Those are pretty neat, Karo! O.OI like those a lot too.Spoiler for These two are my favorites!:
^_^
I should've start watermarking the new stuff I'd be doing or uploading just in case. @_@
I was able to sell the castle one recently, which I gave half of the money to my dad.
Speaking of which; First step forward:Spoiler for Takao from Arpeggio of Blue Steel:
I should've start watermarking the new stuff I'd be doing or uploading just in case. @_@
And I'd put my art up, but...
Yeah. Nu-uh. ;9
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Thank you Jules, thou I had to google the meaning of arresting & the definition still left me a bit lost with what you meant. ^^I just meant that the eyes grabbed my attention and held it. I couldn't look away from them. Well done.
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Just a bit of friendly advice: You might want to consider tracing over your lineart on a separate paper. The pencil smudges muddy the marker colors.Any advice & criticism is welcome if it helps me learn & grow; You suggest I use Tracing paper to do this & then trace it back to the drawing? I'm a bit lost on it.
If I can ask, can a bad eraser contribute to giving off the smudge effects that I'm getting? Just something that came to my mind regarding the trace, and erasing.
Gummy erasers are like pencil sponges, and you can tear them apart / stick them back together like putty, mashing it together to make the lead it erases just...gone. It mixes into the eraser itself, giving it an incredibly long lifespan. You also don't have to deal with shavings this way, and instead of rubbing out bad lines / leftovers, you can just stamp them out, as the eraser pulls up a little bit of lead with each press. Think of the old silly putty and newspaper comic trick. You can get a gummy eraser cheaply enough at an art supply store or even a college campus store, and you only really need one. Two to save yourself a trip later on, maybe. I used this tool extensively.What I've been using as erasers are "A.W. Faber-Castell erasers" Color pink, and I think their Papermate as Arrow said are the bad ones.
If you want a regular pencil eraser that doesn't suck: Staples makes good pencils (bright red rounded erasers) that fall apart easily under friction. Papermate, conversely, has flat topped pink erasers that act like they're coated with glue, and smear ANYTHING. Using them on scantron tests was a nightmare.
I like that new one, Karo! You're getting better everyday! ^_^Thank you :>
If you have the resources and time to learn, I bet you'd make a pretty awesome digital artist, too! It took me and my sister a bit to learn and get used to the awkwardness, but it's an overall fun experience. Bamboo/Intuos tablets are pretty affordable if you get the starter ones, and you can do all your drawing on GIMP or photoshop and not have to worry about having all the right materials! ;o
Agree 100% with yuyu on the digital art thing. It's hard to get used to at first. You might feel discouraged that none of your art looks quite right for a while (I know I was ;9), but if you can work past that, it's a great tool.Since I read these two posts Friday up to today, I have been considering on moving to digital, I have an Old Wacom Tablet sitting around I used to paint this digitally:
Very cool! O.O I think I saw you post that one earlier, too, I don't know why I didn't think about that. D:When I colored it, I had no idea what I was doing.
You seem to do an awesome job with digital coloring, too! :-) It would be cool to see more of your digital stuff!
So, umm, yeah, working on this at a slow pace:Regarding this sketch, is just a sketch, not the final product, thou I dunno if I'll finish it so I had decided to post it here for you guys to see, I used different colors, for each layer, each color is actually a separate layer, each layer beneath I turn them more and more transparent as I add more layers, tracing in a new layer either on it or adding more details.Spoiler for Just a Sketch:
Oooh, very cool! :-) I think the nose may need to be just a little bit longer or the mouth higher. Perhaps it's just the angle of the character. :]After looking at it, I think it's both, the Nose needs to be a bit longer & the Mouth higher, It's not really the angle I think. Thank you for pointing that out. o/
Lookin' good! ^_^
I like it. The color variation is a nice touch on top. :tv:Thank you, thou the colors are just separate layers. Using different colors so I don't get confused while working & tracing it over, either adding or fixing.
Your art is amazing. <3Thank you, thou I still have a long way to go. ^^;;
How long do you draw for now?This question is actually tricky.
