#artist-lounge

1 messages ยท Page 131 of 1

dire barn
#

it's just that

#

I have a commission

#

and the the pose the guy asked for

#

is insane hard

sinful reef
#

mhhh

dire barn
#

it's the hardest drawing I will ever do

#

so far

sinful reef
#

you did very well

dire barn
#

so I'm almost just using DesignDoll

#

to create the scene xD

leaden orchid
#

idk if i hand'ed right-

#

Halp-

potent orbit
untold crypt
#

starting a new sketch PortDoll

cold rose
#

hmmm mind sharing it after you finish drawing?

untold crypt
exotic oracle
#

ooh

untold crypt
golden anvil
#

If dishwasher didnt have culture there would be a bigger issue ChampyXD

untold crypt
#

Certainly

rare cosmos
#

Dat is a nice Eugen PortDoll

stiff mesa
#

yes please

untold crypt
#

That clean asss line art

unborn prawn
#

god now im scared to post the progress on mine

#

that's too good

unborn prawn
#

nevermind

#

my fear is replaced by anger

potent orbit
unborn prawn
quiet monolith
#

save after every brush stroke

stiff mesa
#

auto save every few second

unborn prawn
#

good thing that it auto saved

#

and now i just have to redo some shit

quiet monolith
#

piece

unborn prawn
#

it do be clown piece

stiff mesa
#

s cute

unborn prawn
#

need to shade and paint

#

thank

#

i was thinking of making paint stuff like this my permanent style i guess but this is just a test

quiet monolith
#

don't need to stick with a permanent style

#

just do whatever ya feel in the moment

unborn prawn
#

yeah that do be me

#

but i need a consistent style i think cos im planning to open comms by monday

quiet monolith
#

ig that's fair

unborn prawn
quiet monolith
#

I think it looks fine in terms of consistency ye

analog merlin
#

Beyond the Spider's Web

unborn prawn
#

they look more like chains trapping you in an eternal circle

analog merlin
#

oh yeah definitely has that vibe for sure

#

A Shattering Breakthrough

#

both of these pictures were made from the same thing

#

and as far as colors go, i used Periwinkle, Turquoise, Purple, and Gold hexes. my background started off as Purple.

unborn prawn
analog merlin
#

huh nice nice, my buddy told me it looked like his phone shattered.

#

more of my art has been showcased in this one art server im in, yaaays

unborn prawn
#

i approve

#

i lost motivation to continue clownpiece today because of the crash so

#

im doin something different

analog merlin
#

Clownpiece is awesome touhou girl, excited to see what you do with her @unborn prawn

unborn prawn
#

yeah im just painting it

#

it has 101 layers so i think i can continue

analog merlin
#

jeez man

unborn prawn
#

but my twitter feed is full of renko and maribel

analog merlin
#

that's why i dont do layers

unborn prawn
#

so im just doing a quick sketch

analog merlin
#

Clownpiece deserves more love

unborn prawn
#

almost done with renko

#

gon do maribel

analog merlin
#

same with Youmu

unborn prawn
#

youmu got #1 in the popularity poll tho???

analog merlin
#

oh

#

well i don't follow things like at all

unborn prawn
#

dw man

analog merlin
#

i also like Pachouli

#

you really can't go wrong with any of the touhou girls tbh

analog merlin
unborn prawn
#

this should tell you what happened in the voting

analog merlin
#

yeah, that helps definitely

#

i also really like the one girl who has that umbrella yokai thingy

unborn prawn
#

kogasa a cute

analog merlin
#

yes!

#

her

unborn prawn
#

i've been in this fandom for like

#

half my life now

#

fucking 11 years

analog merlin
#

i haven't played any touhou game, but i listen to the fan music and stuff

unborn prawn
#

you know the fun part about touhou?

analog merlin
#

i got into it in like 2017, cause some discord mods in this one server love touhou

unborn prawn
#

it's been going so long that even the less popular girls have tons of fanart

analog merlin
#

and found touhou metal, and fell in love

unborn prawn
#

literally

#

this is just the sfw ones in pixiv

analog merlin
#

oh yeah, the creator is amazing, if you aren't aware of touhou, then how can you call yourself a weeb?

#

tho the whole touhou is the standard for bullet hells is like how dark souls is the standard for difficult games annoys me

unborn prawn
#

tbf

#

lunatic mode is brutal

#

at least you aint like me

analog merlin
#

i just play roguelikes/roguelites tbh

unborn prawn
#

my first exposure to touhou is touhou 12

#

UFO

#

which apparently

#

at the time

#

was one of the hardest of the series

analog merlin
#

the hardest i believe?

unborn prawn
#

then LoLK rolled around and literally said

#

"LoL k"

analog merlin
#

lol damn

unborn prawn
#

it was a trial by fire

#

but hey even when i was dying i love the music and the characters

analog merlin
#

i like bullet hell shooters, instead of galaga style bullet hells

unborn prawn
#

my first responses was always "oh damn that looks cool"

#

then "oh im dead"

#

havent played a main series game in a while tho

analog merlin
#

Nuclear Throne is some fun bullet hell style game, but it really only becomes bullet hell after the first loop

#

i love games where you can loop.

unborn prawn
#

try enter the gungeon

#

or if you want crypt of the necro dancer

#

salt sanctuary

#

noita

analog merlin
#

already own it

unborn prawn
#

noita?

analog merlin
#

i got em all except for salt sanctuary

#

i know of salt sanctuary

#

its on my wishlist lol

#

not a fan of gungeon, feels like it would be amazing because i love isaac and nuclear throne, but the pacing is not my fave

unborn prawn
#

i like gungeon because of the weird asf guns you can own

analog merlin
#

oh i love that, i just don't like how punishing it is on you if you get hit, getting hit feels like you've ruined your run.

unborn prawn
#

for me im used to it

#

because lmao touhou

#

if you're doing a 1cc run you better pray to god

quiet monolith
#

yknow touhou is considered on the easier side for the shmups genre

unborn prawn
#

it is

#

which is insane

analog merlin
#

actually the other thing about gungeon that i dont like is how long of a restart time it takes because of how large the maps are

unborn prawn
#

but you know why i like touhou better?

