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Post by deirdre on Aug 1, 2006 18:22:13 GMT -5
'lo, This is a 'work in progress,' with the background sketch (to the left) and the 'so-far' colouration (to the right). It isn't brilliant, particularly striking, or proportionally correct - but in the interest of populating the board and aiding "bengeorge" in his endeavors - well, what ho(!), eh?
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Post by pierregambotsky on Aug 1, 2006 23:38:49 GMT -5
So I gather from this you're an anime fan? I've spent some time doing anime-style drawings myself, though normally I work simply with a pen and markers. What materials are you using here? I can't quite tell. Also, what's the idea behind the drawing? I notice she's wearing a cross.
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Post by bengeorge on Aug 2, 2006 10:39:37 GMT -5
That style looks more along the lines of American Disney-esque cartooning... The faces are more elongated, the noses larger, and the eyes smaller than in anime. Nice work. The best place on the web that I've ever found for illustration/anime/comics drawing on the web is (weird name) EatPoo... www.eatpoo.com/phpBB2/index.php Check it out and keep on drawin'.
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Post by pierregambotsky on Aug 2, 2006 13:35:12 GMT -5
Well, it's certainly influenced by American cartooning, but I think it's a lot closer to anime/manga style. The eyes might be small, but the shapes are clearly like those of anime. Also the hair, the small mouth, and the shape of the even the shape of the face (despite being elongated) screame anime to me. It looks a lot like the drawing of someone who spent a lot of time doing anime and is now developing their own particular style. But maybe deidre can settle this for us?
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Post by deirdre on Aug 2, 2006 14:41:58 GMT -5
There isn't, really, any story behind the drawing - it's a practice piece, using color. The material consists in a wacom tablet and a graphics program that supports pen pressure - pen and paper are strangers to me unless it's classtime. This is simply how I draw. Anime (not Disney - the princesses, excepting Sleeping Beauty, irked me a bit with their scanty clothes [Jasmine, Little Mermaid] or voices [Snow White]) first captivated and compelled me to imitate the style and draw people. My first figures consited in big eyes, tiny mouths, long hair, balding patches, and no noses/pointy noses ( truly awful drawings). Sufficient criticism of my attempts persuaded me to try different methods. Now I can draw noses. Whee! Thanks, y'all, for your replies.
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Post by giotto on Aug 2, 2006 22:15:44 GMT -5
I really like the colors, especially the intricacy of the hairclip and the hue of the blouse.
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Post by walker on Aug 6, 2006 9:30:55 GMT -5
Svelt picture! I love your avatar too. So let me get this straight... you draw with something like a digital pen on an electronic pad? If so, where can you get one of those?!
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Post by deirdre on Aug 6, 2006 11:08:22 GMT -5
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Post by walker on Aug 6, 2006 23:11:32 GMT -5
Well that whole process is intoxicatingly interesting to me. I used to hand draw with my mouse on Paint, say a rocketship, then cut it out and move it around with my mouse to simulate lift-off, but that was in the days before these cool gadgets and being informed I had no life. Post more work!
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Post by pierregambotsky on Aug 7, 2006 15:51:10 GMT -5
Wow, that IS expensive!
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Post by deirdre on Aug 19, 2006 14:36:07 GMT -5
More images! (do let me know if I post what is not pertinent, overmuch, &c.) ^^^ Is a person in need of grace, or rather, a person who is offered grace and cannot move herself to accept what is offered because she recognizes the gravity of her own faults and does not believe that they can be remedied. Such, at least, was what I was trying to portray. ^^^ Is a practice in coloring. Both of these were done/drawn using a wacom tablet.
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Post by walker on Aug 20, 2006 1:16:04 GMT -5
Mark it a lie if I go a single letter beyond my true feeling; if it reveals an ignorance of art or the technique of drawing, so be it, as long as it conveys my adoration of the picture: but, this picture of the lady in black is magnificent.
I've never seen anything like the black that drapes from her knees. It's epiphanic. I'd love to know how you did it. Yes the face is simple; I've seen Picasso's, Chagall's, Miro's simpler. The elegance of posture, and roughness of the shadows are lovely. It's a glorious achievement. If it was on sale, I'd buy it.
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Post by deirdre on Aug 20, 2006 3:31:04 GMT -5
I don't know what to say to such (undeserved) praise, except - thank you.
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Post by walker on Aug 22, 2006 1:46:20 GMT -5
If no one else is going to say anything, can I praise it again?
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Post by pierregambotsky on Aug 25, 2006 13:55:36 GMT -5
I like it a lot too. It really captures an emotion really well. My only concern is that I don't find some of the folds in the skirt to be acurate. Don't get me wrong, it looks very good, but if you want to work on them I would say them look a tad stiff. Also, why not go all out and make a background for the picture?
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