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I'm in a DOODLIN' Mood

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Yeah here is my same sketch I did in pencil traced in krita just now, minus some details and shading, took like half the time too.
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    That feels much better...

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    Glad to see that it feels better to draw now! One thing I noticed is that there doesn't seem to be much line weight variation in your tracings, is that a stylistic choice? Asking just in case that your pen pressure is actually not working and it's not turned off by choice. If you are not comfortable with using pen pressure to vary the lines another method is to just change the brush size with shortcuts, it's gives more consistent results

    I did a tracing of your original drawing, I hope it does not offend you, I just want to show you that your art already have more potential than you think. I did not add anything myself in this one, just interpreted your lines.
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    Updated when I saw your picture above

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
    Hey that's awesome peas!

    Yeah it's mostly that I don't have experience doing it yet so I was just using the basic brush on Krita on that last one. One of the issues I still have using pencils is that I use too much pressure so it's hard to tune a line width brush just right so it isn't just thick boys all day you know.

    this is my first time playing around with painting in krita here
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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Hey that's awesome peas!

    Yeah it's mostly that I don't have experience doing it yet so I was just using the basic brush on Krita on that last one. One of the issues I still have using pencils is that I use too much pressure so it's hard to tune a line width brush just right so it isn't just thick boys all day you know.

    this is my first time playing around with painting in krita here
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    Shading's good. Protip (i'm not a pro): The smudge tool is good to harmonize the passage from light to shadow.

    Tallahasseeriel
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Hey that's awesome peas!

    Yeah it's mostly that I don't have experience doing it yet so I was just using the basic brush on Krita on that last one. One of the issues I still have using pencils is that I use too much pressure so it's hard to tune a line width brush just right so it isn't just thick boys all day you know.

    this is my first time playing around with painting in krita here
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    Shading's good. Protip (i'm not a pro): The smudge tool is good to harmonize the passage from light to shadow.
    Thanks!


    And I'll have to remember try it out.

    I was kind just playing to see how the blending worked between layers on different modes and such.

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I'm trying to figure out how to draw a lady whomst is also a crow person because of my kenku artificer idea for a d&d character.

  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Body of crow

    Head of beautiful woman

    Both the body and head are to scale

    It yearns for death yet cannot die

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I was thinking more of an anthropomorphic crow but you know what that's not a half bad idea juggs.

    Also I got that pencil you recommend and some cheap off brand leads for it. It's rad. Took me a minute to figure out the sharpener though.

  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Yeah that's the only pencil I've used for years. Buying the lead reloads are cheaper than buying new pencils and the sharpener gets it plenty sharp.

    I think it was ole Angel of Bacon over in the Artist Corner what reccomended it to me in the first place.

  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
    A lead managed to get completely stuck in the sharpener portion, I assumed that happened when it broke and bounced around in my bag
    This is my life now
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Body of crow

    Head of beautiful woman

    Both the body and head are to scale

    It yearns for death yet cannot die

    There's the crow demon in Dark Souls which is the complete opposite
    I think it yearns for death too though

    Peas on
  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
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    Throwing this down because I liked the cut of his gib. Not sure if he’s supposed to be wearing extra long sleeves and a dress, so this is his cousin or something

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
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    Drew nmy friend as a goblin, as she does herself. :)

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I found a newer photo of the original sketch because I can't be bothered to dig for the actual book he's in at the moment.
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    But that explains his outfit a bit better I think. Kinda a tunic situation. And extra long torso.

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
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    Drew my fave OC, Newt the Homunculus (They/She)

    They're an homunculus. An artificial being with sentience. Like all Homunculi, Newt was made with a flaw. Hers is that her right eyesocket keeps growing eyeballs. It's Kinda Gross!
    They're from an idea I had for a Visual Novel called "All My Hexes Live in Texas". I will probably draw other characters from that later. :)

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
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    Fake alphabet for a thing.

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
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    Fake alphabet for a thing.

    Making fake alphabets is so fun...

    Do you have it as a font? That makes it a lot easier to write in.

  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
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    Fake alphabet for a thing.

    Making fake alphabets is so fun...

    Do you have it as a font? That makes it a lot easier to write in.

    Nah, I’ve just thrown it together just now.

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I feel the urge to doodle this week

    But I'm still really sapped of creativity juice. My brain when trying to imagine something to draw just comes up blank.

    I should go to the museum this week if they are open. I wonder if I can take a small sketch pad in with me to doodle ideas if anything strikes me?