#

it's because the patterns are beautiful

analog merlin
#

im fine with large maps, but the first level is just too large for the beginning

unborn prawn
#

the songs of each character is amazing

analog merlin
#

like isaac builds on size as levels progress

unborn prawn
#

it isnt hard for the sake of difficulty

#

it's also hard and well thought out

quiet monolith
#

well, good shmup games are well thought out too

analog merlin
#

but im not done with gungeon tho

quiet monolith
#

depends, the arcade ones are more meant to eat your coins

unborn prawn
#

true but im just in it for the beautiful patterns

analog merlin
#

i do want to beat it personally

unborn prawn
#

i only played arcade ones like twice in my life i believe

analog merlin
#

i just have my complaints about it and why i dont play it as much.

unborn prawn
#

and im in the suspicion that your hitbox is basically your entire character model

analog merlin
#

i really want to get Ghosts and Goblins, but fuck me is that expensive same with Shovel Knight

#

Ghosts and Goblins arcade cabinets was that shit

unborn prawn
#

from what i hear

#

it's basically hard mode

#

you cant get hit

analog merlin
#

yes

#

one of the harder cabinets games, like Kontra as well

unborn prawn
#

ah shit man as much as i want to continue this i almost let my brain get sidetracked

#

i need to at least finish the sketch and somewhat color this shit

analog merlin
#

have fun my man with your art, apologies for going on a tangent about this.

unborn prawn
#

np

fervent cliff
analog merlin
#

ooh car, i like the car.

fervent cliff
#

Just doing the shadings first

#

Im going to draw Prinz Eugen RQ with this car

analog merlin
#

oh hells yeah ๐Ÿ™‚

half ferry
#

CAR GOES BROOM

fervent cliff
#

I think im going to use this design

#

But I'll go make it red instead of blue

sinful reef
#

mhh..need for speed most wanted

fervent cliff
#

Yup

#

But the color is Red and black instead

#

To match that color for Prinz Eugen

sinful reef
#

what about of a bit of silver..like a "fine touch"

fervent cliff
#

Hmmm

#

Silver works too

sinful reef
#

noice

fervent cliff
#

Or this

#

Like dark gray

sinful reef
#

works too

leaden orchid
#

I've sometimes wanted to draw a car-

sinful reef
#

depends what car are we talking about

potent orbit
quiet monolith
#

that is a nice background

sinful reef
#

s o o n

formal temple
#

Interesting

sinful reef
#

traced it from my drawing book

formal temple
#

Did you do it with a mouse?

sinful reef
#

yep

formal temple
#

You should get sai and use the line tool

sinful reef
#

couldn't find my pen

#

still looking tho....

unborn prawn
formal temple
#

You can get a free trial or just find it for free online

unborn prawn
#

ehhh

#

is it hard to use

#

since im used to using krita nowadays

formal temple
#

I found it fairly easy to use

unborn prawn
#

TIL i cant use blending brushes because it lags krita out

tiny moon
#

i think SAI is very simple to use

#

i have a copy of CSP and never used it because it's too complicated (but ofc it has more feature)

elfin prism
#

It's not any more complicated than SAI, to be honest but SAI is a lot more novice friendly

#

It's ready out of the box and has all the features on the front end

#

It's very easy to use as well

#

CSP is more of an entire artist suite at this point

tiny moon
#

yeah i mean that

#

u can use sai directly out of box since it's simpler to use

#

but ofc CSP has more feature, and by huge margin if you care to set it up

#

it's easy if u transition from photoshop to csp since it's pretty similar

unborn prawn
#

anyone here uses krita that transitioned

#

so i know what im getting into

dire barn
#

I think SAI is to lean

#

it's about how good you are that getting around its limitations

#

CSP is all about you customizing and bending the program to your own needs

unborn prawn
#

it's done i guess

fervent cliff
#

Maybe i should draw my own Race queen for Helena

#

And her car would be a American muscle

golden anvil
light flint
unborn prawn
quiet monolith
unborn prawn
#

i think maybe i should refine that style cos it feels easier for me

analog merlin
#

i love the bubblegum intoxicatingly sweet pastel vibes i get from your piece

unborn prawn
#

i like to use bright colors

#

but i need to get used to dark colors so maybe one of these days ill try it

analog merlin
#

dark colors are a lot of fun

unborn prawn
#

the only time i used colors like that is with the painting i cant open because it freezes krita whenever i try it

analog merlin
#

huh, krita sounds jank

light flint
#

all software has some level of jank

#

try opening a 300MB excel file

unborn prawn
#

it works well for me

#

like there's so many stuff i can do but its complicated asf

#

so i had to set it up

analog merlin
#

oh so its better for people who use it as a drawing platform

light flint
#

is that a png

analog merlin
#

im not that well versed with digital art making, as you can tell my art is very out there

light flint
#

please tell me that is not a png raiyn

analog merlin
#

i've self taught myself on the stuff and still learning because i doubt someone teaching me gimp shit will help at all

unborn prawn
light flint
#

ok

#

its fine then

unborn prawn
#

this was my first like

#

painting

#

slaps roof of my krita file

#

this baby holds 450 layers in it

light flint
#

yeah ive figured out the limitations of computers and images

unborn prawn
#

and it's gone to the point if i open it

#

it crashes

quiet monolith
#

how much ram does your computer have

analog merlin
#

do you paint with mouse and keyboard or drawing pad?

light flint
#

i actually have to move my project from 2d images in java to running compute shaders on my GPU in unity because Java runs out of memory

unborn prawn
#

also

unborn prawn
#

now i have a screen tablet

#

mouse -> drawing tablet -> screen tablet

analog merlin
#

must be a nice way of doing things

unborn prawn
#

oh you have no idea

analog merlin
#

no, not at all.

unborn prawn
#

when i drew with a mouse i drew it in paint.net

analog merlin
#

i use filters

#

i effectively paint with filters

unborn prawn
#

let me find my original drawings i made in paint

#

which was basically traced somewhat

analog merlin
#

lol

#

Banner of Six
(one of my earliest pictures i've made, made it on paint.)

