Something i drew

[MatthewThief]

well since its not zelda art i'll put it here ^_^ i usually dont show anyone my art but todays a special occasion.

[Fishalicious]

That looks great! I particularly like the crosshatching shading; I've never been that good at it.

[MatthewThief]

thanks  :D hatching is my the way i know for shadowing black and white stuff, i dont have any tone paper.. stuffs too expensive  :o

[DW]

Hmm...that looks like Serra...

[Fishalicious]

Oh yeah, tone paper is really expensive... and far too quick to go away.  ???

I'd rather have digital tones, though, considering my computer's low tolerance... ^^;

[MatthewThief]

yeah it is Serra ^_^ ive been fine without tone for 4 years so i just find other ways around it

[darkphantomime]

I don't know how to explain my style, hahah... Now when you say tone paper, you mean sketchbook quality paper as opposed to regular printer paper?

Looks good.

<_<

>_>

High school art for the past four years

*RUNS*

[Fishalicious]

Tone paper is the thickness of tracing paper; usually used in comics/manga. It's how they add those nice effects and whatnot; under the tone, it's just the lineart.



Screentone, is what it's usually referred to. It does come in the digital variety, but I'm a traditional person... I don't like digital drawing that much, I'm not very good at it.

[darkphantomime]

That's becasue you don't have a WACOM tablet and those things are pricey.

[Fishalicious]

Ack, let us not bring tablets into this discussion... I know someone who has a tablet. I used it once. It sucks, really. I draw too lightly for it to be of any use to me, and traveling on the internets is fairly difficult.

I've always been a mouse person, I don't like it when people use not having a tablet/photoshop as an excuse for poor digital skill. Besides, I use the bezier tool and pen tool (on photoshop) to make my lines look nice, not a tablet.

Sorry, I have and always will feel strongly about that matter. ^^;

[darkphantomime]

Uhh... lots of professional artists have used tablets, including many MANY webcomic artists.

[MatthewThief]

High school art for the past four years

*RUNS*

hmm? do you mean classes? i learned by myself how to draw.. no books or anything, one day i decited i want to draw Kurama. so i did and he looked ok.. so i continued drawing. i observe every little detail when i read manga/watch anime so that helps  :-X

[darkphantomime]

What have four years of art taught me in the direct sense? NOTHING!

What have four years of art taught me in an indirect sense? That I really REALLY like painting and weird perspectives and drawings. Art class can give you a chance to experiment with stuff.

[Fishalicious]

Lots of professional artists have used mice, too. I'm just saying you don't need all this expensive stuff to be a great artist; just because you own a tablet doesn't make you a high and mighty artist.

I mean, no offense, it's just no use to me, and I don't think it'd do much a difference for me anyways; bezier and pen tool are just manipulated with points, not actual lines being drawn.

[MatthewThief]

oh you were in art class for 4 years. kinda wierd because i have been drawing for 4 years too. thats why i got confused So you do abstract then? I used to do that, but it got to tedious for me