I'm still pretty fixated on these characters o' mine, sorry.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/hyeandlo.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/minimisschance.png[/img]
Might look a little squished since my monitor's display is fucking up as of lately.
Gastric, do you have a tumblr or devart?
[QUOTE=lintz;42884664]Gastric, do you have a tumblr or devart?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://gastrictank.tumblr.com/[/url]
[url]http://gastrictank.deviantart.com/[/url]
I mostly use Tumblr, DeviantArt will be used for animation projects.
Who wants to see some of Hitler's paintings, mostly done in his 20s? [url]http://imgur.com/a/hZLlq[/url]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/zoHRNWQh.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/XXTO1bJh.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/7CECmlb.jpg[/t]
There was a discussion in a thread on Reddit that popped up about Adolf Hitler's background as an artist and I thought the information I found out was quite interesting. I think looking at his artwork and early life is a great example at learning more about him and his developed hatred and destructive tendencies later on in his life, as opposed to simply labeling him as "evil". I think its fascinating to think someone like Adolf Hitler could have had a completely different life if the circumstance of his younger years were slightly different.
[QUOTE]A lot of people seem to be confused as to why he wasn't accepted into art school. First of all, he did have talent as a landscape and architectural painter, that can't be denied. Here are a few of his paintings, all done after he was rejected from Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, mostly in his 20s [url]http://imgur.com/a/hZLlq[/url]. He wanted to get into Academy of Fine Arts, a public school in Vienna, in 1907 at the age of 18 after dropping out of secondary education, after his mother died, in order to improve his drawing skill. He had no real art education prior to his admission and submitted [URL="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01602/hitler-art-art_1602650c.jpg"]sketches [/URL]and [URL="http://funkydowntown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Adolf-Hitler-sketches-1.jpg"]drawings [/URL]for the entrance examination but was denied entrance because of his lack of skill or past art education and the astute reputation of the school, not to mention his lack of money. He submitted mostly figure drawings and a few landscapes, and they were considered mediocre by the school's standards. From what I've read, the academy was not really the most famous art school, and it hasn't really seemed to have produced any very popular artists, but at the time it was one of the places many artists wished to study at, so entrance would have been difficult, and most people applying would have probably had some sort of formal art education. After being denied entrance he lived in Vienna on his orphan allowance trying to continue his art career but soon fell into poverty without anyone wanting to help him and had to move to Munich and later join the army.
A lot of people seem to argue that his paintings expressed nothing and were emotionlessl. I've yet to meet anyone who paints anything without it having some sort of personal inspiration to them. It's very closed minded to look at a piece of artwork and say "it expresses nothing". Maybe the sort of expression you're interested in wasn't what the artist was going for in the first place. Take his life into account for example. His dad died when he was 14 and his mom died when he was 18. He was forced to live on his own with an orphan allowance in Vienna and was rejected from art school because he didn't have a previous formal art education. He had to live on his own without anyone to help him and had to continue his dream of being an artist without much commercial success, yet still managed to improve his painting abilities quite impressively without any sort of art education. He was certainly looking for some sort of escape from his piss poor life, and i think he found it in the beauty and calmness of the architecture and landscape around him, which i think outshined the bleak and chaotic nature of the world he'd seen so far.[/QUOTE]
The detail and care he put into each of those paintings is deeply saddening.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;42884500]I'm still pretty fixated on these characters o' mine, sorry.
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/hyeandlo.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/minimisschance.png[/IMG]
Might look a little squished since my monitor's display is fucking up as of lately.[/QUOTE]
I'd really like to see your characters interact in an enviroment around them that's as stylized as they are, they've got so much character that I think it's a shame that they're just in a blank space
[QUOTE=Lilyo;42884941]Who wants to see some of Hitler's paintings, mostly done in his 20s?
There was a discussion in a thread on Reddit that popped up about Adolf Hitler's background as an artist and I thought the information I found out was quite interesting. I think looking at his artwork and early life is a great example at learning more about him and his developed hatred and destructive tendencies later on in his life, as opposed to simply labeling him as "evil". I think its fascinating to think someone like Adolf Hitler could have had a completely different life if the circumstance of his younger years were slightly different.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://puu.sh/5kn25/ca222348bf.jpg[/IMG]
if he turned this into an actual finished piece (i'm assuming it's a study) it would've turned out to be a p cool painting.
