Sketch thread #1: The female body

[Sui]

Topic #1: The female body

The purpose of this thread is for members to display any sketches they have drawn of the female body here, for everyone to see. If you have a piece of work you wish to present, or simply want to comment on another member’s work- please stick to these simple rules.

Rules

You may post comments of other people’s work here, but please make it helpful criticism rather than pointless remarks (such as “that’s great”).

The work you display must be of a certain quality. This means no 30 second doodles or amusing stick men- your work must be at least a simple drawing. Although please note that despite the fact that artwork is referred to as “sketches”, you may post complex masterpieces if you wish.

Display all your work in one post, unless you want to show a decent sketch and you cannot edit your last post. This means that if you are drawing a series of sketches, you should wait until you have completed them all to make a post, rather than make a new post every time you complete a drawing. This is regarded as spam.

All of the sketches must be your own work! If you wish to show some artwork that has inspired you or may help others, you may do so- but only if you clearly state that it is not your work.

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Topic related rules:

You are allowed to post nude sketches, but ONLY if you display a warning first. Do not use tags for nude drawings.

Example


I drew this picture this morning. It is of a manga woman leaning against a wall. The clothes were inspired by misato (http://www.noos.org/anime/evangelion/misato/misato1.jpg) from evangelion J
[img]http://img208.exs.cx/img208/8418/woman5aa.jpg

Helpful information

If you are having trouble drawing the female figure, How to draw manga (http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/tutorial.html) have a great tutorial. Even if you don’t like drawing manga, the tutorial is still extremely helpful. You just don’t look at the “faces” part :laugh:

[baron insig]

im gunan have a go i did one earlier cos i jsut heard this might hapen tho its a sketch and quite a bad one as i have no idea what im doing :) but im gunna get some practice in on good ol paper :) and then ill draw something in Photoshop and post it :)

[Jimmeh]

Suicide, can the pictures be of a womans face? :) I'll do some of the body two when I get the time (ie. when I can be arsed)

Good drawing though suicide, my only real crit is the face, if you stuck a realistic face on there instead of a manga-styled one it'll look really good. In fact, I think it may have been CrazyHarij or someone who reccomended me some book, the Atlas of the Human Anatomy, probably the most useful art book I've ever seen, studies I do of humans now are so much better compared to the way I used to draw them. Give it a look Suicide if your interested - it's a great book :D

[Sui]

Yes- faces are allowed. The head is a part of the female body too, isn't it? ;)

Any yea, I suck at manga faces. A human anatomy would be great, I might try down my local library or something :)

The thing about me and manga at the moment is that I just can't stop watching anime. I bought Ghost in the shell recently, as well as the evangelion films, and I'm about to order Akira and Ninja scroll off amazon.co.uk, plus cowboy bebop when I've watched the series. I really want to buy the series collection for all the animes I watch... but they release 5 episodes on a DVD for £20... And I can't afford £100 for each anime series. hoepfully they will release the "perfect collection" DVD box sets here, like they did in america.

[CREMATOR666]

OoOOoOo some combine assassins then...coming soon! :D

[baron insig]

i suppose you could class this as nube so i wont img tag it

Like to say im just learning how to actually draw a woman :P so c&c would be lovely, im going to do a gallery kinda peice of all the different positions i can find in magazines and draw em in this kinda style and ill post that :P wanna finish it by the end of today :)

Linky:

http://img21.exs.cx/img21/3661/femalebodysketch8hg.jpg

[Druckles]

Nice Suicide, only critisism is the fact it was scanned in :P

[CREMATOR666]

Nice Suicide, only critisism is the fact it was scanned in :P

Why is that bad? :O

[Sieg]

I got really screwed when the teacher saw me drawing manga chicks during class.......Don't do this in class kids!
You need to work on the face man,the nose and the eyes and the eyebrows,I can't give you any advice by typing but try to experment drawing the face differently.

[The Dark Elf]

Ok so since heads are allowed I'll post this in here too..

Quick sketch/painting of a very cute friend of mine ;) after she dyed the red stripes in, well it ended up taking around 2 hours cause I kept messing up the lips and then did something to the eyes and had to spend ages trying to fix my mistakes lol

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/stripes/stripes_painted.jpg








http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/stripes/stripes.jpg
Original image I worked from

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/stripes/stripes_lipsfull.jpg
Closeup of the lips

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/stripes/stripes_eyefull.jpg
Closeup of an eye

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/stripes/stripes_edited.jpg
Fiddling around in Photoshop got this by accident, I think it looks pretty good.

[CREMATOR666]

The last image is very scary, TDE :P

[The Dark Elf]

The last image is very scary, TDE :P
I think the last one looks good :p

[baron insig]

makes te eyse look evil ! how did you manage that TDE any idea ???

[The Dark Elf]

makes te eyse look evil ! how did you manage that TDE any idea ???
screen - blurred
multiply - copy of background
background - original image

It doesn't normally end up like that, seemed to be an accident, im guessing it brought over extra data from painter that caused it, as it wouldn't normally ever look like that. So a happy accident.

[Garfield_]

here is my nude girl :D
just saw this post and wanted to try drawing a female body.

http://img214.exs.cx/img214/7138/femalebody9ne.jpg

[Druckles]

Hehe, very good :P

Nice work TDE, I like the face, amazing. The last one would look good on a book/poster/webimage etc.

[The Dark Elf]

Hehe, very good :P

Nice work TDE, I like the face, amazing. The last one would look good on a book/poster/webimage etc.
hehe thanks. Yeah it would :)

[CREMATOR666]

Just to keep this thread alive.....(WIP) This time I go for the comic- book-esque :P
http://img206.exs.cx/img206/7830/snipah6xf.th.jpg (http://img206.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img206&image=snipah6xf.jpg)

[Garfield_]

sweeet :D

[CREMATOR666]

Oh well, I think this pic is still in the category of "Female body" so.... :D

http://orb-z.com/image/DI_combine.jpg

[Druckles]

Whats with the light blue/grey bubble below the neck?

[CREMATOR666]

A button, maybe? :p

[Sui]

I saw the earlier version (which was great), but that looks so much better now that you have added highlights and a background. The atmosphere is very gothic... It seems like this elite is prowling her territory, hanging around landmarks and gliding from street to street, seeking any troublemakers. I love the way that the horizon is slightly slanted... It adds a subtle disorientation, almost as if you are left confused and bewhildered by the surroundings, while the elite is completely impervious to this feeling as she knows the area like the back of her bio-modified hand.

[The Dark Elf]

Oh well, I think this pic is still in the category of "Female body" so.... :D

http://orb-z.com/image/DI_combine.jpg
I'm this close to buying you a tablet. You've obviously got talent and its obviously going to waste with you trying to use a mouse. ;(

Though saying that, the same image, painted traditionally in oils or acrylic would look bloody amazing. Luis Royo should paint a version of it :D:D:D

[CREMATOR666]

I'm this close to buying you a tablet. You've obviously got talent and its obviously going to waste with you trying to use a mouse. ;(

Though saying that, the same image, painted traditionally in oils or acrylic would look bloody amazing. Luis Royo should paint a version of it :D:D:D

Thanks....then buy me one!!!! :p Well, I will go work my ass off then ;) ......wait a minute....TDE really said that?!!! OMG OMG OMG he said I'm good!!!!! OMFG OMFG :P

[The Dark Elf]

Thanks....then buy me one!!!! :p Well, I will go work my ass off then ;) ......wait a minute....TDE really said that?!!! OMG OMG OMG he said I'm good!!!!! OMFG OMFG :P
Well you clearly do have talent for it, your just spoiling it for yourself by trying to use a mouse. It's like painting with your feet when your hands work perfectly well. Get a decent tablet and you could be conceptart.org level in months. Stick with a mouse and you'll always be just shy of very good. I'm not saying the mouse is bad, for pixel work its fine, but for painting it just makes your life difficult.

So get one, even a cheap one works just fine. I dunno where you live but in the UK you can get them for like £25 they aren't the best but they work just fine IMO.

