[kate]

rrright...i see all these art people's around with there extremely impressive art, so i think to myself "hmm, i should put up my bad art to make them feel better :lol:" okay, just kidding, i only just started drawing after i quit a couple years ago, and i figured i post it here to see how it progresses *one year later* wow it's still crap :lol:

newho, my little doodle of a girl...no one in paticular...if i went to the trouble of giving her red hair she'd be me, but i'm too lazy for that, so here we go

(by the way feel free to criticise...constructive please tho, i'm fragile :lol: but go for it, i'm posting it here to improve, so any suggestions would be great)

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[Lightning Star]

hey, you're better than me after a year of drawing...its pretty good! pointers:

face, not so pointy,
the chin should line up with the left eye

can't think of anything else. must mean its very good, which it is

[kate]

yay! thx ls, i'll remember that in my next drawing :lol:

[Izar]

Good Job, you'd never want to see my art. My art is lame...

Anyways, good job!

[Golden Legacy]

Good Job Indeed ^_^

My artwork is an insult to everything known as art. Now, that is lame...

Nice job Kate ^_^

[SolAngel]

It's very good! It's a lot better than I could do...

[ForteGX]

I love the eyes. They came out perfect.

[Mallick]

Yeah,didn't I tell you it was great on MSN?You said

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Really?It is pretty lame I will post it on Gss and everyone will hate it!

[Silo STATIC]

:P

It's good, but it's not all that great. You got a little bit of the kiddie American curves and such, so I suggest looking at some anime material. You know, Google Image search for things like Angelic Layer or Inu-Yasha, or maybe even look at some of Camelot's artwork on Golden Sun. Maybe you might improve. :joy:

And that kinda looks like Bakura from Yu-Gi-Oh!, by the way.

[Echo_djinn]

All i can say is that u draw better than me(most ppl can)

[Wild Fox]

*smack smack* You're art is fine for only drawing a year! All you need is practice. What I would suggest is what Silo said: studying anatomy and styles of other anime/manga. My reccomendations are the newer styles of Clamp (Tsubasa, Chobits, Angelic Layer) and .Hack//legend of the twilight.

Practice makes perfect! :( Keep it up, it looks spiffy.

[Chosen One]

hmmm not bad, better than what i could do though.
6/10

[Neo]

only the chin is a little to pointy, furthermore, it's good.

[Isaac13]

I'd like to show you mine, but... i like it top secret. if you DO want to see one, look at anime drawings by flare. mines there. i drew it off of a dragonball gt video i got.
just make the face less pointy. and add a little more detail. otherwise, it's good. nice job. i'll show that one i was talking about anyway.

[Issac_Zero2]

Nice Kate...Not so detailed but thats what makes it look nice...I think the eyes are nice also... ^_^ Great Job

[kate]

yay! more lame art! i've never drawn a profile before in my life, so i figured i'd start now :huh: it's lame, but that''s why we call it lame art :( actually i'm kinda happy about how it turned out, i was expecting much worse. but then, of course, my scanner keeled it, so i had to redraw part of the wings and the dress after i scanned it, and i'm not good and computer drawing stuff. i think the wings should've been longer, but i drew it on a really tiny piece of paper. also i suck at drawing bodies so that explains that. it's an angel starring out a window looking kinda sad, 'cept i can't draw backgrounds so yur just gonna have to pretend there's a window :joy: and i have no clue why the chirp thing is there, i was just doodling, oh and the falling feather is supposed to be more impressive, but i suck at drawing those to so.. :angry: enjoy!

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[Mallick]

Good job Kate,I can't draw like that,I even tryed to make a bit of a copy of your first picture,but it TOTALLLY sucked!

