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I haven't been having a good drawing streak of late and just a couple of days I had a fever of 1o4.3 degrees... I nearly went into a coma... plus I just found out I had pnemonia... but I'm on medication feeling better than ever and for the first time in probably a long time I feel good about one of my pics... so I guess everything's turning out alright... just a word of thanks to all the members out there who helped make me feel at home here... thanks...

5 comments – latest 4:

cherikit-chan (edited Jun 1, 2003)

thanks a lot Marcello, I really appreciate that...

Tesia-chan (edited Jun 1, 2003)

Aw, cute. nice picture,and I hope you get all better-ified soon!

furyofroy (edited Jun 1, 2003)

Wow...coma?? jeez...Hope you get better. And nice pic!

cherikit-chan (edited Jun 2, 2003)

thank-you all... it's nice to know people out there still care...

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reloaded

Einz (Jun 1, 2003)

i reloaded to draw >:]
I noticed i actually have matrix fonts on my pc
nevermind the time i took a shower & walked the D .O double G

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the agent is still to blurry
i should have used a smaller font voor the matrix symbols
so the head would stand out beter or some thing like that
ah wel
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i lagged and goofed a bit, not yet what i have in mind
maybe its an agent maybe one of them twins in them slick suits
O-O
it stil needs more

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Einz (edited Jun 1, 2003)

\ ? /
o_0;
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i dont use real letters
i just scribble radom stuff

Minitsaru (edited Jun 2, 2003)

ya ur scribble makes sense <.<; -.-; hehe thats funny! i find it very hard to write jap and i speak it VERY roughly. but when someone doesn't kno what they are doing and scribbles in a dirty word!!! thats just funny =P

Einz (edited Jun 2, 2003)

sorry i didnt mean too
i really dony know any japanese
maybe in a past life i was japanese

o-0;

marcello (edited Jun 2, 2003)

I haven't a clue what minitsaru is talking about, I don't see any recognizable words at all... hell the only characters that are recognizably in a sequence are in the bottom left, and only a couple of them.

RAIL: Escape

kamidake26 (May 30, 2003)

just an idea I had.. was considering doing a short comic, using the Edit feature. where each edit is a seperate page of the comic.

just a few questions before I actually start that:
how many edits will this applet show in the edits list?
would that be acceptable use of edit? (seems like it might would fall under an 'edit abuse' rule or something...)

hope you enjoy what is the cover page of a possible web comic :D

4 comments – latest 4:

marcello (edited May 30, 2003)

You have limited space per image, and limited number of edits (currently 10), I recommend posting pages separately, rather than as edits. In v2.0 you'll be able to group images, so that should help for browsing.

Minitsaru (edited May 30, 2003)

this looks soooooo veeeerrrrryyyy coool. but it took me a sec to notice he was holding a gun =P

Ameraq (edited Jun 1, 2003)

I praise you, someone who can actually draw legs....

Einz (edited Jun 1, 2003)

i must agree very nice legs

hope to see that comic online soon

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Another thingy in Lascaux

Turtlebuster (edited Jun 1, 2003)

I noticed that when using any brush size larger than 1x1 pixel and passing the brush over a section of line (without actually drawing) the brush image actually distorts the line you pass it over and it remains that way until you pass it over again, in which case it doesn't revert but simply is distorts the line again. The distortions are actually very miniscule and they really only flop around a few pixels here and there, but if you are doing something very detailed, you could get aggitated when...

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Tablets

cherikit-chan (edited May 20, 2003)

I was just wondering... HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TABLETS!! I don't have one my parents say it's too expensive and everytime I turn around on this website another member has got one! You can just comment if you've got one or if you have anything to say about them... at least maybe a description of one!...(I know it may seem stupid... but I'm curious)

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Public Boards/Intermediate

Stream

Turtlebuster (May 31, 2003)

XD thanks to some good tips from some good people, i've worked on this and made it a little more to my likeing.
1) cleaned up some 'too soft areas' so they look like rocks instead of marshmellows
2) made a brand new tree that doesn't quite look real, but i like much better.
3) worked a little on the sky for shading
i couldn't seem to lighten the shading in the back anymore than this, so i will have to make sure i do that from the start from now on.
refresh to see changes ^^

