Deceptikolz said: A few more sketches I made, since I have so much free time. Very nice sketches. I have only a few suggestions I could give you to make them look better. First is to improve your line work. Try not to lift your pencil while you work as much as you can. You'll be surprised how much better your work will start to appear as a result of stubbornly following this rule. The other thing I see is that it could be a whole ton better if you did a bit more overlapping. Not too much cause these are cute girls and you don't want to over-emphasize the anatomy, but the overlapping indicates some type of form between the contours of your figure. Some of your lines are just straight edges that follow along the contour and are not visually interesting. When you use overlapping it gives us more visual information, tells us what is in front of the other. It guides our eyeballs as to how one form rolls into another form. Even though these sound very basic techniques, I think the two points I just mentioned to you would make a world of difference in your art. Often the difference between a novice and someone who appears to be a pro is simply someone who has mastered the basics. Your gestures are amazing, I just love how the personalities pop out of your work. Keep it up! |
perspective said: It's really just understanding the forces that are acting upon a cloth material and how the fabric responds. So, to begin with, you might study the anatomy of folds, such as what is a pipe fold, what is a 1 point fold, what is a 2 point fold, what is a zig-zag fold, etc. Then really think about how gravity is creating these folds. The next step after that is, how to think about the material itself. Some materials are more resistant to folding than others. Some materials are thicker and I would also suppose the tightness of the material also makes a difference. Then you want to imagine forms within the clothing. Another often overlooked aspect is the seams of clothing. These strips that secure loosely hanging cloth create tensions and folds as well. This is how you study drapery. seconded. the drawing doesn't look like a fabric. It looks like a hard paper or a stone. You might study more about drapery and still life. |
| @perspective & nINJAkECIL Your comments are much appreciated, Any good references you can recommend? |
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Deceptikolz said: @perspective & nINJAkECIL Your comments are much appreciated, Any good references you can recommend? Unfortunately, I cannot find a suitable tutorial online for you. I can only describe it. For one thing, your scanner isn't the greatest, and that makes it harder to critique your line work. I know this because my scanner sucks at picking up my work too. The basics of line work is this: 1) Line has value. Learn to apply your line with different values ranging from light to dark. 2) Line has thickness, often referred to as line weight. Vary the thickness of your lines wherever possible. Sometimes people get too scared of abusing this, but you should look for areas where you can fill in blacks. This is for example, the underside of curves (which typically don't get light), areas where you know your shade is going to fall, and places where you want to achieve higher contrast (remember your eye is naturally attracted to areas of high contrast). With good line art, you can tell where your light source is coming from without any actual rendering. 3) Try not to chicken scratch your art. Use smooth flowing lines with both of the above qualities and try not to lift your pencil when you draw. Develop this habit so later on in your life, this will not come back to haunt you. If this really is a problem for you, draw as you would normally, then erase it down so you can lightly see the lines you want to keep and then draw over them with style. This is called under drawing and it is very helpful. Eventually you'll get to a point where you don't need them anymore. 4) keeping with point#3, you will run into the situation where your line wasn't thick enough in 1 pass, don't lift your pencil, go back through the line in the other direction. Just don't fall off the railroad tracks. 5) There will be times obviously where you have to lift your pencil, this is a given. Every rule is not really a rule. It's a tool. Feel free to break all the rules in art when it is in good taste. This is really how you develop your individuality. About your overlapping: I know I critiqued on your overlapping, but to tell you the truth it really isn't that bad. It's just the arms on some of your figures. You should never draw them like tubes. One line passes over the other, to indicate to us which part is in front. All overlapping does is tell us which object is in front of the other, which one comes out of the other. Note: Sometimes I watch professionals working in art videos, and when they work it appears to be fast and flawless. But, a lot of the videos are sped up to save time on the videos. Also, some people do draw fast, but that's really about years of experience behind them. You want to be slow and methodical about it. Each line means something. Even when you make gesture drawings, it appears to be quickly drawn, but it's really not. Take your time and be patient when you draw. |
