I'm a crappy artist. I have always been a crappy artist. I want to be an amazing artist. The only way to do that is to draw constantly. See where this is going?

My resolution for this year is to draw at least one decent (relative to my skill level, of course) work a day. Hopefully soon I'll be a bit stronger as an artist. I'll be updating this thread daily, so I encourage all of you to check back often, critiquing me when you check in. Or you can just visit to see how I'm progressing. Of course, kind replies are appreciated, as they'll strengthen my resolve to continue updating everyday. Despite this, please keep in mind that I want you all to critique my drawings to death; drawing every day won't help me if I make the same mistakes over and over again, right? ;)

'kay, so let's start this thing then! My second drawing of the new year, and the first for this thread:
The Space Bird! He has two beaks! Horror of horrors! And how incredibly creative of me!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010208finishedbird.png
Yesterday's drawing is in my sketchbook, and I don't have a scanner right now, sadly. I'll post the first drawing sometime in the future when my scanner is running again. Check back every day for something new! Thanks for the help guys!

I'm no art expert, but I think it looks fine. Maybe the legs/feet could use a bit of work... Unless you meant for him to look like he's taking a poop. :sweat:

Your coloring seems great to me.

I like your style. It reminds me of the background of my avatar. :D

Oh wow, fast replies! O:

I'm no art expert, but I think it looks fine. Maybe the legs/feet could use a bit of work... Unless you meant for him to look like he's taking a poop. [/quote!]
He's not pooping! D':
I think you're right though; his legs look a bit short, now that you've mentioned it. It does give the idea that he's kind of squatting down, huh?
[quote]Your coloring seems great to me.
Thanks, thanks. It could be like a million times better though. I can see in my mind what's wrong with it, but if I try to fix it, I can't pick the right colors out. It's actually pretty flat looking coloring; it could be so much more vibrant looking if I was better at this.

Thanks for the critiques! :3
Edit: Ah, Landstrasse too! Hahah, thank you sir, though your avatar's background is cleaner and nicer looking than my picture's. X3

Now, on to today's update:
A still-life of the watering can that spends all of its time lying about my bedroom!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010308FinishedWateringCan1.png
Why do I even have a watering can? Why is it in my bedroom?! Well, I like to grow plants, and they spend most of their time in my room (all of Winter and Fall). The watering can follows them indoors, as they've all become pretty good friends.

This drawing was pretty tough for me. It made it even more painfully obvious that I suck at picking colors by eye. It also shows that I don't know how to render brushed metal at all. I started over once, and almost quit halfway through the second try, but this thread saved this drawing from oblivion, heheh. I think it came out alright, despite the major problems I had painting it. Could have been much better, but oh well I guess. Feel free to rip it apart, and tell me how to make it better. Thanks guys.

Not having a picture of the actual can makes it a little hard to critique. :P

It's very good, but if I absolutely have to pick something to "rip apart"... I'll say the coloring. It seems a little harsh (is that the right word?). It looks more like a striped can than a metal one. Like I said, this would be easier if I knew what the can looked like.

I like your pastel style.

Not having a picture of the actual can makes it a little hard to critique.

It's very good, but if I absolutely have to pick something to "rip apart"... I'll say the coloring. It seems a little harsh (is that the right word?). It looks more like a striped can than a metal one. Like I said, this would be easier if I knew what the can looked like.
I did it by eye, and I don't have a camera, so I don't have a picture of it either, sadly. It looks like a normal watering can though, hahah. So yes, the coloring is way too harsh; I'm going to try painting it again next week in a more watercolor style, as opposed to this pastel picture I've got going on right now. X3


I like your pastel style.
Thanks! I'd like my pastel style a lot more if it were intentional though; when I started this picture, I wanted it to be mostly blue, and in a watercolor style. I'm going to try again next week though, so hopefully it looks different then. :)

I did it by eye, and I don't have a camera, so I don't have a picture of it either, sadly. It looks like a normal watering can though, hahah. So yes, the coloring is way too harsh; I'm going to try painting it again next week in a more watercolor style, as opposed to this pastel picture I've got going on right now. X3


Thanks! I'd like my pastel style a lot more if it were intentional though; when I started this picture, I wanted it to be mostly blue, and in a watercolor style. I'm going to try again next week though, so hopefully it looks different then. :)

True style is unintentional

You color using what now?

They both look boring // Great!

Try adding some movement in your next one to create some diversity

True style is unintentional
If I could make myself truly believe that, I'd be a much happier artist. XD
I'm sure that's true in some ways though. The subconscience does do a huge amount of work while drawing, after all. Still, I'd rather have much drawings come out the way I plan them.

You color using what now?
I'm using Open Canvas right now. It's a very nice little program, and it only costs about eighty USD.

