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ok i have a suggestion. you spent 33 minutes on this..now..you could take maybe another 33 minutes and add some shading and depth by looking at real subject..studying folds in fabric..see how light reflects color and makes shadows and highlights. play with the tools..as you have seen almost anything is possible to reproduce with these applets. i personally think you could do better if you took a bit more time.

dixielandcutie (Jan 21, 2004)

hey icats. thanks for the suggestion. i agree, it could be a lot better. my main problem is i dont know how...time isnt an issue, ill work on it as long as i need to. i will take your advice tho...thanks. (and i keep getting comments about shading...*clueless*...what is that?)

dixielandcutie (Jan 21, 2004)
drawn in 6 min

um, ok...i tried to do what you said, but i dont think im doing it right. no it just looks like theres stain everywhere....*help?*

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 21, 2004)

Bless your heart, Dixie! :) Wish you lived next door to me and we'd get a paint brush and get messy lol. Okay, first of all, the image you drew is adorable, and the idea very creative. As for shading, there will be more than one color in a shadow of something (such as the folds of the fabric) would go from dark blue in the deepest fold, graduating blue tones upward until the lightest blue is on the outermost part of the fabric. Do that and blend. Work on thinking about which direction your light source is coming from, and keep it consistent in your pic. Everything casts a shadow somewhere if there is light. That'll give you a couple of things to think about. Hope it helps. Dont give up!!!

the wish

thecatspaw (Jan 20, 2004)

time to put more effort in.

24 comments – latest 4:

rayn3 (Dec 29, 2005)

Beautifull .. i jst love the hair.. and the little fairy + d details.. its amazinG!

beth92093 (Oct 15, 2006)

wow this is so kool

MelissaMissy (Dec 6, 2007)

It looks like a grown up version of Goldilocks. Very nice!

xxxshadowxxx (Jan 23, 2009)

the girl is...uhh......i like the fairy better.

Public Boards/Intermediate

Mr. Max

DinoFlorist (Jan 20, 2004)

"asl?"

9 comments – latest 4:

damagedroses (Nov 10, 2006)

oooooo i like it!! It's so detailed! Its amazing.

doodledaniel (Jun 2, 2007)

thats awesome!

dorothyblueeyes (Dec 1, 2010)

Yeah, great creature and picture.

davincipoppalag (Dec 15, 2018)

Ah.. a Dino

lizard fish

thug (Jan 19, 2004)

fun subject

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staci (Jan 20, 2004)

well done! do you prefer this applet ?

thug (Jan 20, 2004)

I found that on the advanced setting I can do more editing and complete a piece. The only thing bad about it is that I can only submit the piece as advanced or intermediate, and I am very much a beginner. I also think that the animation feature is very cool. I like the first aplet better than this one because you can zoom in for details but for some reason I have always been unable to finish a piece on it. I guess I'm not efficient enough to use it yet.

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 20, 2004)

I understand the prob w/ the applets - although I disagree that you are "beginner" level. This is very good work.

Whitetail Buck at Sunset

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 19, 2004)

Whitetail Buck Deer

8 comments – latest 4:

dixielandcutie (Jan 20, 2004)

the detail is amazing. and i love the expression on his face. wowza dba. nice :)

staci (Jan 22, 2004)

the expression of a deer caught in headlights! AHAHAHAh! *cries* ok..i'll settle down now. this is very excellent.

ClUeLeSsSoCiAlSqUaD (edited Jan 20, 2005)

nice 8 pointer i wish i saw ones like that this year deer hunting lol! its Lovely!

inatyrb (Jan 20, 2005)

Heh.. deer. Something I only know about becuase of my grandpas TV show. Lol. Nice deer though. nicely drawn!

Public Boards/Beginner

unicorn

thecatspaw (Jan 18, 2004)

discovering more with every draw

4 comments – latest 4:

staci (Jan 18, 2004)

i like the color and subject.. pretty

marcello (Jan 18, 2004)

it's.... pink.

thecatspaw (Jan 18, 2004)

um..... its a girl... haha

Peipera (Jan 19, 2004)

Oh whoa!!! that is amazing. :)

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Red Head

cmb (Jan 18, 2004)

Thinking of film noir

4 comments – latest 4:

staci (Jan 18, 2004)

i love the way you shade these draws. and so fast!

cmb (Jan 18, 2004)

I cant help it! Once the basic drawing was done I didnt want to alter it too much as it would have lost the freshness...

ambiguous.alkadette.amnesiac. (Jan 18, 2004)

An impressionist? <grin>

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jan 18, 2004)

I really like the way this one resembles a water color painting. Im glad you didnt overwork it and ruin it! Some works are just like that. Nice to see you in color, btw. :)