#

don't ask why it's called that, I really can't give a good reason to the name

light flint
#

raiyn you have 8gb, i gave java 3gb to work with and it ran out

unborn prawn
#

this was back in 2017

light flint
#

that is a 28,000 x 28,000 pixel image

analog merlin
unborn prawn
#

it was traced from mmd

analog merlin
#

yeah well

unborn prawn
analog merlin
#

still good effort

#

gotta start somewhere

unborn prawn
#

i havent taken drawing seriously until like

#

2 months ago

light flint
#

thats really weird

analog merlin
#

do you like to make original pieces of your own characters?

light flint
#

you removed all the depth shading

unborn prawn
#

i have one of an OC

light flint
#

but it still kinda looks 3d

unborn prawn
calm karma
#

my mouse drawings were oh so much worse than anything i had done before

light flint
#

yeah but you traced it and have no shading

unborn prawn
#

gradient tool

light flint
#

technically it should look 2d now

unborn prawn
#

also sxch

analog merlin
#

is it a personal preference to make art of characters who aren't original or is it because it's easier, i want to know the thought process on that.

unborn prawn
#

hold on im loading it

#

here

#

this is an old on im hoping to redo

#

he's basically an OC

#

and a play on words on my pen name

analog merlin
light flint
#

its easier to make unoriginal characters because then you can gauge your art compared to others

unborn prawn
#

"Raiyn" "Rain" so

#

raincoat

#

also

#

it's a He

analog merlin
#

boys can be kawaii

unborn prawn
#

because that do be me technically

#

look at mafu mafu u rite

analog merlin
#

so what im hearing is, Raiyn is kawaii

unborn prawn
#

not anymore

quiet monolith
unborn prawn
#

this quarantine got me almost overweight im exercising again

light flint
#

raiyn, will you ever make art of the legendary glowram fleet?

unborn prawn
#

im like 2 kgs away

unborn prawn
#

maybe

#

maybe a sketch and a rough coloring

#

maybe ill even get back to youtube one of these days

light flint
#

listen ive been subbed to your youtube since it was just nimi throwing a chair at akashi

unborn prawn
#

listen man

analog merlin
#

Elves of Veldor
(back in college my buddies and I were walking through the forest trail at the college and we were joking about some elves stuff and were like, The Elves of Veldor, Ficklethorp is the only elf name i remember, good times. one of the few pictures ive made that has words on it)

unborn prawn
#

i finally have freedom

#

im fucking returning to it soon

light flint
#

hell yeah

analog merlin
#

im really proud of The Elves of Veldor picture

unborn prawn
#

other content or other games i can run

#

prolly not AL because the planes lag my game out

#

or i just use BB's

#

also

light flint
#

i mean i dont care if its AL, i just want to see the high quality content

light flint
#

making a glowram squad in BA

unborn prawn
#

FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT

analog merlin
#

Blind Eternities
(this is a picture of my interpretation of the Blind Eternities from Magic the Gathering, it's really my only picture i've made for a series that I love/game)

unborn prawn
#

IM FUCKING THINKING OF MAKING A GODAMN BA VIDEO

analog merlin
unborn prawn
#

JUST SO I CAN PUT A RANT PART OF WHY TF IS IZUMI BACKLINE

#

AS A TANK

#

THAT HAS SELF HEALING

#

I LIKE IZUMI BUT WHY THO

#

also

unborn prawn
#

that shit lookin like what you see when you're freezing to death in some game

#

if you just remove the center part

analog merlin
#

General Sam logo
(back in the day i was a mega huge General Sam viewer and I really wanted to make a custom logo for his channel and send it to him, I never did, but this is what I made.)

light flint
#

or its what happens when you go inside an atom

unborn prawn
#

that looks like a cell

analog merlin
#

heh, yeah haha

light flint
#

t h e m i t o c h o n d r i a

calm karma
unborn prawn
#

oh right

#

i found something

unborn prawn
#

the sketch i made from earlier

analog merlin
#

ive only made two pictures that look slightly coherent

#

and one involves worms

#

fools be selectin'
(when i was freaking out one day, i legit saw this thing that I tried to paint and this is what I got. hallucinations are whack.)

unborn prawn
#

I FINALLY FOUND YOU ON TWITTER

analog merlin
#

haha nice nice

unborn prawn
#

bruh how have i never found you

#

i followed your ass also

#

what the fuck is that

analog merlin
#

@unborn prawn my original pfp on twitter was Kanna but switched it to Nikaido

analog merlin
#

idfk

unborn prawn
#

???

analog merlin
#

it was a hallucination that much i do know

calm karma
analog merlin
#

Living Tendrils of the Rot God
(i mean, i could spoiler this but nah.)

calm karma
#

that looks fucking terrifying

analog merlin
light flint
#

oh wait i have my project on this comp

analog merlin
light flint
#

i can show you the ram breaker

unborn prawn
#

tbf the closest thing i had to what you experience is like

#

you know how spiders crawl on you

#

but it wasnt a nightmare

analog merlin
#

oh yeah

unborn prawn
#

it was more of like i command the spiders

#

and they were carrying me

analog merlin
#

i get the feeling of insects crawling on me sometimes

unborn prawn
#

and there was like a crawling feeling on my arms but i wasnt scared

light flint
#

this is 4096x2048, when i set it to 8192x4096, the program used more than 3gb of ram and crashed

analog merlin
#

@unborn prawn you ever get that feeling while falling asleep, like it feels like you are fallingbut you suddenly jolt forwards awake?