I wish you a merry christmas too. :) (\s/)Thank you, thou it's still not Christmas where I am.
Off Topic:No, I'm not from Germany.
Are you from germany, because of the many words like Kriegsmarine, Herren, feuer frei? :D /)
I believe that's just because they throw those words around a lot in kantai collection.
how long has the first post had dead images?May 25, 2012? I can just update it with the latest ones from the third page.
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I'm curious, on what you mean with the pencil, specifically what throws you off?Spoiler for Satori Komeiji from Touhou:
I don't think I'll ever understand the weirdness of anime (referring to the eyeball over her chest), but nicely drawn! The hand is just a little big, and the pencil throws me off a bit. Colored pencils might work well, too. Especially if you use a darker version of each color for the outlines. :)
I don't think I'll ever understand the weirdness of anime (referring to the eyeball over her chest), but nicely drawn!Well, I, umm, I just don't wanna sound rude or anything, I guess it's could be since it's a strange & foreign concept to you, It is strange indeed I guess from your perspective, and at first, well, I'll admit it was strange for me too at the time. I could explain about the character, but, the only question I ask myself is, if you want to know. . . Don't want to sound too nerdy nor offend you in any way at all. Umm, I could tell the girl is not from an Anime, more like from a Indie Game. .__. Other people I know would've lost their marbles from reading that and act like pricks. And that's no fun.
I'm curious, on what you mean with the pencil, specifically what throws you off?
Well, I, umm, I just don't wanna sound rude or anything, I guess it's could be since it's a strange & foreign concept to you, It is strange indeed I guess from your perspective, and at first, well, I'll admit it was strange for me too at the time. I could explain about the character, but, the only question I ask myself is, if you want to know. . . Don't want to sound too nerdy nor offend you in any way at all. Umm, I could tell the girl is not from an Anime, more like from a Indie Game. .__. Other people I know would've lost their marbles from reading that and act like pricks. And that's no fun.
I'll keep it short,, and Thanks.
It's touhou. I've saved you an explanation. :V
Honestly, I'd skip the inking. It ends up getting lost after coloring anyway.
Honestly, I'd skip the inking. It ends up getting lost after coloring anyway.
Ok, I'll try, but, just on the inking, well, I'm having trouble with cleaning the piece. When it comes to drawing (or sketching) I'm, not really the cleanest in it.Honestly, I'd skip the inking. It ends up getting lost after coloring anyway.
^ that. I've probably mentioned this before, but I think it'll really help to use darker colors for the outlines instead. :] You can create that effect with colored pencils easily if the outlines are slightly darker than the shading.
Gonna need something better to blend backgrounds.
Currently Prismacolor Pencils,Gonna need something better to blend backgrounds.
What media are you colouring with?
I like your shading and hair styles :]Thank you. To tell the truth, been told that their facial expressions looks similar, actually makes me happy. repetition is where I have less confidence in. Will work on making different expressions
However a lot of your drawings seem to have similar facial features. All the eyes, noses, and face shapes are almost identical o.O
I can see that too, with the exception of this one (http://rmrk.net/index.php?topic=23934.msg571371#msg571371) and this one (http://rmrk.net/index.php?topic=23934.msg571317#msg571317). Honestly, those are my two favorites! :roph2:Glad you like them, and thank you, This will help me, no worries.
I think a good way to get some variety is to switch up certain features. I.e. Eyes can range by size, pupil design, or even the general shape. I drew up a quick and sloppy paint drawings of some examples. Pardon the awfulness, I was using my computer's mouse to draw these. :-[Spoiler for:
I can definitely tell the difference in faces! :-) 'Looks good!I don't understand well the question, I do the lineart and finish cleaning the graphite, then I go straight to coloring. Hmm, a classmate of mines suggested me to go from the darkest color to the lightest when I was painting with him a year ago, I used his suggestions for color pencils, going from the shadow and darkest colors to the lightest colors.
I don't know if you mentioned this already or not, but what are you using to color these (before the colored pencils)?
