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George the Peeper

Robitar (Mar 22, 2006)

Not drawn by Sim... drawn by the girlfriend! :D First time ever drawing online!
I love my Fwoggy... "ribbet ribbet" C&C welcome!!:D

10 comments – latest 4:

Pantera (Mar 23, 2006)

Beautiful, I like frogs :) you did a great job on detail.

Robitar (Mar 23, 2006)

Thanks! It really was my first time, I can't believe how easy it was once I got used to the tools. Thank you so much for your comments! ~Alyse (the girlfriend)

davincipoppalag (Mar 23, 2006)

Open your own account and draw often Alyse!!! This is great!

Becksie (Mar 23, 2006)

I agree. Your very talented, and it would be great to see more of your art!

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puppy

Kayos (Mar 22, 2006)

playing wiht the new tools.. just some random thing that kinda is loosly based off of a eva from neon genisis

2 comments – latest 2:

davincipoppalag (Mar 22, 2006)

Bright colors. Some of those new tools are fun to mess with.

Opium (Mar 23, 2006)

puppy? what, did he get swallowed by the robot thing?

My car is faster than yours ...

Mal (Mar 22, 2006)

Then Bob replies"No it isnt!"
and Harry gets cross and shouts "yes it is!" and nearly spills his pint
The camera cuts to the car park
engines roar and they race off

then they get arrested and blame each other
The End

8 comments – latest 4:

xiau (edited Mar 22, 2006)

I bet five bucks Bob would win. (if they didn't get arrested)

DoOp (Mar 22, 2006)

dogma hehe dogmai, i am god *sorry, i'm amusing myself with nonsense*

but if they both got arrested, who got arrested first? =0

xiau (Mar 22, 2006)

Ohh, good question.

I say Bob.

Ohh, and I forgot to say, awesome picture!

Mal (Mar 23, 2006)

Thank you all for your comments, I really hadnt thought about who got arrested 1st good question DoOp !

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Friends

comd (Mar 21, 2006)

Just a basic portrait from a picture of some people I know.

12 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (Mar 22, 2006)

very pretty! you caught the mood so nicely, and the colors are perfect.

Kloxboy (Mar 22, 2006)

That's excellent. I really like the style and the polish, well done. Looking through the versions was a pleasure, I love process. :)

JoeNobody (Mar 25, 2006)

this is very nice, is the gal on the left the same one from your piece "123"?

comd (Mar 25, 2006)

Thanks all. :) JoeNobody: no, she's someone else, but you know what they say about Asians! [JK - I'm part Asian myself] On the right is my sister and on the left is her friend in this picture.

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Opium (Feb 23, 2006)

19 comments – latest 4:

Opium (Mar 22, 2006)

you guys are so sweet :) thank you so much!

Renuar (Mar 22, 2006)

stands out nicely, sharp and crisp.
well done opium.

Opium (Mar 23, 2006)

thank you Renuar :)

~GSP~ (Apr 1, 2006)

awsome lol they are so cute! what are the chewing on lol?

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Flower

mm4833 (Mar 21, 2006)

Flower i got for my birthday.

2 comments – latest 2:

Opium (Mar 21, 2006)

happy birthday :) I have a yellow one just like it! Although mine was given to me by a drunk 45 year old telling me i was beautiful and that we should get married....but still, a flower is a flower :)

purpleee (Mar 21, 2006)

awwwwww....very sweet - happy birthday :D

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Shnappie

Roytje (Mar 19, 2006)

10 comments – latest 4:

Opium (Mar 21, 2006)

this turned out wonderful! do you happen to know what crocodilian you referenced this pic from? it's going to drive me nuts! :S

Childlike_Vampire (Mar 21, 2006)

I really like the texture of teh scales, and the orange vs. red in the eye was what drew mine.

HunterKiller_ (Mar 21, 2006)

The colours and texture make it looks more like a thick skinned dragon. Excellent.

Roytje (Mar 21, 2006)

Opium: I think it's the Yacare Caiman :)
Thanks again for the nice comments! :)

Indian Sunset

Miss_DJ (Mar 19, 2006)

As I awoke this evening with the smell of wood smoke clinging
Like a gentle cobweb hanging upon a painted tepee
Oh I went to see my chieftain with my warlance and my woman
For he told us that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving
This I can�t believe I said, I can�t believe our warlord�s dead
Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns

Oh great father of the Iroquois ever since I was young
I�ve read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums
I�ve learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild
To run the gauntlet of the sioux, to make a chieftain�s daughter mine

And now you ask that I should watch
The red man�s race be slowly crushed
What kind of words are these to hear
From yellow dog whom white man fears

I take only what is mine lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child
I can�t stay to see you die along with my tribe�s pride
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run

Trampling down the prairie rose leaving hoof tracks in the sand
Those who wish to follow me I welcome with my hands
I heard from passing renegades geronimo was dead
He�d been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead

Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
In this land that once was my land I can�t find a home
It�s lonely and it�s quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
And I think it�s time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
For soon I�ll find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Where the buffalos graze in clover fields without the sound of guns

And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole

(Bernie Taupin/Elton john)

6 comments – latest 4:

Opium (Mar 21, 2006)

I looooooooove the colors!

davincipoppalag (Mar 21, 2006)

This one's really good Donna! I like how you finished up and refined it.

