At 12/13/24 09:08 AM, xeiavica wrote:I think drawing is actually fun again if I never use the erase or ctrl-z just for a single mistake. It leads to more time spent than had I just restated and kept going.
Now, the eraser is a valid tool, but I'm starting to see it shouldn't be a crutch for every single little mistake.
Me and my chicken scratch sketches are hearing this loud and clear.
At 12/11/24 11:42 AM, Doodletaku wrote:Enjoy half of a gundam
I have no legs, but I must run š¦µš
I have no legs, but I must run š¦µš
He'll have a nice pair to use soon enough 
I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
You have a greater chance in life of experiencing the lazarus phenomenon (Being declared dead and then living again a short brief period later) than making some earth shattering masterpiece of a work.
At 12/18/24 05:14 PM, xeiavica wrote:I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
Kinda stealing this answer from Skoops, but it sounds like the drawabox challenge is exactly what you're looking for. Starts off with fine motor skills exercises before it moves onto the more complex stuff, but I'd recommend starting from the very first assignment, and not skipping anything. (I never actually finished this challenge myself, I'm thinking of making that my new year's resolution for 2025).
At 12/18/24 05:14 PM, xeiavica wrote:I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
what made you disavow Bert Dodson's Keys To Drawing? you posted a page from it not too long ago
At 12/19/24 04:52 AM, Jesse-Pinkman-420 wrote:At 12/18/24 05:14 PM, xeiavica wrote:I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
what made you disavow Bert Dodson's Keys To Drawing? you posted a page from it not too long ago
What gave you the idea I was disavowing Key's To Drawing? I would still keep it into consideration, I have a huge collection of books and it would be less stressful to try to organize things by subject matter rather than by book. Just wanted some advice, because sometimes starting over from the beginning is the best way to resume learning.
You have a greater chance in life of experiencing the lazarus phenomenon (Being declared dead and then living again a short brief period later) than making some earth shattering masterpiece of a work.
At 12/19/24 06:21 AM, xeiavica wrote:At 12/19/24 04:52 AM, Jesse-Pinkman-420 wrote:What gave you the idea I was disavowing Key's To Drawing?At 12/18/24 05:14 PM, xeiavica wrote:I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
what made you disavow Bert Dodson's Keys To Drawing? you posted a page from it not too long ago
Your very own words "I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning."
At 12/19/24 06:35 AM, Jesse-Pinkman-420 wrote:At 12/19/24 06:21 AM, xeiavica wrote:At 12/19/24 04:52 AM, Jesse-Pinkman-420 wrote:What gave you the idea I was disavowing Key's To Drawing?At 12/18/24 05:14 PM, xeiavica wrote:I've been going around in circles for too long. I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning. But what order is suggested to learn the fundamentals? I need to make a plan to avoid repeating past mistakes. Fundamentals like perspective or anatomy and all that. How would you order it?
what made you disavow Bert Dodson's Keys To Drawing? you posted a page from it not too long ago
Your very own words "I'm going to start fresh, learning from the very beginning."
I'm still puzzled how my wording could give the implication I was disavowing Keys To Drawing. But I own a physical copy of the book and it was on my mind to read the book again from chapter 1. To reiterate, I was going to read my large collection of books and resources from square 1, with Keys To Drawing on my mind.
You have a greater chance in life of experiencing the lazarus phenomenon (Being declared dead and then living again a short brief period later) than making some earth shattering masterpiece of a work.
At 3/28/24 05:28 PM, SourCherryJack wrote:Welcome to The Art Forum Lounge
The Art Forum Lounge is here to provide an open discussion topic for the Art Forum users. Feel free to discuss the things that interest you that are not necessarily related to the topic of Art.
This includes, but is not limited to: film, music, television, books, food, pets, travel, fashion, just about anything else!
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For the latter remember to create your own personal showcase thread if you haven't !
Well I would want to put this forum back on track speaking of whatās your favorite art supply
Does anyone in here have any good advice for character design? I was talking about it with one of my friends a couple days ago but I want to get some other people's tips and stuff. It's something I've wanted to try to get better at but still struggle with.
Just saw sonic movie 3 and i was grinning from ear to ear the whole movie, it was so good.
At 12/21/24 11:04 AM, ChronoNG wrote:Does anyone in here have any good advice for character design? I was talking about it with one of my friends a couple days ago but I want to get some other people's tips and stuff. It's something I've wanted to try to get better at but still struggle with.
My little tip would be to look at characters that you personally like and try to replicate certain aspects of them.
And Iād suggest checking this video out. It helped me out a lot.
At 12/22/24 03:10 PM, VioletGJ wrote:At 12/21/24 11:04 AM, ChronoNG wrote:Does anyone in here have any good advice for character design? I was talking about it with one of my friends a couple days ago but I want to get some other people's tips and stuff. It's something I've wanted to try to get better at but still struggle with.
My little tip would be to look at characters that you personally like and try to replicate certain aspects of them.
And Iād suggest checking this video out. It helped me out a lot.
Thanks! I'll definitely keep it in mind for later.