[Issac_Zero2]

kate, on Aug 28 2004, 06:38 PM, said:

yay! more lame art! i've never drawn a profile before in my life, so i figured i'd start now ^_^ it's lame, but that''s why we call it lame art :D actually i'm kinda happy about how it turned out, i was expecting much worse. but then, of course, my scanner keeled it, so i had to redraw part of the wings and the dress after i scanned it, and i'm not good and computer drawing stuff. i think the wings should've been longer, but i drew it on a really tiny piece of paper. also i suck at drawing bodies so that explains that. it's an angel starring out a window looking kinda sad, 'cept i can't draw backgrounds so yur just gonna have to pretend there's a window :P and i have no clue why the chirp thing is there, i was just doodling, oh and the falling feather is supposed to be more impressive, but i suck at drawing those to so.. ^_^ enjoy!

This topic shouldn't be called Lame Art...Its should be called great art...
Nice Kate...I like the penguin...Cute...

[Gattaca]

YAY!!!! they rule.... well... compared to n e thing i could do... so.... although that doesn't say mcuh... oh well... all u need to do now... is get some more detail-nes... and learn how to edit them in photoshop and places... if u want... yay for the artness/.. *claps*... ok..

[Valistrix]

them pictures are really good Kate nice job i can draw anime

[Lightning Star]

yay! this is great! keep it up! you're getting better already ;) three cheers for kate! *makes clones and does the wave*

ahhh! attack of the clones (sorry)


back on kates wonderful topic ^.~

[kate]

more lame art! (yah, that's right, it never ends ;)) newho, not much to say, i've been reading alot of "how to draw" guides, so hopefully my drawing will improve...why does the scan always look worse??? i draw to light, u can't see any of the details....ah well...comments appreciated :(

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[Lightning Star]

OMG! kate that is so great! you are a very quick learner! i'm proud of you! ;) *pats kate on the head* nicely done

[Mallick]

That is GREAT Kate, you are getting better each drawing! more detail has been added each time 10/10!!!!

[Wild Fox]

That last one is really awsome!!! Those "How To" guides are really paying off! -_- The anatomy is perfect on this! The only thing you might want to change is the head. It's a tad bit small, but it still looks awsome! Everything else is really proportionate!

Yes, scanners are evil. EEEEVIL! They totally mangle everything.

[Kikuichimonji]

woah, this is sooo not lame kate, it's excellent!

[kate]

Okay, I feel really bad about this. I couldn't wait to make a pic for ls, but it sucks...so I promise I'll make another one that's much much better...newho, to give the name of the title justice, I present to you *drumroll* My Lame Art of Icy :( (for something so bad, it took me forever! and then my scanner keeled it, of course) yur supposed to be standing on ice...and there was supposed to be lightning in the background, but I didn't have enough room nor talent :(

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[Wild Fox]

Awww, that's so sweet! The art came out really well!! What did you use to color it? It looks like pencil, but at the same time like a crayon or pastel. :( *****s head*

[Lightning Star]

ayee! that is so cool! ^.^ *hands kate a HUGE bag of cookies* thank u sooooo much ^.^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/lightningstar/quote06.jpg

[kate]

thx icy, I'm glad you like it. and wf, I used an advanced artists tool that combines the smoothness of pencil with the ...crayoness of crayon. I call it....THE PENCIL CRAYON XD yah I'm too cheap fro anything else, my friends getting me photoshop, so I'll soon be colouring in that.

[Neo]

(damn... I made a véry long post... but I lost internet connection, so it's gone :blink: )

just as I was about to say, try drawing with photoshop. PM me if you want a good site for that.
very nice, very nice indeed. you became better and better. from a normal, quite nice picture, you started making very detailed pictures. I can see you watch the length of body parts very carefully. that is good, but here is a quick tip: sometimes it's better not to do so. you see that drawing before the one you just posted? the arms are the length they has to be, if you look at a human body. but in anime-style pictures, it looks less IMO. try paying less attention to such things, because if you made the arms a little shorter, it would be even better. ofcourse, this is just a tip, and I'm just an amateur, so don't pay much attention to me :)

[kate]

*nods* that's exactly what i thought when I looked at the pic *sigh* i'm pretty stuck in my realistic ways, but i'll work on it. thx for your input :blink:

[Lightning Star]

heres another tip:

when i first started drawing, i traced ALOT of things. but its good to do that, because then you learn the dimensions and over time you can start to draw without tracing (heck, sometimes i still do it, just to get the heads right) but don't get tooo comfy tracing because you want to see how YOU are doing on your own.

