Art Cuthalion (tries to) make a daily drawing. [Archive]

Kurien

2014-01-02, 10:20 AM

The wolf is good. The eyes look properly sized to me. I think the fur, which makes the head seem bigger, just makes the eyes seem smaller.

Cuthalion, I think it's great that you decided to do a daily drawing thread. People's art often improves when they draw more frequently. I know I don't draw very often, and my art skills are waaaay behind where they could be because of it.

However, a daily drawing thread is beyond my capacity for inspiration, and I think forcing myself to draw could just lead me to developing an aversion to drawing.

Good luck on your endeavour, though. :twothumbsup:

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-02, 03:31 PM

Good wolf! :)

TaiLiu

2014-01-03, 07:36 AM

Cuthalion, Cuthalion! You're behind!

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 11:10 AM

Cuthalion, Cuthalion! You're behind!

I know, and I'm very sorry. But this is how it went. My sister has invited two Korean friends over for a while, from college. Their stays overlapped last night, so I figured we'd teach them Settlers of Catan. Since it was 6:30, there was going to be enough time to draw afterwards, right? A standard game of Settlers takes about forty-five minutes. It lasted three hours, and thus left no time to even make a quick sketch. I promise I'll make up for it soon.

AtlanteanTroll

2014-01-03, 11:32 AM

I second the eyes being too small, but otherwise good. Better get back on task, Cuth. :smallwink:

TaiLiu

2014-01-03, 11:41 AM

I know, and I'm very sorry. But this is how it went. My sister has invited two Korean friends over for a while, from college. Their stays overlapped last night, so I figured we'd teach them Settlers of Catan. Since it was 6:30, there was going to be enough time to draw afterwards, right? A standard game of Settlers takes about forty-five minutes. It lasted three hours, and thus left no time to even make a quick sketch. I promise I'll make up for it soon.
Oh, that sounds like fun! How was it?

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 11:45 AM

Oh, that sounds like fun! How was it?

Mmm... my cousin decided I was getting in his way and spent the rest of his game trying to stop me and keep others from helping me, if rather half-heartedly. One of the girls and I got up to nine points each. Thing is, we all knew she had a victory point card, which would give her the tenth, winning point. She did her turn without turning it over, and handed the dice to me. My cousin almost exploded. I won, technically, but she would have had it if not for the mental lapse.

TaiLiu

2014-01-03, 11:51 AM

Mmm... my cousin decided I was getting in his way and spent the rest of his game trying to stop me and keep others from helping me, if rather half-heartedly. One of the girls and I got up to nine points each. Thing is, we all knew she had a victory point card, which would give her the tenth, winning point. She did her turn without turning it over, and handed the dice to me. My cousin almost exploded. I won, technically, but she would have had it if not for the mental lapse.
Heh. How did it extend all the way to three hours?

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 07:43 PM

Heh. How did it extend all the way to three hours?

It was their first time playing, and there were five players rather than the regular 4 or 5.

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 11:02 PM

Please make suggestions, by the wayside.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5804/x470.jpg

The left eye was not captured well by the camera; it's quite as dark as the other.

LaZodiac

2014-01-03, 11:18 PM

It looks WAY too happy for a silver back Gorilla, aka "hate monkies". But it's still a very good drawing.

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 11:26 PM

It looks WAY too happy for a silver back Gorilla, aka "hate monkies". But it's still a very good drawing.

My mom thought it looked sad. :smallamused:

Cuthalion

2014-01-03, 11:37 PM

Are we allowed to make requests here? Because I have one. Hint hint (http://www.bannerbank.com/Pages/default.aspx).

...

My request has nothing to do with the actual bank, they were just among the first results in my google search. For a certain word. You know... Hulk-flag rectangle?

Wait, you'd want it drawn drawn? :smallconfused:

enderlord99

2014-01-04, 12:10 AM

Wait, you'd want it drawn drawn? :smallconfused:

...I didn't immediately realize this thread was only for pencil drawings. Deleting previous post now.:smallsigh:

Teddy

2014-01-04, 06:49 AM

Please make suggestions, by the wayside.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5804/x470.jpg

The left eye was not captured well by the camera; it's quite as dark as the other.

Hmm, you're drawing from reference, yes? If the you reference has visual flaws to it, I suggest you try to correct them themselves instead of copying them...

Otherwise, keep it up! :3

Cuthalion

2014-01-04, 10:08 AM

Hmm, you're drawing from reference, yes? If the you reference has visual flaws to it, I suggest you try to correct them themselves instead of copying them...

Otherwise, keep it up! :3

Are.... are you saying the gorilla is odd somewhere? Please tell?

Cuthalion

2014-01-04, 07:44 PM

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9943/pfjf.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-04, 07:47 PM

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9943/pfjf.jpg

CA-CAAAW.

That looks pretty great, though I'm not talented enough in my birdology to figure out what it is. A falcon, right?

Cuthalion

2014-01-04, 11:40 PM

CA-CAAAW.

That looks pretty great, though I'm not talented enough in my birdology to figure out what it is. A falcon, right?

Aye. A brown falcon.

TaiLiu

2014-01-05, 12:07 AM

Oh, an avian! Nice.

LaZodiac

2014-01-05, 09:19 AM

Aye. A brown falcon.

Cool. I'd like to note that despite my lack of knowledge on birds, the picture still screamed "Falcon" to me, so that's a pretty good sign of how talented you are at drawing.

TaiLiu

2014-01-06, 03:08 AM

Oh, no! Cuthalion, you're falling behind!

Grozomah

2014-01-06, 09:10 AM

Gonna add my 5 cents of nagging. Go go Cuthalion! :P

Also i think the gorilla is pleasantly lost in thought and neither sad nor happy.

Cuthalion

2014-01-06, 09:13 AM

Oh, no! Cuthalion, you're falling behind!
I couldn't get the drawing on here last night. But, see, the picture has a datestamp so you know it was taken last night!

Gonna add my 5 cents of nagging. Go go Cuthalion! :P

Also i think the gorilla is pleasantly lost in thought and neither sad nor happy.
Thank you and welcome.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5422/z3fu.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-06, 09:15 AM

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5422/z3fu.jpg

...I want...I want to innuendo so much, but I caaaaan't.

That's a pretty nice looking rooster.

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-06, 03:05 PM

Your rooster is of prodigious size; the picture stretched the page, for me.

:smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-01-06, 04:26 PM

Your rooster is of prodigious size; the picture stretched the page, for me.

:smalltongue:

I resized it this morning.... Reload and try again.

Oh, and :smallcool:

Cuthalion

2014-01-06, 09:21 PM

Bilbo's Andre the Giant in a wig!

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6228/vpld.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-06, 09:22 PM

Now I'm imagining "The tallest hobbit in the world" which is in fact just a short man.