unborn prawn
#

hold on

light flint
#

this generates terrain

analog merlin
#

im surprised my art doesn't crash my pc

calm karma
#

i really hope that my recent slump is because of exams and i can get back to regular drawings after it, and not, like, me being unmotivated to do anything

light flint
#

no the images are uncompressed, and it generates so much data that it dies

unborn prawn
#

like when i get slumps

#

it isnt because i cant imagine anything

analog merlin
#

make abstract art

unborn prawn
#

it's more my fucking hand cant follow my brain

calm karma
#

ive spent 2 weeks on the same miko art

light flint
#

so its not just one 8192x4096 image, its more like 40, and they are all uncompressed in the ram

unborn prawn
#

can i see?

#

because for the clownpiece one i just said

#

"fuck it"

calm karma
#

at the start of october, something went wrong and i was finishing drawings in like 4 or 5 days

unborn prawn
#

and just put down whatever

#

i think that's fine tho

#

rn im trying my best to put out art every day

analog merlin
#

This is Whatever
(not the biggest fan of this picture, but felt like it was necessary to save it)

unborn prawn
#

because im basically unknown and i want to try to get commissions

#

im tryin my best

light flint
#

but the real problem is that i tried to get it to make cities and roads on the continents, and the pathfinding for the roads literally hit a brick wall

calm karma
#

I need to fix the eyes and the hair, but what I got atm

analog merlin
#

i will sell my art for 5 dollars a piece nah, jk, i don't think my art should cost anything.

unborn prawn
#

lemme get you an artist i follow

#

i practiced trying to get the same style or get a variant of the same style of the eyes

light flint
#

so now my only option is to recode the entire thing in unity, where the GPU can manage everything

unborn prawn
#

im still a far cry away from them

analog merlin
#

also thanksies Raiyn for the follow, im not active all that much on twitter truth be told, but still appreciated friendo

unborn prawn
#

but here

calm karma
#

oh... my

analog merlin
unborn prawn
#

this guy i deconstructed on how to draw eyes

#

and i learned from it and adapted my own to it

#

still need to refine mine though

#

you can see somewhat of the similarities

analog merlin
#

you ever feel like art and writing is disconnected from each other in a way that they are in essence the same thing, but the mediums and applications are different and you feel like they are different entirely?

unborn prawn
#

yeah i felt like that but i got an epiphany or a realization

#

it's different from person to person

analog merlin
# unborn prawn

glossy glass eyes staring back in awe with a finesse and finality that she wants you.

unborn prawn
#

yeah basically

#

im practicing

#

also

light flint
#

writing and art are at their best when they have only a tiny bit of the other

analog merlin
#

i really like her eyes

unborn prawn
#

her hair shading is something i want to do as well

#

but i like the bubbly feel of that one artist i follow

#

so i kinda merged em

analog merlin
#

i love writing poetry, been getting back to writing again

calm karma
#

next one im gonna draw is anya so i can get away with drawing almost 'dead' eyes

light flint
#

like a book with a few illustration pages gives your imagination direction

analog merlin
#

not sure if i have a specific style of prose, but i know i write differently.

unborn prawn
#

you must know the rules before you can break them

analog merlin
#

(this is the first paragraph of a poem im writing)

And if the journey is long and rough and painful, then what is it to I that you share this song with me. I gladly embrace all that you say, for what you say is deeply engraved. My soul, my heart, my very existence is but a matter a shapely everything that I hold dearest to me. I felt like aeons lost and forgotten were just mere memories of foreboding anguish. I knew in my heart that no matter how broken life gets, it is but a trickle of rain that will pass by as I make my way across battered earth. Does it matter how much opposition is faced against me, or is it a challenge that I wish to take the beating from. I know neither until it happens, for why is such pondering of that to be thought of now. A beating heart sings forever until the candle of life is snuffed out whenever. A beating heart continues to sing as the chorus is passed down to child to child to sing true to their most inner of truths. The song never stops until the end of all happens. And after that what does it matter? And if the journey was long and rough and painful, then for what is worth that song was most truest and glad to me.

unborn prawn
#

i plan to draw suika rn but i saw something i wish to redraw

calm karma
#

hope i can get back into regular drawings after my last exams are done tomorrow

unborn prawn
#

erg

#

ahsdhad

#

i cringe everytime

#

but im redrawing this

#

2017

analog merlin
#

i like to infuse my philosophy with my writings, because i feel like its easier to get a point across with what you want to do and accomplish, rather than sounding like a drone.

calm karma
#

i had an unfinished mouse drawing from a while ago

light flint
#

you need to figure out a way to make it more 2d

unborn prawn
#

no

calm karma
#

and an unfinished lewd iofi drawing

unborn prawn
#

im doing it in my own style

analog merlin
# unborn prawn

as an older piece and seeing your art now, you have improved so much so very nice

unborn prawn
#

i havent posted my progress tho

analog merlin
#

but you are sharing your older works

unborn prawn
#

this is literally all i posted

#

if i shared all my practice drawings

#

well.

analog merlin
#

i just want more pics of Nikaido, but honestly my pfp of her is perfection

light flint
#

then you should do something cuz its halfway between 2d and 3d and looks kinda strange

#

maybe more shading bands?

