Traditional Art I dunno but oh well...

Discussion in 'Arts & Graphics' started by Xephos, Apr 12, 2008.

  1. Xephos Neko, gamer, animelover, and artist :3 *purrs*

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  2. Dredica SNES was the best.

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    Okay, I know I'm going to regret this, but if you want the truth, I think for a 14 year old, you could have done A LOT better.
     
  3. Xephos Neko, gamer, animelover, and artist :3 *purrs*

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    I'll take that but I've been busy these days. *Shrugs*
     
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    Your art isn't that bad :D

    I just think that you need to study the basics of art: elements and properties.

    The shading is quite off. Try using different pencils, they do help, some are thicker and darker, and some are harder, making them very light. (They should say like "H" or "B")

    Some of the pictures are smudged, and trust me, stay away from that, usually it just make it look very messy. I suggest you work on your proportions. A lot of the art work is lopsided. Try measuring out the space you need and stay in that limit.

    Look at other anime. Take some pointers from them so you can copy some eyes or noses or etc. They help :D

    And when your colouring in, don't colour all of it, just some parts, with the dark pencil it'll look better if you keep some areas un-coloured and some just shaded. With really nice effects, like multiple lines from close together to very wide apart. (This is called hatching).

    Here are some sites to help you:

    http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/techniques.html
    http://www.bluemoonwebdesign.com/art-lessons.asp

    Hopefully this helps ^^ Good Luck.
     
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    wow. Thanx for the help.
     
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    traditional art is what this is supposed to be in
     
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    ...really? I didn't know that. -_-;;