Drawing with a Mouse

[Lovelight]

Since Screwball gave me this idea, this is an open thread to anyone who wants to show progress on their artwork.
There is no limit to what kind of art you want to put up, whether it'd photoshopped, editing, pencil art, pen, etc.
However, bunni forum rules still apply.
My own rules apply as well.
1. Please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for the sake of global warming and bandwidth, and organization, please keep all updates on the same post. .___.
2. Be considerate about the size of the pictures. There are those with crappy internet (like me) where the pictures will take FOREVER to load. So please keep the size in mind.
3. Please respect the artist, and if you diss them be prepared to get plummeted with pineapples. That are explosive.
4. If you are updating about 5+ times, I advise to change some images to links of the picture for the sake of bandwidth. xD

I hope that by showing progress of our artwork, we can learn something from each other. :D
Also, I would hope that everyone can take constructive criticism... <.<

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Just because I need to release my ego, I will periodically update on this picture that I plan to outline and color on photoshop with a mouse. xD
Apparently, I can't get a tablet until I get a 2200-2300 on the SATs. Dx (insert cuss word)
IS ON HOLD. Damn laptop crashed, so I lost the file. I also have it on USB, but that means I have to recolor half of the picture.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL1.jpg?t=1260518387
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL2.jpg?t=1260543377
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL3.jpg?t=1260600738
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL4.jpg?t=1260676929
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LLa.jpg

If there's any critique that can be given, please feel free to comment.

[screwbaII]

Love: Have fun with the mouse! Maybe if you wouldn't mind I could put up a few random pictures I work on with a mouse as well as I do them XD ? I really like the idea of progressive work.

As for critique, I can see nothing wrong with it so far. Only so much you can do with drawing with a mouse.

Edit: Well since Love said I could, here's a picture of a butterfly I'm drawing for YniYni ;D Only the top wings are finished, the rest is still in progress... This is all done with a mouse btw... I don't get my tablet until christmas DX The program I am using is Macromedia Fireworks 8 (older version but still ok)

I'm also putting all but the most updated in spoilers to conserve space.

This is drawn using a photo as a reference (I asked Yni to pick a favourite butterfly) but I have not copied over it or anything, every detail of the picture is my own work based off the photograph. I used an eye dropper to get the basic colours from the original photograph to be more accurate with my colours: http://i46.tinypic.com/ftqagl.jpg
I enjoy doing replications of photos to drawings, mostly because it expands my knowledge of how to draw things, but also challenges me to make a complex thing into a simpler drawing while keeping the lifelikeness of the original photo. Although I can do a lot of my own and original work I do enjoy drawing from photographs as well.

P.S the quality is kind of crappy on here, but I assure you all the real thing is very very smooth :D

Edit update 1: Completed the bottom right wing.

P.S I will be reducing the size of the picture later on so you can't see all the bodgy lines I can't draw properly with a mouse XD

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260525079

Edit update 2: Decided to do a bit of a step by step on how I did the bottom wings. So! Here we go!

Doing the second bottom wing: Firstly did the solid colour underneath for the shape of the wing and the white edges roughly on the bottom layer. On the top layer I did the wing vein roughly (I like to make room for a lot of error for when I am cleaning up).

Next on the bottom layer I did the light blue band of solid colour (roughly) using an 8 size brush with solid colour (no opacity yet :P).

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260585890

Edit update 3: Since the last update I tidied up the wing veins so they aren't as scruffy. Next using eye dropper for colours, I did the top part of the bottom wing. Because of the solid background colour it allows for me to use more opacity (I stuck at 30% and for refining; <10% depending on colour [light or dark]) without having white bits inbetween. Used an 8 size brush again. A tip with opacity and blending, it is easier to blend light colours into dark colours rather than the other way around. For a finishing smooth feel get the middle most colour and using a larger sized brush (about 12 - 13) and ~6% opacity go over the whole darker region. It tends to blend the colours a little better overall.

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260591901

Edit Update 4: I added in the black bands. It's always good to make things a little bigger or thicker than what you intend them to be. This leaves room for plenty of error and space to fix things up. Solid black, 8 size brush.

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260597475

Edit Update 5: I added in the light blue bands after the black bands. As you can see the black bars have become a little thinner due to the light blue going over the top. Next on the top layer I started going over the light blue bands at the bottom of the wings with dark blue horizontal stripes. Brush size ~ 5 - 7, discretion used :p

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260599800

Edit Update 6: The update I know Love has been waiting for! In this one I have finished the dark blue bands and added the finishing texture to the wings - the 'scales'. Well how I got this effect is quite easy, using solid colour I used a size 2 brush to add little dots at the edges of the colour. This not only scatters the blending to make it look a little more real but it also gives the effect of the 'scales' on the butterfly's wings. This uses the light blue, dark blue and black around their respective areas. Also cleaned up the white edges a bit. Will probably stop here for today though starting to get a headache from staring at the screen. Tomorrow I hope to get the body done (maybe later tonight as well).

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=778&d=1260603924

And please, any feedback and constructive criticism is very welcome. I hope that my small step by step guide can all teach you something :D

[rosedragon]

aaa.. the title is mouse... I don't use mouse :'( ...

btw lovelight: get used to use as minimum layers as possible except if you plan to make them into separate pieces (like in game making) because mixing colors in one layer will make you get used of thinking every shapes, every colors, in harmony. (ok, I actually not really remember the advice..)

[Lovelight]

aaa.. the title is mouse... I don't use mouse :'( ...


Up at the first post, it said you can use whatever artwork you are in progress of. Whenever it is lineart, paint, photoshop, etc. :]

[rosedragon]

ok here we go.. a scene in find tealy 2 that I have been procrastinating at.

line: normal brush, 80%, shape dynamic.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1056/ftconcept1.jpg

Here are the full screenshot with layers. As the practice I say before, I only separate layers if they going to be separated from the main image later or separating line with color.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7148/ftconcept2.jpg

Half colored. Only use two blue colors here and play with brush dynamic opacity.
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4811/ftconcept3.jpg

Finished! :
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5044/ftconcept4.jpg

[Riida]

Well, I made with this Gimp. Not much to it, really. Imagine it as you wish.

This is what I have so far.
780
Part 2(They get worse each time):782
This is after I finished it and accidentally made it worse than before.(HORRIBLE, RIGHT!? XD)
781

Waddayathink?

Speaking of that, Love. It looks very nice. Did you draw the first layer, and scan it? xD..

[Lovelight]

Yup, I did. :o3o:

[Riida]

Ah. That's why it looks so professional. xD

[screwbaII]

An interesting use of colours in the second one, Riida. I don't want to be rude asking, but what is it supposed to be exactly XD ?