They both look boring // Great!
That's....confusing! :heh:
Do you mean they're drawn well, but the subject matter is boring? That's probably true, yeah. I need more practice before I start drawing full scenes though, so my drawings are going to be boring for about another two weeks, sadly.

Try adding some movement in your next one to create some diversity
Aye, pretty soon, I hope! I'm just trying to bang out colors and form before I worry about drawing complex set ups.

I'll be updating again tomorrow. Hurrah!

I'm gonna copy this thread and start my own...later when I actually have time to draw.

GIMP FTW

I can't believe you called yourself a crappy artist. You did the colouring on computer? Do you have a tablet? If no, your colouring is really good.

I think that you should draw X pictures of things in motion for every Y pictures of stills.

Keep up the good work!

I'm gonna copy this thread and start my own...later when I actually have time to draw.

GIMP FTW
No problem by me. I copied the idea from someone else, who copied it from someone else. Hahah! :3

I can't believe you called yourself a crappy artist. You did the colouring on computer? Do you have a tablet? If no, your colouring is really good.
Of course I have a tablet. I could do this with a mouse too, but it'd be a pain in the ass and it would take twice as long for no reason. :heh:
Still, my coloring is pretty bad. Some nice guy on the art forum I frequent corrected my watering can for me, and put it to shame, easily.

I think that you should draw X pictures of things in motion for every Y pictures of stills.

Keep up the good work!
I agree with that notion, but I don't have a scanner right now, and it's kind of hard to bring my tablet outside with me. ;__;
I'm just going to be drawing stills for like a week, and then I'll have all motion pictures next week. Then I'll start rotating back and forth between them.

Hopeless your drawings look good. I cant believe you think your a bad drawer* this word looks likes its spelled wrong. if not its spelled kinda funny. dang confusing english! & english is the only lang i know so sad.* anyways, I like your drawings and your drawing style. keep up the good work.

Well, how embarrassing. I'm only on my third day, and I've already got an a crappy update. = \
I decided to do an hours worth of figure thirty second gesture drawings today, because I've heard that gesture drawings are great practice, but I've never tried any until now. Sadly, I only did my first few on my tablet before realizing that I couldn't draw fast enough if I wasn't using my sketchpad...so I've only got like five minutes worth of work to actually show you guys. On the plus side, I didn't really get any better at gesture drawing by the end of the hour, so what I'm showing you is a decent representation of the work I did tonight. Here it is!
http://www.eterna-soft.com/images/010204FinishedFigure.png
I don't know how this is really critique-able, but whatever. I think the only real advice on this is "try some more until you stop being miserable at it." Unless you guys have any general advice on doing quick gesture drawings.

Hopeless your drawings look good. I cant believe you think your a bad drawer* this word looks likes its spelled wrong. if not its spelled kinda funny. dang confusing english! & english is the only lang i know so sad.* anyways, I like your drawings and your drawing style. keep up the good work.
Hahah, thanks Chestnut. I just won't be happy until I'm a super-awesome-expert. X3
And I'm not sure "drawer" is a word...at least not one that doesn't relate to furniture. That's probably why it looks weird. :heh:

Yep. Those are gesture drawings alright. :P Not much else to say.

I used to do those in school all the time without even knowing what I was doing. I'd always finish tests and whatnot early so I'd start drawing how all the other kids were sitting at their desks. I'm weird, I know, but everyone would always ask to see them after. :sweat:

:heh: It does look miserable but I still like the idea...

I'm gonna copy that as well ^_^

Today's update is a work in progress, and doesn't make much sense right now, because of all the changes I've been making to it. I think I'll be able to be able to pull it together more for tomorrow's update though. Here it is!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010508Ocean3.png
Hahah. Yeah, definitely needs some work. X3

Why are those mounds of whipped cream shooting at each other? >.<

Their families are bitter rivals. Cloud a is fighting for its family's honor. Cloud b sits by passively, too peaceful to fight. A story full of bitter hatred and quiet, tender love. Don't do it, Cloud a! Cloud b loves you, can't you see that?! How will this riveting story end? Find out in tomorrow's update!

Or something like that.

Nice story, who wins? Lucky I wasnt on ichigos before i went to bed or i could of had a dream with fighting clouds. I like it. R u gonna add detail and stuff to the sand?

:think:

:unsure:

Does it count as drawing if you do the entire thing on the computer? :\ Just curious cause thats my plan.

The top part of the picture is alright, bottom grey part is ????

@skorch, Does it really matter what you call it, drawing or not?

This one came out better than I thought it would. ^_^
I started off with this:
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010508Ocean.png
And got it to turn into...this one!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010508OceanFinished.PNG
Yeah! That took a lot of work though, hahah.
Anyway, I like how this one turned out.

Nice story, who wins? Lucky I wasnt on ichigos before i went to bed or i could of had a dream with fighting clouds. I like it. R u gonna add detail and stuff to the sand?
The clouds made peace with one another, and decided to sit on the horizon without making war unto one another. They're so mature. :'3
And you can see the details I did and didn't add now, hahah.