[CREMATOR666]

Well you clearly do have talent for it, your just spoiling it for yourself by trying to use a mouse. It's like painting with your feet when your hands work perfectly well. Get a decent tablet and you could be conceptart.org level in months. Stick with a mouse and you'll always be just shy of very good. I'm not saying the mouse is bad, for pixel work its fine, but for painting it just makes your life difficult.

So get one, even a cheap one works just fine. I dunno where you live but in the UK you can get them for like £25 they aren't the best but they work just fine IMO.

Roger that. :D
/me go beg in the streets

[Pressure]

If I had a scanner I could scan in my class notes that has all my doodles on it! But I don't so you're all out of luck.

[CREMATOR666]

What do you doodle about? Is it something naughty? :naughty:

[The Dark Elf]

What do you doodle about? Is it something naughty? :naughty:
World of Worldcraft porn probably ;)

[CREMATOR666]

World of Worldcraft porn probably ;)

Night Elf ladies hmmmmmmmmmm :p

[Pressure]

Actually I just draw whatever, and no its not WoW porn ;). I think it would be weird to be sitting in a calc class drawing porn. Someone would probably be watching lol. Usually my doodles consist of my drawing lines and turning them into something based off what it looks like.

[CREMATOR666]

Care to show us? :O .....oh yeah, you didnt have a scanner :p Use cameras instead! :P

[Pressure]

I don't have a camera either.

[CREMATOR666]

What do you have, then :dozey:

[Pressure]

I have a keyboard and a mouse!

[CREMATOR666]

Dammit, just redraw it in Paint!!!! :P

[Pressure]

Tht's way too many drawings. I have like over 300 different drawings in the notebook along with class notes :).

[Druckles]

Pick the best one

[CREMATOR666]

Pick the best one

Yeah, do that! ;)

[Pressure]

I'll pick the best one and try to draw it on MS Paint and it'll look crappier than it did in the first place :(.

[CREMATOR666]

I'll pick the best one and try to draw it on MS Paint and it'll look crappier than it did in the first place :(.

Oh, Fie! Just leave it as that, then ;(

[Pressure]

I will until I get a scanner. Not the Half-Life 2 tpye scanners but the type that scan pictures and stuff.

[Druckles]

Har-har-de-har :rolleyes:

Go to a friends house

[Sui]

World of Worldcraft porn probably ;)

Just to say how geeky I am... I have allready purchased the normal version of WoW, but when I recently heard that there were a very small amount ofCollecters editions (http://img133.exs.cx/img133/9195/wow5ut.jpg) left I snapped one up quickly for £45 and It arrived this morning :D One of the main reasons I wanted it was because of the 200 page concept art book! look at their glossy pages!!!! Oh how I love my new concept art book, It will be such an inspiration when drawing undead rogues and *cough* worldofwarcraftporn.

But seriosuly guys, this thread was supposed to be limited posts so that it's easy to scroll through the pictures. The rules clearly stated that although posting comments and criticism is perfectly fine, spam and pointless discussions aren't. So please talk on topic Or I'll be forced to... Be really mean.

[The Dark Elf]

Just to say how geeky I am... I have allready purchased the normal version of WoW, but when I recently heard that there were a very small amount ofCollecters editions (http://img133.exs.cx/img133/9195/wow5ut.jpg) left I snapped one up quickly for £45 and It arrived this morning :D One of the main reasons I wanted it was because of the 200 page concept art book! look at their glossy pages!!!! Oh how I love my new concept art book, It will be such an inspiration when drawing undead rogues and *cough* worldofwarcraftporn.

But seriosuly guys, this thread was supposed to be limited posts so that it's easy to scroll through the pictures. The rules clearly stated that although posting comments and criticism is perfectly fine, spam and pointless discussions aren't. So please talk on topic Or I'll be forced to... Be really mean.
and this is why you should be a mod to do a contest or mini threads like this, just soft delete all the garbage and discussion and only leave the posts with decent work in.

[CREMATOR666]

When will we know the results? Whether Suicide will become mod or not? :O

[Druckles]

Well... I shouldn't really talk about this in here, but I PMed both Chris_D and Munro, and neither have responded as of yet. You'll probably have to talk to them directly if you want any response, unless they're on holiday.

And just to put this a bit more on-topic... those of you who have done studies of humans or whatever, do you do them from a book or live? (please forgive a poor Art newbie over here for being so uninformed :'()

[Fleabaine]

This is my sketch of a 24 year old woman. Please tell me if it looks alright. Thanks :hmph:

[Druckles]

It looks much too liney. By that I mean there isn't nearly enough shading, it is just lines...
This is quite noticable on the hair, but the dominence of lines means there is no room to fade between two items such as the hair does. Also, the hair lacks character, it is simply drawn on, and shaded in. Look in the mirror and tell me if yours does that. Shade instead, with the hair, downwards usually :p.
The face is also pretty ugly, but I guess you can't help it if your subject has a face like hell (apologies if she's a family member... i AM only joking...)

But apart from those, it looks quite good, and I can quite clearly see that it's a woman and see where everything is. Looking past the bad parts, that is a very good drawing (that seems a bit stupid to say doesn't it... but it does :p)

Keep working on it :D

[CREMATOR666]

Her cheeks....there's something that isnt right with her cheeks and mouth...

[Shippi]

Got bored yesterday and fancied a challenge..

I got the reference pic of google, can't remember where now, lol

Unfinished but I'm not gonna bother to do any more. :)

And I'm aware that her head is way too small :P

[Blakeb155]

Here's some of my best work:


Nah seriously, I admire TDE and all the other artists in here. I'd love to be able to draw like that. Keep up the good work.

[The Dark Elf]

Here's some of my best work:


Nah seriously, I admire TDE and all the other artists in here. I'd love to be able to draw like that. Keep up the good work.
little practice and confidence and I bet you could. Try it, sit down and start drawing things, start with simple stuff, just circles and squares and then cubes and spheres, lighting and shading and gradually move onto more complex things ,try to visualise them as simple shapes. You'll be drawing in no time.

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*looks at shippi's drawing* ok now im jealous. It's always REALLY hard to draw folds.

Wanna know something REALLY funny though? I know the image you used as a reference, cause I found the same one and was going to do the same sketch LOL no shit, I picked it cause of the dress looking cool too. Sooooo weird. Well atleast I don't have to do one now yay! :D

[Shippi]

little practice and confidence and I bet you could. Try it, sit down and start drawing things, start with simple stuff, just circles and squares and then cubes and spheres, lighting and shading and gradually move onto more complex things ,try to visualise them as simple shapes. You'll be drawing in no time.

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*looks at shippi's drawing* ok now im jealous. It's always REALLY hard to draw folds.

Wanna know something REALLY funny though? I know the image you used as a reference, cause I found the same one and was going to do the same sketch LOL no shit, I picked it cause of the dress looking cool too. Sooooo weird. Well atleast I don't have to do one now yay! :D

:laugh: haha yeah that is really weird. I just thought the dress looked cool :P heh give it a go anyway, put my attempt to shame lol

And it was like my pencils were rebelling, it's actually quite a mess (but, thanks to my amazing photography skills, no one knows :O :D )

[bliink]

Got bored yesterday and fancied a challenge..

I got the reference pic of google, can't remember where now, lol

Unfinished but I'm not gonna bother to do any more. :)

And I'm aware that her head is way too small :P

hey thats pretty good! :thumbs:

[Druckles]

Got bored yesterday and fancied a challenge..

I got the reference pic of google, can't remember where now, lol

Unfinished but I'm not gonna bother to do any more. :)

And I'm aware that her head is way too small :P

Her head's too small


No, I'm just kidding :P, it's really, really, really, really good ;)

[CREMATOR666]

Nice clothes ripple :D

[Sui]

I agree, the shade and highlights on the dress look stunning, I doubt it would be possible to do any better with a pencil :)

[Shippi]

:D Thankies

[Recoil]

Wow, Shippi, from what I can see that looks really great! Any possibility of scanning it properly?

