Uploaded http://yuggothian.deviantart.com/art/G-Man-doodles-153400644
I had so much fun working on that one, so I'll definitely keep visiting this style.
And check out http://themrock.deviantart.com/
He's the guy that inspired me when I did the drawing, and he's probably one of the most charming and original artists I've seen for a while.
Monday 8 February 2010
Monday 25 January 2010
Digital doodle
Uploaded http://yuggothian.deviantart.com/art/Y-The-Knight-for-Thoreas-151751931 on deviantart. It's all digital. T'was fun working on.
Improvement
Okay, it's been a long time since I updated this blog, so I figure I should do something 'bout that.
Looking back on my DA gallery and comparing my present works with those I made when I just kept ripping off Mike Mignola, I realize that I've actually improved a lot. There're still several things that I need to improve on though. A recurring mistake I seem to make is not practicing full-body drawings, I just keep restricting it to upper bodies. Different kinds of prespective and angles are also things I need to get right. I've gotten a lot better at faces, but I need to keep characters distinct.
The best example of my current level of skill is probably http://yuggothian.deviantart.com/art/Wild-West-Preacher-for-Keluuu-146888182 this drawing. I can do colouring too, but I'm still kinda new to that.
I started doing a bit of digital drawing again, after watching some videos by the brilliant http://www.youtube.com/user/bedavelli , specifically the ones on portraits and concepting. I find it to be fun just opening a document and painting whatever springs to mind. It's also a chance to escape the confines of my style.
But hell, I'm rambling. I'll just end this by giving ya'll the tip to check out Tetsuya Nomura's artworks. That man is a beast, and his style is an excellent example of a beautiful blend of western style comics and japanese anime/manga. He did the artwork on many of the Final Fantasy Games and the Kingdom Hearts series, if you're wondering where to start looking if you're interested.
Keep on rocking people.
Looking back on my DA gallery and comparing my present works with those I made when I just kept ripping off Mike Mignola, I realize that I've actually improved a lot. There're still several things that I need to improve on though. A recurring mistake I seem to make is not practicing full-body drawings, I just keep restricting it to upper bodies. Different kinds of prespective and angles are also things I need to get right. I've gotten a lot better at faces, but I need to keep characters distinct.
The best example of my current level of skill is probably http://yuggothian.deviantart.com/art/Wild-West-Preacher-for-Keluuu-146888182 this drawing. I can do colouring too, but I'm still kinda new to that.
I started doing a bit of digital drawing again, after watching some videos by the brilliant http://www.youtube.com/user/bedavelli , specifically the ones on portraits and concepting. I find it to be fun just opening a document and painting whatever springs to mind. It's also a chance to escape the confines of my style.
But hell, I'm rambling. I'll just end this by giving ya'll the tip to check out Tetsuya Nomura's artworks. That man is a beast, and his style is an excellent example of a beautiful blend of western style comics and japanese anime/manga. He did the artwork on many of the Final Fantasy Games and the Kingdom Hearts series, if you're wondering where to start looking if you're interested.
Keep on rocking people.
Thursday 29 October 2009
I've hit the wall
Well this is crap.
I want to do a comic, but basically all I have is two characters, one of which I plan to redesign and another that I don't really care about.
So far there's no title, premise, or ideas.
I'm not sure if internet is good or bad for my drawing.
It does inspire me and give me a lot of support, but now it seems impossible for me to draw anything new, because every time I think of something that I think is creative, i turns out it's been done before and way, way better.
I'm like "omg this is the best thing ever!! oh wait, no, that guy already did it."
I rarely dare to draw whatever springs to my mind anyway because I'm afraid that my friends and the people I know on various sites will feel like I'm ripping them off.
It's just hard to be original you know?
I don't know if this is normal or anything but I find myself having almost no time at all for drawing.
Maybe it's just me who's abnormally slow but whenever I finish my homework there's either more waiting for me around the next corner or I'm just frikkin tired and need to relax by playing some videogames .
Drawing has just become so hard for me, it's kinda like I've hit a slump.
Sure, all the support from the wonderfull people at deviantart and the guys I speak to on MSN has really helped me, but never getting any praise or support or even meeting other art enthusiasts in real life just hammers me man.
Just dunno what to do guys.
I want to do a comic, but basically all I have is two characters, one of which I plan to redesign and another that I don't really care about.
So far there's no title, premise, or ideas.
I'm not sure if internet is good or bad for my drawing.
It does inspire me and give me a lot of support, but now it seems impossible for me to draw anything new, because every time I think of something that I think is creative, i turns out it's been done before and way, way better.
I'm like "omg this is the best thing ever!! oh wait, no, that guy already did it."
I rarely dare to draw whatever springs to my mind anyway because I'm afraid that my friends and the people I know on various sites will feel like I'm ripping them off.
It's just hard to be original you know?
I don't know if this is normal or anything but I find myself having almost no time at all for drawing.
Maybe it's just me who's abnormally slow but whenever I finish my homework there's either more waiting for me around the next corner or I'm just frikkin tired and need to relax by playing some videogames .
Drawing has just become so hard for me, it's kinda like I've hit a slump.
Sure, all the support from the wonderfull people at deviantart and the guys I speak to on MSN has really helped me, but never getting any praise or support or even meeting other art enthusiasts in real life just hammers me man.
Just dunno what to do guys.
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