[nws]Daily drawings & Doodles April '15: Googie containment zone

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Humboldt Squid: Jan 21, 2006

I haven't had the energy for drawing since the baby was born, but here's some doodles I did tonight to try and get back into it.

# ? Apr 22, 2015 11:42

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 17:04

JamieTheD: Nov 4, 2011; LPer, Reviewer, Mad Welshman

(Yes, that's a self portrait)

Lovin' the artworks this month... Shame I haven't been able to get more than a day or two's practice in this month, but I have started practicing with improving my colours. As in this morning.

The first is a basic head. I think I overdid it on the highlights.

The other... Well, I'm probably not going to go back to it for a while. To be honest, it kinda creeps me out...

# ? Apr 22, 2015 12:35

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

Trying to finish up a sketch comic on an absurd schedule :qq:

# ? Apr 22, 2015 17:13

Found Sound: Jun 8, 2010

# ? Apr 23, 2015 01:34

Sharpest Crayon: Jul 16, 2009; Always Wag. Always Friend. Very Safety.; Clapping Larry

Oh yeah, artsy *scroll* artsy *scroll* and then:

dong.

Elves have, like, 20 six-packs, right?

# ? Apr 23, 2015 23:08

Elderbean: Jun 10, 2013

BIG STRONG ORC

# ? Apr 24, 2015 02:56

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

I'm working on a written tutorial about digital coloring and I wanted to get some folks who wouldn't mind submitting pieces for critique as part of the explanation. It could be old stuff that you hate or things you want help with or whatever.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 14:31

petrol blue: Feb 9, 2013; sugar and spice
and
ethanol slammers

What sort of thing are you after? I've put a few images here, a variety of stuff, and a crit of any of them would be appreciated.

A friend of mine is moving to Cottbus, Germany, so I made her a card:

petrol blue fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Apr 24, 2015

# ? Apr 24, 2015 17:13

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

Those are great for what I'm trying to do, petrol blue -- thanks!

# ? Apr 24, 2015 18:29

JamieTheD: Nov 4, 2011; LPer, Reviewer, Mad Welshman

(Yes, that's a self portrait)

neonnoodle posted:

Even though they're beginner stuff, and WIPs to boot, I'd quite happily submit the pieces I put just a few posts ago as part of it, and you're also quite welcome to take any of my coloured dA pics as examples (Just, y'know, lemme know if any of them are useful for what you're going for, even as examples of what not to do.)

# ? Apr 24, 2015 19:37

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

Great! Thanks.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 21:25

Operation Juicebox: Jun 26, 2006; Acnamino MR 100mg Capsules

I'm fed up with this.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 23:47

Humboldt Squid: Jan 21, 2006

neonnoodle posted:

Sounds fun, here's some old stuff.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 23:51

petrol blue: Feb 9, 2013; sugar and spice
and
ethanol slammers

petrol blue posted:

I got everyone to write in the card, and she nearly cried when she saw it. :3:

I love being able to do stuff like that, makes the dull 'earlobe study #247' moments totally worth it.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 00:03

Elderbean: Jun 10, 2013

Sad space guy.

Elderbean fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Apr 25, 2015

# ? Apr 25, 2015 00:20

SexyBlindfold: Apr 24, 2008; i dont care how much probation i get capital letters are for squares hehe im so laid back an nice please read my low effort shitposts about the arab spring

thanxs!!!

Humboldt Squid posted:

Operation Juicebox posted:

Ah, yes. Bird mom is best mom. Here's one I did a week or so ago:

Not 100% satisfied with it but it was fun to try out Sai's wacky brushes

# ? Apr 25, 2015 06:56

noggut: Jan 15, 2008

neonnoodle posted:

Any time limit on this? I want in, but I don't have much shaded/colored stuff to submit - yet.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 10:44

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

noggut posted:

I've been working on this project for a while because it's going to be kind of complicated, so you still have some time if you want to submit something. Be warned that for the purposes of the tutorial, your work may fall under either Goofus or Gallant.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 13:28

bitmap: Aug 8, 2006

neonnoodle posted:

You can use this crudball picture I made a few years ago. Should be pretty easy to dissect the intentions with the colour.

# ? Apr 27, 2015 07:25

Humboldt Squid: Jan 21, 2006

warmups from croquis cafe and a speedpainting from this photo.

# ? Apr 27, 2015 22:09

Sharpest Crayon: Jul 16, 2009; Always Wag. Always Friend. Very Safety.; Clapping Larry

neonnoodle posted:

You're gonna have too many Gallants from this lot; check out this one for a nice Goofus:

It's 13 years old, and showcases all the pitfalls of a first-time digital painter very well. After pretty much only watercolours it was freaking great to have all those bright sweet colours and I want them ALL HERE. There were no line-width controlling features back then, or I couldn't get them to work. Pressure sensitivity only "told" the program how dark it should make the colour, so I didn't get the variance and freedom in the linework I wanted. I didn't know how to work layers very well, so it's obvious backgrounds make a small "stop" near the character. Shading with pretty much only black. Only using the digital paintbrush for that extra blobby soft colouring that leaves everything shapeless! Leaving the background with "holes" in when I didn't give them a background colour, showing white through. Not knowing a goddamn thing about colour theory, I tried to capture the feel I wanted with the colour scheme alone, didn't even think I might want to consider stuff like lighting or colour perspective or anything. A good bad example.

I still struggle with colours 'cause they're all so pretty.

Also, Humboldt Squid? I love your paprika-baby aaaah it makes me feel fuzzy inside. :3:

# ? Apr 27, 2015 23:30

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

# ? Apr 27, 2015 23:33

Phylodox: Mar 30, 2006; College Slice

neonnoodle posted:

Here is the very first thing I ever coloured in PhotoShop:

I didn't even have a tablet at that point, I was using a mouse and the "Gaussian Blur" tool. Also, I thought I could cheat my way through details by just slapping textures on top of everything, as you can see.

EDIT: And here's something I'm working on right now:

Phylodox fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Apr 28, 2015

# ? Apr 28, 2015 01:35

typ0ninja: Jan 9, 2005

neonnoodle posted:

Here's a somewhat finished thing with lots of perspective and lighting issues from earlier this year...

# ? Apr 28, 2015 03:06

Apso: May 30, 2008

Today's little piece. Been doing a lot of cats, dogs and rabbits lately.

# ? Apr 28, 2015 06:31

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

Thank you for the submissions! Please don't hesitate to send something if you haven't already, but it may or may not be used in the final writeup.

Also, here is an art:

# ? Apr 28, 2015 11:35

Nebalebadingdong: Jun 30, 2005; i made a video game.
why not give it a try!?

neonnoodle posted:

yes!

# ? Apr 28, 2015 13:55

mjau: Aug 8, 2008

neonnoodle posted:

Here's some glowy hands you can use if you want. I made it on sunday for a music track called "Maybe there'll be sun"

This Columbo (or, How Not To Draw Hair) is about a month old. It's drawn after a photo though, so i don't know if it'll be useful? Anyway, i deliberately tried to mix it up a little so it's not too realistic, kind of a half-successful experiment. It's got all kinds of issues, but at least it's more interesting than my other from-photo stuff.