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[Ailynn]

Everyone's art in here is awesome! I love seeing all the varying styles and mediums. Thanks for sharing, everyone!

I may share some of mine...but I'm extremely self-critical and all I can see when I look at my own art is the flaws. Pretty much how I've always viewed myself as a whole as well...but I'm trying to be better about it and learn to be kinder toward myself.

 

[Tenaciousmo]

I may share some of mine...but I'm extremely self-critical and all I can see when I look at my own art is the flaws. Pretty much how I've always viewed myself as a whole as well...but I'm trying to be better about it and learn to be kinder toward myself.

everyone who creates is, don't worry about it

 

[highrider]

Everyone's art in here is awesome! I love seeing all the varying styles and mediums. Thanks for sharing, everyone!

I may share some of mine...but I'm extremely self-critical and all I can see when I look at my own art is the flaws. Pretty much how I've always viewed myself as a whole as well...but I'm trying to be better about it and learn to be kinder toward myself.

Try to remember that no good artists think any differently. If they think they are really great they're usually the pretentious twit type of artist. The real ones understand that being an artist at its foundation is being able to be your own critic. That's why we get depressed

 

[mortal]

 

[Weilthain]

My advice for drawing people is to start with the arse and work up from there.

Keep them coming people this is a great thread.

 

[synchronicity]

Try to remember that no good artists think any differently. If they think they are really great they're usually the pretentious twit type of artist. The real ones understand that being an artist at its foundation is being able to be your own critic. That's why we get depressed

It's true that most artists are tortured to one degree or another inside, but I think good art can still be created without unnecessary self abuse. You can never really get rid of the intensity simmering within, but the energy of that intensity can be channeled into the art (whatever it may be) rather than into self-flagellation imo.

 

[mortal]

My advice for drawing people is to start with the arse and work up from there.

Keep them coming people this is a great thread.

Akihiko Yoshida would agree

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Just threw it together.

 

[haxan7]

Just threw it together.

I don't think that's how human limbs work

 

[Contica]

Akihiko Yoshida would agree

Hehe, this is so true though. And not really for pervy reasons, but starting from the front is very difficult because I get hung up on the many shapes there. Starting from the back, it's easier to just mold in the curves of the shoulders, back and ass and suddenly have a silhouette that works as a good starting point I can just keep adding to.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

My advice for drawing people is to start with the arse and work up from there.

Keep them coming people this is a great thread.

Always go arse to mouth

 

[Belmonte]

I find art mentally exhausting. You need to be excited to make the best piece you can but when complete you need to switch gears and be a harsh critic of the same work you spent hours and hours doing. It is hard to find a middle term between loving what you made and spotting its errors .

But here is a cool graph (made by Shattered-Earth) which helped me to understand the ups and downs of art:

 

[highrider]

It's true that most artists are tortured to one degree or another inside, but I think good art can still be created without unnecessary self abuse. You can never really get rid of the intensity simmering within, but the energy of that intensity can be channeled into the art (whatever it may be) rather than into self-flagellation imo.

You're absolutely right, but it took me years to understand that . That was beautifully written by the way man

 

[Shifty]

Here are a couple gifs of a simple ocean scene I threw together in Unreal 4 a while back:

It might not be apparent at first, but the submarine is actually textured in object-local screen space, kind of like that one salesman with the loud-ass shirt from the Monkey Island games.

It also connects to an online radio station stream and plays it live with positional audio and stuff- the idea was a weird little 'pirate radio' thing that never really went anywhere and is now immortalized in gif form.

 

[JordanN]

Here's a new Bathroom render.

 

[GAMETA]

I saw this youtube video today where illustrators and animators had to draw Marvel heroes from memory only... thought I'd give it a try

I need to improve a lot on movement and gesture, my poses are way too stiff

 

[Weilthain]

I saw this youtube video today where illustrators and animators had to draw Marvel heroes from memory only... thought I'd give it a try

I need to improve a lot on movement and gesture, my poses are way too stiff

Looks pretty damn good to me. Idd expect that level of art from a Marvel comic

 

[Plague Doctor]

This one is titled "Lust" and part of my seven deadly sins series.

 

[Weilthain]

This one is titled "Lust" and part of my seven deadly sins series.

How.

seriously do you have the
Image in your head first and "recreate" what you imagine?

how

 

[Plague Doctor]

How.

seriously do you have the
Image in your head first and "recreate" what you imagine?

how

That's a good question. It starts off with a general idea (eg: succubus in a grey scale), then there is a brainstorm stage, and it evolves as I go through the production. Though, there are many times I am just not feeling it and try something else. This is one of the cases where I was inspired by the final so much to make more in a series of sins.

Glad you are digging my work. I really appreciate it.

 

[TylersProphecy4.0]

I have done a ton of art over the years in various different forms of media but I'm still proud of this one.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

Well, here's some graphic design stuff I did years ago.

(I had so much more but I regrettably deleted them because I thought only my new stuff was worth keeping)

I'll post some new drawings this weekend.

 

[God Enel]

Just threw it together.

finally one person on my level.

seriously you guys are massively talented. Props to all of you.
love Plague Doctor and Belmonte , are you doing this professionally or is it just a hobby?

 

[Plague Doctor]

finally one person on my level.

seriously you guys are massively talented. Props to all of you.
love Plague Doctor and Belmonte , are you doing this professionally or is it just a hobby?

Thank you. I work as an art director as my day gig. That's... rather corporate and tame work.

