Which one would you rather see?

At 12/4/14 10:06 PM, jago1996 wrote: I posted my art to 3 different subreddits asking for Crits on it. But not a one responded with comments. 2 of them have upvoted me decently, which is a shame they chose not to tell me what earned their praise. But the worst thing is one subreddit downvoted me, and didn't tell me why either. WHY DO I SUCK TO THEM!?!??! Anyway just wondering what is the best techniques to encourage Crits on your work? The art work in question is this: http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/jago1996/i-hate-to-be-the-bad-guy

One way to improve would be to practice drawing hands at different angles. You have the bottom left hand, which looks great IMO, but the top left could use some work. The arm on that hand, should gradually widen from the wrist, right now the shape of the arm is too wide.

I think I get your concept, and I like it. I'm assuming that there is a beam of light on top of the car, since the light is affecting the car. Use that to your advantage and have the hands be lit by that light as well.

For the person in the middle, is he inside the beam of light, or in front? If he is inside, have him be hit by the light. Work on the anatomy of the person, comparing the person to the hands, he kinda looks more cartoonish than the hands.

For the shapes off to the sides, they look like eyes. make them more symmetrical if they are. I'm not sure, but I'm thinking I'm seeing a wolf or husky in the background. Straighten the image a bit, it's veering to the left a little. Try flipping the image as you draw, so that you don't get used to seeing your art one way and missing mistakes. I hope that helps.

Don't focus too much on the score. If you have art that got 5 stars and you're not satisfied with the quality, then do better. Learn from your last piece and improve. You CAN delete it, but I find you can see what you need to work on a little better when others can too.

If you're willing to buy both, then buy new from the store. Some people are rough with tablets.

MGS franchise.

At 4/9/14 08:11 AM, Auz wrote: I remember Alakazam was insanely popular in my group. A friend of mine eventually had a team of 6 Alakazams.

Anyway, Mr Mime, Electabuzz and Beedrill were considered cool so I wouldn't include those. Tangela and Lickitung on the other hand were definitely amongst those Pokemon that nobody ever liked. I also agree with Jynx and Parasect.

Other than those, maybe Tentacruel, Weezing, Muk, Seaking, Electrode... They were very common in the game, but nobody ever wanted to use them.

Keep in mind this was back when season 1 was on air, when it was just Red/Blue. These were the ones that no one used at school.

Back when I played Red/Yellow and Gold, most people at my school used a lot of of the same Pokemon. When word got out that a certain Pokemon was good, people would try it.

However, There were Pokemon that no one would use.

I'd like to hear from you all what these Pokemon are nowadays; Unanimously, locally, worldwide, whatever. I would prefer the ones from Gold downwards since I have no knowledge of the ones that came out after, but since this isn't the corresponding board (those boards have less activity than this one) any that you can think of are appreciated.

If you are wondering why, I'm...Putting together a challenge using these forgotten Pokemon. My knowledge of Pokemon is severely outdated lol. Back then the ones I can think of off the top of my head (and their evolutions) were Tangela, Mr. Mime, Beedrill, Magnemite, Farfetch'd, Lickitung, and Electabuzz.

I think that it is a good way to learn values. I hear some paint directly over photos on a program and learn values and blending colors that way.

When I was in high school, I had more of an anime/comic book style. I really liked the works of Yoji Shinkawa and it made me want to get into shading and values. I took it a step further and looked at photos. One picture stands out in my memory that I was proud of- drawing of a billboard of Bad Boys II ( The one with Smith's arms extended at both sides with the pistols and Lawrence behind him) and afterwards I saw that I had improved a bit in that area.

I think Drawing from photos fine, personally. If people like the drawing, good for them. No one should be at fault for that. It still takes some degree of skill to pull off correctly. However, f you draw or paint over something to study it you should say so and not take credit for it. People are good enough to tell anyway.

I'd like to give it a shot.

Lines, detail, perspective

At 2/14/14 08:18 AM, SamiraEos wrote: Ok, another one.
It's older picture, but a ot of people is telling me that something is not right, but I noone told me what exactly. So I don't know where I have to improve. (Except leg-probem. Yes. This leg-problem is quite visible for me. :D )
Can you help me?

It's the anatomy.

Where her right leg connects with her hip, the hip itself is too small, her feet( right now she looks as if she has 2 left shoes on.) Her right hand is smaller than her left, and I think her rib cage could be bigger.

Start practicing anatomy. There's a lot of books photos and tutorials about on the web that you can use for reference. Couple of tips I think would help would be to make the hips about as wide as the shoulders and to practice drawing shoes as well. That dip in the outside shoes is mch more subtle, to want to round it a bit more.

