creative-discussion

[abstract dust]

Aww those are so cute!

[austere thicket]

Ikr! It was pretty fun!

[warm finch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/825151717732909066/835954086792265728/unknown.png

[abstract dust]

Nooo, the dishes.

[warm finch]

my wild card teammate decides to steal the house's dishes instead of being helpful with objectives

[warm finch]

uhh?

some dead frwend

[warm finch]

😄

[mossy leaf]

finished drawing at 12 am

[blissful sonnet]

omg, this is adorable i want to do it

[outer garden]

@stiff fable its mr saturn !!!

[lethal belfry]

stardew Characters Sanrio

[warm finch]

wip

[remote wedge]

heck yeah Kero was my childhood

[austere thicket]

Awwww they’re adorable

[mossy leaf]

was practicing drawing while watching anime, fun

[mighty bronze]

[lament turtle]

wip

but time to colorrr

[lament turtle]

now time for shading + touch ups

[stuck robin]

adorable!!

i love the cameo of your oc

[toxic perch]

that's super cute oh my goodness!!

[peak blaze]

hey lovely creatives i was wondering if any of you had any ideas for making these logos any better. origonal idea was to make one into an actual coin

[silver relic]

this looks really cool! just a bit confused about the “fuzzy”/tv static-y background?

[peak blaze]

was trying to ad some texture

or pattern dose it not work?

[silver relic]

ah i see. i was just not sure what it’s supposed to be, i think it looks fine just reminded me of worms dancing haha

[peak blaze]

that triggering i might have to make my own pattern now instead, i hate worms

[silver relic]

oof sorry :( maybe some kind of crosshatching?

[peak blaze]

yea that might work

i was thinking alos maybe bigger squigles

les wormy

[silver relic]

or even just stippling

yes that might work too ^^

[peak blaze]

ill give it a try which one is your faviourtie?

[silver relic]

go for it i gtg to sleep though, hope someone else can help you with that then 🥲

[peak blaze]

sleep tight

[remote wedge]

I'm a fan of the middle one

Was there a reason for the wormy background?

[rich delta]

I love the middle most, as well!
Though the bg could add an odd texture to the coin if implemented
Maybe flecks would be better? If you are dead set on a bg

[remote wedge]

Can't go wrong with a good ol' radial haha

Maybe take out the line splitting the fox in half?

[flint pendant]

wip

[vague marlin]

Quick 45 minute doodle of my boyfriend and I during Trigonometry class because I didn’t feel like doing math

[peak blaze]

The line if supposed to be the t in ts and that fox is the s.

Also thanks everyone for I ideas !

[remote wedge]

ohh, I probably wouldn't have seen that unless you pointed it out

[peak blaze]

Well if know one can see it is it really their 🤔🤔🤔

[austere thicket]

How cute

[crude turret]

I didn't even notice the line at first, but then again, I did just take a few seconds to glance at them XD

[marble mantle]

@mighty bronze got a sexy layout for her profile
going all in

[crude turret]

I would suggest making a bit more obvious, like really emphasizing the letters

I honestly don't know, though, because I'm not at all skilled with logos XD
they do look really good though honestly!

[marble mantle]

yeah i agree
its not too obvious until you say it

[crude turret]

it's hard to weave letters into logos like that

[marble mantle]

i suck at logos

[remote wedge]

I guess it depends on whether or not you want people to notice the letters haha

[peak blaze]

Thanks my dudes I'm gonning to try working them down to one tonight so we'll see how it goes

[shrewd rampart]

does anyone have some photoshop skills and a lil bit of free time

[molten chasm]

what do you need?

[shrewd rampart]

i wanna edit a file from a game

but im bad at photoshop

in theory its just a simple recolour

[molten chasm]

I can try but I'm somewhat busy right now so it won't be instant

[peak blaze]

If sovereign doesn't get round to it I can probably find some time latter in the day

[shrewd rampart]

currently i am being helped by sovereign, so i think ill be fine, if it doesnt work ill come back and ask :)

[silver relic]

what do you guys do to self motivate to draw 😩

like... i have a piece going rn. but i just... can’t seem to finish it

[magic dagger]

just draw smth dumb

i sometimes make moodboards

[upbeat swan]

I've gone years feeling stale and then all of a sudden inspiration comes outta nowhere and kicks my ass, so who's to say

[upbeat swan]

wanna post it?

[silver relic]

sure lol. sneak peek ig ^^

[silver relic]

ahh that’s actually a good idea. i’ve done a few rough pieces in the meantime already 🤧

[silver relic]

all the mf references 😩😩😩😩😩😩

[upbeat swan]

omg it's fine

[peak blaze]

I don't know if it works for everyone but I set aside 5 minutes to just look at my work and just see what happens. Bruh this is awesome

[upbeat swan]

you should see some of my refs

[silver relic]

thanks shillings, and aaa lol. i have like... 10 more i’ve hidden for the time being lol

[upbeat swan]

basically

You Are Fine

lots of refs help

[silver relic]

holy shit, that’s amazing 😳😳😳😳

yes yes

[upbeat swan]

don't apologize for your process! At least you have lots of references

[silver relic]

also totally felt the ??? in the background 💀🙈🙈🙈

[upbeat swan]

omf yeah

me all the time

[silver relic]

thank you i just... need to take a chill pill and go for it lol, still don’t know what to do for the hair

[upbeat swan]

Honestly, doing the bg for that last stardew piece I was panicking because I didn't know wtf I was doing haha

this one

[silver relic]

ooh, can i see where it is?

aAAAa i love it, bob ross in the making + modern characters

[upbeat swan]

me starting this:

[silver relic]

💀💀💀 me starting anything-

[upbeat swan]

I didn't know wtf I was doing. I just had some refs so I scribbled and hoped for the best

But yeah, I feel like you never lose that sense of "???" no matter what the skill level you're at.

[silver relic]

lol, bgs and nature is ... not my strong suit, yours looks amazing though!!

