hi there i wanted to post my pictures, so rate and comment! i'll post two for now ( i had to take a picture of it, that's why its dark.)

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/whatever.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/myhouse.jpg

I like them both alot.

the guys left shoulder looks weird, between the strap and the neck, apart from that, COOOL!

yeah they're good, more practice on shadowing

Keep up the good work!

=D thanks everybody here's two more, one's a drawing and the other is an oekaki.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/papillion3.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/eternity.jpg

Amazing work!

woooah!

nice!
!!

i had art for 5 years and i ... forgot alot of it... so now im better than average but not as good as THAT!

nice!

9/10
always room for improvement :)


nice!

could you teach me a little of your technique for drawing that?

which drawing are you talking about jhnboyman? i don't really have a technique but i can probably answer some questions you have. =D

The guy's tie in the first one does not look like a tie. the thingie by the neck is supposed to look this way: \/. Not /\. Unless the guy's a moron and doesn't know how to put on a tie. XD

Other than that, they're kick-ass! Keep it up! :)

Here's some more oekakis i did.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/eyesonme3.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/athome.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/togepi.jpg

IDK if you are doing this on purpose but all your buildings are...crooked.

yea i did it on purpose for the cool effect.

I like that eiffel tower drawing. The style is kinda funky!

Wow, you use very good hand smearing methods. It usually takes years of practice for artist to do that kind of stuff. Very well done, im proud.

wow i haven't posted any new pictures in a while...well here are some new ones!
i suck at coloring
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1552.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1551.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1550.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/honeydew.jpg

Wow, that's really great. I love the buildings. I like your style too. It's very unique.

I would say this one:


http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9...papillion3.jpg
is my favourite. ^_^

Wonderful work. Bravo ^.^

wow i really love the coloured ones, especially the neko girl! what's it say in the japanese though?

My favorites are the Neko Girl and the "Dance With Me" one. They're very good. ^_^ Keep it up, dude (or dudette, I'm not sure which :unsure: )! :lol:

i don't think many guys would have a name like *pixiepieberry*
and plus you could've found out that i am a girl in my profile.

an-kun i have no idea what i says =D

thanks for your comments everyone =)

here's a classic, the SUNSET hahahaha

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1674.jpg

aww that's a sweet pic! I always liek the clothes you draw for your characters. I can't draw clothes at all though i can draw bodies XD

The water looks fake, but other than that, it's a very good drawing! :lol:

this one is KAI!
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1682.jpg

and this one i did awhile ago
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1687.jpg

OMG! The Kai one is so AMAZING! I <3 IT! :lol: LoL. So is the Fire Dragon! I can't draw dragons for beans. =_= Great job!

puppy
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1941.jpg

scorpian
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1940.jpg

The dog is excellent. I love the one with the butterflies and also the one saying Dance with Me. Very nice! I love the one with the sunset; it reminds me of 'the Last Unicorn'! XD

puppy
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1941.jpg

scorpian
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_1940.jpg

:o Oh my God!! You're really freaking good! I love both of them! 0_0 The only ones I don't like are the drawings of buildings, but other than that, wow. 9 1/2 out of 10.

I just LOVE the puppy!!!! It's too cute. It reminds me of my dog Blaze. Great work. The butterfly one and music one are awesome too.

OMFG there amazing. I wish I could draw like that. But hey keep up the good work.

thankyou everyone for your wonderful comments! =)

I love the shading in you drawings! ^_^

wow i haven't been on for quite awhile. still have LOTS of schoolwork, even if it is break -__-



i also have soem drawings too

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_2447-1.jpg
i like this one:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_2445-1.jpg
this one is a bird coming out of a teapot:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/Dec1611.jpg

You can make the little characters into toys, I think people will buy it. :)

You can make the little characters into toys, I think people will buy it. :)

I agree. Your drawings are great. :thumb:

yay! new picture! This one is done with stippling and crosshatching.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/pier39032.jpg

Wow, that's really impressive!

Give us more! XD

Dang, that rocks!