I'd say work on the feet. Also you have the shadows above the characters and highlights that show light coming from the top. That's not right; adjust the shadows by establishing the light source. Right now you got light and shadow on one side.

Merry Christmas!

I'm ready to draw other stuff now besides characters

At 4/14/13 01:28 PM, bigjonny13 wrote:

At 4/14/13 12:10 PM, MisterAce wrote: This one I painted straight from the sketch, tried a low angle. I thought maybe this might have been a good try

Make sure that the cards have a bit of shading on them too, because right now they seem flat, like they're all on the same plane/.

Good point, I'll edit that next.

Tried a more dynamic pose, added some stuff back to the design... idk

I just better practice better sketches and line art. Minimizing bad habits

Old habits...

This one I painted straight from the sketch, tried a low angle. I thought maybe this might have been a good try

At 4/14/13 11:53 AM, MisterAce wrote: In this one I put more into the background and tried a simpler design. Made the black lines thinner to try to minimize their presence, I thought they looked out of place. I try to go with thinner ones for a bit like the demon one.

So this one I try some foreshortening and even less lines, this picture made me realize one of my weaknesses so instead of working at it I try to make the next ones without lineart.

In this one I put more into the background and tried a simpler design. Made the black lines thinner to try to minimize their presence, I thought they looked out of place. I try to go with thinner ones for a bit like the demon one.

At 1/14/13 06:04 PM, M-Maher wrote: colour and object reflection.....thinking about it, practice it later.

It's turning out pretty good. Maybe add some stronger highlights

At 12/30/12 03:32 PM, Ozbourne wrote: This is the second of the two I posted yesterday.
This piece is a bit of art starring Tommy and his cohort, Boy. Boy is of a species I've come up with. Sort of a sentient wool-ociraptor, if you'd pardon the term. I made this as part of a flash game that never came to fruition (at least, not good enough to upload here.)

JT

I think that you should not use gradial shading over the entire body for the shadows. It would look better if you establish a light source in the room there and work from that. Practice with light sources.

At 12/21/12 11:03 AM, lovingthedark wrote: I second Orn's opinion that it isn't going far enough.



Also, rape is evil, but non-consensual sexual torture is just fine? Forgive us if we're confused.

That's what I was saying. Double standards here (or DA) of all places? I mean of course rape and any other violence is bad in real life (at least to most people) but that's not the context in question. It's a parody.

At 12/21/12 01:01 AM, KingElsewhere8 wrote: what has helped you as far as learning the basics or the "fundamentals" of drawing? i think im getting it but i feel so far away from learning how everything works as far as anatomy and, well everything! what are the resources you guys have used or are using now that you believe were/ are very helpful? i like to draw cartoons but i feel like i need these basics.

Try an anatomy book, it will cover everything that you're looking for. Many of them show you how to start your sketch with the skeleton in different ways and poses. You can even look for free reference photos on the web. Photos could also help you with lighting, shadow, colors and values. In some ways they're better, like if you want to learn how to draw facial features of a different race because most tutorials and books I've seen only teach caucasian facial features.

Also study composition. There's tutorials on the site here that should help. Practice will get you where you want to be. Lots of practice. Try to draw things that you don't normally draw, at different angles.

At 12/20/12 09:43 PM, M-Vero wrote: Rape is a touchy subject, even more so joking about. especially to those who have or have known someone who has gone through it.
put 2 and 2 together.

I missed that part, I thought he just got paddled. Still, the same could be said about any subject of violence. Not justifying it or defending it but still.

For future reference, keep all your art in one thread.

As for your "friends" fuck em if they can't take a joke lol.

I'll never understand why some fans of anything get so bent out of shape over a parody or any type of criticism. Shit's not even real but hey, it's the internet. Just keep it moving, quitting wont change anything.

At 12/19/12 04:18 PM, mega-supreme wrote: I've come to accept that i can not achieve certain things without learning the basic concept though a reference. therefor here is one of my rare drawings from reference.

i'm not going to say who she is, i would like people to guess (as an experiment to see if I've got a likeness right)

It's Jessica Alba, right?

Either way, I like this sketch, the shading is pretty good.

I got up to the part with the blue cult, I liked it so far. I gotta finish it sometime, pretty interesting

At 12/15/12 02:30 AM, Captain-Carrion wrote: Been playing Snes games lately. Any recommendations for some more obscure titles?

I think Nosferatu is worth a try. You pretty much play as the "safety not guaranteed" dude.