Does anyone else deal with that antagonistic feeling of "not ready yet"? Even when I want to expand my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. I bail very quickly because I don't feel ready yet and need to return to the grind. It's like sticking your foot into a pool and it's too cold, so you are extremely hesitant on going forward or refuse to get in.
How have you, if you managed to find a way around it, beat it? Is this a fear of failure pretending to be something else? I don't know, I just wanted some general advice.
You have a greater chance in life of experiencing the lazarus phenomenon (Being declared dead and then living again a short brief period later) than making some earth shattering masterpiece of a work.
At 12/22/24 06:52 PM, xeiavica wrote:Does anyone else deal with that antagonistic feeling of "not ready yet"? Even when I want to expand my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. I bail very quickly because I don't feel ready yet and need to return to the grind. It's like sticking your foot into a pool and it's too cold, so you are extremely hesitant on going forward or refuse to get in.
How have you, if you managed to find a way around it, beat it? Is this a fear of failure pretending to be something else? I don't know, I just wanted some general advice.
It's a really difficult thing to break free from, especially if your upbringing may have ingrained those kinds of thoughts and fears into you. I think it would be a good idea to try to think about and try to find the source of where these feelings and thoughts of "not being ready" may be coming from. Unfortunately I don't really have any advice to give you when it comes to breaking free of those thoughts.
At 12/22/24 11:43 PM, Robertthebitch2 wrote:At 12/21/24 11:23 PM, Binkx4044 wrote:Just saw sonic movie 3 and i was grinning from ear to ear the whole movie, it was so good.
Are the rumors true that mister eggman turned into an egg salad sandwich?
yes robotnik did get spanked into an egg salad sandwich at the end :(
I'm feelin jolly asf
You know what a great christmas gift would be?
At 12/22/24 06:52 PM, xeiavica wrote:Does anyone else deal with that antagonistic feeling of "not ready yet"? Even when I want to expand my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. I bail very quickly because I don't feel ready yet and need to return to the grind. It's like sticking your foot into a pool and it's too cold, so you are extremely hesitant on going forward or refuse to get in.
How have you, if you managed to find a way around it, beat it? Is this a fear of failure pretending to be something else? I don't know, I just wanted some general advice.
I had this a lot when I was focused mainly on getting all my technicals as perfect as I could; I'd be super afraid of stylization because I didn't think anything I did that deviated from realism would look any good, and nobody would want to see it. Part of me still feels that way, but the rest at some point just said fuck it, I'll do it even if it sucks.
I compared the areas outside my comfort zone to what's inside it, and realized it's not really that different in terms of learning it. I learned realism by observational drawing, I'll learn to stylize by using stylized drawings as reference. I'll get better at illustration by looking at good illustrators, and so on. It's really not that different from the things I've studied before, it's just for something subjective instead of objective reality. Once you know you can skill up at something, it ought to help you realize that more growth is possible.
happy holidays everyone!
Hope this year was good to you and for next year to be better. I'm hoping im more active on newgrounds next year since im gonna be more free. anyways happy holidays!
At 12/21/24 11:04 AM, ChronoNG wrote:Does anyone in here have any good advice for character design? I was talking about it with one of my friends a couple days ago but I want to get some other people's tips and stuff. It's something I've wanted to try to get better at but still struggle with.
My tip is to take elements you like from other characters and slap it together to create an entirely new one. Have fun with it
At 12/29/24 07:03 PM, Cappuchiino wrote:At 12/21/24 11:04 AM, ChronoNG wrote:Does anyone in here have any good advice for character design? I was talking about it with one of my friends a couple days ago but I want to get some other people's tips and stuff. It's something I've wanted to try to get better at but still struggle with.
My tip is to take elements you like from other characters and slap it together to create an entirely new one. Have fun with it
Would you gimmie a tip too?
A while ago I did this thing and drew a bunch characters, but one of them is straight-up: a bipedaled archeaus. I asked for help before, and someone just suggested to make him shorter(?).
I just picture the guy as always looking like a upright Pokemon, what do you think I should do to his design?
Howdy art forum! How is everyone?
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a frog!
At 1/7/25 03:24 PM, Carcitypilot31 wrote:Howdy art forum! How is everyone?
I'm alright, you?
At 1/8/25 05:07 AM, ChronoNG wrote:At 1/7/25 03:24 PM, Carcitypilot31 wrote:Howdy art forum! How is everyone?
I'm alright, you?
Iām doing good.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a frog!
At 1/7/25 03:24 PM, Carcitypilot31 wrote:Howdy art forum! How is everyone?
At 1/8/25 10:00 AM, Hydweebers wrote:At 1/7/25 03:24 PM, Carcitypilot31 wrote:Howdy art forum! How is everyone?
same...
Hey yall!
Since its almost here, anyone doing anything for pixel day?
At 1/10/25 07:33 AM, Binkx4044 wrote:Hey yall!
Since its almost here, anyone doing anything for pixel day?
Idk anything about doing pixel art so no for me, but i can't wait to see what everyone else makes!