And Rose, that looks like an interesting level design! I love the way you did the ice crevasse

[Lovelight]

Ah. That's why it looks so professional. xD

Noooo, Rii-chan,
THIS is professional. D<
http://daimida.deviantart.com/art/gwen-129691761
I will draw like that one day! ONE DAY~! D<

get used to use as minimum layers as possible except if you plan to make them into separate pieces (like in game making) because mixing colors in one layer will make you get used of thinking every shapes, every colors, in harmony. (ok, I actually not really remember the advice..)
I do try to keep as less layers as I can, since loading the file would take FOREVER. .___.
Sometimes, it can be difficult because you look at one layer, and think that you'll edit it later. But you never touch it. Weird thing. Dx

[SiamJai]

This is a nice topic: art in progress! :)

Love, I like that drawing, especially the way you did the hair. The skin color seems a bit odd though. Or maybe I lived too long in SE Asia. :p

Screw, that butterfly looks amazingly real! If I don't see the original photo, I'd think it's the real thing. :)

Rose: Tealies!!! I want more tealies! Lol. Is that hairy guy going to be woompa? I agree with Screw, you did great with the ice, it really looks 'cold'.

My latest stuff I've been working today is fan art for a game that was released today:

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p7/siamjai/fanart01_progress2.jpg

You can see how Fireworks does vector-bitmap hybrids. The part on the left is all bitmap, the creature on the right is all vector. (Excuse the mess in the Layers panel - I always work like this unless I plan the source to be public, and I didn't feel like cleaning it up for this screenshot. :-p )

[jillie]

.. i'm in such envy.. every one here really is a great artist DX.. i think i can kind of feel what ivernus was feeling when he first saw my drawings..

*sigh*

i will.. not improve to be like love XD

i'll be something else then.. TT_TT!

*sobs*

[Mii]

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/_Dawnleaf_/Gimp/mm.jpg
Random sketchy thing I did on Gimp x: (I did everything but the yellowdottystarthings... Used a simple pen tool and then used the blur tool to make it all soft ;D The yellowdottystarthings are actually sparks, but I wanted stars, solikechyeah.

[Riida]

*Ahem* Siam, to be honest. That is just...It's hard to explain- But what I can say, is that the person holding the camera..Or. Whatever it is, seems to be fascinated by the vector model you made. That model, it seems like it's happy, but it's pinkish eyes say to differ. At least, for me. It's wonderful- The shading is nice too. :-D Great job, Siam.

Screw- It was originally to be a face, but it ended up a bit wide, and the hair covered up the eyes. I didn't bother to make a mouth- Which is why I made part of it concealed in black (, Shadows.)

And Jillie. Keep your hopes up. You might not end up that good, but remember- There are many people who want to be able to draw like you, along with people that you would consider to be better than you, that want to draw like you- Or that they think they're bad. So, don't think you can't improve. People that could barely draw stickpeople in the first grade have ended up being quite good artists for their age. :-D

783 Here. I'm still working on it- Improving the color, shading, how sharp/blurry it is. Going to burn it a bit, see if that works out. If not, I'll just finish the background, and such.
Part two!
784 Finished~!

[rosedragon]

jillie: art is just a matter of practices.

nice looking Siam! I hate tools though, it just I don't like making straight lines, clicking stuffs to make curves or colors, etc... I just want to scratching the canvas, so I'm not fit with vector art. :P

[screwbaII]

I agree Rose XD I prefer bitmap to vector. I prefer the free hand although it is probably longer XD

[SiamJai]

Hehe, I see. Yeah, vectors are less intuitive, I too have a hard time with them in Illustrator. But to me, working with vector tools is like swimming. It's awkward the first few times, but then the more you often you do it, the more natural it feels. ;) That's what I like in Fireworks, it lets me experiment with the tools to pick the right one, depending on what feel I'm going for in that piece.

Riida, great observation about the creature! At first I tried to make it more alien and not so friendly, but then it kinda changed on its own, and I guess some of that alien-ness remained there. ;)

Nice pic btw, the second one truly shows improvement! I'd suggest blurring the right side of the rectangle just a tad bit more for balance.

[screwbaII]

Here's another picture I'm working on at the moment as well (I'm a bit of a multitasker when it comes to drawing XD) I constantly get new ideas in my head and when I do I like to get them down as fast as possible. So here is my newest one, Arachnia. Me and Ivernus rp a lot in our spare time and this is one of my many characters. She's a Golden Orb Web spider. Not finished yet, and you could probably also call her an experiment to see if insects could work in an RP. (Wow I'm really into the whole creepy crawly scene at the moment!)

A few notes on stuff I have experimented with. The pose for one, it's very strange trying to incorporate 8 limbs onto a humanoid figure! Another thing you might notice is how I have made the patterns of the actual spider look like clothes and other similar features on Arachnia.

Here is the photo reference (mainly just for the pattern and colours though, unlike the butterfly) Warning, it is a Golden Orb Web Spider eating a locust. So if you don't particularly like spiders then it might be a good idea that you don't see the real image XD (at least it isn't that picture of the golden orb web spider eating a bird caught in its web) It's also rather large so it might take some time to load for those of you with slow computers.
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/uploaded_images/JulieKern_goldenorbwebspiderkillslocust.JPG

And here is Arachnia. Sorry for the size I had to make the canvas a little bigger to fit what I wanted on XD.
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=785&d=1260765949

[SiamJai]

That looks very good, Screw! You did a great job fitting all the extra limbs while making the abdomen only slightly taller than usual. Another way to do this could be by making all limbs start from a central origin and spread out diagonally like they do in Hindu mythology, but that wouldn't look very spider-like.

Will you do something with the lower limbs on the right side?

And yep, the colors do look insect-like, a dangerous one too, while the overall figure and facial features clearly show that she's a female. Looks like you have a thing about femme fatale characters, hmm? ;)

[screwbaII]

XD Perhaps :p But as you may have guessed since she is from a private rp you can probably guess why my heroine does look a bit that way lol. BTW I made sure it was ok with Rose before I post this up, I wasn't sure at first but Rose said it should be ok and I really love sharing my stuff with you all.

[Lovelight]

An hour's work.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/yays002.jpg


Three hours later.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/b/e/T_T_War_Maids__Howlitzter_by_mirrorofmystics.jpg

I have held off my Lovelight photoshopped for this, LOL. Dx

[screwbaII]

Nice!!shift1

I especially love the hair, it's amazing.

[Saya67257]

I sometimes draw with a mouse, and your artwork is very nice, as if it was you who did it, but nice :D

[Clandestine]

I sometimes draw with a mouse, and your artwork is very nice, as if it was you who did it, but nice :D

Hmm...

"as if it was you who did it"

Are you trying to say that she didn't draw this?

A little offensive if not extreme, no offense.

[screwbaII]

I sometimes draw with a mouse, and your artwork is very nice, as if it was you who did it, but nice :D

I lol'd so hard I fell off my chair.

As Clandestine said, do you not think Lovelight actually drew this? Newsflash, she did! Just because it is the most pro thing you have ever seen doesn't mean that she didn't draw it herself.

I wouldn't take offense to this comment, I would take it as a compliment. It surpasses expectations.

[jillie]

she's so much better.... ;__;
*cries*

[Teeny]

oh wooow. Thats a really good drawing!!

