Do you draw?

[Odbarc]

I used to draw all the time. But then I found other creative outlets and I started writing instead.

 

[SweetShark]

I posted some of these on a similar thread a while ago. Hope you enjoy.

I really like your drawings my friend.
D They share the same universe?
Also can I put them in my account on Pinterest?

Thanks very much! Yeah, these ones are all part of a world I've been putting together over a few years. Just hashing out concepts right now and building things up. Feel free to put them on your pinterest I have a Tumblr if that would be helpful for crediting me. [link]http://natpashdesign.tumblr.com/[/link]

Thank you!
Do you have some kind of backstory for your World you want to create? I am into "fake-development" videogames/comics/books/etc and I would love to know.

I've actually been writing a lot about it recently and at the moment I'm putting together some documents about how the world works and how everything fits together. It's a little hard to explain here, but it's basically laying down some ground for the rest of my art and some small comics I am planning to write about stories in this world. It's also a nice way to develop my style and technique.

I guess the basic premise is that everything in this universe exists on the surface of a giant stone jellyfish-god-thing that drifts through an infinite sky, and its thoughts and nightmares resonate to make places and living creatures in a sort of dreamscape across its shell. There's a lot more nerdy lore I could go into. I have quite a few drawings and maps, but I'm not quite ready to put them out there yet when I do though, they'll definitely be on the blog I linked you before.

Reading about the God like Jellyfish, I imaging its tentacles are hellish long coridors with many caves which guide the palyer to the Abyss. The only place you can leave this world alive or dead.

Sorry my imagination kick in really hard when I read this kind of awesome things.

 

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I posted some of these on a similar thread a while ago. Hope you enjoy.

I really like your drawings my friend.
D They share the same universe?
Also can I put them in my account on Pinterest?

Thanks very much! Yeah, these ones are all part of a world I've been putting together over a few years. Just hashing out concepts right now and building things up. Feel free to put them on your pinterest I have a Tumblr if that would be helpful for crediting me. [link]http://natpashdesign.tumblr.com/[/link]

Thank you!
Do you have some kind of backstory for your World you want to create? I am into "fake-development" videogames/comics/books/etc and I would love to know.

I've actually been writing a lot about it recently and at the moment I'm putting together some documents about how the world works and how everything fits together. It's a little hard to explain here, but it's basically laying down some ground for the rest of my art and some small comics I am planning to write about stories in this world. It's also a nice way to develop my style and technique.

I guess the basic premise is that everything in this universe exists on the surface of a giant stone jellyfish-god-thing that drifts through an infinite sky, and its thoughts and nightmares resonate to make places and living creatures in a sort of dreamscape across its shell. There's a lot more nerdy lore I could go into. I have quite a few drawings and maps, but I'm not quite ready to put them out there yet when I do though, they'll definitely be on the blog I linked you before.

Reading about the God like Jellyfish, I imaging its tentacles are hellish long coridors with many caves which guide the palyer to the Abyss. The only place you can leave this world alive or dead.

Sorry my imagination kick in really hard when I read this kind of awesome things.

Haha, one of the stories I'm writing is actually about some travellers making their way to the heart of the world. Thanks for taking an interest in my work

 

[the December King]

A bit, yeah.
In the past I drew loads and loads, usually on online drawing boards.

Spoiler: Probably one of the best I did back then. Really old.

But then y'know, life, work, tablet breaking. Things got in the way and I kind of drew less, but I still drew from time to time in my sketchbook.

Spoiler: Some old stuff. I quite like drawing robots

More recently though, my sister gave me some watercolours for Christmas, so I gave that a go. Nothing fancy, I literally just googled 'Butterfly' and then drew and painted the result, just for practice.

Spoiler: I think it came out okay

Sorry if the images are bit big, and the photos of my sketchbook are a bit crappy, but I chucked them together quite quickly.
Drawing has always been a hobby of mine, some of my family think I should try and sell art, but eh. I don't think I'm quite that good. I'm a happy amateur.

Can't believe I missed this when I skimmed this thread before.

Your ghoul(?) has all the right hallmarks of a horror image- somber colors- dark, but in just the right places, and without hard lines there is an unfocused quality to the work that on the one hand is far more like a painting, and on the other leaves some to the imagination, another vital horror staple... but I love the robots! Great linework- there is a real united sense of whimsy to them. And that butterfly is a wonderful technical achievement- I'm crap with watercolour. Good on you!