[upbeat swan]

Thanks! I don't draw bgs as much as I should

[silver relic]

hahaha, ??? is also me in life.. in general... 🤧

me neither lol

[vocal sphinx]

omg I love how you drew leah

[silver relic]

she’s so free

[upbeat swan]

one thing that helps is finding an illustration with environment/lighting with similar properties you're looking for and studying how that artist broke down colors or shapes.

like...hmm lemme find... I looked at the color palette on this one painting (idk who because pinterest is garbage at crediting artists)

[silver relic]

lol that’s facts... love looking through pinterest for other people’s styles and poses, always really interesting variation ^^

but then i just have to eyeball lighting and base it off of like.. the light hitting my cat lmao

[upbeat swan]

not to be a White Soccer Mom™️ but pinterest>Google images sometimes.

yeah yeah I get that too!

[silver relic]

more like all the time, esp since those trademarked photos usually have weird poses/not related to what i searched lmao

but they are genuinely terrible at crediting for sure

ok, i’m gonna go work on this piece now, thanks for your advice 🥺🥺🥺

[upbeat swan]

ofc!

share if you get stuck again and I'll try to help :>

[peak blaze]

You guys are all so talented

[mighty bronze]

What a sweet little... devil?

Neato

[fringe coyote]

I think i finally have my front facing Elliott looking how i want

I mean i still think it's obviously not perfect but ughh

[exotic snow]

niiiice

i think the eyes can be a liiiiittle higher up tho

[fringe coyote]

Asdfj someone else told me they were too high so i moved them down but Lemme try moving them back up lol

[exotic snow]

KFHASGVLAENV LMao sorry-

or like just, move the whole set of facial features up by like, 2 pixels or something...

IMO!! you dont have to if you feel like you dont need to

[fringe coyote]

Omg no no it's ok lol, i really appreciate suggestions since i still feel like there's something off

I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS BETTER OR WORSE?? ASDGHK

I THINK IT'S BETTER BUT I'M NOT SURE??

Yeah actually this looks way better the longer i look at it

[exotic snow]

yeah it looks 👌

[fringe coyote]

IT STILL FEELS OFF BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME BEING TOO CRITICAL OF MYSELF LOL

[lament turtle]

dude i like this elliot sprite way better than the ingame one

[fringe coyote]

regardless if there are any other suggestions or feedback lol

[lament turtle]

im not joking

[exotic snow]

hmm, maybe the nose is too long?

[fringe coyote]

Omg thank you that means a lot aadghk

Hmmm, wait like how long in which direction

[exotic snow]

oh and the ear should be a little higher too cuz ,, the eyes are higher alsdjfa

[fringe coyote]

Oh yeah

[exotic snow]

LSJDLIWEN idk anymore adjfa

[lament turtle]

i mean tbh

no human is perfect

[exotic snow]

ive stared at it too long asdfaw

[lament turtle]

i like this imperfections a lot

it makes the art look great

its more realistic

[fringe coyote]

I mean he has a pretty big nose so lol. But yeah i agree, though I do want him to look as accurate as possible

[lament turtle]

yeah if u want accuracy try to fix those things indeed. if ur going for the "perfect" elliot, keep this imo

[fringe coyote]

Messed around with his face some more, gave him more defined cheekbones and chin and it looks good

I think this is really close to perfect

[grand cave]

I think the back of his hair has too much volume for it to be turned sideways that much, it’s the same as the original

[peak blaze]

i agrree with this

[mossy leaf]

woah front facing elliot

the impossible has happened

[fringe coyote]

Ohhhh i didn't even think of that

Good idea

[mighty bronze]

Wip sketch

[exotic snow]

looking good

[mighty bronze]

I would feel bad doing only digital

gotta keep that balance

thanks!

[fringe coyote]

Also oooooo that's cool

[mighty bronze]

[fringe coyote]

he

But yeah i think this is almost finished if i can't find any other things to fix

I tried really hard to keep it in the style of the game

[mighty bronze]

perfection

[fringe coyote]

Edited his nose a lil also thank u omg

[peak blaze]

hey lovelys hears what ive come up with so far from all your feed back it still feels a bit off and not sure about how i can emphasize the s with out i looking dumb or ruining the fox. whats your guys thoughts?

[lament turtle]

follow the body

lemme do smth for u brb

@peak blaze

smth like this maybe

[balmy venture]

having elliott look at me head-on is genuinely triggering my fight or flight

but after the initial shock it does look much better

[marble mantle]

seeing him look at me headon is making me want to punch in the face more than i wanted to before

[lament turtle]

Alright I've been told I can't spend anymore time improving and adding things because we haven't got long left and I gotta make each scene like NOW.

Just keep criticisms to yourself if possible please. Just positives! Maybe I'll come back later after the assignment is done and sort out any other issue.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/710504099392651365/836632852636106772/unknown.png

[remote wedge]

the only thing I can think of is making the fox more abstract to resemble an S

[midnight slate]

i love how its turning out!

[spiral gale]

that looks good so far though,, good luck with the others? :<

[peak blaze]

@lament turtle @remote wedge
Thanks for the feedback I'll have another pass soon

[lament turtle]

any time!!

best of luck!

[spiral gale]

time to add an unreasonable amount of random lines to my art to make it look better

my mans shane out here wearing two hoodies ofc

[silver relic]

ofc ofc, beautiful drawing as usual too

[spiral gale]

thank you,,,, i dunno if i should color

[silver relic]

go for it, if u want!!

also even if it’s your name on some social media i felt the “braindead”🥲😂💀

[spiral gale]

i dont own social media :')

i do have a twitter, but i didnt post there in months and dont plan on doing so i guess,, its uhhh

https://twitter.com/BR4lND34D

Rasetsu (@BR4lND34D)

skrrt skrrt

Tweets

43

Followers

71

Twitter

but again, its old,

[silver relic]

nice!! i don’t post on mine often either 💀💀💀💀💀

[lament turtle]

is it bad if i want to start with a pixel art watermark before even starting my first art? (since its practice at the same time)

and if not, what about a reaper with BR as blade?

like this, but way less detailed and the blade is replaced with BR

[idle portal]

u do u why not

[lament turtle]

alright, thanks a lot!

[idle portal]

also a reaper would look super cool

[lament turtle]

well, we'll see if it actually will lmao

[spiral gale]

ok i didnt get my lazy ass to color him but i fixed some stuff so,

i guess im done for now

[lament turtle]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

double hoodie flex!!!!

