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Amaruuk October 31st, 2014 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by VeranithasVI (Post 8484753)
New avatar and signature awoohoo.

Really enjoyed reading through your retrospective, Amaruuk. It was really unique and well done, I really think there should be a pinned thread for all A&D users to contribute theirs. It'd be a cool feature.

Thank you so much! I really at times didn't even know what compelled me to do something so needlessly big in such a small place, but I guess once you start something ya just gotta go through with it and see what happens, even if my general history on the internet tells me interest is inversely proportional to effort. If just one person read through it, it's more than I could ever have expected.

As for a pinned thread, I agree, and if that became the case I'd move mine into there instead and make room in my gallery for actual new things I do :3

VeranithasVI November 3rd, 2014 2:58 AM

Hellooohellooohellooo. Is anybody hereherehere?

Got a few big pieces to go in my gallery this week, and I'm rather excited about them so I thought I'd drop in and get you guys all amped up and whatnot. There's been an amazing surge of activity here recently, with galleries and shops opening up left right and center, not to mention all of the sprite resource threads! Positive steps forward for A&D.

Amaruuk November 8th, 2014 10:28 PM

So I actually got around to turning the retrospective into the thread where y'all can post your own bios. It's possible that it could instead become a prefix for people to make bio threads in the future but for now it's just the one thread for them to do it in a post.

Gigadweeb November 10th, 2014 11:51 PM

So, uh, we might get a new gallery soon, as I'm trying to do commissions so you're probably gonna get a lot of pieces popping up from me.

A guy requested pixel art, which I'm rusty at, so I'm trying to get back into it. Any critique would be welcome, as I want to get to the point where people will actually bother coming to me instead of me coming to them.

http://i.imgur.com/jAYfKlP.png

Just in case you couldn't tell, it's supposed to be a Greek bust. Simplistic shading comes from doing Pokémon sprites for way too long. Might do the Moonlight Greatsword from Dark Souls for more practice later.

Amaruuk November 11th, 2014 4:46 PM

I'd say you're off to a good start, but have some reference open as you work to see how light affects marble, and also anatomy, especially in the neck. You have the clavicles out too far, the sternocleidomastoid muscles (the ones projecting down in the front) should form a V shape meeting at the dip in between the clavicles. I have no idea what is going on with the throat. For the face, I would suggest looking at sculptures and images which have the face broken down into planes, which helps with lighting and with getting the forms and proportions right without having to worry about detail until you need to. This is actually how sculpture generally works, so it'd help even more in "selling" the look of one. Best of luck to you! You do seem to have a handle on pixels in general, so just grab some reference and do studies and you'll nail the other stuff in time :)

Gigadweeb November 11th, 2014 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Amaruuk (Post 8495345)
I'd say you're off to a good start, but have some reference open as you work to see how light affects marble, and also anatomy, especially in the neck. You have the clavicles out too far, the sternocleidomastoid muscles (the ones projecting down in the front) should form a V shape meeting at the dip in between the clavicles. I have no idea what is going on with the throat. For the face, I would suggest looking at sculptures and images which have the face broken down into planes, which helps with lighting and with getting the forms and proportions right without having to worry about detail until you need to. This is actually how sculpture generally works, so it'd help even more in "selling" the look of one. Best of luck to you! You do seem to have a handle on pixels in general, so just grab some reference and do studies and you'll nail the other stuff in time :)

Thanks dude. I'll try and fix it up later on if I get the chance, although it's mostly just practice for lineart. If you don't mind, can you point out what each of these are? I don't really have the best grasp on human anatomy or sculpturing (always been a 2D visual art guy, focusing more on drawing and painting).

Fairy November 12th, 2014 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Gigadweeb (Post 8495578)
Thanks dude. I'll try and fix it up later on if I get the chance, although it's mostly just practice for lineart. If you don't mind, can you point out what each of these are? I don't really have the best grasp on human anatomy or sculpturing (always been a 2D visual art guy, focusing more on drawing and painting).

Right now, although it doesn't seem like it, you've already got too much unnecessary detail. Bring it back to the very basics and start working your way up. I highly recommend looking up a 3D model of a generic human, male head. Any kind of standard bust is going to be helpful for you, in this case. Here's a couple of YouTube videos that will help you get started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSW6ALspyZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiBYgBmhH0

Though they are geared more towards sculpture and 3D modeling, it's going to be good for you overall to get these basics of facial anatomy down.

Second, and I know you're probably not at this part yet, but please be careful when pixeling the texture! It can be very challenging, trying to capture that old school Greek bust feel, and sometimes it's easy to make a lot of unnecessary pixel noise while trying to capture all of the mono-color tones. Damn, I'm sure I remember reading something about good pixel texture creation.. I'll post it here if I find it.

