The artist in thee

[Fightgarr]

You keep flipping the image.. makes me suspicious. It's subliminal messaging, isn't it?

Biggest thing is that the armour needs to be held on in some way. At the moment it's just floating. The plants look great.

Also, since I haven't added anything to this thread in a while, here's a portrait.

Spoiler: Musichead

I keep flipping it because it allows me to spot issues. After looking at an art piece for too long you can't really see what the problems are with it. Flipping it gives you a slightly new view on it. It also allows you to see issues of composition and perspective more easily. I recommend it highly. In fact Command+R is now a hotkey to flip my image now.

The thing with the armor being attached by something is that it's not actual armor it's plates that would be attached via cartilage underneath. I may need to make some hint to that I guess.

With your portrait some erasure to create some highlights could do it well. It's very well done otherwise. You work very well with loose, dry media.

 

[Labyrinth]

I keep flipping it because it allows me to spot issues. After looking at an art piece for too long you can't really see what the problems are with it. Flipping it gives you a slightly new view on it. It also allows you to see issues of composition and perspective more easily. I recommend it highly. In fact Command+R is now a hotkey to flip my image now.

The thing with the armor being attached by something is that it's not actual armor it's plates that would be attached via cartilage underneath. I may need to make some hint to that I guess.

With your portrait some erasure to create some highlights could do it well. It's very well done otherwise. You work very well with loose, dry media.

It's unfortunate that my loose, dry media doesn't let me flip images, hey. And thanks.

Here's yet another self portrait. I should get someone else over to sit for them instead.

Spoiler: Blah blah blah.

 

[Fightgarr]

It's unfortunate that my loose, dry media doesn't let me flip images, hey. And thanks.

When I say 'loose, dry media' I am referring to charcoal, conte and other dust and wax-based drawing tools. I wasn't sure if that was clear or if it sounded like I was implying that charcoal is in some way less interesting than other media.

If you want to flip the image to spot problems it's easy. Mirrors do that same thing.

This image is also rather nice, though the frame for your right eye looks a bit like it has no lense. The shadows are really well rendered. It gives a definite shape to that side of the face. Watch those diagonal strokes though, they'll let the eye escape.

 

[Labyrinth]

When I say 'loose, dry media' I am referring to charcoal, conte and other dust and wax-based drawing tools. I wasn't sure if that was clear or if it sounded like I was implying that charcoal is in some way less interesting than other media.

If you want to flip the image to spot problems it's easy. Mirrors do that same thing.

This image is also rather nice, though the frame for your right eye looks a bit like it has no lense. The shadows are really well rendered. It gives a definite shape to that side of the face. Watch those diagonal strokes though, they'll let the eye escape.

Don't worry, I didn't think you were making light of it. Mocking my practice is one of my favourite past times.

Hmm. New Year's resolution: don't let my eye escape.

 

[hotdogoctopus]

http://hugemclarge.deviantart.com/art/Hero-149502327

I just drew this, I was bored.

 

[crypt-creature]

Haven't posted much, and have never posted a work in progress.
Here's a Kelpie I'm working on. The image is rather messy, they always are as I pretty much have a basic idea of what I want to do and fill in the details as I go along.

Spoiler: Kelpie WIP

Horses (or horse-like creatures) can be quite difficult.

 

[SharPhoe]

It's been quite a while since I posted anything here.

I call this one 'Work In Progress'. I like literal titles.

Spoiler: Work In Progress

A simple Sepia filter and contrast increase can do a surprising amount to an otherwise uninteresting image.

I've always liked the off-center approach to photographing a subject like that. I know there's a name for it, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I think a friend of mine calls it the "rule of two-thirds" or something like that.

 

[SextusMaximus]

I haven't got an artistic bone in my body.

That's why I like programming so much.

 

[Lost In The Void]

Spoiler: Your Image to Me

Lost in thought you enter me, A whisper of sanity restrains me
All I want is one more day, though I know it is not meant to be
I stare into pools of life and journey, a smile of happiness and content
We lightly touch and turn away, confused, unsure of what to say
We both know the answer to the question never to come
Why don?t we say it our self

A silence breaks the fun we had
So happy and Calm what else to be had
A sweet denial lay below the surface
Hiding and waiting to finally be shown.
A smile breaks your face, a joyous sound
Escapes those beautiful lips

Put thoughts aside I?d rather run
Pastures green with you by my side
Lay in the grass cool soaked in morning dew
Talk about the good times I?ve had with you
No one knows where we?ve gone
And we are content


Dazed, confused, what to do
The thought of you, lest stop it at once
A pain with no gain, destroying faith
In love and hate what is the difference
The blade to my skin and a trail of red on the steel