[idle portal]

alex yay!!!!!

[lament turtle]

he is awesome!!!!

[lament turtle]

thats-

thats shane

[idle portal]

i’m saying yay for alex

[lament turtle]

oh

LMAO

my bad

sorry

[spiral gale]

i feel like its actually something he'd do,,,, like, a friend giving him a new hoodie and hes just like 'ok cool thanks' wears over old hoodie

[idle portal]

shane is a cold man

[lament turtle]

yes

[spiral gale]

ill warm him up

[idle portal]

sus

[spiral gale]

LET ME HUG DEPRESSED MIDDLE AGED MEN

THATS LIKE MY RELIGION

[lament turtle]

all admins come online

[idle portal]

i mean..

[spiral gale]

[idle portal]

[upbeat swan]

I lowkey want to draw my own portraits for a SDV mod but I don't know the first thing about making them and also I probably shouldn't commit myself to another project rn because I have a bad habit of not finishing lmfao

[peak blaze]

Do it any way just take it slow my man. Also am I getting jak n daxter vibes from you icon

[upbeat swan]

omfg I love Jak and Daxter so much!! What a compliment!

[peak blaze]

I grew up playing it i love thier ears so much

[upbeat swan]

me too!!

[peak blaze]

And just thier vibe

[upbeat swan]

yeah now that you say it, I think I've always drawn those extra ears because of Jak and Daxter

Bob Rafei is one of my favorite concept artists

playing those games made me want to draw and do concept art

[peak blaze]

Daym that's awesome, the world around the games is what made me want to play more games and emerise people and things I think it why I moved toward fine arts stuff

I'm adding you as a friend now

[upbeat swan]

Honestly, that's been my experience too. I've got too much stuff goin on in my head and I can't articulate it well enough in writing. I want to draw everything.

[peak blaze]

Yassssss I agreeeeeeee

[dire plaza]

After a wee bit too long of a hiatus I finished another part of my Stardew comic!

https://tapas.io/episode/2141543

[past musk]

I was browsing twitter and I found really good resource listing all free/open-source/paid alternatives to adobe applications!

Hope this helps people here

[grand cave]

That certainly has more options than the one already in the pins

[exotic snow]

whoa

[mighty bronze]

Can you believe they gave free art...

Lmao, people should use this joke next time they are asked for free stuff

[lament turtle]

beautiful art

[austere thicket]

LOL Indeed

[solid stag]

me and my friend are creating a story

[velvet sun]

aseprite.

[silver relic]

oooh looks cool so far! will you be sharing the progression here?

[solid stag]

maybe

[silver relic]

dang lol i feel like my brain hasn’t even been active for that long this year

[solid stag]

only one oc is technically mine, hes the one on the far left

[silver relic]

ohh gotcha. well it looks great either way

[solid stag]

thank you

[outer garden]

That's so true :(
I had trouble with aesprite

With the colour selection thing

[velvet sun]

zo um

[long ridge]

Dedication

[exotic snow]

[lament turtle]

would something like this be a good watermark logo? (this is obviously just a sketch to get opinions, the pixel art itself will be way better)

[peak blaze]

heyo again still feels a bit off but this is where im at

[lament turtle]

could someone please tell me if this needs tweeking (apart from how good/bad it looks obv)

[steel spruce]

I think that’s fine, it’s just meant to be a cute little reaper right

[lament turtle]

yes

with the "B" from "Biased"

thanks a lot though! ill start working on it now

@steel spruce what "b" looks better?

damn it

hold on

[steel spruce]

Hmmm, the one on the left.

Although I could go with either one

[lament turtle]

alright, thanks a lot!

[thick moss]

I’m just wondering. Is digital art a visual art?

[exotic snow]

yes, why would it not be?

[thick moss]

I thought they are in different categories.

Anyway, thank youuu ^^

[mighty bronze]

https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/1387387169950556162?s=20

Shen-"Shen Comix Guy"-anigansen (@shenanigansen)

https://t.co/8VLiJKgBFU

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1348

Likes

12382

Twitter · Apr 28, 2021, 12:44 PM

[solid stag]

does anyone else use csp? i cant seem to get it to work with the screenshare or stream option on discord at all

[safe ember]

that looks pretty cool

[lament turtle]

thanks a lot!

though ill let that be a porject for later on

[safe ember]

ye

[lament turtle]

ill now try to do 16x16 stuff

[silver relic]

shen 😩

[mighty bronze]

"me when my drawing comes out as planned"

[remote wedge]

seeing a yin yang symbol instead x) the random gap between the T and the S is a bit uncomfy. Have you considered a more abstract fox shape to make it look like an S?

[storm fulcrum]

who is a beautiful bride?, Sage the fairy!

[lament turtle]

who is a talented artist? midori the pixel artist!

i absolutely love it!

[storm fulcrum]

ty, I really appreciate it ❤️

[marble mantle]

for me i just get progressively more depressed

[marble mantle]

most times if you minimize a program before coming to discord
discord wont pick it up for screenshare

for example

when you alt + tab itll show up

[solid stag]

i have two different monitors

so its not minimized, its just on a separate monitor

[marble mantle]

oh
idk then

maybe you need to have it on the monitor discord is on

[solid stag]

i dont know, maybe? firealpaca works fine with the screenshare

discord can share other monitors since the screenshare has an option for sharing separate screens (a split screen)

[fossil helm]

off topic, but I see a pewdiepie vid there 👁️

[warm finch]

ooo, nae is secretly a bro? hell yea

[marble mantle]

pfft

i watch him occasionally

[warm finch]

so do i, i used to watch him A LOT, but these days i wait for the best xd

[marble mantle]

@echo mesa whats your toyhouse

[fossil helm]

It's Jaspberi I'm pretty sure

(link - https://toyhou.se/Jaspberi )

[solid stag]

debating people who think 3D animation is just pixar and that 2D is superior in every way is so exausting because theyre more than likely not artists who work in the industry and have no backbone when it comes to saying "well this isnt targeted to you, so dont watch it." and they respond with "but pixar!!! pixar good!!"

[lament turtle]

uh

ok?

