Castle Paradox

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17394426/

Just like to share this. Just to show how bad I was.

Nowadays, I have stuff like this:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16957179/

They aren't the same person.

The Wobbler · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 2221

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

Thanks. I actually like to use Paint better than drawing, though.

rpgspotKahn · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:

The second does look a lot different by quality and artistic development.

But still there is something that connects the two. I somehow think that it is the slim figures with everything that sticks to the body, like the shirts and such. Making them seem like they were built up from a stick figure.
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Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

I don't draw bulky characters very often.

Uncommon · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:57 am Post subject:

Neither do you draw realistic not-skinny-as-fucking-twigs characters.

Zombie Hunter Green · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

It's not just that they're skinny, it's that they have no structure. It's like baloon animals.

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

So, how do I improve on that? It's not very great when someone comes by, says my art is bad, then continues on without some pointers.

Zombie Hunter Green · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:24 am Post subject:

Fuck you, Eggie. If you want to improve, then go out and actually practice or buy a book or go to a class or something.

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

Erm...Hunter. Isn't there a more tactful way for you to rephrase what you just said?

Jeez! I have yet to see you really try to do something serious, but your criticism isn't even constructive.
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Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

Sometimes I feel that I get better help from sticking my crotch in an anaconda's mouth.

I want to improve but I can't if everyone who posts just stabs a knife in my picture and yells "WRONG!!"

Gizmog1 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:04 am Post subject:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/16957179/

Bear in mind, I'm not very good at art, let alone Furry art, so take this advice with a grain of salt. However!

First and foremost, the neck. See how wide it is, compared with his shoulders? Beef up the shoulders a bit more, and don't make the neck curve like that, and shrink the neck down a bit to boot. Secondly, look up at the nose/snout, and how it attaches to his face. It doesn't quite fit the angle, you might make the part where it affixes at the top bend down a little bit, and then come back up diagonally to meet his face, which would create the illusion of length, and that it was protruding, more so than now where it's appears to be kind of trapezoidally attached, for lack of a better term.

I also dislike the fact that even though he's obviously a dog, the hair on the very top of his head is shaded differently than the rest of the hair, which is treated very flat. The hiar on the top is okay shaded, but it looks like mostly an after thought. You could kind of blend it in with the rest better, and make it look less like it's just sitting on top of him like a hat, or a really bad toupee.

EDIT: Also, there's some perspective issues with the left side of his coat, and the way the shirt's middle matches up with it.

Eggie · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 904

Thanks. I'll improve in those areas.

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:36 am Post subject: