Creative Work That Doesn't Deserve A Thread - Detlef's Detlef edition - General

It's ALL helping Xephio, the good stuff and the bad stuff. If you have urges to draw certain things, I say go for it. Your motivation naturally occurs! I am jealous of you for that! Speaking of tablets, I dug mine out from hibernation today. I had forgotten what it LOOKED like. [img]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2889/cityscreens.jpg[/img] [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Quickie [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Decided to do a shoddy job of balancing it out or whatever [img]http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7559/blockedin.jpg[/img] [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Would make a cool flag

[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;30117055]It's ALL helping Xephio, the good stuff and the bad stuff. If you have urges to draw certain things, I say go for it. Your motivation naturally occurs! I am jealous of you for that! Speaking of tablets, I dug mine out from hibernation today. I had forgotten what it LOOKED like. [img]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2889/cityscreens.jpg[/img] [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Quickie [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Decided to do a shoddy job of balancing it out or whatever [img]http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7559/blockedin.jpg[/img] [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] Would make a cool flag[/QUOTE] The city of townsville!

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;30111054][IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4861882/Facepunch/artistic/KillBillthumb.png[/IMG] [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4861882/Facepunch/artistic/KillBill.png[/url] I'll redo the sword later - I don't know how to pull it off yet. Anything else you guys think I should change? [editline]28th May 2011[/editline] Dammit the shadow fucked up god dammit[/QUOTE] Blood is too small and impactless. The font doesn't grab much attention, needs to be stronger and more eye catching, first thing to do would be not tucking it right into the sword. The credits are oddly placed, doesn't look right at all. Credits should be placed in a more standard way, find a solution where you can chop off the sword so it is only on the top part of the poster (They have the illustrations on the top 2/3 of the poster for a reason) so you get space for evenly placed credits. Sword is looooooooooooooooooooooooooong and straiiiight, makes it look just silly. Bend it and make the black/yellow follow the bend, could give the poster some dynamic which it really needs. Right now we look at the poster like a waterfall, straight down then there is some splashes at the bottom. Very uninteresting. [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Detlef;30104476]ok so he even ripped it off. makes it worse. He had a ref. [editline]28th May 2011[/editline] still managed to make it look bad[/QUOTE] What's up with you and "if you have a reference image it is not possible to fuck it up"-attitude? If you can't draw good then you can't draw good, having a reference will never help that.

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;30111054][IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4861882/Facepunch/artistic/KillBillthumb.png[/IMG] [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4861882/Facepunch/artistic/KillBill.png[/url] I'll redo the sword later - I don't know how to pull it off yet. Anything else you guys think I should change? [editline]28th May 2011[/editline] Dammit the shadow fucked up god dammit[/QUOTE] IMO I would've place the entire sword in there like so: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8YdRf.png[/IMG] And try with some textures rather than a gradient fo the yellow - How about some texture representing the iconic yellow suit she wears?

[QUOTE=Xephio;30109258]started as hand study ended up with this doodlydoo [img]http://gyazo.com/ac5641042682acffacead2db1c9d819e.png[/img] exams are over and i can start drawing naked pepol again[/QUOTE] how do you do that? How do you spend months doing everythinig right and the instance you do something from head it is like 0 progress.

[QUOTE=Goodthief;30117251]The city of townsville![/QUOTE] I don't get it

[QUOTE=3v3ryb0dy;30118599]how do you do that? How do you spend months doing everythinig right and the instance you do something from head it is like 0 progress.[/QUOTE] Drawing directly from reference is not always good training for drawing from your head. However, what would be good training is creating a skeletal pose of a character and then building on that pose through referencing several images (perhaps even of different angles than the pose allows).

I think that I've made some improvements. [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0085.JPG[/url] [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0083.JPG[/url] Any more tips that could help? I mean, what you gave me before was very helpful, anything more to offer?

[QUOTE=lucky;30118848]Drawing directly from reference is not always good training for drawing from your head. However, what would be good training is creating a skeletal pose of a character and then building on that pose through referencing several images (perhaps even of different angles than the pose allows).[/QUOTE] drawing from ref is great training. It's really the best way to progress, but it also mean that you can't just shut your brain off when doing refless shits, ur supposed to take things you have learned and apply it to your art. That's the whole point of it

[QUOTE=Ittla;30118874]I think that I've made some improvements. [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0085.JPG[/url] [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0083.JPG[/url] Any more tips that could help? I mean, what you gave me before was very helpful, anything more to offer?[/QUOTE] I'd think you'd do well to just draw heads privately for awhile then come back. keep studying from references and reading books and such.

ay em st00pid

draw whatever the fuck you want. but don't go wondering why you aren't progressing

didnt mean it that way

relevant anyways

Draw from reference it works. From ref [url]http://lordphelpsiphe.deviantart.com/#/d3gp5q4[/url] w/o [url]http://lordphelpsiphe.deviantart.com/#/d3g6tud[/url]

On the subject of the kill Bill poster, I feel minimalist posters like that always have to have a bit of a hidden element. A bit of a trick of the eye vibe to make it interesting to look at despite being minimalist and simple.

[QUOTE=Barnhouse;30120336]On the subject of the kill Bill poster, I feel minimalist posters like that always have to have a bit of a hidden element. A bit of a trick of the eye vibe to make it interesting to look at despite being minimalist and simple.[/QUOTE] check out noma bar's work [url]http://www.google.com.au/search?q=noma+bar&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1400&bih=949[/url]

[QUOTE=Ittla;30118874]I think that I've made some improvements. [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0085.JPG[/url] [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/HNI_0083.JPG[/url] Any more tips that could help? I mean, what you gave me before was very helpful, anything more to offer?[/QUOTE] Do tons of studies of the human skull. Then do some exercises where you draw human skulls from memory. Once you've made one from memory you compare it to the real deal and check out what you did wrong. It was such a great help for me.

[img]http://www.truploader.com/uploads/5_29_2011/576185Connery..png[/img] My first Digital portrait with paint.net. How can I improve my shading, it all looks messy and odd.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;30120448]check out noma bar's work [url]http://www.google.com.au/search?q=noma+bar&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1400&bih=949[/url][/QUOTE] I'm already familiar :v: love it [editline]29th May 2011[/editline] his stuff is an example of exactly what I meant

[QUOTE=Rhymenoceros;30121109] My first Digital portrait with [b]paint.net[/b]. How can I improve my shading, it all looks messy and odd.[/QUOTE] Well here's your problem.

[QUOTE=Rhymenoceros;30121109][img]http://www.truploader.com/uploads/5_29_2011/576185Connery..png[/img] My first Digital portrait with paint.net. How can I improve my shading, it all looks messy and odd.[/QUOTE] its all wrong

[quote] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8702336/Drawings/Sketchbook/P1030623.JPG[/img][/quote]

dat ass

these kids at my school asked me to make a logo for their upcoming comedy web show: [img]http://i.imgur.com/iAE5K.png[/img] what do you think?

is it supposed to be that blurry? I really don't like the effect

[QUOTE=Detlef;30127768]is it supposed to be that blurry? I really don't like the effect[/QUOTE] Oh no imgur just raped that when I tried to get it resized, hang on a sec it's gonna have to be big I'm afraid

it looks gay and the yellow bar is coming out of the tv at the bottom.

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;30127796]it looks gay and the yellow bar is coming out of the tv at the bottom.[/QUOTE] ah I didn't notice that, thanks

your pen tool work is all over the place the constant mixture of soft and hard corners really makes it look terrible and what is up with the base of the stand??