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Those cupcakes are beautiful.
Your second pixel art spoiler is amazing! I could definitely see that in a game somewhere, it's very convincing. Really good showcase, everything looks top notch. |
Wow, I really really enjoy your style! :> the eyes, the round and soft faces ... thumbs up! I'm looking forward to seeing more from you
And those cakes ... oh my! They definitely fall under the category of "kind of too pretty to eat" ... though I'm sure they taste amazing haha |
I really like your digital illustrations of those princesses. The one little thing that bothers me is the nose; I'd try and perhaps scale it down a little, or perhaps just change the shape slightly. But it's by no means bad. Your pixel art is also cool, though I've not much to say on it really, other than it's great :P
But your cupcakes... They make me hungry, and at the same time I don't think I could bring myself to eat one. They look so good, I'd just want to look at it. I love how each swirl of icing is so defined and looks like it has a purpose. You've got a really good hand there for that. You've got some lovely stuff here :) |
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You would be right in that my nose game is...not that great. I don't fuss over the shape too much and it ends up looking like a blob, so I should pay more attention to it! A lot of cornstarch (or powdered sugar if you want an overload) is what makes the icing so defined. That and months of practice at my job, haha! It looked so easy when I started, but getting the right squeeze pressure takes just a little to learn... |
Daaaaaaaaang this is a good gallery. Love the cupcakes :D
I think your noses are awesome; finally someone who agrees on their appropriate size xd Can't wait to see more! |
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oh i love the variety of art work! that's really cool you have a degree in illustration. i was working towards a graphic design degree before i switched my degrees. it was cool seeing the photography of the cupcakes. they're so cute and look delicious! i really like the little illustrations of the flowers (the ones in the white square boxes.) i feel like that's something you would put on a simple thank you card. i like how you have an outline around them and then have a watercolor texture to color them. i really like your pixel artwork especially of the one in the above post. i wouldn't use the one with the black outline. i never like black outlines they just don't look natural to me. i would just do a darker outline of the gray like you were doing in the first one you posted. anyways, i really love all of your work and i hope you keep posting.
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Haha, the flowering of the berries actually is watercolor, but I did add an additional watercolor texture to their portfolio setup. That's something that I go back and forth in, drawing and coloring digitally, then doing traditional sketches and coloring digitally, then doing full traditional drawing and watercolors, then shuffle it again! It depends on my time and space I have setup. (My art desk isn't clean and it's faster to color digitally atm.) Thanks for the input on the outline! I agree I'm not too sure on the black outline. I think maybe I would make the grey outline just a smidge darker, but I like that kind of outline better. Quote:
---- So a small update-ish? I didn't have time to do anything today, had to get my car fixed and do laundry for work tomorrow. I played around with trying to animate something yesterday in photoshop. I used assets from Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance, I didn't change anything so it's not like it's part of my showcase, I just wanted to talk about it. I think it's kind of a proof of concept of what I would like to do, make small transparent scenes. If I have time I want to try my hand at making plants and maps in the same style of this game, as it's one that has inspired me a lot. Though I'm not so good at the animation part. Spoiler:
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Oh wow I really like those!
The colouring looks really nice :> I like how you added so much structure and details to the surfaces, it makes them look solid and vivid By the way, have you tried using different weights for your outlines? Make some parts thicker than others, play around with it a little bit :> It's not for everybody, of course, but you might enjoy it! |
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Oh man those Deku Babas are like, way more expressive than I've ever imagined them being. I didn't know those things were even able to be drawn in a way that makes them express some kind of emotion other than 'eat nao', if that makes any sense?? Like wow my entire perspective of those enemies has been changed lol. |
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I love the sketched version of those Deku Babas. I don't know why, but your pencil work is just nice. Lmao. I don't even know where that sentence was going but you get the idea.
