|
|
Post by Asila on May 7, 2008 18:16:06 GMT -5
Of course you would have to have Serena in a spoof comic! it wouldn't be as funny without her! In fact, you could have her in the serious picture as well. It would be cute! And I'm sure that you'll do just fine. When I shaded in my sea serpent, I hadn't even drawn anything new in well over a year, and I had never shaded something so well in my life. You'll do fine. Oh, and I have more fun pictures for this thread. These are the four that I made using the cheap Paint program on my computer. So they're terrible, and the anatomy on the first dragon isn't right...but I wasn't really taking it seriously. It's just a program that I play with when I get bored, since making anything that looks decent is a challenge...     And I have one more that is reminiscent of Malevolos, though I had been thinking of Larias (the 'villain' from the newest story that I had begun) when I had worked on it. It's kind of funky, even though it's terrible. *grins* I had to put up a link, because for some reason it's bigger than the others. i28.tinypic.com/2cht6he.jpg |
|
|
|
Post by Seven on May 9, 2008 12:08:34 GMT -5
Awww, they're still so cute!!! I like the cow....*shifty eyes*
Larius looks interesting. I want to see a new picture of him! as for serena, she can wait for the spoof picture. Molly needs one good portrait, eh?
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on May 9, 2008 18:58:02 GMT -5
*grins* I thought that the cow was the cutest one. But what's up with the shifty eyes? *tilts head and stares at Seven, puzzled*
And I'd draw Larias, but I suck at drawing people. Remember? Though I suppose I could always make the attempt. I'd just have to look at a ton of different pictures so that I could get all his features right. And I bet the clothing will be a nightmare.
Though I could always go abstract, as in do a really clever outline of the clothes and then just color them a solid black. I've seen many pictures like that and they always look cool. I bet I could pull it off...
But first I have a dragon to draw! I want to try and get started tonight, but I still want to respond to Small Glade and On His Own. I'll just have to make myself write shorter posts. It really shouldn't be that hard. I don't know why I have issues. I never used to. I think that I just like long posts a bit too much for my own good. I always feel like I accomplished something when I finished.
|
|
|
|
Post by Seven on May 10, 2008 14:12:46 GMT -5
So glad you asked! *shifty eyes* here = not going to steal it.....*shifty eyes*
I thought the cow was super cute. It should be framed.
Oh, I know what you mean! It's usually done in toning! But yeah, that always does look really cool. You can't see the outlines or anything.
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on May 13, 2008 3:35:10 GMT -5
Oh come on! It's a goofy little cow that I didn't even take seriously while I was creating it! I used the Paint program, for the love of god! *shakes head, exasperated* ...though I will admit that it turned out really cute, I would just give it to you if I could. *grins*
As for toning...that might be what I was thinking. Except, my plan was that you would be able to see the outline of the clothes, just none of the small folds and wrinkles that are always such a pain to draw. In fact, I still haven't figured it out. *sighs* Oh well, slowly but surely I am at least learning something.
|
|
|
|
Post by Seven on May 13, 2008 10:34:27 GMT -5
You could even use a gradient on the clothes then! That might look cool too.
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on Oct 27, 2008 20:30:23 GMT -5
I found a whole bunch of old pictures that I want to post! The poor, forgotten things where just languishing in one of the many folders I have laying around everywhere. This first one is the oldest. It was drawn in art class when I was eleven. The teacher was the one who wrote on it.  These next two where actually based off of the same image. The first time I tried to copy it in seventh grade, it turned out like a house-cat, so I colored it like one. The second time it looked more like the wild cat I had been trying to draw. I was pretty proud of myself, because I had improved a lot in a very short time.   Oh, and remember how I mentioned before that the dragons I used to draw all the time where absolutely terrible? Well, here are the two I found. All of them looked similar, though I did switch up features a bit. However, these are the only two I have that are undamaged. The other half a dozen that managed to avoid getting lost over the years are water-stained. I was about twelve when I painted these.   |
|
|
|
Post by Seven on Oct 27, 2008 20:40:26 GMT -5
*giggles a little bit* I like how the first picture has "Cool!" written on it. I know you didn't write it, but it still makes me giggle. The second cat (an Ocelot?) actually looks pretty nice. I like the pose, and I do see the improvement from the first to second. It's pretty astounding.
As for the dragons...
Ok, to begin with, I can't paint even half as well as you did back then now! I'm so jealous! That, and my dragons would look ten times more pathetic. Yours are at least colorful and pretty in their own way. But then again, you just have such talent for animals an mythical creatures. I'm so envious!
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on Oct 27, 2008 20:56:01 GMT -5
*grins* I was so proud when the teacher commended my drawing like that! The thing was, I hadn't really put any effort into drawing it (because back then I thought I wasn't good at anything, or talented at all) so to be recognized like that...well, he probably didn't know it when he so casually wrote "cool" on my picture, but it was one of the defining moments of my life. Then, two years later, I started drawing dragons like there was no tomorrow. I was absolutely in love with them. Especially since I got to color them in all kinds of pretty colors! Which I didn't get to do with realistic animals, since I would always try to draw them realistically. I only allowed myself free reign with my dragons.