(No need to talk about TDE's pic, I know, he knows :p)

[Shippi]

Wow, Shippi, from what I can see that looks really great! Any possibility of scanning it properly?

(No need to talk about TDE's pic, I know, he knows :p)


:P Thanks

I don't have a scanner, I could try and get a better picture of it though I suppose :)

[MarcoPollo]

Im good with ASCII

but how do i post it?

[bliink]

Im good with ASCII

but how do i post it?

Try the CODE tags

[MarcoPollo]

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[The Dark Elf]

I did this a long time ago sry bout the gap Idk how to fix it
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Not really art though is it when you just used one of those sites to make it from a photo :\

[MarcoPollo]

LOL i don't even remember where i saw that one ^^^ my friend converted it i think

[The Dark Elf]

no, I actually made it. but i felt quiet stupid for posting it after I read that they have those.
Dude, sorry but thats automatically generated, its even picked up the slight differences in the original image where it would otherwise have been completely plain, around her head.. Looks like jpeg artifacts even. Why would you put in those if you did it by hand? :)

Just admit it was done with one of those sites (which have been around since the year dot also)

[MarcoPollo]

Foiled...well it was a fun ride while it lasted....Ill just draw something...but then i hafta hook up my scanner YARG!!

[bliink]

Dude, sorry but thats automatically generated, its even picked up the slight differences in the original image where it would otherwise have been completely plain, around her head.. Looks like jpeg artifacts even. Why would you put in those if you did it by hand? :)

Just admit it was done with one of those sites (which have been around since the year dot also)

hehehe.. yeah the little jpeg glitches are a giveaway :p

[The Dark Elf]

lol *takes a bow* ahhh love catching people out :D

[bliink]

I call it: Bird with weird head!

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[The Dark Elf]

I call it: Bird with weird head!

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lmao cuter than my slug :D

[bliink]

lmao cuter than my slug :D

No, i think... "Edicius" is cuter :p

[The Dark Elf]

No, i think... "Edicius" is cuter :p
lol ok the name Edicius is begining to grow on me :p

Maybe your bird and "Edicius" are friends and they have lots of wonderful adventures together in the magical forest


oh ffs whats happened to me lol

[bliink]

lol ok the name Edicius is begining to grow on me :p

Maybe your bird and "Edicius" are friends and they have lots of wonderful adventures together in the magical forest


oh ffs whats happened to me lol

hehe put the crackpipe down! :P

[The Dark Elf]

hehe put the crackpipe down! :P
lol, I guess the whole "but its for medicinal purposes" just isn't gonna work anymore huh?, slugs and birds having adventures and pixies lying to me in emails.. I think this is why I normally shouldn't wake up so early :p

[Pi Mu Rho]

heh, "Edicius" was the name of my band when I was at college

[bliink]

heh, "Edicius" was the name of my band when I was at college

Cue "Twilight zone" theme... :p

[The Dark Elf]

This is getting too weird now, I was just looking on google for Edicius and bands were listed lol :p

[MarcoPollo]

Doo de doo doo
doo de doo doo
doo de doo doo
de de de de de
de de de......Sry record skipped :laugh:

[The Dark Elf]

Doo de doo doo
doo de doo doo
doo de doo doo
de de de de de
de de de......Sry record skipped :laugh:
Sorry but that so reminded me of the doodie song lol

http://www.siberkat.com/thewavszim2/dodydody.wav

[Sui]

The name Edicius suits loads of things. That was the name of my level 26 paladin in the WoW beta ;) His holy smite would smite you so good you wouldn't be able to walk for a smiting week. Ah, being a a paladin brings back memories- you can use "smite" as many times as you want in one sentence :)

[CREMATOR666]

This is very off-topic.....nice :p

[Jangle]

what is the topic? drawings of naked ladies?

[The Dark Elf]

Working from a random photo I found on the net. Using my own custom brush from before and Round Camelhair. The unfinished parts sorta show how I do it, swapping back and forth for different effects, blocking then filling in then cleaning it up using both at light pressures to blend the colors together and kinda pull it around until I'm happy with it. Painter IX, since I still don't like the smear tool in Photoshop, Painter's has a more smudgy oil type effect and you can go from soft edges to hard smudging depending on pressure aswell as adding color, again depending on pressure. Only problem is Round Camelhair sucks if its larger than 25 unless lowering the feature setting, which ends up spoiling it. Which is why I made my own that works fine much larger (its also good for doing hair)

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/unfinishedsmall.jpg

Painter crashed and I just didn't feel like finishing it at that point. It was going to be for recording a script to show it being made but that was corrupted too, crashes if its run

http://www.phantomworks.co.uk/tde/art/unfinishedlarge.jpg
Full size version (compressed)

[Druckles]

No comment... you know what I would say anyway :rolleyes:

[The Dark Elf]

No comment... you know what I would say anyway :rolleyes:
hehe thanks (I think?) :p

[Farrowlesparrow]

Shes got no head :O I like the way you've done the stomach.

I was gonna upload some of my life drawing pictures, but they're at college :( I'l do it some time soon

[`unreal]

OO i didnt know this thread existed

OMGzor that woman is amazing.... I wish i could do digital art that nice, but for now im going to have to stick to good old pencil drawings. Heres something i did in art, it looks better in person because the picture is COLLOSAL, but I am still unhappy with it. She looks really bad in my opinion but my teacher says its fantastic :/

http://img130.exs.cx/img130/8800/image1456qv.jpg

Guess who...

[The Dark Elf]

Kate Moss? It looks good :):)

[`unreal]

Kate Moss? It looks good :):)

Heh thanks! There are so many things wrong with it that could make it perfect, but if i expose them everyone will know.... so spot them for yourself. Once i get the chance I will try and fix it....

[CREMATOR666]

Is that the cheesecake woman? :O

[`unreal]

Is that the cheesecake woman? :O

wtf i dont get ya :D

Yea its Kate Moss... just about.

[The Dark Elf]

wtf i dont get ya :D

Yea its Kate Moss... just about.

Well she certainly looks like Kate Moss. Post more!

[CREMATOR666]

wtf i dont get ya :D

Yea its Kate Moss... just about.

I was referring to TDE's pic, sorry for the confusion :P

[The Dark Elf]

I was referring to TDE's pic, sorry for the confusion :P
Mine is not the cheesecakegirl :p

[`unreal]

LOL then wtf, what is he talking about then?

My next drawing is going to be Elisha Cuthbert because shes beautiful. Theres a difference between hot and beautiful, i think hot refers to sexual attraction but beautiful is more of an admiration of elegance. I just saw The Girl Next Door, and now i want her too :hmph:

[Jangle]

Working from a random photo I found on the net.




what sites have you been browsing? ;)

[Druckles]

Lol

Very good unreal. It's only natural to not like your own work. Lock it up in the closet and get it out in 6 months time. You'll like it then :P

[CR0M]

since I still don't like the smear tool in Photoshop...etc.

Photoshop smear tool is your friend. photoshop smear tool is the man. (or woman). Photoshop smear tool kicks ass and chews bubblegum. photoshop smear tool is the guy who gave jesus a drink of pop when he was a bit knackered. photoshop smear tool is the buddy that dragged you napalm scorched and bleeding out of that no-win gook ambush in '68. photoshop smear tool is the pilot that climbed out of the window at 30,000 feet, crawled along the roof to the back of the 747, entered through a cargo hatch and blasted the hijackers away using an improvised 'plane safe' grenade made from hairspray, a polystyrene cup and a novelty sized bottle of perrier. photoshop smear tool is the nice old lady who left you the contents of her attic in her will which among other curios and charming objects contained excalibur, signed by arthur himself, in mint condition and still in it's original box. photoshop smear tool was the doctor who performed your tonsil operation and added an extra 7 inches onto your todger by mistake and then let you keep it anyway for the hell of it. photoshop smear tool was the only person that survived world war three in suspended animation because he sheltered under a door propped against a table covered with a mattress and cushions in his kitchen, to find upon emerging after 2 million years that the world had been inhabited by a race of dumb blonde future people who liked to make planets nice and flowery and walk around naked.