AtlanteanTroll

2014-01-07, 12:04 AM

Hmmm, so some things. First of all, I think that rooster is the best drawing in here. However, it and the falcon both have the same problem--their legs seem really stiff. Speaking of the falcon, it's pretty nice. Something is off with the right-most tail feathers, but I can't quite place it. Additionally, the lack of shading on the bird's perch, which I assume to be rocks, is really jarring. They feel very flat in comparison.

As for Andre the Halfling... Well, I like how you rendered his hair and clothes, his anatomy is quite problematic though. Either his neck is too thick, or his head as a whole is too thin. (One should generally be able to fit three heads' width from shoulder to shoulder, standing at attention.) On his face, his nose seems to be a bit too high up in comparison to his lips. There's also a rule about how there should be one eye's width between the eyes, this you did, but because of the size of the nose, they seem small. Furthermore, the ears seem to be sticking straight out from the side of his head. (I haven't watched the Hobbit movies, so IDK if that's good or bad, I just thought I'd point it out.) I really do like the shading on it, though.

Note: If you're going to take a photo and can't scan, try as hard as you can to take the shot straight on, taking it at an angle can skew things rather oddly.

Cuthalion

2014-01-10, 12:16 AM

Thank you for the feedback. :smallsmile: I did totally mess up Andre. He was supposed to look like Bilbo... Not sure how the neck got that wide.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/32/mzpy.jpg

My Brother's Version That He Did Ages Ago
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/850/zuh8.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-10, 12:19 AM

Interesting...what's she supposed to be eating/blowing into?

Cuthalion

2014-01-10, 12:35 AM

Interesting...what's she supposed to be eating/blowing into?

Bubbles! :smallsmile:

By the way, it cracks me up how fast you respond to each new post.

LaZodiac

2014-01-10, 12:36 AM

Bubbles! :smallsmile:

By the way, it cracks me up how fast you respond to each new post.

As I've said before, I use email subscriptions and have nothing else to do.

Also, yay bubbles!

Cuthalion

2014-01-10, 12:36 AM

As I've said before, I use email subscriptions and have nothing else to do.

Also, yay bubbles!

Do you... you know, sleep?

It's my sister. :smallsmile: At, probably, seven.

LaZodiac

2014-01-10, 12:44 AM

Do you... you know, sleep?

It's my sister. :smallsmile: At, probably, seven.

Yes but it's like, 10:43 PM, I'm not sleeping right now :smallbiggrin:

Oh, sweet! It's nice to have a model to work off of.

Cuthalion

2014-01-10, 09:44 AM

Yes but it's like, 10:43 PM, I'm not sleeping right now :smallbiggrin:

Oh, sweet! It's nice to have a model to work off of.

And... you're up again at 7:44. That gives you at most nine hours of sleep. :smalltongue:

Photo albums are nice in that respect.

LaZodiac

2014-01-10, 09:46 AM

And... you're up again at 7:44. That gives you at most nine hours of sleep. :smalltongue:

Photo albums are nice in that respect.

Went to bed at around 12:30, woke up at 7:00. Make of it what you will.

Yup! Photo albums are kind of cool, in that regard.

Cuthalion

2014-01-11, 12:07 AM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/856/8gxe.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-11, 12:08 AM

Goat no get down you're on a mountain you'll fall.

NO. GOAT NO GET DOWN.

Mountain goats are weird. Yours is all fluffy and cute though :smalltongue:

TaiLiu

2014-01-11, 12:25 AM

Indeed. It is quite puffy.

Cuthalion

2014-01-11, 09:22 AM

Indeed. It is quite puffy.

I did draw the back too high.

FinnLassie

2014-01-11, 10:04 AM

I always like seeing when someone draws animals - I honestly have no skills in that area. I'm only good with humans and trees. :smalltongue:

In a lot of the drawings the proportions are just a bit off, so try working on that. I would also like to see more depth, like tones and texture. It's a pain to practice drawing fur and the like, so maybe make a wee detail practice, like just the head, a leg, such things. :smallsmile:

Cuthalion

2014-01-11, 07:42 PM

Man, this looks way too stiff.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/707/rb40.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-11, 07:58 PM

Yeah, it's a bit stiff, and the face is a bit squished, due to paper size I imagine. Still looks great though!

Rain Dragon

2014-01-11, 08:22 PM

A bit, yes. Mostly in the legs. Also, the back end of the cat looks extremely squared to me.

But I like it. Kitty! :smallbiggrin:

TaiLiu

2014-01-12, 03:16 AM

Hooray for cats!

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-14, 10:14 AM

Care to tell us about Today's Cuthalion?

Cuthalion

2014-01-15, 09:42 PM

I'm a perfectionist and don't have enough time to work on it. As a result, I'm now five days behind. Need to sketch faster and more simply. Work on rough shapes.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/866x866q90/202/2yph.jpg

This one is a terrible drawing, and horribly taken. I apologize for the lengths I had to go to to make it visible.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1160x773q90/27/q3xm.jpg

FinnLassie

2014-01-15, 10:25 PM

I really like the ink drawing, I'm such a sucker for that medium. How about trying ink with animals? I think it'd be a brilliant way to explore creating fur.

LaZodiac

2014-01-15, 11:39 PM

That tree is totally an evil kami spirit. I know it :smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-01-16, 09:09 PM

The hands and feet are weird. Perspective is a bit off. Sweatshirt is huge. I'm about 6. Jeans are large.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/27/0fhn.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-16, 11:04 PM

Looks pretty good, points you mentioned aside. If you hadn't told me you where six I'd of assumed it was a monk, though :smalltongue:

FinnLassie

2014-01-16, 11:07 PM

Cuthalion, drawing children's hands and feet are like... the most annoying thing to learn. Damn it kids, why must you be so soft, round and squishy and not all rugged up like us grown ups?

Liking the shading you did on the clothing, brings nice texture. Would be lovely to see this coloured, or perhaps taken a bit further with tones and texturing with a pencil.

What kind of pencils do you have? Just a basic HB or similar, or a good range from hard to soft ends?

Cuthalion

2014-01-16, 11:13 PM

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 02:41 PM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/689/6kmo.jpg

FinnLassie

2014-01-17, 02:56 PM

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 03:01 PM

Well, I strongly recommend that you start using a large range of pencils as you already have them. I didn't learn how to use them properly until I went to the traditional drawing course my upper secondary school offered. I think the main rule is "the softer, the darker". Of course softer pencils can be used for light tones as well, but the effect is different.

...wow I have no idea what you're saying there :smallredface:

This is why I usually just mention how the art makes me feel, not throw around advice. I'm decidedly not an artist like Finn here :smalltongue:

I think it looks nifty. The hair is done really well, I think.

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 03:04 PM

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 08:43 PM

Back down to three days behind.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/853/fjkw.jpg

...wow I have no idea what you're saying there :smallredface:

This is why I usually just mention how the art makes me feel, not throw around advice. I'm decidedly not an artist like Finn here :smalltongue:

I think it looks nifty. The hair is done really well, I think.
I really appreciate your coming here and saying something, if only that. Especially since there aren't many who do come... Please continue to be here. :smallsmile:

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 08:49 PM

Back down to three days behind.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/853/fjkw.jpg

I really appreciate your coming here and saying something, if only that. Especially since there aren't many who do come... Please continue to be here. :smallsmile:

Oh, this one looks neat. Reminds me of someone I knew from High School.