 

[SweetShark]

I posted some of these on a similar thread a while ago. Hope you enjoy.

I really like your drawings my friend.
D They share the same universe?
Also can I put them in my account on Pinterest?

Thanks very much! Yeah, these ones are all part of a world I've been putting together over a few years. Just hashing out concepts right now and building things up. Feel free to put them on your pinterest I have a Tumblr if that would be helpful for crediting me. [link]http://natpashdesign.tumblr.com/[/link]

Thank you!
Do you have some kind of backstory for your World you want to create? I am into "fake-development" videogames/comics/books/etc and I would love to know.

I've actually been writing a lot about it recently and at the moment I'm putting together some documents about how the world works and how everything fits together. It's a little hard to explain here, but it's basically laying down some ground for the rest of my art and some small comics I am planning to write about stories in this world. It's also a nice way to develop my style and technique.

I guess the basic premise is that everything in this universe exists on the surface of a giant stone jellyfish-god-thing that drifts through an infinite sky, and its thoughts and nightmares resonate to make places and living creatures in a sort of dreamscape across its shell. There's a lot more nerdy lore I could go into. I have quite a few drawings and maps, but I'm not quite ready to put them out there yet when I do though, they'll definitely be on the blog I linked you before.

Reading about the God like Jellyfish, I imaging its tentacles are hellish long coridors with many caves which guide the palyer to the Abyss. The only place you can leave this world alive or dead.

Sorry my imagination kick in really hard when I read this kind of awesome things.

Haha, one of the stories I'm writing is actually about some travellers making their way to the heart of the world. Thanks for taking an interest in my work

No, thank you for showing to us your awesome world you want to create. I really like the characters design. It remind me some awesome comics I read which are base some weird world as well.

 

[-Dragmire-]

I used to draw quite a bit but after taking some classes, my passion for it sort of burned out.

Spoiler: Front and side view I drew of a cartoon polar bear. I used these to make a 3D model which became my avatar.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

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It's... IDK, I look at a piece [usually on the internet], then bits of the picture stick in my mind. Then, I mentally rescale it to fit the paper I'm drawing on. I tend to call my method 'Phantom Tracing', because it looks like I traced it.

Cool! You must have a really good memory. I don't know how close you get to the original, but don't worry too much about little things that you see influencing your artwork, it's almost impossible to draw something someone else hasn't already sort of drawn before, so if you end up with something similar, it's no big deal and nothing to be ashamed of.

I suppose something that could also be beneficial would be to approach your drawings differently, so your mind doesn't automatically try to duplicate the images you see. Try breaking things up into simple shapes (if you don't already)

For example, a person

If you start with shapes, it might help to deconstruct the image from your memory and allow you to draw something more customized.

I hope that helps anyway, when in doubt, do it differently from how you're used to doing it.

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Yeah, I draw and paint when I can. I used to share my stuff, but there's no reason to anymore. It's not worth it.

If I may ask, why isn't it worth sharing?

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I spend my time emulating the work of the great artists of the past.

Excellent work!

Here is my attempt at Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire.

It's still a work in progress, achieving those brilliantly clean lines is more difficult that you might think. However, I'm not going to be discouraged over a few misteps.

Not to mention the color theory! The red is somber, yet vibrant and stands out so well on that blue background and since it is red, rather than orange, it's gentler on the eyes. Overlapping the red with the white background provides ever more gentleness. White is also a very symbolic color, representing, of course, purity, but in some countries, death.

The whole image is metaphorical. The red and blue symbolize the struggle of creativity, the red is passion, while the blue represents the fear of failure and the sadness of unfulfilled dreams. The boxes are the ridged constraints people impose upon themselves, the overlapping is those brief moments when one steps out of his/her comfort zone and becomes more than what he/she originally was, but it's ultimately a futile effort as one retreats back into the box throughout life and the struggle continues, awaiting the sweet embrace of death.

 

[MythicMatt]

Thanks for the tips, Eclipse.
I'll see if I can apply them next time I have the pen out. [But then I'll clean it up and color in Flash to share with the internet. ]

 

[MrBoBo]

Enjoy doodling, extensive drawing where suppose to sit for dozens
hours on end I find pretty tedious

http://postimg.org/image/fot480vgt/

 

[Vausch]

Yes I do. In fact it's my primary source of income. Currently I'm learning 3D modelling and teaching myself some better 2D animation techniques in Harmony.

