The artist in thee

[Zemalac]

Another wallpaper, this one for Trivun. I understand he's writing some short stories based around these characters.

Spoiler: Fairy Tales

[http://img688.imageshack.us/i/swallpaper.png/]

Great use of edges to create tension in the image. If you'd really like to get a sense of fog, desaturating and lightening things towards the back will really establish a greater sense of depth.

Sort of like

Spoiler: this?

[http://img594.imageshack.us/i/swallpaperii.png/]

 

[Fightgarr]

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That's looking quite nice. I don't recognize the character, though. Did you invent that one?

I do put a lot of effort into my work but that's because it is what I do. I go to school for drawing and painting and I do digital painting on the side. I am an aspiring concept artist, so it's all in putting together a portfolio.

Sort of like

Spoiler: this?

[http://img594.imageshack.us/i/swallpaperii.png/]

And just like that, the environment goes back for miles. Good stuff buddy.

 

[Hollock]

Here's a few bad scans of some recent stuff

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[Archemetis]

I've been playing with Markers round my girlfriends house.

We're both artists, I'm digital and she's traditional, like water colours, markers and inks.
I've never really bothered to try markers or anything, Photoshop has always been enough for my needs.
But she wanted to teach me how painless it was to use them so we spent some time doing just that.

Spoiler: Star Fizzy

Just a little something for practise first.
We say Star fizzies instead of star fishes...

Spoiler: Hapi Arko

And then Hapi© Arko, again something simple but I wanted to show her how much I liked learning to use her markers and how cool it was that she allowed me to touch them, I don't like people touching my pens or tablet either.

 

[Hat of Controversy]

I wonder... Should I post some purty pictures here?

SURE WHY NAWT!?!?

Spoiler: Thane and Pedobear

Spoiler: Mario's head with an L on his hat

Spoiler: Hot and Sweaty Pokemon Fan girl

Also, Archemetis - I absolutely love that starfish you got there! Super neato indeed.

 

[Sporky111]

I've got a project I'm working on now and I'm wondering if I can get some help on it from somebody with more experience.

Spoiler: Rough plan and description

The idea I'm going for is that it's going to be right after a break up. This girl is sitting in the dark with torn pictures all around. The title is going to be "It's not you..."

My problem is in the anatomy. I'm terrible at drawing people, and I'm having an extra hard time fleshing out her hips and legs. This plan is mainly to help me with posturing, so her elbow is rested on her right knee, and her left arm is wrapped around her stomach. If someone could help with some outlines of flesh it would be much appreciated. Feel free to graffiti this picture in any way if you want.

Once I'm finished I'll be sure to put up the product. Thank you.

 

[Hat of Controversy]

I've got a project I'm working on now and I'm wondering if I can get some help on it from somebody with more experience.

Spoiler: Rough plan and description

The idea I'm going for is that it's going to be right after a break up. This girl is sitting in the dark with torn pictures all around. The title is going to be "It's not you..."

My problem is in the anatomy. I'm terrible at drawing people, and I'm having an extra hard time fleshing out her hips and legs. This plan is mainly to help me with posturing, so her elbow is rested on her right knee, and her left arm is wrapped around her stomach. If someone could help with some outlines of flesh it would be much appreciated. Feel free to graffiti this picture in any way if you want.

Once I'm finished I'll be sure to put up the product. Thank you.

Here's a link to a great site with tons of figures and stuff for practicing that kinda thing [http://posemaniacs.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=Female&blog_id=1]

 

[Sporky111]

I've got a project I'm working on now and I'm wondering if I can get some help on it from somebody with more experience.

Spoiler: Rough plan and description

The idea I'm going for is that it's going to be right after a break up. This girl is sitting in the dark with torn pictures all around. The title is going to be "It's not you..."

My problem is in the anatomy. I'm terrible at drawing people, and I'm having an extra hard time fleshing out her hips and legs. This plan is mainly to help me with posturing, so her elbow is rested on her right knee, and her left arm is wrapped around her stomach. If someone could help with some outlines of flesh it would be much appreciated. Feel free to graffiti this picture in any way if you want.

Once I'm finished I'll be sure to put up the product. Thank you.

Here's a link to a great site with tons of figures and stuff for practicing that kinda thing [http://posemaniacs.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=Female&blog_id=1]

Thanks a lot. I'm using it now.