OMG!!!u're so goooddd!!!!!
still needs to work on folds on clothes though...
that doggy was sooo cutteee!!!!!
practice on hands as well...they are already good but can still be better.
the one which looks like a griffin is soo coooolll!!!!
BBRRRAAAVVOOOOO!!!!

GREAT JOB!!!!B):D I love your work! Keep it up!!:)

I really loved the moon/butterfly one, well as the Eiffel Tower. Nice glowy smudgy effect. =D Same goes for the puppy! It looked so soft and cuddly!

Your latest piece is pretty impressive as well!

I love that stippling/crosshatching one! I love stippling. It's so tedious sometimes though... >.<

Mmm, they're nice. Keep it up. I like the sullen feeling to it.

maybe you should work on the shoulders =PPP

VIEW IF YOU DARE!!!i just hope you won't get any nightmares...:sweat:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/anorexicfreak.jpg

X_X
soo....daarrkk.....

hey! i did a picture just like that!...with the dotes...i didn't know someone esle came up with that too but i did take the idea from a famous picture....That's coool

that's interesting. kinda realistic. i'm anorexic and i think that the you did great work on the eyes. i don't like the arms though

Great work pixiepieberry! I especially love the Kai one because he used to be my favorite <3

Keep up the good work.

n_n thanks for commenting everybody!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/artwork002.jpg

it's a circus horsey!!

Those last ones are really lovely.

I prefer the one with the ball because this skeleton horse looks like a circus horse, and the ball just adds more to its character. :)

ok here's horsey with the ball.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/artwork001.jpg

lol, cut and paste? :heh:

I like the horse though. He's very cool. :3

actually... cut and TAPE!!! =D i didnt want to ruin it, i practiced the ball on another sheet of paper and it didnt come out right so i just decided to tape it,:sweat:now i can remove it when i want to! gosh hopelesscomposer, such sharp eyes you have.

Nah, you can see the shadow from the paper to the right of the ball, hahah. ^_^

I kind of like the horse more without the ball anyway...he's more mysterious that way.

new picture!! (actually its kinda old)

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/verticalred.jpg

Picture isn't showing up for me. :(

Cool! =]

And the dead horses remind me of Thestrals from the Harry Potter books.

Nice job with the pointillism on the horse. I also like how you kept your newest drawing monochromatic, it looks cool that way.

=) thanks for your comments! ah too bad i didnt add the bat like wings on my horse, then it would have been a Thestral!

as i already said, the red one is beautiful!
i like thestrals a lot. you could draw another one..

thanks for the comments everyone =D
My favorite fairy tale!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/redridinghood03-1.jpg

the drawing looks better in real life than in picture... darn camera

wow. I really like that one. I think the shoulders are slightly disproportional. But I REALLY love your style. :]

beautiful!

hi! some new drawings

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/artwork006.jpg

hehe oops her butt is kinda big

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/artwork.jpg
this one was soo hard to do! i had to erase and start over like a bajillion times!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/artwork004.jpg
i'm planning to do this one in water color =) [update:water color plan fail]

*stares in awe*
please teach me how to do wings!

nice shading but you need to work on your hands and torsos a little more.

oh by the way does anyone know where i can reach M? is that his name...the huge critic?

yes it's M, find him on the IRC or PM him~ uh and he might get mad at you if you do so heads up on that.

I like your drawings :D pix

Back for a bit from almost 2 yrs. Here are some old and new drawings:

Absol
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/absol.jpg

This one is a special one =)

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/andrewmelissamuah.jpg

[^Done on tablet, hand-drawn one not shown]

XD It's funny how you were kept updating then all of a sudden, two years go by and you update again. Other than that, your drawings are amazing :). I like the softness in your pictures. The lines are nice and curved and it fives a nice feel to them :D. And I don't know it's because you took pictures of your drawings instead of scanning or it was the paper(previous drawings), but the non colored in areas are kinda sepia-ish...:heh: I don't know if it's because of my lack of sleep or something, but it's very "soft"...oh, and how did you get the dotted effect?

The dotted effect is a technique with pen. The darker the area the closer are the dots and the quantity is bigger than areas with light.