[QUOTE=Lilyo;42884941]Who wants to see some of Hitler's paintings, mostly done in his 20s? [url]http://imgur.com/a/hZLlq[/url]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/zoHRNWQh.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/XXTO1bJh.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/7CECmlb.jpg[/t]
There was a discussion in a thread on Reddit that popped up about Adolf Hitler's background as an artist and I thought the information I found out was quite interesting. I think looking at his artwork and early life is a great example at learning more about him and his developed hatred and destructive tendencies later on in his life, as opposed to simply labeling him as "evil". I think its fascinating to think someone like Adolf Hitler could have had a completely different life if the circumstance of his younger years were slightly different.[/QUOTE]
yeah Im a big fan of Hitler
[QUOTE=wewt!;42885168]I'd really like to see your characters interact in an enviroment around them that's as stylized as they are, they've got so much character that I think it's a shame that they're just in a blank space[/QUOTE]
I eventually do want to do things with them as you described, but I'm usually strapped for effort. I know I can do backgrounds, but I just don't make them cause the lazies kick in. Kinda disappointed in myself about that.
When I do start pumping out stories and comics and shit, yeah I'll go all out.
I didnt know he was an orphan. Puts things in a different perspective
[editline]16th November 2013[/editline]
automeeeeeeerda
I'm just fucking around at this point. 'Tis fun!
[sp]forgive me for signing it[/sp]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/5GXNl4Q.jpg[/t]
He's telling them about those stairs bro
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xq5XBTw.png[/IMG]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/kEPIwfx.png[/t]
[del]excuse the 3d model it's an idea I had for a game but I don't know if I like the design of my mecha yet.[/del]
I am writing a screenplay, despite knowing absolutely nothing about proper screenplay formatting or really writing and storytelling in general. I just really wanted to do it for fun, maybe to exercise my talent (if I have any) a little and hope for the unlikely event that, somewhere down the line, after revisions and rewrites that it may be good enough to sell.
It's about Hannibal Barca, debatably the greatest general of the ancient world. I chose him because he has an interesting story, a different point of view (we rarely see anything outside of the Roman point of view on TV), and I enjoy history and antiquity in general.
I started writing it based off some example screenplays I looked up and tried to follow the model. I have zero fucking clue what I am doing and hoping you guys could give me some direction and criticism. I already have the basic story laid out following Hannibal's escapades from his first major victory at Saguntum to Tyre, where [sp]he commits suicide (I changed the location to Tyre because it seemed more fitting for him to die in the city of his forefathers, the Phoenicians [although he was originally from Cyraenica so they may not be his ancestors specifically])[/sp] and everything in between. It chronicles his many victories, subsequent defeat, and exile. This mirrors his personality: Hannibal is still fairly young when he leaves for Italia (not young for the time but hardly an old man) and he is driven almost blindly by ambition and a desire to fulfill his promise to his father as well as live up to the family name. However, when his brother Hasdrubal [sp]is killed and his head flung over the battlements of Hannibal's camp[/sp] he slowly begins to learn the price of his ambition. After his loss at the Battle of Zama he begins to question being a general entirely and tries to retire to comfortable life of politics in the city of Carthage with his family. But Roman influence sees him exiled and, for their safety, he abandons his family whom, for the first time in his life, he actually began to care about and pay attention to. Throughout his exile he begins to regret his decisions but he comes to the conclusion, after wandering the Eastern world and going to Tyre, that he was made for generalship. His only regret than is that he didn't defeat the Romans. He helps Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire to fight the Romans and, despite losing (partly due to the meddling of Antiochus III and some of his other advisers), but Antiochus eventually appoints him Admiral of the Seleucid fleet, seeing the error of not allowing Hannibal to exercise his tactical demands. However, Hannibal loses the battle of the Eurymedon River and flees to Armenia, where he settles in a peaceful life helping to build a new capital for for Artaxias I. However, he decides this life isn't for him and strikes at Rome one last time, aiding Persius I of Bithnyia in a war against Rome's ally Pergamon. He wins 3 major battles before the Romans demand that Persius surrender Hannibal to them, causing him to flee to Tyre where he is hunted endlessly by the Romans. [sp]He commits suicide there, his last thoughts being of the battlefield and of the promise he made to his father[/sp].