[Gattaca]

hmmm.... u ppl.... rule at drawing :(.... AND NICE ART!! (i tyhink i've said that like... ten tiem now... oh well... :) :D)

[Linear]

Just practice, and you'll get good at it soon. It took me a long time for me to actually to get really good at it. @.@ Really long time.

Continue to drawings. They're very nice to look at you know!

[Enoch]

The body, faces and compositions are all good. If I were you though, I would use a darker pencil. Try any where from a 2-B to a 5-B pencil. Darker makes it look nicer. An try to shade more to. Otherwise there all rather well put together.

[kate]

*sigh* this is a quick 15 minute sketch I did, my scanner killed it, of course. I'm pretty sad right now, so I drew it. I was looking at some old art, and I saw this one picture, and it reminded me of how things used to be...so much has changed, and I miss how it used to be...we're not so close anymore...yah, I'm probably not making alot of sense, so I'll just get to the pic (yah it's amazingly flawed, but I don't care...) and yah, that's a cut with blood running from it on her cheek, I'll install photoshop later and color it:

EDIT: full view please (cuz alot of thingies make it smaller to fit the page...shush, I know what I'm talking about)

[Lance]

ROFLMAO

No, I'm not laughing at you or your picture. I'm laughing at what it would look like if i drew it! :lol:

Excellent job, but I don't know what the means, coming from a guy who draws stick figures. ^_^

[kate]

thanks muchly lance, tho I'm sure with just a little practice you could be just as good...I'm not very good...newho, thx...i guess in the pic she's kinda waving at the lost people, or mebbe reaching out to try and bring them back...i dunno...too much deep thought for me

[Linear]

=P Awwwww......! That is a nice picture kate! =D You will get better! I know yuo will! Good job!

[Lance]

Whoa, I just looked at all your other art...

Dude, that is awesome. Why do you say it's lame? Best art I've seen on the internet.

[Enoch]

Try using a darker pencil. And shading wouldn't be a bad thing. Otherwise the composition is decent. And the hand is a little messed up. Not to mention backwards.

[Kikuichimonji]

Actually, the hand is in the right position and isn't backwards, if it is palm side up, which it looks like. To avoid confusion, make a line from the thumbs base towards the wrist...hope that make sense, I'll sketch one for ya...

I've skimmed through the pages, YOU'VE IMPROVED SOOO MUCH!!! The anatomy is PERFECT!!! I could never do that, without rubbing it out until the page ripped ^_^

Good Job!!!

[Enoch]

I agree, she is getting much better.

I would realy like to see more. I also relize that the scanner makes most of your pictures come out lighter then what they realy are.

Keep up the good work!

[kate]

:angry: ugh...just ugh...okayokayokay, let's go over the many things wrong with this pic, shall we? yes, we shall :angry: oookay so:

- the head is too big for the body
- the arms are to long
- the head is at a messed up position for the way she's supposed to be leaning
- her hands are totally ******
- the supposed "rose" looks like anything but
- there is a serious lack of shading, and the miniscule amounts that there is look like ****
- my scanner completely ****** it :angry:

and that's just for starters. I'm proud of the hair tho...cept as I said before, my scanner keeled it. me thinks I should just take a pic of it and show that...it would prolly have higher detail even with my non-1337 camera...newho...it's a pic...of a chick...feel proud.

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[Linear]

=D That looks awsome still kate! ^-^ Really kawaii if you ask me!

[Ravenblade]

as such there is absolutley nothing wrong with it...its is well drawn and it is easy to see what you were aiming for...maybe a little more detail next time though? not being critical here but i think that if you can draw as well as that, you should be aiming a little higher perhaps...just my opinion..disregard it if it suits...