Trust me, I feel the same about my stuff :smallamused:

TaiLiu

2014-01-17, 09:31 PM

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 09:32 PM

Don't worry, there are plenty of lurkers.

Don't lurk, post. For god sakes post, yo have no idea how frustrating it is seeing nothing, after a full days work of stuff is posted and then no one says anything for days.

Domochevsky

2014-01-17, 09:58 PM

True, only about 10% actually ever comment... which is why I prefer interactive comic stuff for what I do. Much easier to get some feedback out of people. :smallamused:

(I have nothing to add about the stuff you already posted, beyond "go go, make things happen!")

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 10:18 PM

Don't lurk, post. For god sakes post, yo have no idea how frustrating it is seeing nothing, after a full days work of stuff is posted and then no one says anything for days.
This. While I appreciate that you check it, if it weren't for Zodi and SometimesFinn I'd probably discontinue the thread. I'm here for motivation, and if I don't get any feedback of any sort, even "I hate that" or "I like that", I have no reason to post. But I would love it if you would post. :smallsmile:

True, only about 10% actually ever comment... which is why I prefer interactive comic stuff for what I do. Much easier to get some feedback out of people. :smallamused:

(I have nothing to add about the stuff you already posted, beyond "go go, make things happen!")
I'm still working on making humans look like humans. :smallcool:

Rain Dragon

2014-01-17, 10:18 PM

Ah, I always chicken out of posting feedback. :smalleek:

Though your peoples' faces are becoming better as time goes by. Also, your most recent picture has better contrast (probably thanks to using different pencils) than the others. I have a bad habit of shading everything in 2B then not finding a pen that works and just outlining everything in heavy pencil instead... (I draw cartoon style things)

EDIT - Typo

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 10:22 PM

11. Thou shalt post here.

http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/306/5/1/angry_chicken_by_coryyoung10-d322f20.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 10:22 PM

This. While I appreciate that you check it, if it weren't for Zodi and SometimesFinn I'd probably discontinue the thread. I'm here for motivation, and if I don't get any feedback of any sort, even "I hate that" or "I like that", I have no reason to post. But I would love it if you would post. :smallsmile:

I'm still working on making humans look like humans. :smallcool:

I 100% know the feels, Cuth, I really do.

Understandable. You do a good job of it. Better then me anyway :smallbiggrin:

Ah, I always chicken out of posting feedback. :smalleek:

Feed it to a lion, groawrall.

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 10:36 PM

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 10:38 PM

Just practice. That's all you can do, really.

Had quite a bit more free time than usual today, as you might have noticed. Here's another uncle.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/202/dmwx.jpg

Yup!

Noticed :smalltongue:

"we can't stop here this is bat country". Tell your uncle he looks like Hunter S Thompson. Or your drawing does, at least :smallamused:

Domochevsky

2014-01-17, 10:43 PM

If it helps... you can look at the view counter for your thread and see it steadily climb. It's a indicator of people lurking. :smallwink:

(Personal tip: Flip the image to see if you messed the perspective up without noticing! Paper drawings can be held against a light from the other side for the same effect.)

Plerumque

2014-01-17, 10:49 PM

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 11:47 PM

I will stop lurking because I do not wish to be devoured by the scary bird. However, I do not know much about arts and so I do not know if my input will be helpful. I like your uncle's sunglasses, though.

Good, good. I don't mind as long as you don't disappear. Point out if anything strikes you good or bad.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/594/dmxc.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 11:52 PM

Good, good. I don't mind as long as you don't disappear. Point out if anything strikes you good or bad.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/594/dmxc.jpg

It's Nanny McPhee! Cuth, all your relatives look like famous people!

Cuthalion

2014-01-17, 11:53 PM

It's Nanny McPhee! Cuth, all your relatives look like famous people!

I see this one. Not so sure about your last comparison...

LaZodiac

2014-01-17, 11:57 PM

I see this one. Not so sure about your last comparison...

Well maybe a touch more wrinkly, and with stubble. I think it might be the hat that does it for me.

FinnLassie

2014-01-18, 07:06 AM

Okay, one thing that I see you doing is that you seem to smudge the pencil that you've just used to create shadow. Try to avoid doing this, as it really looks just like smudge. Use the different pencils to create shadows. I think the best way to learn to use pencils is to look at a lot of references. I suggest having a quick stroll in DeviantArt and look at some of the best pencil works there are. Just examine how they've used their pencils, if you see any kind of pattern in certain texture areas, etc.

Plerumque

2014-01-18, 08:48 AM

I like how you drew her hair. What's that in the background/on the brim of the hat?

Cuthalion

2014-01-18, 09:23 AM

Plerumque

2014-01-18, 09:30 AM

Oh. Sunflowers, right, people put those on hats. I thought it was a hedgehog clutching a shiny rock. It does look a little precarious in it's position, though.

Rain Dragon

2014-01-18, 09:35 AM

Cuthalion

2014-01-18, 09:37 AM

The chicken compels me to state the mouth seems to the right too much.

Ah, but I don't want to be negative, I think you did very well! She looks quite shocked at something to me.

Blasted intense chickens...!

Seriously. Say. It. Next. Time.

http://www.psa-newmember.org/image_evaluation/pictorial_images/AngryChicken.jpg

Plerumque

2014-01-18, 09:44 AM

They're even scary when they're small and fuzzy...!

Cuthalion

2014-01-18, 02:00 PM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/854/2e2z.jpg

One more to be fully caught up.

The back two look nothing like that, for the record.

LaZodiac

2014-01-18, 03:07 PM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/854/2e2z.jpg

One more to be fully caught up.

The back two look nothing like that, for the record.

Oh, I like how you do the ruffles on the jeans, and make them look different from the dress. And they don't look alike at all, so good job :smalltongue:

Paisley

2014-01-18, 05:59 PM

Been browsing through your drawings, and my favorites so far are the gorilla and the ink tree. :smallbiggrin:

As for the most recent one, several things look a bit off to me. First, the perspective seems kind of...odd. For example, the man at the right is noticeably behind the man at the left, yet the two have almost exactly the same size and proportion. The illusion of distance is lost. Contrast that with the girl in the dress, which you did a much better job with. Although she's roughly the same size as either man, she still looks younger and properly proportioned because she's "closer" to the front.

