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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #600 on: August 09, 2020, 10:58:49 PM »
Ooh! The one sketch with the girl aiming the gun has a really great sense of movement and style to it! It really stands out amongst the rest (and that crooked smile sends a shiver down my spine).

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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #601 on: August 13, 2020, 05:22:40 AM »
yup scanning is a pain, I usually wait until I have like 100 pages then do them all at once haha

but all those pages look very awesome! seeing sketch pages like this really helps to see the mindset behind your composition and thoughts a lot more I think.
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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #602 on: August 23, 2020, 01:51:56 PM »
@Coryn - Thanks! I like that one too ^^ though I wish I could draw more poses like that more easily

@Suuper - Ohh that's true :o Maybe in the future I'll post more sketches that aren't so touched up.

Update --

The latter half of the month I've been working on a prompt-based challenge that's hosted by a friend on DA. It's called the August Daily Sketch Initiative and it's just a fun exercise to keep our drawing gears rolling through the month. These were done very hastily in usually 2-3 hours, not being too picky about super clean lines (which is my usual preference). I missed the first half, but here are the one's I've done so far:

Day 15 - Empty


From here I began doing a connected series of drawings --
Day 16 - Endurance


Day 17 - Letters from Afar


Day 18 - Resilience


Day 19 - Disconnect


Day 20 - Forever Best Friends


Day 21 - Go to Porto


Day 22 - Pack Your Boxes
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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #603 on: August 23, 2020, 06:13:06 PM »
Echo you've gotta teach me how to draw with pencil that well haha. I just love how distinct and flowy it is. You definitely developed a style. 15 is so much mood, 18 is coolbeans and 22 is my favourite haha.

How is DA these days? I must admit I haven't really used it as much as I'd like to.

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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #604 on: August 23, 2020, 09:55:30 PM »
Clean, dynamic, super recognisable, and fantastically composed. Echo, can you please just publish your comic already!? The pics are also giving me DnD vibes!

Honestly, even though you’ve given a disclaimer about the line work, I think a critic would have to be extremely harsh to have anything negative to say about it! If this is the result of you being “hasty” then I reckon you could probably afford to take it easy every now and then... because the results are still great!

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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #605 on: August 24, 2020, 02:17:59 PM »
These are so effing good, I could kill you.
Seriously. Nice work. Keep it up!
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« Reply #606 on: August 29, 2020, 01:56:42 PM »
@Lego
I don't know how to teach you, Lego, I'm sorry QAQ I could show you how I do it, possibly? (Need to figure out how to stream a traditional drawing - or I could take a video I suppose?)
One exercise that I do that might be helpful is practicing drawing leaf shapes... Thin ones, long ones, fat ones. Just lots of curvy tapered shapes.  :-\  When I'm bored I like to doodle those kinds of things. Any kind of pencil. Draw over the lines twice - I think that's the main thing. Getting the hand used to drawing over long curvy lines. Not sure if that helps. I'll think of other tips in the meantime!

Here's an example of what I end up with sometimes.
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Oh, and DA is a loooooot slower now and less active ever since they changed the interface and people jumped ship. To be honest, it's not as fun to be on there as before but I still use it to post art on.

@ No1sy - Thank you!! I'm not sure if I'd have the commitment to complete a full comic, but it's on the list for sure! The only reason I mention hasty is because I'm usually doing these hours before midnight LOL. But thanks so much! QwQ

@Hati - *Echo uses defend!*
Thank you! >w<


Update --

Continuation of the art challenge. Three days left, including today.
As a note, I usually do a brief sketch warmup before each drawing. I like to use D.Gray-man for references and inspiration c:

