dont apologize for anything, its great that you're smart enough put your foot down when you want to, and I dont think anyone else is going to bug you about it.

now I think they just want to argue with me :)

your art is good, it will develop and change as it does, dont worry about pushing it in any direction all at once. if you really do want to change though, look for many different kinds of influences in different styles. my favorite place to find cool stuff is threadless, and I bet if you mixed your current style with that of many other people's, you'd create something entirely your own.

So here's an ink drawing that I'm working on. This is not even close to the final version, this is just the first draft. I thought I'd show you guys the gist of what it is. It's called The Thought Process.

At 7/5/07 11:38 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: It's called The Thought Process.

That picture makes no sense, but I like it. Your paper-and-ink drawings look much different than your computer-drawings. :O

It's a nice mix of two different art-types.

Bitmap, I was wondering what program do you use to screenshot your art? Because I remember some time back you said that you only use flash / whatever and no photoshop. This isn't to quiz you, I actually want to know myself and most likely use it (if it's free..)

At 7/6/07 06:38 AM, Farplane wrote: Bitmap, I was wondering what program do you use to screenshot your art? Because I remember some time back you said that you only use flash / whatever and no photoshop. This isn't to quiz you, I actually want to know myself and most likely use it (if it's free..)

Flash. File>Export>Image.

At 7/6/07 06:42 AM, Dr34m3r wrote:

At 7/6/07 06:38 AM, Farplane wrote: Bitmap, I was wondering what program do you use to screenshot your art? Because I remember some time back you said that you only use flash / whatever and no photoshop. This isn't to quiz you, I actually want to know myself and most likely use it (if it's free..)

Flash. File>Export>Image.

Oh, ok thanks :D
I don't wanna put my crap in someone elses thread but just wanna do a tiny 40x40 picture to test it :P

At 7/6/07 06:53 AM, Farplane wrote:
Oh, ok thanks :D
I don't wanna put my crap in someone elses thread but just wanna do a tiny 40x40 picture to test it :P

That's alright.

I made this for the pumpkin thread but it appears to be dying so I thought I'd post it here. I'm pretty proud of it for some reason.

you're proud of it because its A PUMPKIN!

At 7/6/07 09:21 AM, MorrowDays wrote: you're proud of it because its A PUMPKIN!

Indeed

Yay a pumpkin!, I made that thread.

This is an ink drawing I did, and then scanned it and colored it. My scanner tends to rape quality, but nonetheless, I'm quite proud of it. Comments? Full Size

At 7/7/07 03:22 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: This is an ink drawing I did, and then scanned it and colored it. My scanner tends to rape quality, but nonetheless, I'm quite proud of it. Comments? Full Size

Raped quality or not, it's someawe.

Pwetteh culerz

I like the art. :D

I drew myself, folks!

At 7/7/07 03:22 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: This is an ink drawing I did, and then scanned it and colored it. My scanner tends to rape quality, but nonetheless, I'm quite proud of it. Comments?

Nice. I like the skull in the middle.

At 7/9/07 05:31 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: I drew myself, folks!

great job, as always. I just have one question. Do you like drawing dripping liquid in your drawings? I've noticed that a lot.

great job, as always. I just have one question. Do you like drawing dripping liquid in your drawings? I've noticed that a lot.

Dear god, yes! It's one of my favorite techniques, if you can call it that.

At 7/9/07 05:31 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: I drew myself, folks!

Woah, now I see where you got "the jumbled up mind of Spencer Mann", you have described it in great detail :P

nice shading :(

I wish I could draw as good as you your art is amazing btw I use the lemon lime thing as my desktop background :D

At 7/9/07 06:11 PM, chikky wrote: I wish I could draw as good as you your art is amazing btw I use the lemon lime thing as my desktop background :D

Hello, lawsuit. Lol, just joshing. (I'm bringing that back.) Thanks to you all.

At 7/7/07 03:22 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: This is an ink drawing I did, and then scanned it and colored it. My scanner tends to rape quality, but nonetheless, I'm quite proud of it. Comments? Full Size

this must be made a sticker. in the size you posted it in this forum.

Just keep telling yourself: It's just a dream. Actual size here .

lol. i like ur stuff

At 7/10/07 04:57 PM, BitmapPirate wrote: Just keep telling yourself: It's just a dream. Actual size here .

You've got some nice color contrasts there, i.e.- the two different checkerboard patterns. Great skull, too. The teeth and nose are very good. But my favorite part of it is the guy on the bottom. I can't tell if he's amazed by the tentacle, or scared. I also noticed the dripping liquid again.

Do you just draw random things, and put them together, or do you plan out where everything is going to go?

Do you just draw random things, and put them together, or do you plan out where everything is going to go?

A little of both. The stuff in the drawings are thought out most of the time and where they go also plays an important part, but sometimes, like with the recent one with all the jumbled stuff, i just draw and draw.

I've got a new animation up. Check it out here! Don't be afraid to leave comments.

At 7/11/07 01:08 AM, BitmapPirate wrote: I've got a new animation up. Check it out here! Don't be afraid to leave comments.

Shit yeah. Two things I like, green and a fun little animation enjoyable by all!

And yes, I do speak for everyone XD

You should reset the background to black and show fishhook that for the collab. Unless you hate fishhook and more prefer mr-womble. Anywho cool animation, also how do you draw your lines (in your art) so smoothly? Whenever I use brush tool it either ends up curvy or has openings in it...

I liked the tentacle in that other one

At 7/11/07 05:20 AM, Farplane wrote: You should reset the background to black and show fishhook that for the collab. Unless you hate fishhook and more prefer mr-womble. Anywho cool animation, also how do you draw your lines (in your art) so smoothly? Whenever I use brush tool it either ends up curvy or has openings in it...

Yeah, I'm staying away from collabs for a long time. And I draw my lines by holding down the Shift Key which makes it so that the lines either goes straight up or perfectly horizontally, depending on which way you draw.