[Blackz1234]

Are beginners allowed to post their drawings here? I'm only starting and would like some insghit from experts such as you guys. However if only professionnal artists post here I won't post my drawings..

Blackz!

[Tinusch]

Anyone can post. There are very, very few pros here...

[Kaete]

Anyone can post their pics here. But if you just have a plain old question, you should move it over to the discussion part of the forum. The "work in progress" part is just for posting pictures that you're working on.

[Blackz1234]

Great!

So here's a huge battle I'm working on. In order to see it, you've got to post the following adress in your adress box on top.

The reason why I'm posting this is because I want to hear personnal opinions from as many people as possible. Most of my friends are not artisicly involved and getting some constructive feedback can be quite hard! I draw cartoon like character, most of them quite small. I really want to improve things like perspective, shadows and lights, abd colour as I've always used black and white before. any comments will be very appreciated.

So that's it for my speech, let's hear your comments!
http://www.agamast.0catch.com/drawings/7.jpg

P.S.: That only half of it since I drew the whole thing on a huge board and it couldn't fit in a scanner!


[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: Blackz1234 ]

[jezelf]

got this while clicking on yer link...

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Have you tried scanning the other half of your work in and then editing them together in an art package, like photoshop? It'll be nice to see the whole art.

[Asurfael]

The link works if you drag it to the url bar of the browser instead of clicking it.

I don't know what you're aiming for with that picture. It seems to be very detailed, maybe even too much detailed. It doesn't have anything to put your eye on, which makes the picture restless. Maybe that's the effect you're wanting to get? Also the perspective's a tad bit weird. It's a nice picture though, very detailed, be it good or bad.

[Blackz1234]

Hmm.. yeah, I've been getting this comment a lot. Are yu saying it would look better if I put less characters with less details or the same amount of characters with less details or just bigger characters?

And about the perspective, there's not supposed to be any. Well no, I'd like to have someperspective but I'm still pretty much confused with the escaping point (can u say that in english? Well in French it's called the Point de Fuite, you know where everything meets or something, u get my drift)So I mostly draw in 2-d for years now which I shouldn't have done because now it's very hard to make things which appears as 3-d.

all comments are appreciated, I don't mind negative comments, as long as they bring tips or advices (which makes them constructive).


A very happy BlackZ

[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: Blackz1234 ]

[arkoh]

you know what...

It sure looks like you're enjoying what your doing! And to me that is extremely positive, and means you're off to the best start possible!

My best advice would be to start lookin at the world around, and not just focus on the paper itself! What I mean is... don't give up on this (scipling or whatever its called) by NO means... but a basic knowledge and undestanding of the world around you that'll be human proportions, light and shadow, textures, perspective and the like, would be the right way to move on from where you are now!

Good luck!

[ May 10, 2002: Message edited by: arkoh ]

[Blackz1234]

Hmm..thanxs Arkoh!

I do enjoy drawing scenes like thse as they are quite time consuming and I always try to draw as much as possible. This scene has more than 100 characters, the next one I'm working on is going to have about 150 WITH perspective. I've decided to wait for the shading as it seems extremely complex. As for right now I'm working on perspective. I've been reading a lot of stuff on the subject and this my very first try at creating something which looks realistic in perspective.

This is some kind of rural scenery in which my next big fight is going to take place. I'm quite finished with the sky and I think it looks cool, any comments to make it look better will be appreciated though. Now I've got to work o the plain area at the bottom and the river. Both are by no means complete but here's my question: Is it supposed to be lighter/darker (the colour) the farther your are from the front, if you know what I mean? Is the river supposed to a clear blue up front and to get darker as it gets nearer the horizon? Also are things supposed to get more detailed the closer you are and more colour saturated?

I realize those are a lot of questions but I really want to improve so any links, personnal answers and comments will be read.
http://www.agamast.0catch.com/drawings/Paysage copy.jpg

You need to drag the adress in your browser window!

A very interested BlackZ!