meh wanted to start one soon anyways :D
so heres a wip movie poster im currently making to explore photoshops many functions :)

first thing i see is the massive empty space, if you're planning on doing stuff there, you should add the sketch there as well, either that or just crop away the white space (which was like 75% of the image)

Other than that, the lines are really thick and sloppy, so I suggest working that. Also the character is very simple.

added some stuff still not done

did some shadings...
dont know what else to add right now but ill find out eventually

At 8/26/10 01:38 PM, Painted-Gorilla wrote: did some shadings...
dont know what else to add right now but ill find out eventually

That beam of light is from the top right, but the shading on the character is from the right.

At 8/26/10 01:54 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 8/26/10 01:38 PM, Painted-Gorilla wrote: did some shadings...
dont know what else to add right now but ill find out eventually

That beam of light is from the top right, but the shading on the character is from the right.

i know :) shading has always been a hard thing for me so i think that is one of the main things i need to practice thanks for noticing i didnt notice myself ;P

humpty bumpty
quick sketchy thingy

first attempt on a skull

meh tried to do a little anatomy in a long time went horribly any ideas for improvement?

wip of something i have had in my mind for a time

changed slightly unsure what else to add suggestions?

mmkay,

there are a few things to look up that'll help you out here. Keep in mind there is no simple "advice" there are no easy fixes.

First, from a layout perspective look up "the rule of thirds", that'll clear up some of the space issues on that first picture.

If you're going to practice anatomy (and you should every fucking day [trust me]) use reference. Get yourself a book on anatomy, or look up a good anatomy website....I'm sure...you know a good anatomy website....
but do yourself a favor and DON'T practice anatomy without looking at reference or you'll just get stuck in bad habits (trust me again).

As far as shading goes, you don't have to just fuck up until its right, you CAN find books about shading. The best way I've found to learn however is still life. set something on your desk with a light on it and draw it. then move the light and draw it again. try to get it as perfect as you can, spend a few hours on it, you'll never ever ever regret hours spend working on your own skillset.

As far as general art goes, I know you're 16 and you don't have a shitload of experience and that's fine but here's a few things that you could work on just in general:
Blocking out your drawing (sketching) before you add final details on it.
Clean line work (especially if you're going to do more cartoon stuff)
Proportions (comes from using reference and drawing forever usually)
Good use of color (don't rely on blacks and greys, in fact dont use them if you can avoid it)

Anyone can draw, all you have to do is want it. Don't get discouraged and keep drawing! You'll get there if you really want to!

And for fucks sake don't every focus on "style"
trying to "find your style" is for jackasses
just keep drawing what you want, (and honestly what you dont want too)

Hang in there

thanks alot :D i believe this has helped alot ill go on amazon and try to find some different books or websites.

you are one out of few who actually give decent advice :)

not quite proud of this one :( shading looks like crap trying to experiment a little with shading

a drawing of me drawing wut?

arms kinda crappy i know xD
i was just kinda doodling nothing special

weve were going to draw a picture of a certain cartoon picture probably found on the internet in art class we got 10 minutes this is what i could fix up :)

damn cant find that damn picture anywhere if any of you guys know what this show is called please tell me :/

marionette man trying to get that anatomy right feet got alittle big but meh i tried dont know where i was going with this gave him a monocle to make him look sophisticated :D

At 9/8/10 08:52 AM, Painted-Gorilla wrote: meh tried to do a little anatomy in a long time went horribly any ideas for improvement?

This made me laugh! ...use a pencil sketch basic shapes first if your gonna go for something realistic.

You wanna practice anatomy?
Go to posemaniacs and practice off there.

At 9/20/10 09:45 AM, threadwood wrote: better yet, study anatomy from real life. or buy the atlas of anatomy book.

I guess it would help him know what to do under the exaggeration of his character. Can't really hide under the excuse of it being part of the style.

I like your characters regardless what people say. Simple or not they are cute and I want them as my pets >.>

At 9/20/10 08:50 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote: You wanna practice anatomy?
Go to posemaniacs and practice off there.

that better be porn :P
haha jk thanks dude :D

bumping with some random body part :O

just dumping this right here tried out some methods in photoshop nu if its donwe or not

At 10/29/10 05:02 PM, Jow279 wrote: Some ppl been sayin for you to study anatomy; well, it really does improve your drawing knowledge, but you aren't obligated to do it if you don't feel like realistic drawing is your style. Many drawing of actual days do comic cartoons, drawings and etc. Select the drawing style you feel better with, and do your best.

realistic isnt really my style no but i feel its better to take as much knowledge to me as possible

hehe and thanks for dropping by

dumping for the sake of showing my Portfolio's first frontpage...
it may not look fantasticly sparkly and awesome but it is afterall my first i will update it many times in the future :)

An apple i made in illustrator after a tutorial our teacher showed us about mesh... :D

i dunno what this is i was just bored :)

after many tries i finnaly got it somewhat right... thats why there is a random woohoo on the paper

its an ear btw if there should be a doubt

Well it's been some time since i last took a peek here on the forums and boy have i missed ya all :) also im back to making some stuff.
Although i have given up on drawing at least i kept trying 3D and i find it ok so far im not a pro but atleast its better than my shitty drawings so here is a shitty replica of a certain villain in one of my favourite games (1+ internet to whomever can guess who this is even though it's probably obvious)

Cheers ng'ers i love you all