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tandrew971 (Apr 14, 2006)

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4 comments – latest 4:

Sweetcell (Apr 14, 2006)

Ooo, nicely framed Tandrew, your doing interesting things here.

Miss_DJ (Apr 15, 2006)

looks like my husband...hot.

gerbear (Apr 15, 2006)

Ah nice to see you doing a guy too Tiff. Good job on him! I cannot get over the color here. I do colored pencil real time and am a color addict..*L*..So jump in with both hands and jes start splashing color everywhere! You can always trash it if you don't like it, or. you can post it and everyone else will trash it *just kidding.,.gerbear hugs*

tandrew971 (edited Apr 3, 2008)

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Opium (Apr 8, 2006)

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9 comments – latest 4:

mikron (edited Apr 13, 2006)

Really creative. I like those kind of pics. (I ment the creative ones! not the ones with the boobs... (Although it doesn't really bother me :))

comd (Apr 13, 2006)

That's a very creative concept! I love the texture of the wings.

Opium (Apr 13, 2006)

Thanks sweet, mikron and comd :)

gerbear (Apr 13, 2006)

Incredible shading and like the addition of color to part of it. The wings are just amazing!! I had to blow them up and look more closely they are so cool! I like the original concept too. :) If I might share a tip, I don't do a lot of figure drawing for my own work so I almost always use a ref of some sort to get the proportions and initial positioning right. Then I change change, change to make it mine, but it starts from a solid realistic base. That saves time struggling to get it right and if you do a lot of draws eventually they will all be right without the ref, but that takes lots of work and study. I know, I need that myself!

I thought I was sad when Brad left, THIS is worse!

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

drew this from my imagination so don't pick it apart, I know whats wrong :) I just need help on my rose picture please!

6 comments – latest 4:

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

Gemmy and davinci, thanks for the advoice, much appreciated.

Marcello, double thanks, sent you a memo to make sure all I have to do is just draw more on it now. I think I ran out of space because for the majority of the draw I could not get undo to work. Then I worked the problem out (the undo buffer was not set to have any space in it).

gerbear (Apr 12, 2006)

From what I understand you actually store each "drawing movement" on your hard drive. The more space you allocate to saving what you "do", the more number of "undo's" you can have. That might be totally wrong, it was just what seemed logical to me.

marcello (Apr 12, 2006)

It's totally wrong. Yep.

gerbear (edited Apr 13, 2006)
drawn in 21 min

Stay tuned for the next episode of "As the Wacom Pen Draws"

Oh, well not surprised it is totally wrong! *L* So what is right? I know you explain things well, I actually read the Lascaux Tutorial (I know, get a life Gerbear). So 'splain please!

screaming for vengence

Sweetcell (Dec 29, 2005)

my computer is acting weird, I'll have to come back to this.

11 comments – latest 4:

xiang (Apr 10, 2006)

I had the odd desire to scream "RAAAAWR" when I saw this. <3
Nicely done. :D

Sweetcell (Apr 10, 2006)

Haha, it flew by you Poppa. Thanks. I'm just glad it's out of my gallery. I got sick looking at it.

LOL Xiang. Kudos Alice. BFFL.

gerbear (Apr 10, 2006)

love it done, just found it. The shineness, colors, everything is perfect!

Miss_DJ (Apr 10, 2006)

wicked cool sistah!! put that hand on ice...lol

What's Opera Doc

Sweetcell (Apr 8, 2006)

Fudd:"Oh Brunhilda, your so wuvwe..."

Bugs:"Yes I know it, I can't help it..."

Fudd:"Oh Brunhilda, be my wuuuuuv...."

19 comments – latest 4:

xiang (Apr 10, 2006)

That's hot :D
I watched Looney Toons like everyday when I was a kid. XD

Opium (Apr 10, 2006)

hehe I really really love this pic!

Sweetcell (Apr 10, 2006)

Thank you all very much, I had fun doing this.

Why DOES Bugs look so good in a dress?

Miss_DJ (Apr 10, 2006)

oh this is awesome Sweetcell!

Loose

comd (Apr 6, 2006)

After doing my last picture here which was a very mechanical attempt to achieve photorealism where my only aim way to copy the photo, I wanted to go in the opposite direction, getting back more to what I was trying to do in the intermediate boards, instead attempting the loosest attempt to draw from a reference yet, with an attempt to only use the reference without drawing the reference at all. Accuracy to the photo is not going to be a criteria in this case. It's going to be about speed, looseness, and improvisation. I just finished a lot of work, so hopefully I'll have the time to focus on something challenging.