Hope this helps you! Please post the final product when you get a chance! :)

VeranithasVI November 14th, 2014 6:50 PM

So I've more or less been dead for the past week or so. Trying to sort out real life issues and some online ones too, not good for the body or soul. But I'm back now, with all of my issues ironed out and the like. Hopefully I'll be able to start doing art again once Photoshop has installed onto my new PC.

Fairy November 28th, 2014 9:06 PM

Anyone art good over Thanksgiving? :>

JustJeff November 29th, 2014 3:53 AM

Mmm....May I ask what is thy saying?

Ice November 30th, 2014 7:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Fairy (Post 8513052)
Anyone art good over Thanksgiving? :>

I'm not fully understanding that sentence, haha.

There seems to be quite the dip in activity in this sub. Any ideas why?

Amaruuk November 30th, 2014 10:10 AM

Yeah, I've noticed that, too. Personally I've just been lazy/apathetic (holidays do that) but after being all hype about the art journey thing, nobody's posted one, even those who were all excited and said they would. Story of my life, the longer I spend on something the less people care :/

I have a whole mess of some stuff I've been doing for a couple months and been meaning to add to my gallery in its own section (it's an ongoing project) but I've been to lazy to bother adding it, even more so since noticing the whole section's activity grind nearly to a halt.

Ice November 30th, 2014 11:49 AM

I wanted to post, but I kind off new before hand that I've lost too many work to post in the thread. I could only retrieve like 14 pieces that I've made before my dex, and those only span 2 years. I try to comment in every gallery once they've updated, because I like to get comments on my work, so I assume most people do, but staying active is hard, because of my health and the fact that I'm still massively behind on my schoolwork because of my evilness.

Amaruuk November 30th, 2014 1:33 PM

Ah, well it doesn't matter how long the post is. I know I did way overkill on my own, haha. Good on you for commenting. I sometimes try to if I am struck with the right thing to say but that doesn't always happen and I don't like being redundant. Good luck with your health and your studies! Having been through college myself, I know at least what some of that is like.

Ice December 4th, 2014 9:46 AM

I voted for MotY and I noticed that we really don't have that much regulars here, atleast in the last couple of months...

Amaruuk December 4th, 2014 10:00 AM

Yeah, there really aren't. I get the feeling the votes are going to be few and samey. I'll post mine either this evening or wait for a few more.

Kyoe December 5th, 2014 8:36 AM

Yeah, I've been trying to spend more time in here myself. It looks like you guys have the same sort of problem the writing section does, just not as bad.

I'm undecided if I'll vote in this section's MotY, since I'm not really all that active in here, or haven't been, at least.

Fairy December 5th, 2014 10:29 AM

Yeah, A&D suffers from "post and go". But, trust me, I've had more members I'd consider regulars in the past month and a half than ever in my two years as mod.

Kyoe December 5th, 2014 10:55 AM

Well, I won't tell you to considered me a new regular, but I certainly hope to prove myself as one. :p

Amaruuk December 5th, 2014 5:30 PM

I feel like apart from maybe 2009, I haven't seen this place bustling with regulars since '05-ish, though I also have been gone from the forum myself for long stretches.

Kyoe December 6th, 2014 12:04 PM

That's actually quite a shame, too.

We could try implementing more interactive threads and events for non-artists as well! Like, we could do a 'New Artists Challenge' and offer an emblem for best art from a new artist.
Or maybe do a 'Art Class' thread, and include some skilled artists from across A&D giving tips and advice to people to better their drawing, pixel art, digital art, etc.
Maybe even have a big event for making a few new PC styles, and make them as compilation styles from people all over PC, or at least A&D.

I don't know, just spit-balling here. xD
The other thing is that it's holiday season, and people are spending less time on PC in general. Maybe it'll pick up even more come next year?

Ice December 6th, 2014 1:33 PM

Those ideas sound great, it's just that we really don't have that much regulars. Amaruuk, Fairy and I seem the only ones that actively try to react in threads, and read and post in this one. And lately it seems merely shops are active, so that makes that we don't even react that much lately. The other people that post here are shop owners, but those active now don't really post outside
their threads.

Amaruuk December 6th, 2014 2:12 PM

Yeah, there were a lot more contests and collaborative things going on. Everyone knew everyone else and looked forward to each others' entries. But alas, just having interactive threads isn't enough to make people participate more. To be honest I don't think there even is a 'trick' to motivate more participation. If people aren't gonna post they aren't gonna post. Sad, considering that I know there are a lot of old regulars who are still on PC but abandoned A&D. Maybe people are just busier as they get older? IDK.

Kyoe December 7th, 2014 7:15 PM

True, you can't force activity. At least there are still some regulars, though.

So, do any of you have an art crush right now? I mean some style of art you're been kinda crazy about, lately. Whether from one artist, a certain method, or a genre of art.

Ice December 8th, 2014 5:14 AM

At the moment I really enjoy surrealistic work. I had a couple of lessons at school were we dived into every major art style since 1900, and I really, really like surrealism, it's just so creative and beautifull.


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