Zargothrax: How do you even draw these, Kuro? I mean, you said you were practising anatomy, yet I see now scribbles of previous attempts erased, guidelines, representations of body parts by simple 3D forms, etc., just perfectly drawn cats and lizard. If you just drew these "as is", you're pretty damn OP. Or did you practice like most of us do, then illuminated the paper from behind, placed an other sheet on it and inked that way?
Zargothrax: This was emotional, also really liked the twist. Looking forward to seeing similar content from you Draggy, in the future.
And yes, that's a pretty sky!
Zargothrax: This is really nice, especially for being "one of your first digital drawings". By the way traditional art is also welcome here.
For feedback, your linework is really nice! I remember having a lot of trouble drawing nice and continuous, "non-hairy" lines at first for contours, and I still find it hard. Good work on the simplistic shadows.
Her left hand looks shrunk, and somewhat deformed. Hands are difficult, aren't they.
Zargothrax: Very well drawn, welcome to the artists club!
The pose is dynamic, and the piece altogether tells a story (the infiltration), not just showing one of a character from the comic as is, which is not something anyone expects, it is a plus.
I like how you applied perspective on the feet. Realistically, at this distance it shouldn't be this prominent, but in my opinion, artists may bend reality a little to make a drawing more dramatic.
As for advice (take it or leave it): If you're drawing on paper, when drawing the pupils, or irises (for Katia they seem to be one and the same), always draw them as just a faint dot at first. This already shows where the character is looking, so if mistaken, can be fixed quickly, as erasing a dot is easy. Then, it is just a matter of drawing a circle around the dot, then fill. Drawing an eye, then realizing that they don't really look in the same direction is really painful to fix as an afterthought.
By the way, you didn't remove the exif data from the image before uploading it! Creeps online can read personal data from this metadata from the image. Sometimes it even contains the coordinates where the picture was taken. Also, there are instances where the exif data also contains preferences about how the image should be oriented, in which case an uploaded picture can appear sideways when uploaded.
https://www.verexif.com/en/
Zargothrax: @bluedraggy: Some self-doubt and self-criticism is healthy and needed for personal improvement, but what you tell about your own works seems rather excessive in this regard; you did really well on this one. Drawing from scracth is not easy.
The anatomy looks correct (I could nitpick, but why?), the pose is not stiff, the water looks really nice (don't know how you drew that), most peolple struggle with hands, but you drew them very well, and the linework is good too.
Perspective is hard, though I suspect you meant foreshortening. It worths drawing the limbs as cylinders first as they are much easier to imagine and position in 3D space. This can help with perspective as well.
Zargothrax: @XenoYparxi: Maybe because she doesn't have eyebrows. Come to think about it, how would one even distinguish a khajiit's eyebrows from the fur that generally covers their face? It all just blends together doesn't it?
Zargothrax: Wow, Picartosux, you've come a long way! Seeing artists here improve by a margin like you did is probably the most inspiring thing any artist can see!
Zargothrax: @vsauce4: Thank you Vsauce, this was really unexpected! Also seems like someone else was familiar with Michel Katzaroff's piece on Beethoven.
Also, this chapel was burnt down not long after the events of Prequel (and DURING the events of Prequel as well)... so impeccable timing, considering the recent tragedy with the Notre Dame.
Zargothrax: @bjornhansenthemansen: Perhaps look up the symbolic meaning of shit in different cultures mythology and literature to acquire a deeper understanding on the meaning of shit. Don't just talk shit. Be the shit. I have faith in you bjornhansenthemansen.
Zargothrax: @bluedraggy: I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this Fister.
Btw now that I think about it, this is probably what goes through someone's head when they are Eye-of-Fear'd.
Zargothrax: Not sure if this can pass by boruu regulations. If not, mods please take it down.
So. I made a sketch for this, then left it unfinished for more than half a year, but now I decided to finish it. The idea was having an absolutely mental Katia going savage in Tavia’s attic. Back then I wanted to make her look more feminine, but it just didn’t work, so I decided to go the opposite way.
