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[Elfhater69]

NECRO TIME.

DRAWING START.

AMEN. THIS THREAD NEEDS TO COME BACK.

[Elfhater69]

So im aweful at drawing. As you can tell. So i decided id draw every day for a year and see how ive improved. Heres day one, i thought why not start with some DF?
So heres the reference i used and the creature:

[Dunamisdeos]

Art pending.

Need to find way to upload from post-it note. They don't have USB ports, you see.

[Elfhater69]

Art pending.

Need to find way to upload from post-it note. They don't have USB ports, you see.

Take a picture with your phone or use a scanner. Thats about the only way.

[Dunamisdeos]

Art pending.

Need to find way to upload from post-it note. They don't have USB ports, you see.

Take a picture with your phone or use a scanner. Thats about the only way.

My baby has hidden my phone, and I have no scanner. My friend's phone does not email because it's crappy and then someone stole my art.

Art still pending.

[TD1]

"Ye gods! A genuine Van Gothe, here!"
"Dude, it's on a post it note."
"Brilliance! I must have it."
"Doesn't look like it's for sale.
"............"
".............."
*Yoink*

[Dunamisdeos]

"Ye gods! A genuine Van Gothe, here!"
"Dude, it's on a post it note."
"Brilliance! I must have it."
"Doesn't look like it's for sale.
"............"
".............."
*Yoink*

I have recovered my art. Someone else broke the thief's window and peed on their stuff, I don't know who it was like that when I got there. Also, I found a scanner to scan it in. It is sadly low-rez.

Spoiler: POST IT NOTE ART WINS AGAIN. (click to show/hide)

EDIT: I colored it crudely.

C'mon someone else make art too! It's a fun thread!

[Elfhater69]

"Ye gods! A genuine Van Gothe, here!"
"Dude, it's on a post it note."
"Brilliance! I must have it."
"Doesn't look like it's for sale.
"............"
".............."
*Yoink*

I have recovered my art. Someone else broke the thief's window and peed on their stuff, I don't know who it was like that when I got there. Also, I found a scanner to scan it in. It is sadly low-rez.

Spoiler: POST IT NOTE ART WINS AGAIN. (click to show/hide)

EDIT: I colored it crudely.

C'mon someone else make art too! It's a fun thread!

Oml i love it! Ill be making art just to keep the thread alive, but i suck at it so horribly so it wont be anything great sorry

[Dunamisdeos]

It's not that kind of thread, keep posting your art! You only get better if you practice!

Also, thanks 

[Elfhater69]

heres the forgotten beast im gunna try drawing if anyone else wants a crack at it

[Elfhater69]

Heres my rofa. it looks like it was drawn by a drunk two year old. So the people who can actually draw, any tips on how to improve?

[Loam]

Nomar Abegopet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

and a crudely colored version:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Despite his name, I doubt he'd make a good pet...

any tips on how to improve?

I'm no expert, but from my experience and what I've heard, the key is to draw what you see, rather than just representations of you see. For example, I could draw this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

and you'd know it was supposed to be a cat, because it has all the symbolic features of a cat: pointy ears, triangle nose, whiskers, tail--but it doesn't actually look like a cat. You have to break out of drawing things symbolically, which requires observation: details like dimensions, proportions, shadows and highlights, the way bodies move and interact, etc. Work from a reference and try to draw the picture exactly as you see it. Practice makes perfect.

It's admittedly harder with imaginary creatures and places, but you can still think in pieces. For example, I based Nomar's legs on the wings and legs of birds, while the rest was cat.

[Rose]

Well, in terms of forgotten beasts, there's the base animal they're generated from that you can look up, in this case, the click beetle.


Google images has plenty more angles and types.

Once you pick a reference and draw it, adding the extra stuff like horns is easy.

[Elfhater69]

Well, in terms of forgotten beasts, there's the base animal they're generated from that you can look up, in this case, the click beetle.


Google images has plenty more angles and types.

Once you pick a reference and draw it, adding the extra stuff like horns is easy.

Nomar Abegopet:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

and a crudely colored version:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Despite his name, I doubt he'd make a good pet...

any tips on how to improve?

I'm no expert, but from my experience and what I've heard, the key is to draw what you see, rather than just representations of you see. For example, I could draw this:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

and you'd know it was supposed to be a cat, because it has all the symbolic features of a cat: pointy ears, triangle nose, whiskers, tail--but it doesn't actually look like a cat. You have to break out of drawing things symbolically, which requires observation: details like dimensions, proportions, shadows and highlights, the way bodies move and interact, etc. Work from a reference and try to draw the picture exactly as you see it. Practice makes perfect.

It's admittedly harder with imaginary creatures and places, but you can still think in pieces. For example, I based Nomar's legs on the wings and legs of birds, while the rest was cat.

Thank you guys! really! ill start working on it! Also nomar looks great, and the color adds a lot of character

[Dunamisdeos]

Ok I failed like 9 times at drawing a bug on a post it, so

Spoiler: BUG PARTY. (click to show/hide)

Here is a MsPaint picture of Rofa having a dapper beverage with a happy dwarf.