Hmm, I did have a knack for choosing colors. And for assigning certain moods to certain scenes. The dragon I wanted to look fiery, and the sea serpent was supposed to look like water. Cool and calm. But honestly, these two were the best examples. Which is the reason they survived. I just got rid of everything else almost as soon as I had finished drawing them. *shrugs*
And I used to love animals and creatures so much. In fact, I never had any desire to draw people until I reached high school. Which is probably why I struggle with them. So I am just as jealous of your people-drawing abilities as you seem to be with my creature-drawing ones!
|
|
|
|
Post by Seven on Oct 27, 2008 21:28:06 GMT -5
Well, I'm glad that that teacher wrote "cool" then. I mean, isn't it funny to think how something so comparisons small and insignificant can make such a big difference to someone? I'm glad you started drawing, cuz now I get to look at all your pretty artwork! (Speaking of which, you should do Molly as a dragon, so I can steal it from you and horde it like an obsessive fangirl, ;D Saika would be nice too...) I know what you mean witht he free reign of colors thing though. When I was younger, I used to draw animals too, but I got bored of it and moved onto people.
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on Oct 27, 2008 21:47:40 GMT -5
Whoops, I forgot to tell you that the cat I had been trying to draw was a margay, which does look quite a bit like an ocelot. In fact, that is exactly what I thought it was when I first saw the picture.
And yeah, the small things do make all the difference. Especially since I was so starved for encouragement that I would glom onto a compliment from someone like it was the only one I was ever going to get. In the words of Mark Twain, I could live for two months off of a good compliment. Actually, I could live a lot longer off of any compliment. Which means that you just blew my little mind when I met you!
As for drawing Molly and Saika, I know almost exactly what I want to do for Saika. In fact, I can see the picture I want to draw in my head, I just haven't gotten around to putting it on paper yet. And I've thought about Molly, too, but for some reason I haven't been able to decide on exactly what I want to do with him yet. I should just do the same thing I did for Demon when I was trying to get him right. Sit down and draw one image after another until I touch on something I like.
And I still have to finish the Evening/Xanthe picture. And the Ao-chin picture. And the Mariette picture. And the cute little drawing of a chibi/cartoon bat that I drew for fun and that turned out so cute I want to croon like some adult women do over infants whenever I look at him! *blinks* Jeez, these drawings are really beginning to pile up. Like I said, there just aren't enough hours in the day!
|
|
|
|
Post by Seven on Oct 27, 2008 22:04:50 GMT -5
A margay? I could see that.
Awww, I'll just have to compliment you everyday then, on every aspect of your life. You're beautiful, intelligent, charming, an amazing author, an amazing artist, you bewitch everyone who meet you...and the list goes on!
OOh! I'd love to see them! They'd both be so pretty! *sighs wistfully* I know what you mean about falling behind on pictures. I'm trying to finish a Devon and Rojo pic I started back when half of us thought Rojo was ACTUALLY dying of something (remember that scare?), along with your Molly pic (though I'm feeling disatisfied with it now, and am tempted to redraw it), an Evening/Rojo/Dev picture I thought up a while ago, and so many more. It's easy to fall behind....
You really shouldn't worry about Mariette though. It was a sweet notion, but I'm pretty sure that furry board died.
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on Oct 27, 2008 22:58:05 GMT -5
*mumbles under her breath* I don't bewitch everyone that meets me. I'm so distant that I intimidate most of them. *sighs* I can be pretty frosty when I don't trust the people I'm around. It's one of those things that I'm trying to get over, but since I know full well that most people aren't trustworthy and that people can be cruel, doing so is really hard for me. *takes a breath to continue the low self-esteem parade, but stops* Well...maybe I'll just take the rest of your compliments. But, just for the record, I think that you are way nicer, more charitable, more intelligent, far more dependable, and an overall better person. And, on top of all that, you are also an amazing artist and an amazing writer. And your sense of humor rocks. I think mine is faulty, because whenever it kicks in I seem to be laughing at something I shouldn't. ;D As for the Rojo scare, I was pretty sure he was going to make it. I recognized Rojo's flare for drama from the start, and I was absolutely sure he wasn't going to kill the charrie he loved so much. But I loved having Evening play into it! As for Mariette...I should finish penning her in and at least show you that much, because the picture was looking really nice when I stopped. And I think I have a good idea for Molly already (though the color scheme is going to result in further abuse of my already abused black colored pencils  ) but I'm going to have trouble matching up his features to my vague mental image. I want him to look slightly more masculine than the deviantart pic I offered for his image in his profile, but I don't want him to look just like Xanthe. Then again, the cool thing about learning to draw different subject matter is that you have no set style and it's easy to switch things up a bit more. |
|
|
|
Post by Seven on Oct 28, 2008 1:34:38 GMT -5
....*pulls out Lanix*
Lanix bats his eyelashes romantically and says in surly tone, "You bewitched me..."
I can't help but wonder if we would have ever managed to be friends if we had met in real life...*muses* It's just the fact that I suppose we're both pretty quiet, for one reason or another. I mean, under the right circumstances of an encounter, we probably would've loved each other immediately, but that's the thing--I wonder if in real life, such an encounter would have occurred....