I plan on keeping accuracy where it is possible besides in a few areas, like the one mentioned above or the fact that I have combined his two brothers, both name Hasdrubal, into one character for the ease of the audience and storytelling. I also focus on more than just Hannibal. You see his brother, Hasdrubal, who spends the most time in politics than either of his brothers. He doesn't go to the war until later when the Carthaginian Senate gives him the permission to raise an army to reinforce Hannibal. Hasdrubal has an affair with Hannibal's wife, Imecile, who feels rather rejected due to Hannibal's obsession with the battlefield and with fulfilling his father's promise. Hasdrubal also ends up raising Hannibal's 3 year old son Hamilco. All of this comes back to haunt Hannibal when he retires in Carthage. His brother Mago is always by his side, trying to live up to his older brother. Maharbal is one of Hannibal's best friends, but there is a growing distance between Maharbal and Hannibal when Hannibal starts losing the war. Maharbal leaves after the Battle of Zama. You also see the internal politics of both Rome and Carthage, both ruled by a senate. The main focus of the Council in Carthage is the infighting between Hannibal's supporters, the War Party, and Hannibal's enemies, the Peace Party led by Hanno II, a bitter rival of the Barcid family. The focus in Rome falls on Scipio Africanus (then just Young Scipio) and his father, also Scipio. Scipio Africanus has great ambition and is a lot like Hannibal. He even fights on behalf of his father, whom Hannibal almost kills in a skirmish in Gaul. Fittingly, he defeats Hannibal's brother and Hannibal himself at Zama. There is also a focus on how disjointed the leadership is, with the Consuls fighting each other just as much as they did Hannibal, resulting in some chaos on the battlefield that Hannibal exploits.
With all that said, I'm not even past Episode fucking One. I structured it like a miniseries with various seasons (Season 1 is Hannibal's rise to power, ending with the Battle of the River Trebia, season two Chronicles the bulk of the fighting with Hannibal fighting at both Lake Tresimene and Cannae, as well as trying to secure diplomatic allies and inspire the Italian tribes into revolt against Rome. The third seasons is his downfall, with Scipio Africanus raising hell in Iberia, the defeat of Hasdrubal, the [sp]death of Mago from an infected wound[/sp] the defeat of the Macedonian king Philip V, who plays a brief but instrumental role as Hannibal's ally, the growing disdain for Hannibal's campaign, the constant wearing down of Hannibal and the curtailing of his victories due to such people as Fabius Maximus, and his eventual withdrawal to Carthage under the Council's demands, and his defeat on the Plains of Zama. Season 4 is his retirement from generalship and eventual exile, culminating in Antiochus' defeats in Thermopylae, Anatolia, and Hannibal's lose at the Battle of the Eurymedon River. Season five is Hannibal in Armenia, Hannibal aiding the Bythnians and winning some victories, and [sp]his death in Tyre after fleeing their from the Romans[/sp])
Also, the formatting on Microsoft Word is kind of fucked up for me. It works fine in the document but when I type it doesn't, so I cannot judge the length of a page and therefore the amount of time each scene occupies.
Here it is (first time using Google Docs as well do hopefully I don't also fuck it up)
[URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EyrXYRALy2alFnUE9DUWJXS2s/edit?usp=sharing"]Screenplay 01[/URL]
It isn't even close to finished, I just wanted some critique and help before I go on.
Lylat Wars was a goddamn great game
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;42889300]Lylat Wars was a goddamn great game[/QUOTE]
Haven't played StarFox to be honest, it's more of a rip off of a game named Liberation Maiden.
I know it's not the 3d thread but here is a better picture of the mecha
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/R4UyWUE.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5kmSdfO.png[/IMG]
from the perspective you see it the most.
Fancy corners, Helvetica text, so much inspire
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yPcjsVE.jpg[/IMG]
But chips are usually so cold... as well as my stuff.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;42889236]I am writing a screenplay, despite knowing absolutely nothing about proper screenplay formatting or really writing and storytelling in general. I just really wanted to do it for fun, maybe to exercise my talent (if I have any) a little and hope for the unlikely event that, somewhere down the line, after revisions and rewrites that it may be good enough to sell.
Here it is (first time using Google Docs as well do hopefully I don't also fuck it up)
[URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EyrXYRALy2alFnUE9DUWJXS2s/edit?usp=sharing"]Screenplay 01[/URL]
It isn't even close to finished, I just wanted some critique and help before I go on.[/QUOTE]
Alright, well: first off, I wouldn't use Google Docs. It looks like you may have had better formatting before you put it up there, but it's hard to judge if you're doing something right or wrong when the program messes with it. Start exporting your stuff as a PDF so this doesn't happen. Aside from that, you should definitely learn the format and fix up what you've written, as well as study what is generally included and excluded in a screenplay. You don't want to have spent a lot of time doing something you didn't have to.
I'll try to outline some stuff here, but the book I was taught with at college is the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/The-Screenwriters-Bible-Complete-Formatting/dp/1935247026/ref=dp_ob_title_bk"]Screenwriter's Bible by David Trottier[/URL]. It's a pretty good read and goes over good story-telling as well. (Although, if you'd rather read more in-depth book about story-telling, [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060391685/ref=pd_sim_b_3"]Story by Robert McKee[/URL] is a good one.) If you don't want to buy a book, (totally understandable,) [URL="http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting-101/screenwriting/home"]The Script Lab[/URL] is a pretty good place to look through as well.