I think it's the words Blenders that I used? Colorless Pencil Colors used to blend.
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I seem to be in a really good mood to draw and color, I've been drawing & then inmediatelly coloring it at the very moment these days.
Painting? As in Acrylic Paint and/or Water Color? The description of what you do to painting, what do you mean by messy? I find painting to be more tedious, and a simple mess can ruin the whole painting (At least in Acrylic). I haven't touched my brushes for a long while, I guess from not having a mood for it, thou I have fun playing around doing different textures and effects with the paint and anything I can think of, whether it's throwing Alcohol, slapping with a towel or even using my hands as brushes and blenders for it.
Blending acrylics is trial and error, and keeping notes of the colors one used helps, and in all mediums, lots of experimentation. I've never used watercolors, thou, I know that applying salt to the paint when it's wet and left to dry and removing the salt leaves some neat 'ice-like' effects.Painting? As in Acrylic Paint and/or Water Color? The description of what you do to painting, what do you mean by messy? I find painting to be more tedious, and a simple mess can ruin the whole painting (At least in Acrylic). I haven't touched my brushes for a long while, I guess from not having a mood for it, thou I have fun playing around doing different textures and effects with the paint and anything I can think of, whether it's throwing Alcohol, slapping with a towel or even using my hands as brushes and blenders for it.
I've been working with tube watercolor paints mostly, but I sometimes use acrylics. I intend to pick up some oil paints eventually, too! :-)
Tube watercolors are my favorite to use. They blend much better than acrylics, and also don't go to waste because you can revive them with a little water if they go dry. They are especially good for making those neat effects, too! :gracie: What I meant by messy was mostly the long clean up process and, as you said, the fact that it's so easy to ruin an entire painting. ;9 There are ways to get around that, such as the use of masking tape or masking fluid (which I just picked up today!). With watercolors, it's especially easy to mess up because the colors overlap each other. ;9 You can use water and dabbing to try to lighten them, but it's really hard to completely remove an unwanted watercolor mark. ;___; Acrylics are easier to cover up (since the paints are very thick) and they are great for making the right colors, but terrible for blending.
Aside from painting, I also really like working with pastels, but I can't actually touch any of my pastel pictures because it will all rub off. I have a pastel work that I really want to frame, but I have no idea how to get it covered in something that will prevent them from spreading. o.o
Art is awesome! ;___; It's always neat to see how other people use different mediums! :)
But if you're working digitally, you can always clean up your lineart later without having to worry about smudges.
This might help you with digital coloring: http://qinni.deviantart.com/art/Omocha-s-Mega-Cell-Shading-Step-by-Step-290613138 (http://qinni.deviantart.com/art/Omocha-s-Mega-Cell-Shading-Step-by-Step-290613138)Sorry for the late reply, thank you, the tutorial is helpful & I don't feel lost like others I have. Thou, I haven't been able to practice digital art.
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does she have a bridge on her head?Yep, she has a bridge on her head.
is she some kind of ship themed superhero?Yes, but I dunno if she should be called a Superhero . . . .
Do you draw any cho kawai maho shojo!?I dunno what Cho stands for.
Do you know madoka?i draw an image of her a page back.
:madokakaname:
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Yuyu with her posting Doria (?) expressions on IRC
I . . . have no idea regarding lineart and stuff on digital medium. Tutorials I find tell me to play around with the settings with different results . . . to which I'm still new to notice.
I quite enjoy Digital art in which I can keep playing around the layers with sketches, thou still troubling getting use to it.
I have to say, I read this . . . and I feel like my mind's doors has opened to the universe, with explosions, Mind Blown. Seriously. I didn't knew this. Thank you. Thank you Acolyte.I . . . have no idea regarding lineart and stuff on digital medium. Tutorials I find tell me to play around with the settings with different results . . . to which I'm still new to notice.
I quite enjoy Digital art in which I can keep playing around the layers with sketches, thou still troubling getting use to it.
Basically you have to start with a big canvas, then zoom in to do the lineart. It's kinda like you're "coloring in" the lines.