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# 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)