Does it count as drawing if you do the entire thing on the computer? Just curious cause thats my plan.
Of course it counts! That's how I'm doing it! ;)

The top part of the picture is alright, bottom grey part is ????
Yeah, it was pretty bad, heh. :heh:

Aww how sweet. The clouds are taking a bath together.

Mandatory nitpicking: The horizon seems a little bit too curved and the clouds seem to form the shape of a woman laying down. Her feet are the mound on the right and her... *ahem* are the mound on the left. She must have implants. :think:

Aww how sweet. The clouds are taking a bath together.
Anybody can become friends, as long as they spend enough time together. :3

Mandatory nitpicking: The horizon seems a little bit too curved and the clouds seem to form the shape of a woman laying down. Her feet are the mound on the right and her... *ahem* are the mound on the left. She must have implants.
Well, the horizon is actually supposed to be like that; the whole picture is curved a bit to allow the horizon to be curved without breaking the picture's perspective. I kind of a fan of the fish-eye effect. X3
I'm not seeing the woman, sadly. You have a better imagination than I do.
If anything, I think the clouds are making a OwO kind of face, with the two mounds being the eyes. XD

much better. Final outcome is good. I like how the pictures curved. Glad the clouds matured. Why can't we all just get along and be friends like the clouds?

Thanks, chestnut!
Tonight's update!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010708JarFinished.png
The jar I decorated into a sugar jar! It's part of a three piece spice set I spent an afternoon making one day. I think I made them because my mom decorated the kitchen badly, and I thought something like, "we need cute spice jars in here to make this place happier looking." I ended up making the jars like two years after saying that, but whatever. I did this painting tonight because I wasn't totally happy with the watering can from a few days ago. I thought my color judgment needed some sharpening, so I decided to do another weird surface tonight. I think it came out pretty well.

And I'll be updating tomorrow, of course. Which goes without saying, but I like saying it anyway for some reason. I need to say something at the end of updates, right? :3

Looks good.

Though I'm a little unsure how the lid is supposed to look. Is it just a clear glass stopper with the napkin thingy covering inside? It almost looks like a silver donut. :lol:

I'm enjoying the exclamation point. :P You guys must get real excited talking about spices.

Looks good.
Thanks! :)

Though I'm a little unsure how the lid is supposed to look. Is it just a clear glass stopper with the napkin thingy covering inside? It almost looks like a silver donut.
Heheh, indeed. The stopper is clear glass, except for the rim inside, which is a silverish plastic. The napkin is under the glass stopper. :3

I'm enjoying the exclamation point. You guys must get real excited talking about spices.
I like the exclamation point too! The jar didn't look happy enough without it, hahah. Nobody uses the spice jars I made though; I just keep them in my room, decorating my bed. They look really nice in the morning when they're catching the sunlight - very cheerful! They're doing their job! ^_^

Hmmm, this is probably just a me problem, but I can't see any of your images (and that includes your signature) today! Which is very much off the oddness.

Yep. It's a you problem. I can see his stuff just fine.

Hmmm, this is probably just a me problem, but I can't see any of your images (and that includes your signature) today! Which is very much off the oddness.
Huh, that is odd. All of my images are hosted at the same place (the webspace I rent out), so if you can usually see my signature and stuff, you'll probably be able to see all my stuff again soon.

what program are you using to make your drawings? My sugar container is boring. I think the sugar in it is old. but my dad's like sugar never gets old. Which makes no since. Wish I had a cool sugar container.

Its glass? I can't even tell...

what program are you using to make your drawings? My sugar container is boring. I think the sugar in it is old. but my dad's like sugar never gets old. Which makes no since. Wish I had a cool sugar container.
I use Open Canvas, a neat little Japanese program, 99% of the time. I use Photoshop once in a great while, but I'm not a huge fan of drawing with it.

Its glass? I can't even tell...
I need more practice then! Or maybe just containers that are only half full. X3

Gimp > Photoshop

lol, GIMP does not own Photoshop, at all. You can't even do print corrections in GIMP, so if you want to do professional work, you're screwed.
GIMP is a good program though, from what I've seen. And an excellent value, since it's free.

I only spent about an hour on tonight's update, but I have to get up tomorrow, so...blah. I'll finish this painting up for tomorrow's update though, so hopefully it looks better for then.
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010808Spoon3.png
There. See you all tomorrow!

Mmm. Red mystery liquid. Looks yummy. :lol:

They're back now :) Stupid internet, lol.

lol, GIMP does not own Photoshop, at all. You can't even do print corrections in GIMP, so if you want to do professional work, you're screwed.
GIMP is a good program though, from what I've seen. And an excellent value, since it's free.