I'm also a colourist for a webcomic http://worksuckscomic.com/ and I do bonus comics for it.

 

[Aerosteam]

Well, I'm getting into game development. Just by myself so I'm designing/programming/drawing/animating everything, though I have someone making the music. Currently working on a side-scroller and I have a JRPG on the side that I'll release after. Side-scroller's art is nothing to write home about, but I think the JRPG looks much better. Here's close to what the main character will look like:

Spoiler

I draw everything digitally, paper and pencil is an outdated format.

I used to.

I was fairly good at it -- even got a nice spotlight once, right here, courtesy of Aerosteam.

Yes... my legacy lives on...

 

[Phasmal]

Can't believe I missed this when I skimmed this thread before.

Your ghoul(?) has all the right hallmarks of a horror image- somber colors- dark, but in just the right places, and without hard lines there is an unfocused quality to the work that on the one hand is far more like a painting, and on the other leaves some to the imagination, another vital horror staple... but I love the robots! Great linework- there is a real united sense of whimsy to them. And that butterfly is a wonderful technical achievement- I'm crap with watercolour. Good on you!

Spoiler: Thanks so much!

The top image is actually an old try at a witch from L4D/2. I tried quite a bit of digital line-less stuff back in the day.
I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's art in this thread, I must say, it's actually made me pick up my sketchbook more often than I usually would.

 

[Pyrian]

I do some for my game [http://gladeraidgame.blogspot.com/], since I can't really hire an artist full time. I'm not very good at it, though. Here's some of the ones I'm least embarrassed by:

Spoiler: Shield your eyes!

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

I draw everything digitally, paper and pencil is an outdated format.

............. nu uh.

I still use pencil and paper for the beginning stages of a drawing, I know I can just do it all on the tablet and it certainly works well for painting type things but for precise detail, pencil and paper just feels better. Drawing on a tablet always feels so slippery.

 

[Aerosteam]

I draw everything digitally, paper and pencil is an outdated format.

............. nu uh.

I still use pencil and paper for the beginning stages of a drawing, I know I can just do it all on the tablet and it certainly works well for painting type things but for precise detail, pencil and paper just feels better. Drawing on a tablet always feels so slippery.

I suck at drawing normally so I use a tablet as a crutch more than anything.

 

[Spider RedNight]

I draw everything digitally, paper and pencil is an outdated format.

............. nu uh.

I still use pencil and paper for the beginning stages of a drawing, I know I can just do it all on the tablet and it certainly works well for painting type things but for precise detail, pencil and paper just feels better. Drawing on a tablet always feels so slippery.

I second this. I remember when my sister (also an artist) said "I can't draw on paper anymore, I HAVE to draw digitally" and I was like "I hope I never reach that point" so I always keep a sketchbook on hand for those times where you just can't access a computer to put your ideas on a canvas

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Yes, but I'm not that great at it. I tend to draw just for fun... but I'd like to improve if I can.

 

[DarkRawen]

Uh, sort of. I mean, I can get a half-way decent result every now and then, but I can't predict when it'll happen, I don't have much of a consistent style, and I can't do linework. :/

I mean, my current avatar (Creighton from DS2) is one of the better ones.

Spoiler: Bigger version

And this is my most recent drawing;

Spoiler

But having little to no colours and being unfinished due to me not knowing how to proceed is the result of most of my drawings. They never really get past the point of sketches (which I admit, is because I rarely spend more than 30 minutes on a drawing, but when I do it doesn't get much better), so I mostly draw characters I like or write myself.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I used to draw a lot back in my adolescent/teenage years and up into my 20's. Then I got busy with things like bills and had to choose a hobby to drop. I still doodle from time to time but not nearly as much as I used to.
I was fairly good at reproducing anything I saw as far as Anime and comics go. I even recreated a series 2 Marvel Trading Card of Sabretooth first by pencil and then pointillism for an art project. It was poster sized and even won some awards, even though I kept saying it wasn't my art but a recreation of existing art... I hate being recognized for something that actually wasn't mine to begin with.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Once upon a time, I did- primarily pencil sketching, though I'd occasionally do digital coloring as well. Ended up giving up on art though, since it took me hours to get anything even remotely presentable.

Spoiler: Can you tell I'm a Thief fan?