Art Thread

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:18 am

Hehe, quite a bit of a size difference there!

But awesome nonetheless.

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:18 pm

@Frostwood: Hehe, you're very welcome. Glad you like it!

Here's a birthdaypicture I drew for Nostson

"Quack Quack" (Translation: "Happy Birthday! Have a great day!")

Happy Birthday Nostson

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 6:28 pm

Cute.

It's his duck.

Happy Birthday, Nostson!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:56 am

Happy birthday to you Nostson!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:33 am

Happy Birthday, Nost!

Here's another Frostwood picture, this time from our very own Buster!

Thanks, heaps, Buster! We love it!

Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:37 am

either you got bigger or Serence got smaller since your last picture

Civilization · Post by **Civilization** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 3:16 am

Heh, looks great... Good job Buster... Now is everyone going to being making pictures of you guys, trying to gain favor with the future rulers of the world...

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:22 am

Civilization wrote:trying to gain favor with the future rulers of the world...

Nah, that's going to be Diss. Frostwood are going to be part of Diss's court.

Anyway, I should say that both pictures are awesome. You guys should get them printed and framed in your houses, if nothing else as something to have until you can meet up in real life and get some actual pictures together.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:25 am

That's an awesome idea, Jeff!

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:26 am

Wow, good job buster.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:06 pm

Really great job on it Buster! It looks good!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:09 pm

Awesome draw, great work to you, Buster.

Yeah, Furrhan, do your move: kiss her!

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:47 pm

Great job, Hukley and Buster!

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:15 am

So uh, you may know of a picture of me on the PaPoY thread. Anyway, I drew over it and created this self portrait.

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TheBlasterizer · Post by **TheBlasterizer** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:42 pm

So I wanted to try a bit of drawing because I was bored, and I came up with this. I may have some plans for drawings with this character in the future, but I would like to see how you guys think of it before I go ahead with it. I haven't really drawn before, so I would like some tips, and some constructive criticism, if anyone has any opinions. (Also, James McKade is just a random name that I made up that sounds cool).

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:49 pm

Looks very nice! He definitely seems like the charming type!

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:01 pm

@SuperStar: Nice portrait

@TheBlasterizer: Oh, that looks really cool. Reminds me a bit of FNAF

Here's something I drew in todays art stream ^^

Freddy and Huk... or creation and creator

I also just wanted to try some stuff with backgrounds

Freddy n' Huk

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:44 pm

Great job SuperStar, Blasterizer, and Hukley!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:50 pm

TheBlasterizer wrote:So I wanted to try a bit of drawing because I was bored, and I came up with this. I may have some plans for drawings with this character in the future, but I would like to see how you guys think of it before I go ahead with it. I haven't really drawn before, so I would like some tips, and some constructive criticism, if anyone has any opinions. (Also, James McKade is just a random name that I made up that sounds cool).

You've never drawn before and that's what you come up with???
Holy carp that is amazing!
Very well done! I look forward to seeing more of your work!

Great work, Superstar! Very realistic!

Well done as usual, Huk!

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:13 pm

TheBlasterizer wrote:I haven't really drawn before, so I would like some tips, and some constructive criticism, if anyone has any opinions.

well, if you insist.

Not bad for beginner work, I'm having a hard time believing this is a first attempt...
That said, I can see a few glaring errors.

-hands appear to be different sizes, though i'll count that one as being forgivable since i do that my self from time to time.
-shading is barely noticeable and lacks a consistent direction or technique.
-Not sure if the fur tufts were supposed to make the character look fluffy or scraggly, but they're definitely coming off as the latter. If your intention was the former, try to give them a more consistent pattern to where they pop up, and make them point almost parallel to the outline, not perpendicular.
-character looks lopsided; i swear one of the ears looks like it's too close to the center line, the elbows don't look like they're even distances from the shoulders even though they more or less are (practice with perspective should fix that), and it's hard to tell where the knees are, but it feels like one is lower than the other.
-bog-standard color scheme. 'Black with red accents' was already running into problems with overuse in the late 90s, let alone today. A third color to add a bit more variety wouldn't hurt.

TheBlasterizer · Post by **TheBlasterizer** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:18 pm

Thanks for all the comments, I'm gonna start working on my next picture now

Buster wrote:That said, I can see a few glaring errors.

Thank you for the tips, I will make sure to try fixing those up in my next project. I feel like the hardest thing to fix will be the shading, but that will hopefully come to me with practice.

Hukley wrote:@TheBlasterizer: Oh, that looks really cool. Reminds me a bit of FNAF

I did make the curtains purple for a reason...

All will be explained when I finish the next picture, although this one took me quite awhile so we will see when that happens.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:28 pm

Great job on that picture of you and Freddie Huk!

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:56 pm

Here. Just a repost of stuff I've said before, but might help.

A good way to practice:
if you want your characters to have more consistent proportions and look (for lack of a better term) more alive, watch movies and while they're playing try to draw what the characters are doing without pausing or taking screenshots. try to do 5-6 a day. They don't need to be big, don't spend more than a few minutes per picture, and don't worry about the fine details the first few hundred times. it's not about getting the details for that one character right, it's about getting the basic shapes and movements down. They'll probably look like blobs at first. Try to do this a few times a week, preferably daily but I know that's not practical for some people. It will improve your skills, shouldn't take more than an hour or so out of your day, and as a bonus, you have an excuse to re-watch all of your favorite movies, and plenty of new ones.