The Pokemon looks quite nice! The only thing that seem weird is the front left leg.

haha senior year and first year of college take away my time to draw nice big pictures all i've been doing are little ones like the charmander and squirtle one. Plus i only draw when i get that *feeling* or motivation/inspiration/idea to draw. XD I haven't felt that in awhile. The paper looks sepia because i only have that orangey colored light in my room (not a big fan of white light) hehe i also like the *old paper* look.

The dotting, as Nyu001 said is a technique with pen. It is called stippling(the dotting) and crosshatching (the lines; this can be seen more on the skeleton horse's feather or the griffin's wings). I do this usually a fine-tipped Sharpie. dots close together=shading. dots spread more apart=lighting. This technique is quite tedious and takes a lot of patience and time but it is worth it in the end. Just dot away!

here's another stipple this time with a dry erase marker on my teacher's board
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/P_00085.jpg

pencil
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/IMG_0366.jpg

pen and color pen
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/IMG_0364.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/art%20stuff/IMG_0363.jpg

XD I love the one with the two kids. Princess Peach looks good too...but the face seems a little off...or that just might be me :D.

MUNNY!! This is Mr. Turtlemunchy

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/MrTurtle.jpg

>< And here I thought you had put up some new pics....

i did didnt i? its my munny pic. or did you mean drawings?

I meant drawings....

ah i haven't been drawing anything lately..i'll be taking an art class next semester so maybe i'll post some drawings up =)

....You don't draw for fun?

i do but if i don't feel like it then it won't come out nice, you know what i mean? but here are 2 drawings from earlier this year


http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_0434.jpg

this one is Ichigo from Tokyo Mew Mew
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/pixiepieberry/IMG_0435.jpg

:lol: Yay!!

Lolz, for the first pic...in my opinion, you put a lot of detail into the eyes...and they kind of pop out compared to the rest of the pic. I like your shading style though. I usually can't do that kind of style...or rather, it just never seems to match up with the rest of my pic....Oh, and I don't know if it's because she's sitting down or what, but she looks just a bit disproportional. Like...really skinny up top, and huge hips down...

For the second pic....something about the face is bothering me, but I can't put my finger on it....and the hands. XD But almost everyone has trouble with hands and feet so I don't blame you there.

And I know what you mean about having to want to draw for it to usually come out good. :/....XD or sometimes you want to draw, but have no clue what to draw and end up just scribbling, lolz. Anyways, but you have to sometimes just put in the effort and pick up a pencil and get started, you know what I mean? Sometimes you get inspiration from just holding a pencil and having a clean piece of paper in front of you. :P I know I do.

Thanks=)

2 more stippling pictures

XD They're both really good. The tower on the first one is a bit....crooked? But it's not too big of a deal. As for the second one.....is it supposed to be an illusion? Because it looks....really....the perspective is off, and the telephone pole seems a bit random right being that it's right by the water XD.

haha did you mean telephone booth? i was like what telephone pole is she talking about?

XD Roflz, yes, I meant telephone booth. I was in a bit of a rush when I typed that.

the effect of the sun on the trees on the first one look really awesome. Overall, I think your first one is better than your second, just cause you blend different, simple colours, instead of just one solid one.

I like your girl sitting down, pixie. She's cute. =)
Her lower body is a little disconnected from her upper, but I like how you did her hair and the shading and stuff. It's pretty pleasing to the eye in general, for lack of a better way to describe it. She reminds me a little of Sawako from Kimi ni Todoke, which is an amazingly cute anime by the way. Go google it, because I'm sure you'll love it.

So yeah, good work!
Also, I notice that your hands could use a little work (like everybody else's, hahah). My advice to you would to be to just buckle down and fill up a few sketchbooks with realistic hands. It sucks really bad, but when you're done, you'll notice a good improvement. I filled up one sketchbook...I'm still not great at them, but I'm definitely a lot better now, and my anime-ish hands are a lot easier to draw now, and look ten times better. I'm gonna buy another sketchbook soon, and go at it again.

Next I'm gonna work on the neck/head area, I think. Really, if you're having a problem with anything, just practice it like crazy in a realistic style for awhile, and come back to the anime later. You'll notice it's suddenly a thousand times easier to get your ideas across.