[cold cloud]

trying to make a 3d junimo for the 100k banner, what do you guys think how it looks so far

[solid stag]

ooo!!

good apple boyo

[cold cloud]

it kinda looks like an apple yeah, is that how it suppose to look like?

i'm trying to imagine how to make it in 3d

[lament turtle]

junimo = apple guy

[cold cloud]

oooh okay

[rugged jacinth]

OMG ITS SO CUTE I WANNA HUG IT

[cold cloud]

[marble mantle]

just looking for more people with sexy ocs to subscribe to there

@fossil helm i hope you do more with her https://toyhou.se/10894399.smith
i love her design

[fossil helm]

thanks !! I'll for sure do more with her 🤠

[echo mesa]

pog, that do be my toyhou.se

[echo mesa]

i rly like the potion bottle on the ref sheet, splashy . . .

[marble mantle]

you better

[fossil helm]

ok

[fossil helm]

@marble mantle sorry for ping but i did as requested

enjoy doodles of smith and her lil friend

[marble mantle]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i love it

i want

i want to draw her

@fossil helm can i draw her?

[fossil helm]

go ahead lolol

it'd be so cool if you did 😳

[marble mantle]

hell yeah

i need more practice

i wanna try stylizing more

[fossil helm]

drawing other people's ocs is always a good way of practice, I do it quite a bit lol

[marble mantle]

hell yeah

itll gimmie a chance to draw something outside of what i normally draw

[fossil helm]

nice B))

[marble mantle]

also ive literally never drawn an axe so

first time for everything

[fossil helm]

axes are very fun to draw, highly reccomend

[echo mesa]

^^

[marble mantle]

cant wait to try and render one

[fossil helm]

can't wait to see it lolol

[marble mantle]

hopefully i dont butcher it

[echo mesa]

i dont think its possible for you to butcher smething - you always seem to put so much attention into your art

[marble mantle]

trust me when i say ive butchered a lot

i jstu

dont show it

[echo mesa]

lol, i'll take your word for it
but ive liked all of your art i have seen

[marble mantle]

thank youu

i like yoru stuff too

i wish i was good at designs like you peeps

@fossil helm is she the kind to be
buff
or is she just normal average body girl

cause ive never drawn a buff girl before

and i kinda want to

[echo mesa]

thank
im sure with time you'll figure it out
i feel like the designs of my characters have actually gotten a lil dull over time lol
maybe a sign of getting old - i used to wear Fun Things and now its just
Plain

[fossil helm]

I like both of your guys' art as well

[echo mesa]

[fossil helm]

I'd say she's fairly strong, but not too visibly buff, if that makes sense.

[marble mantle]

gotcha

time to see if all my anatomy stuff paid off

[fossil helm]

yeah lol

I really need to work on my anatomy stuff

[echo mesa]

same

[marble mantle]

same

humans are hard

[fossil helm]

can relate 😔

[echo mesa]

still better than drawing horses at least
nothing about a horse makes Sense

[marble mantle]

never drawn a horse in my life

[marble mantle]

cough cough

[fossil helm]

why they gotta call me out like that

[marble mantle]

sorry not sorry

[fossil helm]

[echo mesa]

it me

i will own that title and mother all the ocs

[marble mantle]

@fossil helm is this a hood or just bunched up fabric

also
is that a necklace hanging from it?

[fossil helm]

from the middle of the hood (like the dip), it's a necklace. Around that it's a hood though

the two seperated / together

(top left, hood. top right, necklace. bottom left, together)

[marble mantle]

ah kk

what kinda pendant tho

[fossil helm]

i haven't decided

i will make pendant design real quick

tree

[marble mantle]

tree

noted

[fossil helm]

yesyes

[marble mantle]

[fossil helm]

poggers axe

[marble mantle]

sketch almost done
i jsut need to figure out how the hair works

[fossil helm]

how I draw hair makes absolute no sense, so good luck to you o7

I just do scribbles til it looks good lolol

[marble mantle]

ill figure it out
hopefully

if not ill just make her bald

ez fix

[fossil helm]

mm bald

or you could always just cover the hair with the hood? 👀

[mossy leaf]

I never draw hair, I just draw spaghetti on head

[fossil helm]

spaghetti is always nice

[marble mantle]

@fossil helm

[fossil helm]

Looks great

[marble mantle]

i think i nailed it but idk

it seemed super shaggy and floof

[fossil helm]

i say you nailed it B)

[marble mantle]

hell yeah

i love drawing short hair

[fossil helm]

same

Since I chopped off 15 inches of my irl hair, I found myself never drawing long hair (with some oc exceptions)

now I only draw short hair (with some oc exceptions) lmao

[marble mantle]

long hair is a pain

[fossil helm]

yeah 😔

this man is one of the only person I draw with long hair nowadays https://toyhou.se/10423235.a-dude

[raw dragon]

penny portraits

[marble mantle]

a dude

love him

awww

those are cute

[fossil helm]

same

and what a creative name I gave him, amiright

[marble mantle]

bangs

[fossil helm]

so adorable '

[marble mantle]

oh yeah
what smith's eye colour

[fossil helm]

I usually just have the eye colors as the color of the lineart, but you can make them the color of her pants if ya want

(like a darker navy color)

[marble mantle]

yeah i used to do that too

[fossil helm]

yeah lolol

[marble mantle]

but when i started comms people wanted there character's eye colours

so i had to snap outta it

[raw dragon]

thank yeeee

[fossil helm]

I assume I'll have to do the same when I start opening comms 😳

but I like my simple eye colors 😩

[marble mantle]

yeah simple is muah

i wanna get that perfect level of stylized and semi real

[fossil helm]

I'm not really aiming for anything specific, just wherever my art takes me.

[marble mantle]

@fossil helm eyes not there yet but this is where im at now
gonna head to bed

[fossil helm]

Very poggers 👀

I like the axe alot, and the general way you drew her !!

Also gn lolol

[marble mantle]

accidentally filled the hole thats in the axe

thank you

[fossil helm]

yeah

np !!

[marble mantle]

fastest sketch ive done in a while

[fossil helm]

speed

old meme but

speed

[marble mantle]

pfffft

now its time for me to go pass out

night night

[fossil helm]

night night o/

[fossil helm]

art comparison time:

march 2020, beginning of quarantine

to april 2021, today

[lament turtle]

damn

this shit actually gave me hope that i can improve a shit ton as long as i work on it

this looks very, very cool! great job!!