It's like practicing an instrument. It's about repetition, accuracy will come in time. The idea is that after a while you'll be able to draw those poses from memory without needing a reference picture. Speaking of repetition, get a sketch book. Cause even if you're putting all of your practice sketches on the same page you are going to burn through paper FAST. better to have it all in one place.

Also try to avoid drawing too many pictures in other people's styles you're copying. A lot of artists have a particular set of proportions they use that wouldn't carry over well to someone else's style, or to your own once you come up with one. You stick to copying one style too much and you get used to that proportion set, which will wreak havoc on a little thing called muscle memory. fan work is fine, but at least half of your stuff should be your own.

Lastly, if you get up to a point where you don't seem to be getting better, or if you just want tips, show your work to other people. And don't get defensive if they nitpick it; believe it or not, that's actually a GOOD thing. You WANT to know where you've picked up bad habits, or have been making errors. That said, don't focus too too much on that side of things either, as it can get depressing real quick if you start tuning out the comments about what you're doing right and let self doubt sink in.

Shading tricks:

-Hard objects tend to have more pronounced shading than softer objects because they're shiny.
-Fuzzy objects tend to look best if they have jagged edges to their shading. as if you're seeing individual hairs/strands/feathers/ whatever. shrink your brush down really small and make a row of tiny lines really close together, don't worry about being neat. messy actually works just as well.
- polished metallic objects pick up reflections, meaning they will probably have more than one highlight, making it look like there is no shadowed area just a band of alternating mid-tones between two or more lights. gradients work really well here if you know how to use em properly. also the highlights are always pure white at the center. things that shiny pick up a glare. (if you really want to go the extra mile, use the smudge tool and some dark patches to make it look like there are distorted reflections of actual objects in the 'band' part)
-dull metallic objects are just hard objects with glares.

And one I forgot to mention last time i brought this up:
-gray shadows on brightly colored objects can sometimes look odd. If this happens, tint the highlights one color, and the shadows the opposite color. Sunlight, and incandescent bulbs (old style round lightbulbs) Have a faint yellow tinge, and the shadows sometimes look blue-gray. however, if you're out of direct sunlight, the ambient light outside is often slightly blue, no idea why probably something to do with the sky? or might be greenish if the light is filtering through a lot of trees. Flourescent bulbs and LEDS have a faint blue tint to their light, and the shadows can sometimes look a yellowy-brown. Camera and Cell-Cam flashes, halogen lights, and studio/stage lights rarely have a noticeable tint to them unless it's deliberate or they're old/dirty. Computer monitors, TV's, and LCD devices aren't usually bright enough to create much in the way of highlighting, but they will generally tint everything around them the average color of what they're showing, which is more often than not a pale blue or green.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:27 pm

Awesome draw, Hukley!

You and your creation are so lovely together.

Great background, too.

Nice work with the portrait, SuperStar.

Very nice work, TheBlasterizer.

If that's really your first, so to say, seriously made digital draw, you wouldn't need any tip to improve, you can go ahead by yourself.

Keep it up!

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:29 pm

It's incredible how much great art you all create! TOP!

Now I want to present you something, but not my art.

It's my Ref-Sheet, created by the mighty Hukley. Many many thanks my friend!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:52 pm

Really cool! Adorable work as usual!

Was about time to make a reference sheet, Huk.

Eheh, "barbied babies".

Try them also boiled.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:49 pm

Just a quick sketch. felt like doodling.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:59 pm

Great job, Hukley and Buster!

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:24 pm

@Render: I'm really glad you like it ^^

@Buster: Wow... you're calling that a quick sketch? It looks awesome

Here's my part of an art trade with the amazing pacopanda

Here we have Art, Paco and Biro from the great webcomic "Art & Biro"

I really had fun drawing this cute trio ^^

You can find the comics here: FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/artbiro dA: http://artbiro.deviantart.com/
And you can find all the other great artwork from pacopanda here: FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pacopanda dA: http://pandapaco.deviantart.com/

Art, Paco and Biro

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:26 pm

Great job, Hukley!

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:35 pm

It's really a cute and amazing trio, great work drawing them, Hukley!

That's pretty impressive to be a sketch, Buster.

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 4:38 pm

Here are two more drawings ^^

The first one is my part of an art trade with Z3RO_Wolf

It's Katana Kaito Fukumo

I wonder what he just saw ^^

Katana

The second one is a birthday pic for an awesome artist

Another year is over and an awesome artist is a year older ^^

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY RNorthex RNorthex

Phew... since I always draw 4 fingers this picture wouldn't have worked next year ^^ (Yeah, he's 24 now

)

Happy Birthday Northy

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 4:51 pm

Amazing work, Hukley.

Nice characters, RNorthex is so cute.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:02 pm

Great job, Hukley!

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 1:31 pm

Just did a try out draw with a program I just Downloaded. Here's the result.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:00 pm

Nice job, HoundInATree.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:50 pm

The muzzle is a bit too long, but overall it's a nice draw.

What program is this?

HoundInATree · Post by **HoundInATree** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:56 pm

It's My Paint. Still trying to find a better way to do highlights and shadowing on it.

Also, here's test number two.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:02 pm

Nice job, Hound.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:04 pm

Don't get too dark - you don't want to get confused with Daisy.

Great job on those.