Your smile lights my day as lay in my bed
Alone yet again for another night without light
Your light brightens the lightlessness, shines through the darkness
Of a broken soul, of a broken mind
Bring out of the chaos of a mind without rest

The loss of it all is a deadly thing
Loss of passion and of feeling for those
Your soul screams for apathy, is granted no respite
No thought must dwell, the purge has begun
A friendship no less, but a closeness no more

Not by one?s fault this doth happen, but the curse of the sand
Separation of sands left us all fade away
Born alone and die alone
Seems to be the fate of us all
The life in between however
Deserves a little more

Spoiler: Lost in the Sounds of Life

Flip on the news, hear the blues
Of a Terrible world all dazed and confused
Lost souls who wander the world in search of the truth
Find nothing put pain and suffering
Why do they try, for trying is failure?
Just waiting to happen

A quiet man about to lose
The love of his life through and through
A bleeding heart, which bleeds for her
Tear out the weakness, present it to her
His eyes burning and soul imploding
Upon a face he wishes to see but won?t

The man and his son alone in a field
Baseball and fun, for the man and his son
?Hey Daddy what?s that??
Nothing but a scream and forgotten face.
A man and his son, buried in a field




The women see?s her date, what a man
Blonde tall and handsome what more could she want
Something?ll happen tonight, no matter what she thinks
A seed born inside a woman too young
Another young bastard brought into the world
No one will want him cast out and alone
He cries for his daddy though he will always be without one

They aren't amazing but I've gotten a few compliments on them

 

[SharPhoe]

I was taught "Rule of thirds". Basically, divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically, composing the photo so that its prominent features fit within a third.

Of course, I tend to completely disregard all learned theory in practice and just go with what looks good to me.

Rule of Thirds, that's what it was. That would also explain why my camera came with a 3x3 grid option. Speaking of, I'll be replacing that today, with any luck.

 

[SnucklesMan]

Spoiler: perfect

when you do these things,
these terrible
hurtful things,
I am without words.
I cannot speak.
I cannot stop you.
I can only
watch...
observe
as you end lives
wreck homes
mutilate spirits.
"it?s for the greater good"
you say
What good?
no good
only
evil.
but do you think twice?
no.
you are always right
never at fault
you
are
perfect.
no one can improve on you.
you
are
perfect
you can do
no
wrong
you are flawless
amazing
and
absolutely
positively
perfect

What do you think?

 

[Fightgarr]

I've done a bit more work on the Ursadon piece. Not so much on the bear itself, though there have been some small details on that front too, just not very many. Anyway, I've mostly been working on the background, creating atmosphere and adding in foliage to start to get the vibrant jungle think going on. This is just a taste of things to come in terms of the background.

Spoiler: Ursadon WIP Shot #5(?)

 

[Labyrinth]

*Snip*

Ahhh, the shin armour is looking hugely better now. Nice work on the environment too.

 

[SharPhoe]

I haven't posted anything in here in forever... I've been far too busy with other things (work work, and more work). But I guess I could put up the latest thing I've finished. It's another illustration from my story,
In The Rain [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/18.110578.3413768]. I haven't written up the chapter this takes place in yet, that's the next one I'm currently working on.

Spoiler: Get out.

Yes, I know Kerricks are probably too "cute" for most people to take seriously, but I still hope I got my point across.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Here are some lyrics I just came up with. I don't have a title, I'm not even sure what it's about. Personal battles, interrogation in a mental hospital, a man kidnapped by terrorists, I don't know, I just got it from the back of my head. Anyways, enjoy.

Spoiler

"Looking through these empty windows, all I see is darkness.
Drag me away, interrogate me.
Why am I here, my cause was just?
You?ve deprived me of my freedom

Taken my beliefs away
Asking me to tell my secrets
I refuse everytime
My soul is not for sale

Scream at me
Humiliate me
Provoke me
Lie to me
Ask me again

You put me away in this room
Deprived of heart and soul
I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Nothing but my dead reflection
I can see from here
I'm about to give up
Are you about to win?

The light will shine upon me again
Your prison can't stand forever
I will see the dawn through the opened door
I will break free from this prison

Everytime you walk I hear the footsteps
Like hammers to my head the closer you get
You look me in the eye with a new mask
Ready to show me your next trick

Kill me
Break my mind
Ruin me
Play this game you call torture

Deprive me
Destroy me
Eat away at my soul?

You put me away in this room
Deprived of heart and soul
I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Nothing but my dead reflection
I can see from here
I'm about to give up
Are you about to win?

The time has come, it all ends now
For the last time you open the door
I will not give in to your power
It's your turn to bow down?"

 

[Archemetis]

I did some Chapter covers for my more story-based comic today.

Spoiler: Chapter 1

Spoiler: Chapter 2