[spiral gale]

Holy shit thats rlly improved :0

,,,,,,,,

[lament turtle]

sheeeeeeeeshhhhh

that looks dope af!!

[spiral gale]

[copper yoke]

wow tht looks epic

[silver relic]

the new mona lisa

[marble mantle]

art comparison time:
november or sumn from 2020: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/734127310546141286/837320497029054514/68a35d24.jpg
and april 2021 or maybe march idk: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/734127310546141286/837320613617467422/milagro.png

[marble mantle]

i like the lil shapes in this

like the point elbow

all the sharp lil points

nice design

[lament turtle]

dude you all have improved so much

ok lemme do my art comparison

art comparison time;

yesterday (first pixel art ever)

today (5th pixel art ever)

ez

[marble mantle]

damn
thats a pretty gem

[lament turtle]

thanks a lot ^^

though my 2nd gem ive created is still my favorite (not the best, but my favorite)

thats this one

the mistake ive made was blending in the shading with the actual colors

so ive worked on that and that made my character pixel art better

[marble mantle]

i have aseprite but ive never properly used it
picxel art is hard

[lament turtle]

just a matter of trial and error

[marble mantle]

this is the most ive done in it

[lament turtle]

yeah i was thinking of buying it, but ive figured to stick with gimp now that im used to it anyways

[marble mantle]

based on her

[lament turtle]

oh damn thats cool!

[marble mantle]

i hate gimp

[lament turtle]

lmao

[marble mantle]

its such a bad program

[lament turtle]

i mean

it takes time to master it

that counts for every program

almost any program is good for their own purposes, and when u get used to it

[marble mantle]

if it works for you it works

but damn

ive had bad experiences with it

[lament turtle]

lol

i mean, may u ever want to get into pixel art

[exotic snow]

i tried using gimp once to edit a photo very slightly bc i didnt have access to other softwares

but-

[lament turtle]

there are some good tutorials id say so myself on youtube, and start with 16x16

[exotic snow]

it didnt work???

[lament turtle]

gimp isnt a photoshop program

i mean it is, but it isnt

it says it is, but its way better for drawing

[exotic snow]

i just wanted to make the bg transparent

😔

[lament turtle]

i mean

then u did the wrong thing lol

just decrease the transparency of the layer

[exotic snow]

for some reason it didnt let me export as png

but anyway i digress

for pixel art Aseprite is my only friend 🥲

back when i used to do pixel ofc...

[lament turtle]

u have to export is as png

not save it lmao

[exotic snow]

i worded it wrong, it didnt let me export it as png

[lament turtle]

ah

thats sad

[exotic snow]

so i just went back to good old paint.net

[lament turtle]

wait

did u do "export"

or

"export as"

[exotic snow]

export as

[lament turtle]

weird

oh well

[fossil helm]

Spicy improvement 😩👌👌👌

[marble mantle]

Cause gimp sucks

[marble mantle]

That's not how that works
You'd have to make a mask first
Then cut out the subject

[marble mantle]

This

[lament turtle]

Oh i thought he meant the background to be slightly more transparent

I misunderstood him then

[marble mantle]

Hell yeah
My drawings got form now

[lament turtle]

Sorry

[marble mantle]

Now I just need to learn how to stylise properly

[marble mantle]

Even then you'd still need to cut out the subject and isolate it from the background

Cause photos don't come in layers

[lament turtle]

Im sorry ok?

Its not my fault i misunderstood him

I cant change it

[marble mantle]

I'm not blaming you-

I'm just stating

[fossil helm]

I backread a bit and heard gimp

I used gimp for years, with only my mouse, the art was a trainwreck lmao

[marble mantle]

I could never do digital art with a mouse
I don't have the patience

[fossil helm]

I do my pixel art with my mouse

[lament turtle]

Same

[marble mantle]

My digital art journey was firealpaca > Sai > Sai and csp together > csp

[fossil helm]

Idk why, but it's easier with the mouse for me. specifically with pixel art.

[lament turtle]

Since with pixel art u have more control where to put the pixels

If u use a mouse

[fossil helm]

mine was just

traditional - gimp - krita - gimp - traditional - csp

[marble mantle]

Funnily enough my tablet came with csp
But I didn't know

[lament turtle]

And no drawing device has an advantage

[marble mantle]

So now I technically own 3 csps

[fossil helm]

my tablet came with cap too 😳✋

csp

[marble mantle]

2*

[lament turtle]

Cap

Lmao

[marble mantle]

I didn't do much traditional art

[lament turtle]

Free cap to wear!!!

Best tablet

[marble mantle]

I get angry easily and I can't just undo my mistakes there

[fossil helm]

I'm much better with traditional mediums like painting, sculpting, drawing, yk. But I've been improving more with my digital art.

[marble mantle]

I hate all things traditional

I respect people that do it well

[fossil helm]

Yeah lol

[marble mantle]

But I can't do it to save my life

[fossil helm]

Sometimes I try to zoom in on my paper when I'm drawing cause I'm used to being able to do that 🏃

[marble mantle]

Pffft

I've been trying not to zoom too much

[fossil helm]

same but it was such a habit when I was drawing on my kindle, I don't do it as much on my pc though.

[marble mantle]

When I zoom I don't get much of a view of he while thing

[fossil helm]

I forgot to add ibis paint x to this

pretend I added it

[fossil helm]

yeah

[marble mantle]

So I end up getting hyper focused on one part when the rest looks like shit

When I don't zoom I work on everything at once

[fossil helm]

I feel that 😔

I mainly zoom in for small areas of lineart with ✨ details ✨

[marble mantle]

I've been wanting to try out ibis for a long time but my phone is shit

I have half a screen

[fossil helm]

😔

[marble mantle]

Lmao lineart

[fossil helm]

I just use an Amazon fire that my parents got me, pretty cheap tbh

I don't use it anymore but I used it when I used ibis

So many "uses" in that sentence omg

[marble mantle]

I have a friend that works exclusively in ibis and their work is fantastic

I literally want to kiss their art

[fossil helm]

woah 😳

People can really make fantastic things in the program lolol

That's the thing with any program though lol

It just requires getting the hang of the program 🙌

[marble mantle]

