Degausser's Artwork

[Degausser]

Okay, so, flame shield on:

First off, sorry if there is an official artwork thread I should be posting in, but I couldn't find it, or it wasn't labeled well. The forum rules say nothing about not posting an artwork thread, at least as far as I could tell, so here I go.

I like to draw as a hobby of mine. I'm not particularly good, and I make no claims to be. One thing I try to do to become better is to see if I can approximate the styles of other artists. Not because I want to copy them, but because I wan to see how their artwork works, what makes it work, yadda yadda. While trying to approximate the artistic style of the VERY talented http://bleedman.deviantart.com/,I drew some OOtS guys, and I think they came out fairly well, considering my level of ability, that is. So, here are some SKETCHES that I did (no, they are not fully done pieces of art.)

For those of you who want to flame me, here are some things I admit:
1) Yes, I am not super-awesome at drawing. If you want to say that my art sucks, well, go ahead, I guess, but really, I know.
2)Yes, I am trying to approximate Bleedman's style. I explained this as an ongoing process to come up with my own style. I used his drawing for references, but I did not line-trace or copy.
3)These are just for fun. If people like them, or want more, I may do more.

Sketch 1:
Belkar (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Degausser/BelkarSketch.png)
A sketch of Belkar going crazy. There are lines in the background because this was a big sketch page, but all the other sketches are bad.

Sketch 2:
Roy Greenhilt (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Degausser/RoySketch.png)
Roy drawing his sword. That one hand and his arms are crap, but hey, just a rough sketch, right?

Sketch 3:
Vaarsuvius (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Degausser/VSketch.png)
A standard pic of V man. Turned out pretty effeminate, but then again, has no chest and wide shoulders, so I'll call that androgynous.

[Fri]

weell... there aren't any official art thread. But there IS an art subforum where our artist and whatnot have their gallery.

edit: hey! I thought I recognized your nick. You're the author of grim tales! I like that webcomic.

[xyzzy]

I like the style --- I think it might be improved by "maturing" the style a bit; this feels a lot like chibi (though I wouldn't say that it is chibi), which isn't a style I'm sure works for OOTS. It does a good job of catching key traits, but I think making it look a little rougher around the edges could help it.

You capture the characters well, which is definitely a strong point that a lot of OOTS fanart fails to do. Stick figures don't really lend themselves to letting people express the characters in different mediums.

[Maximum Zersk]

Actually, I think the vague SD style works since its simplistic.

And as said earlier, there's a subforum for this.