 

[LiquidGrape]

Spoiler: Slightly touched-up version of my entry to the webomic contest. Still nothing fancy.

 

[freiheit]

Wow! Lots of nice art here! Well, I'll share to, here's what I'm working on:

[http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/melaniembourgeois/sketchdump/?action=view&current=ninjacatgirl-03.jpg]
(clic thumnail for fullview)

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Ow, nice,
art topic on The Escapist.

Lots o' sweet looking stuff,
here's a quick sketch of what I'm doodling:

Spoiler: sketchy rabbit thing

 

[Lexodus]

Some of my poems:

Spoiler: I'll Plant a Seed

I'll plant a seed
And watch it grow.
Watch it struggle against the harsh world,
Just like you did.

You, who taught me to love life,
to stand tall and strong,
You, my greatest friend.

You will go one way,
as far as your dreams take you,
and I, having to follow a different path,
Walk on, with no true home except with you.

I'll plant a seed
and watch it grow,
watch a tiny shoot spring forth new life.
But the real seed you left is not in the ground-
It is in my heart.

Spoiler: Lux Aeternis

Through rain, sleet or snow,
We shall persevere.
The spark that lives inside us
Shall not die, shall not fall silent.
Though we may be oppressed,
Broken, beaten down and destroyed,
We shall persevere.
We shall not die.

At times when it seems hopeless,
We may falter, stumble,
But our iron will remains unbending.
Our resolve shall not be overcome.
Though we may die,
Though our bodies, mere shells that they are,
May rot away,
We are more than men.
We are an idea, a hope, a dream,
And that cannot be killed.

Long after we're gone,
When we are lost to the ravages of time,
The spark will take root in a new generation.
The spark shall blossom, become more.
That spark shall become a thought,
That thought shall become a word,
And that word shall become an idea,
The very same idea we, and those before us, died to protect.

That idea will grow,
Unbound by the constrains of humanity,
And in that we shall be granted new life?
Every man, woman and child who died
Daring to believe in a better world;
A world where none suffer, are persecuted or victimized,
A world of freedom, of love,
And of life.

Spoiler: Faces

Wipe off the dust
As you take down the book
Open the cover
And take a good look

Here's a photo of you
When you were a boy
The world was your oyster
The Earth was your toy

Here's your best buddy, Tom,
Haven't seen him in a while,
Even when you were down
He could still make you smile

Here's one of the girl
On whom you had a crush
Every time she looked at you
Your brain turned to mush

Turn every page
And recall every
Long-forgotten face
Every distant memory

Cradle the book
With its cover so cracked
Smile at the faces
And watch them smile back

Here's the kid whom was always ill
What was his name? Oscar? Ellis?
Apparently he's come down with a case of

Here's Mikey Jarvis
Who always skipped school
Who thought himself
"Well 'ard" and "well cool"

Remember year 8
When he tried his first crime?
Woolie's became state banks
And now he's doing time

Here's Fred and Jacob
Who always called you bent
Well, now things have changed
That's the way that they went

Here they all are
Kids of every shape and size
Lining up like in a schoolyard
In front of your eyes

Should you try and find them?
They've all moved on
One by one,
They've flickered and gone

Close the old book
And put it to bed
Back on the shelf
But still in your head

That was your old life
But this is your new
They've all moved on but
So have you.

Spoiler: Wanderlust

The road calls to my heart

My feet answer.

For what seems an age,

I traverse the broken, country roads,

Singing to the skies,

The fading light my only companion.

The rain dances on my skin,

Soaking me to the bone,

But I am unaware.

For that fleeting time,

I am the road,

And the road is me.

For how long I am gone,

I cannot say.

What I do know, however,

Is that, when the road beckons again,

Sings its sweet song and grips my heart

I will answer the call.

The wanderlust will flare and I will follow.

Spoiler: Windsong

When the world heads inside,

I go outdoors.

I laugh as the cascading silver droplets

Sparkle in the wind, currents of the world.

I cannot see why they huddle away,

Hide under coats and hats and umbrellas,

Rather than rejoicing in the simple fact that

We are alive.

When all others are indoors,

I race the lightning across the sky.

It's like I am the only one left.