:heh: I'm only a lil kid so I have to be extremely cheap for now. ><

Teh spoons a bit rough. *Pulls out a spoon to compare*

The red liquid looks shiny and yum... is it jam?

Im sooooooooo sorry i posted twice

Spoon upgrade....INITIATE!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/010808SpoonFinished.png
Hahah! What's this strange gelatinous substance? Whatever it was, I had fun painting it! I hope you have fun looking at it, too. :)

Updating again tomorrow.


The red liquid looks shiny and yum... is it jam?
I dunno; it's a mystery! O:
I wouldn't recommend eating it, though.

Mmm. Red mystery liquid. Looks yummy.
See above.

They're back now Stupid internet, lol.
Nice!

I'm only a lil kid so I have to be extremely cheap for now. ><
Hahah, undestandable. :)

Thanks for the comments guys. They make painting every day slightly more fun, heheh. :3

Oh noes! It's the spoon from the movie Psycho! ...wait a minute :huh:

Must of took a hella long time to stab someone with that.

Neat. I like the whole mystery substance spilled on the table. Reminds me of medicine, because I'd wanna purposely spill that.

I really like the shiny effect of the mysterious gelatinous substance...
too bad i cant eat it

Spoon upgrade....INITIATE!

Hahah! What's this strange gelatinous substance? Whatever it was, I had fun painting it! I hope you have fun looking at it, too. :)

Updating again tomorrow.


I dunno; it's a mystery! O:
I wouldn't recommend eating it, though.



Nice drawing, I like it =) However, don't you normally eat/drink things you put on table spoons?

Oh noes! It's the spoon from the movie Psycho! ...wait a minute

Must of took a hella long time to stab someone with that.
Heheh. It's not blood! I swear! X3

Neat. I like the whole mystery substance spilled on the table. Reminds me of medicine, because I'd wanna purposely spill that.
Hahah, I was thinking the same thing. "Some kid threw the spoon his mom gave him."

I really like the shiny effect of the mysterious gelatinous substance...
too bad i cant eat it
Thanks! My next picture isn't edible either, though. :(

Nice drawing, I like it =) However, don't you normally eat/drink things you put on table spoons?
Normally. But look at that stuff! It's too happy looking to be good for you. It's probably some kind of sneaky poison jelly or something.

Anyway, on to tonight's update!

http://eterna-soft.com/images/011008PocketWatch2.png

A pocket watch! Nice! I'll be fixing it up tomorrow, of course.

Edit for tonight's crappy update. No need to bump this; it actually got worse.

Aww Poor thing... It looks so sad, all smashed on the ground like that. :( How come the grass deserves more detail and color than the watch? >.>

Aww Poor thing... It looks so sad, all smashed on the ground like that.
I know, poor watch. :(

How come the grass deserves more detail and color than the watch? >.>
Well, it's not done yet. The watch will be the most detailed in the end. :heh:
The watch is just going to take a long time, and I wanted to finish something tonight, so I held off on the watch for tonight, and finished the grass instead.

Haha.... well i can't eat a watch can i :lol:
It seems that this drawing will be very detailed.... do you have a story behind it?

I love this picture! What are you talking about being a crappy artist?!?! I should stalk you and make you draw more!!!

jk

But you are really, really good~ Bravoooo!!

The updates are gone already? :cry:

The updates are gone already?
Shhh, don't remind me. I've been in one of the valleys of my manic-depression. I'm going to restart this Sunday, and continue the daily updates, barring Fridays and Saturdays from now on. :3

oh my depression... Friday's and Saturday's should be movie and party days. Sadly I cleaned this Saturday and ran errands. Ummm im kinda off track right now.

Hey, your pictures are really fun to look at!
I like the sugar one!

... it makes me hungry.

Anyway, excellent work!
The "gelatinous liquid" is really well done!

Eh? Monday and tuesday....

Bleaaaah, I suck. I've been programming and neglecting my drawings. D:
Here's a little something I made today, even though it isn't a painting or anything. = \
http://eterna-soft.com/images/012608FoxHoundFinished.png
Logo for my imaginary FPS, lawl. Still have to tweak it a little more though.

Totally having a painting up here tomorrow though. I promise! On my honor! Or something!

Imaginary FPS....lol :lol:
I like the fire effect or something like that on the right side
It's pretty cool... hehe good job!!!
Looking forward to tomorrow's painting.... which is promised on your honor!!! ^_^

oooooh that looks cool.

imaginary FPS? Is that what you've been programming? >.>

I like the fire effect or something like that on the right side
It's pretty cool... hehe good job!!!
Thanks, HS! It came out better than I thought it would, at least. :3

Looking forward to tomorrow's painting.... which is promised on your honor!!!
Yeah, sorry. My honor isn't worth much, apparently. I have two paintings tonight though! :heh:

oooooh that looks cool.

imaginary FPS? Is that what you've been programming? >.>
Thanks, and I wish. I'm not nearly good enough at programming or maths to make an FPS, sadly. Practice practice practice! X3