unborn prawn
#

or that old one

light flint
#

the old one

unborn prawn
#

oh that

#

that's just GLARING with problems

light flint
#

if you plan on tracing the mmd again

unborn prawn
#

no i dont

#

no i fuckin dont

#

proportions are weird

light flint
#

ok then yeah do what youve been doing in your other art

unborn prawn
#

headshape is wrong

light flint
#

itll look great

analog merlin
#

Hypocracies Relapse
(this picture and it's name is a bit of an insult towards myself and those who prefer to make the same style of art without improving their style and going out of their comfort zones.)

unborn prawn
#

fucking angle is ????

unborn prawn
analog merlin
light flint
#

i have no clue how those random screen savers worked without making your computer implode

#

like the pipes one

unborn prawn
#

they work like how they run doom

#

it just looks 3d

light flint
#

yeah but it draws it so fast

unborn prawn
#

fractals

#

maybe i should just draw eyes

#

and try to just advance my ability to draw them

analog merlin
#

Helvetica Unloaded
(see how there is that weird i dont know how to describe it but it like has those lines and edges, that's what Hypocracies Relapse refers to. I also used to do a lot of warping as well. getting into a safe habit of doing what looks nice to you doesn't allow yourself to expand.)

unborn prawn
#

it feels like motion sickness

analog merlin
#

i want to do fractals, but haven't gotten to the stage where i can apply them yet, ive been experimenting a lot with burning and other things

unborn prawn
#

sorry but i think it's just me

analog merlin
#

Helvetica Unloaded looks really pleasant for me i love the pastel and almost claylike features, but fair enough appreciated for your interpretation

unborn prawn
#

no no

analog merlin
#

im not upset at all by your opinion on it at all, that's what art is for. to evoke reactions.

unborn prawn
#

it looks nice

#

but the problem is that if i stare at it for too long i feel dizzy

#

it's not sickening as it's bad

analog merlin
#

the first picture i ever made that made me feel dizzy and why i wanted to make more art that pushes comfortability is this

unborn prawn
#

it's sickening because it actually makes me feel dizzy

analog merlin
#

Massive Distortion Proxy

light flint
#

fractals are easy until you need to figure out when to start actually placing the pixels

calm karma
#

ngl, most of your arts look like either im having a stroke, or im having a vision unlocking the hidden secrets of the universe, or both

unborn prawn
#

looks like danmaku

unborn prawn
#

also

#

im starting to learn how to use differing paintbrushes on krita

analog merlin
#

ive made a couple pictures under mind altering effects, but i prefer doing it sober while listening to music

unborn prawn
#

there are a lot of unique ones

analog merlin
#

Ras Ket Ando - Dance My Horned Creature, Dance!
(this was made while not sober)

#

i have more art that i need to get back, but need to fire up my old laptops

#

i make intentionally blurry things as well.

light flint
#

i have ancient(literally on floppy discs) programs for making art that were written in 1992, and some of them draw things that look so good

analog merlin
#

oh seriously, that's awesome.

light flint
#

they are so old that its impossible to run them now

#

like i would need to literally get MS DOS

calm karma
#

urgh, i was watching a video of Les Miserables, and i half remembered an idea for a drawing i had a while ago, and its annoying me

analog merlin
#

how my pictures go i either figure out names before the piece or it comes naturally after im done

#

but i believe each piece should have a name

light flint
#

i tried to write them in python, but theres so much optimization of memory and other things that i cant tell where the actual program starts

analog merlin
#

like, Machine Whirring, sounds like a really good name for a piece.

calm karma
#

the general idea is a redraw of the scene when javert lets valjean, whos carrying marius, go, but i dont remember who i was going to draw in place of the three

#

come on brain, remember

analog merlin
#

i need to watch Les Miserables

#

same with The Princess Bride, and at this point only because Andre the Giant was in it.

light flint
#

Found them

unborn prawn
#

that looks good

#

close enough

calm karma
#

too many ideas, not enough time

#

goddamn kronii

light flint
#

remember that at the time these images were made, the cpus were at like 40 mhz and had 16MB of ram

#

and it looks better than some modern games

analog merlin
analog merlin
unborn prawn
#

im just practicing eyes

calm karma
#

i have a file on ibis that is simply titled 'do not touch' and its 256mb big and im scared to open it

analog merlin
#

now the trick is doing the second eye

calm karma
#

one, i dont have a burner laptop, and two, i dont know how to get it off my phone without killing it

analog merlin
#

oh its on your phone, that's a bit frightening ngl

calm karma
#

the thing is, Mel was 120mb and nearly damn crashed my phone everytime i opened and edited it

analog merlin
#

probably better safe than sorry and not touch it

unborn prawn
#

before i rest

#

a bit more sharper

analog merlin
#

ohh

#

has this condescending vibe to it or like you wut?

unborn prawn
#

yes

analog merlin
#

do have a good rest sir Raiyn.

unborn prawn
#

i was thinking of someone looking down on you kinda vibes

#

i still need to make do with my promise of 1 artwork per day if i can do it

#

am still far too slow

analog merlin
#

i do that kind of thing as well, and usually take a break from art for a couple weeks

unborn prawn
#

gotta get my name out there man

analog merlin
#

true true, me i just post to here, an art server, and to friends lol.

calm karma
#

im not sure if i like my drawing with the lineart coloured or not

half ferry
stiff mesa
#

Hallo

stiff mesa
#

Using a certain manga panel for this, who knows, knows

#

||references is from Isekai Apocalypse Mynoghra||

cold rose
#

hmm what resolution do you guys draw your art on?

potent orbit
#

I think its around a2 or a3 but i usually do 4960 * 3508 at 300-350 dpi

languid light
cold rose
#

why so high?

potent orbit
#

no real reason besides if i want a pfp i can just zoom in and its still high res

cold rose
#

mine is usually half of yours but maybe using a bigger one would be better

potent orbit
#

Yeah it doesnt really hurt to go a bit higher, though it can slow down a lot past ~200 layers for me

quiet monolith
#

I tend to set canvas around 4k x 4k but then just crop out whatever I don't want when framing

cold rose
#

200 layers?