Good! Keep them! *throws a hundred more at her and runs away before she can give them back*
You really need to stop that. I'm not any nicer (or any of those other traits you mentioned in me) than you, or anyone else for that matter. But thank you anyways. *smiles*
Oh no, I didn't mean in rp. I meant in real life! Remember when he suddenly left the cbox one day leaving only the message, "Sorry, I have to go to the hospital. I think I'm dying," behind? And for some reason, I had this conspiracy theory that he had leukemia or something horrible like that. And then all of us girls in IL got all mopey and teary eyed.
*grins* I admit, I would like that. It's a shame AL just so abruptly stopped. I felt like I was jsut getting involved....
ah, I know what you mean. Dark-schemed characters are so cool, but can be such a pain to color! And black seems to be the worse color to have to use a lot in a picture too somehow. Like, if you had a character all in blue, you could use various shades of blue and it would look nice. But there is no "other black" you can use, and if you don't press down perfectly hard on the colored pencil, it fails to look like black--it just turns out grey or something.
...You know...I was wondering about that when I first set out to do Molly. I wasn't sure how thin/beefy/masculine he should be. Or quite how his hair should look. It was fairly frustrating, and even though I think the picture that I drew of him is alright, I don't consider all there yet. You remember it, right? Could you be perfectly honest about it--and any changes I should make?
|
|
|
|
Post by Asila on Oct 28, 2008 2:41:39 GMT -5
*smiles at Lanix* Oh, you charming devil, you! *hugs him for the compliment* ... Yeah, I am rolling my eyes at myself for that line. *grins* As for whether or now we could have been friends, well, that really would depend on the circumstance. If I had sat next to you in a class, even though we're both quiet, I would ask a question on occasion. Especially since I'm a space and don't know when things are due half the time. And you're a girl, so wouldn't be nearly as wary of you as I've learned to be toward guys. I now try to be very careful not to do anything that would unintentionally lead them on. But, eventually, you would say something that I could relate with, or express an opinion that I shared, or phrase something in a way that would make me like you as a person (don't ask me what I mean by that, because it's difficult to explain, but, well, I read a lot into tone, body language, and the way sentences themselves are constructed) and I would have recognized you as someone that was very much like me. And then I would have gotten excited. And then you wouldn't be able to get rid of me. ;D Remember that boy in art class I was talking about? The one with the Tetanus Wire? Well, when I first sat next to him art class, neither one of us made eye contact or spoke to the other at all. But by the end of the semester, we were the most obnoxious pair in the class. I can't remember exactly how we went from ignoring each other to trading jokes incessantly, but it probably started with one response. That's all it takes with me. Hell, I was excited about you ever since that first chat box conversation! There was just something about how you expressed yourself *shakes her head* I can't describe it. I just knew. I guess your words just felt like mine. I wasn't really joking when I wrote that poetic line, you know. I'll never stop! And you know why? It's because yes, you are -insert everything I said here-. Don't argue with me! *shakes a stick at Seven* Yeah, it is too bad that AL ended so soon. I also felt as though I had only just gotten started. *sighs* Oh well, c'est la vie. Really, though, what I've finished of Mariette looks really nice. I was experimenting with line thickness again, the same technique that I used on that cute cartoon-like deer, but I did much better with Mariette. As for the problem with trying to do a picture in mostly black, I think I've got the problem figured out. You know how my sea serpent(the really good one that I shaded) Looks mostly black? Well, beneath all that black is navy blue, and purple. I layered the colors so that they would look more smooth. So I could do the same thing with the Molly pick, but the base colors would be some shade of red, some darker shade of pink, and violet, and then I would layer black over it all for dark, dramatic shading. As for Molly...*thinks* He needs to be a bit more masculine than the picture I offered under his profile, but less so than Xanthe. Which is a tricky balance, because Xanthe's features aren't all that rough either. *thinks some more, then snaps her fingers* Aha! Got it! He should look something like Haji from that anime show I loved so much, Blood+. Here's a link to a picture of him. www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/blood-tv/introduction/chara/chara_hagi.gif But Hagi, too, is just a tad too calm for Molly, though some of the intensity is there. But the face is definitely shaped correctly, and the eyes are the right size. As for body structure, Molly isn't a body builder. He is more tall and slender, but not scrawny. Just...modestly muscled, I guess, lean and strong. And your picture was really cute, Seven. Honestly, I really liked it. A lot. But it doesn't quite fit Molly. He looks too young in that image, and too calm. The hair is just fine, because I haven't decided on an exact hairstyle yet, and any thing that's "longish" is fair game at this point. But Molly is darker and more intense. Which is the tricky part for you, because I think dark and intense is more my area of specialty than yours. *pauses* Don't hit me for being an arrogant bastard! Or a cruel one! *runs away* |
|
) but I'm going to have trouble matching up his features to my vague mental image. I want him to look slightly more masculine than the deviantart pic I offered for his image in his profile, but I don't want him to look just like Xanthe. Then again, the cool thing about learning to draw different subject matter is that you have no set style and it's easy to switch things up a bit more.