And yeah, I know the advice I just gave you is so simple it borders on insulting, but I figured I'd remind you, hahah. I forgot that practicing was necessary for awhile, and I was extremely happy when I finally remembered again. X3

to HopelessComposer: i googled the anime, it looks really good i'm gonna read it once im done with my physics final T_T.

About the girl sitting down, that exact picture is from an manga i can't find anymore (can't remember the title since it was in japanese). I know the hands are messed up XD not easy to fix permanent marker mistakes. Anyways on to the body, i know it looks disconnected but try sitting down in the position she's in, she is leaning towards her knee. The way i shaded her probably caused a different illusion or something, since the real one was in regular shading.

I should be able to get more practice in since i FINALLY got into the art class so now i can double major! but yea thanks for the advice, i haven't been practicing as you can clearly see ^_^''''

to Mushyrulez: thanks!

I know it looks disconnected but try sitting down in the position she's in, she is leaning towards her knee. The way i shaded her probably caused a different illusion or something, since the real one was in regular shading.
That's why it's better to draw from life instead of drawing from other drawings, though. We all make mistakes, and by copying other people's work instead of copying from life, you're basically teaching yourself how to make the same mistakes the person you're referencing from makes. Believe me, her anatomy is definitely off. I'll do a quick paintover tomorrow if you want, to show you what I mean, but basically, her hips should be right where her elbows are - in this picture, they'd have to be about two feet lower than they should be to allow her to sit the way she is. I know it's hard to see, but that's because the artist you referenced has a very pleasant style, and it's hard to notice mistakes when your reference is so cute, hahah! XD

That's why it's better to draw from life instead of drawing from other drawings, though. We all make mistakes, and by copying other people's work instead of copying from life, you're basically teaching yourself how to make the same mistakes the person you're referencing from makes.

:/...Is it okay to draw from camera pics?...XD Honestly, I find it extremely hard to try to draw still life when everything is constantly changing. Especially when you're focusing on shading a landscape pic....

well you don't have to learn from everything, you could just draw it because it looks pretty. I tried sitting in her position in front of a mirror i guess i see what you mean, can you guys try it and tell me what you think?

Drawing from a camera pic is fine. Its a good way to practice shading. you could always do it the old fashion way and come back everyday at the same time until you finish, but that takes ages.
However there are drawbacks on camera photos, like how there are things that your eyes see but the camera cannot capture.

well you don't have to learn from everything, you could just draw it because it looks pretty.
Of course drawing should be fun. =D
I use anime as reference too, when I'm trying to learn anime or when I'm just having fun, and that's fine. I was just saying not to expect perfect anatomy from all of your anime reference pictures, since even pros make mistakes. Because of that, drawing for life usually helps you learn faster is all. It's a cute drawing either way, heheh. =)

what i made for my bf for xmas <3

:O...

XD KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!

woah, what are the made from?

XD thanks RainingSilver.

Gekkeiju: They are called Munny from Kidrobot. Here's a link http://www.kidrobot.com/Toys/DoItYourselfToys/

They're vinyl toys which you can draw, paint, do whatever you want to it. Mines are done in permanent markers.

Here's 2 more! ^_^

:O...XD KAWAII!!

Lolz, did u position the last one in front of a piece of paper? When I first looked at it, I thought it was a drawing o_o;;...lolz.

no i just didnt use flash for that one because it kept blurring,but yea i added one with light so it should be more clear now. =)

Oh... XD I can see it now!! Lolz.

here is a tiny bear one i did 2 days ago.

That looks quite good and original. I like it. But took me time to identify the eyes, lol.

I agree with Nyuu...XD But the design is amazing.

i need to do drawings on paper, but Munnys are just so fun to do.

Hello my name is Snapperooz!

Omgz so cute!

Except it looks really scary. And cute at the same time... I can't really make that work in my head -_-

thanks Mushy, i like scary cute things =)

Drawings! finally right?

