I stay with friends every New Year, so this year I made them a little model of their cat using a tutorial from a Christi Friesen book. I call it Charlie: Slayer of Spiders!
Charlie really is a slayer of spiders, the house used to be prone to invasions of giant house spiders as it has an adjoining garage infested with them. Ever since they got Charlie, all we see is spider legs, and even saying the word 'spider' out loud sends Charlie running around looking for one. Good kitty.
That was great. I was pleasantly surprised to hear music from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood used in it. What were the other music pieces you used?
I'm not 100% sure but I think:
- Kick-ass
- Back to the Future
- Star Wars
- Army of Darkness
- Ratchet and Clank (not sure which one, I think one of the PS3 games)
- Mars Attacks!
- Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Uncharted 2
Ok artists, I really need a bit of help. What do you do when you feel really rusty and actually feel like you're just getting worse and worse. I already tried a friend's advice of giving it a rest for a while and then try again but it's not helping.
Ok artists, I really need a bit of help. What do you do when you feel really rusty and actually feel like you're just getting worse and worse. I already tried a friend's advice of giving it a rest for a while and then try again but it's not helping.
Just relax and take your time whilst making your art. You'll get better at it.
Says the guy who rushes to get his half-assed pieces on Deviant Art.
Well, do as I say, not as I do.
Sounds to me like you need inspiration. I usually find myself more willing to do art when I have a project in mind, rather than just drawing whatever random things come out of mind at that particular moment.
Is it that you're having problems figuring out what to draw, or getting lazier (not drawing every brick in the wall), or your new stuff just doesn't look as good as the old stuff (why not?)?
Try hand-copying one of your older pieces and see what happens.
Ok artists, I really need a bit of help. What do you do when you feel really rusty and actually feel like you're just getting worse and worse. I already tried a friend's advice of giving it a rest for a while and then try again but it's not helping.
Don't give it a rest--that'll only make you rustier. What I like to do when I'm in a rut is either draw people from life or go to the library and read interesting stuff (I fancy folklore books myself). Heck, if you don't have a library close by or if you're feeling really lazy, just go surfing on Wikipedia by hitting the "Random Article" button until you find something that fascinates you! You draw from what you know, so if you run out of things to draw, learn more!
I've been feeling extremely rusty, so I was practicing drawing this character to see if I could derust a little. The character is just a generic guy, in fact, I think I'll call him Mr. Generic and use him for this kind of practices in the future
And yeah, I did both a 5-finger hand and a 4-finger hand.
I've also been trying to draw various humanized Sams making him look as bishounen/cute as I could for the lulz and for no other reason, but I didn't really like them. If any of you are interested though I guess I could post them in the other thread later >.>
Not posting in the Sam & Max forum EVEN THOUGH it contains human Norrington, and my take on Sybil and Abe's kid. And the kid in the middle...well it should be obvious who he's related to in some way I've yet to figure out myself.
Cheri what're you doing making all these offspring uuuugh.
Cheri what're you doing making all these offspring uuuugh.
Ooh, really nice, if I'm honest I always imagined Sybil/Abe's child as a boy, and looking as a sin against nature, but yours is really good too. I imagine the mother of the one in the middle would be a random woman we know nothing about right?
Meet, uh, damn, haven't thought of a name yet. Anyways he's one of the nicest and kindest guys on the planet, always smiling (ALWAYS) with his eyes barely opened most of the time (like Brock =P) and overall a nice guy to be around. When he's not stabbing, shooting, maiming, or something else you to death that is. He likes killing, he likes blood, he's just insane and the worst part (for everyone other than him that is) is that his kindness is so convincing (and he's not faking it either) that you'd never expect him to slice your stomach open a few moments later. Oh yeah, and his clothes (or shirt at least) are always white because that way he can see the bloodstains on him better.
A random character idea that I had a few days ago, I like his design I guess. The coloring and background were pretty much an afterthought though, and I dislike how the skin came out =/ Also I suck at drawing blood and footprints >_>
I really wish it would've been scanned better, but oh well.
Just showing what he looks like with an eye opened. Also trying out using different thicknesses for the lines while inking, dunno how well that came out. I like how coloring came out, simple but effective if you ask me (and yes, I didn't color the skin on purpose). I'm sure there must be a couple of mistakes here and there but overall I'm pleased with this.
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The ones I used were Prismacolor, maybe I should've actually sharpened them a little then? XD
Just follow the intructions on the Tutorial I linked. My sister (Who did that tutorial) used some Fabell Castell.
drawing pokey mans takes me back to the happier moments of my teenager-hood.
there is more to this, but it might get me hanged. This is all you will ever see. >=
Charlie really is a slayer of spiders, the house used to be prone to invasions of giant house spiders as it has an adjoining garage infested with them. Ever since they got Charlie, all we see is spider legs, and even saying the word 'spider' out loud sends Charlie running around looking for one. Good kitty.
A joke, I think...
That was great. I was pleasantly surprised to hear music from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood used in it. What were the other music pieces you used?
I'm not 100% sure but I think:
- Kick-ass
- Back to the Future
- Star Wars
- Army of Darkness
- Ratchet and Clank (not sure which one, I think one of the PS3 games)
- Mars Attacks!
- Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
- Uncharted 2
Because I watch too much YouTube Poop...
A weird little animated short I had to make about cats racing on balls.
Yeah, don't ask.
Just relax and take your time whilst making your art. You'll get better at it.
Says the guy who rushes to get his half-assed pieces on Deviant Art.
Well, do as I say, not as I do.
Try hand-copying one of your older pieces and see what happens.
Don't give it a rest--that'll only make you rustier. What I like to do when I'm in a rut is either draw people from life or go to the library and read interesting stuff (I fancy folklore books myself). Heck, if you don't have a library close by or if you're feeling really lazy, just go surfing on Wikipedia by hitting the "Random Article" button until you find something that fascinates you! You draw from what you know, so if you run out of things to draw, learn more!
I'm trying something that I'll post later and see how it ends up working for me.
That was so cute. ^_^ I just don't know what else to say other than awesome job dude. :cool: (Also that rhino in a chicken suit was hilarious)
http://thesunnyguy.deviantart.com/art/Getting-back-in-shape-193188700
I've also been trying to draw various humanized Sams making him look as bishounen/cute as I could for the lulz and for no other reason, but I didn't really like them. If any of you are interested though I guess I could post them in the other thread later >.>
Well, now that I don't have to DP...
http://thesunnyguy.deviantart.com/art/Tai-...class-193360686
Cheri what're you doing making all these offspring uuuugh.
Someday soon, I WILL get started on this story...
Because you're doodo.
Bwahahaha!
Ooh, really nice, if I'm honest I always imagined Sybil/Abe's child as a boy, and looking as a sin against nature, but yours is really good too. I imagine the mother of the one in the middle would be a random woman we know nothing about right?
Well, more of my random drawings.
http://thesunnyguy.deviantart.com/art/Battler-Chibimiya-Hypocricy-193614789
(I have no idea what the text above is supposed to mean, sorry.)
Blurgh.
Also, Cheri, it took me forever to think of Papierweite. I totally thought the kid was related to Ben Tennyson.
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http://thesunnyguy.deviantart.com/art/The-nicest-psycho-ever-194812679
I'm accepting name suggestions.
Well, a kind of continuation from my last pic
http://thesunnyguy.deviantart.com/art/Bloo...tasty-194857737
How do you guys think the inking came out? .__.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RotCbYk6wMQ&feature=feedu
it's WAAAAAY to epic, but that's cool... right?