Anyway, I think you should do more sketches and put them here, especially WIPs. I'd like to see your though process during a piece. I also agree with what Queenie said about thickening some of your lines, and emphasising parts. Could make a really dynamic piece. :) |
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I really like these sketches for the avatars you made. This one in particular. The whole thing looks really nice. This one I find the face bugs me a little. I think the definition in her face is a tad lacking. The cheek on the left side and her chin are just a little too round in my opinion. I think defining the contours of their faces a little would go a long way.
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Woo, long time no see! |
Thanks for the input guys! Yeah, they're in chronological order, I use them to warm up to the first one is bleh till the third. Unfortunately, I usually do these late at night so by the time I get to rolling closer to the third that I really like I'm too tired to continue!
In terms of texture, I use Kyle T Webster's brushes. He's got a billion gazillion now and I think the original set I had is divided up into bigger ones, but I primarily use the Ultimate Pastel to draw and color, and sometimes I mix it up like in these avatars I used the Ultimate Watercolor Flat brush to give it a bit more texture. But not being fancy, just bending with a square or rectangle brush can give things a different look. |
Super quick update. I thought I'd show some process, even though I might rework this whole thing. I just sketched some stuff out tonight, but gotta get up for work tomorrow.
I was thinking about doing a drawing in combination of a new profile for the fantasy theme, but it's a possibility I just won't have time!! I was trying something different with ink lines, but half way realized that's not what I wanted. I might just paint over and make lineart that way, working it in more than normal. I might also just print out the sketch larger and ink it traditionally on a larger paper, just to try and capture some of the previous energy? http://i.imgur.com/v0RAO0H.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WkinzfX.jpg Sword design is 100% to change, just messing around for now. |
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Oooh that's very nice! I absolutely adore the way you coloured it, it looks so pretty :>
Depending on what material the blade of the sword is made of, it maybe could've benefited from some shading and especially light and it's not completely straight either ... but to be honest, I don't really mind that too much because it kinda harmonizes with that "messy" (not in a bad way!) colouring style :D |
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I made one of those college course pitch posters that were usually on our bulletin boards! I mean usually they have more of a written pitch, but I'm not the greatest with words. That and it's not such a complex subject that it doesn't make sense from the images shown haha.
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WOW. THE CUPCAKES LOOK SOOOOO GOOD. I'm not even a fan of cake...but those cupcakes...yummmmm. Also I must say that the "Brothers" picture is probably the most adorable thing I've seen all day. The light coming from the crystal on the crystal and princess one is fantastic! Nice work!!
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Oooh my god, that cake looks so good!! Your mum must've been super happy :D I know I would be!
I really really like the drawing of the deer girl. The design and the colour palette are exactly my taste hehe it looks so warm and soothing :> Just one small thing: the arm she has raised in front of her doesn't look completely straight/weirdly wobbly. I get that it's probably supposed to be the way her clothes fall but it looks more like the arm itself is dented. Also, that pixel frog is adorable :D |
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That's a really cool pose and it's super well executed! :D Well done!
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I don't know much about 3D modelling, but the stuff you've made so far looks pretty cool!
That flower almost looks like some kind of jewel because of the colours and patterns hehe |
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I find certain parts kinda frustrating, as I actually made textures for the petal and it is not as intuitive as you think it would be to paint something. Well I guess if I just literally hand painted it it wouldn't be so bad, but trying to get the faces to work and saving the textures and what nots. That I have no idea if it's put into something else do I need to join everything and make it one object and one texture??? That probably didn't make any sense, but yeah! I made up a design and I like how it turned out. It almost looks like it could be a hard candy to me haha. |
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People who creates beautiful art always impress me. Keep up your good works. I loved your sketches!
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Well... I've just become a fan of your work, Nina. Your gallery is very charming, and I'd be surprised if anyone who took a peek didn't fall in love at first sight, haha. It's inevitable.
I might be exaggerating a bit, but really - I admire how flexible you are. I love your latest updates, so I went through the rest of your thread as well, and everything is positively amazing. There's such a great variety of art in your gallery; drawings, pixels, 3D work... you're even good at cake decorating, damnit. It's incredible. |
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very nice work. really liking the drawings and the pixel art. how long does it usually take to do the pixel pieces? i might have to give that a shot one of these days.