:O. MARIO AND LU-.....igi?.....XD

:O The first pic is....mesmerizing...@_@

haha actually its just 2 little characters of mine in mario costumes

XD I noticed. Mario is a bit more....plump...XD

It also says A instead of M XP

Where?! *checks pic*

:O....ooohhhhhh.....XD

I like them plump XD

My boyfriend's name starts with an A =)

XD Lolz.

a new one! well its actually old. It is a Black Phoenix. There is actually another one of this that i did for my Teochew club at school but they are both different in detail. (This is NOT the club one)

:O That looks...really cool. Did you use marker? And...the Kanji looks really neat...did you write that? (what does it meeaaan??!! XD)

haha yes it is in marker. that's actually in chinese ^_^ yes i did write that! its just my name.

Wow... you managed to not make a single mistake on that?! *is shocked at skillage*

:/...She could've drawn it in pencil then done it in marker...but more skilled artists, with careful mental planning, can draw with just marker. I'm practicing it in art right now....T_T It's not fun...

@pixiepieberry... If you don't mind, what's your ethnic background?

@pixiepieberry... If you don't mind, what's your ethnic background?
I could be wrong, but I'm going to guess pixie didn't grow up with kanji. It is indeed very neat, but it doesn't look like the work of someone who's been doing it their whole lives. Then again, I could be wrong. My roman-alphabet-handwriting completely sucks, after all. XD

Actually, it looks like very normal chinese writing to me... the thing is, most people who write in chinese for a long time (e.g. my dad)'s writing becomes /extremely/ messy. Like, noone can understand it... so.. yeah -_-

I'm an ABC and if you don't know what that is then...i'll tell you. It's true that i did not grow up learning it that's why the characters look so stiff (then again i did want it to match the style of the phoenix). i could have done it without drawing it in pencil but i didn't wanna screw up its position next to the phoenix. Mushy's right about the messy/beautiful writing all the olds/pros can do it.

Anyways here is a rough draft of my first project for class =) its a cut out.

Woah... what's the theme for that? For some reason, it looks like the bus is belching out a lot of smoke...

hey Mushy have you ever been to the Voltage store? (^_^ i wanted to ask since you live in Vancouver)

the theme is about self aspect. so this is about me being a commuting student =)

Here is the final one its about 10in in diameter.

:O...I see...a train...lighthouse...smoke(?)...a building(the college you attend?)...an American flag in the background...and...something to the right...

XD It's really cool.

And I don't know what ABC means...:\

(PS!!! XD Sometime this week or the next, I should have some new pics up...just need to find the time and get the effort to move my laptop to my bro's room to scan the pics...)

...Wait, then does that mean that that train's supposed to be the Skytrain? I can totally see everything now...! :O

...If you were referring to something...I don't see the reference...

XD ok ok lets clear up some stuff here.

1) ABC = American born Chinese.
2) Train and bus are just a train and bus.
3) the building is the carillon bell tower at my school, it is also seen in an earlier drawing of mine.
4) There's no flag just stripes from the sun and place for stars to sit XD.
5) numbers represent time (clock)
6) circle shape means i do this every day like a cycle.

just really straight forward stuff no hidden messages.

i can't wait to see your new drawings Rainingsilver! =)

Oohhh...XD Lolz.

:think: I wonder if I should make a thread for my drawings...

Hahaha, I was trying to see whether there was an inner meaning to it... good to see it's just a straightforward piece :)

YEA do a thread for your drawings!

haha yea im not into the whole inner meaning thing. What you see is what you see. what you interpret is what you interpret. Everyone gets something different out of it.

i sure did... heh.

YEA do a thread for your drawings!

haha yea im not into the whole inner meaning thing. What you see is what you see. what you interpret is what you interpret. Everyone gets something different out of it.