quiet monolith
#

also you mentioned layers, does clip studio keep track of the count anywhere I haven't been able to find that

potent orbit
#

I just dont change their names so it says the number instead of a name

quiet monolith
#

damn

cold rose
#

i've been using opencanvas 6 and 7 but thinking of switching to clip studio paint or SAI

potent orbit
#

i like csp a lot, havent tried sai since i draw on my ipad. medibang was also pretty good

quiet monolith
#

only ever used photoshop and clips studio myself, I can say csp is good tho

languid light
#

firealpaaca & medibang are good for free studios

#

however CSP has a lot to offer in terms of downloadable content

cold rose
#

gonna be 2 weeks before it goes on sale since I want the EX version instead of pro

analog merlin
#

firealpaca is fun

fringe niche
#

Final stretch

#

Gotta finish her in the next 10 hours

#

And Iโ€™m only 75% done

calm karma
cedar temple
#

I go up to 5000 px but only at 72 dpi unless it's a daki

#

in which case, I'd go up to 9000 px vertical and 300 dpi

native furnace
nocturne oak
warm ingot
#

dpi is just a print setting, photoshop is weird and uses it for both

#

If you aren't printing it can be whatever, anyways i start at 3500x3500, crop down if i need to

scarlet crest
#

really quick and bad sumner for @delicate granite , tried to practice shading by copying a reference and using the direction light trick this time, got super lazy near the end though since i need sleep NickySleep

delicate granite
#

Good job EssexHug

scarlet crest
half ferry
#

Two Lunas

#

WTF

quiet monolith
#

bungy

sinful reef
#

Rework on my old drawing....

past badger
#

luna sooo gooood

unborn prawn
#

agh the dreaded other arm

stiff mesa
#

das a nice fingeer

unborn prawn
#

d o n e

#

im goin to bed jfc kek

#

ah nvm i need to post this in pixiv

untold crypt
#

it's almost done Shybuki

light flint
#

even with color, its still nino

#

an upgraded nino

stiff mesa
#

cute

untold crypt
light flint
#

See this is illegal, they are one palette swap away

#

There needs to be more ninobuki

warm ingot
#

Lol

dire barn
#

nino a shit

#

A SHIEEEEEEEEEEET

analog merlin
#

the setup

analog merlin
ripe olive
ripe olive
analog merlin
#

Icewater Destroyed

dire barn
elfin prism
golden anvil
tranquil wing
potent orbit
ripe olive
tiny moon
fervent cliff
#

slightly cursed

analog merlin
golden anvil
#

yeah on PC i can see it now

analog merlin
#

much appreciation

golden anvil
#

i can see where the name comes from

#

nice

analog merlin
#

oh yeah, been getting some darkness emotions as of late, and been channeling it into my art.

sinful reef
#

Oh we doing cursed stuff now? I'm in

fervent cliff
#

Indep: sweat

Birmi: shocc

Princeton: S u s

stiff mesa
#

imma join in, idk if it's cursed but

Here, Mommy New Orleans FDGBlush

sinful reef
#

Kitakaze....with thiccer thighs....fuck it.... femboy it is

#

Wip

unborn prawn
#

oh right i forgot to post here

sinful reef
sinful reef
#

Thiccer?

stiff mesa
formal temple
# sinful reef

If youโ€™re trying to draw a female Iโ€™d recommend some waist definition

#

Currently the actual body is very masculine looking unless thatโ€™s what youโ€™re going for

sinful reef
#

femboy

formal temple
#

Ah that makes more sense

fervent cliff
sinful reef
fervent cliff
#

lmao

sinful reef
#

Femboy

#

A lot of eggs went into this

fervent cliff
#

Lmao

#

Why am i doing this

#

the mannequins

#

also i can't draw bushes so my drawing in it looks like 5-10 year old style

sinful reef
#

I like it

#

Add two blobs to this

unborn prawn
sinful reef
#

Or that

sinful reef
#

Digged out this timepiece.....good memories
(Was i terrible back then...)

light flint
#

the placement of the word egg tho

sinful reef
#

draw and "egg" there

untold crypt
rare cosmos
#

First/ Second time going into Pixel Art. And I have successfully made a box

sinful reef
#

Lifebar?

rare cosmos
#

Nah. It's technically supposed to be a barrel, I'm making Thornspitter since I have that 90% mapped out

#

Right now debating if I want it to look more.... Realistic in terms of the scope height or not.

#

Ehhh I'll just make it and then think about it later.

sinful reef
#

Ahh...

#

1x10?

rare cosmos
#

100x 10 for now. Wanted to give myself room to practice with some more detail before trying to lower it

#

Well technically the full thing is 300 x 60 cuz I wasn't sure how big I wanted to make it

sinful reef
#

Try some "dent" into the barrel to look a bit organic and not steel

rare cosmos
#

I'm thinking of that, but I also wanted to get the little spiral of vines around it

#

And I figured I'd find out how I wanted to make it look more organic as it went along

sinful reef
#

A spring should do for a placeholder

rare cosmos
#

What?

sinful reef
#

For the Rosen's thorn

#

A spring...those bouncy metallic thingies

rare cosmos
#

Yee
But I was a bit confused on what you meant

sinful reef
#

On the barrel...try to draw a spring

rare cosmos
#

Ah okay... that makes more sense

sinful reef
#

You can later adjust it

rare cosmos
sinful reef
#

Also.....saw the pic?

rare cosmos
sinful reef
#

Ye

rare cosmos
#

It looks better than I could do

sinful reef
#

Old one

#

2014....

rare cosmos
#

So even old you is better at drawing than me SandyLul

sinful reef
#

I improved alot...with the help of my sis

rare cosmos
sinful reef
#

But also...the barrel...befor the thorns...the bamboo has some "stages"

#

Try to draw that first then go to second layer and try the spring on it

rare cosmos
#

Wasn't thinking Bamboo, was more thinking of a rose stalk.

sinful reef
#

Mhhh

rare cosmos
#

But I get what you mean

#

I've been toying with the idea of having little flowers sprouting off the barrel

#

....SMH can't type.