[jillie]

.. for us to draw that.. would require a straght up collab with the others.. .. i wish i drew that good ;_;

me draws eww DX

[rosedragon]

WIP: junkyardia

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=806&stc=1&d=1262962218

[Mkishere]

I love your landscaping painting techniques Rose xD They look like water-color paintings but more defined. That scene looks quite out of the world, are those forts inside the mountains?

And I think what Saya meant was "As if" she drew the mouse work by hand with a pencil.

[Chokladkakan]

Although there are no 'in progress' images of this, I hope you'll accept my little submission anyway!

I call it:

Forget baby Jesus, I made baby Harry Potter. He’s chewing on his wand, which is fine because there’s no small pieces that can get stuck in his baby throat.

http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvxyywpnJ61qzgdh7o1_400.jpg

[rosedragon]

nom nom nom!

Tealygochi! Coming this month to your nearest dream!
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=810&stc=1&d=1263226387

[screwbaII]

WEEEE Tealygochi. Can't wait to have my own pet tealy :3

[SiamJai]

Oh yeah! More Tealy cuteness! :-D

[Lovelight]

@Chokladkakan
Dx That's so cuuuuuute. (mentally pinches cheeks)
@Rose
I need one of those as a pet...

Abstinence, kids.
WIP:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/WIP3.jpg
I need help on the unfortunate boy to the left.
You can see why. xD
Someone help me on his posing D:

...I wonder why the quality sucks..
YOU HAVE BETRAYED ME, SCANNER. DX

[Lovelight]

I halted all of my previous drawings because I was inspired by a feminist poem.
This one is meant to be an expression instead of my usual character concepts.
I'll go in depth when I'm not tired. xD

It's hard to explain this one, but here..

Outline:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/IronMaiden.jpg

UPDATES
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled.jpg
It's a monochromed girl with half of a colored mask over her. Her mouth is duct taped.
Red lips are markered over and stuff.. (help me on the taping?)I'm focusing on shading on photoshop with a mousey.
If.. you have anything on the colored face, tell me?
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled2.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled3copy.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/Untitled-1.jpg

[screwbaII]

Wow, that looks so trippy, but incredibly awesome XD

I especially love the painted on lips, the effect with them is so realistic :p

[Chokladkakan]

I made a self portrait, picturing myself as a mental hospital patient.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyb7zthdAD1qzgdh7o1_400.jpg

[Xaozaddiction]

win ._.
...........

[rosedragon]

love.. the second one is scary D: You are doing great with the eye and lips though.

choklad: he looks cute.

[jillie]

chok: the baby potter one is so cute ;_;!! the mental guy reminds me of willy wonka... but it's making me want candy ;_;...

love: the first one is so cute xD. what i usually do is just darken it in photoshop before posting :3, (like the auto variations).

the second one is MAD.
her monochrome skin is like.. wow.. you're very close to realism, in my view :3
for some reason.. i see it as if she's.. being forced to have to be colourful.. that inside, she's rather.. not bland.. but... sad. and the world around her has forced her to hide behind the coloured mask, and they've taped her lips, drawing over them with colour, like it's saying that she's happy..

it also reminds me of a line in one of my favourite songs x]

♫ ♪~ They taped over your mouth~ scribbled out the truth with their lies~ your little spies. ♪♫

Crush crush crush- Paramore.

i really hated it when every one started associating them with twilight Dx.. DAMMIT! THEY'RE MORE THAN JUST TWILIGHT DX. *mumbles away*

@ rose:
TEALYYY GOTCHI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!!
the colours are so cute! tealy is so cute! EVERYTHING IS CUTEEEEE!!!

i want a tealy baby ;_;

[Lovelight]

Haha.
Jillie, your interpretation is definitely on the right track. xD
Thank you, dear. :]

[screwbaII]

I worked out what you could do with the tape to make it look more real. I think you need to make a really thin darker defining line of the tape to show it is actually an object stuck on there rather than something a part of the skin. At the moment I feel it looks more like an extension of her face rather than a seperate piece stuck on there, you just need a thin close to black line to shadow the outline of the tape... well I feel like that is what I would try anyway :S but as we know I'm not too good with anything but animals both fantasy and real so my perspective on it could be munted.

[Lovelight]

@Screwball

DUDE CRAP. You're a genius. Dx.
I will do that.
I was thinking that there was something wrong with the shadowing...
but now it makes sense.
Thank you. x]

[screwbaII]

Hope it works XD

[Lovelight]

Completed artwork.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/SS.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/SS2.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/SS3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/SS4.jpg

[Teeny]

OMG -jaw drops- THATS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-bows down to lovelight-
Your so good! O_O

[rosedragon]

awesome lovelight! Now that is a lot of lines ;) .

[screwbaII]

Beautiful :D How long did it take you?

-wants drawing lessons from Love- I'll teach you to draw animals if you teach me to draw people and clothing :D

[Lovelight]

Beautiful :D How long did it take you?

-wants drawing lessons from Love- I'll teach you to draw animals if you teach me to draw people and clothing :D

It took me like... (thinks it over)
It was drawn within a day, so most likely no more than about 5 hours because I was constantly changing things. D: (is sloooow)


Will you teach me how to draw a tiger and a bunny? :D

[screwbaII]

D: That is so fast T_T my dragons take me forever :( Seriously, one of them I sat down and drew for 6 hours straight D: I don't even want to think about the more complex ones DX

And sure I can do that :P I used to draw tigers a lot as a kid LOL! :3

[Lovelight]

It's not really.. progress thing, but you can kind of see how her pre-designs came together to this final design of her.

Her name is Jade, a Chinese lesbian who was taken in as a prisoner of war in Russia.
She was tortured and finally freed as a fragile, but intimidating cyborg.

Originally drawn in history class.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/preJade.jpg

Drawn on doodle chat.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/Somechick-1.png

Final Concept
http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2010/110/4/3/Triple_Trio_Mar_Maid__Molotov_by_mirrorofmystics.j pg

[screwbaII]

So good :(

My latest I finally finished: The Conductor (bit of a spoiler but oh well) :p

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=871&stc=1&d=1271836675

JPEG makes things so crappy though :( Also keep in mind I suck at drawing people figures :(

[Lovelight]

DDDDD:
Dude, that's so awesome.
I remembered that one day when you showed me this in progress. x]
It came out really well. :D

Good job. :]

[rosedragon]

lovelight: that is a wicked art with wicked background ;) .

screwball: I cant draw humans too :P .

[screwbaII]

Yea 'tis :p thanks Love XD Did you notice I got it to not look so skewed ha ha ha!

And Rose I don't feel so bad now coz you're an awesome artist as well lol :p

[Madi2]

I'll put my pic so far when I get it back from Cailey

[Saya67257]

Damn. Love and the others, you draw epic, and they win so good D:
My drawings are fail <-< but, i think i may put and draw a pic and put it here.

[Saya67257]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1101 Thar. Its suppose to be a Xleric; Meaning half human, and half angel, i beleive.

[Madi2]

Damn. Love and the others, you draw epic, and they win so good D:
My drawings are fail <-< but, i think i may put and draw a pic and put it here.

No... Your pictures are pretty good..
Nobody likes my art...