[The Dark Elf]

Photoshop smear tool is your friend. photoshop smear tool is the man. (or woman). Photoshop smear tool kicks ass and chews bubblegum. photoshop smear tool is the guy who gave jesus a drink of pop when he was a bit knackered. photoshop smear tool is the buddy that dragged you napalm scorched and bleeding out of that no-win gook ambush in '68. photoshop smear tool is the pilot that climbed out of the window at 30,000 feet, crawled along the roof to the back of the 747, entered through a cargo hatch and blasted the hijackers away using an improvised 'plane safe' grenade made from hairspray, a polystyrene cup and a novelty sized bottle of perrier. photoshop smear tool is the nice old lady who left you the contents of her attic in her will which among other curios and charming objects contained excalibur, signed by arthur himself, in mint condition and still in it's original box. photoshop smear tool was the doctor who performed your tonsil operation and added an extra 7 inches onto your todger by mistake and then let you keep it anyway for the hell of it. photoshop smear tool was the only person that survived world war three in suspended animation because he sheltered under a door propped against a table covered with a mattress and cushions in his kitchen, to find upon emerging after 2 million years that the world had been inhabited by a race of dumb blonde future people who liked to make planets nice and flowery and walk around naked.
Yeah even though it might do all that, it still sucks for smearing compared to the Painter IX versionS (yeah we get more than one hehe) :p

[`unreal]

Lol

Very good unreal. It's only natural to not like your own work. Lock it up in the closet and get it out in 6 months time. You'll like it then :P

Thanks! :D the work is my Year 12 6th Form coursework though, so I can't take it till how long. In the meanwhile I will eventually get started on the Elisha Cuthbert pic. Just gotta find a good source picture first :naughty:

[CREMATOR666]

Photoshop smear tool is your friend. photoshop smear tool is the man. (or woman). Photoshop smear tool kicks ass and chews bubblegum. photoshop smear tool is the guy who gave jesus a drink of pop when he was a bit knackered. photoshop smear tool is the buddy that dragged you napalm scorched and bleeding out of that no-win gook ambush in '68. photoshop smear tool is the pilot that climbed out of the window at 30,000 feet, crawled along the roof to the back of the 747, entered through a cargo hatch and blasted the hijackers away using an improvised 'plane safe' grenade made from hairspray, a polystyrene cup and a novelty sized bottle of perrier. photoshop smear tool is the nice old lady who left you the contents of her attic in her will which among other curios and charming objects contained excalibur, signed by arthur himself, in mint condition and still in it's original box. photoshop smear tool was the doctor who performed your tonsil operation and added an extra 7 inches onto your todger by mistake and then let you keep it anyway for the hell of it. photoshop smear tool was the only person that survived world war three in suspended animation because he sheltered under a door propped against a table covered with a mattress and cushions in his kitchen, to find upon emerging after 2 million years that the world had been inhabited by a race of dumb blonde future people who liked to make planets nice and flowery and walk around naked.


Now do another one for the burn tool :p

[CR0M]

I don't do the burn tool

[The Dark Elf]

burn & dodge.. for people too lazy to do it properly ;) *hides*

[johnmedz]

burn & dodge.. for people too lazy to do it properly ;) *hides*
ya burn dodge can also cause some distortion and discoloration. it is handy sometimes but sometimes its really noticable with the color differentiation

[Ranga]

This is a quick thingy i did last night.... criticism welcome... but remember that you don't want to get on Timon's bad side :P

I did it first by hand, but then scanned it in and edited with The Gimp. I stuffed up the hair.....:(

http://img130.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img130&image=piky6ws.jpg

[MarcoPollo]

I Use Ms Paint!!!

[The Dark Elf]

This is a quick thingy i did last night.... criticism welcome... but remember that you don't want to get on Timon's bad side :P

I did it first by hand, but then scanned it in and edited with The Gimp. I stuffed up the hair.....:(

http://img130.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img130&image=piky6ws.jpg
...... Ok you know i can't make up any old shit to make you feel better on this one. What were you thinking? Dude, work with a mirror infront of you, or reference images. Faces don't look like that. Sorry but even I can't sugar coat this ;(

[Ranga]

...... Ok you know i can't make up any old shit to make you feel better on this one. What were you thinking? Dude, work with a mirror infront of you, or reference images. Faces don't look like that. Sorry but even I can't sugar coat this ;(

damn... :(

i hadn't thought of using a reference image....

i shall try again! if i relabelled it anime, would it look better? ... oh who am i kidding.... :( ;(

[The Dark Elf]

damn... :(

i hadn't thought of using a reference image....

i shall try again! if i relabelled it anime, would it look better? ... oh who am i kidding.... :( ;(
I really really can't say anything nice about it. I know you can do better if you tried though.

[Ranga]

I really really can't say anything nice about it. I know you can do better if you tried though.

i blame it on my scanner... it morphed the face! it was brilliantly realist......

thnx for the inspiration! :)

[The Dark Elf]

i blame it on my scanner... it morphed the face! it was brilliantly realist......

thnx for the inspiration! :)
heh sorry mate, i feel bad n all, but im sure you'd prefer the truth than being told its good when it isn't.

[Ranga]

heh sorry mate, i feel bad n all, but im sure you'd prefer the truth than being told its good when it isn't.

amen.

*resisting temptation to start drawing still life!*

[CREMATOR666]

Whoa, mean, lean TDE :p
Anyways, I used burn tool sometimes (because I'm a lazy guy) but I never touched dodge (because I dunno how to use it :P) That's it for my confession, forgive me Lord ;(

[The Dark Elf]

Whoa, mean, lean TDE :p
Anyways, I used burn tool sometimes (because I'm a lazy guy) but I never touched dodge (because I dunno how to use it :P) That's it for my confession, forgive me Lord ;(
well I'm not being mean am I, if you think about it

Person #1: "wow that looks so cool, brilliant"

how will that help him? People like that will simply convince him its good.. then he'll show it elsewhere

Pro person #1 to #500 "holy **** what the hell??? LMAO"

See, its better to tell the truth than let someone believe in something thats not true. Gives them a chance to improve, and I know he could improve, just needs to practice is all.

[Ranga]

well I'm not being mean am I, if you think about it

Person #1: "wow that looks so cool, brilliant"

how will that help him? People like that will simply convince him its good.. then he'll show it elsewhere

Pro person #1 to #500 "holy **** what the hell??? LMAO"

See, its better to tell the truth than let someone believe in something thats not true. Gives them a chance to improve, and I know he could improve, just needs to practice is all.

hehe.... a LOT of practice.... ;( :)

u r very mean, but are probably right :laugh:

[The Dark Elf]

hehe.... a LOT of practice.... ;( :)

u r very mean, but are probably right :laugh:
I'm not being mean. You want mean? I can do mean. Don't forget I used to have all sorts sending work to me to get a job. I've seen all kinds of things that pass as "art" and you couldn't be nice to all those people, was too much time and effort and it did them no favors.

Honestly, if you think I'm being mean. Go post that pic on one of the elitist art sites, and you'll realise I've been a puppy dog about it to spare most of your feelings while trying to get you to keep trying.


Here's an example of what you'll get on those places.. Don't expect any of them to consider your feelings, its business for them and to fluffle someone's ego out of pity isn't the done thing, it never helps nobody. These places regularly crit pro work like Craig Mullins or Syd Mead. So imagine what they'd do to yours, I wont even post on those places.

"wtf? LMAO"

"your taking the piss right?"

"I can't believe you even wasted your time doing that, let alone posted it"

"guys leave him alone, its not his fault he's a retard"

"dude, use a ****ing mirror! people don't look like that, on planet Earth"

"roflmao the eyes! the eyes!

