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I'm done here.

I got a hate mail today:

From: SAZA
Sent: 10 minutes ago
Subject: DIE NI^$er

Yawn, childish.

Considering that I had catered to the critics on here, who told me to stay away from using burn and smudge on my artwork, I now come to find that people are lecturing me on my new style.

I am no longer interested in trying to make happy everyone, at the sacrifice of making myself upset.

Great work, you have a mastery over the hand, which is a total nightmare for most artists.

At 4/17/11 11:47 PM, Kinsei01 wrote: why all the recent filter rape man. its really harming everything more than helping....
Filters are tools to help images, not one click fix all. And massive apply like this is some of the worst things you could use them for.

My artwork, my style.

I would be happy though to check out and see how you go about your own artwork.

Chinese monkey in bamboo forest

Mystic Wolf

Death picture.

It came out more like a dog than a wolf, will work on it as I have not really done any wolf pictures.

At 2/7/11 03:38 PM, Toast-Tony wrote: your work sucks, but you seem to be improving, keep improving, keep practicing, stop coming on here with whiney excuses as to why your work is shit and get butthurt about what people have to say. If you cant take the opinions lock yourself in your room in your own self absorbed "abstract" world and keep your so called art to yourself.

Droghead is improving, give him some time.

I like his latests work here with the land scape and face. He could of done the whole page like most other people would, but instead he made his own end spots within the page for the landscape which worked. He also pushed for a close up of the face, so to defy how far the face can take up a page.

I do agree though, the self hating or attacking of other people's work is just going to bring us all down from what we can accomplish.

At 2/4/11 09:28 PM, Droghead wrote: Oh god, I hate myself for this. Where is the regret button of life.

Okay, my plan is to buy a punching bag and let me fury out on that instead of my poor fellow folks.

That would help, I personally go for shooter games for that whole "need to kill" aspect.

Hope poster? That would rock, go for it!

Someone recently asked where all the great artist went and it looks like many are starting to return as well some new blood.

Welcome back!

At 1/17/11 12:13 AM, Kinsei01 wrote:

At 1/16/11 11:09 PM, Kinsei01 wrote:

loading illustrator now :3

it loaded

Thank you for coloring in, you have escaped SQUIRLY WRATH! :)

I am going to past on my portal girl picture, but I have this new one to show.

I have a new portal girl picture that has a rear entrance, but a family member of mine is fearing that it would be taken in the wrong way as child abuse. I do not hurt kids and was viewing the pictiure as a funny and not in a sexual manner.

Portal Girl is a doorway to H.P. Lovecraft's chaos god to semi enter the world of mankind.

Does anyone have a problem with that sort of picture?

At 2/6/11 04:21 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 2/5/11 04:43 PM, Kakashi1930 wrote: Oh, I see what they did there.

Yes, yes you did.

Nice pic, and I hope you finish that alien picture ;)
You can try to get some colored pencils and coloring your artwork that way. It might be fun and maybe easier than scanning, and coloring in photoshop?

I've tried many, many times. But I still fail at it. I'm not good at using real life coloring materials. And it's more frustrating than the usual digital coloring. When you make a mistake there is no turning back.

At 2/5/11 04:49 PM, fatcat360 wrote: AAAAAAAA your art is amazing
it makes me want to curl up in a corner and sob

We all improve. Just keep practicing. :D

At 2/5/11 10:41 PM, wesmeadow wrote: I like the latest three you posted.

Thank you dude.

Progress on Strength. I'm still finding a way to cut off her long hair. But every attempt leads to disaster.

The picture is stellar, it has a cool concept with the whole "stuck in stone" and I personally see nothing wrong with the hair being long as it kind of helps for figuring that she has been there for a looooong time lol. You can try looking up "short hair women" for reference if you still want to cut off her hair. It might help.

At 2/5/11 08:52 AM, shahmulk7 wrote: Very nice work but what is the white box in the left bottom corner. By the way will i get the PDF version of your comic book. keep it up.

Which picture did you notice a white box?

I did not think anyone was interested in my comic book, I will see about doing some more with it.

They're Pinky and The Brain
Yes, Pinky and The Brain
One is a genius
The other's insane.
They're laboratory mice
Their genes have been spliced
They're dinky
They're Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain.

Before each night is done
Their plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun
They'll take over the world.

They're Pinky and The Brain
Yes, Pinky and The Brain
Their twilight campaign
Is easy to explain.
To prove their mousey worth

They'll overthrow the Earth
They're dinky
They're Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Narf!

I like the latest three you posted.