But, I freelance and license my work artwork as well. Worked for some big names in music and movie as well though nothing in gaming.

 

[God Enel]

Thank you. I work as an art director as my day gig. That's... rather corporate and tame work.

But, I freelance and license my work artwork as well. Worked for some big names in music and movie as well though nothing in gaming.

do you have a website? I'd like to see more of your stuff

 

[Plague Doctor]

do you have a website? I'd like to see more of your stuff

I am in the process of designing a new website. My url directs to my society6 page. Here's a direct link to the gallery page that's shows all my prints

 

[Plague Doctor]

I really appreciate the positive reception to my work. Also, lots of talent people here. Really talented. I'll do one more for today and keep my eyes on this thread. This one is titled, "The Messenger"

 

[Dacon]

(yes i forgot to finish shading her towel, i was too lazy to fix it leave me alone lmao)

As you can see I primarily work on lineart, but I've been trying to get back into coloring but it's hard because I'm kinda dumb when it comes to coloring.

I don't really have a set style or way of doing things, and I'm kinda all over the place. I've been kinda irresponsible with my studies, I do gestures and reference study here and there, but I've totally neglected perspective lmao.

I might post some of my older stuff just for comparison.

 

[Dacon]

I would see an animated film in this style.

 

[mortal]

I would see an animated film in this style.

Thank you! That's very encouraging.
Your pencils are awesome. Very clean hatching, and solid musculature

 

[lock2k]

So many talented people here, this is a great thread.

 

[Weilthain]

I couldn't get everyone in obviously and I got bored and just wrapped it up. Apologies if you are good to me and I left you out I can't remember shit

 

[Belmonte]

Try and work more colors into your shadows to make the image look less muddy, otherwise I like it.

I like to work more purples and reds into my shadows.

Thanks for the feedback!

finally one person on my level.

seriously you guys are massively talented. Props to all of you.
love Plague Doctor and Belmonte , are you doing this professionally or is it just a hobby?

Thanks man! I did advertising illustration for a time and did some freelancer for apps and little games, nothing major. This year I decided to learn coding to make my own indie game so freelancing is kind of slow. I'm too passionate about videogames to not give game dev a proper try. When I draw, it usually is concept art and animation studies for the game.

 

[God Enel]

I would see an animated film in this style.

agreed. Love the eyes in this picture

 

[Jooxed]

Man there's so many talented people here

I threw this together when my friend went on a camping trip! NSFW BLOOD AND GORE

 

[SuperGooey]

I'll dump some of my stuff here. Currently working on my first animated short (featuring the couch dwellers in the last image), so maybe I'll post there here when it's done.

 

[Deleted member 713885]

I'll just throw my pics from the other thread into this one lol

I doodled in highschool, wasnt great but usually better then 99% of people so of course everyone acted like I was incredibly talented...when all I was is 'meh'

Stopped drawing around 20 years ago then decided to buy an iPad Pro/Pencil and try my hand at digital stuff.
Of course the main thing when it comes to art I slack in...practice/time.

So in close to a year all I've produced is a few drawings/outlines.

Been working on doing a pic of my girlfriend right now..harder for me then expected. Stuck at this stage lol

 

[Skullet5Head]

Worked on this one for few hours.

 

[It's Jeff]

Oh yeah, wanted to add one more here. It's where my avatar comes from. This is Elvis, my dog that passed away a few years ago but with a hat and monocle. Fit his character. Need to paint one for my new pup. While I'm here, the second one was a friend's cat. He asked me to paint it for his anniversary. Did a children's book theme with that one.

 

[lock2k]

Awful drawing of Unikitty and Puppycorn I made quickly for my daughter lol

 

[Dacon]

Oh yeah, wanted to add one more here. It's where my avatar comes from. This is Elvis, my dog that passed away a few years ago but with a hat and monocle. Fit his character. Need to paint one for my new pup. While I'm here, the second one was a friend's cat. He asked me to paint it for his anniversary. Did a children's book theme with that one.

Heh, our cat's named Tigger.

 

[It's Jeff]

Heh, our cat's named Tigger.

Tigger is a good name for a cat. I also like pet names that have a rank, like Admiral Cheetos.

 

[Makariel]

I don't create much art anymore, these days I just splash paint on miniatures:

 

[Plague Doctor]

This one is titled "The Water Kelpie"

 

[Northeastmonk]

This one is titled "The Water Kelpie"

Very cool. Do you have an American Gothic Zombie to go with?

 

[mortal]

This one is titled "The Water Kelpie"

Sick

 

[Foamy]

Disclaimer: this is not in actuality my drawing and is far better than anything I could ever do.

 

[mortal]

Disclaimer: this is not in actuality my drawing and is far better than anything I could ever do.

This would make a pretty cool Air Force embroidery patch with some tightening up. Just right amount of quirky and deadly.
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Some form and lighting studies. Still looking to find a good balance of abstraction and realism.

 

[Tenaciousmo]

This would make a pretty cool Air Force embroidery patch with some tightening up. Just right amount of quirky and deadly.
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Some form and lighting studies. Still looking to find a good balance of abstraction and realism.

great now i want to watch watchmen again.

 

[PanzerAzel]

This one is titled "The Water Kelpie"

This is very cool. Nice work.

I've just very recently begun sketching, here's a few of my recent pieces.

I'm really new so these are scrubby and some unfinished but, yea.....just using graphite and trying to learn the basics.