    Endless_SerpentsPeas
  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
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    Fake alphabet for a thing.

    Making fake alphabets is so fun...

    Do you have it as a font? That makes it a lot easier to write in.

    Nah, I’ve just thrown it together just now.

    This can be good for that: http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/

    I made this with it.
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    Alchemical symbols. :biggrin:

    Endless_Serpentsironsizide
  • CalciumtriceCalciumtrice Registered User regular
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    Witches are always fun to draw with their pointy hats and their magicks. This one's a garden witch.

    I'd originally done a version a few weeks ago to try out a painting process (starting with just value and adding the colour on top afterwards) but I really didn't like how the picture turned out. First picture in spoiler:
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    I thought I could do something better with the rough design though so I had another ago and ended up with a picture I liked a lot more.

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
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    Today's doodle turned out great i think.

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    So busy.

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
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    Study and copy of Kiryu Coco with reference, not my design
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    Peas on
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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    I feel the urge to doodle this week

    But I'm still really sapped of creativity juice. My brain when trying to imagine something to draw just comes up blank.

    I should go to the museum this week if they are open. I wonder if I can take a small sketch pad in with me to doodle ideas if anything strikes me?

    Ok, here's the first few randos my rando roller rolled.

    COLD DWARF RICH SNOB FROM CHINA
    FRIENDLY DEMON LUMBERJACK FROM THE WILD WEST
    ANGRY HUMAN DRUNK FROM THE MIRROR WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS OPPOSITE
    BOSSY SKELETON BODYGUARD FROM A MONASTERY IN THE MOUNTAINS
    CONCEITED SKELETON SHEIK FROM THE FREE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DICTATORIA
    BLUNT GHOST DRUNK FROM THE FRIGID NORTHERN BARRENS
    COURAGEOUS GIANT COWBOY FROM TOKYO
    CYNICAL GHOST ARCHER FROM THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE

    ...a lot of undead in this one.

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Oh those are drawing ideas? I thought it was an Aesop Rock song.

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    the last two are the best ones imo. but all are great.

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited June 2021
    I like the bossy skeleton body guard from a monastery I'm the mountains.

    I'm bad at skeletons though.


    I have a random prompt book around here somewhere too...

    The friendly demon lumberjack is tempting though actually. I'm thinking like a giant demonic Paul Bunyan.

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
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    Uhg

    Without practice for a while hands are really hard.

    Hopefully you see what I'm going for here :lol:

    Need to get plaid on the shirt and some redwoods in the background haha.

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    Marc Brunet has some pretty good tips in this one on drawing hands.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSMhDiWmjy8

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    Peas
  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Ok, I'm gonna post a WIP Because idk if i'll finish it tonight and i'm proud of it.
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    Behold, Sally! I'm pretty happy with this design. :)
    old design was a lot more conservative
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    Feedback is always nice. :)

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    That hat is rad

    21stCentury
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Decided to practice shading trying a face from one of my favorite recent movies
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    One of these days I'll get the hang of it.

    It's hard with pencils anyway imho

    I wonder if it's even readable to anyone who doesn't know who it is supposed to be...

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  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    What softness is your pencil? What helped me with getting the hang of pencil sketching was changing to a much softer one, like 6B or so and letting loose a bit. The increased contrast and softer feel while drawing really helped me.

    Tallahasseeriel
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    honovere wrote: »
    What softness is your pencil? What helped me with getting the hang of pencil sketching was changing to a much softer one, like 6B or so and letting loose a bit. The increased contrast and softer feel while drawing really helped me.

    I was doing hb and b this go round

  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    I wonder if it's even readable to anyone who doesn't know who it is supposed to be...
    HARK

    Tallahasseeriel
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I wonder if it's even readable to anyone who doesn't know who it is supposed to be...
    HARK

    Only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell befinned arm, his coral tined trident screaming banshee like in the tempest

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
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    Still working on this. quite happy overall but the body feels too long and there's something wrong with the legs i can't put my finger on perfectly.

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
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    Still working on this. quite happy overall but the body feels too long and there's something wrong with the legs i can't put my finger on perfectly.

    I think it's mainly the proportions that are off.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyWHmxFGVK4

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    Your character is about six heads high, which is fine if you want something stockier, but there needs to be certain consistencies.

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    In general I'd say everything from the pelvis down should be about half a head higher.

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    that's for that, Pwnan, i knew i had to lift up the pelvis but i have a better idea by how much. This is gonna be some delicate surgery though.

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