I'm going to try to combine what I've learned from both my practice in drawing with references and inventing forms without references to make something that hopefully doesn't suck too much and doesn't require too much time spent on it (hopefully something I finish by the end of the day). By using a reference, I'm hoping the result will be more convincing and anatomically correct than some of my doodles on this board where I didn't use any references at all. By not drawing the reference directly, the end result will hopefully be something fairly different than the photo and interesting on its own. Most importantly, I'm hoping it will be a useful exercise that will help me get better.

Reference: http://hq55.com/scan/willemdafoe/01.jpg. After cropping out the text on the left, I decided to flip him horizontally. I just liked it better that way after removing all the space on the left. I don't know why I liked it better - I'm not a composition expert, but I liked the initial focus to be on the left flowing towards the right, and having the brighter portion of the face on the left seemed to do that more.

I don't really know what I'm going to end up with. I have a fantasy theme in mind: maybe a warrior or a priest or something.

14 comments – latest 4:

Sweetcell (Apr 7, 2006)

Somewhat elfish, it's interesting to read what was going through your mind as you drew this, I'd say your right side was working conveniently alongside your left. Nicely done comd.

Just have to ask what your name represents, if it's a abbreviation of something. Curious is all.

Shoebox (Apr 7, 2006)

Reminds me of that part in the ROTK movie. Y'know, the path of the dead?

Creepy. But good, very very good. I love how you can still see the sketch lines.

safescene (Apr 9, 2006)

You are crazily talented. I love how it looks as though he came from another era/dimension/time, and his smug face.

Kloxboy (Apr 9, 2006)

That's tight. I really like the subtle highlights and lighting. Structure rocks..hehe.

Eye

Gemmy619 (Jan 2, 2006)

ref used
urgh the green eyelashes were too hard i think i messed it up with them
:(

12 comments – latest 4:

Miss_DJ (Feb 14, 2006)

Gemmy, simply beautiful as eye see it!

ginny_91 (Apr 7, 2006)

this is so good, I really like it, it's like rainbow eye lid and you did a great job on the eye lashes. I will try to draw an eye too, but it's not going to be as good as your's, but I will try my best!<3

Sweetcell (Apr 7, 2006)

Amazing stunning piece Gemmy. Didn't I see something similiar drawn by DBA? I think that's how you graduate here, if you can do an eye your set.... I have one in mind, but only till I get a bit better.

This is simply wowzers.

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

Love the eye..very realistic and great against the textured background. Agreed aobut the view..u will always see one or the other, the top ledge of the lower lid or the bottom edge of the upper lid but not both, but since you worked from a ref, the original artist is the one who did that, therefore..yours is perfectly awesome!!! The Iris is startingly real!

Happy Valentines Day

Gemmy619 (Feb 11, 2006)

For my boo :P

11 comments – latest 4:

Maiko (Feb 14, 2006)

This is simplistic (although, it must have been not simple to draw XD;) and very beautiful :3
wonderful job~

Miss_DJ (Feb 14, 2006)

oh gemmy...this is so sweet and wonderfully drawn!! wow the sand and even more WOW the ocean water!

Amethysts (Feb 15, 2006)

you're cruel in your ability to do wet sand so realisticall XP

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

Ohhh...I love this! Totally!! I was going to attempt some sand and shell pics..I will come back and look at this for reference *S*..See? You are teaching the teach!

Catwoman

Gemmy619 (Jan 15, 2006)

omg this was a LOT harder to draw than i thought it would be.

7 comments – latest 4:

suzie (Feb 11, 2006)

Oh wow..this is fantastic, I like drawing leather myself and yours is just great! I also like your skin tones on her body :D

Felistorm (Feb 11, 2006)

I like this. (one of my favorite movies too. :D )

Miss_DJ (Feb 11, 2006)

gemmy, once again lady...you rock! real nice work! love the texture of the leather and the lighting of the skin...perfect!

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

marvelous gemmy! Thrilled to see your "real" work!! I am very impressed, tho I knew you had talent from youdraw. *S*

Lola

Sweetcell (Apr 7, 2006)

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8 comments – latest 4:

amagic2u (Apr 8, 2006)

my dear bffl how to say thank you this is so great as you are. thank you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU i WILL TRY AND DO A CAKE FOR YOU HERE Big love to you ...us two bffl Alice

davincipoppalag (Apr 8, 2006)

It;s your birtday??? Happy Birthday!!

Sweetcell (Apr 8, 2006)

It was my birthday on Thursday and it was a misery. But thank you Poppa, and Alice you know I was happy to do it though I wasn't sure I could pull it off. Looking forward to my cake. XD.

BFFL

gerbear (Apr 9, 2006)

Fantastic Sweets!! Try some more portraits! I see why you are over here, the lure of color and any shaped canvas ya want is purty powerful! And Alice she is precious! But I knew that, already. *hug*