Their name is Noiz-Eka

[fossil helm]

woah man

that's pretty dope

[marble mantle]

Damn
My wifi really not gon let me send these images

This is a hate crime
Against nae people

[fossil helm]

smh wifi

[marble mantle]

They do all this with their finger
I remember noiz told me once that they don't have a finger print anymore

[fossil helm]

👀👁️👁️👀👀

rip fingerprint

[marble mantle]

My art goal right there

They day I can draw something that looks that good is the day I can die happen

[fossil helm]

that's a damn good goal lol

I don't really have any specific place I want to get with my art, I'm just improving as I go

[exotic snow]

terrifying

but yeah i once had a period when i did phone art and i used sketchbook on the iOS a lot and my fingerprint of my right index finger almost disappeared too

it just hurt so i stopped

[marble mantle]

damn

noiz works on like
4 comms a day

idk how theyre so fast

but theyre litrally my art god

[exotic snow]

this is one sexy piece

[exotic snow]

im gonna join you right there

[marble mantle]

gave me some metal quick tips so ill leave it here

basically think of the planes and surfaces that are directly facing the sun

[fossil helm]

very helpful 🤠👍

[marble mantle]

if it wasnt for noiz my paintings would look nasty af

[fossil helm]

I've never shaded shiny metal before, but I think I'll test it out later with smith's axe

[exotic snow]

YES. PLANES.

planes are so important

for everything basically

[marble mantle]

yeah
they are

[fossil helm]

planes 🙌

[exotic snow]

faces? planes; metal? planes.

[marble mantle]

when i first started painting the face everything i did was flat af

[fossil helm]

rip

[marble mantle]

then i saw one angel ganev video on planes

and boom

my stuff started looking like i could actually touch it

[fossil helm]

Nice

[exotic snow]

!!!!! yes ANGEL GANEV SAVES LIVES

[marble mantle]

i love how he screams at me and treats me like trash

[fossil helm]

who's angel ganev ? 😳

[exotic snow]

dont we all

[marble mantle]

art man

bald art man

[exotic snow]

bald painter

[fossil helm]

very nice description

[exotic snow]

🅱️ald

[fossil helm]

bald and an artist, what more do you need

[exotic snow]

his bald head probably looks nicer than my art

[fossil helm]

[exotic snow]

but his theories are great

[lament turtle]

i heard bald head

praise the timmy!

[fossil helm]

bald 🙌

[lament turtle]

yes

[marble mantle]

his bald head is art

i forgot to join his server on this account

[exotic snow]

oh actually same

[marble mantle]

ill do it
later

watch me forget again

[fossil helm]

oh heck

I just realized I have class in five minutes 😩

ima head out to get ready for class

see ya lol

[marble mantle]

lmao calss

nerddd

jk have fun at class
stay in school
dont do drugs

[lament turtle]

ill remind u at XX:00?

[marble mantle]

[lament turtle]

i mean im just trying to be polite to remind u

if u dont want that its fine

[exotic snow]

ok i joined, least i forget bc i always do

[lament turtle]

i wish there was a pixel art discord

so i could get better critism

[exotic snow]

there probably are some

[marble mantle]

psst
send link

so i dont have to go to youtube for it

im lazy like that

[marble mantle]

there is

[lament turtle]

what?

[marble mantle]

just google it

[lament turtle]

oh alright

[marble mantle]

theres a lot of servers for everything

i once saw a link for one on reddit

[lament turtle]

ohh thats cool. thanks a lot!!

ur the best!

[exotic snow]

oop- my link got deleted automatically @marble mantle

maybe i can dm you it?

[marble mantle]

yeah

[marble mantle]

hell yeah i am

[lament turtle]

lmaoo

[fossil helm]

am back from class

[silver relic]

hi back from class, i’m dad

[marble mantle]

pffft

[mighty bronze]

I've come to this point in art where I really don't need to do something every day but with slow steps I will be able to do anything I want and if I fail I can say it was a good experience, I just want to enjoy making art.

felt like saying it

[exotic snow]

Yeah, I've heard professional artists say that the best way to improve is to work at your own pace and most importantly, have fun when you're making your art

[fossil helm]

this is by no means perfect, but I attempted to render an axe

idk about the result, but it was a nice attempt (imo)

[solid stag]

ive taken a 6 month long break from drawing but ive recently gotten back into it with the help of a friend

drawing every day led me into a huge burnout that im just starting to recover from

[mighty bronze]

I left the art world for one year and it was not a good feeling... I felt like I lost something so important for me

creativity

[solid stag]

same tbh, art has been one of the main things ive done and i just. stopped because i was so depressed and mentally unwell

[exotic snow]

been there, i was forced to quit art bc my grades were good enough

got everything art related taken from me until my grades improved

[mighty bronze]

how can we give up on something that is so beautiful to put your emotions in

[solid stag]

well i was so depressed that my emotions didnt feel like anything

i just felt. empty

[storm fulcrum]

hi everyone, quick question, I already have green and pink for my npc outfits, I dont know what color should the clothes of my npc be for the flower dance

[mighty bronze]

hopefully you got over it

[solid stag]

i mean im always depressed but i have gotten over it a bit

i have a lot of chronic mental illnesses so i almost never get a break but im still standing so thats something

[fossil helm]

Maybe a white with a light pink tint?

idk lol

[storm fulcrum]

my character has white wings, idk, I always avoided white because it would confuse which part are the wings and which is the outfit

[fossil helm]

That sucks,, I will give a hug over the internet

[fossil helm]

hm. maybe just a light pink, not as a tint?

[storm fulcrum]

her wedding outfit

[fossil helm]

nice

[storm fulcrum]

normal outfit

[cosmic oasis]

Nice

[fossil helm]

two midoris 😳

[cosmic oasis]

😳 fr?!

[fossil helm]

also is that schlatt in your pfp

👁️

[cosmic oasis]

👁

I see you too

[fossil helm]

full image of my pfp

[cosmic oasis]

King 👹🤬🥶

[fossil helm]

ikr 👺

[storm fulcrum]

idk what to do,

[cosmic oasis]

Heyyyy

[fossil helm]

light green?? 👁️

i am slowly running out of color ideas lmao

[cosmic oasis]

Ooooo colors

What’s the main color

I took art classes for this

[storm fulcrum]

her main color of my npc is green

[fossil helm]

their just tryna figure out what color to make their flower dance thing

[cosmic oasis]

For the girls it’s white

Ya tryna spice things up?

