Cool pictures, that first one is wicked cool.
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Your work is awesome
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Okay, so I just finished a few pieces. The Lex Luthor one I'm not so thrilled about. He had a shadow descending upon the left half of his face, but the pencil didn't blend very well, so his face looks dirty. I'm really unhappy with it. Anyone have any suggestions for better blending?(I got the reference picture from "phantom" episode from season six.
I like my lion better.
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Lovely!
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looks like real shading to me, it doesn't look dirty at all, because where there is veins and muscles breaking the smooth surface, there is a shine, it may 'look' dirty, but it appears to be shading. does that help?
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Neat pictures of Lex and the lion, punxnotdead!
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Wow punxnotdead your an excellent artist! Bravo, Bravo! *claps paws*
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Cool, they look great punx!
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Thank you, so none of you see anything wrong with the shading?
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Cool pictures, nice work!
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Do you start with shapes? Like circles and squares and stuff? My art teacher is trying to show me that.
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I don't see anything wrong with the shading. The only suggestion I'd make is that it might benefit from more contrast.
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LuminusPup wrote:
Do you start with shapes? Like circles and squares and stuff? My art teacher is trying to show me that.
Nope, I found that using shapes and grids don't really work for me. I use my pencil to measure (percisely) the size of every dimension of the picture (the width/lenth of the eyes, face nose etc...)
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Ahh..must be natural skill! Sometimes I think I'll never get better at drawing, BUT-that's why it's for fun, not money!
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LuminusPup wrote:
Ahh..must be natural skill! Sometimes I think I'll never get better at drawing, BUT-that's why it's for fun, not money!
It's surprisingly easier than you think. It just takes a long time to get the shape. Getting the shape is the most difficult part. I just entered my "world's ugglies dog" picture and a baby portrait into an art showcase for mother's day. Little did I know that my teacher is putting them up for sale!!! (50$) I didn't think I was good enough, but I guess I was mistaken.
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That's awesome punx!
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Neat!
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Thanks, greaver!
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LuminusPup wrote:
Ahh..must be natural skill! Sometimes I think I'll never get better at drawing, BUT-that's why it's for fun, not money!
I never thought i was good at drawing, i seriously was no good, i'd draw something, and the next average Joe that came along had a better doodle than my 'constructive' drawing. I got disheartened, but it is really simple, it's just sometimes you need to get the hang of it I can show you some ways of how i do my things, I recently changed some drawings of mine from sketch with no shape construction, to using shapes, heck, i can really see the difference.
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Here are a few more pieces. I played with the contrast on a few of them. I also took several different shots of the one werewolf to show the texture of the fur etc...This is the first werewolf I've drawn without a reference picture. I just envisioned it one night and began to draw. That's never happened to me before...
I also drew another baby portrait:
Thanks for all of the comments, they're greatly appriceated
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Except for that first picture which is way too dark to be seen clearly, they're all wonderful, punxnotdead !
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the first picture could be good if used in the right way though, i know that there are a lot of pictures that people like that are too dark to discern properly, just because it's hard to tell what it really looks like
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I just looked at the picture, and i can see the detail in it really clearly, i can't see why people can't see it.
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