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I n't know anything about your past art, but there are some cool things going on in this pic. Some nice, fantasy land background work too. My only request would be that you darken the lines. You don't have to color anything if you don't want to, but its a little difficult to see. Maybe go over in pen or fine tip marker. Aside from that, nice detailed work

At 4/7/10 11:00 PM, OzBlox wrote: I definetly like the newest one.
I has that 3D, lighting feel that I like.
Nice work.

Thank you. I appreciate the support.
Now just for posterity, I'm posting the final version of The Mad Tea Party. You may not even notice any notable changes between this n the last version I posted. The changes are small, mostly at the super zoomed in level. Now on to the next piece

At 4/8/10 09:11 AM, JibbLeRz wrote: I guess my stuff is boring seeing as no one posts here.

You're stuff's ok. Not bad. The anatomy needs a little b it of work, and you need to practice on your line work a little more. In some ares, espeacially the first pic, the face is not symmetrical. Also, I see that you've done a good job on shading some pieces. My advice would be to go darker with your shading and lighter with your hilights. Colored pencils naturally leave so much white space that similar shades don't really pop as much. Your art is interesting, and I'd encourage you to keep practicing. It will only ever improve.
Also, don't worry so much if nobody comments on your thread. Just keep putting work into your stuff and posting, and eventually I'm sure you'll catch someone's attention.

Good job on the last pic. I really like the finished product. I personally don't think you have anatomy issues. Its a styilized character and I think you can take some small liberties as you do. Some small problems with the last pic you posted though: I don't really like the way the tail bends around the body like that. There's noting technically wrong with it, but it just seemed unnatural to me. Also, I'm having some trouble figuring out the position of the second sword (the one farther away). Is is coming towards the viewer of away. The glow would seem to indicate towards, yet I ge the feeling that he's holding the sword backwards. Just some thoughts, and really only minor issues. It looks good, keep finding time to practice.

Alright, I put about two more hours into my tea party picture. All I have left to do is some clean up work on some of the lines. Please leave some feedback on this one before I finish it. I'm concerned that perhaps the hilights are too prevalent, but at the same time, I like the shiney look it gives the characters. Anywayany feedback of any variety would be grwatly appreciated

On an unrelated note, I feel like I wish I had just called this thread MPoulter's Art Thread or something like that, seeing as that's what it turned up being. Oh well, stuck with the thread name now

Definite improvement. Granted, I'd expect no less in a year of consistent drawing. Anime is/will never be an art style I'm interested in, but as far as the limited genre goes your latest pic is not half bad. Its an interesting view, good, consistent shading, and good color choice. It may just be me, bu the hair appears somewhat pixelated (jagged, stair like lines). I'm not sure why that would be but it clashes to a degree with the rest of the smooth lines. Keep up the good work.

I really like your first too pieces. Nice colors, interesting style, and just overall unique and nice to look at. I don't know much about scouting, but I do know you only just posted your fourth pic, so I think you just need to be patient. If you can produce a couple more things like the first two (ie, the same quality), then I think you'll be in good shape.

Mad Tea Party still work in progress. I wouldn't normally take so long to finish a piece, but I've been busy beyond belief lately, so I've only managed to get small amounts of work done at a time. that, and since I finally joined this forum, I have the unique chance to get feedback on a work while I still have the ability to easily change it.
My major concerns at this point are the color choice and the background. I'm stll not sure if i like the Hatter's color, and while I'm fairly satisfied with how the backgrounds turned out, i would like a second opinion. Also, I was concerned that the table may look too crowded, or perhaps jsut too crowded on one side. I wanted it to have a disorder asymetrical look though. all that's really left after this is to do a small amount of shading/hilighting and then its on to some new pics that I have in mind

At 4/5/10 09:38 AM, PrinceFlea wrote: Your drawing style is pretty different from the other's that are usually seen most of the time. Where'd did the look of it come from?

I wish I could say. I've never taken any real art courses, so I think part of it comes from the fact that my ability to draw has developed in a relatively atypical manner. All of my practice comes in the form of doodling in my notebooks during class, and I think my style kind of just came about organically from drawing cartoons again and again.

I like your style. you manage to do a whole lot with very few lines. Simple without being simplistic if that makes sense. I think cross harching overly complicates your drawings though and would agree with the recomendation that you try shading with colors. Keep it up

At 4/4/10 01:24 PM, Jack-Mace wrote: this site has most basics and pritty much everything from anything...if you know how to search for it.

Thank you

At 4/4/10 02:47 AM, bloo-apple wrote: I really think you have a lot of talent. I like your art very much.

Sorry to triple post, but I did want to cover these comments one at a time.
Thanks for the feedback. It means a lot

At 4/4/10 02:26 AM, Nqkoi1 wrote: Linework is decentg, but you have GOT to get better at picking colours. And don't color the grass with a texture if the rest of the picture doesn't have one. And don't gradient rape the sky and clouds.