perspectiveAug 21, 2011 11:41 AM
| havent drawn in ages and my skills rusted up |
| Treecko will save you money on your car insurance |
Thillygooth said: swoodles said: stuff Wow, that prompted me to check out your other work and I must say, top fucking notch. You must be a professional. Or if not, you damn well should be. thx (｡^_^｡) |
perspective said: Deceptikolz said: @perspective & nINJAkECIL Your comments are much appreciated, Any good references you can recommend? Unfortunately, I cannot find a suitable tutorial online for you. I can only describe it. For one thing, your scanner isn't the greatest, and that makes it harder to critique your line work. I know this because my scanner sucks at picking up my work too. The basics of line work is this: 1) Line has value. Learn to apply your line with different values ranging from light to dark. 2) Line has thickness, often referred to as line weight. Vary the thickness of your lines wherever possible. Sometimes people get too scared of abusing this, but you should look for areas where you can fill in blacks. This is for example, the underside of curves (which typically don't get light), areas where you know your shade is going to fall, and places where you want to achieve higher contrast (remember your eye is naturally attracted to areas of high contrast). With good line art, you can tell where your light source is coming from without any actual rendering. 3) Try not to chicken scratch your art. Use smooth flowing lines with both of the above qualities and try not to lift your pencil when you draw. Develop this habit so later on in your life, this will not come back to haunt you. If this really is a problem for you, draw as you would normally, then erase it down so you can lightly see the lines you want to keep and then draw over them with style. This is called under drawing and it is very helpful. Eventually you'll get to a point where you don't need them anymore. 4) keeping with point#3, you will run into the situation where your line wasn't thick enough in 1 pass, don't lift your pencil, go back through the line in the other direction. Just don't fall off the railroad tracks. 5) There will be times obviously where you have to lift your pencil, this is a given. Every rule is not really a rule. It's a tool. Feel free to break all the rules in art when it is in good taste. This is really how you develop your individuality. About your overlapping: I know I critiqued on your overlapping, but to tell you the truth it really isn't that bad. It's just the arms on some of your figures. You should never draw them like tubes. One line passes over the other, to indicate to us which part is in front. All overlapping does is tell us which object is in front of the other, which one comes out of the other. Note: Sometimes I watch professionals working in art videos, and when they work it appears to be fast and flawless. But, a lot of the videos are sped up to save time on the videos. Also, some people do draw fast, but that's really about years of experience behind them. You want to be slow and methodical about it. Each line means something. Even when you make gesture drawings, it appears to be quickly drawn, but it's really not. Take your time and be patient when you draw. I will take try to work on these. So that's what it's called "Chicken Scratch" I really have difficulties drawing lines in one pass so I often start line then re-apply a thicker/deeper stroke, maybe I got the habit when i often practiced using colored pencils. :P The truth is I don't really take line weight in to account when I use pencils, because in the back of my head "If draw this with a pencil too thick I will have a difficult time inking it" but most of the time I don't ink anything that i don't find interesting enough to color. Yah my scanner is not really the best and I try to tweak the image as much as possible to get a decent line art. I'll try to study more on the clothes. If only I had a pen tablet I would have enough motivation to practice coloring. |
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| Just a random sketch. |
| Not my original idea, I was referring to a magazine.. |
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Fui said: Just a random sketch. I get the distinct impression he is cold. Hope I'm guessing right. Maya_Mochizuki said: Not my original idea, I was referring to a magazine.. Good job with the forshortening, that can be difficult to do. The body is tilted off its axis though. |
perspectiveAug 24, 2011 6:50 PM
| Mukuro from KHR: |
My attempt to draw something that looks like Shoujo manga. :D |
DeceptikolzAug 26, 2011 6:16 AM
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 ♥ Draw, Pray, Love ♥ |
Keilis said: Mukuro from KHR: WOW. O.o |
| I definitely have superpowers. I can feel it in my balls. |
| Since there's a storm and I can't go out, I drew lots and lots again. :D I've been trying to take your comments into consideration, but I think it will take sometime till I get the hang of it. |
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Deceptikolz said: A few more sketches I made, since I have so much free time. I love all of these. |
