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I'd say to concentrate on a few more details for your cartoony pics, and to concentrate on adding a modicum of realism and proportions to your more human-based pics - sure, the style is all well and good, but without proper proportions/perspective they do looks a bit cheap.

At 3/1/11 03:43 PM, Breaktroll wrote: Hey man, nice character design. I like the perspective of the syringe, even though that it's probably not 100% right. Maybe look up some syringe pics on teh intarwebz to see how most of them look, maybe for future drawings.

Yeah, I looked up some pics of syringes, but the backs on them were two circular rings. Of course, when I drew them up like that, they looked like massive dicks. There were others that work by forcing water out, liek a pump, so I used those ones instead. The perspective on that thing was the hardest for me, it could probably be a little bit more towards the viewer, I'm just glad you could actually tell they were syringes :)

At 3/1/11 04:32 PM, Lintire wrote: I'd say to concentrate on a few more details for your cartoony pics, and to concentrate on adding a modicum of realism and proportions to your more human-based pics - sure, the style is all well and good, but without proper proportions/perspective they do looks a bit cheap.

Thanks, yeah, I was beginning to figure the reason they looked a tad flat and lifeless was because of the poor proportions. I was really basing them on what I thought was IDEAL (and what I thought looked best), rather than how they actually are. Maybe I could even try more intricate poses, instead of just "standing pointing" "standing looking".

More detail I'm not sure about, is that more actual physical details, or is it tone, shading and maybe even a splash of colour?

I did these AGES ago, before I got Photoshop and stuff. I really dont like the chainsaw, and I seriously doubt that the tall guys head connects into his body like that, but nvm. I don't think the proportions are too off, I could be wrong though :I

The short fat guy, the only thing I don't really like about him is the tiny hatchet. If I have problems with proportion now, holy heck did I have trouble when I drew this.

I really want to redo these guys, but not yet. When I learn a few more tips and things, I'll redo them in colour, because I really want to get the crazy atmosphere behind them across and almost craft their emotions with aforementioned colours. Unfortunately I don't know how to that without screwing up, so I'll leave that for another time, when I've practiced a lot more.

The Cardboard Crusader, obviously he's going off to tackle some dragons :I

A sorta WIP thing, I still need to think up a background, and I have no idea how I'll colour this, but never mind. My graphics tablet is acting all skitzy too, sometimes the preassure sensitivity is all messed up. It's usually after my laptop's had to restart or something, re-installing the software usually works.

I haven't done much recently, so here's a coloured pic of some characters I thought up.

And I lost all the files on my computer, so it's back to square 1 D:
Never mind, I definately wont miss that freakin soldier, makes me mad whenever I see it.

Sorted out the skitzy graphics tablet too. Thank god.

Sizing is a little bit annoying, seeing as it's a wide pic, but nvm.

There's a link to the full sized image here : LINK LINK LINK

BILL - THE TANK HUNTER

I'm too scared to upload this to the art portal, everything there is a shining masterpiece.

L4D, yum.

The best thing you can do man is to just keep drawing. Never give up, even if you don't feel like it. Paint paint paint. I'd say paint from refs a bit, even though it's borrrring I know, it helps a ton. You don't have to finish them, and you don't have to post them. Just do it for yourself. Good stuff, keep going.

At 4/5/11 08:18 PM, Hyptosis wrote: The best thing you can do man is to just keep drawing. Never give up, even if you don't feel like it. Paint paint paint. I'd say paint from refs a bit, even though it's borrrring I know, it helps a ton. You don't have to finish them, and you don't have to post them. Just do it for yourself. Good stuff, keep going.

Whoa, thanks for the encouragement. Yeah, working from references has helped me, I've started to do that more recently. I keep drawing at home too, I went into town and bought a sketchbook, and I can see from when I began drawing a while ago and the things I do now that I have improved.

Now that I can see I'm improving, I just gotta stick at it.

At 4/5/11 08:37 PM, LordofK wrote:

Whoa, thanks for the encouragement. Yeah, working from references has helped me, I've started to do that more recently. I keep drawing at home too, I went into town and bought a sketchbook, and I can see from when I began drawing a while ago and the things I do now that I have improved.

Now that I can see I'm improving, I just gotta stick at it.

Hell yeah man! I have a wall of sketchbooks in order from 2000 to present day. 2000 was when I first started drawing, dude, it does great things for your confidence. You're on the right track.

Candy Crusaders.

Delicious, and chock full of religious fervor.

At 4/6/11 03:37 PM, LordofK wrote: Candy Crusaders.

Delicious, and chock full of religious fervor.

Quality is shit, forgot to re-size it.