In general, I'd say the only one who's really messing with the perspective is the man on the left. Here's a rough sketch to give you an idea of what of I'm saying:

http://i43.tinypic.com/29yobuv.png http://i44.tinypic.com/4qkls3.png

There are also a few very minor details I noticed about the man on the right. Regarding the small triangular shape jutting out from beneath the girl's outstretched arm—is that his hand? If it is, then his right arm is significantly longer than his left. (If it is not, in fact, his hand...then disregard everything I'm saying. :smalltongue:)

In addition, his whole body seems to be slanting oddly to the left. Drawing a line bisecting his figure gives something like the picture below, on the right.

http://i43.tinypic.com/24zvrsx.png http://i44.tinypic.com/28hddgk.png

As for the man on the left, I notice that his neck is a little off-center with the rest of his head. To my eye, it's a bit too far to the left. Now, I'm no expert on anatomy, so please don't take my word for it—but I think the back of the head should be more smoothly connected to the top of the neck. So something like the bottom right image? (While shifting the head more to the left, of course.) :smallsmile:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2e1wzg2.png http://i43.tinypic.com/2je8n76.png

...Sorry for rambling on for so long about minor things. I've been told I'm too obsessive over details. ^^;;

Remmirath

2014-01-18, 11:22 PM

You seem to be making progress and trying new things, and that's always good. In general, I think your animals are better than your humans -- but that could partly be a less critical eye on my part, as I tend to find animals more difficult to draw myself, and inaccuracies in humans are very easily noticed by humans. I do like how you've handled the fur edges on several of the animals (particularly the wolf and the ape from the first page), and I think overall you've got the proportions better on them than on the humans.

Okay, one thing that I see you doing is that you seem to smudge the pencil that you've just used to create shadow. Try to avoid doing this, as it really looks just like smudge.

Yes, I noticed this as well. Blending the pencil for shadows can be a valid technique, but if you are going to do that, laying down a nice even layer of the varying shades before blending is recommended (and it tends to work better if you blend with a tissue or some such, as fingers smudge overly much).

I also recommend experimenting with varying the amount you press with the pencil or using different pencils (or both, at different times) and denoting shadow that way, and with lines and crosshatching. See what you end up liking best.

The chicken compels me to state the mouth seems to the right too much.

I would say that the problem is that the eyes-and-nose group doesn't match up with the rest of the head, and that it should be more towards the right.

For your humans, I'm going to recommend trying some things that are not from photographs. See if you can sketch somebody in person, or yourself in the mirror. Failing that, try and draw from memory, keeping proportions in mind. Photographs can be inspiring and quite useful as reference once you know what you're about, but also tend to be a bit confusing to get accurate proportions from. You might want to look around for some books or tutorials on anatomy and proportions (both for faces and the whole body), and looking at human skulls might help as well, especially for those in-between angles.

Anyhow, good luck, and keep up the good work!

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-19, 12:39 AM

I definitely think you're improving. :smallsmile:

Plerumque

2014-01-19, 09:10 AM

I agree that the fur on the animals is really well-done, but it's never a bad idea to try many different things so you can improve.

TaiLiu

2014-01-20, 12:00 AM

This. While I appreciate that you check it, if it weren't for Zodi and SometimesFinn I'd probably discontinue the thread. I'm here for motivation, and if I don't get any feedback of any sort, even "I hate that" or "I like that", I have no reason to post. But I would love it if you would post. :smallsmile:

I'm still working on making humans look like humans. :smallcool:
I'll try, I suppose. It's just that I often have little to say about artwork.

Also, you're falling behind!

Cuthalion

2014-01-20, 10:44 AM

Thank you guys. I appreciate it, and it'll help. I've done more animals in the past, so that's very likely it.

Don't like this one, doesn't look at all like who I was trying to make it look like.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/34/3c3d.jpg

And this is drawn from RL.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/22/vc2p.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-20, 10:46 AM

The second one is definitely the superior of the two there. I like the first guys suit though.

Cuthalion

2014-01-20, 10:53 AM

Mmh, before anybody points it out, I'm aware that the distance between the nose and mouth should be reduced. I noticed that after I finished, though. Didn't want to erase everything.

@Zodi: It was his uniform at a National Recreation area he was volunteering at.

Rain Dragon

2014-01-20, 10:56 AM

The chickens compel me to mention how much I like the expression on the second guy's face.

Also, you draw clothing quite well.

Paisley

2014-01-20, 12:35 PM

I agree with everyone else; the second one is very nicely done.

Mmh, before anybody points it out, I'm aware that the distance between the nose and mouth should be reduced. I noticed that after I finished, though. Didn't want to erase everything.

A little tip that I've found helpful: Generally, the bottom of the lip should constitute the midpoint between the bottom of the nose and the tip of the chin.

Cuthalion

2014-01-20, 01:31 PM

A little tip that I've found helpful: Generally, the bottom of the lip should constitute the midpoint between the bottom of the nose and the tip of the chin.

I know that. But I wasn't paying too much attention while I drew it, unfortunately.

FinnLassie

2014-01-20, 01:46 PM

Yeah, pay attention to proportions. If something looks funny and unnatural to your eyes, it's likely because it is. When I started drawing more realistic stuff I was actually surprised how small eyes, mouth and nose can be compared to the rest of the face, and for example how big chins are.

You know when people do the whole sketching thing where they make a ball and then draw lines vertically and horizontally to figure out the position and place of different features in the face, as well as perspective? If you're using a photo as a model, try to maybe photocopy that and actually do those lines on top of the picture with a red marker or such. Helps you with finding out these different things, I'd think.

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-20, 04:47 PM

Agreed. My more cartoony sense of proportions is so ingrained that I don't even try to be photorealistic, myself. :smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-01-20, 11:48 PM

Legs are short, face is bad, I was mostly focusing on pants.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/842/2ciq.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-20, 11:49 PM

You're not wrong about the face, though if you made it less bumpy it'd be a super awesome "I'm all shadowed in the face due to the sun and stuff" pose. The leg size is okay, I can just pretend it's Peter Dinklage. The pants look good, though!

Plerumque

2014-01-21, 06:59 PM

I don't think the face is that bad myself, though the bump is kind of weird.

Cuthalion

2014-01-22, 02:49 PM

It's a cloth napkin draped o'er a chair.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/833/nu0g.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-22, 02:51 PM

Oooh, that actually looks pretty cool.

AtlanteanTroll

2014-01-22, 03:05 PM

Day 21's drawing looks pretty good. I recommend trying focus less on line and more on smoother shading techniques. After that, try working on adding in high lights.

Day 20's drawing ... Is the subject a child? I know you're going for a worm's-eye view--and in fact, I think you did it rather well--but his legs are too short (and disproportional). The shading though, is very nice. You captured the folds well. Shoes could use some definite work, they seem to be fat eye level while everything else isn't.

As for the upper body and head, something's off. Either the torso should be thinner, or the head should be centered. The nose and the lips are a bit wonky on the head, but if you fixed the jawline I think it wold be really good as far as the perspective goes.

Cuthalion

2014-01-25, 12:02 AM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/203/beq8.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/19/igik.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/32/o7hr.jpg

Plerumque

2014-01-25, 12:18 AM

All nice. I particularly like the feathers on the bird and the shape of the head of the subject in 23 seems well done.

