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(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:40, archived)
# hooray
somebody is here at this hour !

i cannot sleep
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:45, archived)
# nor can i
but i will probably be up for another few hours or so at least
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:54, archived)
# I'm under a lot of persecution from the missus
for my (voluntary) insomnia this summer, as a matter of fact.

I think I'm going to lose the battle pretty soon, too. She's relentless.
(tookishlad, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:04, archived)
# that is woo!
and yay!
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:55, archived)
# it's supposed to give
the illusion of continually moving towards you, but it just makes me feel ill...
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:56, archived)
# damn, you changedit
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:56, archived)
# YAY!
edit: you may like this picture : www.deviantart.com/deviation/8765414/ the artist has some STUNNING work, well worth a look.
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:57, archived)
# you work every colour in the fucking world into those things doncha :P
methings that swatches palette in your last TW post should've been a clue

edit: WOAH!! +fav there methinks... *wanders off for a look round DA for a while*

edit2: ahhh, now i remember www.deviantart.com/deviation/8803934/ was very nearly faved before but i couldn't work out how
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 5:59, archived)
# hehe, nope...
base colour (dark cyan) vary light white for the highlights, black for the shadows and then two colours for the coloured lights (often blue/red or some other contrasting combination) so usually about 5 colours :)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:03, archived)
# curses!
well you do a passable impression of it
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:05, archived)
# that woman on DA really makes me want to throw my tablet away, cut my hands off
gouge out my eyes and drown myself. Or practice some more.
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:07, archived)
# throwing the tablet away seems unnesecary
you do pretty well with it yourself (daily deviation anyone?) :P It's always galling to look at someone like that though, takes the wind out of your sails slightly

edit: plus she rips off josh kirby's style rather blatently sometimes
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:12, archived)
# yes, the DD caused a little bit
of contraversy. yes indeed...

edit: anyway, I'm sure she practiced a lot to get to that level, so... back to the sketchpad :)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:17, archived)
# hehehehe
i'm debating buying paint and trying that for the first time in a few years... might be fun
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:23, archived)
# i've been getting back to basics - graphite pencils on paper:
the results are worrying (ie not photorealistic, compared to the photoshop ones...!)

big

but i'm going to keep going becuase it should be good practice
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:29, archived)
# aye, i spotted a couple of those, you seem ace at texture but slightly behind on the actual makeup of the draeing
i can't drawto save my life, hence inormally do fractals and things which eliminate the need too
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:33, archived)
# yep, in my defence though,
this was the first drawing i'd done in years :) I've gotten a few tips now to do with proportion and layout so hopefully that'll help. You should give it a try, I think you'd do well. I'll email you some tutorials i found sometime if you like.
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:36, archived)
# that'd be really handy
i've only found ones designed for either preschoolers or the mentally challenged*


*people who keep drawing their dog
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:38, archived)
# this one springs to mind as being particularly useful...
www.portrait-artist.org/face/index.html
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:41, archived)
# *bookmarks*
i'll dig out a pencil later on and give them a crack
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:45, archived)
# nifty tutorial
i think i might get back into doing some freehand sketching in the near future too... either that or i will start scanning in my old stuff and retouching it and colouring it
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:50, archived)
# i was really tempted to retouch
the above sketch - in fact I had done, I'd moved the features around to the correct positions and everything in photoshop... but it felt like cheating so i didn't save it
edit: i'm not saying theres anything wrong with retouching though, just avoiding it on my own stuff for a bit
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:56, archived)
# i don't consider retouching cheating
as long as i am the one who is doing all the work. I know that i can do it just as well in either traditional media or digital, i just prefer to do the retouching in digital because it's easier to undo errors if i screw up somewhere, whereas if i am working with pencil it tends to smudge if i erase or with ink it's damn near impossible to correct an error
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:58, archived)
# i'm on a self improvement mission at the moment,
so hopefully keeping my mistakes visible will spur me on... :)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:01, archived)
# here's one sketch i did in grade 10 art class
clearly i have been a comic book nut for a long time... hehe
This one's for MorpheusRiot =)

(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:08, archived)
# ooo
cool :)
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:13, archived)
# i think i might play around with this one and finish it up a bit
see what i can do with it
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:15, archived)
# you rock
=D
(I helped save b3ta! MorpheusRiot Guambats or Guammibears?, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:15, archived)
# thanks
the art teacher didn't think so...

i got a B on that one... but then again my art teacher was a crackhead. i can honestly say i learned nothing in art class.
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:17, archived)
# most art teachers
have no clue what art is. i always despised being graded on what they thought was "good" or "bad". grr.
(I helped save b3ta! MorpheusRiot Guambats or Guammibears?, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:18, archived)
# yeah
i forget what stuff my teacher liked, but i was only there for the credit
(I helped save b3ta! rawr isn't really here., Sat 17 Jul 2004, 7:20, archived)
# lemonlopes!

how wonderful! I'm saving that person in favorites there.... I thought for a moment that they'd 'shopped it, and I about gagged on my grapefruit juice. Then I saw that they'd painted it, so I'm not as utterly intimidated now... only slightly so.

/haven't had much chance to browse deviantart yet. only posted one crap thing there so far, actually.
(tookishlad, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:12, archived)
# gah!!!

crap, that's disorienting!

/and is that the good captain archer 'neath the wheelbarrow, per chance? do you hate that show as much as I? makes me ill, it does. better than the previous 2 crap versions, but still crap.
(tookishlad, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:07, archived)
# it is,
but I actually don't mind that show - especially when that vulcan woman is getting 'decontaminated' with all the clingy anderwear and the glistening ooh err.. hold on .. i'll be back in a minute
(I helped save b3ta! tweaknik, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:10, archived)
# heh
yeah, she's not bad, eh?! I heard she hated the show, too, though, and it's all they can do to get her to stay. So she's sexy AND smart. Sheesh! I gotta change pants.
(tookishlad, Sat 17 Jul 2004, 6:13, archived)