#

Leaves

sinful reef
#

So basically...just a rose who grew big and turned into a weapon

rare cosmos
#

Kinda

sinful reef
#

No other plants on it?

rare cosmos
#

It's mostly supposed to be one single living thing. Since the Florids (The species that uses this thing) have to grow their tech

#

So they plant a seed in the ground and they nurture it until it blooms, then it's essentially ready for combat

sinful reef
#

Like this?

rare cosmos
#

Little bit

#

Most of their stuff would be more "Energy" based.
So like.... the Thornspitter uses its users Photosynthesized energy to power it's "Ammo"

#

Which is a big thorn on the end

sinful reef
#

Blooming rose to collect the energy as reloading...right?

rare cosmos
#

yeee

#

Kinda like this

sinful reef
#

And then close it after finishing reloading...and the closed rose spins slowly and glows....it gets darker if it has less energy?

rare cosmos
#

Mmm.... didn't think about it getting darker

#

Mostly just like.... Shoots the thorn, Rose closes up, reopens as the thorn is "Produced"

sinful reef
#

Getting dark blue or black cause of lack of energy

rare cosmos
#

If the Plant starts dying maybe

sinful reef
#

Also...it remembered me where I created a mod..a shotgun with a trumpet as a barrel...it sneezes everytime I shoot

rare cosmos
sinful reef
#

It's getting brown

#

But roses...if there dying...the getting dark red

#

And dry out

rare cosmos
sinful reef
#

Also... maybe sound stupid...but your roses gun if its upgradeble...put a copper coin in it

#

Copper coin cleans the water a bit and some plants lives longer after purchase and putting into a vase

rare cosmos
#

Nah, for the time being it's mostly enemy only

#

But I will think about it

sinful reef
#

Picking up enemies weapon...but you can upgrade it

#

How's that sounds?

rare cosmos
#

Well... the main thing is that the player isn't exactly a Florid

sinful reef
#

Required a bio glove to function

#

To mimic the DNA of the florids

rare cosmos
#

Can basically become on though
But for the time being he can't exactly use guns like this because they need to be kind of fused to the user in order to operate

sinful reef
#

That's why the bio glove

rare cosmos
#

Well the player is "Infected" with the Florid already, but I feel like he wouldn't really want to use their tech if he can help it

#

But I'll keep the idea in mind

sinful reef
#

Ah...

rare cosmos
#

Though he does kind of use the Florid part of himself for....
Let's say... Unethical purposes

sinful reef
#

Mhh..

rare cosmos
#

He makes toxin grenades to choke out the Florids using his ow infected blood

sinful reef
#

Let me guess...there will be a flamethrower in your game

rare cosmos
#

Kinda

#

The player is basically waging a Guerilla war

sinful reef
#

Vehicular manslaughter...that what I do

rare cosmos
#

Ehhh... Vehicles would be kinda hard to use given the Florids wanna turn the whole place into a giant forest

sinful reef
#

Not really...there are already some vehicle for those purpose

#

Or one of the Indiana Johnns movie

#

They had that giant saw blad bulldozer

rare cosmos
#

Well I hadn't thought about it before. WeedyThink
I'll give that some consideration, but I don't think it's gonna be a massive part of it

sinful reef
#

Indiana Jones .... crystal skulls...I think where the Nazis was there

#

Thats the vehicle I meant

rare cosmos
#

Hmmm... which location would be good for the "Seed" The Green or the brownish red spot?

#

The seed is basically where the plant originated. and where it spreads from.

sullen juniper
#

if the green line is the plant then the green spot i would say

#

since plants normaly take the shortest distance to the surface

untold crypt
#

Nino Ibuki finished Smilebuki

formal temple
#

Damnnn thatโ€™s looking good

unborn prawn
fervent cliff
#

Its time to draw this

sinful reef
#

That's gonna be emote material, I tell you

untold crypt
#

time to start a new sketch

analog merlin
half ferry
ripe olive
languid light
rare cosmos
#

Okay... so I have once again come for art advice.
how to draw Leaves in Pixels?

fringe niche
potent orbit
obtuse mountain
#

Hey guys, I just done with the Line Art version of my new Commission Work. Stay tuned for the Full Colour Version and enjoy.

unborn prawn
#

aight

#

i need help

#

what the fuck is this

#

how tf

#

had to restart

dire barn
#

with windown pen

unborn prawn
#

yeah i kinda had to restart

dire barn
#

the thing overlaid on top lets you write with your tablet

#

when mine pops up, discord's window just reduces

unborn prawn
#

i was coloring when it happened

#

oh right @dire barn

#

i got a question

#

how'd you go about opening your commission requests

dire barn
unborn prawn
dire barn
#

ah

#

I starded working with commissions for abou 2 years now and did about 20 of them

#

only one of those, someone contacted me

#

all other comms I offered or convinced someone to commission

#

basically, I convince people to purchase my work

unborn prawn
#

i see

dire barn
#

I got into discord servers of the fandoms I like

#

I get chummy with people and when I see an opportunity, I mention that I do commissions

unborn prawn
dire barn
#

from time to time I post WIPs just remind people that "hey, I do art!"

unborn prawn
#

do you got a twitter

dire barn
#

had one

unborn prawn
#

had?