But yeah, format is crucial. There are two programs; [URL="www.celtx.com"]Celtx[/URL] and [URL="www.finaldraft.com"]Final Draft[/URL], that make writing in the correct format a breeze. Celtx is free, but I'm told that it has several minor format issues that most people won't notice, but Final Draft doesn't. (Meaning Celtx would be good to start with, but if you plan on trying to sell your screenplay, switch over to Final Draft.) At this point though, unless you know for sure that you want to see this through, I'd stick with what is free. And Celtx is better than nothing.
You'll want to get very cozy with what is called a "slug line." Formatted: "EXT. CARTHAGE - DAY". Without quotes. EXT. stands for exterior, (though you probably know that already.) The opposite is INT., or interior. Then it is the location, and then the time of day. For the time of day, it is either day or night. Do not write dusk, or dawn, or midday, or anything in between. Describe that in your narrative description, but for the slug line it is day or night.
Generally, for your descriptions, the more white space the better, meaning you should keep the description to only what you need to progress the story. Try to keep your paragraphs small, no more than four sentences per paragraph. I usually try to use one paragraph to describe one shot, with the next paragraph being the next shot, but there are other schools of thought. Don't capitalize everything, write normally.
Only when you introduce a character for the first time do you capitalize their name. Do not continue to capitalize the names after their introduction. As well, when introducing a character, give a small description of them.
Keep your descriptions clear of camera direction. Unless you plan on producing and directing this yourself, it's only going to bog down your pacing and annoy people who read these for a living. When your screenplay gets sold, the director who takes it on is generally going to have his own vision for it anyway. (And unless you're a producer on the project, as soon as the screenplay is sold, it is out of your hands completely.) Be creative in how you write a scene to imply the kind of direction you want. For instance, if it's a sad scene or something and a character is beginning to cry, describe it as if we see it from up close. "Her eyes begin to water and a single tear rolls down her cheek." This implies a close up.
Same thing with the wrylies. (The paranthetical direction next to certain lines.) Only use those if the subtext isn't clear. When Hamilcar rejects Hannibal's desire to travel with him to Iberia, we know Hannibal is going to be angry. (Though a line of description would help.) If Hannibal was going to respond sarcastically, or happily or with an emotion that isn't evident to his father's judgement, then you use a wryly.
Anyway, that isn't even close to everything. This is just what occurred to me when I read the first scene. If I've been unclear, I'm sorry. Hopefully the links above will be more enlightening in that case. As well, I went in and transcribed part of the first scene in the [URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3924834/Screenplays/Hannibal%20Peer%20Edit.pdf"]right format[/URL]. Comments in parentheses are mine. Next time I'll probably just edit it like this because I think it's clearer. But I already wrote this post out and I'm tired, hah.
I hope this helps, PM me if you need any clarification.
This Yorkshire took me 5 hours to draw, so I'm sticking it here as well.
[img]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/320/6/d/6daa432e066fe36c39303fc94787656e-d6uibth.png[/img]
Black and white paint only on grey background in photoshop.
I'm starting to love drawing fur, hair, scale, and feather.
i doodled a tnak
[img]http://i.imgur.com/f4ZZzJK.png[/img]
[QUOTE=GastricTank;42886224]I eventually do want to do things with them as you described, but I'm usually strapped for effort. I know I can do backgrounds, but I just don't make them cause the lazies kick in. Kinda disappointed in myself about that.
When I do start pumping out stories and comics and shit, yeah I'll go all out.[/QUOTE]
I'm trying a thing, where I put characters into a vignette or small situation, since I found it easier to start with that instead of making a whole scene with exposition and visual setups n shit. It's pretty nice, I don't know what the proper method is, but since in writing people say you're better off starting with short stories, this can't be that far off.
and it's fun :v:
Piece of shit
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43KkBrzB1g[/MEDIA]
[QUOTE=Talkbox;42893854]Piece of shit
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43KkBrzB1g[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
Hello there Mr. Coates. I've been watching you.
[QUOTE=lintz;42893952]Hello there Mr. Coates. I've been watching you.[/QUOTE]
haha I am aware of who you are also
[IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/051/c/7/100_dumplings_by_bynineb-d5vo8nd.png[/IMG]
Here's something I did a little while ago. It was over the course of a couple hours. My mind kind of went fuzzy in the process...
[URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3534549/arts/muhkills.wav"]Seeing how close if at all I can get to Jeff Steitzer's Halo announcer[/URL]
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/CGS_0277.jpg[/IMG]
[img]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/IMG_3714.jpg[/img]
They LOOK like impressive cosplay props but in reality they are RFID cards suited for use in Vancouver's new Compass network. Couldn't afford getting them professionally printed so I printed to photo paper what was cut out, glued, pressed and then laminated.