Thanqol Learns To Draw IV: NO EXCUSES

[the_druid_droid]

Thanks guys. It's one of them perspective shifts.

Now, just a general disclaimer, Phenomenon is coming up. Phenomenon is a gaming convention where I am gonna be LARP'ing from 7am-midnight three days in a row. It's an incredible emotional rollercoaster and it's going to absolutely wipe me out. I may not be human for a bit after that happens.

Day 1118: MANLY

FLEX DEM BONES

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Music: Chant of Mirth

Ok, wow! The top two heads are legitimately impressive in terms of form and expression. I'd really like to see more along those lines.

[Thanqol]

CAN DO

Day 1119: DOUBLE MANLY

Studying the Manly Guys style.

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[Duck999]

HAHA! Nice! However, middle heads mouth is tilted, and his hair is rectangular. This fixes are only necessary for a perfectly realistic picture though.

[Anarion]

HAHA! Nice! However, middle heads mouth is tilted, and his hair is rectangular. This fixes are only necessary for a perfectly realistic picture though.

Those details look to me like they're present in the original, so I don't think that's a knock on Thanqol's work so much as a statement that he got the style right.

[Thanqol]

Thanks guys!

Day 1120: WHARP

Still working on today's piece, taking longer than expected. Will be edited into this post.

Still a WIP but I'm tired.

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[Duck999]

Oooh, a map. I wish I could draw maps...

[Anarion]

Oooh, a map. I wish I could draw maps...

Don't we all, Duck999, don't we all.

[Duck999]

Don't we all, Duck999, don't we all.

Except Thanqol: He already can.

[Thanqol]

There's a lotta different ways to do maps. A lot of them are pains in the ass.

Day 1121: Away

Gonna be out for the next four days. Presumably a big update at the end of it.

Possible flag for Iselsi Aurala.

[Duck999]

I like it. It makes me think.

[Thanqol]

Days 1122-1125: Decompression

Pheno was great, as usual. I was worried that some of the early games were duds but after that it really got into the full swing. It even left me with a brilliant new concept burning a hole in my pocket, which is pretty sweet.

These were done, like, standing up at a bus stop so whatever.

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Two
Three/Four
Five

[Duck999]

All very nice. The top of five looks kind of weird. Also, there is a creepy thing staring at me in four.

[Thanqol]

Day 1126: Lessons Learned

I guess what I learned from Pheno this year is that I really enjoy stirring up trouble.



Music: Sister Luna

[Duck999]

Equine chess piece... Now I have to look up equine (MLP) chess.

[Thanqol]

Day 1127: One More Turn

Just a bit longer, bit longer, bit longer - oh crap it's 11.45 and I need to do a picture.

Today I saw Edge of Tomorrow. Here is my in depth review:

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It was an action movie starring Tom Cruise.

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[Duck999]

Kinda sketchy. Is that hair, cuz if it is...

[Thanqol]

Day 1128: I AM THE ANTIPOPE

LIKE A HAMMER HITS A CANTELOPE

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Music: I AM THE ANTIPOPE

[Duck999]

MY GOD! Not his god, MINE! :small tongue: I like the upside down crosses.

[Thanqol]

Day 1129: Femme

[/whining]

Basically I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm not going to do anything productive until I get of this EU4 hit.

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[Duck999]

Good drawing. I would consider that productive.

[Thanqol]

Day 1130: ARGENT OR DEATH!

Still no emotions. Hmm.

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[Duck999]

Nice, but some of the lines look a little too straight where they should be curved.

[Thanqol]

Nice, but some of the lines look a little too straight where they should be curved.

Style experiment. Worked better some places than others.

[Duck999]

Style experiment. Worked better some places than others.

Yeah. I think the bottom of his lifted foot should be more rounded. That's just my opinion though.

[Thanqol]

Yeah. I think the bottom of his lifted foot should be more rounded. That's just my opinion though.

Opinions are fine. You have a functional set of eyes and haven't been staring at the piece for an hour solid, that's all the qualifications you need Thanks.

[Madcrafter]

Well, that leg also looks to be a fair bit shorter than the other, even if it's been foreshortened a bit to come out towards the viewer. And the joint on the back leg where it connects to the body doesn't make sense to me. His sideburns are something else though, and I like his cape/scarf.

[Thanqol]

Day 1131: Soul Tracer

I'm trying and trying to avoid using hard black lines whenever I can because those are kind of a trap, I think. So here's another experiment. Turned out pretty cool, I might stick with it.

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[Tiki Snakes]

It's not so much that hard black lines are a trap as it is that line-art in general can be a bit of a trap.

I think, anyway.

[Thanqol]

It's not so much that hard black lines are a trap as it is that line-art in general can be a bit of a trap.

I think, anyway.

Yeah, exactly. There's an upper limit on how good line art can get while that barrier doesn't seem to exist in the same way with lineless stuff. But it's also way, way, way harder and more time consuming to do lineless stuff.

[Tiki Snakes]

Arguably, I guess. Doesnt have to be that much harder to give it a go though. I always had good fun working on rough brown paper, using chalk and charcoal. (and black and white conte crayon, but thats just an extra for sharpness here and there).

Could be a fun thing to experiment with.