Rain Dragon

2014-01-25, 02:15 AM

Aside from the amazing floating hat, day 23 looks pretty awesome to me. I suppose I'm just wizardist.

The bird is intense.

LaZodiac

2014-01-25, 09:16 AM

I for one quite like the doofy wizard and his flying hat. The... I want to say "falcon" looks really good though.

Cuthalion

2014-01-25, 09:18 AM

Aside from the amazing floating hat, day 23 looks pretty awesome to me. I suppose I'm just wizardist.

The bird is intense.

He bought it in Bolivia. All the hats are too small for him, but this was the largest he could find. :smalltongue:

Where is everyone...

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/angry-chicken-4740601.jpg

Cuthalion

2014-01-25, 04:56 PM

Did I mention I will multiclass every so often?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/12/5km8.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-25, 04:57 PM

Did I mention I will multiclass every so often?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/12/5km8.jpg

Oh man it's a sparkleshark.

Actually pretty cool, jokes aside.

Cuthalion

2014-01-25, 04:58 PM

Oh man it's a sparkleshark.

:smalltongue:

By the way, you ninja'd me this morning. And I totally did not notice until right now. This is the second time this thread. And then I'm like, "Aw, where'd Zodi go?"

Few hours later, "...Oh." :smallcool:

LaZodiac

2014-01-25, 05:01 PM

Silly Cuthalion :smalltongue:

Speaking of multiclassing, how goes your other art stuff, if I may ask/provide subtle proddings for stuff.

Plerumque

2014-01-25, 05:32 PM

Ooh, that's awesome. Watercolors?

Cuthalion

2014-01-25, 06:00 PM

Indeed. Watercolor it is.

TheCountAlucard

2014-01-25, 06:35 PM

That is a pretty fabulous shark.

FinnLassie

2014-01-25, 07:29 PM

Did I mention I will multiclass every so often?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/12/5km8.jpg

I really like how you've blended the colours together.

TaiLiu

2014-01-26, 02:08 AM

I would weep if I could, but I now had no tearducts. Maybe if I didn't drink all that vodka, I wouldn't be a half-fish shark...........

TaiLiu

2014-01-27, 05:14 PM

My dearest comrade, you are falling behind once more.

Cuthalion

2014-01-27, 10:09 PM

Simply because I was gone this morning and I had no time yesterday. I was expecting a friend to come over in forty minutes last night, so I still had time to eat and draw. Then I was informed that it would be fifteen minutes. So this was done in under ten minutes.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/585/6awo.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-27, 10:10 PM

Oooh, a samurai guy. Looks pretty cool :smallbiggrin:

Cuthalion

2014-01-27, 10:12 PM

Oooh, a samurai guy. Looks pretty cool :smallbiggrin:

Please tell me you're kidding and that you can really tell it's Gandalf after all? :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2014-01-27, 10:14 PM

Please tell me you're kidding and that you can really tell it's Gandalf after all? :smalltongue:

I'm not familiar with Lotr that much. Looking at him now, I DO see how he's Gandalf.

:smallredface:

TaiLiu

2014-01-28, 07:56 PM

Simply because I was gone this morning and I had no time yesterday. I was expecting a friend to come over in forty minutes last night, so I still had time to eat and draw. Then I was informed that it would be fifteen minutes. So this was done in under ten minutes.
Ah.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/585/6awo.jpg
What is he doing?

Plerumque

2014-01-28, 07:59 PM

Pretty cool-looking, although I can see how he could be mistaken for a samurai. Samurai-wizard?

Cuthalion

2014-01-30, 09:54 AM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/824/2a6d.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/837/rdr5.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-01-30, 10:02 AM

I have no idea what that second picture is, but it is CERTAINLY cute.

The first one is also very pretty. I like the colour balance.

Cuthalion

2014-01-30, 10:18 AM

I have no idea what that second picture is, but it is CERTAINLY cute.

...wombat? They're the hardest li'l things to draw. They bulge where animals really shouldn't bulge.

LaZodiac

2014-01-30, 10:20 AM

...wombat? They're the hardest li'l things to draw. They bulge where animals really shouldn't bulge.

I've genuinely never seen a wombat before in my life.

Rain Dragon

2014-01-30, 10:26 AM

The first one looks like a nice oasis to me.

Also I like the wombat. It has really fluffy cheeks. :smallsmile: Though its back leg looks a little odd.

EDIT - LaZodiac, here's another one (http://zactopia.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/wombat.jpg). They are round and a little cute.

LaZodiac

2014-01-30, 10:37 AM

Cuthalion

2014-01-30, 11:05 AM

I've genuinely never seen a wombat before in my life.

Neither have I. Just seen pictures. They're still cuteness.

Paisley

2014-01-30, 02:48 PM

Ah, seems like I've missed quite a bit.

The watercolors are glorious; I like the way you did the reflections in the lake one, as well as the way the colors bleed in the shark painting.

I've genuinely never seen a wombat before in my life.

Neither have I. Just seen pictures. They're still cuteness.

I have! They're big and pudgy and absolutely adorable. Your drawing does a good job of capturing that, and I particularly like how the fur around the face was done. The ears seem a tad lopsided, though—I think the right ear's a bit larger than the left?

Plerumque

2014-01-30, 06:09 PM

I like the reflections in the lake as well, and that wombat should be illegal.

Cuthalion

2014-01-30, 11:52 PM

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/31/hymg.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/836/6yr2.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/841/9p89.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/534/xu18.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/844/38q3.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/812/t4mz.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/202/2sfe.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/855/t3jh.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/801/vjv3.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/31/eyy4.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/829/ckw7.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/829/4dvx.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/31/hymg.jpg

AtlanteanTroll

2014-01-30, 11:56 PM

LaZodiac

2014-01-30, 11:56 PM

God I love water colours. So beautiful.

Cuthalion

2014-01-30, 11:58 PM

Well. You over worked the lake, as you mentioned in the chat, but I think this is really nice. Especially the mountains and the sky. Keep up the good work. I'd love to see you do this more. Maybe go out and study from life, as opposed to working from photos? :smallsmile:

This wasn't from a photo. :smalltongue: I just decided to make a scene with a sunset, maybe a few mountains, a forest or two, and a lake. :smallsmile:

AtlanteanTroll

2014-01-31, 12:00 AM

Oh. Well good on you!

That's a rather nice scene from your imagination, especially at this stage. I scrap my advice and now say work from a photo and then from real life. You will find such things hell you work from your imagination at later stages, which is often the goal.

Or so has been my experience.

FinnLassie

2014-01-31, 12:05 AM

Really liking the graphic look of the mountains. Indeed, the water area is overworked, but lesson learnt I suppose? :smallsmile:

Reminds me of Moomin Valley, somehow. 'Tis nice.

Cuthalion

2014-01-31, 08:14 PM

I will be back... Sunday or Monday. I should be fully caught up by then. So don't worry while I'm gone. :smallsmile:

Plerumque

2014-01-31, 08:24 PM

Wow, that's really nice. Love those mountains.

