Prime's Art Thread III

[Mina Kobold]

Hey Prime. the latest comment in my thread reminded me on something that I should link.

These two are my favourite drawing tutorial that I've ever found in DA. though, calling it tutorial might give people wrong idea. It's more to general 'how to draw better' that should give people ideas after they got the first step of drawing.

I hope this could be useful for you as it was for me.

http://goblinqueeen.deviantart.com/a...-Life-22521939

http://tigrin.deviantart.com/art/Dyn...awing-24974156

Ooh, tutorials O_o

Here's a pic I did for someone's BleachITP character.

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Nice, may I enquire as to how you draw them?

They're not bad but the pixely-quality kinda confuses me.

Piiiiixels @_@

[Prime32]

Nice, may I enquire as to how you draw them?

They're not bad but the pixely-quality kinda confuses me.

Piiiiixels @_@

Paint.NET. On a laptop touchpad.

More out of convenience than anything.

[Mina Kobold]

Paint.NET. On a laptop touchpad.

More out of convenience than anything.

You should try OpenCanvas.

It has a waterpaint tool and everything

Nah, you use what you want and I what I want

[Prime32]

I have Photoshop and a Bamboo. They just aren't in a convenient place.

[memnarch]

Reminds me of Jeanne.

[Prime32]

Reminds me of Jeanne.

Who?

[memnarch]

That's what I get for not noticing a second page. I meant the newest image you posted looks like her.

[Prime32]

Hmmm... I currently have access to Photoshop and my Bamboo. I wonder if there'll be any improvement...

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Wait, I did it again, didn't I?

[memnarch]

The waist and upper thighs need slimming in my opinion.

And yes, you did draw another Touhou character.

[Fri]

I think he refers to "drawing ultra thick characters"

Do you sketch first, prime?

[Prime32]

The waist and upper thighs need slimming in my opinion.

The positioning of the arms makes it worse.

And yes, you did draw another Touhou character.

*screams*

[memnarch]

The positioning of the arms makes it worse.

...

The arms look quite fine though.

[Prime32]

I think he refers to "drawing ultra thick characters"

Do you sketch first, prime?

Not much in this case. I drew guidelines for the arms, and another to keep things vertical.

The arms look quite fine though.

I mean they cover the upper part of her stomach, making it look wider.

[Mina Kobold]

The arms look quite fine though.

They are a little short, making it look like she is broader than she is.

But it looks good enough, Prime. Everybody have something they can improve

[IncoherentEssay]

Disclaimer: i can't draw worth anything, have some salt at hand .

The ankles. I think the perceived fatness can be blamed on those. If the ankles were slimmer, the legs would look more muscled than fat. The ankle might be as slim as 50% the calves*. Your's are at 75% or so for Meling here and closer to 85% on the older pics.
Maybe extend the upper line of the arm to define the elbow more. Would make the arms look longer too.
But otherwise it's quite nice .
Except you 'forgot' her pants .

*english as second language, terminology a bit lost V Thanks .

[Kuroimaken]

Disclaimer: i can't draw worth anything, have some salt at hand .

The ankles. I think the perceived fatness can be blamed on those. If the ankles were slimmer, the legs would look more muscled than fat. The ankle might be as slim as 50% the (leg inbetween ankle-knee)*. Your's are at 75% or so for Meling here and closer to 85% on the older pics.
Maybe extend the upper line of the arm to define the elbow more. Would make the arms look longer too.
But otherwise it's quite nice .
Except you 'forgot' her pants .

*english as second language, terminology a bit lost

Those would be the calves (calf, singular, calves, plural).

[Prime32]

Is this an improvement?

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Comparison:

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EDIT: Coloured version

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Still have to fix those rakshasa hands.

[memnarch]

The thing with the ankles certainly helped.

[Kuroimaken]

The thing with the ankles certainly helped.

Definitely.

[Mina Kobold]

A lot better, nice work, Primey

Now to nitpick on irrelevant details ()

Just from my point of view the feet look a bit too short, the shoe doesn't seem to have enough space for the toes. Might just be me, though

Oh! And her hand look reversed to me, is her thumb facing the viewer?

[IncoherentEssay]

Much better .
I think the 'rakshasa hands' come from the 'bump' in the hand following the line from the elbow, makes it look like a thumb. Making it a smooth curve and maybe elongating the finger a bit could help? Also, wouldn't the thumb be hidden behind the fist, showing only four fingers to the viewer in that pose and angle?

[Domochevsky]

My suggestions/corrections:

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[Prime32]

Started a thread for getting avs to have transparent backgrounds in programs that don't support them.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9607734

[Prime32]

Try Flandre next? Bling wingz.

Bonus points for Laevatein.

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Hur hur.

[memnarch]

Who were those two people?

And while most of her looks nice... well, I can't stop staring the potato head.

[Fri]

For me it's the straight-as-ruler legs .

[Prime32]

Look at the filename. Please. And take it easy.

Though it turned out better than I expected. Drawn with a mouse.

[Prime32]

Still taking suggestions here.

[Morph Bark]

Still taking suggestions here.

Well, on one note, I just realized you don't have any art of male characters up here yet. What gives?

[Prime32]

Well, on one note, I just realized you don't have any art of male characters up here yet. What gives?

I've drawn a guy or two. But my problems lie in making things too chunky, so I've been practicing with feminine forms.

Oh, the China pic has an improved version on DA. And it has more comments than all my other deviations combined. >_<