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Turtlebuster (edited May 31, 2003)

i actually did start with lineart. i then made some colored layers and deleted the layer with the line art, so as to make the picture look realistic. after all, not everything has a black outline. thx furyofroy, although i was hoping more for info on doing bark/leaves (so tough for me, considering you don't actually paint every individual leaf). XD

Kazukie (edited Jun 1, 2003)

The white stuff in the water doesn't really go with it... And uhh using the blur tool is a cheap way of doing it but.. IDK. The tree's roots look like they need to be elongated or whatever because the one kind of bluntly goes into the rock then stops... Uhh and the clouds just look like streaks. =P Sorry I still think this looks cool if you don't study it a whole lot! ^^;;;

marcello (edited Jun 1, 2003)

Ok, so I just watched your animation to get a better idea how you went about doing this. Besides the fact I think you completely overuse the smudge tool, you used it well. I personally think smudge works best with liquid substances (water, fire, clouds, etc). And in this case I'll have to disagree with kazukie, I think the water looks fine.
One general problem with this piece is while you have good local shading, you need to focus on the overall shading of the piece, from end to end. In order to give your piece more perspective, you should consider the gradual lighting from back to front, in addition to local shading.
In the case of the tree, I think you have the general idea down, and the leaves don't look terrible. Perhaps more concentration on the structure of the tree. For example, how big do you imagine the entire tree? What type of tree are you trying to draw? The shape of the base and branches will be governed by the answers to these questions.
For shading the tree, for one, I would not use smudge on the bark, it totally ruined the beginning of what could have been good shading in your animation. Again, of course, it depends on the type of tree, birch for example has quite different bark than most trees. But for a stereotypical tree (lol), I would use a combination of diffused brush, vertical strokes of good contrast, and then an overall shading from edge to edge over that.
For leaves, well, what you have isn't terrible, perhaps a little more differentiation...
Anyway, it's not really a bad piece, and the animation didn't corrupt so you could edit it further. :-)

Turtlebuster (edited Jun 1, 2003)

ooh! thanks guys :) i will try to edit this (i usually don't even bother trying since it screws up 90% of the time). i might just redo the tree completely, and definitely fix up the shading. when i was shading, i tried to darken the front and lighten the back more, but that lost somewhere along the way :(

SelfElf053003

pinhole64 (May 30, 2003)

lumpypixels

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marcello (edited May 30, 2003)

nifty

Turtlebuster (edited May 31, 2003)

nifty indeed marcello. i get back from a day off of 2draw and find a whole score of good stuff to feast my eyes upon.

Public Boards/Beginner

Turkey Girl's death, AGAIN

taori (May 31, 2003)

And just so she can remain single, Turkey Girl kills herself. Kill being the key word here. Dead. I mean, we're talking Thanksgiving dinner.

4 comments – latest 4:

marcello (edited May 31, 2003)

Come on, this is getting stupid...

furyofroy (edited May 31, 2003)

*agrees* It's also annoying. Just let the damned thing die already. Let the fad die. The amusement has passed.

taori (edited May 31, 2003)

I know. That's why I'm continuously trying to kill her off. But every time I do, she "magically" comes back to life. Grrrr.

Xodiak (edited May 31, 2003)

hahaha she dies and she dies all the time... but it will incredibly hard for you to kill her Taori, even if you created her in the first place because there is already a member with the Turkey_Girl nickname! and Turkey Girl is so fun to draw that I doubt her death would stop me drawing her! I love her so much! >:D
|XOD|

Elven Boy

Reko (May 30, 2003)

My first oekaki..thing. Not too bad considering I this is my first and Im not very patient. He may look a little girly..but yeah...he is a guy. ^_^

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quintessence (edited May 30, 2003)

Oooh, girly guys. *drool* Nice picture... you gain points with me with the pointy ears. ^^ I wuv pointy ears. Welcome to 2draw! We welcome you with open leg- ehm, arms.

Xodiak (edited May 30, 2003)

haha your comment is hilarious quintessence! great drawing Reko! >:)
|XOD|

Reko (edited May 30, 2003)

Yay..I feel so welcome! Yes, pointy ears rule! ^.~ ROCK ON GIRLY GUYS!

marcello (edited May 30, 2003)

Be modest, very modest.