[fossil helm]

I suggested that, but they said that the character's wings are white and it'd blend together

so

[cosmic oasis]

Make the dress a creamy color then

[fossil helm]

yeah

[storm fulcrum]

oo, ok 🙂

[fossil helm]

cream

dammit now i want creampuffs

[cosmic oasis]

I’m fasting so I can’t have food lol

[fossil helm]

rip 😔

[cosmic oasis]

😔 I’m hungry

[fossil helm]

😔

finished redrawing these hot emojis

[cosmic oasis]

I love em’

[small hinge]

i rly feel that bottom right one

[idle portal]

pls these are so great

[fossil helm]

thank

[idle portal]

time to draw give me prompt

[fossil helm]

draw someone / something sitting on a mushroom and holding a blueberry 👁️

or if you want a color pallete prompt instead:

[idle portal]

pog ur the best thx

can i @ u when i’m done

[fossil helm]

np !! and sure lol

[storm fulcrum]

are her sprites making sense?

[marble mantle]

i drew it wrong

time to erase that other side and pretend it never existed

[mighty bronze]

noob

rofl

[marble mantle]

;-;

it was hidden in the ref

pain

[fossil helm]

yeah that was kind of a mistake on my part by hiding it

[marble mantle]

im so lazy to draw eyes now a days

istg im gonna draw the eyes in last

[fossil helm]

nice

also the wip looks so dope

[storm fulcrum]

[marble mantle]

pain

i want to give her an expression or something so its not so boring but ugggh

pain

[fossil helm]

[valid thunder]

So I was messing with the diff tools in my drawing program
And-

[fossil helm]

spicy

[valid thunder]

Hes literally going
👁️ 👄 👁️

[cosmic oasis]

Same

[marble mantle]

what program is that

[cosmic oasis]

^^

[valid thunder]

Autodesk sketchbook pro
It's really cool!

[storm fulcrum]

isnt she gorgeous?

she is like the middle between penny and pam

[fossil helm]

That looks so poggers

[idle portal]

pogger !!

[fossil helm]

yesyes

[storm fulcrum]

😭

[marble mantle]

poggers

love that word

[lament turtle]

lol

[solid stag]

this looks like the start of a comic storyboard but there is no script or anything, no plot its literally just a mock up of a scene with my friends oc

who is a streamer btw

[fossil helm]

istg

i saw this image earlier about substitutions for adobe things and I can't find the image for the life of me

i don't remember if it was in this server or another one either

[mossy leaf]

this image?

[fossil helm]

it wasn't the exact image but it's close enough lol

ty 🙌

[fossil helm]

did a tiny test in krita

excuse him dying halfway through

[silver relic]

weeeeee

didn’t know krita could animate now :0

[solid stag]

its had that function for years now

[vague marlin]

So I tried animation for the first time... and I think it looks ok c:

Anatomy is off in some places and timing for the stomp is a lil weird, but for my first time I feel pretty good about this

[mossy leaf]

that is really good

[vague marlin]

Thank you! I was really proud of this result! ^-^

[copper yoke]

pog animation

[wintry sundial]

smoooth

[vague marlin]

Thamk you! :D

[vague marlin]

Thamk you to you too! ^-^

[fringe coyote]

I think this is the final Elliott sprite, i don't think there's anything else to fix!

I'm honestly so proud of it

Now i just have to do the rest of the expressions

Even though I don't play on PC much, I'll be releasing it as a portait mod for anyone who wants elliott to finally look at you

[fringe carbon]

It looks so good!

[worn dune]

woweeee you are so talented

[outer garden]

You made elliot look 10x better !

[humble lava]

He's not half-shaved after all . _.
oh well, so much for that fan theory

[fringe coyote]

Omg thank you 😭 😭 😭

Half shaved?

oh my god that's so funny

The part he hides is a beard omg

But yeah I'm really flattered you guys like it so much! I really really really tried to keep it as close to vanilla as possible

[mossy leaf]

damn Elliot be looking good

[humble lava]

it was just a remark I made when Jessie was half-finished with his curly-haired maru a few days ago #creative-discussion message

Inspiration struck while she was straightening her hair and she had to go work on her robot

Elliot would have stopped to write halfway through shaving

[remote wedge]

Like this?

[fringe coyote]

OMG THAT'S GORGEOUS

Is there a version with both sides curly like that?

[humble lava]

oh yeah he did that soon after, that was just a progress pic

#creative-discussion message there it is

[fringe coyote]

SHE'S SO PRETTY OMG

😭

[peak blaze]

Only just found this message lol I like you idea but I still want to keep a classic coin vibe. I might make some more coins and see how I feel again I just can't get it right

[fringe coyote]

How's he lookin fellas

[fossil helm]

[fringe coyote]

I changed the expression a lil but i think it looks good

[mossy leaf]

You are really good at pixel art

[fringe coyote]

Ahhhh thank you omg 😭 😭

[fossil helm]

i agree with this statement

[fringe coyote]

😳 😳 😳 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

you guys are so nice omg

[solid stag]

HE DOESNT LOOK LIKE A SQUISHED PANCAKE HOLY SHIT

[fringe coyote]

I'm also considering a forward facing sandy after this, so there won't be anyone left facing away from you

ASFHJLL OMG

[solid stag]

you have done gods work

[fringe coyote]

Thank you aaaaaahhh 😭 😭 😭

I'll release this as a portrait mod don't worry ahaha

[solid stag]

[fringe coyote]

[solid stag]

so im saying fuck it and making an emo wolf fursona that is purely for the angst

except hes like this washed up emo adult who drinks nothing but coffee, absinthe and vodka

[outer garden]

Oh I really need to find it when you do !
Will it be on nexus?

[fringe coyote]

Yeah! I'm also PanTran on there too

I've only made 2 mods tho lol (one that's kinda broken because I made it before the movie theatre was added)

I mainly play on my switch nowadays so i haven't really used mods in a while

I really miss SVE and PPJA lol

[outer garden]

Oo
What's ppja?