Anyway, tonight's paintings:
A lava lamp.
http://eterna-soft.com/images/020108LampFinished.png
And a lighter!
http://eterna-soft.com/images/020108LighterFinished.png
These took about half an hour each. I was teaching (or at least trying to teach) my uncle how to paint, so these were just quick sketches. I'm very happy with the lighter though; I actually like it more than most of the stuff I've ever done, which is a good sign! I'm not really happy with the lava lamp at all. I couldn't figure out how to blend my strokes well enough to give it the extremely soft shading it needed. Ah well.
Sorry that I take so long to update, and don't update when I say I'm going to. I think I'm painting a CD player next...maybe by Sunday. Don't be surprised if I don't though. X3

The lighter looks really cool! and well... i dont know what else to say other than it looks really awesome and cool!!! :lol:
The lamp looks pretty cool too... but at first i couldnt really tell that it was a lava lamp... maybe you could've drew an outline of the lamp...idk, it could be just me and my lack in imagination :heh:
Btw... how do you blend your colours, like from one colour blending into another colour without making look so obvious?

The lava lamp isn't very lava lampish...can Hardly see the outline! DO IT AGAIN lol jking. Nice lighter ^_^

I'll be the echo tonight and say the lighter is great but the lava lamp does need some work. I wouldnt have a clue what it was if you hadn't said. If the "lava" was actually bubbling up more, it'd be more obvious. But it's just kinda sitting there. The color looks fine to me though, contrary to your self-criticism. :P

The lighter looks really cool! and well... i dont know what else to say other than it looks really awesome and cool!!!
Hahah, thanks thanks! :3

The lamp looks pretty cool too... but at first i couldnt really tell that it was a lava lamp... maybe you could've drew an outline of the lamp...idk, it could be just me and my lack in imagination
Heheh, I probably should have made the outline more obvious. X3
Then again, I kind of wanted people to wonder what it was, so I guess it's fine if it's vague. Maybe. > >

Btw... how do you blend your colours, like from one colour blending into another colour without making look so obvious?
Well....the trick is just to pick the colors you're actually seeing, as opposed to the colors you think you're seeing. If you can figure out what the true colors are that you're seeing, and you can pick them and put them down on the canvas, the colors will blend naturally, of course. For the lighter, I used all opaque, hard brushes; I didn't really blend it at all, which is why I'm so happy with it. It shows that my eye for color is developing, as I didn't need to blend the colors together. :3

The lava lamp isn't very lava lampish...can Hardly see the outline! DO IT AGAIN lol jking. Nice lighter
lol, thanks. And I'm surprised you even noticed the outline, it being so subtle. XD

I'll be the echo tonight and say the lighter is great but the lava lamp does need some work. I wouldnt have a clue what it was if you hadn't said. If the "lava" was actually bubbling up more, it'd be more obvious. But it's just kinda sitting there. The color looks fine to me though, contrary to your self-criticism.
Aye, I had just turned the lamp on when I started drawing it, so the lava was just a big clump of wax at the bottom of the lamp. I would have drawn it bubbling anyway, but I had just finished giving my uncle a big lecture on drawing EXACTLY what you see while painting, and I didn't want to prompt any smart remarks from him, hahah. It would definitely be a more interesting (and recognizable) painting if I had drawn the lava bubbling though. :3

Thanks for the comments everybody. I'm still on track (meaning I don't hate life right now) for tomorrow's update. I just got a new mp3 player from my uncle though (as thanks for the art lesson I guess), so I'll be drawing that instead of my ancient CD player. The mp3 player is black and sexy, so it'll probably end up making a better painting anyway.

looking forward to the black mp3 player. Black is always a classy sleek color.

I just realized I only read this thread when I check the forums.

looking forward to the black mp3 player. Black is always a classy sleek color.
Indeed, I hope I do the subject matter some justice. It'll look pretty nifty if I do. =D

I just realized I only read this thread when I check the forums.
That's really flattering, so thank you! :3
I'll give you something cool to look at tomorrow, hopefully.

I just got a new mp3 player from my uncle though (as thanks for the art lesson I guess), so I'll be drawing that instead of my ancient CD player. The mp3 player is black and sexy, so it'll probably end up making a better painting anyway.

Cool..... good for you!!!! ^_^
A black mp3 player is soooo sexy....
hope you would make it even more sexy with your awesome painting skills :P

Well, I finally started working on painting my Sansa, about a week behind schedule (sorry, hahah!). Here's what I've got so far; I'll be finishing it tomorrow I guess, because I need to sleep a little bit before going to class tomorrow.
http://eterna-soft.com/images/021008Sansa.png
I don't know what to say about it right now. It's...alright I guess, even though I was hoping for much better. Hopefully I can improve it a good deal tomorrow.

It looks strangely...edible.

