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Speaking of inferior artists...

Wombatwarlord777 said:

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Holy crap, you drew this one on Cirno day.
But seriously, you've got some pretty darn good work in there.

darkness claw said:

Holy crap, you drew this one on Dreamcast Memorial Day.

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Good observation, there!

What I hope Sonic & Tails would look like in 10 years. I know it'll never happen but it's nice to try and draw it.
This is my second try at backgrounds. I know I suck. I'm looking for tips.

darkness claw said:

Phwew, so it's not just me, I noticed that it was a bit off, too.
EDIT: Of course, by the time I was done with the picture, I was a tad too lazy to actually fix it up, and ended up hoping nobody would notice, Hahaha.

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Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I get so frustrated with a piece that I start to dislike it even more, and eventually scrap it and never see it again, no matter how good the symbolism, the meaning or the details. Shading is not my strength.

In total honesty, I've always seen you as a better artist than myself. I mean, anyone can draw anime or something similar on a whim, but it takes quite a large amount of skill and effort to pull off a lot of the artworks you've managed to produce.

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I feel humbled, really, but I'd like to digress. I know I'm better than some, but when you start seeing the big picture (as in, deviantart) you realize how truly small one is. You see these thousands of people making stuff that looks too real or too good to be true, and think "man, mine isn't even half of that!". I like to think that puts me in my place. Anyways, drawing "Anime" is pathetically easy. Drawing in japanese style, and doing it good, is something that requires actual skill. Those people who draw anime on DA to express their love for SasukexNaruto? They learned from a "how to draw anime book", and most probably threw it away when they couldn't figure out how to draw Katara getting kissed by Zuko, and started tracing.
If by my artworks you mean my TOTALLY TRADEMARKED (DO NOT STEAL) wacky faces (used prominently in my drawings) you'll realize they are simple exaggerations (Make eyes big for loony, pull cheeks down for sad, etc, only taken to their logical (illogical?) extremes). I also like John Kricfalusi's style.
But yeah, to get to my point: You can draw in proportion, you can draw shadows, etc. I don't even try because I know I'll fail big time.

Also, that phoenix wright animation is epic. :D

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Thanks a bunch!

Arf said:

Sometimes I get so frustrated with a piece that I start to dislike it even more, and eventually scrap it and never see it again, no matter how good the symbolism, the meaning or the details.

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Yeah, I know that feeling all too well. In most cases, it really comes down to the willpower to try time and time again to get something right.

Arf said:

When you start seeing the big picture (as in, deviantart) you realize how truly small one is. You see these thousands of people making stuff that looks too real or too good to be true, and think "man, mine isn't even half of that!". I like to think that puts me in my place.

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That's an understandable way to look at it, indeed. I like to take the incredible optimistic viewpoint, though, and think: "That's amazing, I'm going to aim to draw with a standard like that!" Which can really help if you're feeling a bit down about your work. Haha, inspiration can be a pretty amazing thing when you need it. :)

Arf said:

If by my artworks you mean my TOTALLY TRADEMARKED (DO NOT STEAL) wacky faces (used prominently in my drawings) you'll realize they are simple exaggerations (Make eyes big for loony, pull cheeks down for sad, etc, only taken to their logical (illogical?) extremes).

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Which I quite like, to be honest. Your style of art could become extremely influential if you aimed for something along those lines. Mind you, awesome, looney cartoon-ish styled pictures like yours can be pretty hard to come by these days. :D

Arf said:

I also like John Kricfalusi's style.

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Never heard of him, I'll keep a lookout for his work, though.

Arf said:

But yeah, to get to my point: You can draw in proportion, you can draw shadows, etc. I don't even try because I know I'll fail big time.

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S'pose you'll never know until you do try, though. For all you know, it could turn out to be the most mind-blisteringly awesome artwork we've ever seen, which I can tell is something you're certainly capable of.

Arf said:

Thanks a bunch!

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No problem. Do you plan on making any other animations in the future?

EDIT: Ah, by the way, the link in your signature seems to give a 404 error for some reason.