:O...Not what you see is what you get?...well...idk if that applies to this situation...XD

And...idk if I should make a thread...it's not like I haven't been drawing, I have, but it's getting harder and harder for me to draw people just standing around...I'm working more on my manga, Hana Monogatari.

haha i saw yours Ander. post more!

hmm i dont think i wanna get into the whole meaning of art thing, too complex.
@rainingsilver: i guess if you don't want to, you could always upload sneak peeks of your manga stuff or others, just tell me when you do =)

i have started turning some of my drawings into designs and screen printing them on t-shirts ^_^

OMGZ MARKETING CAMPAIGN...!
>_<

Anyways, congratz on that... how do you print stuff on t-shirts anyways...? Did you do it at home, or at some special place...?

i did it at home with inexpensive stuff. all you need is freezer paper, fabric ink, brushes, tshirt, iron, cardboard, cutting blade, and tape. no need for expensive machinery

That looks cool, haha.

thanks!

mm strawberry.

:O I see a DX



Was this supposed to be a logo-creating assignment or something..? Because if you replaced those letters with another set, it could be a new forum logo... XP

haha no i was just playing around with my name =)

XD The shirts are amazing.

And the strawberry is cute...but I can't read your name...E...l...i...s...s...x?....lolz.

thanks!

XD you missed the M and the x is an A it just looks like an alpha.

Ah, I see it now. :D

Ooohhhh!!! Melisa!! XD With another "l", that'd be a name of a tree. Lolz.

im a honey bee(in greek)! one L, double S =)

more fruity names!

even more.

I like your idea of shaping the words in a fruit form. But you are not making your brushed lines well curved. More practice will help to not get that tremble with the tablet. But I guess that require a time. I still get it... lol

Um...The first one is...Andrew?...The second one is...Charlese?...wait no...that doesn't seem right...the third one is...the fifth one is...Jenny?...

The orange is...Katerine?...then Micheal...then Imille?...what?...then...Eamela?...

XD This is fun. Lolz.

What's that last fruit...?!

I added one more but the one you're talking about is a kiwi.

ok here is my finished art project (forget the other one,it was not detailed enough)

:O...That...is cool. XD

The only thing that I noticed(seeing that it was the only thing I could make out without become dizzy, lolz), was that the triangle part of the clock tower seems to be slanted at a weird angle.

haha oh well too late to fix that.

my finger and elbow hurts from all that cutting >_<

Cutting?

mmhmm i had to use an exacto blade to cut out all those pieces in the project. thick paper so i had to push into it harder.

:O...Oh...wow...

it's been awhile, here is my latest art project.
its ~ 5ft wide and ~3ft tall

Took me far too long to realize that the second word is England. If you're going to tag words to be read, you should always choose a non-cross San-serif font. Otherwise, it looses meaning. Old English is hard enough to read as is, let alone overlapping and arching it.

I would've never known it said England unless M pointed it out...

XD But it's cool.

Thanks for the tip, but most graffiti are quite difficult to read and the forms they take are far more complex than mine. Most people in the class were able to figure it out rather quickly but everyone is different since a couple couldn't figure it out at all. The letters form the shape country (if you turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise) that is why there are overlaps. Same goes for California (just turn it the opposite direction)

Thanks for the tip, but most graffiti are quite difficult to read and the forms they take are far more complex than mine.
Oi, oi. There are a lot of bad drawings out there, too. Excuses like that aren't worth much; what's the point of having it say something if nobody can read it? Are you saying it isn't possible to make "England" more legible while retaining the shape of the country? The use of white highlights on England over a white background doesn't help matters, and the letter overlaps really confuse things, especially on the Ns. It might've helped things if you gave each letter a bolder outline, or maybe pure black shadows where the letters overlap? (So you can keep the font thin, while separating the letters.) Up to you, of course. For me, though, "England" is pretty hard to read.

Most people in the class were able to figure it out rather quickly but everyone is different since a couple couldn't figure it out at all.

but everyone is different since a couple couldn't figure it out at all.

a couple couldn't figure it out at all.
Doesn't that set off any alarms in your head?
Whenever someone asks me what one of my drawings is supposed to be, I want to shoot myself in the face.
For me, there's nothing I dread hearing more than "what is that?" Then again, maybe that's why you pulled out the "lots of graffiti is like that" card. :heh:

Anyway, keep working. It's not bad (love the dinosaurs), "England" could just stand to be a bit easier to read.

M, I apologize if I sounded mean or hostile. I did not intend it to be taken like that.