Zargothrax: @vsauce4, @Rick2tails: Thanks guys! Btw now that I look at the finished drawing, the clothing covers the mistakes fairly well! I'll try to finish the other 2 aforementioned ones in the near future.
Zargothrax: So, was working on a drawing I put a lot of effort into. After a while I started to feel that despite sinking more and more time into it, it wasn’t really getting closer to being finished. So I started working on an another one as a break, that I wanted to finish relatively quickly. And I did the exact same thing with it lol.
So then I decided to make a really quick drawing that I wouldn’t overthink (this). Because of this, I gimped on the underlying anatomy and so it became distorted (I didn’t use a reference either), so I spent more time trying to fix it than it would’ve taken to create proper anatomy in the first place. Lesson learned. And it still looks somewhat wonky, but I decided to upload it anyway.
Zargothrax: It's been a while since I did one of these. Or posted anything, really, but something came up and I didn't have much time/energy to draw. But stuff's back to normal now.
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Also it's nice to see how many new artists joined the boruu lately!
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And yes, that's a pretty sky!
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For feedback, your linework is really nice! I remember having a lot of trouble drawing nice and continuous, "non-hairy" lines at first for contours, and I still find it hard. Good work on the simplistic shadows.
Her left hand looks shrunk, and somewhat deformed. Hands are difficult, aren't they.
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The pose is dynamic, and the piece altogether tells a story (the infiltration), not just showing one of a character from the comic as is, which is not something anyone expects, it is a plus.
I like how you applied perspective on the feet. Realistically, at this distance it shouldn't be this prominent, but in my opinion, artists may bend reality a little to make a drawing more dramatic.
As for advice (take it or leave it): If you're drawing on paper, when drawing the pupils, or irises (for Katia they seem to be one and the same), always draw them as just a faint dot at first. This already shows where the character is looking, so if mistaken, can be fixed quickly, as erasing a dot is easy. Then, it is just a matter of drawing a circle around the dot, then fill. Drawing an eye, then realizing that they don't really look in the same direction is really painful to fix as an afterthought.
By the way, you didn't remove the exif data from the image before uploading it! Creeps online can read personal data from this metadata from the image. Sometimes it even contains the coordinates where the picture was taken. Also, there are instances where the exif data also contains preferences about how the image should be oriented, in which case an uploaded picture can appear sideways when uploaded.
https://www.verexif.com/en/
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I cri everytiem
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Also this is pretty accurate.
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(Think I'll just tag it so)
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(Am I doing this right, guys?)
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Also, Little Katia grew really tall, her parents must be proud.
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The anatomy looks correct (I could nitpick, but why?), the pose is not stiff, the water looks really nice (don't know how you drew that), most peolple struggle with hands, but you drew them very well, and the linework is good too.
Perspective is hard, though I suspect you meant foreshortening. It worths drawing the limbs as cylinders first as they are much easier to imagine and position in 3D space. This can help with perspective as well.
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Also, nice, dynamic drawing.
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(btw I hope at least some of you are familiar with this crossover, because I'm planning more, but what's really the point if no one gets it?)
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Also did you really draw the embroidery by hand?
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But seriously, I find this painting really inspiring.
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Also, this chapel was burnt down not long after the events of Prequel (and DURING the events of Prequel as well)... so impeccable timing, considering the recent tragedy with the Notre Dame.
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Btw now that I think about it, this is probably what goes through someone's head when they are Eye-of-Fear'd.
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So. I made a sketch for this, then left it unfinished for more than half a year, but now I decided to finish it. The idea was having an absolutely mental Katia going savage in Tavia’s attic. Back then I wanted to make her look more feminine, but it just didn’t work, so I decided to go the opposite way.
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So then I decided to make a really quick drawing that I wouldn’t overthink (this). Because of this, I gimped on the underlying anatomy and so it became distorted (I didn’t use a reference either), so I spent more time trying to fix it than it would’ve taken to create proper anatomy in the first place. Lesson learned. And it still looks somewhat wonky, but I decided to upload it anyway.
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I really like this one!