Here's a tasty link to the full sized image :

THIS LINK IS DELICIOUS

DYNAMIC OR WHAT, I CAN FEEL MY FACE TENSING IN ANTICIPATION OF A SLAP.

At 4/6/11 04:08 PM, maficmelody wrote: I'm really digging your style. My only suggestion is to use your shadows to better define your shapes. Push the shadows harder than you are now and your work will really 'pop'. (pop= dimension/appeal/etc)

Woooooah dude, thanks for the advice. And you even drew me an explanation?

Epic.

And yeah, I'll definitely remember to ramp up the shadows in the future. Your right, it should help a lot.

HEY GUISE. GUESS THE GAME AND WIN A CHESTNUT.
THAT'S RIGHT, AN ENTIRE CHESTNUT, WOW.

I like the right hand side, the left... ehm - nope.

I don't get everyone and their obsessions with Mine-craft! *sigh* Oh well... I get teh Chestnut now?

At 4/7/11 07:55 PM, silversunned wrote: I don't get everyone and their obsessions with Mine-craft! *sigh* Oh well... I get teh Chestnut now?

Eh heh heh, moar like Mine-crap. Did I say anywhere I liked it?

And yeah, check your mail weekly, I'm sending the chestnut in the post.

Its pretty good, I cant really say theirs anything wrong with it unless its supposed to fit a certain purpose. Sorry I couldn't give any real constructive criticism.

I do say, you're works aren't bad at all. But it seems you have quite a few issues in terms of colouring and shading.

At 4/8/11 08:14 AM, Fifty-50 wrote: I do say, you're works aren't bad at all. But it seems you have quite a few issues in terms of colouring and shading.

There is nothing I hate more than coloring, shading I enjoy more, but that doesn't mean it doesn't sucks as hard as my skill in coloring.

I need a lot more practice, I know when I color stuff it looks bad but I can't tell why. I have no idea how else to color stuff, so maybe someone could give me some advice.

At 4/8/11 06:37 AM, Jimbo181 wrote: Its pretty good, I cant really say theirs anything wrong with it unless its supposed to fit a certain purpose. Sorry I couldn't give any real constructive criticism.

Don't worry about it, at least you bothered to post something. It's appreciated.

At 4/8/11 12:11 PM, LordofK wrote: I need a lot more practice, I know when I color stuff it looks bad but I can't tell why. I have no idea how else to color stuff, so maybe someone could give me some advice.

I'd be glad to give you some. I just need to know what program you're using and your method of colouring. But it doesn't hurt to look at some tutorials.

At 4/8/11 12:38 PM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 4/8/11 12:11 PM, LordofK wrote: I need a lot more practice, I know when I color stuff it looks bad but I can't tell why. I have no idea how else to color stuff, so maybe someone could give me some advice.

I'd be glad to give you some. I just need to know what program you're using and your method of colouring. But it doesn't hurt to look at some tutorials.

Heh, advice would be great, I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, I do the linework on a new layer (above the preset background one) and then color everything on new layers underneath. I don't know what a lot of the options do, especially layer options like "multiply". I don't think it came with a manual either...

And yeah I'll check out a couple more tutorials. I sorta already had, but I couldn't really find one that was easy to follow. It was either people just showing off and not really doing any tutorial at all, or anime artists, and I really don't want to go down that path. No offense to anyone, it's just I already tried drawing like that, and it's definitely not for me.

Little Icon I did for my steam page. I think the coloring is a bit better, although the size is really tiny...

+ only just realized I can upload things here as .jpg files. Cool.

And another black and white pic, the robot ninja bears down on its hapless prey.

More practice with lighting than an attempt at anything remotely artistic.

When you work with black and white only (no grey tones) it's extremely important to use various lines width. Use thicker lines to outline objects or elements that are closer and use thinner lines for details.

Also have a good balance of black masses and white masses. Look at some comic art and you'll learn a lot. Having great black and white artwork takes a lot of time to master and is harder than using colors and grey values. Good luck and keep it up !!!!

At 4/16/11 08:33 PM, AssKiller wrote: When you work with black and white only (no grey tones) it's extremely important to use various lines width. Use thicker lines to outline objects or elements that are closer and use thinner lines for details.

Also have a good balance of black masses and white masses. Look at some comic art and you'll learn a lot. Having great black and white artwork takes a lot of time to master and is harder than using colors and grey values. Good luck and keep it up !!!!

How could I possibly ignore line width, jeez it's so obvious now! I honestly have no idea why I never tried anything like that, it's probably the reason a lot of my stuff looks so... flat? Thanks a lot for the advice, and I'll certainly keep at it :)