The world is mine.

So as you sit around your fire,

With a mug of hot chocolate or another drink,

I am splashing in all the puddles of the world.

After all,

Life isn't about hiding from the thunder-

It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Spoiler: Reflections of the Past

There was a girl I knew
her face is shrouded with the years gone by.
We were two, yet one in all that we did
Closer than lovers, almost one flesh.

We had our fights, but who didn't?

And in the end, that never mattered.
We were still us, and us meant together, forever.

What fools we were,

To think that childhood friendships could sway the hearts of men grown cold to such love.
We were dragged apart, from the home we knew, from the life we had.
One flesh became two,
And joy became sadness.
I cried myself to sleep on one end of the world, whilst she? who can say?
I hope she felt the same, but I could never tell.

Sunrise for me was sunset for her.
Too different, too difficult to meet or call,
And eventually the calls stopped altogether.
We wrote letters,
But the ink dried up and all I could wonder was,
'Does she even remember me?'

Although I am an old, old woman now,
The memory of that girl and me will live on,
still both hurts and heals my heart.
Who is she now?
Who am I, for having known her, but having lived without her for such a long time?
These questions lie unanswered and, I fear, shall never be.

Perhaps she is married. Perhaps she has children. Grandchildren.
Perhaps she lives alone, never found the one.
Perhaps she remembers as I do, with silent tears and half-faded memories,
Faceless behind the glass,
Lifeless,
Still as we were, as girls on that aged green in summer,
When bones were strong and hearts were whole,

All those years ago.

Who can say?
Not I.
I have lived my life unknowing, and it shall end so.
It is far too late, far too late to search now, for I am old, so old, and my bones are not what they were.
My mind wanes, but what I was then I remain still,
That little girl on the green,
In that summer long ago.

My original fiction archive: www.fictionpress.com/~Lexodus

I also draw in a manga-esque style, but the only ones of note are much bigger than my scanner (I tend to draw out scenes, i.e a big battle with a crowd of people holed up in a fortress, a band performing live, etc.) and therefore I cannot show them. I am proud of them though. (^^)

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Huzzah, the old artist thread. I'll add a couple of new things.

Spoiler: Three Images- 2 original, one tf2 related

 

[Giantcain]

although all my work is at school right now im a surrealist and symbolist and most of my work acording to my friends is realy creepy

 

[LiquidGrape]

Spoiler: Mirror's Edge - your intrigue lacks engaging elements

 

[Private Custard]

Did some self-portraits last night!

 

[KitsunetheFox]

Well, you can see any of my crappy drawings and stuff on Deviantart.

http://lovableranger.deviantart.com/

 

[Zemalac]

I was drawing a cool scene I'd thought up, and the character turned out to be Airman Jones. I didn't intend it that way at first, but once it happened I rolled with it.

Spoiler: Going Down

[http://img9.imageshack.us/i/airshipsurfing.png/]

I might write a short story based on this picture at some point.

 

[Fightgarr]

I was drawing a cool scene I'd thought up, and the character turned out to be Airman Jones. I didn't intend it that way at first, but once it happened I rolled with it.

Spoiler: Going Down

[http://img9.imageshack.us/i/airshipsurfing.png/]

I might write a short story based on this picture at some point.

Very nice. Now, you remember what I said about creating space by desaturating as objects go back in space? Try doing that and adding some blue as those airships go back into the space and see what that does. It's called atmospheric perspective.

Here's my most recent Creature of the Week, I'm not too happy with it, but I guess it's finished.

Spoiler: The Urza

 

[Zemalac]

I was drawing a cool scene I'd thought up, and the character turned out to be Airman Jones. I didn't intend it that way at first, but once it happened I rolled with it.

Spoiler: Going Down

[http://img9.imageshack.us/i/airshipsurfing.png/]

I might write a short story based on this picture at some point.

Very nice. Now, you remember what I said about creating space by desaturating as objects go back in space? Try doing that and adding some blue as those airships go back into the space and see what that does. It's called atmospheric perspective.

Here's my most recent Creature of the Week, I'm not too happy with it, but I guess it's finished.

Spoiler: The Urza

Dude! It's a bear with a frickin' tree on it's back! That thing's awesome!

Also: I'll try that, see how it looks. Thanks for the advice.