Paisley

2014-01-31, 10:54 PM

That's some gorgeous scenery right there. I especially love the texture of the mountains and trees.

And thanks for taking the time to put up the painting process—'twas very interesting! :smallsmile:

TaiLiu

2014-02-05, 06:37 PM

Alas, Cuthalion. Alas... :smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2014-02-05, 11:12 PM

Alas, Cuthalion. Alas... :smalltongue:

Hey now, he can't update every day. He's busy with stuff :smallamused:

TaiLiu

2014-02-06, 12:37 AM

Hey now, he can't update every day. He's busy with stuff :smallamused:
Ah, but the thread's a daily drawing thread. Besides, Cuthalion can use his sweat, blood, and tears to create a pretty sweet painting. :smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-02-08, 05:00 PM

Ah, sorry. I was always telling myself I'd update it that day. Took... a while.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1025-1.jpg
The rest are all quick drawings, and aaagh mouths.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1026-1.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1027-1.jpg
Seeing if I could make a realistic hypothetical head with a huge nose.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1028-1.jpg
...I failed.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1030-1.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1029-1.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-08, 05:02 PM

Oh wow, that tree looks really good! And I like the tucan. And yes, the lips are weird...pretty hard to draw mouths though, I understand :smallbiggrin:

Plerumque

2014-02-08, 05:19 PM

I like the man with the ridiculous nose.

Paisley

2014-02-08, 05:38 PM

Agreed, the trees are very pretty. Are they birch trees? They look like birch.

I like the last one; you're quite good at drawing baggy clothing.

I like the toucan as well, but the beak looks odd to me. It's a bit...small? Relative to the rest of the body, that is. Very nice work on the feet, though. :)

Ah, sorry. I was always telling myself I'd update it that day. Took... a while.

Ah, I know the feeling. :smalleek: Out of curiosity, how long does a drawing typically take you?

Cuthalion

2014-02-08, 05:42 PM

Agreed, the trees are very pretty. Are they birch trees? They look like birch.

I like the last one; you're quite good at drawing baggy clothing.

I like the toucan as well, but the beak looks odd to me. It's a bit...small? Relative to the rest of the body, that is. Very nice work on the feet, though. :)

Ah, I know the feeling. :smalleek: Out of curiosity, how long does a drawing typically take you?

Probably, I'm not quite sure.

Thank you.

Looking at it, I think you're right.

The first one might have been 45 minutes. The last few have been... Well, under 20.

TaiLiu

2014-02-08, 07:11 PM

Nice, nice!

Cuthalion

2014-02-09, 10:11 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1031.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1032.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-09, 10:12 PM

You know, you're actually pretty good at drawing hands.

Cuthalion

2014-02-09, 10:13 PM

You know, you're actually pretty good at drawing hands.

I didn't know that and I refuse to believe it. :smallyuk:

LaZodiac

2014-02-09, 10:25 PM

I didn't know that and I refuse to believe it. :smallyuk:

Well keep in mind this is coming from someone who makes circles for hands :smallwink:

FinnLassie

2014-02-10, 03:03 PM

I like how you're putting an emphasis on folds and draping in the clothes, but as you're making most of them as just line, they all seem like heavy folds or drapes, when in reality they just might be some light ones. Try working that with lighter, thinner lines or simply not doing a line at all in a simple sketch like that, unless the fold is a major one. Gentle shadowing also does the trick.

Cuthalion

2014-02-13, 07:34 PM

I need to upload on a daily basis. :smallfrown: Disappointed in myself.

This is what happens when a face is too wide.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1038.jpg
When a head is too large.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1039.jpg
When I have seven minutes to draw.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1040.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-13, 07:36 PM

I must say, you are pretty good at doing hair. I like the curly hair!

Also, that first picture, he is the flattest faced man!

Duck999

2014-02-13, 07:46 PM

7 minutes? Impressive. You are good at this.

Cuthalion

2014-02-13, 09:27 PM

Thank you all for coming here and saying things. I do appreciate it a lot. :smallsmile:

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1065.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-13, 09:27 PM

Tweet! That's a cute bird.

And you're welcome :smalltongue:

Duck999

2014-02-13, 09:31 PM

Very cute picture. Also, that is great detail in it.
Also, your welcome.

Rain Dragon

2014-02-13, 09:38 PM

Hurrah for the bird.

Is it just me or do you just have no time for Gandalf?

Cuthalion

2014-02-13, 09:40 PM

Hurrah for the bird.

Is it just me or do you just have no time for Gandalf?
It is true. The same, however, applies to Saruman. :smallamused:

Plerumque

2014-02-13, 10:19 PM

Cute. Is it just me, though, or are its legs a bit too spindly?

Cuthalion

2014-02-18, 02:10 PM

I had a bit under ten minutes, so I figured, why not?
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1069.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1068.jpg
I saw Frozen...
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1067.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-18, 02:11 PM

For drawings done under ten minutes, those are actually pretty good.

Cuthalion

2014-02-18, 02:18 PM

For drawings done under ten minutes, those are actually pretty good.

Only the first one was that short.

LaZodiac

2014-02-18, 02:24 PM

Oooh. Still, they're quite good! Olaf looks quite huggable.

Plerumque

2014-02-18, 05:07 PM

He terrifies me. I shall make a note to never see Frozen. Also, really like the hair on the second one.

LaZodiac

2014-02-18, 05:15 PM

He terrifies me. I shall make a note to never see Frozen. Also, really like the hair on the second one.

That is the most incorrect decision to make.

Cuthalion

2014-02-18, 06:17 PM

That is the most incorrect decision to make.

Indeed. It's quite a good movie.

Cuthalion

2014-02-19, 10:06 AM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1070.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-19, 10:11 AM

That guy has the curliest of hair. I like it, since it's pretty hard to get curls that look good, and I think they look good.

Duck999

2014-02-19, 03:55 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1070.jpg

Looks like my brother! Except the beard. I like the detail you put in the hair.

AtlanteanTroll

2014-02-19, 04:51 PM

He has a surprisingly good nose, given how simple it is.

Plerumque

2014-02-19, 05:53 PM

He looks strangely familiar, although I'm certain I don't know a guy that looks like that. Good work!

Rain Dragon

2014-02-19, 10:15 PM

Yes, I'm posting again but it's the chicken's fault. Sorry I haven't really been providing my opinion, but I hope you know I'm watching and my silence isn't because your drawings don't interest me.

I look forward to watching your style progress more!

As for the mouths, I know my drawings of faces are a lot more simplistic and not realistic but I think maybe the lines in the mouths are too much? I think the most recent picture is the best for it.

I don't draw realistically and admit that cartoons are a lot less and the most detailed drawings I do consist of a middle line, small lower lip line and sometimes shading, but when I did/do fully shaded realistic style drawings I had similar problems as well as being unable to make the cupid's bow look good...

