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dog nougat
Apr 8, 2009


Finally got around to printing these sweet rat pope shirts. Got some extras if any of ya nerds are interested. XS-XL. $25 shipped in the USA.

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Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Another cool drawing by one of my coworker's kid clients:



Inspiring another watercolor painting:

Vladimir Poutine
Aug 13, 2012
:madmax:
Some recent stuff (I think everything except the heart one is from the past month).
Chalk

ballpoint pen

Acrylic

Acrylic

This is on a magazine holder/folio box. It was covered with canvas so I put two and two together

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

Zoben posted:

More ink worship



Eyegasm!!

***

Went back to oil paints after forever. I hate it... but at least there is some progress. Don't mind the glare on the left side. The medium causes glare. Weird.

Livecrabbically
Feb 19, 2007
FIVE TONS


Hi.

The left were referenced from Google and the right was drawn without. It's why she looks static and lifeless.

Bubbacub
Apr 17, 2001

neonnoodle posted:

I'm a fan of the two-stage long lead sharpener.

https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-Pencil-Sharpener-Pointer-AS2M/dp/B0084F7I1C

It's weird but it works well for artist pencils and seems to not waste as much pencil as some others I've tried. The downside is that it has to be emptied very frequently and it doesn't have a cap or cover to keep shavings from falling back out into your bag/pencil case. All my pencil cases are super gross because of uncovered sharpeners.

This is another one that has served me well, which does have a cap:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001E67Z16/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1475539240&sr=8-14&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=pencil+sharpener

Cool, I've been doing a lot of pencil drawing lately and I was getting fed up with my sharpener.

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Blue shroomin' :shroom:



RebBrownies
Aug 16, 2011








watercolor start . its so hard

Archer666
Dec 27, 2008
So I recently started taking drawing more seriously and have been drawing gestures for the past several days. Considering I don't know anyone who draws for a living, might as well ask the goons for any feedback regarding my work so far. Just note that I have absolutely zero drawing experience.



Bubbacub
Apr 17, 2001

Archer666 posted:

So I recently started taking drawing more seriously and have been drawing gestures for the past several days. Considering I don't know anyone who draws for a living, might as well ask the goons for any feedback regarding my work so far. Just note that I have absolutely zero drawing experience.





Quick feedback: try to draw your forms without using outlines. Try expressing them either as skeletons or discrete volumes stuck together. You're losing definition and depth when you rely on only exterior lines.

Vladimir Poutine
Aug 13, 2012
:madmax:

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Flower rod:

Megafonzie
Oct 26, 2012

????????????
Hi there. I've been working on learning to draw over the past little while. Here's my attempt at drawing a marble texture. I used a fine felt-tip pen for the black and then a pencil for some extra depth. Does anyone have any recommendations for getting something like this to look as good as possible with these tools?



This one is from a while ago, before I was actively trying to learn. I just drew it straight from a photo but I'm pretty happy with it. It's just pencil.


Unfortunately I don't have a scanner so I had to just take pictures with my phone's camera. I know this affects how the pictures look, since the whites aren't as white anymore, so sorry for that. Anyway, I'd be happy to hear any comments, positive or negative.

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Rainy late November:



Stylin' new glasses:

Carotid fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Nov 29, 2016

Neon Noodle
Nov 11, 2016

there's nothing wrong here in montana
Those are just lovely.

sigma 6
Nov 27, 2004

the mirror would do well to reflect further

Couple of Krampus... or are they Krampii?

digital penitence
Jan 3, 2008

I've been really trying to focus on life drawing the past couple months. Trying to go to two sessions a week, although it doesn't always work out.

I think these were 20-30 minute poses. Been experimenting with different media than I'm used to, which is fun. These are Conté ŕ Paris on 18x24 paper.





Munoma
Jul 9, 2008
I only started learning and working at it since late October but I enjoy drawing as a means of mellowing out and removing myself from the world.

I don't really have anything impressive to share but here are some practices I've been doing recently.



Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Fair Isle mittens:

Crap
Nov 3, 2012

zaepg
Dec 25, 2008

by sebmojo

heavy liquid posted:

I've been really trying to focus on life drawing the past couple months. Trying to go to two sessions a week, although it doesn't always work out.

