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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: Harkin on January 13, 2005, 12:12:37 am

Title: Scott's PS Nature Drawings
Post by: Harkin on January 13, 2005, 12:12:37 am

well seeing as i am new at the whole drawing thing, and since i am now in Drawing 1 i decided i can try to draw out nature sketches of PS, cause i love nature and i think i can draw it pretty well... so I will use this thread to get some help and critiques on my drawings as i draw them... well heres something i had been working on, an still am if you cant notice

so any idea? help? advice? please post it here and help me to learn to draw better! :D

i will be using the thumbnail versions to link to save the 56k\'ers and so that the forums dont stretch out that way -->

(http://img45.exs.cx/img45/5904/forest12nl.th.jpg) (http://img45.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img45&image=forest12nl.jpg) (http://img135.exs.cx/img135/7239/forest24wz.th.jpg) (http://img135.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img135&image=forest24wz.jpg)

EDIT: anyway im stopping it at that, uploaded second picture... going to start a new, smaller... easier.. still nature type stuff

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Post by: davo on January 13, 2005, 01:03:13 am

hey i like it, it looks good so far !

when will we get an updated link cause i love nature and...... forest mushrooms, for some reason i love mushrooms :D they look so cool.

anyways good work

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Post by: ArcaneFalcon on January 13, 2005, 09:38:58 am

Not bad.  I\'m also in drawing 1 this semester (but I\'ve drawn a decent amount before).  If I draw anything cool I\'ll be sure to post it as well.  It looks nice for some sketches.  

Tips:
-draw larger, not smaller (at least, if you want to get better, if you draw smaller its easier to hide the details you aren\'t adding)
-if you can find references make sure to use them, draw what you see, don\'t draw what it should look like, rather what it does look like, it\'ll look more convincing when you\'re done
-shading, we like shading (I know, it\'s a work in progress, you probably meant to put it in later)
-when you\'re just practicing don\'t use an eraser, don\'t even get it out, you\'ll spend more time drawing and less time erasing (plus it looks kinda cool when you\'re done)
-\"I\" is capitalized (that\'s not really a drawing tip, just forum courtesy :P)

Keep up the great work!

:emerald:

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Post by: Harkin on January 13, 2005, 08:39:40 pm

so i need to decorate a folder to keep my drawings in for drawing 1, so heres what i got so far:

(http://img26.exs.cx/img26/1551/folder8et.th.jpg) (http://img26.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img26&image=folder8et.jpg)

any comments? how well did i do the nature scene?

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Post by: Harkin on January 15, 2005, 12:46:58 pm

aye... so after the last 48hours of installing Gentoo 2 times no one has anything to say.. well then... i guess i should save my scanner drivers for last :P

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Post by: ten on January 15, 2005, 08:54:46 pm

nice...but i prefer to press the pencil a little bit harder of the paper...

...it looks very contrast less...your drawings....I like the 50% 50%, ....50% Black and 50% White, when you ask me: contrast is a key...but\'s your choice... ;)

...but only line- or outline drawings can be cool...but then it has to be \"good\" lines...

...or its maybe the scan quality....

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Post by: Harkin on January 15, 2005, 08:57:39 pm

my scanner kills \'lighter\' lines in favor of the dark ones... in reality all those drawings have nice dark lines :\\

blame lexmark...

and really Im not worried about the first 2, they were the first, no now I have other things that look a lot better.