I work with PS on a lot of my artwork projects.

What I did was to bring in to multiple files elemental textures for my material and then use "clone" tool to alter it. I personally like the burn and smudge tool, but other guys do not like it.

Keep in mind that most PS work has to have least 85% of the original image altered to really make it legit your work.

When it comes to characters, I draw it by sight just so that I do not get accused of ripping off the original artists work.

Is anyone else having trouble with posting new artwork on their profile?

I kept trying and got nowhere.

People are starting to bring their A game, love the artwork man!

At 2/5/11 03:44 AM, Fifty-50 wrote: I don't know what to say other than keep working. You're getting there kid.

Ok I will. Thank you :)

It is not crappy at all.

1. You have an interesting composition with the ground shot.
2. It does not look like you just threw it together on the fly.
3. It is not a character that I know, so you are not just copying what everyone else is doing.

Stellar job man, hope the others are as good.

At 2/5/11 03:46 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:37 AM, wesmeadow wrote: You are tell me this right after telling the others to ignore the critic.

P.S. It is a photoshop picture so yes it had a base model and I altered least the rule of thumb 85% of the original picture if not more, so the model could not tell it was her.

I did do a Cow Bebop picture, which I did hand draw each character for it. Just went with this picture instead.

Alright, I'm sorry. I'll tell you I'm no douche. But emo critics and bad art being praised? There is no such thing here on newgrounds. Well keep improving.

Ah nah all good man, just not understanding why people are so harsh on my work and over a young guy asking a simple question.

At 2/5/11 03:28 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 2/5/11 03:24 AM, wesmeadow wrote: I am showing what I feel has been my own attempts at improving my own style.
I am showing the OP that not everyone is doing quick pencil on notebook paper sketches.

If I name names then I would be an ass. Look for yourself as it is not hidden and is out there in threads.

There you go again with your fighting. Can't we all just get along?

Oh it is too late, see you drew first blood right here on my head!

"Burning in the depths of the pits of darkness,
let the fires of hell take you!
Let the fires become my sword
and strike you down! Venom!"

-Bastard!!! anime reference for any non geeks in the house

At 2/5/11 03:17 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 2/5/11 01:06 AM, wesmeadow wrote: Lol Rant.

Oh you're so funny. We all know that you're only saying that because you can't take critiques. And you think that it's unfair when it's not. And why is there pic that looks photomanipulated? I can be wrong though.
; You're creepy. :3

You are tell me this right after telling the others to ignore the critic.

P.S. It is a photoshop picture so yes it had a base model and I altered least the rule of thumb 85% of the original picture if not more, so the model could not tell it was her.

I did do a Cow Bebop picture, which I did hand draw each character for it. Just went with this picture instead.

At 2/5/11 01:56 AM, DemocracyFTW wrote:

At 2/5/11 01:06 AM, wesmeadow wrote: Thank you to the OP!

I agree that the forum is to showcase our best work, while I also agree that it is a place to give advise on how to improve each other's techniques.

The art portal is for the best works. Forum is for wip's, collections, personal art threads, competitions, etc.

What we face is having 2min halfass work being posted and getting praised, yet people who are doing their best work is leaving due to either the portal or by emo critics complaining about the work not being perfect.

Show me a "2min halfass work" that's being praised, and then show me an emo critic.

I come back to find rookie's work with body form errors and even more sloppy techniques getting kudos. It really is hypocrite b.s.

SHOW ME THESE WORKS GETTING PRAISED THAT HAVE ANATOMICAL ERRORS

Still I keep trying to improve and perfect my own style of art and I think that is all the OP is asking.

Congratulations, you've just made yourself look like an ass, while trying to show off your own work!

Your prize is nothing. You get nothing.

I am showing what I feel has been my own attempts at improving my own style.
I am showing the OP that not everyone is doing quick pencil on notebook paper sketches.

If I name names then I would be an ass. Look for yourself as it is not hidden and is out there in threads.

Thank you to the OP!

I agree that the forum is to showcase our best work, while I also agree that it is a place to give advise on how to improve each other's techniques.

What we face is having 2min halfass work being posted and getting praised, yet people who are doing their best work is leaving due to either the portal or by emo critics complaining about the work not being perfect. I had to take vacation time off from having my work bashed from day 1 over body form errors or the tools I like using, hell had recently one guy state that my artwork is "freaky and creepy" in a bad way. I come back to find rookie's work with body form errors and even more sloppy techniques getting kudos. It really is hypocrite b.s.

Still I keep trying to improve and perfect my own style of art and I think that is all the OP is asking.