Calling all artists!

[Adam Jenson]

The thread doesn't need restarting. The newer members will just have to suck it up. At this point you just want your own successfull thread.

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Agreed.

Margaritas for everybody

 

[Trivun]

Check out this topic [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.72805?page=1].

And while DA can be great, it is a good resource for PS brushes and such.. There is so much crap on that site, it is bloody scary.

But wading through the crap, there is a lot of good stuff.

I know, that's the thread I was referring to earlier. However, a lot of newer members won't know about that thread so they'll be omitted by accident. This is basically to restart the thread rather than resurrect an old one and mean people have to wade through hundreds of replies...

The thread doesn't need restarting. The newer members will just have to suck it up. At this point you just want your own successfull thread.
Edit: The thread sees new posts quite often. It's not dead.

Right, fair enough. I'm not doing this just to start a successful thread, I don't usually start threads anyway, just post in them. However, I didn't realise that people still posted in the other one, I had a look and it looked like a dead thread to me. Too late to delete this one anyway, unless the mods turn up, and I doubt it'll get closed since I haven't broken any rules. Ah well, sorry about that anyway guys .

 

[Dread_Reaper]

www.nicknightshade.deviantart.com

This is all really outdated stuff for me, but I should have tons of new stuff up in the next month or so. Keep watching!

-Dread_Reaper

 

[Good morning blues]

I draw comics for my university newspaper every week; my roommate is the humour editor and I told him I'd draw him a comic every week if he got the position.

This one's title is "CAT LADIES VERSUS BAG LADIES."

 

[Trivun]

Haha, nice, especially the cat/bag lady one

 

[Charli]

http://charlotteturner.deviantart.com

I don't put any original work apart from the odd thing I'm displeased with on there though. =\
So I probably frequently get discounted quickly as a fanart nerd and forgotten. It's all good.

Shaaammeleess advertisiiing!!
(well lets face it, it is)

 

[inkheart_artist]

You never know, we might like it I know I never thought I was a decent artist at all until I discovered the joys of melted wax and old photo paper... Post the link and we can take a quick look.

Alright whatever. I guess if anyone cares I may upload some of the projects my instructor hates, those are pretty endearing to me, but apparently won't be getting me any fame or money. lol

http://sevenrings.deviantart.com/ Keep in mind its all old shit, most recent thing being like 2 years ago.

 

[inkheart_artist]

Remember the old thread... but who gives a shit. Yay to art

http://paul89.viewbook.com/

Actually very interesting. Was the wierd skewing of the forms intentional? (critique mode) A few of the pieces felt like they may be more successful with closer attention to human form. I imagine if you did that it would pop and the planets would align in a glorious eruption.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Remember the old thread... but who gives a shit. Yay to art

http://paul89.viewbook.com/

Actually very interesting. Was the wierd skewing of the forms intentional? (critique mode) A few of the pieces felt like they may be more successful with closer attention to human form. I imagine if you did that it would pop and the planets would align in a glorious eruption.

Yea, it's intentional and my style. Always drew like that and i don't think I can and/or want to change it. I don't use reference models for my drawings so yea, the anatomy and forms may be a bit off. Most people are kind of creeped at first, but then they digg it.
(detail is my strongest aspect which isn't really apparent in these images)

 

[inkheart_artist]

Yea, it's intentional and my style. Always drew like that and i don't think I can and/or want to change it. I don't use reference models for my drawings so yea, the anatomy and forms may be a bit off. Most people are kind of creeped at first, but then they digg it.
(detail is my strongest aspect which isn't really apparent in these images)

Actually that was the most apparent thing to me. Its what made it really stand out to me. One thing I've learned is that practicing figure studies really helps when drawing things that need to have some naturalistic look. You may wanna try it, you could really suprise yourself. Just a suggestion

 

[Brotherofwill]

Yea, it's intentional and my style. Always drew like that and i don't think I can and/or want to change it. I don't use reference models for my drawings so yea, the anatomy and forms may be a bit off. Most people are kind of creeped at first, but then they digg it.
(detail is my strongest aspect which isn't really apparent in these images)

Actually that was the most apparent thing to me. Its what made it really stand out to me. One thing I've learned is that practicing figure studies really helps when drawing things that need to have some naturalistic look. You may wanna try it, you could really suprise yourself. Just a suggestion

Thanks for the tipp.
I've had quite a few life drawing sessions and I think that if I really wanted I could get the proportions right, but I've been drawing with this style so long it's practically a part of my hand.
I really digg your selfportrait on deviantart.