dire barn
#

deleted because of personal issues

#

same with an insta

#

made a new twitter

#

but it's abandoned

#

my main social setting is discord

unborn prawn
#

ah isee

#

bc i posted everywhere and just linked them together

dire barn
#

yeah

#

I did that too

#

back when I had both twitter and instagram

#

another thing that's always good to do is thos nick thing I did

#

put your comm status

unborn prawn
#

aight

#

thanks man

dire barn
#

not at all

nocturne oak
unborn prawn
#

and it still happened

elfin prism
#

...What have they done to my Yam

#

My Yam has become a naughty girl NotLikeAtago

#

We're all going to have a field day with this I guess, although I'm still not sure what to think of such personality swap

#

Hopefully there's a good reason, the first impression sort of doesn't go in line with her tragic story

unborn prawn
#

time to take a break

#

and the cup's shadowing is too strong

#

eh

#

ill fix that lter

vernal talon
elfin prism
#

Yes

#

Arizona is getting a META too

#

I expect they will release more info during the next event

#

That said, it's possible we're getting them next, no idea in what order tho

#

But Yam...

vernal talon
#

losing my mind Omegalilwoo

elfin prism
#

You a Yam fan?

vernal talon
#

greatly

elfin prism
#

oh my

vernal talon
#

ive been waiting for yamameta since miryuu

elfin prism
#

The moment Fusou got META I knew Yam's coming, although it was sort of uncertain

#

But then again, it'd be weird for them to not release both

vernal talon
elfin prism
#

I'm so tempted to do some fan art now, but my skills are so rusty

#

Then again, some friends are already doing the god's work

vernal talon
#

savedsavevvsvd

elfin prism
#

People losing their minds atm, although many probably haven't saw the news yet

#

But one thing's for sure, this will pave way for a lot of new Yam fanart

vernal talon
#

ah so that's why i recognised the artstyle

#

im glad she'll get more love again

elfin prism
#

The in-game art is different, as the artist responsible for META isn't the same as the original creator

#

I'd like to hear more about the creation process

#

and wonder if she's going to have some twisted sort of personality or is this just a facade

vernal talon
#

i mwant the artist that made the fanart u posted PortDoll but yeah can't wait to see what she's like

elfin prism
#

Because this doesn't go well with her actual history

vernal talon
#

musou's lines seem to make more sense now

elfin prism
#

They do

#

Someone on jp mentioned funnily she weeps because Yam became horny

vernal talon
elfin prism
#

Well, the artist's wish has been granted

#

Can't wait for Yam x Yam MutsukiHyperStare

analog merlin
#

oh

#

you mean Yamakaze and Yamashiro?

elfin prism
#

No, Yam META and Yam

analog merlin
#

oh shit based

#

i honestly thought you were saying Yamato lol

elfin prism
#

Yam = Yamashiro

#

And Yam's yams are the sweetest

#

obviously

analog merlin
#

there's a lot of yams in al then

elfin prism
#

There is only one

analog merlin
#

Yamakazeshiroto

unborn prawn
#

yamato meta

unborn prawn
#

ah screw it ill leave it like this for now and continue painting the rest of the backgrouond dfor tomorrow

rain yacht
ripe olive
elfin prism
#

NUT

ripe olive
#

๐Ÿฅœ

ripe olive
light flint
#

dose nuts

elfin prism
#

nutty

light flint
#

maybe her name should be candice

ripe olive
#

the legume of the nutty team

obtuse mountain
#

Hey guys, I just finish the Full Colour Version of my newest Commission Work. Enjoy

analog merlin
#

The World Feels like it doesn't belong within the rest of Everything

rare cosmos
#

Not sure how I feel about this flower. IstinaThink

cedar temple
#

it's been six years since my pixiv debut

#

with this first posted work

tiny moon
#

@ripe olive do you have hibiscus girl?

elfin prism
cedar temple
#

but that was six years ago, compared to my more recent works

elfin prism
#

Granted, you seemed much more skilled than a vast majority of beginners

#

At least you had the basics down properly to a lesser or bigger degree

#

but it's always fun - even if a tad embarrassing - to look back and reminiscence

#

You look at your very old art and say "man, I really thought this was that good? It's shit!" EmileSip

#

And come up with dozens of ways you'd improve it now

elfin prism
#

by the way, in regards to some folks asking here about good resource books for artists

#

You can skip the first three and the manga theory book, the rest are essentials

#

Although, it depends what you want to get into; Sketch with Asia is actually really good, if it's the kind of stuff you're aiming for and want a more personal approach

#

Skilful Huntsman is more of an artbook that delves into project concept work, with lots of concept art and workflow; inspirational, but doesn't show you how it's done.

#

Manga theory is excellent, but it's a theory book (good read, too). It's from the creator of Jojo's Bizarre adventure. Even though it's mainly directed at people who want to get into or expand their knowledge on how to create comics, there's a lot of things worth considering for illustration, too.

#

Framed Ink is ๐Ÿ‘Œ Very precise and to the point. It teaches you principles behind scene framing and illustration work, along with very well presented examples and descriptions. This book will HELP YOU A LOT if you're into anything else than just plain character artwork.

#

Color and Light is a classic. A lot of text and a lot of illustrations teaching the principles behind lightning and colour usage and how to manipulate different palettes to achieve particular results in terms of atmosphere and mood.

#

The two last books are basically oldie crash course books for novice artists; even though they are slightly dated by modern standards, the principles they teach didn't really change that much or in fact - didn't change at all. All round excellent. I particularly recommend Loomis, because it's also a book worth to have on your shelf, it's big, has a ton of beautiful work by the book creator himself and tons of useful knowledge you will keep getting back into, regardless of your skill. Perspective basics will be helpful more for those who are more into environmental art.

#

And with that, the one I missed above - How To draw for objects and environments; this one's for concept artists who are more into machinery and environmental art. Probably one of the best books I've ever bought in that regard. And unlike the others, it actually shows you step by step how things are done; although this is no book for novice artists, you can still learn a lot from it at any step you are.