Simple pencil drawings

[rosmerelmer]

that  the \'scared of girls\' is just really REALLY funny!

[Alkmike]

Wow man you got skills, keep em coming

[Cherppow]

Greetings!

Thanks for the comments everyone.

To Mystickeeper:

I\'m no Dr. Phil, but here\'s what I think.

>>Girls ARE scary sometimes...
>>I\'ve talked to some girls once, and I make a very innocent remark, nothing offensive...
>>and then they shoot me a look that looks like they\'re about to kill me....
-Be decent, be sincere. Look into her eyes and smile. I doubt they can get angry if you tell them things like \"why, you\'re looking fine today\". If they do, it\'s more of their shame than yours.

>>What I\'m scared about the most is those girls who plot and lead you into traps, and then they
>>have you cornered like an animal waiting for the slaughter....
-Aye, there are those in both gender who, for one reason or another, seek to exploit others. No better time than today to learn to say \"no\". Most of all, know what you want... and what you don\'t. A man undecided is easy to lure, a man decided quite impossible.

>>BUT I have known some nice girls... and I talk to them alot, and we become good friends, but I
>>think some of my fellow men are immature because they start, uh... you know...(jeff has a
>>girlfriend! *friends point and laugh at me)
-Let them laugh or laugh with them, they\'ll grow out of it in a few years. Plus, it\'s healthy to be able to laugh at yourself.

>>WELL
>>What I think to be the most dangerous thing about knowing girls, is a problem caused by the
>>combination of your guy-friends and girl-friends, is that they ALWAYS seem to want you to choose
>>between one or the other. Its either you hang out with your gilr-friends, or your guy-friends.
-Ah, the time issue. First you have all the time in the world, and then quite suddenly none. If you\'ve found a girl who you love, be with her. If you\'re talking about classmates and sports pals, think up a compromise. It\'s up to you to decide, but I can tell you this: A true friend welcomes you even if you were away for years.

>>Why can\'t guys and girls intermingle in friendships?
-Oh, but they can, like brothers and sisters. Just make it perfectly clear that you will never be anything else.

Enough of what I think, here\'s what I drew:
The map of PlaneShift... forums?! Another strange inspiration of mine.

[Father Sengus]

Tha\'ts just beautiful. Log in...why didn\'t I think of that
Awesome ideas as always, Cherppow

[Cherppow]

Hello!

Thanks Father Sengus.
Happy Valentine\'s Day everyone!

May no one be as lonely as Cherppow.

*edit*
To JellyWerker: Ah, yes. As wikipedia tells...
A white flag is an international sign of either surrender, or truce, that is, it is a sign of peaceful intent, typically at time of war. In Buddhist countries, white is the colour of mourning.

[JellyWerker]

Wow, I really like that picture, so sad that you carry aught but a white banner (The color has symbolic meaning you know, or do you?)

[rosmerelmer]

wauw cherppow, you are really good!
well i have 1 thing to notice: if planeshift is such a big cave, WOULD YOU SEE THE OTHER SIDE? (this is no flame)

what do you think?

[Cherppow]

Hi.

Hmm, a good point. If we can trust a certain library, the first level of the stalactite is 50km in diameter, with the 1st level floor being 10km. This leaves the hole to be ~30km in diameter. There are no mentions of the floor being arched.

Can one see over 30km with bare eyes? Sure can; we have no problem seeing the moon 384 403 kilometers away. However, without knowing the lighting and atmosperic details inside the stalactite, it\'s quite impossible to answer anything but \"it\'s possible in theory\". Just my thoughts.

*edits*

Thanks for the tips Kintall. Also thanks for your concern, I\'ll be all right. Days like that just make one a bit emotional. Interesting note about the bg being unfocused. It\'s pretty natural for real life photos and human eyesight too, but I\'ve seldom seen it used in computer graphics. Did a fast try blurring the farthest areas:

Certainly moves the viewer\'s attention more towards the focused area.

Here\'s also the combination of layers used in my other Valentine\'s Day pic:

1. Ink
2. Ink+shades
3. Ink+shades+color
Didn\'t use highlights this time, resulting in more matt look.

[Kintall]

thats a lovely pic, the care for lighting is also well used, they highlight the figure really well (the long sweeping shadow of him and his standard), I especially like the scale used in the pic, its often daunting trying to get across the sense of such a large distance, I remember one artist who used a progressive blur effect to get across smaller distances (like camera focus distance) in more action shots but even then..

and I\"m very sad to hear you\'re lonely on valentines day, I say go to art school show off your skills and see if you can find a talented young artist to share some time with ^^...youl have a common interest, you can woo her with you \"m4d sk117z\"... its almost TOO easy

as far as the distances go, on a clear day you could probaby see clear across, I know you can see the ocean sometimes from a place near where I live and thats about 30k offshore

anyways, great pics. do keep them up^^

[Cherppow]

Hello again

Here\'s a description I tried to come up for Cherppow:

Race: Ylian male
Age: ~20
Occupation: Helps at father\'s smithy

Hair: Brown, short. Brown beard.
Body: Medium build. ~180cm. Sturdy arms and soulders.

Personality: Silent, shy, obedient, still searching himself.

Economy: Quite poor, but the smithy provides enough to keep bread on the table. No jewerly, just plain common clothes.

Education: Can do basic math, read and write. Doesn\'t know about magic and other fancy stuff. Learned some farming skills at his earlier home, and now learning smithing.

History: Moved to Hydlaa outskirts roughly an year ago with his parents. Grew up farther away in the countryside. Isn\'t yet used to the big city and masses of people.

He\'s also had few strange dreams of an armoured character wearing a horned helm.


And also...

\"Mediocre.\" - Armoured character

Plus a gobble home.

He has laid a trap for you with this delicious carrot. Meanwhile he pretends to be a bird. Piu piu! For his convenience he does this all in the vincinity of his own front door. (MS Paint)

[Father Sengus]

I could have sworn it was a bird...

[Kintall]

Oooo sexy piccy (the huuuge bloke with the penchant for cheap accupuncture, not the gobble which is cool too but for different reasons ^^)

and the defocused areas on the bloke with the standard really do draw attention to him, I was talking to a mate of mine that used to do fantasy book-covers and he said that for some of them he even used photoshops other maps to make an intensity  or saturation map to help draw attention to certain areas as well, though that was mainly for figures and monsters and whatnot,
lol and just because youre a judge doesnt mean you cant enter a more serious gobble home pic, you cant really win fairly but no one said you couldnt enter the competition^^
hell, I\'m not planning to win and I still entered

and that progressively completed pic I found most interesting, I hadnt ever thought of doing the shading before the colouring, but it would be useful I can see.. hmm must try at some point

anyways, make more shiny dingies^^

[Cherppow]

Hi and thanks for the comments.


I miss you.

*edits*
I\'m sorry Under the moon, but it\'s time. It\'s been long since I posted any real pencil drawings and it\'s been long since I was a fan. There will be other threads, other artists.

>And how did you find my tree?
By accident. Somebody might call it destiny.

>If you close this thread, I shall be coming to Finland to trounce you.
Well, I don\'t exactly have the power to close it, but I doubt I\'ll be posting here anymore.

*end edit*

With that said, I think it\'s time to lay this old thread to rest. Thanks for reading everyone.

[Under the moon]

Cherrpow...that picture is so sad....

And how did you find my tree?

If you close this thread, I shall be coming to Finland to trounce you.