"wow, and i thought I was bad" - from Graham aged 4 1/2



Do you see my point? If people lie and tell you it looks good when it doesn't, you'll eventually start believing it does, and then you'll start thinking your better than you are, and post where the bigger boys are.. and you'll end up never wanting to draw anything again. I know, I made that mistake when I started and I almost gave up for good when I was royally torn to pieces.

google for tutorials on drawing heads, either realistic kind or anime kind, practice and learn the methods and over time develop your own. You'll become instantly better I reckon after just a couple of hours. Infact I'd put money on it :)

[Ranga]

I'm not being mean. You want mean? I can do mean. Don't forget I used to have all sorts sending work to me to get a job. I've seen all kinds of things that pass as "art" and you couldn't be nice to all those people, was too much time and effort and it did them no favors.

Honestly, if you think I'm being mean. Go post that pic on one of the elitist art sites, and you'll realise I've been a puppy dog about it to spare most of your feelings while trying to get you to keep trying.


Here's an example of what you'll get on those places.. Don't expect any of them to consider your feelings, its business for them and to fluffle someone's ego out of pity isn't the done thing, it never helps nobody.

"wtf? LMAO"

"your taking the piss right?"

"I can't believe you even wasted your time doing that, let alone posted it"

"guys leave him alone, its not his fault he's a retard"

"dude, use a ****ing mirror! people don't look like that, on planet Earth"

"roflmao the eyes! the eyes!

"wow, and i thought I was bad" - from Graham aged 4 1/2



Do you see my point? If people lie and tell you it looks good when it doesn't, you'll eventually start believing it does, and then you'll start thinking your better than you are, and post where the bigger boys are.. and you'll end up never wanting to draw anything again. I know, I made that mistake when I started and I almost gave up for good when I was royally torn to pieces.

google for tutorials on drawing heads, either realistic kind or anime kind, practice and learn the methods and over time develop your own. You'll become instantly better I reckon after just a couple of hours. Infact I'd put money on it :)

u mis-understand me.... it's about time i realised that sarcasm is hard to convey online... :D

i really mean thanks for the comments :thumbs:

[The Dark Elf]

u mis-understand me.... it's about time i realised that sarcasm is hard to convey online... :D

i really mean thanks for the comments :thumbs:
go out and follow a few tutorials.. Seriously I'll put money on you improving 10x in the next hour or so.

http://www.portrait-artist.org/face/index.html

there's one to get you started.

[Ranga]

thanks alot for the link. bookmarked and i'll do it tomorrow... need some sleep ... zzz

[CREMATOR666]

u mis-understand me.... it's about time i realised that sarcasm is hard to convey online... :D

i really mean thanks for the comments :thumbs:

He takes things seriously, period. :p

[Ranga]

He takes things seriously, period. :p

lol.... how do you know its a he? lol... *runs*

[CREMATOR666]

lol.... how do you know its a he? lol... *runs*

You got a point, in fact I never actually see his real picture :p
/me follows Ranga :bounce:

[Druckles]

I agree with the truth thing. But I don't agree with making people feel bad. If you make someone feel bad, if they don't kill themselves, they may stop doing whatever they were doing altogether! I don't mind how TDE did it, just as long as he doesn't laugh :)

[CR0M]

druckles you tard you just ruined the longest running chain of green avatars in a thread EVER, it could have been a a record breaker if it wasn't for you meddling kid.

[The Dark Elf]

druckles you tard you just ruined the longest running chain of green avatars in a thread EVER, it could have been a a record breaker if it wasn't for you meddling kid.
until you posted, Mr blueball :D hehe

[Druckles]

hey, so i did.

Is there a record for blue? :P

[The Dark Elf]

Is there a record for blue? :P

Depends how hard she kicked you

oh wait you mean avatars? :p

[Druckles]

Lol, yes :P

[Sui]

[You will not:] Post 'spam' including content of no importance, single word posts or completely off topic from the thread.

Sketch thread #1: The female body


You may post comments of other people’s work here, but please make it helpful criticism rather than pointless remarks (such as “that’s great”).

OH, sorry, my finger must have slipped and I must have accidentally quoted the forum rules- coincidentally at the same time that the number of off topic posts (in a row) reached 10...

[The Dark Elf]

OH, sorry, my finger must have slipped and I must have accidentally quoted the forum rules- coincidentally at the same time that the number of off topic posts (in a row) reached 10...

And as I said, hmm twice before now. You can't really do one of these unless your a mod or have one in your pocket to keep it clean for you.

And lets face it, the actual number of posts fitting the subject of the thread is small anyway. You can't set off a thread like this and then not work on it all the time. Posting images yourself, tutorials, tips and hints, links etc.

[Sui]

And lets face it, the actual number of posts fitting the subject of the thread is small anyway. You can't set off a thread like this and then not work on it all the time. Posting images yourself, tutorials, tips and hints, links etc.

I would contribute to this thread if I had more time at the moment, but any artwork I'm working on is generally for my art exam- we've recently started the preperation stages. After the research stage I'll be working on movement of the body and such, so I'm sure I could read up on a few tutorials and work on some agile female assasains or something. I would love to contribute to this thread more, I'm just caught between lots of work and playing WoW currently :/

And as I said, hmm twice before now. You can't really do one of these unless your a mod or have one in your pocket to keep it clean for you.

Yea I can see what you're getting at now. People seem to be easily carried away by the flow of a conversation, and before you know it the whole thread's talking about... wait.. what IS this thread about now? Green avatars? Blue? Kick..? urg :x

[The Dark Elf]

Start a new thread on a different subject, see if that works out better.

How about a fantasy pic thread?

[short recoil]

I feel like doing some drawing, someone make a "character art" thread.......where we can post pictures of characters.
I like art and this is the only hl forum which really embraces it well.

[Sui]

Start a new thread on a different subject, see if that works out better.

How about a fantasy pic thread?

Good Idea, I would do it now, but my eyes are about to fall out and I still haven't finished this damn Fench homework.

I feel like doing some drawing, someone make a "character art" thread.......where we can post pictures of characters.
I like art and this is the only hl forum which really embraces it well.

I like this idea a lot- somewhere that we can post drawings of character concepts. Plus the human body can be rather hard to draw, so it would be great for people to post any tutorials for dynamic poses, scale and proportion of the body, detail effects etc.

[CREMATOR666]

Fantasy pic?:O Night Elf Ladies!!!!! :D

[Ranga]

You got a point, in fact I never actually see his real picture :p
/me follows Ranga :bounce:

he (or she :D) mentioned it in another thread... it really makes me wonder..... :)

*runs away and keeps practicing drawing heads... :D*

[`unreal]

Yea I think some kind of *no holds barred characters from your imagination whatever shape of form* thread would be cool. That way you know that it would really be a thread relying on true creativity. Damn thats actually something Im not good at.

[The Dark Elf]

Yea I think some kind of *no holds barred characters from your imagination whatever shape of form* thread would be cool. That way you know that it would really be a thread relying on true creativity. Damn thats actually something Im not good at.
why not that fighting fantasy idea a few of us had.. doing the drawings for inside the book (simple kind so more could submit stuff) and a joint one in the fanfic section for writing it itself. And then a proper contest for the cover design.

[ktimekiller]

oh darn, creamator, i love your assasin drawings, i love them all!

[CREMATOR666]

why not that fighting fantasy idea a few of us had.. doing the drawings for inside the book (simple kind so more could submit stuff) and a joint one in the fanfic section for writing it itself. And then a proper contest for the cover design.

For the Headcrab Rotisserie? :cheese:

btw, thanks, ktimekiller :thumbs:

[ktimekiller]

np cremator, i love all the artists here, i love you all! give me a hug!

[`unreal]

Woo *me hugs ktimekiller, although I'm not too much of a regular on the Art forums!*

I got a beautiful Elisha Cuthbert piece in the making. It looks ok, being drawn by a cheap unbranded pencil as usual, on the cheapest paper the Office World shop stocks in bundles of 500 :D So technically its a rather difficult situation considering. I will try and get it scanned for the almighty showcase.