 

[inkheart_artist]

Thanks for the tipp.
I've had quite a few life drawing sessions and I think that if I really wanted I could get the proportions right, but I've been drawing with this style so long it's practically a part of my hand.
I really digg your selfportrait on deviantart.

Thanks! Wish I could draw on all that negative energy I had back then to make stuff like that, but its kinda left me so now I gotta redefine how I go about things. Right now in advanced drawing I'm trying to do simple, understandable narratives in a comic book-esque style. It gets tough as I try to use real world models and filter out the reality of it all to generate the image.

The instructor and a good portion of the class don't seem very fond of it (yet) but I'm so sick of parroting a fucking image. What I came to be good at in classes was copying photos or making photorealistic pictures of live models--and I hated it. I want to do something thats all my own and maybe it'll pay off and somehow click as 'gallery art' before I fail the class.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Thanks! Wish I could draw on all that negative energy I had back then to make stuff like that, but its kinda left me so now I gotta redefine how I go about things. Right now in advanced drawing I'm trying to do simple, understandable narratives in a comic book-esque style. It gets tough as I try to use real world models and filter out the reality of it all to generate the image.

The instructor and a good portion of the class don't seem very fond of it (yet) but I'm so sick of parroting a fucking image. What I came to be good at in classes was copying photos or making photorealistic pictures of live models--and I hated it. I want to do something thats all my own and maybe it'll pay off and somehow click as 'gallery art' before I fail the class.

Yea, I had the same thing happen to me when i left high school: a lot of negative energy just evaporated and now I'm really digging listening to classical music and drawing color squares. The style just always evolves I think, no need to try do something that you aren't anymore.
It's always good to have your own style, definetly go for that. I dislike deviantart because most people just have a tired, old and copied manga style which leads to their drawing being more like copy pasting than actual freeflow that is connected to the mind.

Good luck with your class, just be confident and you can sway most people.

 

[Galletea]

I've always thought of deviantART as an ugly cesspool of bad anime/videogame fan-art, amateur Photoshoppers and shitty poetry, but my sister has been a member of that site for years and she spends absurd amounts of time on it.

In my experience internet "art" communities spawn nothing but angsty, drama-prone pricks.

There is a lot of that on any website. dA is no different. However there are nuggets of gold in the cesspit, but wading through the shit to get to it can be a bit of a chore. There are a number of really good artists on there, you just have to ignore the acres of pretentious photography and emo poetry.

 

[Trivun]

I've always thought of deviantART as an ugly cesspool of bad anime/videogame fan-art, amateur Photoshoppers and shitty poetry, but my sister has been a member of that site for years and she spends absurd amounts of time on it.

In my experience internet "art" communities spawn nothing but angsty, drama-prone pricks.

There is a lot of that on any website. dA is no different. However there are nuggets of gold in the cesspit, but wading through the shit to get to it can be a bit of a chore. There are a number of really good artists on there, you just have to ignore the acres of pretentious photography and emo poetry.

Actually, some of the photography on there is really good. On my profile I have several pieces of photgraphy from one person in my Favourites, they're actually really good. I admit a lot of the stuff there is pretentious, and there is a lot of emo poetry, but I'm not complaining too much (I think I'm going through a 'dark' phase at the moment )... Looking at the links people have posted above, there is definitely a lot of gold on there that I wouldn't otherwise have noticed, so keep it up guys

 

[beddo]

I hate Deviant Art, the submission process is a mess. Everything just gets lost from the sheer volume of images submitted.

 

[Trivun]

I hate Deviant Art, the submission process is a mess. Everything just gets lost from the sheer volume of images submitted.

True, but I suppose that's something you'll get with any online art site. The Deviant Watch feature is really useful for that, I've found, cause I can find a few favourite artists and keep track of their new stuff so I don't miss it whenever something new gets posted. I usually look for specific art styles anyway, so it's easier for me.

P.S. Posted a new submission last night with some other stuff coming later and over the weekend, most likely.

 

[Avida]

http://adambeedell.deviantart.com/gallery/

Woo shameless self promotion!

Anyway just to defend DA a bit, you dont really have to 'wade' through the crap, the gems are pretty much on display, its just the fairly good stuff thats hard to find

 

[Trivun]

Woo, very nice, especially Swoosh and Swoomth when I looked at them I thought they were digitally done to be honest, I was slightly surprised when I found they were traditional style drawings...

 

[Avida]

Thank you verry much Trivun