Eventually, I drew more heavily lines where the lips met and shaded them out to look shiny but didn't line the outside of the lips and just left them shaded. Like... The rest of the skin was a distinctly different shade but there was no outline. I hope whatever you decide to try and do works very well for you!

Again though, I'm nowhere near as good at drawing, so I might be entirely wrong.

Also, I love your Rainbow Dash and Budgie avatar! Rainbow Dash is my favourite. 「I hope I don't start trouble by saying so. If I do, I'm very sorry.」

EDIT - Typo

Cuthalion

2014-02-20, 12:39 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1079.jpg

Good idea. I'll start trying that with mouths...

Rainbow Dash is also my favorite. Figured she'd make a better princess than Twilight, and Kneen kept nesting in my hair.

LaZodiac

2014-02-20, 12:40 PM

Cuthalion

2014-02-20, 12:45 PM

I don't know why but this reminds me of Doctor Who.

It might be the clothes...

Either way it's a young-looking Bilbo. :smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-02-21, 10:16 AM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1080.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-21, 10:18 AM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1080.jpg

Something seems a little off with his left leg, but that aside he looks cool! I like the suit.

Duck999

2014-02-21, 11:09 AM

His pocket seems a little large, and maybe his nose, but good job.

Plerumque

2014-02-21, 04:48 PM

It's a very distinguished nose. Aquiline, do they call it, or is that a different shape?

Lord Torath

2014-02-21, 05:28 PM

Very good job on the face. I think this might be your best yet.

It's a very distinguished nose. Aquiline, do they call it, or is that a different shape?I don't know, but I call mine "decorative."

Cuthalion

2014-02-24, 11:48 PM

Quick, bad sketches.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1083.jpg
Horse?
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1086.jpg
Cat head!

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1088.jpg
Same cat, more fleshed out. :smallamused:
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1089.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-02-24, 11:50 PM

Those don't look like bad sketches, I'll be perfectly honest.

Also, KITTEH.

FinnLassie

2014-02-25, 03:05 AM

KITTTEEEEEEEHHH. I really like how you've developed with fur. :smallsmile: Even though it's a sketch a day, I'd really like to see you work on something in the span of few days. When you focus on something for longer, you learn to do it faster.

I finally found this tumblr-link I've wanted to link you. Had to swim through nearly all my likes. :smalltongue: It's a good guide on how to do folds (http://i-don-t-shave-for-sherlockholmes.tumblr.com/post/61744968780/poshuanotes-how-to-draw-folds-notes-on-how-to), although the sample pages don't go into detail (but you get the point of what's supposed to be). I'm looking into purchasing the whole book myself at some point this year, seems neat.

Duck999

2014-02-25, 07:08 AM

The cat head actually looks great on its own. I saw it and was amazed at the cuteness of a decapitated cat.

Cuthalion

2014-02-25, 09:39 AM

FinnLassie

2014-02-25, 03:39 PM

I've always had a hard time when someone tries to explain me, minus some new techniques I learnt in school, and pictures have always taught me better. I suppose it's a matter of what learning style suits to you, too.

Also, what I'd suggest you'd also practice is using longer strokes and lines, as some of your sketches can look a bit messy because you're using many short strokes. Again, it's something you will learn to be better at over time, but try to aim for long strokes and lines.

Cuthalion

2014-02-26, 06:39 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1090.jpg

Duck999

2014-02-26, 06:52 PM

Nice hair, but the legs look a tiny bit malformed. There looks like theres a kind of dent in one.

Plerumque

2014-02-26, 07:28 PM

I think that's a knee, maybe?

LaZodiac

2014-02-26, 11:16 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1090.jpg

She looks like a quilt monster making more flesh for herself :smallamused:

Cuthalion

2014-03-01, 11:49 AM

http://i.imgur.com/WjGvH5w.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/LcvpvDP.jpg?1
He's a bit more plump than he ought to be, but I still really like him.
http://i.imgur.com/JH9PcfO.jpg?1

Duck999

2014-03-01, 11:54 AM

The first ones face looks a little off. Maybe the nose?
The dogs body looks slightly large.
The last ones sword hands do not looked posed correctly. That would be a tough way to wield a sword.

LaZodiac

2014-03-01, 12:02 PM

Wow, the dog looks really good, I think! And yeah, I noticed the same issues Duck did. Still though, quite awesome.

Plerumque

2014-03-01, 11:58 PM

It is a wonderful chubby dog.

Rain Dragon

2014-03-02, 01:04 AM

The chicken compels me.

Cool drawings, as usual.

Though, one of the swordsman's arms seems to be behaving like spaghetti...

Cuthalion

2014-03-02, 11:40 AM

Though, one of the swordsman's arms seems to be behaving like spaghetti...

True. It's a bit more bendy than it ought to be. Ah well.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1098.jpg

I see a lot of little errors in this one.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1106.jpg

Duck999

2014-03-02, 11:45 AM

The bow... is in the sheath? It also starts curving to soon. The arrows look like they bend and the mouth is off center. Over all, pretty good.

LaZodiac

2014-03-02, 12:12 PM

If it makes you feel better the hair is very nice :smallsmile:

Duck999

2014-03-02, 12:13 PM

Cuthalion always draws awesome hair!

Plerumque

2014-03-02, 01:43 PM

It could be a recurved bow.

Cuthalion

2014-03-02, 10:11 PM

Cuthalion always draws awesome hair!
Thanks. :smallredface: I find it the easiest part to draw, you just have to follow the way it moves.

It could be a recurved bow.

I'm pretty sure it is... it's not in the movie, so not completely certain.

Duck999

2014-03-02, 10:14 PM

Not sure if a recurve bow would look like that while strapped on a back, but the hair makes up for it either way. :smallsmile:

Rain Dragon

2014-03-02, 11:18 PM

I hate to seem to hate, but the bow does look really tiny to me as well due to curving back into the handle so quickly.

Cuthalion

2014-03-07, 12:09 AM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1174.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1167.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1173.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-07, 12:11 AM

AtlanteanTroll

2014-03-07, 12:48 AM

The dwarf from day 60 has pretty different length arms. I like how you drew the couch in day 59's drawing.

Rain Dragon

2014-03-07, 01:02 AM

Awesome! I love dwarves.

The drawings are looking better every day 「not that you had a bad start at all, at all, just noting improvement」.

Duck999

2014-03-07, 07:10 AM

Very cool drawings, especially the first, but the last ones hand is a wee bit small. As in the size of his nose. :smalleek:

Cuthalion

2014-03-08, 11:47 AM

D'aw, the kid with the...animal I can't identify but I think guinea pig (it's not drawn badly I just don't know what it is) is drawn quite well!

The knife the first dwarf is holding is a bit wobbly.

Second dwarf's hand is kind of...gangly looking. That aside all these drawings are pretty cool.
Guinea pig. :smallsmile:

The dwarf from day 60 has pretty different length arms. I like how you drew the couch in day 59's drawing.
The fur kind of conceals where the elbow should be, I think.

Small boy, large chair.

Awesome! I love dwarves.

