Jadeinchains
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Creative Art Input Thread
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I think it is a great thing and that's how you better think in this business. XD I am used to receiving and giving critique. Working with editors for some of my comic and book projects, hearing what my readers have to say (the younger they are, the more relentless they are) and giving (hopefully) constructive critique as a guest tutor in uni gave me a thick skin but also the means to work with and even enjoy critique.
In uni I stumbled from time to time over students that were completely impervious to any sort of critique (and some really took it the wrong way)...coincidentally these were also the students that made the least progress in class over the course of several semesters. The open-minded students however made some huge steps forward. Some even thanked me for that.
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Jadeinchains
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That definitely sounds like a good thing, I can really see how that would help to see the areas you need to improve in, I also want to continue getting better myself so I'll surely need to grow a tougher skin to critiques for the areas I need to improve in.
I was looking at the face book page your artwork's on and I saw a lot of your work I'd never seen more and it was fun to look through, I also saw some of your comic.
I was looking at the face book page your artwork's on and I saw a lot of your work I'd never seen more and it was fun to look through, I also saw some of your comic.
Argentus
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Beat you to it lol XD
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Though all I can do is press crop on my phone...
But I like what you mixed too. I'm just in love with the shoulder ruffle
Make it rounder and don't be afraid to use guide lines.
Her face is pretty though, even without a nose.
Hayabusiness
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How do I foreshortening?
How do I digital art?
Jadeinchains
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How do I foreshortening?
How do I digital art?
These are both really good!
Argentus
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have a computer again. had to order a new Wacom pen for my tablet and I no longer have Photoshop so I installed Gimp which i've never used before.
Just a quick doodle to get used to using tablet again. Can't figure out how to get Gimp to let me do harder edges with pressure sensitivity like Photoshop does.
Just a quick doodle to get used to using tablet again. Can't figure out how to get Gimp to let me do harder edges with pressure sensitivity like Photoshop does.
Argentus
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Another practice sketch after getting off work before I ran errands. I drew over and colored one of my pencil sketches. It's really hard to adjust from drawing on the paper in front of you, to coordinating from a (small, even) Wacom Tablet next to you to the monitor in front of you. It's why I want a Cintiq monitor SO BADDDD.
Not gonna try anything fancy until i practice more. @Tyaren Any tips for doing non messy lineart?
Not gonna try anything fancy until i practice more. @Tyaren Any tips for doing non messy lineart?
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Jadeinchains
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It looks good, Cool to see that you have a tablet now. It will be interesting to see what you make for the next design contest!
Argentus
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I could never do "anime" style in the first place but I've kinda drifted to a western comic style. not hyper realistic, but like a Disney film (the eyes) with a touch of JoJo (The shadowing on the nose and general facial structure). But I don't really intentionally do a specific style, unless it's intentionally for contrast. So i guess you could describe my current style as "Jojo done by Disney" lol. (That or Blizzard's art style. at least in terms of faces.)
I'm just kinda doing whatever is the easiest way to draw. Like I suck at noses so I found myself picking up that shadowing on the nose ridge to help, from Empowered.
Hayabusiness
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I think the best way of finding your own thing is real life drawing. It's the best way to let go of stereotypes and the guaranteed key to improvement alongside constant practice and work.
For me as you guys saw before, I like the cutesy meets anime aesthetic in my drawing, I love big eyes and almost circular heads for both boys and girls, but guys I tend to make have thicker eyebrows and less huge eyes. Hairstyle wise i prefer longer hair, but I also like spiky unruly hair since you can be expressive with it. I need to improve in my body drawing tho, I make the guys too curvy and the girls too hourglass which isn't intentional at all.
Sotherius
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I'm having some trouble maybe the artists here could help me.
Since i think one of the strongest points on my artwork is the lineart, recently i had the interest of making completely black and white pieces.
And so, i'm trying to dabble with screentone settings on clip studio pro to work with darker areas, or toning and general, but i'm having trouble, because i'm not getting tones the way i wanted, so i was wondering, how viable is just to use solid colors in shades of gray to complete my pieces, here are some tests i'm working with one pic i'm making, so sorry if that comes up somewhat heavy.
The problem is that it doesn't look good at certain zoom levels, and when compressed into an image file, it gets even worse and more messy.
Don't know if this link will work, but here.
http://imgur.com/a/WBAol
Those are my attempts at using screen tones.
Since i think one of the strongest points on my artwork is the lineart, recently i had the interest of making completely black and white pieces.
And so, i'm trying to dabble with screentone settings on clip studio pro to work with darker areas, or toning and general, but i'm having trouble, because i'm not getting tones the way i wanted, so i was wondering, how viable is just to use solid colors in shades of gray to complete my pieces, here are some tests i'm working with one pic i'm making, so sorry if that comes up somewhat heavy.
The problem is that it doesn't look good at certain zoom levels, and when compressed into an image file, it gets even worse and more messy.
Don't know if this link will work, but here.
http://imgur.com/a/WBAol
Those are my attempts at using screen tones.
Argentus
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Damn, your lineart IS good.
Compression I can't really help you with, except point out that pics aren't supposed to be zoomed in that much when they're done anyway.
But the "solid gray" works, it looks good on lisa.
I WILL say that Tina has some serious crocodile arms proportions going on there though.
Hayabusiness
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Of the pictures you posted, the first and the second seem the best start so far.
I think your idea works for this sort of lineart, so I'd go for it. It gives off a nice comic book feeling.
I think your idea works for this sort of lineart, so I'd go for it. It gives off a nice comic book feeling.
Sotherius
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I thought so myself as well, but everytime i redline or try to measure it, it seems like the perfect size (with the starting point of the hands matching the end of the groin region. I would say that lisa's arms are a bit too long to be honest.
And now i can not unsee it anymore, so i'll just drop and move on.
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