[Saya67257]

I.. love your art ..D: -tackleglompsMadi-
I'm serious D:

[Madi2]

Yeah, but nobody else does.

[rosedragon]

So what? It just mean you have to improve and see where people interest in ;) .

Here a sketch for find tealy 3.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5310/ft3wip.jpg

[Madi2]

I mean if I do a brilliant picture everyone is like " that's so ugly."

[screwbaII]

They're just jealous ;) Anyway practice makes perfect, the more you draw the better you will become.

Just remember Rose, Love and I are a lot older than you and have been drawing for most of our lives :p If you keep practicing you will be just as good one day :D !!!

And YAAAAY TEALY 3!!

[screwbaII]

I R DOUBLE POST!!! buuuuut

I has a good reason:

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=881&stc=1&d=1272625673

YES IT IS FINALLY FINISHED!!!

Except the quality is sub-par :(

[Saya67257]

Nice screw. oh and seriously Madi, don't get so down about just how you draw =/. I used to be that way- but then Jill cheered me up, and some of the others because i thought my drawings were ugly, but, people say there not. Anyways, im quitting drawing anime :P. Not because Screw said that "thingy" ( i can explain it "perfectly" so whatever :P )

[Madi2]

Yeah, but I don't mean just some people hate my art. The entire class and like 1 or 2 other classes do and some people at school get 100% of the compliments and the rest gets 0. The best compliment for me was "You see that? You could draw it in about 2 or 3 years. Kristyn could draw it in a minute." Aw... I think that might have been a insult cause that wasn't even a good picture.. O.o

yeah, I'll keep on improving. Remind me not to take art lessons though- I couldn't learn anything cause the teacher was scared of erasers so I couldn't erase. O.o

[Saya67257]

-brags on accident- i can draw anime in a minute :D .. Wait- sorry <-< . But, at least i love your art c: , and you should be practicing on your art- just like what i do, no one ever taught me how to draw and stuff. So what if other people hate your art? My brother draws "horribly" he sauys, but, i thinik he draws aweosme on stick figures. Like one day, he drew a stick figure of him, wearing sun glasses, and shooting a alien ship , and underneat it was a tank getting attacked by the ship. It.. was awesome.He also drew some more stick figures, one of me,older brother (Richard/Rj), and my sister(Jalani) . He was good at it c: . I'm probably guessing hes going to be an artist some day- and i know you'll be too, Madi. Since you draw cute stuff, like that little girl hugging a bunni-plushie, and all that epic drawing of yours. Just one word... Practice xP .

[Madi2]

I practice and nobody cares though... when I DO make something cool like 4 fifths of the time Kristyn just runs in and says "OOOMG! You TOOK my picture! I drew it!" i've argued with her for 3 months and counting about one picture.

....and now I will post that she had lice twice in two years. HAHAHA! Oh yeah, I'm evil for posting that so I will just flush her down a toilet wasting a few lines of text.

[Lovelight]

...D:
The butterfly looks so beautiful.
I like the spotty texture-y gradient and the small details on the body..
and I like how it's not perfectly symmetrical. It makes you want to look closely at both wings.

And btw (to Madi), you shouldn't draw so that other people will like it. You should do it for yourself. Don't draw just to get an ego out of it. It can be like a secondary benefit, but I honestly wouldn't consider you an artist if you draw just to hear compliments.

If you want to concentrate on getting better, you can't listen to what other people are saying, especially if they say "THIS IS UTTER CRAP" and not provide a reason as to why it is crap. What matters if what you think. You have to look at your stuff with a critical eye and improve. Critiques are always good to have, but it's only good if you can use it.

There are people in this world who will say total bs about all of your pictures, no matter how good you are. People still say that my drawings aren't that great, but it's ok. It means that I have room to improve. And you do, too if you keep trying.
We all start from crap. Just keep practicing.

@Saya Also, speed shouldn't matter. D< It's good because you can get things done faster, and thus you might even have more time to improve it. [/somewhat jealous]

You can take art classes if you want to. If you learn on your own, that's good because you can come up with original techniques. But if you learn in an art class, you can also learn techniques that will be beneficial to you, more than if you self-teach. So.... to put it short... some art classes are great, and some are useless. You need to do something about that teacher who won't let you use an eraser.

I self-teach also, but I learn techniques from my friend, who is also a good artist.
She drew this:
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs31/i/2008/227/a/d/Kyo_by_demograph.jpg

She convinced me to use a cross-hatching method of shading. The whole time, I basically just smeared the graphite all over the paper and considered it my way of 'shading.' But if I hadn't took her advice, today my shading on my pictures would be 8 times lighter. And the paper would look really dirty from all the smudging.


...yeah, I'll end it there before I rant too long. xD

[Madi2]

Just wondering- is 'my nose is 3mm bigger and my butts not that big' a reason why it's crap?

[screwbaII]

WoW your friend is also an amazing artist! I just love the detail in the teddy bear XP I can see you're both really into the pencil drawings and stuff, just like me XD !! Well I'm more into the fineliner black pens and ink drawings lol, but it's the whole black and white thing. I can use colours and stuff, but it's just sooo much effort. Although my mum suggested (and I actually thought of this too) to do portraits of the dogs I mind and see if the owners are interested in purchasing them :P In which case I would probably have to use colour (unless it's a black dog :P)

Have you done any colour ones in real life Love? I know you have done a few on the computer, but that's like me and it's really not the same lol :P

And I agree with Love, Madi, you need to draw for yourself, not for other people. Showcasing art here would be a good thing to get honest opinions and way to improve, so consider it. Being critical of yourself is way more important than other people being critical (hell if I let other people be critical of me I would get nowhere coz everyone is like OMFGWTFBBQ that is awesome, which means I would get nowhere).

[Lovelight]

Just wondering- is 'my nose is 3mm bigger and my butts not that big' a reason why it's crap?

xD
Well, if you think you can improve your drawings off that statement, then I think it would be a reason why it's crap.

Otherwise, I think that's a complete crap statement.

---

Uhh..
I have done some color pencils, but I never really.. developed into it.
Mainly because I can't erase mistakes if I screw up.. it's fun though. D<

Here's one I did a couple years ago.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2008/063/c/b/Antares__Kai__s_Violent_Widow_by_mirrorofmystics.j pg
;_; DDDDDx
I improved so much.

--

My friend does a lot. She's a lot more diverse then I am. She does some color pencil, charcoal, etc. But her forte is in inking and pencil. xD
She was basically my inspiration. (worships)

[screwbaII]

Lol, nice. I like the pic :o But you have improved a lot XD His hand looks chode LOL! But yea still epicly awesome XD I have a lot of random drawing things, like pencils, textas, mungyo pastels, oil pastels etc. I like using texta because the colours are really vibrant (pretty sure I have one of my dragons done in texta in my art thread).