[CREMATOR666]

*hugs ktimekiller*
there ya go ;)

[Sui]

http://img120.exs.cx/img120/7237/dying4gh.jpg

This is something that Sulkdodds pencilled during science, and I inked during English. oh yea we also did some of that... work... stuff....

Obviously the woman has been shot, and is being cradled by a mysterious man. I like to think that in her last few moments on this earth, the woman has finally realised what she has been living for; why she woke up in the morning, and what lulled her to speel at night. That thing was love- the love of another, their soft touch, their affectionate eyes and the knowledge that they will always love you. With these thoughts swirling round her head in her final moments, she realises that she doesn't need to cling on to the tatters of her life anymore- and with the warm sensation of enlightenment in her weary heart, she dies peacefully, no longer searching for a meaning in her life.

Sulkdodds, however, thinks that the emotional tears, subtle smile and outstretched hand are simply a random movements that occur when your brain is shutting down, and mean nothing more than a cluster of meaningless actions.

[CREMATOR666]

Very poetic and nice indeed, yet I would like it more with some coloring :naughty:

[`unreal]

LOL im not sure which I like better - the drawing or what you said! haha that was genius, and the pic is very good too, wel done :D

[Fleabaine]

The drawing is good for a beginner. I mean it's obviously a cartoon.

[CREMATOR666]

The drawing is good for a beginner. I mean it's obviously a cartoon.

I believe it is intended to be a cartoon...isnt it Suicide? :p

[Ranga]

The drawing is good for a beginner. I mean it's obviously a cartoon.

fleabaine strikes again! :laugh:

I didn't realise it was a cartoon. it looked very realistic to me :D

great job suicide!

[bliink]

Its a nice drawing, with an equally nice synopsis/description!

[CREMATOR666]

Its a nice drawing, with an equally nice synopsis/description!

Suicide was always talented with saying poetic stuff :smoking:

[Fleabaine]

fleabaine strikes again! :laugh:

I didn't realise it was a cartoon. it looked very realistic to me :D

great job suicide!


Come on people this forum should be renamed the children's trail and error section.

[bliink]

Come on people this forum should be renamed the children's trail and error section.

You really think it was that bad??

[Ranga]

Come on people this forum should be renamed the children's trail and error section.

jeez... can u link so of urs please?

if this is trial and error to you, i would love to see some of your good stuff :thumbs:

[Fleabaine]

I could give you some learn to draw web pages if you wanted because it's not really a competition of high standards yet.....yet.

[Fleabaine]

ALrighty I'll show you one of my sketches then... a good one this time.

[Ranga]

I could give you some learn to draw web pages if you wanted because it's not really a competition of high standards yet.....yet.

i'm no artist....

ur work, s'il vous plait? i don't think one can really improve much on any of tde's work, and suicides was pretty flawless to me as a cartoon.

[Fleabaine]

Bearing in mind that this is a female sketch site I'll respect that. This is my picture of a Iraqi woman with a shall still in sketch form. I'd say pretty good for a 16 year old!

http://up2.fastuploads.com/Iraqi.jpg

[Ranga]

Bearing in mind that this is a female sketch site I'll respect that. This is my picture of a Iraqi woman with a shall still in sketch form. I'd say pretty good for a 16 year old!

http://up2.fastuploads.com/Iraqi.jpg

it is very good, but not good enough for you to be able to say that the others are crap, IMO. well done tho

[Fleabaine]

I did say it's only half done didn't I?

[CREMATOR666]

I did say it's only half done didn't I?

Quit whining about other people's work, if it's bad in your opinion, say so, but dont try to go "ooo, I can do better than that, your work sucks" etc. etc.

btw, that pic was damn creepy :dozey:

[Fleabaine]

Denial can be an ugly thing. But hey you've always got be to look up to, though jealousy will get you nowhere.

[bliink]

Ok guys, stop fighting.

[CREMATOR666]

Denial can be an ugly thing. But hey you've always got be to look up to, though jealousy will get you nowhere.

what jealousy? :dozey: and ummm...yeah, stop spamming my PMs :x

btw, soz bliink, 'tis the last time I swear :p

[Ranga]

Ok guys, stop fighting.

wha.... fleabaine's not a g..... ahaha... that makes sense... MY BAD! :(

/me no argue nomore with nebody

[The Dark Elf]

ALrighty I'll show you one of my sketches then... a good one this time.
Still waiting for that good sketch you promised Fleabaine.

[Ranga]

Still waiting for that good sketch you promised Fleabaine.

TDE strikes hard!

Fleabaine 0
TDE 1

:D

fleabaine's wasn't THAT bad.... better than i could do... but yeah... not quite as good as the others

[CREMATOR666]

I just hate it when people PM me about this kind of crap :hmph:

[`unreal]

I only just turned 17... age isnt a factor. To be honest, I don't think you deserve the right to speak like that about this forum, and peoples pictures until you at least prove that you are an expert. Part of being an artist is knowing how to judge and comment contructively... 1st rule, don't judge yourself.

Also, if a picture isn't 'finished', don't bother posting. Well, not one like that anyway.

That reminds me, I'm going to start a new piccy soon, probably Elisha again :D :D AND i will try and get all my decent drawings scanned. It might mean I will have to create my own lil' showcase thread, if thats ok :naughty:

[Crushenator 500]

Fleabine, I'm sorry, but that picture that suicide posted is a lot better than the piece of shit that you posted in my opinion, finished or not...

[CREMATOR666]

I dont think you can "create" a thread in the Showvase section. But they'll put you there if you are good enough, which I think you are :thumbs:

and oh yeah, this is what Fleabaine PMed me :dozey:
Cremator, I would love to see some of your art work and no not wallpapers made on your computer but actual hand drawn pictures. If they're good then I'll never patronise you again.

[Raziaar]

You know... i've always had a dream about being an arist, whether a digital artist, or a 3d modeler. However, I have long since come to the realization that I will never amount to anything in that field. I have creativity, but it is creativity with words, not with graphic artistic ability.

[Sui]

`Unreal- gather a portfolio of work (just some of your best images) and make a thread about it in the art forum, then simply update it every now and again when you've finished another piece of work. Like Cremator said, It'll probally get moved to the showcase section by a mod.

And about my image- I inked it as if I was inking a comic book, but I wouldn't call it "cartoony". Comic art is a respectable form of drawing that is just as matured as any other medium... Though I admit the picture's not that great :p

And Fleabaine; ignoring your comments on my/ your work, I've looked through your recent posts, and it seems that whenever you become engaged in an argument you simply insult the other member, sometime's very offensively. This is in clear violation of the forum rules (http://www.halflife2.net/index.php?page=rules)- you should try reading them sometime.

[Jangle]

i thought it was really good, suicide :D

[CREMATOR666]

I will use the word "comic" next time ;)

[Druckles]

Druckles (At Fleabaine, angrily): I do not think that you stand to critisize any other persons work. Even though you may have the ability to comment, good or bad, there is absolutely no need to put anyone down, even if they are worse than you. In fact, if you believe you are better than someone, the only thing that you shouldn't do, is put them down. Putting them down is not going to get them anywhere else, it's just going to make them feel bad about something good they have done. If you want to do that, the only reason I could think why you would do that is to make sure they don't become, or realise, they are better than you. I think, as do most people here, that Suicide's work was great. However, I think that your work, along with your behaviour, needs improving. It's not finished right? Well finish it. Until you have, you cannot think, never mind say, that anyone else is better than you, unless you have that work to prove it.
[/rant]

Great work suicide. Don't believe you about the crying bit though :P
Personally I think she got shot, realised she's going to die, started crying, and then started to laugh at how bad her life was, and how she had messed it up. :p

[Sui]

Personally I think she got shot, realised she's going to die, started crying, and then started to laugh at how bad her life was, and how she had messed it up. :p

That's what I like about the picture; there are so many ways to interpret it :D

[Fleabaine]

Let me put it this way. There is no shading just parts coloured black and scribbled in quickly. It wouldn't sell for even a dollar and none of you are art critics either!

