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NeoGAF Drawing-a-Day Thread
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peaceiscloser
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just a concept -- lionfish spinosaurus
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Got a bit tripped up today on the top balls, left side seems a lot better than the right, just noticed the shapes were a bit off. And I'm still not fully sure about the "nook and cranny" shading, I found that quite hard trying to decide where they should go.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
Its been a while since i got banned for whatever.
its image dumping time!!!!
Recently published kiddy book i illustrated
inside of another book
its image dumping time!!!!
Recently published kiddy book i illustrated
inside of another book
DirtyLarry
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One I did recently to recognize the pure genius of Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Struggled a bit here, who knew cubes were such a bitch to draw properly? In the book he teaches you the method where you do two dots across from each other, then put your finger in the middle and draw dots above and under but I don't really like this method and the results were really inconsistent as you can see, I thought #1 looks the best and correctly shaped (supposed to be a traditional brown paper parcel with string) but the rest are.... wonky. Is there an easier method to get consistent cubes for a complete beginner like myself? And I'm smudging the paper so much with my hand as I'm left handed, I really should keep a piece of paper under my palm or something.
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Thanks, that's definitely a completely different approach.
I can't wait to start drawing actual stuff, I know shapes are the core to everything so I don't mind putting in the work (I really need it) but it is a little boring, I'm looking forward to lesson 7 which is a Kuala bear
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Lesson 5 was a short one, which is good because I bought and played Salt and Sanctuary for over 4 hours
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Interesting one today, my first timed challenge! The top one took me like 40 minutes (yes really), the bottom two are from the 2 minute challenge to get the basic shape out in 2 minutes which I managed on my second attempt, albeit a bit wonky!
DirtyLarry
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Another tribute illustration for Phife aka Malik Taylor from A Tribe Called Quest
DM_Uselink
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A couple done since yesterday.
St3v3: Keep going! This fundamentals stuff is important. Your lines are looking better! I try to go back to it every now and then so I don't get rusty.
St3v3: Keep going! This fundamentals stuff is important. Your lines are looking better! I try to go back to it every now and then so I don't get rusty.
Sylverstone14
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Something recent.
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I really wasn't in the mood today, but I did my lesson anyway. I also picked up a kneaded eraser which is just fucking magic!
That's the type of ethic that will make you great! Keep up the good work.
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So fuzzy.
Another tribute illustration for Phife aka Malik Taylor from A Tribe Called Quest
Amazing.
Good work as always guys. I'm going to try to draw some soon...
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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It seems that as long as I have GAF open I can never get anything done.
I wonder why it's taken me this long to realize this.
I wonder why it's taken me this long to realize this.
The first step towards recovery is admitting you have a problem
Seriously though I'm in the same boat , hours can go by just browsing gaf and nothing gets accomplished. This thread is actually motivational though .. for me anyway, it means to need to step up my drawing game.
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Lesson 9 was a 2 page job, and I'm actually pretty happy with how it came out, at least you can tell what it is for a change
EDIT: Just noticed the leafs are too big on the right side
EDIT: Just noticed the leafs are too big on the right side
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I bought a separate sketch pad for bedtime doodles, I just drew this at 4am in bed and I'm really happy with it. I followed a guide on Youtube obviously but normally the stuff I copy looks nothing like the original but I think I got close this time.
Some body proportion / face sketches I have been attempting. Faces are from or inspired by Archie comics. I always loved those comics growing up so I've always like the style.
I felt like I never really had a decent foundation to build on, so I'm going back to trying to get basic proportions and faces down as a start. I also bought a cheap mannequin to help.
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Butchered this lesson
DM_Uselink
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I did another "violent Ewok" scene. Hope it's not too gory! let me know and I'll spoiler tag it.
I did another "violent Ewok" scene. Hope it's not too gory! let me know and I'll spoiler tag it.
I like the simplicity of it and the silhouette shape language.
NipplesAndToes23
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You always post that good shit Servbot.
Looks really good, you should think of uploading it to a shirts design store and maybe you'll get your shirt made and make some moneyI did another "violent Ewok" scene. Hope it's not too gory! let me know and I'll spoiler tag it.
DM_Uselink
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Thanks, I used a nice tilt brush. It might have been from a Craig Mullins brush set.
Thanks, I've contemplated doing some print stuff. Need to do my research first.
Last one for now.
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I'm starting to get a bit bored with the lessons and I'm frustrated that I'm not getting better, no idea why I'm struggling so much with this cylinder shape, it's the foreshortened circle's that get me, they never look right. I took the photo wonky the drawing isn't this bad, but not straight either.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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It's because they should be ovals and you've given them the simplified "eye shape". A foreshortened circle is still an ellipse and should never have points like that.
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Right OK, thanks. The way this book teaches to do them is just dot dot then join either side so for me they're naturally getting pointy like an eye, I need to look into other guides or something because it's just not clicking for me. I really want to get good, I think if I can just make a few bits I'm happy with it'll spur me on, plus getting past this "boring" stage would help, but I guess everyone starts here right? You can't do cool shit like Ewok's savagely murdering Storm Troopers if you can't draw a fucking circle
Also, stupid question so brace yourself, but I have two sketch pads, in one the pages are glued at the top and one has like the little rings at the top so you can fully fold the page over, what is that style of pad actually called? I much prefer it.
User 73706
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Haven't had a lot of time to draw this semester, but I'm in the middle of doodling a Halo 5 suit concept:
Inquisitive_Ghost
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I took a break today upon learning that you can use India Ink on vector layers in Manga Studio (!) and decided to draw something with it.
Then after I was done for the evening, I wanted to draw a few more scribbly Pokemon to get away from the art I'm obligated to do at present, so I asked the Pokemon Community Thread which Pokemon they wanted scribbly avatars of, and set a limit of five. So that's why the rest are totally random.
I didn't really time them, but I'd guess they each took 10-30 minutes?
Then after I was done for the evening, I wanted to draw a few more scribbly Pokemon to get away from the art I'm obligated to do at present, so I asked the Pokemon Community Thread which Pokemon they wanted scribbly avatars of, and set a limit of five. So that's why the rest are totally random.
I didn't really time them, but I'd guess they each took 10-30 minutes?
TsunamiOfSwagger
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I would buy that. Really good artwork.
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Does anyone know of a good beginner book for comic book style drawing lessons? I'm getting bored of the shapes and shit, and I know they're important but I just want to do something more fun you know?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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burnand study- 1hr
Eh feng zhu is more of a concept artist so his tutorials are a little advanced and don't have much to do with comics.
Maybe "how to draw comics the marvel way?" That's a good start
Eh feng zhu is more of a concept artist so his tutorials are a little advanced and don't have much to do with comics.
Maybe "how to draw comics the marvel way?" That's a good start
pauloshinobi
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I finished this one today. Not that glad with the final result
