Original Pictures done in pen?

[Link7120]

Welcome all to this post. You may be wondering, "A picture done in pen?" or, "My bud draws in pen, and he/she draws damn well good." Well, these are completely original and non-traced pictures on lined paper done completely, or 96% in pen. Are you prepared?

Well keep holding on. Allow me to explain the background of the pictures. I plan on creating (and am currently in the process of creating) an original science fiction novel set in 5075... in the Milky Way galaxy. During this time, Earth's government is a Republic, and there are multiple systems in the galaxy. There is also a war between an Reptilian race known as the Defcons, and another series of races that are located in the Terratron System. Hooray for that.
But the characters you will soon see, wage a secret war against the Republic because of their manufacturing of human weapons. (Not cyborgs, before you begin to comtemplate) Allison, also referred as XA-9 (Not linked to Teenage Robot from Nickelodeon), is one of those weapons and realizes her fate. She winds up escaping, and finds Carth, the male character. Then the story begins, yay.

So you read the background, and here come the pictures, if you read this first and not skip down to the pictures. In order: The battle near Corventia, Cyon. Allison's search for the prophet. The battle of Temple of Raghbeor. Allison, XA-9.

[Link7120]

Picture 2

[EvgeniiEXTREMIST]

At 4/25/07 11:10 PM, Link7120 wrote: Picture 2

the drawing is pretty swell, but where is the perspective?

[Link7120]

The perspective is in third person, as if a camera man was viewing the battle or events Carth and/or Allison are in. And thank you for the compliment. If you can suggest anything, it would be greatly appreciated. Here is Picture 3 by the way.

[Dalario]

They look very good but they lack of a main character or event... something you can look at, now it look more like a background with nothing I can focus on...

maybe it's only that I'm tired...

Other than that they are damn awesome, I wish I could draw like that... 9.3/10 !

[Link7120]

I cannot disagree with your statement there. I did focus on the background. In matter of fact, i spent a lot of time on the background. (about 4 or 5 hours) But the characters themselves are also one of my focuses. I the next picture, you can see i spend time on the emotion on the characters, along with detail on the face, hair, and clothing.

I do appreciate your criticism. If you can suggest to me on how I can approve, please inform me.

Picture 4. For your information, Allison shooting a smg. At what, i have yet to decide.

[Hammi]

Holy shit! So much details x_x

Purely artistic :D

[Link7120]

Today I finished a solo picture of Carth, the main hero. If there was a background, it show him in a battleground full with explosions, blaster fire, and craters for the hell of it. I decided not to draw a background, because I don't want to spend 5-6 hours on it.
The thing he is shooting (with his right hand) is a plasma rifle. And not from Halo either. The object he is shooting at is a Republic Soldier. Which in the 3rd picture, is the soldiers shooting at Allison as she is sliding to "home base" so to speak. I should draw a soldier anyway...

Here it is!

[ultim8dude]

Sweet! looks great, but the arm is a little bit too long (or is the rifle attached to his arm??)

[Link7120]

You be right about the arm being too long. I already started drawing his armor on the arm before I realized the buttstock needs to be there. So yeah...
Carth's rifle's buttstock should be to the shirt, not halfway down his forearm. But that would be his carbine buttstock. (i just made that up)
If you would like a weapon's guide, ask me. I'll post one.

[Vortex00]

At 4/26/07 05:58 PM, Link7120 wrote: You be right about the arm being too long. I already started drawing his armor on the arm before I realized the buttstock needs to be there. So yeah...

even with the flaws this is still some good stuff man, esp, for pen. props.

[TarThoron]

You should draw her in a different pose. In all three pics she looks like she's crouching behind a wall, waiting for the time to pop out and start shooting. Amazing that her hair is in almost the exact same position each time too. She must use a lot of hairspray.

[Link7120]

You are right about the poses. That why it toke a bit of time off from drawing because I couldn't draw to many new poses. As for the hair, That is unexplainable. Genetics? (Excuse for my lack of thought there.)

Thanks for the criticism! ~Link7120

[PandaMime]

These are great!
Some are a little too similar to the others, but all I can do with a pen is all cartoony-like, for better pics it is pencil. =/

Also, stop signing your posts. =P

[Link7120]

Finally a post to bring this thread back alive. Anyway. Here be a picture of Allison just in a normal pose. It toke around 2-3 hours to complete.

[Temariix]

At 5/1/07 06:36 PM, Link7120 wrote: Finally a post to bring this thread back alive. Anyway. Here be a picture of Allison just in a normal pose. It toke around 2-3 hours to complete.

I just found this topic today, and I think it's great ^_^. Pen art is so much fun to work with. Honestly, the possibilities are nearly endless if you are well aquainted with your art utensil.

((Try not to take anything I critique too personally, I'm just saying how it is, not trying to be negative, only helpful.))
For your most recent picture, here, overall, it looks good, but the lower body seems disproportionate because the pants are completely unmoving and firm, like cardboard. I think you should consider taking some time and practicing fabrick. For example, when a person is walking or sitting, their clothes arent straight out perfect (unless they are naked of course, but that's not really the point.) You do show a good attempt, but as the viewer, I want to see more.