[bliink]

It wouldn't sell for even a dollar and none of you are art critics either!

I dont know... they criticized you pretty good.

[The Dark Elf]

Let me put it this way. There is no shading just parts coloured black and scribbled in quickly. It wouldn't sell for even a dollar
You've basically described your very own sketches, well done.

[CR0M]

This forum has it's share of professional artists who are more qualified to be critics than anyone, including you Fleabrain. We may not find certain drawings particularly great either from time to time, but there is such a thing as tact and understanding and a desire to encourage better next time - being an arrogant ****tard doesn't make you a better artist than anybody any more than it makes you a critic. Maybe you'll learn that when you grow up. But probably not.

[Fleabaine]

Since when did a critic actually have to say nice things? You CROM are living in a straight laced P.C world where everyone has to give positive feedback and noone is allowed to tell people what they really think without a public uproar. You are a sucker for the moral majority CROM. But that's o.k you didn't know that!!

[bliink]

Since when did a critic actually have to say nice things? You CROM are living in a straight laced P.C world where everyone has to give positive feedback and noone is allowed to tell people what they really think without a public uproar. You are a sucker for the moral majority CROM. But that's o.k you didn't know that!!

Constructive criticism is appreciated.
Straight out nasty comments are not.

[Fleabaine]

It's not my fault people can't handle the truth.

But enough about YOU we've gone off topic because of CROM.

[bliink]

It's not my fault people can't handle the truth.

But enough about YOU we've gone off topic because of CROM.

Sort out the attitude. :|

[The Dark Elf]

It's not my fault people can't handle the truth.

But enough about YOU we've gone off topic because of CROM.
Why are you even here? All you've done his whine and moan. Your not even being a critic about it, your just causing trouble for others. Your just trolling.

Oh yeah, and where's this good sketch you said you'd show us?

[Tr0n]

I wish I could draw as good as ya'll guys...I haven't picked up a pencil/pen in a really long time.Hell I can bearly write my name to where you can actually read it. (yes it's been that long)

I'm really jealous of ya'll. ;(

Very good work guys.

[Fleabaine]

You're bad now, but with my help you could be the best. Seriously though, Art isn't all about having natural talent, it's all about knowing the techniques and shading etc which can drastically speed the learning process up. With some practise it can be easier than criticising The Dark Elf. and his work. LoL!!

[The Dark Elf]

You're bad now, but with my help you could be the best. Seriously though, Art isn't all about having natural talent, it's all about knowing the techniques and shading etc which can drastically speed the learning process up. With some practise it can be easier than criticising The Dark Elf. and his work. LoL!!
LMAO... ooookay then. Lets compare YOUR work with mine shall we? hmm

lets see
http://up2.fastuploads.com/Iraqi.jpg

and http://www.halflife2.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16518

vs anything in this thread
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35093

Face it kid, your worse than worse, even your own mother would wet herself laughing at what you come up with. Why don't you go back to the sandpit and play with the other toddlers eh, your a long way off before you can play with the bigger boys. But I'll give you this, you sure make us laugh, just a shame its at you not with you.

[CREMATOR666]

Yeah, do just that and stop spamming my PMs for petesake :hmph:
You suck. Period.

[Crushenator 500]

LMAO... ooookay then. Lets compare YOUR work with mine shall we? hmm

lets see
http://up2.fastuploads.com/Iraqi.jpg

and http://www.halflife2.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16518

vs anything in this thread
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35093

Face it kid, your worse than worse, even your own mother would wet herself laughing at what you come up with. Why don't you go back to the sandpit and play with the other toddlers eh, your a long way off before you can play with the bigger boys. But I'll give you this, you sure make us laugh, just a shame its at you not with you.
I don't think the word 'owned' can be used more appropriately than to describe this post.

'Owned.'

[Sui]

Yes. Owned.

Like many of you have suggested, I'm going to make a character design thread soon, because I feel that will gather more entries, and this thread has kind of deteriorated into a tense arguing match.

Feel free to post any more pictures in this thread :) With the trolling and off-topic ness diverted to a newer thread, this one will be allowed to rest easily in it's retirement.

[CrazyHarij]

Sorry fleabaine but in my opinion and from what I've seen, you can't draw shit. There's NO sense of depth whatsoever in your images, and you list pretty words like "shading" even though it's completely absent in your own work.

Suicide42 however manages to show a sense of depth with only contour lines, and he does it in a good way in my opinion. He just needs some practise, but he's definitely much better than you. Sorry, but you said yourself you wanted the hard truth.

[CREMATOR666]

A character design thread? Grooveh. :D

[Raziaar]

How bout you all just stop arguing and attacking other peoples work. Take that negative energy, and direct it to more art, and constructive criticism.

Holy crap. I just sounded like a hippy there for a second.

[Razor]

Can you stop with all this politics and criticism bullshit. And for everyone criticising Fleabaine's Iraqi girl picture, if i had done that, i would be very proud as it is much better then anything i could come up with. Fleabaine may be a little shit who likes shitting on other peoples work, but at least show him the courtesy you would want him to show you, and maybe we can get him on the straight and narrow.

So i will just reiterate what Unreal said, you should only criticise someone else's work if you can do better and you can better the other person by criticising it. And Dark Elf, like i said, if i had done that Iraqi girl picture, i would be very proud and the thought of my mum wetting herself laughing at it would make me give up art forever, so please watch such comments like that. I could understand it if Fleabaine had mocked people by drawing a stick figure with breasts, but not by the Iraqi girl drawing.

Good criticism is criticism that motivates the person to try harder.
Bad criticism is critcism that motivates the person to give up.


Face it kid, your worse than worse, even your own mother would wet herself laughing at what you come up with. Why don't you go back to the sandpit and play with the other toddlers eh, your a long way off before you can play with the bigger boys. But I'll give you this, you sure make us laugh, just a shame its at you not with you.

In saying that, you're proving that you're no better then Fleabaine is.

[Ranga]

Let me put it this way. There is no shading just parts coloured black and scribbled in quickly. It wouldn't sell for even a dollar and none of you are art critics either!

I am the biggest art critic in town! And that's something, eh eh?

[/FLAME]

[The Dark Elf]

Can you stop with all this politics and criticism bullshit. And for everyone criticising Fleabaine's Iraqi girl picture, if i had done that, i would be very proud as it is much better then anything i could come up with. Fleabaine may be a little shit who likes shitting on other peoples work, but at least show him the courtesy you would want him to show you, and maybe we can get him on the straight and narrow.

So i will just reiterate what Unreal said, you should only criticise someone else's work if you can do better and you can better the other person by criticising it. And Dark Elf, like i said, if i had done that Iraqi girl picture, i would be very proud and the thought of my mum wetting herself laughing at it would make me give up art forever, so please watch such comments like that. I could understand it if Fleabaine had mocked people by drawing a stick figure with breasts, but not by the Iraqi girl drawing.

Good criticism is criticism that motivates the person to try harder.
Bad criticism is critcism that motivates the person to give up.



In saying that, you're proving that you're no better then Fleabaine is.
your taking the side of a troll. FYI

go search his other posts and see how he behaves around here with everyone, instead of giving him the satisfaction.

Oh and if you'd drawn that pic, you'd have got a better response because AFAIK you haven't used all 96 posts to insult, harrash, abuse, attack, belittle, flame, troll the forums and other users.

[Raziaar]

his is something that Sulkdodds pencilled during science, and I inked during English. oh yea we also did some of that... work... stuff....

Obviously the woman has been shot, and is being cradled by a mysterious man. I like to think that in her last few moments on this earth, the woman has finally realised what she has been living for; why she woke up in the morning, and what lulled her to speel at night. That thing was love- the love of another, their soft touch, their affectionate eyes and the knowledge that they will always love you. With these thoughts swirling round her head in her final moments, she realises that she doesn't need to cling on to the tatters of her life anymore- and with the warm sensation of enlightenment in her weary heart, she dies peacefully, no longer searching for a meaning in her life.

