Here's concrete proof that I was once terrible. These are from middle school (when I was probably 11-12.
I was always more of a video game nerd than an Anime nerd, but I did write l33t and read megatokyo. This comics starts as Operation: No more books (apparently where I do my best to destroy math text books) and my good conscious is teaching me a lesson for burning down a publishing company. She does this of course by putting me in viiirrrtuall reeeality. Here I encounter link.
and here is what I did instead of engaging in gym class:
I can never deny that I am a nerd. My "bad" conscious, by the way, was an emo kid with piercings and I drew him alot with hearts all around him, yeaaaah. Its embarrassing, but I think its funny to see where I grew up and where I didn't, personality wise. I still think emo kids are cute and dragons are cool. Fuck growing up, apparently. And bless my sister for not making fun of me endlessly, as she should of. I wish they were weirder, instead of generic DA worthy crap, though.
Yeah, you were a nerd. Atleast you still don't draw like that.
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"your a moron you know that wolves have packs wich they rely on nd they could ever here of lone wolves? you an idiot and your gay, wolves have packs and are smart with tactics" - Youtube Wolf Enthusiast.
This proves that at one time, we were at the same skill level, which means that I can get as good as you (in my own little way) someday!
When I've hit a milestone in my stuff worth celebrating, I'll dig up some of my super old stuff and join in the relishing not being terrible anymore.
There's really no mystery too it, I've been scrawling drawings on shit ever since I remember. You see a noticeable shift in my drawing when I got an art teacher who decided I should be trying to draw stuff I see in real life and not just the comics and cartoons I consumed. Its such a gradual progression, Its almost painful how much it reinforces the need for practice. This is why I always kept my old art around.
Personally, I've never been ashamed of what I used to draw a long time ago. Yeah, I was that self isolating anime/game nerd who had a few friends and drew stupid comics, and I'm happy I didn't stop. Just sorta powered through and did what I had to do to keep drawing.
That's an awesome way of putting it.
I know there's no mystery behind it, I was just being silly about that.
I was also that kinda kid, but I think the difference between us is that, while I've always doodled, I never really got to the "powering through" stage until not all that long ago (re: about six months).
I don't regret it, it just means I have a lot of catching up to do in terms of serious practice.
Seeing your old stuff, and the stuff of others just affirms what I can accomplish if I commit to it once more.
Real inspiring-like, Iruka! I look forward to the stuff you'll do this year.
BuckwolfeStarts With Them, Ends With UsRegistered Userregular
edited January 2010
Crapola! I probably should have held off on the comment I made in the Resolutions thread, and saved it in anticipation for you posting your latest works in your own thread instead.
BuckwolfeStarts With Them, Ends With UsRegistered Userregular
edited January 2010
My only concern would be the rate at which those types of inks/decals/whathaveyou decay over time,. Especially after a number of washing/drying cycles. Kinda like iron-ons, or glow in the dark shit.
My only concern would be the rate at which those types of inks/decals/whathaveyou decay over time,. Especially after a number of washing/drying cycles. Kinda like iron-ons, or glow in the dark shit.
Ahhh, okay. I think I know what you mean. It needs some reworking for sure. I'll try some stuff out, here it is on a shirt so you can see where I'm going with it:
What is the back story on the skull and raven (crow?)?
Also, I like the design, but I'm not sure which of the two I want to look at more. They kind of draw away from each other a little too much, Like two independent designs that were just put together on one canvas.
Of course, this is all based on I don't know what they are from or what they represent. It could be spot on and I'm just not catching onto the reference.
Its a cat skull. Most of my bird work in general is supposed to sort of have a vibe of decay and the separation of soul and body. This is more vague, just some Death, I wanted to try and work the motif into tee. DBH is such that the tee doesn't have to be a direct narrative/joke.
I can see what you're saying about the focus, I was hoping for a sort of downwards flow. All the focal points are sort of left oriented maybe I can fix that. Flipping the bird may even help.
Yeah, now that you mention it I can kind of read the downward flow you were going for, I think that the skull just kind of threw it off for me at first, because the bird is such a smooth and flowing form where as a skull is just a single static shape, so I didn't think to look for the flow in the S curve that I can now follow if I go from the skull to the feathers to the bird.
Some cross posting from the resolutions thread. I started to rework the feathers on the bird, I like it way better now:
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1/23
reworking the feathers:
My only suggestion would be that now the skiull looks very sketchy by comparison. You might want to consider adding more solid white sections into the skull to make them not feel so different.
Yeah, I see what you mean. I like the sketchy feeling though, I was thinking I could maybe transition the last of the tail feathers into a less solid state, maybe that'll help it have some visual progresstion from one to the other.
Mmm, I know this isn't an art related post for you, but I remember back a while in the chat thread that you asked for some music recommendations, if I remember correctly, that were like Daft Punk and Justice and all the other popular Dance/Techno/Trance groups out there right now.
If you're still interested, check out this DJ, Aaron Simpson. He doesn't do anything but spin his own set lists, which he makes available for download and he includes a track list so it is amazingly helpful as a resource for some good music.
Just a sample of one of the songs I found that I like, by listening to his mix releases.