Miss_DJ (Mar 21, 2006)

THANKS!! so glad you like this!

ak.to.v.his.di (May 16, 2006)

i like the colors, and this is an interesting way to depict my people.... i've not seen something like this before

123

comd (Mar 19, 2006)

Trying some more in this very opaque, loose style from a photo of Tilda Swinton (very beautiful actress). I'm not sure I can pull it off this time.

- Couldn't really pull it off this time. I ended up repainting it with a focus on details instead and did a value study; pretty much a failure since I couldn't do it the way I intended.

11 comments – latest 4:

comd (edited Mar 20, 2006)

Thanks all for the comments. I have mixed feelings about this one - I don't completely dislike the end result (though I ran out of space before I got started on the hair again), but it was really a cop out as I reverted back to a style that was comfortable to me. I wanted to paint once again in the style of my earlier picture, and this time things just didn't seem to click like they did before. I think part of it is because I went even bolder this time with the contrast - the last time I built up more gradually with the tones. I also think it was a mistake to go with a celebrity before I had this technique down since I started becoming too concerned about having some sense of likeness (the last one doesn't resemble the person in the photo, but that didn't bother me since I didn't know who he was and didn't have a very good feel for how he looked). That also made me start thinking more about lines again which is something I wanted to avoid. The last one also had very prominent shadows and I could feel the form coming out of them even when I was just painting with two colors. I ended up redoing most of this picture and became a slave to the photo again. I'm going to have to keep trying harder before I can get this technique down.

Axil62 (Mar 20, 2006)

This dude is smart.

terracotta (Mar 21, 2006)

I keep coming back to this to look at the eyes. The whole thing works but I think the eyes are magnificent.

Axil62 (Mar 21, 2006)

Yes yes, quite so. I would most assuredly agree.

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Back Study

terracotta (Mar 17, 2006)

Wanted to play with using a different tool than usual. This is all done with the pen tool on one setting (except for a plain fill BG and some airbrush to shade the stool). Trying for a pencil sketch look.

35 comments – latest 4:

nobody (edited Mar 22, 2006)

axil, i specifically said, that i was not making a comment toward you, your marriage, or your cartoon. in fact, i mentioned abuse only in the instance that the advance was unwelcome. to accuse me of insulting her culture seems harsh, but i'll take it. wasn't intended as such. zack, i agree. my comment was a general reaction to the statement, despite the fact i knew it wasn't intended in that way.

i apologize for any harm done by my only semi-related thought.

Axil62 (Mar 22, 2006)

Oh ok, well that's fine then. :)

Gigandas (edited Mar 24, 2006)

"I like how the right side looks like she has a man back with a big dent in it! Like her man back side was in a big bar fight one night because this one guy took all the pretzels and one thing lead to another and ole' half man back thought she should get up and do something about it but then the other guy had a friend who usually doesn't come to that bar, no he usually goes to the 4 U lounge, but he went there this time and when ole' half man back stood up he knew he had to have his buddy's back... his buddy was a man so his whole back was a man back, not like this lady's back, but anyway, so he saw ole' half man back get up to do something about something an he slammed her upper right shoulder area with an extra 4 inch lead pipe he happened to be carrying around, not his good one that he had in his coat pocket for something else, but his extra one. So that's what I like about this picture when I look at it."

I'd just like to ask Zack one last question here. Is this what you call, 'formal criticism'? Of course, you could be referring to criticism given to terracotta by people besides Axil. But I'm pretty sure terracotta's posts were in response to Axil. Although, I haven't had 50 yrs of experience myself, I've never heard of giving criticism in 'tell-a-funny-story' form in any of my classes. And I can assure you, if that were the case, I wouldn't waste my money or time on such an unprofessional school.

Zack (Mar 24, 2006)

No. What I was agreeing with Axil about was the issue of sexual abuse re: his cartoon. His critique was informal and absurd. I do not consider the issue of the picture being finished relevant to an analysis of the motivation behind any critique, formal or informal, since critiques on finished pictures are just as legitimate as critiques on works-in-progress.

The absurdity of Axil's comment speaks for itself, and to imply that he was being meanspirited for pointing out flaws in a finished picture demonstrates to me a lack of understanding of the nature of artistic critique in a learning environment. That is to say, Axil may have been meanspirited in his comment (I can't tell), but that has nothing to do with the fact that he was criticizing a finished picture.

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