Deceptikolz said: This looks nice. |
Sakulily said: Deceptikolz said: A few more sketches I made, since I have so much free time. I love all of these. Thanks :D AlexSadist-sama said: Deceptikolz said: This looks nice. That's actually what I was coloring recently. :D |
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Deceptikolz said: AlexSadist-sama said: Deceptikolz said: This looks nice. That's actually what I was coloring recently. :D The colours are alright though I think the hair would look better if it's blonde or a very light brown. Both the coloured and non-coloured ones are nice though. |
| I will shyly put this up. |
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| ^ Cute. :) |
| Wow, seen some great artists here~ :D Here's mine, looooooooooooooooooooooool. I ceebs finishing anything. |
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Sakulily said: ^ Cute. :) Thanks XD |
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| Another odd thing to look at XD |
| Everyone is so good *sob* |
| FINNALY FINISHED MY WORK FOR MY FIRST DAY IN ART CLASS |
| Treecko will save you money on your car insurance |
NonaryStar said: FINNALY FINISHED MY WORK FOR MY FIRST DAY IN ART CLASS it's a decent start, if you would continue working on it you should replace some of the sketchy lines with strong and continuous lines some proportional issues but overall it's ok |
| Oh oh forgot taiga-san |
| Treecko will save you money on your car insurance |
from naruto: hinata |
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| The Breaker: Nine Art Dragon http://spcg.deviantart.com/art/The-Breaker-Nine-Art-Dragon-253406827 One piece: Roronoa Zoro http://spcg.deviantart.com/art/One-Piece-Roronoa-Zoro-252598188?q=gallery%3ASPCG&qo=21 Deadman Wonderland: Crow http://spcg.deviantart.com/gallery/32118779#/d47xh1y |
SPCGSep 2, 2011 7:54 PM
Nyaaa!! :D |
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Keilis said: Mukuro from KHR: AlexSadist-sama said: Deceptikolz said: This looks nice. Sakulily said: Deceptikolz said: A few more sketches I made, since I have so much free time. I love all of these. kawaii_neko96 said: They all look great. |
| Here is my latest quick sketch of Hatsune Miku xD |
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perspective said: Maya_Mochizuki said: Not my original idea, I was referring to a magazine.. Good job with the forshortening, that can be difficult to do. The body is tilted off its axis though. Domo =] I have trouble to draw the hand, I'm glad it turned good enough to see. |
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MeRi-SlOt said: Here is my latest quick sketch of Hatsune Miku xD Nice. I like her hair. |
| A few more |
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Deceptikolz said: A few more The sad one doesn't look sad enough. I like the happy one though. |
AlexSadist-sama said: MeRi-SlOt said: Here is my latest quick sketch of Hatsune Miku xD Nice. I like her hair. Thank you, I'm glad that you like it <3 |
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kawaii_neko96 said: Nice drawing and coloring, you can do better ^^ I have also a deviantART account, do you want to follow each other ? ^^ Here is mine : http://meri-slot.deviantart.com/gallery/ |
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Deceptikolz said: Nyaaa!! :D wow o.o so cute >.< can i try coloring this? :D and oh btw, to the topic >.< i would like to post my recent sketch too http://vanillacreamfudge.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d431d9d was just a sketch so i didn't bother cleaning xD |
vanillaZ said: Deceptikolz said: Nyaaa!! :D wow o.o so cute >.< can i try coloring this? :D and oh btw, to the topic >.< i would like to post my recent sketch too http://vanillacreamfudge.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d431d9d was just a sketch so i didn't bother cleaning xD Thanks, sure by all means. Show me the finish product ayt. :D Hmmm thinking :D |
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Deceptikolz said: vanillaZ said: Deceptikolz said: Nyaaa!! :D wow o.o so cute >.< can i try coloring this? :D and oh btw, to the topic >.< i would like to post my recent sketch too http://vanillacreamfudge.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d431d9d was just a sketch so i didn't bother cleaning xD Thanks, sure by all means. Show me the finish product ayt. :D Hmmm thinking :D yeay! thx, may not be soon.. but when i finished coloring i'll be posting it here first :) |
MeRi-SlOt said: kawaii_neko96 said: Nice drawing and coloring, you can do better ^^ I have also a deviantART account, do you want to follow each other ? ^^ Here is mine : http://meri-slot.deviantart.com/gallery/ Thanks^^ Sure:) |
I'm pleased at how this turned out after a few editing to pick-up the line art. |
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| http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4246/897h.jpg did it a long time ago , i know it's bad .. it's that girl from the anime Shuffle! despite it's ugly i post it here :D |
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