His sets are a bit heavy on the DnB, but it is pretty good still, unless you have a hate for DnB music. I recommend starting with his July 2006 mix if you want to DL any of them.
If I have mis-remembered who was asking for this music, I apologize, and will take down this post and replace it with something less out of left field.
MustangArbiter of Unpopular OpinionsRegistered Userregular
edited February 2010
Damn it that was it, I was trying to remember what the scatter setting was called the other day.
I love that setting, I love it so much that I completely forgot what it was called.
Yeah, thats kinda why I'm doing this. It seems like alot of people discover brush settings and forget about them, and the animation kids tend to not use photoshop as intensively as the illustration students, and then get sort of behind about optimizing the program.
This is my first dark room print. Its sorta terrible, I made a better print but cant get to it till campus opens up again and I'm not snowed in. I'm learning everything, I have no business working a nikon or in the darkroom, buuut I'm doing it anyway haha.
Starting to color this guy for a friend. I tried to convince him to just let me finish up the other birds im working on and print that for him but noooo he wants this one:
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I was always more of a video game nerd than an Anime nerd, but I did write l33t and read megatokyo. This comics starts as Operation: No more books (apparently where I do my best to destroy math text books) and my good conscious is teaching me a lesson for burning down a publishing company. She does this of course by putting me in viiirrrtuall reeeality. Here I encounter link.
and here is what I did instead of engaging in gym class:
I can never deny that I am a nerd. My "bad" conscious, by the way, was an emo kid with piercings and I drew him alot with hearts all around him, yeaaaah. Its embarrassing, but I think its funny to see where I grew up and where I didn't, personality wise. I still think emo kids are cute and dragons are cool. Fuck growing up, apparently. And bless my sister for not making fun of me endlessly, as she should of. I wish they were weirder, instead of generic DA worthy crap, though.
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Cross eyed emotion-con DX
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Waving fan arms
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Yeah, you were a nerd. Atleast you still don't draw like that.
When I've hit a milestone in my stuff worth celebrating, I'll dig up some of my super old stuff and join in the relishing not being terrible anymore.
Personally, I've never been ashamed of what I used to draw a long time ago. Yeah, I was that self isolating anime/game nerd who had a few friends and drew stupid comics, and I'm happy I didn't stop. Just sorta powered through and did what I had to do to keep drawing.
I know there's no mystery behind it, I was just being silly about that.
I was also that kinda kid, but I think the difference between us is that, while I've always doodled, I never really got to the "powering through" stage until not all that long ago (re: about six months).
I don't regret it, it just means I have a lot of catching up to do in terms of serious practice.
Seeing your old stuff, and the stuff of others just affirms what I can accomplish if I commit to it once more.
Real inspiring-like, Iruka! I look forward to the stuff you'll do this year.
You can already vote on it.
http://www.threadless.com/submission/249729/GO_OUTSIDE/showmore,designs
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1/08
Oh, well.
Steam handle: Buckwolfe
Steam handle: Buckwolfe
The UV ink is kinda faded looking anyway:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/Threadless/videos/67/
I wouldnt want the orange to stay really bold, the shirts kinda busy anyway.
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Also dude, i only have class on wed/thru/fri, Sooo were going XS sometime this semester, man.
Yes!
We can do this.
Also, I like the design, but I'm not sure which of the two I want to look at more. They kind of draw away from each other a little too much, Like two independent designs that were just put together on one canvas.
Of course, this is all based on I don't know what they are from or what they represent. It could be spot on and I'm just not catching onto the reference.
I can see what you're saying about the focus, I was hoping for a sort of downwards flow. All the focal points are sort of left oriented maybe I can fix that. Flipping the bird may even help.
1/22
1/23
reworking the feathers:
My only suggestion would be that now the skiull looks very sketchy by comparison. You might want to consider adding more solid white sections into the skull to make them not feel so different.
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If you're still interested, check out this DJ, Aaron Simpson. He doesn't do anything but spin his own set lists, which he makes available for download and he includes a track list so it is amazingly helpful as a resource for some good music.
Just a sample of one of the songs I found that I like, by listening to his mix releases.
If you're interested, he has a myspace page and it has his direct downloads here:
His sets are a bit heavy on the DnB, but it is pretty good still, unless you have a hate for DnB music. I recommend starting with his July 2006 mix if you want to DL any of them.
If I have mis-remembered who was asking for this music, I apologize, and will take down this post and replace it with something less out of left field.
Doodles:
Been working on a texture/brush tutorial for the kids I TA with. The tutorial is still a mess, because I'm working in chunks.
Also, I should have some good news about mouth face relatively soon. I don't know exactly when though.
I love that setting, I love it so much that I completely forgot what it was called.
This is my first dark room print. Its sorta terrible, I made a better print but cant get to it till campus opens up again and I'm not snowed in. I'm learning everything, I have no business working a nikon or in the darkroom, buuut I'm doing it anyway haha.
artistjeffc.tumblr.com http://www.etsy.com/shop/artistjeffc
I like this. You're welcome for the awesome critique.
*double back-2-back helpful in-depth critique*
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:P nice crits. Thanks for the complements.