Couldn't really think of a witty name for the post. Regardless, as you may or may not know I consider myself an author solely and have been dipping myself into the realms of art. Please bash on everything as hard as you can and beat sense into my drawings and what not, I'll greatly appreciate it whole hardheartedly.
In any case I have a bunch of random stuff, some manga and some other things. The goal here is to see where I'm at and moving forward.
So for the stuff I guess.
I spent around 30-40 minutes just drawing whatever came into my head. I did not use any references for these at all, so it might seem a bit random of what you might see..All these were purely off of the head so I know some things kinda stick out wrong.
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Then I tend to mess with boxes alot and just dont know when to stop making boxes. I tried to make a carnival type of place atleast halfway through.
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Then I have some character stuff relating to my story. Cant really say im proud of these as even now I know some of the mistakes.
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Sort of a map depicting who's where and what not for the story.
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and a page of a manga I recently felt the urge to just try relating to my story of course.
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Not really proficient yet but trying to work out the kinks. Unfortunately would probably have a hard time with this. As humans aren't that great for me. A 3d model was referenced for the poses and stuff on the two up there. I do plan on working on anatomy as I know the 3d stuff might seem like a crux and i'm well aware of that. Its just for some reason human bodies just doesn't go through my head. I see what I want done in terms of the angle and scene for example, but transferring that onto something blocks me.
Anyway, I'll probably add a lot of stuff everyday from sketches to other things. Please help this writer out :(
Yeah, ill try drawing stuff that's in front of me tomorrow its getting kinda late. I think I'll just keep doing these as a fun exercise and memory power. Another!
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I couldn't remember how a frog rested its feet. All the images i'm seeing in my head is faced down or on a tree : (.
I need to organize specific time for each area to work in.
Alrighty, following Mahlu's advice I drew some stuff in front of me. Kinda just grabbed whatever was like a hands reach away from me.
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Fiddled with some boxes. I know they are pretty sloppy in terms of straight lines.. small room to work with a 20 dollar tablet.
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Alas another page!
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And if anyone asks, yes, those are cheese crackers with peanut butter.
@Mahlua What exactly did you think it was.... though looking over that post, I can probably guess what you thought it was. All i can say is uh, no. :confused:
Alright, next batch of stuff I've been doing. I asked this to someone but maybe I can get different answers. In regards to my drawings I've noticed my lines are too thick and bulgy. Granted I cant tell if its a pressure thing/pixels size/ pen size/dpi.
All these for the most part have been in 1748 x1240 300 dpi sometimes I just flip the reso sometimes for chars and stuff. Looking over other sketches people have so much clean thin lines I do try to make lines as straight as possible but then I end up maybe making too much and the smudge begins.
Anyway ive been just doing these exercises for fun while I think about my writing and stuff so here we go again.
So, for the real life drawn stuff
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My memory stuff that I like doing with no references.
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Blocks. I try figuring out what the backside and sides of different shapes would appear. I know they arent much but they help me a bit while figuring things out.
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This is sort of what I mean when I'm having trouble with making pretty line work in general. Its present in some of the stuff on the top too, esp with chars.
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this one is kinda rough as I did it rather quickly just to get an idea out of what she should wear. Is the MC so ye..
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I feel like either I draw too close or draw too far away. That could just be me tho so im not sure...Would love some insight on this.
Using clip studio tablet and pen is http://www.ebay.com/itm/Signature-Graphic-Tablet-Huion-420-H420-Art-Drawing-Pad-2048-Levels-4-x-2-23-US-/222554354175?var=&hash=item33d145f1ff:m:mXq2tT9tXLmrV9KDbdeL7xQ
It isn't much but it's alright for me at the moment. There is pressure but not sure if I should keep it on lessen it etc. I also try doing long strokes, but I think mal hit the point on the head that it looks oily and slick.
Not sure if im drawing on a canvas thats too big or my settings are a bit off. Like if i'm doing 1240by1748 or something im using a big pixel size etc. Using G-pen for outlines if that helps, stabilization is full aswell..
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So I tried different outlining stuff and did a side by side. Granted the goal here was just to figure out what the char should wear and such. (It was still a toss up in the air even while writing). Outlines are messy and some of the cloths dont line up correctly with the body they sort of needed more of a curve to them I think.
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Some of the designs are diffrent in terms of the area towards the neck in terms of clothing. So there's that too, Also! I tried doing some faces I guess for fun.
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Sort of gives a "what took so long" Look dont ya think?
Well, i think i might have been super ambiguous in saying/doing some mangaish chapters from the get go. Seemed a bit foolish to me too but I wanted to set a goal. Right now I think a more realistic approach is trying to shoot for some illustrations maybe 10-15 maybe a cover page. Having that in mind, we'll go from there. Would like to dabble my toes into some coloring stuff
Heya peeps, been awhile since I've updated this. First and foremost, I want to say getting that invite was the best thing that could happen to me as I got to know some of you so much better. Not only that but you guys all helped me out substantially and I couldn't love you guys more! So to dev, shi, bobby, slam and everyone else that's in and out, thank you so much.
So! Like I was saying alot's been happening and I've been a busy bee so its hard to keep track of everything. So without further-ado, lets look at some of the progress so far.
Some hand and feet practice
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Head angles since I found out I strugled alot with it during a workshop peice.
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Some bodies as I continue to try to learn gesture and forms and what not.
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And the fun stuff! One's a concept for the outfit for one of my MC's these are really fun to do. The two animals were simply done from bordem during a lul of time in which I didnt know what to do.
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I probably have a lot more to put up but I'll leave it like this for now! Not everything is exactly right, and I know what I need to work on, but that shouldn't stop me from trying anyway right?! I'll continue to work on drawing as I am re-writing one of my stories, which will probably show up sooner or later.
I want to say thanks again to the discord fam, and manga raiders for giving me an opportunity to meet some really cool and talented people, lots of love to you guys!
Welp! Its been a while since ive come here and I knew some of my old stuff was still on and wanted to see the progress i've made since the last time i posted. Its been a little bit under a year and even though I still see more room for improvement its been a blast getting here! I tend to stay focused and do instead of say, so I'm sorry that i wasn't so active at all.
Though, I have to say joining the discord group that we had was a great way to propel my drive to draw! Which is funny, because I joined here as a writer haHaa. ( i still like writing and stuff and still plan on to develop the stories ive had) Big shoutout to everyone whos helped me over this time, i'm glad that we we're able to meet! But anywho! Here are some not all of the recent stuff ive done in the past week. These are part of a story that ive been floating about, armor and such. I think i'll break from these after a bit more and try some other genres maybe some mechs or things like that! then eventually get into more understanding of color and shading
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All in all, i'm quite happy with what i've got so far, but pushing further is my goal right now. Hopefully you'll see me more when I get better, Back to it!
as promised i return!
I'm doing alot of different pieces and stuff but these two are what I recently "finished" so to speak.
im finding out alot of stuff while doing them and will continue to work on the kinks that i keep running into when drawing. I really want to start going into backgrounds but we'll see!
1st one is Morag From xenoblade Chronicles 2 kinda gave up on that one towards the end because i wasnt too happy with it. I am redoing it in a different way so we'll see how that turns out. Second is of Soleil from fire emblem that I did for a friend. Time to keep on trucking.
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