I wouldn't say edible... It kind of looks like a zippo or a pack of mints or something. :P

Somehow.... looking at this.... reminds me of dinner....
Mmmmmm

So what?...You guys shop at Circuit City for your food?...

Yes.

I like how the pic looks so shiny!

Very nice hopeless...I am talented in many things, but not the least big gifted in drawing/painting...maybe you are a hopeless composer, but certainly not a hopeless painter.

It looks strangely...edible.

I wouldn't say edible... It kind of looks like a zippo or a pack of mints or something.

Somehow.... looking at this.... reminds me of dinner....
Mmmmmm
Why do people always want to eat my paintings?! They must give off some kind of weird, hungry aura or something. :heh:

So what?...You guys shop at Circuit City for your food?...
Right? Except I think mine was on sale at Walmart, hahah.

Yes.

I like how the pic looks so shiny!
Aye, thanks thanks.

Very nice hopeless...I am talented in many things, but not the least big gifted in drawing/painting...maybe you are a hopeless composer, but certainly not a hopeless painter.
Thank you too, sir. :)
Anyway, I just finished it up, so here's the final version (I hope it's a bit more obvious what the painting is now.):
http://eterna-soft.com/images/021008SansaFinished.png
There we go! It was fun painting like this...I think I'll try this way of doing it for my next painting, too. I'll have to figure out how to get rid of the jaggies first, though...
Anyway, look forward to me updating tomorrow, or next week, hahah. X3

I want your babies

I want your babies
Fun fact: I learned to paint to impress some girl I liked in highschool.
Fun fact #2: I finished this painting tonight so I could show it to the hot girl who sits on the side of me in Managerial Accounting tomorrow.
Fun fact #3: I'm doing a hardcore fox statue as my first project in ceramics, while everyone else is making shitty vases. I'm doing this to impress the hot girl who sits next to me in Ceramics.
Fun fact #4: If girls didn't exist, I'd probably never get any art done, hahahah. X3

Anyway, thanks for the offer. If I ever have any spare babies, I'll ship them over to you. Take good care of them!

I was just going to boil them with my soup...

I was just going to boil them with my soup...
I was going to make a joke about how my babies would be better off in the dumpster I'd originally planned on tossing them in, but that seemed to be a bit distasteful. Restraint! :heh:

HopelessComposer, you really should consider getting a DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/) account.

HopelessComposer, you really should consider getting a DeviantArt account.
Heheh, I have one, but I don't use it. I only care about sharing my art with people I talk with regularly, hence me posting it here.
Besides, I'm making my own (incredibly sexy) website for my art. It should be done in a few days, actually...
Love you guys. lulz. :3

Edit: Oh yeah, you can sell prints on deviantart, huh?
I'll have to practice a little harder...a second source of income would be nice, even if it is a very small one. Plus it'd just be cool to sell my stuff, heheh. Need to get a bit better first, though.
Thanks DB, now I have one more reason to work. I need money.
I can draw all half naked girls and stuff. I'm sure ecchi pinups will sell if they're done well. Good thing I'm a pervert, which allows my art to be 400% better while drawing scantily clad gals. X3

I'm going to try something very different for the next painting...I hope it comes out well.
Wish me luck!

Your MP3 player is like mine ^_^ Not surprising seeing as mine's a Sansa too XD Sansa ftw! Although, yours looks bigger and shinier than mine.

And I can tell that from your picture, so obviously it's rather decent :P

You have the same mp3 player as my bro...
My mp3 players a watch! >:)

Why do people always want to eat my paintings?! They must give off some kind of weird, hungry aura or something. :heh:
Anyway, look forward to me updating tomorrow, or next week, hahah. X3

LOL! Mmmmm.... HopelessComposer's paintings XD
As always, looking forward to your next yummy painting ^_^

http://eterna-soft.com/images/021908CielFinished.png
Character sketch. I'll have the real painting of her up tomorrow, hopefully. Even though I'm working and going to school all day tomorrow, I think.
I'd skip my classes, but my professors are already threatening to dock my grade. Hahahahah!~! :heh:

I posted this in the general chat too. I feel like a whore, kind of. Ah well.

I feel like giving her a caption.

"~Om nom nom~ I love cauliflower!"

:D

That looks like something you would see in one of those flash videos that you watch on newgrounds :P

Suggestions: Make her right eyelash a tad bit shorter. Let her hair cover the excess part of her face because the ear is just drawn up straight from the jawline?

I feel like giving her a caption.

"~Om nom nom~ I love cauliflower!"
lol, indeed.

That looks like something you would see in one of those flash videos that you watch on newgrounds
Hahahah, right? That's what I was thinking of, too. =D

Suggestions: Make her right eyelash a tad bit shorter. Let her hair cover the excess part of her face because the ear is just drawn up straight from the jawline?
Aye, of course. I just wanted to block her out, is all. The whole face it totally messed up, hahah.