As I said the background was nothing more than an experiment, and I don't like the way it looks necessarily either. As for colors, do you mean all of my art in general. The work in progress is suing colors that are def subject to change based on however I happen to feel at the time. I don't feel the need to defend anything I've done, but I quite like the color choice of the 2nd pic posted. I tried to keep it neutral.
I've just started using Flash to cartoon and I've never had so many color options, I've also never taken any traditonal art classes in color theory, so I'm willing to say that I have a lot to learn, nonetheless.

At 4/3/10 10:37 PM, gmanthesandwhichking wrote: The sky and the clouds just don't seem to "pop", just keep experimenting with different techniques and see which one fits the best. it also feels a bit too dark, try brightening it up.

As for the grass, I suggest coloring the grass instead of just putting a picture of grass dow, not only does it not really fit with the picture, it also looks very flat.

Yeah the background was just something I was experimenting with. I wanted it to clash to a degree, but I'm certainly not in love with how it looks. It seems like the few who have commented don't like it, so I have no problem starting the background from scratch. I still want to try something different but I'm not sure what

Still a WIP. I'm not sure if I'll stick with the colors I've chosen. I still need to detail, shade, and set the table. I'm not sure abut the background. I wanted to experiment a little bit and go for a surrealistic, maybe even story book quality. I'm on the fence about how it looks. Maybe it looks stupid and/or dominates the picture too heavily

They seem cool, but the pictures are a little too grainy to get the full effect. Could you maybe try and get a better pic?

Hope this is the right place to post this:
I making a small animation and was wondering if anyone knew of a good ste to find sound FX. I've checked out flashkits.com, but it seemdd a little limited

At 4/2/10 11:20 AM, IDuDe wrote: He is so annoying...

haha that's funny. What kind of animal is that suppossed to be though

At 4/2/10 03:30 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote: Wow thats some really good stuff though, it tells a lil story thouogh, great use of color aswell, keep up the good work

~X~

Thanks. I really appreciate the positive feedback. I'm going to be busy the next week or so, but hopefully I'll have some more pics up soonish

At 4/1/10 12:57 AM, heavyrain wrote:

At 4/1/10 12:20 AM, MPoulter wrote: The Mad Tea Party image has definetly been done, but as a fan of the books, and some one who finds this scene in particular visually striking, I thought I'd do my own version.

I am a fan of the books as well, and I've always been exceptionally fond of that scene. It seems that everyone always chooses to represent the Hatter as an ebullient lunatic, but I've never gotten that image. To me, he has always appeared very collected and actually quite logical. Regardless of this, I believe your picture is well done, for the most part, and is very humourous; Alice's gesture is funny, as tea is spilling all about the table. Perhaps, you should fix her hand on the table, though. It doesn't seem up to par with the rest of the work.%u2248%u2248%u2248

I know what you mean about the hand. Definetly one of the things I'm going to correct when I go over it again. The March Hare is definetly more outwardly crazy than the Hatter, but the Hatter is more prone to outbursts. Change Places! I like to think he'd be constantly smiling, and definently not paying attention to what's going on. But thank you for taking the time to give feedback. Personalized threads seem to get pretty lonely. haha

So, not that I'm getting feedback anyway, but I thoguht I'd post a WIP in an early stage. The Mad Tea Party image has definetly been done, but as a fan of the books, and some one who finds this scene in particular visually striking, I thought I'd do my own version. It's still in a very early phase. Not that it matters of course, as no ones going to reply to this anyway.

Soory to double post. after looking through your enitre thread, I have to say that i like your pen/pencil stuff much better than your paint stuff. This isn't really suprising given the nature of Paint, but your older drawings have much cooler line movement, depth, etc. Well, that's all I have to say, I guess.

A lack of feed back can be frustrating sometimes, I gather. I like the clown a lot. Looks pretty crazy

Whoa don't overwhelm me with feedback all in one go! I kid, of course.
Anyway, here's anew picture I'm working on. I'm still considering it a work in progress because I'm not sure if I'm satisfied with it yet. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it. It's called Food Chain

I really like the second picture. Its a pretty cool view. I'm wondering if you might be able to do more on a program other than paint

At 3/28/10 05:51 PM, Decky1991 wrote:

At 3/28/10 04:48 PM, MPoulter wrote: Here's something I made in paint before I decided to spend some money on some other programs

That is awsome. Must have took you ages.
Anyway, heres one of mine.

Yeah it took about a month straight of solid work on it, after which i decided to never use Paint again.
I like your banana (interpret that however you wish)

I like it. Espeacially the fog and lighting. I would definetly like to see more

Here's something I made in paint before I decided to spend some money on some other programs

This is a cool thread. I like the appearance of pencil/ink drawings. So many cool line movements. Here's one I drew a while ago when I was wasting time

Thanks. Maybe I'll simply try another time. Thanks for the advice as well. If I had been smart enough to plan the picture out better I would've put the lantern on a different on a diffretn layer so I could've moved it.