[humble lava]

Json Assets I think? But if so, idk what the PP part of the acronym stands for

[lament turtle]

when i google it the top 3 results are all stardew valley mods and currencies for me and such

[fossil helm]

pp

[lament turtle]

LMAO

dude

u cant do that

i wasnt expecting that shit this early in the morning

lmaoo

[velvet sun]

project populate json assets

i think

[lament turtle]

all stardew for me

[ember sequoia]

!ppja

[heady oriole]

Project Populate Json Assets (https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1935) is a collection of content packs for Json Assets that add new crops, flowers, trees, and recipes. (Also see https://mouseypounds.github.io/ppja-ref/ for a collection of references for PPJA and associated packs.)

[fringe coyote]

Yeah! That's it lol

Anyways I'm trying to make the expressions a little more, well... Expressive i guess ahaha

dramatic pouting

Still don't understand why Elliott has three identical portaits in his sheet

[mossy leaf]

yeah same

[fringe coyote]

oh well, i might have fun with them and make them unique, since they aren't used

[mossy leaf]

for some reason most of them have 2-3 identical portraits

[fringe coyote]

yeah, though usually there's a few random pixels different

it's odd

[mossy leaf]

can't wait to see it completed

[fringe coyote]

for example these are three of Elliot's sprites

Thanks!

[humble lava]

probably the game has all the same portrait # calls for every villager, for different emotional responses. 3 for angry, 5 for sad, so-on.

Elliot just happens to smirk smile in response to most stimuli

[lament turtle]

One is on a bright day, one on a dark day without his eyebrow trimmed, and the other one is on a dark day with his eyebrow trimmed.

He is a stylish man

Always a good look no matter the time

[fringe coyote]

he does like to smirk

[lament turtle]

Indeed

If SDV had a girl version of Elliot id marry her no doubt

S t y l i s h

[solid stag]

same character but theyre over a year apart

[silver relic]

ooh i like the poses

[midnight slate]

Yeah same , it adds a nice touch to the caracter , really nice

[solid stag]

i love doing poses and stuff, thank you!

[marble mantle]

@fossil helm

[last ember]

I've made some prismatic shard badges for a friend and I need to choose a colour of felt to put on the back

Anyone have any ideas

Thinking originally purple or black?

[warm finch]

a meme template

[hasty quartz]

Imagine my child is a fidget spinner

[valid thunder]

I dont think he really knows what hes doin....

[silver relic]

lol... me

[sharp oak]

y'all what's a good budget drawing tablet 👀

[echo mesa]

a few pple i know have gotten this one recently

[sharp oak]

since it's meant for osu it looks a little small, would that not be a problem for drawing? o.o

[echo mesa]

i think most first tablets are kind of small
so it'd work for a first tablet, but the size probably would be an adjustment

ducky . . .

[sharp oak]

I used to have a really big wacom but my sister destroyed it ;-;

oh my god cute duck

I didn't do enough digital art cuz I was bad so I never looked at getting a new tablet ^^"

but now I really wanna do digital art again XD

[echo mesa]

wont get better without drawing

[sharp oak]

yeah ^^"

just wanted to get better with traditional before I got back to digital

[echo mesa]

this was my previous tablet - my precious son . . .

definitely good to look at video reviews for any tablet you consider tho

[sharp oak]

yeyeyeye

this was my old one owo

[echo mesa]

is getting another of that an option? then at least it'd be one youre familiar with

[sharp oak]

iirc it was really expensive at the time xD

apparently the one I had was the old version, new one is almost $400 @.@

[echo mesa]

[sharp oak]

+$70 import and shipping fees..........

[fringe coyote]

He blush

[lament turtle]

he hot

this is amazing!!

[fringe coyote]

Thank you omg

And yes, he is lol

[sharp oak]

aww

[north gorge]

Like how he looks like slightly drunk and how much he cares is just spilling over

Very nice and wholesome

[lament turtle]

im still waiting for the day someone draws a female elliot

lmao

just elliot character but female style

[fringe coyote]

Omg yeah that's exactly the look I was going for he's just so in love with you he just can't contain it ❤️ 😭

4 expressions so far

[north gorge]

Hmm

This indeed makes me not completely dislike Eliot

Which is an achievement

[lament turtle]

and all awesome and great on their own way

pls revamp alll expressions of every npc and make a mod

ur style is just

way better than the current ones (sorry CA)

since these expressions HAVE expressions

[fringe coyote]

Omg thank you so much that's quite a big compliment! I'm planning on making a similar edit for Sandy next

[lament turtle]

OHH

CAN U DO ABIGAIL AFTER SANDY

:D

[lament turtle]

but im serious. CA made expressions. you made the expressions HAVE expressions

u legit doubled it

[mossy leaf]

Making some really good progress

[fringe coyote]

Omg I'm really really really happy you like it that much 😭 ❤️ ❤️

Yeah I can give her a shot!

[fossil helm]

YO POGGERS

i legit just got home from school so late reply but still POGGERS

[marble mantle]

pffft

poggers indeed

now to render...

[lament turtle]

best of luck!

[fossil helm]

gl o7

[lethal belfry]

Wip

[strong kayak]

oh thats so CUTE @lethal belfry

[lethal belfry]

Thanks!!

[astral inlet]

stop me from screaming please

too cute

[solid stag]

other digital artists: yeah i use so many layers haha its kinda bad
me:

this is the art itself without the text

[marble mantle]

unnamed layers

[outer garden]

I never name my layers

[marble mantle]

Shame on you

I use one layer and even that I name

[mighty bronze]

[marble mantle]

@midnight slate gonna reply here
If you want to improve the best thing to do rn is to practice anatomy

[mighty bronze]

One layer

[marble mantle]

There's tons of video and literature resources online that can help

You can also do some line practices so you can get cleaner lines

Stuff like making two points a certain distance apart then connecting them in one swift strike helps

Stroke*

Hue shifting when choosing colours for shadows helps to get rid of that muddy look as well

[outer garden]

Coolors can do that for you

The hue shifting, if you struggle with getting colours

[marble mantle]

If I was on my pc I'd be able to link some snazzy art stuff