Starting a new butterfly too, I'll post it up the same way as the other one, except I will make sure it doesn't get ruined like the first one did in terms of the pictures being deleted (mistake on my part XP)

Well, Nick chose the butterfly so here it is:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Butterfly-green_black.jpg

And here is what I have done so far which has taken me an hour (working with a mouse again atm as I don't have my tablet with me)

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=882&stc=1&d=1272687594

Basically what this is is the 'undercoat' of the picture. What I mean by this is it's like an undercoat of paint, it's there so when you paint over it the colours appear more rich. It's the same concept, since I use opacity a lot I find the colours are more rich if there is a base colour under it. It also provides an accurate outline of what I am going to be working on. What I tend to do is do a rough outline, and then sort of, 'shave' off the colour with the eraser tool to the angles and such that I want (works well in terms of using a mouse). It means you can have accurate lines that look relatively neat as well. I will show you guys that concept on the other side. The random grey line is pretty much just a separator, to define the two wings.

Not really happy with the left side of the bottom wing though, so it will probably be changed by next update (it's probably the main reason why this part took so long). I'll probably hae to reconfigure the whole of the bottom wing to do that though lol :\ It's probably at more of an angle than I want it to be as well, but that's an easy fix and will be changed by next update as well.

The next installment, probably about another hour later :P
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=882&stc=1&d=1272691970

Basically as you may or may not be able to tell I spent a bit of time fixing up the bottom right wing, although still not completely satisfied, it will certainly do!

Next is the left hand side sketch of the wings. I have not used the eraser tool at all so you guys can see what it looks like before I do all the 'fixing up'. My mouse using skills are far from professional looking in this one. I feel the wings are a bit the wrong shape and I hate it when it looks like this lol (Usually I will 'fix up' as I go but for the sake of showing this I didn't). Fix up time!

Approximately 1 hour later..... :p
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=882&stc=1&d=1272694536
Finished the fixing up, made a few tweaks to the shape of the already drawn wings. Still very rough but won't be too noticeable once the colour comes on.

So about three hours of work here so far, and not even started the good bits :p

[screwbaII]

Started on layer 2 now. The main chunks of colours are done on this layer. Will be adding a little more to it before I move to the next layer, but this is what has been done so far:

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=884&stc=1&d=1272776852

The end of layer 2:

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=884&stc=1&d=1272779973

Now we can move onto more interesting and exciting things...

I take it back, this part is not exciting at all. It's interesting stuffing around to get the right effect, however it's boring as hell doing it >_> Curse you Nick and picking a butterfly with dots everywhere *Shakes fist*

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=884&stc=1&d=1272782603

[Madi2]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1101 Thar. Its suppose to be a Xleric; Meaning half human, and half angel, i beleive.

the picture won't load.

[thebunni15]

the picture won't load.

I see the picture.

[Madi2]

I don't see it.,,

[Saya67257]

It happens most of the times- or less .

[Saya67257]

Crap. I seriously need to do art lessons with you guys Dx .

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1104
Well, at least this is what i can least do, but the trees are.. AWFUL. ;_;

[rosedragon]

for another room escape game:
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=891&stc=1&d=1273920573

[screwbaII]

wow! that's so realistic Rose, your artwork just keeps getting better and better :D

[Saya67257]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1105
Rainbow!~
Should i add a backround to it?!

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1106
Welp, already did :P. But, its just red, i guess.

[rosedragon]

Pretty but you need to dare to mix more colors saya ;)

[Madi2]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1105
Rainbow!~
Should i add a backround to it?!

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1106
Welp, already did :P. But, its just red, i guess.

You need more colour.

[Saya67257]

.. Yeah, yeah, yeah, i know TwT. I just don't feel like making more colors XP.
Since my hands and fingers were hurting when almost finishing the art. I had to do A LOT of earasing, ya' know. :P ..

[Madi2]

Alright then..

[Clandestine]

I don't see what's wrong with having a whole scheme of pink. xD

Though having more colors=vibrant. ;]

I don't know if you do this, but your hands probably hurt near the end because you're rushing at the near end? o3o

[Lovelight]

Alright, let's start here.

Really messy inking, mainly because I planned to color this on photoshop.
Also, I just like to ballpoint shadow in general.

PUT ON HOLD for.. no reason. I started on it, and I was like eeeeeeeh. I like it better in black and white. I might get back to it.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled-2.jpg

[screwbaII]

Looks interesting so far :o

[Sbacity_Boy]

Not just interesting amazing for the first time around there are so many artists on the forums I am just amazed to see what you guys can do on a computer or with you hands!

[Saya67257]

Nyu. x\/\/x
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1108
And, another detailed one which looks better, i guess X\/\/\/\/x, But yeah. The second one should have more colors, i bet you all would say that anyways, but on the first on, colorful

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1107

[ These, i made on Sumo Paint :3. ]

[Sbacity_Boy]

I love the coloring on the second one!

[Saya67257]

OH MEH GAWD.


http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1109


EPIC isn't it??? But, the picture is small ..D:

Heres the link to see it bigger o3o : http://i48.tinypic.com/120r12u.png

[Sbacity_Boy]

I love it! The eyes are perfect and the facial expression is sooo mysterious. All the colors match perfectly together (I repeat) I love it!

[Thisismyusername]

thats pretty cool!

[Madi2]

It's amazing...

[Saya67257]

Lol. Thank you :3 . Imma' make another one >o>

[Sbacity_Boy]

Lovelight you should post another one to.

[Saya67257]

Since Screwball gave me this idea, this is an open thread to anyone who wants to show progress on their artwork.
There is no limit to what kind of art you want to put up, whether it'd photoshopped, editing, pencil art, pen, etc.
However, bunni forum rules still apply.
My own rules apply as well.
1. Please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for the sake of global warming and bandwidth, and organization, please keep all updates on the same post. .___.
2. Be considerate about the size of the pictures. There are those with crappy internet (like me) where the pictures will take FOREVER to load. So please keep the size in mind.
3. Please respect the artist, and if you diss them be prepared to get plummeted with pineapples. That are explosive.
4. If you are updating about 5+ times, I advise to change some images to links of the picture for the sake of bandwidth. xD

Can i have art lessons from you!!! Please??? Dx . Your a master of all times at it Dx

I hope that by showing progress of our artwork, we can learn something from each other. :D
Also, I would hope that everyone can take constructive criticism... <.<

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Just because I need to release my ego, I will periodically update on this picture that I plan to outline and color on photoshop with a mouse. xD
Apparently, I can't get a tablet until I get a 2200-2300 on the SATs. Dx (insert cuss )
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL1.jpg?t=1260518387
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL2.jpg?t=1260543377
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL3.jpg?t=1260600738
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LL4.jpg?t=1260676929
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/LLa.jpg
If there's any critique that can be given, please feel free to comment.
Can i have art lessons from you!!! Please??? Dx . Your a master of all times at it Dx

[screwbaII]

Love is only good at drawing people though :P She isn't a master of all. She would be if she taught me how to draw people and I taught her how to draw animals XD then we would both be masters together lol!