I think these were 20-30 minute poses. Been experimenting with different media than I'm used to, which is fun. These are Conté ŕ Paris on 18x24 paper.







These are pretty cool, makes me want to pick up conte and charcoal again. Second one is my favorite!

zaepg fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Dec 4, 2016

digital penitence
Jan 3, 2008

zaepg posted:

These are pretty cool, makes me want to pick up conte and charcoal again. Second one is my favorite!

Thanks so much, I appreciate it! I've been getting a bit discouraged lately, so it's nice to get some positive feedback.

There was another session where we had two models, which was fun. It seemed to come out a bit different because I had to work so fast to render two figures and I was also using the conte on newsprint, which was much more smooth.



zaepg
Dec 25, 2008

by sebmojo
All the neat artwork here makes me want to post some of mine:



It's a scene from my now home in Providence, Rhode Island.

zaepg fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Dec 6, 2016

zaepg
Dec 25, 2008

by sebmojo
edit: double post

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it


It's really loving cold in Chicago right now

Severedseven
Jun 6, 2007

Heavy and light
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post these. I'd like some feedback that's not from family.





They are cut paper sandwiched between plexiglas.

Vladimir Poutine
Aug 13, 2012
:madmax:
Turns out painting 20,536 pixels by hand is profoundly time consuming. I'm about half way through and it still seems a little daunting

Kanine
Aug 5, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Vladimir Poutine posted:

Turns out painting 20,536 pixels by hand is profoundly time consuming. I'm about half way through and it still seems a little daunting


why not just use something like a silhouette cutter to make stencils and mask off, then paint over every color one by one rather than doing it painstakingly

Vladimir Poutine
Aug 13, 2012
:madmax:
I'm partly just doing it to practice sharp edges and small lines otherwise I definitely would have streamlined the process.

Munoma
Jul 9, 2008

Severedseven posted:

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post these. I'd like some feedback that's not from family.





They are cut paper sandwiched between plexiglas.

I like it but, what was the process?

It's nice I guess...?

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Lovebirds Pete and Bert:

Vladimir Poutine
Aug 13, 2012
:madmax:
Where in time is Carmen Sandiego

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it


More bird

Edit:



For jellyfish

Carotid fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Dec 27, 2016

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it
Breaking in a new notebook with a crow woman:

HungryMedusa
Apr 28, 2003


Vladimir Poutine posted:

Where in time is Carmen Sandiego


This is good and impressive in scope for sure, but I wish you would have pushed the mid tone colors more to give it more contrast, even if it wasn't in the reference. Just a tad more pop would elevate this piece to a whole different level. As a spaz who is obsessed with tiny detail in my own work, I salute you either way. That painting is a beast of an achievement.

Carotid - those sketches are all delightful. I would love to see something in an opaque medium from you. I think you would kill it.

Munoma
Jul 9, 2008
I'm still rear end but I wanted to contribute.

I drew one of the newest Pokemon from Sun and Moon, Mimikyu.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mimikyu_



Munoma fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jan 2, 2017

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it

HungryMedusa posted:

Carotid - those sketches are all delightful. I would love to see something in an opaque medium from you. I think you would kill it.

I've been considering trying out gouache, actually. I used acrylics for a little bit in the past but I don't like how they make notebook pages stick together. Does anyone have recommendations for a good brand for gouache? I don't mind starting off with the good stuff.

Neon Noodle
Nov 11, 2016

there's nothing wrong here in montana
Holbein Acryla Gouache is amazing stuff. It's not technically gouache but I find it better in almost all respects. Winsor Newton Designer's Gouache is also excellent and is real gouache.

Carotid
Dec 18, 2008

We're all doing it


A rooster with some failed Sharpie feather experimentation for 2017

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Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
my friend got me some really nice prismacolor pencils for christmas and I don't really know how to use them yet but I drew a pokemon she likes because it was a very nice gift



my scanner loving murdered the texture of this, are there any settings/filters I can change to make colored pencil scan better? I don't really want to spend like half an hour blurring parts to fix the insane contrast

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