One other thing I just noticed looking back again. The fingers on her left hand (when looking at her, her right hand) are slightly skinny/long. If you could rework the hand in general, instead of shortening the fingers, I would actually make the main part of the hand more visible, so the viewer can identify where the fingers are from and they wont seem as disproportionate.

(and in my personal opinion) she has really big feet :P lol

Oh, and when I was looking at your guy, further up the page, you have a good amount of detail in it, but I think that there are too many white spaces compared to the clusters of detailed spaces. Try enlarging the details of the little sacs, bacs, pockets, belt... other stuff... and then it should look more eye appealing.

Good luck with this, it sounds like an awsome idea ^_^

[Link7120]

Thanks for the constructive criticism. I know her feet look big, but it's the boots. The are armored. Her feet are smaller than they look (you just can't see them.)
Hm... the fabric thing... I tried adding shading and what not to make them look not straight, but if they came out straight, those were not my intentions. I know what clothes look like, i do wear them. (If that came out offensive, i didn't mean it to be.) But i will be aware of the clothes next time I draw them. Hm... what else... The fingers. Yes... But I didn't want to draw the hand on that, so i put it over her leg, if the disproportionate, oh well. It has been done. But i will consider everything everyone has posted! So keep posting! Thank you.
And maybe I will start doing backgrounds, After I finish part 5 of my short comic.

[iLLiCit-JmBd]

there pretty good, although they could use some couler and a little shading.

[Felis]

At 5/1/07 08:07 PM, iLLiCit-JmBd wrote: a little shading.

You don't see the shading? Pah.

Personally, I dislike pens for sketches and drawings. They leave so little room for fuckup correction...so, lapices FTW.

[Super-Fizzoly]

Wow! And in pen too! 10/10!
All I can do is draw all cartoonish.

[Temariix]

Oh, and I forgot to add in from ealier, the style of the girl's head is good, but it doesnt fit with her body. The body has more accentuated outlines with shading while the head and hair has more shading and less accentuated outlines. Dont get me wrong, it looks fantastic, it just doesnt fully fit together. What I would do is have thicker lines up near the top of the head, and as it comes down around the side, have it lighten with the highlights, then get darker again, and keep it dark as you come to the end of a strand/'clump' of hair, but thin it out (unless of course you want thick hair).

For your style, you wouldnt need to show EVERY single hair in detail, but every so often and variate them... if that makes sense.

.... sorry for the lecture-ish attitude tonight... I'm just a bit frazzled because of this gosh darn stupid essay with the stupid Roman Empire and the stupid fall because of stupid people and the Byzantine empire with it's not as stupid, but still stupid people who kept it going and blah blah blah.... it's been a long week (all 2 days of it)

[poxpower]

Why is there a giant pink asshole in the first picture?

[MisterDielectric]

At 5/1/07 09:51 PM, poxpower wrote: Why is there a giant pink asshole in the first picture?

AHAHAHA...oh man.
That is most definitely an asshole.

Awesome pen pictures by the way, great detail on each one. I find it easier to draw with pen for some reason. I'd post some, but I don't know if I can scan anything with my printer. I know it can copy...I don't know about scanning.

Mine are not even close to as good as those though. Kudos.

[poxpower]

anyways, not bad dude, but DON'T DRAW ON LINED PAPER, WHAT THE HELL CAN'T YOU AFFORD WHITE PAPER??

I stopped drawing on line paper when I was 8 :O It's a really REALLY easy way to make your artwork look better.

[MisterDielectric]

At 5/1/07 10:22 PM, poxpower wrote: anyways, not bad dude, but DON'T DRAW ON LINED PAPER, WHAT THE HELL CAN'T YOU AFFORD WHITE PAPER??

It's what is drawn on the paper that matters pox.

Lined paper is fine in my book.
Cause...my book has lined paper? Yeah.

[Link7120]

Wow... This is too much to take in, since i've been offline for a bit. First, The gigantic red anus in the first one is supposed to be blaster fire. It came out wrong, in which I did fix in the later ones. Um... the lined paper, I can afford clear paper. In matter of fact, they're of in the corner of my eye as I type. But the reason I used line paper is so that I may position everything accordingly. I know a ruler may be helpful, but I don't want to carry that around. The next thing... hm... Tem, thanks for the advice. I can kinda of get an idea about what you said, but like I said, It's a bit too much for me too process right now. I'll have to reread it a bit to understand it fully.
Thank you guys! I will definitely continue with my work with you guys in mind! And thanks for the criticism. It's truly better than what my friends can tell me.

[PandaMime]

You really should use clean paper though.
Nice job on the rest of it.

[poolkill]

I am so jelous! I suck at drawing in pen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU1o6nleyKA) I suppose I should keep trying.
Back to the main stuff, can you draw pictures of the main characters from the back, because they all seem to be facing forwards...

[poxpower]

At 5/1/07 10:48 PM, MisterDielectric wrote: It's what is drawn on the paper that matters pox.

Yeah and when you draw something on lined paper, it's got TONS OF BLUE LINES in it.

[MisterDielectric]

At 5/2/07 01:57 PM, poxpower wrote: Yeah and when you draw something on lined paper, it's got TONS OF BLUE LINES in it.

Oh. I guess you're just a lined-paper phobic.

I didn't realize your disability. ;)