By the way my progress so far on my newest butterfly, unfortunatly haven't worked on it a bit but I will have to get back into it. XD I've actually been using my mouse for this rather than my tablet, I just like the effects I can get with the mouse on these butterflies better than using the tablet, surprisingly XD

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=892&stc=1&d=1274860099

[Saya67257]

Nice butterfly btw :D. And yes, you both are masters at both drawing, yet different things. o3o

[Saya67257]

http://i46.tinypic.com/vr3bqf.jpg
Blue Raver!~ - Idea from Whirled.com o3o.
next will be a Red Raver, a female version >3<

[screwbaII]

Thanks ^_^ Might have to wait until after exams to actually work on it some more.

Nice picture, but what are those random blue blotches, they look terrible :x If you want something to fill in the space, stick with the theme. Something refined like musical notes or something. Unidentifiable space fillers just take the greatness from pictures if you ask me, it looks like a back to front Australia.

[Mishakiara]

You guys are SOOO good~ nice job, keep moving forward... and get better!

[Madi2]

I'm trying to draw a human face.. and it's horrible so far.

[Sbacity_Boy]

(not trying to be mean trying to encourage you Madi2)It can't be as bad as my little sisters face. She always draws the eyes where the forehead should be and just scribbles for the hair.{No my sister is not 5 or below}

[Madi2]

LOL! Are you sure she wasn't trying to draw a toilet?

[Sbacity_Boy]

Yes, I am pretty surrr....... well maybe not?

[Saya67257]

http://i47.tinypic.com/2ibzq0h.png

Nyah.. da' character from my story, Mia!
Next, i will make Nia o3o.

[Lovelight]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/AntiDrugcopy.jpg

LAME project I had to do in my Publishing class.
Make an anti-smoking billboard.
I have to do more with the shading..
I edited it a little, but the file is at school somewhere.
And the difference is almost non-existance...

Don't smoke, kids. :] (coffAndre)

[screwbaII]

That's a really creative vision about smoking Love, may I suggest you make the reaper a little more... I guess smokier-looking. Perhaps make little wispy smoke bits around it or the edges less defined or something, something to make it look a little more like smoke? Anyway, just a suggestion ^_^ it looks awesome as is and I know you're still working on it, but just an idea for you to ponder XD

[Madi2]

http://i47.tinypic.com/2ibzq0h.png

Nyah.. da' character from my story, Mia!
Next, i will make Nia o3o.

Where's the mouth?

[Madi2]

http://ssawlebagel.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/person.png

My human.

[Sbacity_Boy]

That's a human? Just kidding it looks really good! Better than most of my drawings except for the ones that I take a year just to draw.:) But seriously I like it!

[Saya67257]

Where's the mouth?

Oops.. lol. I made some mistakes, so i accidentally erased the mouth, or undid it.

[screwbaII]

Wow Madi that's like almost as good as the people I draw T_T You have great potential ^_^

[thebunni15]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/AntiDrugcopy.jpg

Smoking is for duds.

Also, great picture as always...jealous.

[Saya67257]

http://i48.tinypic.com/juhmw2.jpg
Nya...
Look at da' eyes :D!!!
Uhh.. also, is there too much color?

[Clandestine]

xD I don't think there's too much color.
Colorful is good. :]

The eyes are great (though could be more circular), but you should try sharpening the hair. D:

[Saya67257]

Oi, thanks x].

[Saya67257]

Lol.. i think i lied about not drawing anime anymore =/. Though, i said 'might' didn't I? Well, i think now i'm going to stick in with anime ._." Stupid, right? And, on formspring, someone asked," WILL YOU EVER STOP DRAWING THOSE SH**TY ANIME DRAWINGS?" And i said no ._." Who would ask that question? o-e ..

http://i47.tinypic.com/2v97jnk.png
Mion :D

[Clandestine]

Someone who's super sh***y would ask that. :]

LOL nice, Mion.
I wanna play the game. D:
Heard that it's way better than the anime.

[Saya67257]

Hmm.. I've never played the game. I didn't know there was a game based on that anime.
http://i47.tinypic.com/2qvytqx.png

Omg, rawr! :D

[Clandestine]

xD Cute drawing there.

The game came before the anime.
The anime was based off the game, and then it became a manga.
Each are pretty similar, but with small differences. xD

[Saya67257]

Thats .. kind of .. uhh, wierd for a game to go before the show O o
Though, its more easier if they made the anime first than to make the game first o3o.
http://i50.tinypic.com/291ck03.png
Omg, Spyro with a present :D
Oh shoot, colored the wings wrong D:

[Clandestine]

There's nothing stupid about that.
Game meaning Visual Novels.
It's not like those typical games you see these days.
You just have to play it, and you'll see why it's better off this way.

[Saya67257]

Ehh... good point. Though, yeah, its not stupid that way ( I misunderstood what i said about it being kind of 'stupid' Yeah yeah yeah, i had to make up my mind ._. ) though, its uhh.. kind of different how they do it. Meh, its better of how it is anyways :P
I've heard the game is pretty awesome :D .

[Sbacity_Boy]

I love Spyro! The one I have played has a great! GREAT! Story line. At least I think.

[Saya67257]

I love Spyro too :D . But, i haven't played the Eternal ending game D: ..
Though, Spyro:The Dawn of the Dragon is much MUCH better :D

[screwbaII]

I liked Spyro 2 on Playstation the best. The new games are kinda crappy compared to the old ones, and Spyro was like meeehhh, good but not as good as 2.

[Saya67257]

I like Crash Bandicoot the best :D
Though, Spyro does rock o3o.
http://i49.tinypic.com/dz7635.png
Omg, Angelz, yay :D

[Sbacity_Boy]

Why isn't the wing attached? Or is it just a feeling or a dream that the girl is having the whole angel thing? It looks great by the way! (note:the first two questions are not criticizing, they are pondering.)

[Saya67257]

Its just really random thingy-a-bobs or whatever. Like what you said, "a dream that that girl is having'' Its something like that.

[Sbacity_Boy]

Ok, I was just checking and that makes sense. I will try to get some of my drawings on here if I can get them scanned.

[Sbacity_Boy]

This is one of my drawings. I drew it on a bulletin so sorry about the words.

[Saya67257]

http://i47.tinypic.com/dyvl3.jpg

.. Idk and i don't care :3.

[Riida]

I thought this thread was about works in progress, then finished arts?
I'm working on a flash siggy, I'll upload it in a few.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1277010841
There'll be more frames and it'll look smoother in about 10 minutes xD
Never mind, I got it up now.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1277011290
If I had it attatched, 'twould make you download it to view it.

It's run at 15 fps (frames per second) and using swatches, I knocked the brightness up by one swatch each frame. It goes from white to the palest yellow possible, then tracks back (which I did manually)

[Lovelight]

Nice Riida. :]
The animation's pretty smooth. The work was definitely worth it.
--
Alright, let's start here.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/Ninja.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled2-1.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled-3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled5.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled6.jpg

Many hours later:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/171/a/e/Urban_Ninja_I_by_mirrorofmystics.jpg

Whoot. My hand hurts.

[Saya67257]

Nice Riida. :]
The animation's pretty smooth. The work was definitely worth it.
--
Alright, let's start here.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/Ninja.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled2-1.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled-3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled3.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled5.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/untitled6.jpg

Many hours later:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/171/a/e/Urban_Ninja_I_by_mirrorofmystics.jpg

Whoot. My hand hurts.

