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break Room / Re: The Status Of Our Fellow Raiders

« on: February 06, 2018, 01:54:50 PM »

status: not here but lurking strongly, drawing regularly-ish. been down with a flu for 10 days now.
progress: I draw one day a week for the whole day. seems to work better than trying to do some each day.
improvements: my attitude when drawing seems to have more focus, over all quality tends to be a bit nigher and i'm trying to be more creative.

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General Discussion / Re: What I've learned in 2 months of commissions, type of work, what to charge etc:

« on: January 19, 2018, 02:22:42 PM »

Hilariously, I've already been asked about commissions and stuff through FurryAmino--Typically I degrade myself with the "I'm not good enough to commission yet" talk, and yet I've seen some people with garbo art doing commissions with waaaaay too saturated and bright of colors and really low quality lineart. If they can get paid, by the gods when I'm comfortable I'm gonna at least make what they make.

100% me. just had to agree with you :P
I hate it when people worse than me are getting commissions and stuff, but it shows whats achievable, and kudos for them for actually doing it. Trouble is we sit around telling ourselves are aren't good, when there are tons of people who are willing to pay, who are we to tell them that they can't pay to have what they want hmmmm? Gotta actually sell my art now....

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MR Pub / Re: Comeback/holidays/departure notice.

« on: January 10, 2018, 02:38:16 PM »

well as you may 'av noticed by my lack of presence, its not going so well for me drawing-wise, or time-wise for that matter. personal stuff and all that. funny how no matter how much free time you have it gets taken up by stuff you dont want to do :P

So just thought to officially mention im going to not be around for a while, but when i come back next i'm gonna be on fire hopefully, in a good way :P hopefully no longer than 6 months.

hopefully you guys will have all improved in your respective skills by the time i come back haha XD

my drawing wont be fully at zero, but close enough that i cant imagine drawing anything decent, just enough to keep ticking over.

but on a good note my japanese is closer than ever to fluent, and i'm spamming the kanji learning like nobodies business :P its a lot easier than drawing when im tired XD

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Welcome Center / Re: I'm back

« on: January 02, 2018, 03:20:39 PM »

welcome back! i dont even know if i am here or not at the moment :P

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Jamie's sketchbook of fun.

« on: December 26, 2017, 04:36:07 AM »

nice work sketching with perspective, cant wait to see the finished drawing. looks like a dinosaur/chicken :P
Thats a nice idea using the grid lines i havent done that since i learned what perspective was :P

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Tips and Tutorials / Re: Gesture Drawing Program - use your own pictures!

« on: December 19, 2017, 01:44:12 PM »

sorry to hear that!
here is the latest version, perhaps this will solve your problems!
let me know if you have any suggestions, and welcome to MR :)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BznYBC_D0QRjOE9KUU91b1R2T0k
When you draw something, come back and post it here on the forum! We love to see everyone's art :)

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MR Pub / Re: A Mangaraiders App

« on: December 12, 2017, 08:01:41 AM »

well i occasionally dabble in the app/coding arts, so if i knock up something i'll definitely post it here for you guys to beta :P
and its great to discuss suggestions, you never know what ideas will work or not unless you mention them :)

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MR Pub / Re: A Mangaraiders App

« on: December 06, 2017, 11:21:18 AM »

i think i would like to see stuff like galleries and writing threads more organised into sections, a bit more "gallery" style than post,post,post. so you can view all a users art etc, and comment on an individual piece rather than searching through posts and commenting on bunches. i mean that makes it significantly different from a forum (and oddly similar to deviant art), as coryn rightly noted, thats what we actually are.

notifications would be fantastic for messages and replies, new threads etc.

to be honest its been in my head for a while. ive been getting into app coding more recency, but have wanted to make this for ages.

UI wise, i would expect it to be similar to the website itself with the sections etc, but easier to read definitely. plus the idea in my first paragraph.

to be honest, a mobile skin or .css would be much more achievable. some extensions etc allow you to do it personally anyway, like forcing text to be a certain size or colour. ive never done it personally but i know its around.

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Members Workshops / Re: SKETCH SURVIVAL!!!!!!!!

« on: December 05, 2017, 02:38:25 PM »

you know i only visited this page yesterday and thought the same!
at the moment i'm all over the place but i hope to start soon :P

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MR Pub / Re: Comeback/holidays/departure notice.

« on: November 30, 2017, 10:17:15 AM »

Fronomenal! welcome back! i hope you didn't actually die!
lots of .....stuff....happening...... i guess :P

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Daisetsu's works

« on: November 29, 2017, 03:28:20 PM »

nice ice effect. its hard to draw stuff like that so well done! i think the light and dark on the folds on the dress could have been smoothed out a bit more but they certainly have depth.

and nice details and colouring on the last one. you drawings are quite rounded out but i think if you focus on the hands a little more they will look better :P

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Anime Talk / Re: Your worst anime openings

« on: November 29, 2017, 03:21:37 PM »

i must say i actually liked resonance from soul eater, but even now when i am almost fluent japanese i cant understand a word of that opening :P

kill me baby comes to mind, and i agree with lucky star too. i dont understand that one either :P
a bunch of bleach, naruto and onepice but i have no idea which ones they were :P

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Comics and other Gallery / Re: Miscellaneous Arts and Sketchbook

« on: November 29, 2017, 02:58:21 PM »

@mahlua keep it up!!!!! its better to do a little each day than a lot in one go (basically the exact opposite of what i do :P)

brilliant quantity as always. more than before i'm feeling that your style is starting to become more uniform, and among those sketches there were some brilliant hand poses and character designs. good building stuff too.

perhaps try drawing the same character more than once, in a different pose or clothes or expression, that might help you to focus on maintaining consistent details. its something im trying myself as well, because in a manga you draw the same character(s) relentlessly, so being able to keep the details the same is very important.

you still sketch while travelling?

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: check out my work :P

« on: November 29, 2017, 02:54:00 PM »

nice balanced facial expressions. i find though that not just the face, but also the head position and tilt can convey emotion, but thats probably more time consuming to redraw the head each time for that sort of thing :/

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Art/sketch dump

« on: November 29, 2017, 02:52:22 PM »

still havent watched RWBY myself yet lol
watch list as long as my arm and all that :P

nice folds on the skirt and top, looks quite realistic. also i like the flow of hair into the separate strands. the only issue that stands out to me is the angle of the pose, she looks like shes falling over :P