Oi, oi. There are a lot of bad drawings out there, too. Excuses like that aren't worth much; what's the point of having it say something if nobody can read it? Are you saying it isn't possible to make "England" more legible while retaining the shape of the country?

OI to you too HC, are you saying my England is ugly? just playin' haha. It is not an excuse, it is just a fact that I saw from not all, but many graffiti works. How is it an excuse if it is a fact? I looked through tons of graffiti and could not make out the majority of them. Even if it's not readable you can still use its other characteristics to identify it. If I uploaded a bigger picture where you can see all the little ones maybe it would have been easier. I never said it was impossible, I just chose to overlap them.

Thank you for the tips, I'll keep them in mind too when I do more. But hey you guys did manage to figure it out.:sweat:
I understand there are many flaws with the whole thing but all I can do now is practice and get better. I'm glad you like the dinosaurs! During the critique in class, everyone kept fussing about the dinosaurs because they could not understand what they meant or what they were for. =\

It is not an excuse, it is just a fact that I saw from not all, but many graffiti works. How is it an excuse if it is a fact?
Because, like I said, you could just as easily pump out terrible drawings (you don't; I like most of your stuff) all day long and say "well, 90% of drawings out there are total crap!" Sure, it's a fact, but it doesn't really have anything to do with anything...basically, saying other people do the same thing as you isn't really a good reason to do what you're doing, since most people suck. That's why I called it an excuse. XP

I never said it was impossible, I just chose to overlap them.
And my critique is that overlapping them was a bad choice, because it makes it very hard to read without adding much flair to it - I think it would have looked just as good (and much more legible) without being overlapped.

But hey you guys did manage to figure it out.
Aye, we did, but again, I prefer to not have people scratching their heads when I show them a piece of my art. Art is supposed to say something; having a confusing looking drawing is analogous to speaking with a stutter. Sure, people will figure out what you're saying, but they'll be more inclined to be receptive to what you're trying to tell them if you speak in a clear, strong voice, right? =D

I understand there are many flaws with the whole thing but all I can do now is practice and get better.
Well, obviously you know that. You've gotten this far in drawing, so you must be doing something right. Good on you for that. =)

I'm glad you like the dinosaurs! During the critique in class, everyone kept fussing about the dinosaurs because they could not understand what they meant or what they were for. =\
What? I thought the dinosaurs were there to look awesome. They seem to be doing their job to me. XD

i personally had no problem reading (making it out) the word ENGLAND. i don't know what everyone is so... googa over this, but i do agree that most, if not all, graffiti is not easily legible (and some find that enjoyable). however... i never said i don't share the same frustration as the others' when i can't read it. like i said though, personally i had no trouble reading it (england). i don't quite know why you had to choose california and england.

are you gonna add more color to this project or is that it?

i'm glad you could read it! i find it fun trying to decipher what the words say like a big puzzle.

Just a personal reason why i chose california and england. I added colored arrows with dates on them to get the meaning across but i'm not going to upload a pic of it.

Here are some of my contest entries for Kidrobot's Munny Month. (2 more in my deviant art)

Sir Waffles got 2nd place in the 'Best use of Food' category =)

:O Woah! You're back!

XD The ice-cream one is adorable!

I feel to eat the first one. :(

haha yea i thought i'd drop by every couple of months instead of years XD
I've just been very busy with school work and MUNNYS!!

Rain, i see you've improved a lot in your work!

Nyu, did you mean you wanna eat Sir Waffles? Eggyolk doesn't look very good to eat hahaha

http://kronikle.kidrobot.com/munny-munth-winners-with-mario-batali/

:) Yup. Thanks. XD You probably took a look already, but if you get the chance, I'd appreciate some critique too.

Nyu, did you mean you wanna eat Sir Waffles? Eggyolk doesn't look very good to eat hahaha

Nop, In my eyes the "Eggyolk" is not an "Eggyyolk". I see it more like a delicious cake that want to rest in my stomach. :sweat:

ZEBRA CAKES!!!!!

XD Sorry, you said cake, then I saw the zebra stripes and immediately related it to that. Lolz.