The drawings are looking better every day 「not that you had a bad start at all, at all, just noting improvement」.
I had a bad start at all, at all.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1187.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-08, 11:49 AM

Ow, his right wrist look like it got broken. Poor dwarf man :smalltongue:

Cuthalion

2014-03-08, 11:51 AM

Ow, his right wrist look like it got broken. Poor dwarf man :smalltongue:
...You have an extremely valid point.

Cuthalion

2014-03-09, 12:18 AM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1192.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-09, 12:19 AM

I think this is the best Dwarf so far, though his axe handle kinda cuts off at the bottom :smallamused:

Cuthalion

2014-03-09, 12:26 AM

I think this is the best Dwarf so far, though his axe handle kinda cuts off at the bottom :smallamused:

The whole bottom is cut off. The axe handle is cut off. The hand is cut off. The other axe handle is cut off. :smalltongue:

Plerumque

2014-03-09, 12:23 PM

The hand seems positioned very naturally on the axe head. I like the expression, too. Good job!

Cuthalion

2014-03-17, 09:24 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1295.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1301.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1302.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1303.jpg
More dwarves.
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1304.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1306.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-17, 09:50 PM

Oh my goodness so many dwarves. Are you doing one for every single dwarf in that book?

Rain Dragon

2014-03-17, 09:54 PM

Wowee, eeee lots of pictures.

I don't know why... but I like the ears. Except maybe day 63 where there's an ear randomly adorning his hair. Mmm, though the ear itself is shaded well and looks good.

Just curious, have you drawn any people in leather I've missed somewhere? I'm just curious as to how you'd draw how it behaves up against how you draw other clothes.

...that question sounded a lot less weird in my head I swear.

Duck999

2014-03-18, 06:15 AM

Oh my goodness so many dwarves. Are you doing one for every single dwarf in that book?

That plus all the unnamed background dwarves.:smallbiggrin:

AtlanteanTroll

2014-03-18, 08:27 AM

Of the current batch, I think Day 64's drawing is probably the best. It seems the most proportional of the lot. The hands could still use a lot of work though. I was talking to my drawing prof. and she was saying how, when one works from photos, inevitably some of the dimension is lost. To get better, I recommend drawing whichever hand you aren't gifted with in a bunch of different poses.

Cuthalion

2014-03-19, 02:53 PM

Hands are hard to make look right, that's for sure.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1357.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-19, 02:54 PM

Hands are hard to make look right, that's for sure.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1357.jpg

You're still on your dwarf kick, aren't you :smallamused:

He looks good though. Like the quaff of hair he's got going for him.

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 07:46 PM

Oh my goodness so many dwarves. Are you doing one for every single dwarf in that book?
Yes...

Wowee, eeee lots of pictures.

I don't know why... but I like the ears. Except maybe day 63 where there's an ear randomly adorning his hair. Mmm, though the ear itself is shaded well and looks good.

Just curious, have you drawn any people in leather I've missed somewhere? I'm just curious as to how you'd draw how it behaves up against how you draw other clothes.

...that question sounded a lot less weird in my head I swear.
I'm sorry. I've been... gone.

I see what you mean.

Not that I know of... I don't think I'd draw it all that differently, but I'll see whenever I do end up drawing it.

That plus all the unnamed background dwarves.:smallbiggrin:
Call them products of le imaginación.

Of the current batch, I think Day 64's drawing is probably the best. It seems the most proportional of the lot. The hands could still use a lot of work though. I was talking to my drawing prof. and she was saying how, when one works from photos, inevitably some of the dimension is lost. To get better, I recommend drawing whichever hand you aren't gifted with in a bunch of different poses.
It's also my favorite. I'd work from photos less if I had more people around to draw.

You're still on your dwarf kick, aren't you :smallamused:

He looks good though. Like the quaff of hair he's got going for him.
Yes, though that's a rather famous human.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1361.jpg

LaZodiac

2014-03-20, 07:51 PM

Yes...

I'm sorry. I've been... gone.

Yes, though that's a rather famous human.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1361.jpg

Okay :smalltongue:

It's okay. I hope everything's okay.

No idea who it is :smallbiggrin:

Ooh, that one looks nifty. His beard braid is a little small though.

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 07:57 PM

It's okay. I hope everything's okay.

No idea who it is :smallbiggrin:

Ooh, that one looks nifty. His beard braid is a little small though.

Like I said, I was gone. :smalltongue:

I hoped you'd think it was a dwarf. :smallamused:

Aye, but it is small.

Plerumque

2014-03-20, 08:02 PM

Oh! Is it the guy with the beard?

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 08:05 PM

Oh! Is it the guy with the beard?

Um. What exactly are you talking about? :smallconfused:

Plerumque

2014-03-20, 08:11 PM

The not-dwarf. Day 69. What's his name, er... Chuck Norris?

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 08:13 PM

The not-dwarf. Day 69. What's his name, er... Chuck Norris?

*buzzer*

BZZZRT!

Try again. :smallamused:

LaZodiac

2014-03-20, 08:14 PM

*buzzer*

BZZZRT!

Try again. :smallamused:

Oh, is it Day 9? Cause I don't watch his things :smallredface:

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 08:15 PM

Oh, is it Day 9? Cause I don't watch his things :smallredface:

...Who exactly is Day 9?

you don't have to answer that

Plerumque

2014-03-20, 09:15 PM

Dammit. I think it's the long face that made me think that. Is it a politician?

Cuthalion

2014-03-20, 10:51 PM

Dammit. I think it's the long face that made me think that. Is it a politician?

No, unfortunately for you.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1364.jpg

Rain Dragon

2014-03-20, 11:35 PM

Ooh, that dwarf looks awesome. I particularly like the mouth posing.

Plerumque

2014-03-21, 06:14 AM

Pshaw. An actor?

Cuthalion

2014-03-21, 08:25 AM

Ooh, that dwarf looks awesome. I particularly like the mouth posing.
Good, so the mouth worked out?

Pshaw. An actor?

Close...

Cuthalion

2014-03-21, 10:41 PM

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1370.jpg

FinnLassie

2014-04-02, 04:47 PM

Cuthy Cuth, did you get any drawings done during the forum black out?

Rain Dragon

2014-04-04, 08:05 AM

Good, so the mouth worked out?

Yes. I'm a fan of the expression also.

Cuthy Cuth, did you get any drawings done during the forum black out?

I look forward to day 73 as well.

Cuthalion

2014-04-04, 11:47 AM

Cuthy Cuth, did you get any drawings done during the forum black out?
Yes indeed, Finnie Finn.

Yes. I'm a fan of the expression also.

I look forward to day 73 as well.

Thanks. :smallsmile:

How do you feel about day 81?

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1429.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1430.jpg
Pants
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1431.jpg
Fail
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1432.jpg
Fail
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1433.jpg
Fail
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1434.jpg
Fail
http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1435.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1436.jpg

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r515/Puffinhelm/IMG_1437.jpg