Sulkdodds, however, thinks that the emotional tears, subtle smile and outstretched hand are simply a random movements that occur when your brain is shutting down, and mean nothing more than a cluster of meaningless actions.

Only thing I can notice about this pic, that strikes me as needing critique, is the fact that the arms appear very long from elbow to finger as he cradles her. Also, her thumb seems a bit small in proportion to the hand/other fingers.

Other than that, fantastic, I like it.


your taking the side of a troll. FYI

go search his other posts and see how he behaves around here with everyone, instead of giving him the satisfaction.

Oh and if you'd drawn that pic, you'd have got a better response because AFAIK you haven't used all 96 posts to insult, harrash, abuse, attack, belittle, flame, troll the forums and other users.

I don't think he was siding with the troll. I think he was just trying to convey that vicious attacks no matter the side, really don't work much to accomplish anything and will only lead to an increasingly downwards spiral of attacks and hate posts, which will make the mods lock the thread.

[Razor]

your taking the side of a troll. FYI

go search his other posts and see how he behaves around here with everyone, instead of giving him the satisfaction.

Oh and if you'd drawn that pic, you'd have got a better response because AFAIK you haven't used all 96 posts to insult, harrash, abuse, attack, belittle, flame, troll the forums and other users.


That is my point, if he is harrassing people, who will get warned, warned some more, and then banned. But the point i was trying to put across was people were not liking his art, not because it was really shit, but because of the comments he had made about others work.

edit: sorry to TheDarkElf, i wasn't trying to attack you or the others, i just thought that his work was getting criticised unfairly because he was a troll, not because of his artwork. And i could of definately put that point across a lot better in my original post.

[Sui]

Only thing I can notice about this pic, that strikes me as needing critique, is the fact that the arms appear very long from elbow to finger as he cradles her. Also, her thumb seems a bit small in proportion to the hand/other fingers.

Other than that, fantastic, I like it.

Thanks :) The thing about me and Sulk's work is that we always have to do it in lessons that we aren't doing anything in, which means Sulk sketches it quickly, and I usually don't notice any proportional errors until after I've inked it. The same goes for the picture I posted in the new Character design thread.

And Razor- I know you're only trying to be nice, but it's not like Fleabais deserves anyone's sympathy.

[Shippi]

Come on guys, this argument is pointless. Fleabaine, you're a mediocre artist at best. You've obviously got potential, but you're not there yet. You're in no position to put down other people's work like that. Even if you were the greatest artist ever known you shouldn't do that. How about instead of insulting, some constructive criticism?

TDE, yeah he's a troll. Still, don't judge his artwork on that. I can see why you've said what you have but don't sink down to his level. If he doesn't want to listen to advice, and prefers to go around thinking he is better than everyone, let him. In the long run he's only hurting himself.

Now can we please try get back on topic? I might post some more drawings later

[Raziaar]

Come on guys, this argument is pointless. Fleabaine, you're a mediocre artist at best. You've obviously got potential, but you're not there yet. You're in no position to put down other people's work like that. Even if you were the greatest artist ever known you shouldn't do that. How about instead of insulting, some constructive criticism?

TDE, yeah he's a troll. Still, don't judge his artwork on that. I can see why you've said what you have but don't sink down to his level. If he doesn't want to listen to advice, and prefers to go around thinking he is better than everyone, let him. In the long run he's only hurting himself.

Now can we please try get back on topic? I might post some more drawings later


You should put a gold star in your avatar. You earned it! :thumbs:

[The Dark Elf]

Come on guys, this argument is pointless. Fleabaine, you're a mediocre artist at best. You've obviously got potential, but you're not there yet. You're in no position to put down other people's work like that. Even if you were the greatest artist ever known you shouldn't do that. How about instead of insulting, some constructive criticism?

TDE, yeah he's a troll. Still, don't judge his artwork on that. I can see why you've said what you have but don't sink down to his level. If he doesn't want to listen to advice, and prefers to go around thinking he is better than everyone, let him. In the long run he's only hurting himself.

Now can we please try get back on topic? I might post some more drawings later

I remember the days when trolls out to cause trouble were banned on sight, not allowed to continue to cause trouble for other users.

[Razor]

Ok, the guy is gone.

Now let's get back to those drawings :).

[Crushenator 500]

I remember the days when trolls out to cause trouble were banned on sight, not allowed to continue to cause trouble for other users.
The good old days™

[The Dark Elf]

Ok, the guy is gone.

Now let's get back to those drawings :).
yay! okies..

though talked to suicide a little about that FF competition type thing, could maybe do that (the one that involves a proper contest, the fanfic section and the sketches open to anyone)

[CREMATOR666]

I will always join, you all know that :p

[Erestheux]

... I like the drawing, Suicide42.

*Runs away*

[ktimekiller]

that guy whos flaiming (i forgot the user name), his drawing, it seems odd. to me, it seems printed out, or something, the lines, they are all going in the same direction a printer would, anyone agree?

[Erestheux]

that guy whos flaiming (i forgot the user name), his drawing, it seems odd. to me, it seems printed out, or something, the lines, they are all going in the same direction a printer would, anyone agree?I just thought that he had a hard time shading it. I also didn't think it was as horrible and atrocious as everyone lashed out at him for, but it definately wasn't a masterpiece and didn't give him permission to bash other people's work (although nothing really does, but even more so because he was full of himself :P)

[Razor]

that guy whos flaiming (i forgot the user name), his drawing, it seems odd. to me, it seems printed out, or something, the lines, they are all going in the same direction a printer would, anyone agree?


I think it is a style of shading a picture where you would draw lines to darken particular area, the more lines you put in, the darker the area.

[Erestheux]

I think it is a style of shading a picture where you would draw lines to darken particular area, the more lines you put in, the darker the area.It's an interesting way to shade, but he didn't do it right. :P

[bliink]

wtf? theres an argument and suddenly half the forum is in here derailing the topic?!
Go back to the politics section! all of you!

[Erestheux]

wtf? theres an argument and suddenly half the forum is in here derailing the topic?!
Go back to the politics section! all of you!What else is there to talk about? Like two people posted art in here, and he was one of them. :P

[CREMATOR666]

Actually, I would like to clear this up that the "guy" is a "girl"

[bliink]

Actually, I would like to clear this up that the "guy" is a "girl"

seems to carry on and bitch like a guy though.. so I joined the dots.

[Erestheux]

seems to carry on and bitch like a guy though.. so I joined the dots.Sexist! Someone call the authorities!

Oh noes you're the authorities!!!!

Girl or not, s/he was a bitch either way :P

[eatbugs]

Maybe Fleabae was trying to say she/he is a better sketcher because don't you use the computer program photoshop on your pieces, Cremator?

[CREMATOR666]

Maybe Fleabae was trying to say she/he is a better sketcher because don't you use the computer program photoshop on your pieces, Cremator?

But I DID draw it before coloring it, didnt I? :p

[Druckles]

He doesn't have a tablet ;)

[CREMATOR666]

Dont remind me ;(

[Druckles]

Go buy one! Find a job, and get some cash!

[CREMATOR666]

Go buy one! Find a job, and get some cash!

I already got a job, besides, aren't we derailing the thread again? :p

[Druckles]

>-<

Sorry

I guess my picture of death doesn't class as a picture of a woman? :P

[CREMATOR666]

All dead people do is rot....

[Druckles]

But he has no balls, or any other distinctively male feature (in my drawing), so he could class as a woman right?

Ok, I'm going to have to stop spamming and get on with my ICT

[CREMATOR666]

But he has no balls, or any other distinctively male feature (in my drawing), so he could class as a woman right?

Ok, I'm going to have to stop spamming and get on with my ICT

A straight confession! Very honorable! :cheers:

[Razor]

Can we have some more pictures of some women please, not dead people who lack balls.