Anyway, I'm painting the full girl for sure tomorrow, because I've been figure drawing like crazy lately, and because I have the whole day off tomorrow. Here's a "painting" I did at work the other day.
Around 20 minutes with the mouse in MS Paint:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/jimthegreat1012/031508PaintTunnelFinished.jpg?t=1205895472
lol, fun. I would've worked on it longer, but we were closing when I finished it. D:

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Took me a second to realize what it was. MS paint? OMgod i can't even draw a striaght line on ms paint lol

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Hahah, I'm guessing since my last update? =D
Thanks for the super fast response. :3

Took me a second to realize what it was. MS paint? OMgod i can't even draw a striaght line on ms paint lol
lol, yeah. It's kind of ambiguous. If it were cleaned up a bit more, I think it'd be clearer what it is. It's kind of a mess right now. :heh:
And I can't draw straight lines in MS Paint too well either. I just scribbled a lot instead, and used the line tool when I had too, hahah. ^_^

Did you do the one on MS paint with a mouse or a tablet? Props either way. It looks great. Though I agree with Skorch, it was kinda hard to tell what it was until I looked at it for a while. But I think that's just the result of MS paint XD

Did you do the one on MS paint with a mouse or a tablet? Props either way. It looks great. Though I agree with Skorch, it was kinda hard to tell what it was until I looked at it for a while. But I think that's just the result of MS paint
Ah, I did it with a mouse. (I was at work, hahah!) Thanks for the compliment.
But nah, it's not MS Paint's fault that it's confusing. The picture is ambiguous for a few reasons: my less than awesome color choices (while they're better than usual, they're still far from where they could be!), the fact that I didn't clean up the drawing, and the fact that I didn't finish the drawing all bring this picture down. (I think if I continued on and painted the rest of the scene, it would be easier to figure out what's going on. Tunnels floating in space don't really make much sense, lol.) My lack of motor skills also didn't help the picture look any cleaner - my sucky drawing hand jitters all over the place if I'm not careful! X3
Anyway, thanks for the replies guys. I'll definitely have something awesome up here for you tomorrow.
Definitely! I won't slack off tomorrow this time!

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Hahah. X3

Ah, I did it with a mouse. (I was at work, hahah!) Thanks for the compliment.
But nah, it's not MS Paint's fault that it's confusing. The picture is ambiguous for a few reasons: my less than awesome color choices (while they're better than usual, they're still far from where they could be!), the fact that I didn't clean up the drawing, and the fact that I didn't finish the drawing all bring this picture down. (I think if I continued on and painted the rest of the scene, it would be easier to figure out what's going on. Tunnels floating in space don't really make much sense, lol.) My lack of motor skills also didn't help the picture look any cleaner - my sucky drawing hand jitters all over the place if I'm not careful! X3
Anyway, thanks for the replies guys. I'll definitely have something awesome up here for you tomorrow.
Definitely! I won't slack off tomorrow this time!

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Hahah. X3

Well I think the colors are fine, but you're right, the fact that it's kinda messy is probably it. :] I really like the reflections though. It really does look like water if you look at it objectively.

Hey HopelessComposer! i love your speed paintings! really beautiful! you're talented! can't wait for an other update! ;)

by the way, this forum is awesome! great community! :)

Wow!!! I really like this one!!! Looks sooo cool!
The colours are awesome ... but could you have made it blend into each other a bit more?
But still!!! It's really good and i really like it!!!
I really like how the water looks really bent when its falling down!!!!
and the reflection is great!!!!

It looks kinda mysterious to me... like there's something else to it but i cant figure what... :think:

Once again... Good work HopelessComposer :thumb:

Ohh it is a sewer. I shan't say what I thought it was. :)

lol, hi skorch. Sorry, I'm a loser. I'm working on the drawing right now though, so I'll be updating in a few hours. :3

update? :/

... im waiting too :)
good artwork takes time... ^_^

Bleargh, sorry guys. I wanted this picture to come out looking like something a professional artist would paint. Then I remembered something - I'm not a professional. (Shit!) I'm working on that problem right now though. I'm working on filling another sketchbook right now. And then I'll move onto the next one.

So...yeah. I won't promise any update times, because I have no idea how long it'll take me to get good enough to pull off this drawing. I overestimated myself, hahah. I will promise that I'm working hard, and that the next drawing I post in this thread will be something even the best anime studios would be proud to have created. Even if it takes me a thousand years of work. :)

Look forward to it. And sorry again for not keeping any sort of deadlines. I keep on forgetting that good artwork takes a ridiculous amount of work. X3

I was going to answer all of your responses when I updated, but the update is taking a lot longer than I thought it would, so I'll go ahead and answer them now I guess:

Well I think the colors are fine, but you're right, the fact that it's kinda messy is probably it. :] I really like the reflections though. It really does look like water if you look at it objectively.
Thanks again, Reina. ^_^
It is a little bit of both though; if the color choices were better, the picture would make more sense. If it were cleaner, it would also make more sense. Better color choices would benefit the picture more though, so the picture fails more because of my lack of skill than my laziness, heheh.

