The drawing thread

[Meteor Man]

Pssshh. Link-shmink, you're clearly just jealous of the wolf .

I am! I only do portraits.

 

[Radio Noer]

I am! I only do portraits.

Man, what I would give to be able to do a portrait... I think I'll stick to coloring in lineart in a vaguely/totally cartoony style.

 

[Meteor Man]

Man, what I would give to be able to do a portrait... I think I'll stick to coloring in lineart in a vaguely/totally cartoony style.

It's definitely great fun. You know, I play piano, and it's great also...but I can't capture peoples' essences with music like I can with a picture. I always felt I was missing something when I played...so I started teaching myself.

There is something so satisfying capturing the emotion present in a face, whether that be a beautiful woman or grizzled veteran...it's definitely hard to explain.

You're doing very well, especially freehand like that. I do my portraits from a photo reference.

 

[Takhisis]

The bookmark's for the tutorials, this thread I'm already subscribed to, Mr. Amateur turtle-samurai.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

I just doodled a Superfast Jellyfish in GIMP.

 

[Radio Noer]

I took a this biplane sketch and colored it!

Spoiler The Process :

First I got rid of all the faint lines showing everything's position under the visible structure

Then I colored

And then I shaded and highlighted

The final result:

 

[Takhisis]

I like it.

 

[Tomorrow's Dawn]

Perhaps we should make a CFC DeviantART group?

What does everyone think of that?

 

[Takhisis]

I'd need a DeviantART account first.

 

[Meteor Man]

That would be cool. Easier to spread ideas and such.

Oh, and nice plane. Very cartoony (especially because it doesn't look like any WWI American biplanes I'm aware of.)

 

[Radio Noer]

That would be cool. Easier to spread ideas and such.

Oh, and nice plane. Very cartoony (especially because it doesn't look like any WWI American biplanes I'm aware of.)

Yeah, it did come out cartoony, I think it looks kind of like clip-art. I thought that the olive drab would be a bit darker, and the plane wasn't actually based off any real model that I could tell.

And the deviantART thing, I'd have to sign up as well.

EDIT: I just found this online, my picture must have been part of a step-by-step to draw a biplane.

EDIT 2: Any tips on sketching, I'd like to get better, and general tips could be helpful, here's a sketch I scanned, then used paths to trace the lines and color.

Spoiler :

 

[Radio Noer]

My friend wanted me to color in Stephen Colbert line art. I couldn't find any line art so I made my own and colored it, and added a Colbert-approved background.

 

[cardgame]

Looks more Asian than Colbert.

 

[Meteor Man]

Yeah, it did come out cartoony, I think it looks kind of like clip-art. I thought that the olive drab would be a bit darker, and the plane wasn't actually based off any real model that I could tell.

And the deviantART thing, I'd have to sign up as well.

EDIT: I just found this online, my picture must have been part of a step-by-step to draw a biplane.

EDIT 2: Any tips on sketching, I'd like to get better, and general tips could be helpful, here's a sketch I scanned, then used paths to trace the lines and color.

Spoiler :

Well, once again, I don't like outlining figures. I contrast light/dark.

LOTS more shading. Up the contrast and lighten the image.

 

[Tomorrow's Dawn]

Make the lines that are closer to the viewer thicker
and make the ones that are further away from the viewer thinner.

 

[useless]

Here's some more crap from me:

 

[useless]

Here's a better version with differing colours!

 

[useless]

With the help of a tutorial i made the base sprite, and then deviated (applies to the previous two pics as well!)

 

[Tee Kay]

fc, judging by the stuff you post in this thread, the improvement you've made is crazy.

 

[useless]

fc, judging by the stuff you post in this thread, the improvement you've made is crazy.

This pretty much.

I'm hoping to improve my art, but it's still along way of from being decent