I see a bunny O:
And, very awesome, yet again o3o.

[Mii]

;___; Leeza, you are so talentedd, I'm jeluss.

[Sbacity_Boy]

Wait? So do you draw it by hand and then color it on the computer? Or do you do it all on the computer? (to lovelight)

[Lovelight]

Thanks, Saya and Mii. :]

And @sbasity_boy,
I hand draw it, scan, and then color on photoshop with a mouse.

[screwbaII]

Photoshop looks so much easier to use than fireworks lol XD I really should get a copy and try it but meh. Great work.

[Lovelight]

You should torrent it. It's pretty good.
I can help you install it if you like.
Just download the program online, and I can get a serial code for you.

Dude, I wanna try Fireworks...

Is it any good?
I heard that it was meant more for animation than drawing. o3o

[SiamJai]

Fireworks is awesome! I use it all the time. Yeah, it's easy to do animations with it, but its strength is its bitmap-vector hybrid nature, editable live effects and image optimization. Pretty much everything I've done comes from, or at least has gone through, Fireworks.

For someone with Photoshop background, the good news is that works with PSDs and supports many PS effects. It improves Photoshop's meager support for vectors too. The bad news is that FW is rather 'meh' when it comes to brushes. It covers the basics, but it doesn't offer nearly as many custom brush options as PS.

If you want to give FW a go, I suggest CS5. Though not much different from CS4 in terms of features, it's much faster and more stable. :)



Photoshop looks so much easier to use than fireworks lol XD
Blasphemy!!! lol.

[Sbacity_Boy]

Thanks, Saya and Mii. :]

And @sbasity_boy,
I hand draw it, scan, and then color on photoshop with a mouse.

Okey doke. I didn't know you could do that. But that is just me and my stupidity. Btw I love the pic! The color scheme is perfect and you had a great clothing selection! p.s. I love the BUNNI!

Those of you who have read my "About Me" know that I am a Christian. I am wondering if I can post of a picture on here that has a little religious meaning without offending anyone.

The picture is of a cross on a hill and a girl sitting on a rock next to it looking out to the sunset. I am wondering if this would offend or bother any of you guys/girls? If so please contact me and I won't post it but if it is alright please say.

I would like to post it but if it bothers ANYBODY just tell me and I will either not post it or remove it if I am informed later.
Thanks!!

[Lovelight]

I don't think anyone cares. xD
If they do, that's their problem.
Art is art, no matter how you look at it.

Just make sure it doesn't have like..
a 'Jehova's witness' thing to it.
That is annoying.

[screwbaII]

Posting religious stuff is fine, of course freedom of expression for all kinds of things is fine here. It's only a problem if you try to push your religion onto people coz honestly I hate it when people do that and since I'm agnostic I don't really sit on either side of the fence and won't until God can either be proven or disproven, so any religious stuff doesn't offend me.

[SiamJai]

As long as it doesn't contradict the venerable Buddha's most sacred teachings, it can stay.


Just kidding. Bring it on! :)

[Saya67257]

http://i47.tinypic.com/s6oe38.jpg
Its Saya and Haji!!
*GAAASSSSP!!!* O:

http://i47.tinypic.com/erd3e0.jpg
Look!! Naruto o: ( though, i didn't' draw him <.< )

[screwbaII]

There is an edit button... saves me the trouble of doing it for you.

[Saya67257]

Lool .. sorry x] .
__________________________________________________ _____
http://i47.tinypic.com/263xx55.jpg
Raindbow Vocaloid: Monyako Ouroku
Uhh .. i didn't know her WHOLE design of her clothing & some of her hair, so, i imagined what she'd look like in my way of creation.

[Riida]

posting an animation w/ Macromedia. I like it a lot better than CS3,4,and 5 trial. I don't know why, though. Seems a bit more simplistic and user-friendly.
Hey Love, what torrent program do you use? and where do you get the torrents off of?

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1278615755 Obviously still working on it xD

[Mii]

Hmm. Animation's good so far. Makes me wanna see what happens. xD

[Saya67257]

http://i27.tinypic.com/2aflp41.jpg
Fanart: FEAR & FEAR2 ; Alma Wade
..Shes just- SO ADORABLE!! <33

[Sbacity_Boy]

Was that done on doodle/kind of doodle? It is SUPER good! I like the Monyako Ouroku to I love the colors.

[Sbacity_Boy]

This is my doodle picture I asked if I could put up a long time ago. For awhile I couldn't find the time to draw it. Then I couldn't find the time to upload it on to here. It isn't the best, but I tried.

[Saya67257]

Was that done on doodle/kind of doodle? It is SUPER good! I like the Monyako Ouroku to I love the colors.

Well, uhhm, it was done in MS Paint, actually :D !
As well as that drawing Monyako Ouroku,

And omg, Sba, nice drawing right there <o<

[Lovelight]

I agreeeeee.

Macromedia> Photoshop.
But then again, Macromedia is meant for animation. However, they still have their setbacks.

Anyway, I don't... use torrent. Sorry.
And what do you mean what program? Isn't there just one torrent program?

[screwbaII]

Actually there are a few torrent programs. For example, UTorrent, BitTorrent, etc. I don't know many others, but there's a few out there.

[Lovelight]

OHHH.
I didn't know those were actually different kinds of torrents...

What's the difference between those?

[Suki]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=170&pictureid=1231 I made a human version of the Coriander :] I hope you like it!

[screwbaII]

OHHH.
I didn't know those were actually different kinds of torrents...

What's the difference between those?

Not much really, I imagine it would just be a different interface and stuff I suppose. I wouldn't know I have ever only had one, they all do the same thing though. They are just different torrent programs, not different torrents XD There are stacks of different torrent sites and stuff.

@ Suki, nice picture :)

[Suki]

Thanks Screw :D

[Saya67257]

Ignore D: ..
I can't copy & paste, so i tried it a different way. SO IGNORE D:<

[Suki]

... o3o ....

[Saya67257]

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=128&pictureid=1245
THAR!

[Poohbomber]

I always hate drawing with a mouse. It's just so hard to keep straight when you want it too, but when you don't it stays straight more often than not. Also it's hard to not suddenly jerk the mouse to the side and screw up your drawing. Although that's just me griping about my inability to draw on the computer. I have to admit that there are some great drawings that have been born by people drawing with the mouse.

[Saya67257]

.. You must hate drawing with a mouse, Poohbomber o3o! Well, I hate it too, but, yeah. Drawing with a mouse is a hard place to start, you always mess up and all that junk.

But, you could try to 'practice' O: ! Though, you can get carpal tunnel .. from like, moving the mouse & your hand. Just how- I almost got carpal tunnel D: .

Though, now it's all okay since I'm doing the right 'things' to do when- yeah, whatever that thing is, where you- gah, I think ya' know what I mean - w - .

[Lovelight]

TIME TO REVIVE THE THREAD. (gets shot)

Here's something I've been working on for about two weeks on and off.
I estimate that I've actually spent about no more than an hour working on this.