[Kikuichimonji]

Thats alotta ******* kate XD

It's really good kate! The hair especially!

[ForteGX]

I think the head and the body are fine; all you really need to do is make the arms a bit thicker, and the hands a bit bigger; but not much. Otherwise, it's a really good picture. Nice work! :angry:

[Lightning Star]

! why didn't i see this topic had been revived before? anywhoo, i like the first one especially the eyes on it, and i don't think the arms are too long on the second one, i think they're perfect the way they are! ^.^

[Mallick]

Those are really good, Kate! I don't see anything wrong with them when I take off these glasses! (Kidding, it's spectacular!)

[kate]

I'm actually pretty happy about how this turned out *audience (or lack thereof :o ) gasps* ummm so yah, it's actually an old pic I drew that I just added creases and shading to...oh yah, and this is my first real shading or drawing folds in clothing, so plz don't hurt me! but any criticism is still welcome of course :blink: newho, yah, I present to you: elven chick! voila!

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[Linear]

=O that looks so awsome Kate! I love it! And I dont like to critisize. NICE!! XD

[Ravenblade]

so you want criticism do you? weeell....

the girls herself is really very well drawn and i cannot think of anything to criticse about her...however...there is a smudge thing at the right hand i side which i honestly am praying isnt past of the art and if it is then im just an intellectual pygmy and pay no attention to the fact i just called it a smudge.

the girl is brillain though kate - well done^^

[ForteGX]

The folds are good; and the shading gives it a really nice effect. Well done! :angry:

[Lightning Star]

ooh! you sent this to me in an e-mail too! yah the only thing i would say is make the mouth higher on the face, and maye towards the left a little bit...you don't have to draw all the details of a lip, just maybe a line and a dot underneath it for the chin

[kate]

thank you all so much n.n! yah icy, the pic really does only have a line and a dot for the mouth, just it's kinda smudged so it looks like there's more. as for the hand raven, that's actually my scanners fault, it doesn't look that way on paper. but my work is pretty messy, but hopefully that's just cuz I'm only working with an hb2 pencil and the eraser on the end of it XD

[kandy man]

woow ! kate you draw better than me ! :angry:

[kate]

Tsk tsk, how did you people go so long without my lame art to make you laugh? lol, newho, i drew this last night at midnight, cuz i was sad *audience goes 'aww'* darn rights, as you should. newho, it's messy and badly done, but i like it. i don't know why, i feel that it has more emotion then some of my other ones. the song lyrics are from a song by simple plan called 'pieces' (i lurf it) it explains me to a decimal. newho (i say that alot) i present to you: a chick who's bleeding (dun nana na!)

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[Ravenblade]

Thats well drawn and well shaded but um...depressing and im now concerned for your health. Ignoring that though at least here, very good - emotional drawins always have a certain...something going for them.

[Kikuichimonji]

aww!

there ya go ;) I luv the drawing kate, bit depressing though

[TobiasMar]

Well, that was pretty good Kate.

[Manning sucks]

it is better than the stuff i can ever draw. way to go ;)

[Lightning Star]

Thats so awesome kate, i can't find one thing wrong with it...must be because it was drawn from the heart. sometimes using our talents is the best way let out all our emotions.

[Enoch]

Looking at some of your art, I think that you would be good at free-hand pen. It would allow you to be more free with you sketches. Some peoples free hand pen looks similar to your anime. Try it, you might enjoy it.

[Zxor]

kate, on Dec 3 2004, 10:53 PM, said:

I'm actually pretty happy about how this turned out *audience (or lack thereof :rolleyes: ) gasps* ummm so yah, it's actually an old pic I drew that I just added creases and shading to...oh yah, and this is my first real shading or drawing folds in clothing, so plz don't hurt me! but any criticism is still welcome of course :D newho, yah, I present to you: elven chick! voila!

That one is really cool, the shading on the skirt/dress things is great!

[Somia]

wow you've improved, I like how you do shadings!~