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Pixel art takes a lot longer than anything else unfortunately. http://i.imgur.com/zVPruBA.png I think these in total took like....4 hours all together? I started with very quick drawings, then pixel sketches, then some shading and refining. The smaller sprites that aren't so detailed only took about 30 minutes at most. The people were pretty hard, I didn't keep track of them. |
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ohhh i really love your gallery and how diverse it is! it's so refreshing to see someone work with such a wide range of mediums. your art style is gorgeous, i love the most recent drawings you posted. i especially like the dress on the girl you posted a couple hours ago! i want one like that irl haha. and the cakes you show in your first post are beautiful!!! i really wanna learn cake decorating myself, someday. definitely keep up the great work, i look forward to seeing more!
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I on one side like how diverse I am, but also get mad at myself because I think I need to focus on thing instead of a bunch of different things at one. |
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:O Those pixel art sprites are fantastic!!
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I am so jealous of your amazing pixel art! There's so much detail in so little space. You're making amazing use of the canvas. And I really like the drawings too. The designs are very vivid and the colours work really well
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My knowledge of Pokemon intensified after joining this forum
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WOW. Amazing update, Nina! It really shows how long the pixel art process can be. Haven't tried it myself, but I do know it can take quite a while to get everything the way it should be. 72 hours... I can't imagine dedicating that much time to pixels, haha. I'd probably go crazy or something. Gorgeous work, as always.
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I like your drawings actually.... because it looks really natural. Keep it up!
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i like your new additions ;3;
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Oh man, that's adorable. It has a very peculiar style, and you pull it off so well! It looks really original, while still staying very true to the original
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The pixel art is good but not great enough.
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The headshot pixels look great too-- very retro haha! Though I think it would help if you added a highlight color-- It's hard for me to describe but I feel like there's just not enough "shine" on it, you know? Either adding a highlight color or, since I know you like limiting your color palettes on pixel works, maybe limiting the use of the lightest shade of pink to the upper half of her hair? That said, I definitely like it better without the strand of shading in the middle- it looks nice in large solid pieces IMO! I also think it would help if you nudged the mouth over to the right about 3 pixels? Right now it seems a bit too far to the left! I hope your week improves Nina! ;v;;/ Really looking forward to the next update! |
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hmmm your previous pixel art challenge yeah totally looks polygon in 3D
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Oh Nina I really like this one.
I would going to hug her ( Joke) But the drawing is even better if you put some background shade XD |
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Brownish colour shade and the light source is from upper right.
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I thought you meant just a background color, which I could get behind, however I think adding any dark shading would ruin the light pastel feeling that the image has. |
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Beautiful............
I rele like it and I was like so impressed by it. Good Job! |
Ahh Nina this latest piece looks really lovely! The looseness really works with the way the flowers have been drawn in a way where I feel like it looks neat instead of messy like usual-- and the nice crisp green tones are really refreshing. It's probably just a sketch, but the unpolishedness is quite charming here!
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As a King and self proclaimed sub admin (maybe someday after a millenium lol) i checked Nina san's artwork and i can say some words about it. First of all, i could say that you are a big fan of Super Mario probably since you like to make flowers with mouth reminded me of petey piranha lol. Secondly, 50 hours per week? So under my royal command i name you Mikaela (Michelangelo female lol) you seem to like art a lot and your passion can be seen behind the essence of each art which is very cool in my opinion. Pure and nice art Nina san grats! Keep it like that and don't you ever change :)
P.S If you feel flattered about my words np almost every girl feels like that lol. Anyway, good luck for the future arts Nina! And i'm sorry that i'm not good at judging art like other people :( |
I'm quite new here and I scrolled through your gallery and I really like the progress you're making!
I really like it! ^^ |
Your art is so lovely, I adore your style. And your cupcakes look amazing!
Also - holy improvement! Your 2005 vs now is AMAZING. Keep up the good work! |
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watched entire stream and yep it's great :D
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i love these pixel arts ;o;
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