Hey HopelessComposer! i love your speed paintings! really beautiful! you're talented! can't wait for an other update!

by the way, this forum is awesome! great community!
Thanks for the compliment, Dam0piano, and welcome to the forums! I hope you have fun here, and sorry for taking awhile to answer you. X3

Wow!!! I really like this one!!! Looks sooo cool!
The colours are awesome ... but could you have made it blend into each other a bit more?
But still!!! It's really good and i really like it!!!
I really like how the water looks really bent when its falling down!!!!
and the reflection is great!!!!

It looks kinda mysterious to me... like there's something else to it but i cant figure what...

Once again... Good work HopelessComposer
Thanks for all the kind words, Happy!
I could've blended the colors more, but I'm a lazy sort of person...plus, I was at work, and we were closing up. I wouldn't want to screw around at my job when I'm off the clock, right? XD

Ohh it is a sewer. I shan't say what I thought it was.
Nah, go ahead and say it. It's interesting to hear how other people's minds read my paintings. Half the time I end up agreeing with you guys after you mention it, so it's always cool to hear what you have to say. Don't worry, I know the picture is hard to read, so it's not like you'll hurt my feelings or anything like that. Besides, I was blunt enough when critiquing you in your thread - I expect no less in return! ;D
Thanks for commenting!

Alright, back to work I guess. I'll definitely post something amazing for you guys, even if it does take awhile. Sorry again for the wait. The picture I'm doing is concept art for a game I'm entering into the Game Maker contest, so I need it to be really incredible so that it makes a splash and helps me win the competition by helping to build up hype for my game. It's time for me to buckle down and give it my all!

IT'S TIME TO DESTROY MY COMPETITION! =D

Bleargh, sorry guys. I wanted this picture to come out looking like something a professional artist would paint. Then I remembered something - I'm not a professional. (Shit!) I'm working on that problem right now though. I'm working on filling another sketchbook right now. And then I'll move onto the next one.

So...yeah. I won't promise any update times, because I have no idea how long it'll take me to get good enough to pull off this drawing. I overestimated myself, hahah. I will promise that I'm working hard, and that the next drawing I post in this thread will be something even the best anime studios would be proud to have created. Even if it takes me a thousand years of work. :)

Look forward to it. And sorry again for not keeping any sort of deadlines. I keep on forgetting that good artwork takes a ridiculous amount of work. X3

Alright, back to work I guess. I'll definitely post something amazing for you guys, even if it does take awhile. Sorry again for the wait. The picture I'm doing is concept art for a game I'm entering into the Game Maker contest, so I need it to be really incredible so that it makes a splash and helps me win the competition by helping to build up hype for my game. It's time for me to buckle down and give it my all!

IT'S TIME TO DESTROY MY COMPETITION! =D

WOW, THAT'S REALLY COOL!! GOOD LUCK, HOPELESSCOMPOSER!!!!
sure you'll do well! ^_^
why??? because you're a GOOD ARTIST!:yes:

Really looking forward to the next update!!!!
Just take your time, HopelessComposer!
Like i said before, good artwork takes time!

Good lucky buddy! :D
Think either cheesy and cute or EPIC!!!!!! when thinking about video games :|

Hi friends, there's a girl I'm really into and I was thinking of ways to show her that I think she's really special, something that no-one else has ever done for her. I'm not sure if she's majorly into art, but she takes it as a subject at college. So, I sometimes do stencils and stuff, just when I get bored. If someone made you a stencil on a canvas would you think it was really lame or nice?

If someone made you a stencil on a canvas would you think it was really lame or nice?
SUPER LAME, GET OUT OF MY THREAD!
No, just kidding. If someone made anything for me, I'd find that very sweet. I don't know if girls would find it "cool," though. Which is what you really want her to think of you, lol. Anyway, use your own judgment and do what you think is best. We can't really help you because we don't know the girl (or you).

Also, you can make your own threads, you know. Just click on "new thread" instead of posting random things in the threads of others. :heh:

You have some nice progress going here. Keep at it mate!

You have some nice progress going here. Keep at it mate!
Thanks for the kind sentiments, Xpeed, but you're a little late for this thread. XD
I'm still keepin' on though, regardless. =)

Erm, sorry for the bump, but...

...what happened to it? D:

Erm, sorry for the bump, but...

...what happened to it? D:
Laziness. :3
Could we get a lock on this thread, though? If I ever do this again, I'll just open another one. In the meantime, I don't really want it bumping other art threads off the list, especially considering how much actual activity our art section here sees.

Your wish is my command. :lock: