While We Wait: The Next Generation

[Lord_Iggy]

Who was it who tried to run that NES? Someone did...

 

[Azale]

And it failed pretty quickly. I don't think the mod was entirely ready for such a task though, to be fair.

 

[flyingchicken]

*cough* *cough* *cough* quitters lurking *cough* *cough* *cough*

The power of the sub-forum is too great.

 

[Kentharu]

Just an FYI.

I'm only doing LINESII.

 

[Nylan]

Anyone have tips for someone just learning to draw?

 

[Abaddon]

Just scribble away endlessly, don't worry about mistakes. just keep plugging away an you will get somewhere aventually!

 

[Ekolite]

I don't think you can really learn to draw, if you can't draw well by a certain, fairly young, age then chances are you never will be able to.

 

[carmen510]

Anyone have tips for someone just learning to draw?

Start with sketches. With pencil, or even with pen. Try to ignore mistakes and just sketch whatever subject you desire.

I originally started with basic architecture, then onto some still lives. My drawings are decent enough, probably won't win any awards though.

 

[Daftpanzer]

Experience and imagination IMO, like you have to have a mental image of what you are attempting to draw, and practice so you know how to get the shapes and heavyness that you want. I guess the really good artists get to a point where they don't think about individual lines and strokes etc, they just have to focus on the mental image, and it almost draws itself.

I actually think that translates to writing too. Too often I get stuck on individual lines and paragraphs and lose touch with the flow of the whole thing. Umm so yeah.

 

[BananaLee]

What carmen said, I was rubbish at drawing as a kid. But I'm actually half-decent at draughting and engineering drawings.

It takes heaps and heaps of practice, and perhaps picking up some art technique like line-drawing, etc.

 

[flyingchicken]

Draw a bunch of criss-crossing lines for perspective.

 

[Nylan]

Thanks, all. I'll give some of this a try, and we'll see how I do.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Anyone have tips for someone just learning to draw?

When I was young, I drew maps of imaginary lands, cars, aliens, and buildings. I sometimes used those Doug Dubosque's series of step-by-step drawings. More recently, I learned to draw people by imitating the art of webcomics. Currently, I work to improve my style by drawing a bunch of my characters from NESing, and by browsing deviantART or reading art blogs- recently I've been studying the style of Tony Semedo.

So anyway, my advice is to sketch a lot in your spare time (I often sketch if I can't fall asleep) and look at the kind of artwork that you admire, and try to imitate it.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Hey, anyone up for some HOI 2 with me and Luckymoose?

 

[Kal'thzar]

I'm currently in the middle of a grand campaign, nearing the end of my CK bit heading into EUIII soon. By the time I finish Vic I'll probably be buying HOI 3

 

[Karalysia]

I have HOI Doomsday.

 

[Abaddon]

NODII: Accept Failure?

If the previous thread didn't get used, why will this one? Perhaps if Azale were to keep the OP up to date?

 

[Azale]

NODII: Accept Failure?

If the previous thread didn't get used, why will this one? Perhaps if Azale were to keep the OP up to date?

I'm going to keep it up to date. I will scour individual threads myself if I have to, but hopefully it won't come to that.

If someone has the time to mod an NES, they really should just add posting to that thread as part of the routine.

I might as well try

 

[flyingchicken]

guise i need halpz

 

[LightFang]

Speaking of drawing, I was bored this evening, so I drew something with my sister's tablet. I'm not an artist and this is the first time I've tried to draw something in a long time.