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[Space Dingo]

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I'm going to dump some of my art in here, and will possibly post more later on. I might even look into requests and commissions in the future. </p>


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<p> oy that was a lot. I tried making them smaller so they don't stretch the page or anything.


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[Salt Lord]

UGHGHGHGH STOP BEING BETTER THAN ME

 

[Space Dingo]

D: !!!! I'm sorry! I-I don't mean to be! ;__;

 

[migraine]

your work has so much color and life to it! lots of movement and interesting outfits and body types. I love the Sailor Moon pixel art :' )

 

[Space Dingo]

Thank you so much! That makes me so happy to hear! I try my hardest to draw nice characters and I think I'm currently in my expanding phase as anything I draw never looks good enough to me.


As for the sailor moon pixel. I would say that was my only real attempt at pixeling and I'm glad you like her!

 

[Siri]

Why can everyone on here draw pixels so well like goddamn.


I really like how you handle anatomy, and I'm really in love with how you draw clothes! Also, variety of facial expressions and structures:

nice.




Expanding phases are great!!! The awesome thing about them is that not only does nice art happen after (since they're usually when everything you've been trying to do/fix clicks and BOOM), but they can also repeat themselves a few weeks/months later, depending. You get to have a "wow nice @ me" moment after. It's a nice feeling, once it's over with (and everything stops looking sucky to your eyes).

 

[migraine]

I'm stuck in an expanding phase as well, but I think I'm starting to come out of it, things are starting to look nice to me again!! making art is constant turmoil ahahaha

 

[Space Dingo]

I don't know D: I just looked at a lot of people's pixel art and tried to do something simple. I haven't pixel'd since.


Thank you very much! References are my very best friends. I look at a LOT of tutorials and stock references on tumblr and deviantart. And then I look at a lot of art that wow's me and try to recreate their painting/coloring techniques. Like that Sith Lord/Lady I did, I was actually looking at a favorite artist of mine (Feverworm) and tried to recreate their coloring technique though I don't think I did it any justice.


I'm waiting for my expanding phase to be over. I haven't drawn anything all summer that I've been satisfied with. Soon I hope!

 

[Siri]

"making art is constant turmoil"


Truer words have never been written.


I'm...not sure if I'm heading out of an expanding phase or heading into one, to be honest. Hmmm. *does not understand my own art*


I would probably be screwed without references? I can draw someone at a neutral stand, but otherwise I have to whip out some pose refs or else whatever I'm drawing looks like a mis-proportioned mannequin gone wrong. > v >;;

 

[migraine]

oh I love feverworm!! I can definitely see the shading technique you were going for : ) her work is so detailed and colorful, no idea how she does it...and her blending is so subtle. that's the best way to learn, though, I think, just trying to replicate what inspires you.

 

[Space Dingo]

"making art is constant turmoil" @migraine


So true! So many times I feel like giving up


@Siri


Yeah I'm so glad I discovered references. I often use Senshi-Stock (Sakky?) a lot for my poses. I would be lost without her D:

 

[Space Dingo]

@migraine


Yeah! She's really amazing! And then there's Gawki. Their art are similar and pretty.


There's a quote I'm trying to think of. I can't remember it. Something about imitating art and I'm not sure if its flattery or something something make you a good/great artist. Or if I'm just blending two quotes together.

 

[migraine]

the one I know is "good artists copy, great artists steal", as insane as it sounds....but one way people have been learning to draw since forever is by copying master's works, so it makes sense!

 

[Space Dingo]

That's it! That's what I was thinking of. Yeah, I was thinking in the context that you said and not like legitimately stealing another artist's work. Like mimic an artstyle or something until you come up with your own style/variation.

 

[Space Dingo]

Incoming new OC!

Yeah his name is Neil Collin. I've got about four more coming in as soon as I draw them. I tried really hard patience with this one. I started looking at a lot of SAI tutorials that were unfortunately in Japanese. orz


At least I FINALLY figured out how to work the selection tool which made coloring SO MUCH easier.


EDIT: made some small adjustments

 

[Space Dingo]

The new OCs in WIPs form (I had a lot of junk on my scanner and was too lazy to remove the stuff so I ended up with potato quality screenshots)


Neil


Tess


Malika


Shujaa


Delmus


Sometimes I am Homestuck trash even after I left the fandom a year ago.

 

[Space Dingo]

I've now got Tess Summer done. Three more to go. This one was a lot more fun to color until I got to her hair :/


btw, binary tool is love, binary tool is life.

 

[Siri]

As someone who cannot color/shade hair to save her life, I have to say Tess' hair is really good! The colors are super pretty and work well together, and the different tones are nice to look at. : >


I've never used SAI so I don't know what the binary tool is, but I'm glad you had success w/ it...? x)

 

[Space Dingo]

I believe it acts the same way as the pencil tool in photoshop. There's no pixely-ness around the brush to smooth it out, just straight blocky color?


And thank you so much ;u; I always fret about the hair not looking right.

 

[Space Dingo]

Say hello to Malika Striti. This is like the first fan-troll I've ever put actual effort into. I'm like drawing and then watching a movie in between and then drawing again. I wonder if I should hook my unused TV up to my laptop with my HDMI cable and like multitask or something.

 

[Space Dingo]

I might end up spamming this thread a little bit tonight

An OC of mine, a potential webcomic main character that I don't really have any idea for yet. Her working name so far is Hannah and these are various palette colors I have for her.


EDIT:

Gaia commission I did a while ago.

 

[Space Dingo]

A new OC I've came up with. His name is Ezra and he's an former Alchemist currently a bartender. Good mix, right? Eh? Eeeh?

 

[Space Dingo]

So this is the finished piece for a secret santa thing I'm apart of. This guy likes John Hurt/War Doctor, the 10th Doctor, A german football (aka soccer) and his cat. So for his gift, I did the War Doctor in the 10th's TARDIS with his favorite player from the team he likes while holding the giftee's cat. Then when I have the money/chance I will print this at like a staples or something and then buy a frame to place it in before somehow shipping it off to Germany before the 11th.

 

[Space Dingo]

Another OC has appeared. I'm trying a whole new coloring approach that I started using when I did my last picture.

 

[Space Dingo]

Trying to really give backgrounds a try. I think the anatomy is off.... but honestly, this is the first time I tried drawing this pose and without reference as well as I really don't know how to describe this pose....?