Heh, when you said anyone can draw anime, you were positively correct. Everyone I know that can draw draws anime. Unforunately it's usually either because they used (as Arf said) how to draw books that they throw out afterwards, fanart, or your average generic OC with generic Japanese sounding names which really are NOT japanese. I wish my style wasn't so generic.

For me, drawing in anime style came extremely slowly and was very difficult. One day (half a year ago), my cousin told me to doodle something, and I decided to draw in non-anime style. It was at that point that I realized that drawing in 'cartoony' style comes very naturally to me. I had no idea about this until then...I had always been trying to draw anime-style art. I wonder if that means anything...

Yeah, I should prolly take that blog link off my sig, considering vactual.org died and there's positively no chance of me getting hosting space in there (No matter how many times I begged ;_;).
BTW, I have tried, MANY times to draw in proportion, studies human figure, etc. I just can't do it right, s'all. At least I can say I tried, or something.
And what I mean by the "draw animameeaeaememem" books, is ore or less along these lines:
they see an anime shaped head (or let's say, any head), and copy it verbatim. So now, they know how to draw a 3/4, looking-ahead-view, with a nose in a certain position and a mouth in another certain position.
The problem is, they don't understand WHY that head has that shape and WHY the mouth is where it is, so the moment they try to draw another position, perspective comes barging into the proverbial drawing party, eats all the cheetohs and pisses in the punch. It fucks shit for everyone. That's why most people decompose complex stuff in geometric shapes and work their way up, so positioning, and most importantly, shape comes naturally instead of having to remember 143245 different frames of head position.
More or less like comparing SRB2 sprites with a 3D Model.
But yeah, that's why I hate those people who draw anime, and I have to admit, it has given me a certain repulsion to japanese style, despite not being much wrong with it. I have several friends who draw like this, and I try to make them draw something a bit more different, but if I insist too much, I end up being the douche who tells you "NO, THAT'S NOT THE PROPER INTERPRETATION OF A CLOCKWORK ORANGE GOD YOU ARE SO DUMB".

BTW thanks for the compliments, and if life gets good (It's slowly falling into place) I might eventually try my hand at being an animator. Or an architect, who knows.

This is a comic me and some people are making.*/A Lapse In Judgement\*
It has hand made art.

Ultimate said:

For me, drawing in anime style came extremely slowly and was very difficult. One day (half a year ago), my cousin told me to doodle something, and I decided to draw in non-anime style. It was at that point that I realized that drawing in 'cartoony' style comes very naturally to me. I had no idea about this until then...I had always been trying to draw anime-style art. I wonder if that means anything...

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I drew a penguin, it had anime-esque eyes but that was to help make it seem happier.

I wanna try copying the PSG style for a bit to help find that style I truly want.

That's how the Down Syndrome thing happened

I don't have a very good renderer for my 3d images...so I tried making a cartoon pic...and it worked!




[size=-2](I don't know what I'll put in the speach bubble...maybe "Happy birthday")
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GTF said:

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Oh man, I laughed so hard at this.

But anyway, I actually tried making animated GIFs now (The Knuckles avatar is one I made.) using Photoshop CS2.

I drew some Close Ups

Not bad, I'm seeing improvement. However I would suggest just working small and getting their body structure proportionate before doing close ups. By then you'll have an idea on how to accurately shape them.

Other than that, before working on bodies, I would actually practice drawing their heads for awhile...

my latest pic

my fanmade digimon (own)

My 1 of best OC pics

my favorite OC

My 2 OCs are fighting (obviously)

Wombatwarlord777 said:

Speaking of inferior artists...

*Artworks*

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Inferior? Don't doubt yourself. You're one of the few good cartoonists I see around here. And that's not just me talking out of my ass and playing favorites.

I'd rather watch a cartoon from you any day over anything Pendleton Ward will offer me. Adventure Time can go to hell.

I have some work... Though, the following works are a wee bit more mature than usual.



And then there's another thing I have to say. I got a Bamboo Tablet. That's right. I can do digital art now. Check out this test I did to test its capabilities.



It feels just like paper. It is awesome.

Yacker has a place in my heart now.

Awesome drawing, but (this is me getting all technical) doesn't it have longer antenae (shuddup) and thinner arms? Just asking. The shading is also a bit starnge for my liking.
Excellent drawing by the way.