Drew this to compensate for my not being able to draw heads anymore. ...Dx

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff193/mirrorofmystics/Mennequin.jpg

I can't finish it though. I mean, yeah, I have to finish shading the rest of the clips and the grenade and finish up on the shading on the body, but I also have this urge to stick a background on there, which I can't do. (yay for run-on sentences)
I don't know what to do.

Here's the story behind this if anyone cares (I'll try to make it brief):
Korean soldier meets Korean nurse on the battlefield IN KOREA. (epic)
Anywho, they met, fell in love, and decided to elope in Australia. Ditching the war in the process.

Life was good. The war nurse found her way into working as a personal nurse for a rich family, which is where all the income is actually coming from. The ex-soldier opened a toy shop. They had a daughter named Desiree.

After Desiree turned 6, the wife was found dead. The husband was not provided with much information other than how the wife died (asphixiation and mutilation). He wasn't even also to see the corpse because it was horribly mutilated and the officers thought it was best if he didn't see it.

The aftermath wasn't pretty. The husband started drinking heavily, and 6-year old Desiree was often neglected. The only thing that kept them from going homeless was the huge saving the wife had when working. The husband started getting nightmares of his wife and often confused them into his nightmares about the war. He now convinced himself that his wife died in the war. He went quite delusional and started making up his life story as to how he lived after the war.

The picture drawn is the image he sees in his nightmares. Combined with his job as a mannequin-maker, he convinces himself that he can 'revive' his wife by recreating her image as a mannequin. However, the only reference he had other than pictures, is the image he saw in his head, which was his wife being torn apart on the field by the sounds of his own machine gun.

[Saya67257]

OH MY GOD, SHE HAS NO HEAD!
But, it looks so awesome :D

[SliverWolf]

-Claps- Whoa! that's so cool.

[screwbaII]

I posted this in my diary, but I'll post it here too in case anyone wants to make a comment or whatever. This is a modified picture of myself. I was experimenting.

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1336&stc=1&d=1282310589

[Clandestine]

****** This is Lovelight who is fail and is stupid enough to not log off and re-login. Didn't realize after I finished typing this. *******

@Saya and Silver Wolf,

Thank you so much. x]
Much love to you both. :D <3333

----

Nice, Screw.
Saw this in your diary, and now I can comment. :D

Ehem. I like the idea. Pretty unique.
The critiques I can give (if you want it) is that you could've made more of a fading effect on the mascara (though I guess it's fine as it is).
And also, maybe you could've made the picture bigger (like twice as large), so that you could've worked on the details more.
Like... I'm seriously dying to see the small glitter/shine on the lips and the details on the eyes. It feels like because of its size, I can't clearly see everything.
Also, I think you should trim the horns. Make it look more sharp, and also make the shading darker. The details on the horns are pretty nice, but I think it'll pop out more if you make it darker.

Otherwise, I like it. The colors are really cool, and the designs are really cool.
Reminds me a bit like a succumbus, but I don't know if that's what your shooting for.
( Don't shoot me. Dx )
Like I said earlier, the details are pretty nice, like the lips, eyes, and hair.
Just wish the picture was bigger so that I can see the details more clearly
Really, good job otherwise. :]

What program did you use on this?

(btw, it was kind of awkward writing this because I wanted to say "your details on your lips are lovely, and your detail on the eyes are breath-taking" but that sounded weird LOL)

[screwbaII]

XD Yea it's because of the quality for uploading it onto here = smaller and jpeg -.- That's why it's all fuzzy and stuff. And WOW you guessed it right, it is meant to be a succubus me :D

Nick chose all the colours and stuff though (including horn style and such) so yea, I was just colouring it in XP But yea the picture is actually larger and a lot less fuzzy originally. Thanks for the tips XD I'm gonna try and do a couple of different ones maybe when I have time. I pretty much just took a picture of myself and coloured it in basically, because it's really freakin hard to do self portraits (have you found that o.o?) I guess since you don't see your own face as often as everyone elses, your perception is kind of warped or something, I dunno XD. I find it hard to recognise myself like that but Nick said it was me instantly, so yea it's weird XD.

[Lovelight]

Well, now that you mention the quality...
It seemed a little off at some parts. I couldn't really think why it seemed off, but yeah.. quality. I'm sure you could do something about it, but then again if you could I guess you would've already.

I tried doing a self-portait (back in 5th grade). Failed.
And you're right; it's more difficult because your perception of yourself is a bit warped.

I considered trying to do vector, like you did, but it seemed kind of odd and frustrating because realism isn't really my area in the first place.
And when you screw up on your own self-portrait, it kind of pulls down your ego.
(I like my ego)
But you definitely pulled it off well. It feels like it's missing shadings in a few areas, but it could be that there's not that much lighting in the original photo anyway.

I could've guessed it was you. Mainly because of the hair though.
Yeah, I remember your awesome bi-colored hair. (is that a word? LOL)

Hope to see more of this with better quality. :]

[screwbaII]

As I said the original is better quality XD Uploading it to here always screws up the quality. I can send you the original over msn if you want it. Also this isn't done with vectors D:

[SiamJai]

Love, that drawing is quite remarkable, especially after reading the background to it. Did you come up with that stuff? Whoa.


Haha, succubus Screw, how fitting! :-p
I especially like the face markings - did you do that with the wacom? It's kinda challenging to mark uneven 3D surfaces on 2D, and still look realistic, but you did great here. (unless actually marked your face before doing the manip, hehe).

Would be nice to see the unaltered original to truly appreciate the work that went into the final version. ;)

[screwbaII]

Mmm ok since you insisted, I posted up the original picture of myself, and a save as I did about halfway through it.

Original picture is like a stoner pic, seriously.
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1360&stc=1&d=1282732061

This is when I was working on it a bit, and basically how I did it.
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1359&stc=1&d=1282731948

The tattoo thingies I just drew on with the tablet yea. It was all done with my tablet.

[SiamJai]

It does look like you're very sleepy. :)

But just as I thought, seeing the original shows how much work and skill went into making the manip - pretty cool! ^_^

[screwbaII]

Didn't take me too long. I think I will work on doing it with some other pictures and try make it look more real XP When I have time anyway >_>

[Saya67257]

Flandre & Suika , or EX Keine .
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=199&pictureid=1579
Remilia
http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=199&pictureid=1580

http://bunnibunni.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=199&pictureid=1576

BLEH .

[bonbeurrej]

I like the black and white drawing. And the second colored too Actually I like them all Good work


P:S I thought just some days ago that the bad girl in the "Silent Hill" movie looks like Alma....

[Saya67257]

Thank you .

And , it probably is @_@ .
Alma Wade forever , though♥

[Thad.S.P]

I am a self-taught artist and am not too bad of one when it comes to drawing what I see but when I try to draw from imagination its difficult, its especially hard to draw poses, correct proportions and in detail. Do i just need to practice drawing what I see more. Since Im only 16 and Ive got my GCSEs exams soon I havnt had much practice drawing human figures? Can anyone give me some tips to help me draw better from my head?

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