Day 23 - Funny


Day 24 - Social Media Detoxing


Day 25 - Still the Same


Day 26 - Against the Odds


Day 27 - The City's Lights


Day 28 - Dark
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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #607 on: August 31, 2020, 03:59:52 PM »
woah! so much since I last was on!
I love the leafy doodle shapes - so many directions you could take that and very relaxing I'm sure. filling an entire page sounds fun :D
nice to see your manga pages, and I think the quality/level you have, for clothing etc, is not too complicated so it wont take ages to draw your pages.
good motion and effects in the manga pages too.
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« Reply #608 on: September 02, 2020, 10:47:45 PM »
@Suuper - Thanks!
Oh yeah. It's like freewriting in art. Do try it ^^ At the end it's like a page out of a colouring book! I do it with more angular shapes too when I'm not feeling curves. Diamonds work well for that.
Some have actually asked if this was an actual comic haha. I have an idea to connect it all together. I think my only struggle is panels. Choosing the best one for the shot and progression of scene... guess that's something better learned through practical application.


Update --

Wheeeeee last three pages of the challenge and the story wraps up - or does it?

Day 29 - I Miss You


Day 30 - Amber


Day 31 - We'll Get There


I had a blast with Day 30 trying follow the reference for a front walking pose. Absolutely treacherous slant when I first sketched it out. It was worth doing though and I think I understand it a bit better.

Side note, ponchos.... just... I'm set with it being part of her second design, but... I didn't realize how much harder it would be to draw compared to a big sweater  :confused:
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Re: Echo Archives
« Reply #609 on: September 08, 2020, 08:35:37 AM »
Awwww man I was enjoying these a lot! I hope you feel like you want to do more in the future.

It's interesting how much of a story comes though even with 30 individual pages of artwork. Well done on that front. I reckon you would actually be pretty good at 4-koma (Yonkoma)!

I'm failing to see how a poncho is more difficult than a sweater though...?!?

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« Reply #610 on: September 15, 2020, 04:20:51 AM »
Yeah panel composition eludes me for the most part haha. It's totally something that comes with experience I'm sure.

That's some lovely artworks to finish off  the set!
A forward walking pose was one of my earliest poses that I started using as a variant to a standing pose. It can be a bit annoying to get it right, as with any pose XD.

I'm a big fan of ponchos but they are indeed hard to draw :P
I find that there's a limited number of folds to show depth a lot of the time, but I suppose it depends on the material it's made from :/
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« Reply #611 on: September 24, 2020, 09:38:57 AM »
@No1sy Glad you enjoyed it! I do have more in store for this idea!
I love Yonkoma XD Especially the comedy aspect to it. Also chibis. I think I've done 1-2 before?
So the main problem I had with the poncho was that since it doesn't have sleeves, the fabric around the arms acts differently and I couldn't figure how to visualize the movement with the arms ^^;

@Suuper Thanks! I guess that's where thumb nailing comes in. Lego seems to have got the hang of it.
Right? In poses like those I've had to accept how flexible the body actually is and sometimes you only see part of it o_O
Yeah, that's my struggle too there with ponchos.

Update --

Didn't get to do much much drawing this month. The few I did were digital sketches and whatnot.

Reference for the Mage character in the challenge drawings. I always tend to use gray and blue for the wind element. Not quite sure about the palette yet. I'm intending to add some brighter accents. Oh yes! Her name is Sanna ^^


DRAW YOUR OUTFIT RIGHT NOW prompt that I saw on IG first thing in the morning.


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« Reply #612 on: September 30, 2020, 04:01:51 PM »
I love character designs where the props are separate and everything is labelled!!!
Looks great even with flat colour.

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I always tend to use gray and blue for the wind element.
Yeah wind element kinda doesn't have any natural colour like fire/earth/water, so it's kinda sky/air so that makes sense.

Cute self portrait XD
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« Reply #613 on: October 05, 2020, 09:55:04 PM »
So many cool drawings, really Pro stuff!
Did you already published your manga? in terms of drawing skills, you're totally ready for it.

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« Reply #614 on: October 08, 2020, 03:41:46 PM »
Thanks, Notivago!
Ooph. Sad to say, I haven't had the courage to make that venture yet. I've done little pages here and there, but in terms of creating a story, I'm more confident in writing than drawing lol. Thanks for your encouragement ^^

Perhaps I'm thinking too big. A one-shot might be a good place to start :)
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