[nws] Daily Drawings and Poodles June '14: Animal style

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sigma 6: Nov 27, 2004; the mirror would do well to reflect further

Hernando posted:

Nobody's a Critic

"Media analysis is an established beat in almost every nation with a free press, and it’s a given that journalists must scrutinize our own profession as diligently as we would any other. Canada is a strange exception. Although we have a few media reporters, our attempts at substantive criticism never last long. Antonia Zerbisias served as the Toronto Star’s media columnist from 2003 to 2007, but then she changed beats and the position was eliminated. Decades ago, CBC Radio tried out a show called Media File, which sought to provide an inside glimpse of the newsmaking process. Sunday Edition host Michael Enright, then a CBC executive, remembers the show failing because journalists refused to appear as subjects. “It didn’t last for more than a season,” he told me in an interview last year. “People in the media got nervous.”

-Jesse Brown

In case no one has mentioned it. This is great.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 11:54

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# ? May 6, 2024 04:37

supermikhail: Nov 17, 2012; "It's video games, Scully."
Video games?"
"He enlists the help of strangers to make his perfect video game. When he gets bored of an idea, he murders them and moves on to the next, learning nothing in the process."
"Hmm... interesting."

from
http://mypeanutgallery.deviantart.com/art/Adventure-3-440097113

Discovered the from-anywhere colorpicking tool, used it. :shrug:

# ? Jun 17, 2014 13:30

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

Colorpicking can really slow you down if you want to learn how to see relative color under changing lighting conditions.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 14:15

supermikhail: Nov 17, 2012; "It's video games, Scully."
Video games?"
"He enlists the help of strangers to make his perfect video game. When he gets bored of an idea, he murders them and moves on to the next, learning nothing in the process."
"Hmm... interesting."

Fortunately I don't plan to go outdoors this century. :sigh:

# ? Jun 17, 2014 15:08

neonnoodle: Mar 20, 2008; by exmarx

I mean, working from photos is fine, but choose colors using your eyes, not the colorpick tool.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 16:42

scarycave: Oct 9, 2012; Dominic Beegan:
Exterminator For Hire

# ? Jun 17, 2014 18:55

effzedsix: Mar 7, 2006

Haven't really had time to draw and I'm running way late for my coloring book submissions.

It's Stephen King month

# ? Jun 18, 2014 03:24

Avshalom: Feb 14, 2012; by Lowtax

My battle with the human head begins anew. :shobon:

Now in glorious technicolour!

Now that uni semester is over and I have a tiny bit of free time, I'll try to draw one person per day until the end of June.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 09:29

Reene: Aug 26, 2005

I am rapidly running out of characters.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 11:07

Lumpy: Apr 26, 2002; La! La! La! Laaaa!; College Slice

My attempts at learning to paint in color continue. It's a small wooden animal, but that counts, right?

[EDIT] Apparently image attachments are borked?

That will teach me to try and share!

Finally got around to hosting the image myself:

Only registered members can see post attachments!

Lumpy fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Jun 19, 2014

# ? Jun 18, 2014 14:47

mareep: Dec 26, 2009

petrol blue posted:

These are all awesome, and with impressively different styles. (Also, any of them would make an amazing avatar!)

Hey, thank you!

haven't worked on any new ones in a while but in my free time I'm embarking on a new animation project centering around mythological creatures. It'll be relatively short but I'm illustrating all the creatures (I think there will be 4 total) and it's really fun.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 21:26

JuniperCake: Jan 26, 2013

Avshalom posted:

My battle with the human head begins anew. Now in glorious technicolour!

Now that uni semester is over and I have a tiny bit of free time, I'll try to draw one person per day until the end of June.

Your values in general are pretty nice. Though I think some of your edges are a bit harsh, especially in her cheeks. It kinda gives her a bit of a gaunt/emaciated look. If that's not intentional, you can fix it by softening the edges of the shadow to make the transition a little more gradual.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 22:14

Wezlar: May 13, 2005

edit: nevermind I dunno

# ? Jun 18, 2014 22:42

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

Some sketches of him young, sketches of him old. Professor wendigo.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 23:27

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Avshalom posted:

My battle with the human head begins anew. Now in glorious technicolour!

Now that uni semester is over and I have a tiny bit of free time, I'll try to draw one person per day until the end of June.

I think you've received some flak for huge eyes, but I dig them and say embrace them; reminds me of the mummy portraits. I do think you tend to over-shade noses, though... this one has the bottom of the nose displayed as if she was looking down on us, whereas everything else says head-on

# ? Jun 18, 2014 23:47

scarycave: Oct 9, 2012; Dominic Beegan:
Exterminator For Hire

dupersaurus posted:

I think you've received some flak for huge eyes, but I dig them and say embrace them; reminds me of the mummy portraits. I do think you tend to over-shade noses, though... this one has the bottom of the nose displayed as if she was looking down on us, whereas everything else says head-on

On top of that you might want to lose that one line at the bottom of the nose, it sort of makes it look like a mushroom.

# ? Jun 19, 2014 01:06

Humboldt Squid: Jan 21, 2006

Some croquis and figure drawings from last night.

# ? Jun 19, 2014 06:40

Avshalom: Feb 14, 2012; by Lowtax

# ? Jun 19, 2014 11:32

scarycave: Oct 9, 2012; Dominic Beegan:
Exterminator For Hire

Avshalom posted:

Nose is looking a bit better now.

Edit:
A public service announcement-

scarycave fucked around with this message at 13:09 on Jun 19, 2014

# ? Jun 19, 2014 11:57

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Cartoon about how I want somebody to genetically engineer a variety of mango that you can peel like a banana and doesn't contain a pit.

# ? Jun 19, 2014 14:34

supermikhail: Nov 17, 2012; "It's video games, Scully."
Video games?"
"He enlists the help of strangers to make his perfect video game. When he gets bored of an idea, he murders them and moves on to the next, learning nothing in the process."
"Hmm... interesting."

I was about to point out that modified varieties of plants and animals aren't usually called like that, but both mangana and bamango seem to be taken. :shrug:

# ? Jun 19, 2014 15:08

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Huh, I didn't even think of that. Well, the fruit would probably be created by some douchebag millenial who grew up with different expectations for naming conventions. I was trying to mimic the color gradient of the Back to the Future title for the lettering, and it's coincidentally mango-colored.

# ? Jun 19, 2014 17:01

Hernando: Jun 8, 2004

Bubbacub posted:

Cartoon about how I want somebody to genetically engineer a variety of mango that you can peel like a banana and doesn't contain a pit.

Would it be too much to ask that it were also less prone to snuggling in between one's teeth?

sigma 6 posted:

In case no one has mentioned it. This is great.

Thank you very much! :shobon:

BlueDestiny did;

BlueDestiny posted:

Love the renders too, they look like someone took an illustration and made it 3D.

Really glad you're into it, I am trained as an illustrator in traditional media although I find working in 3D to be vastly less tedious and more fun.
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