Showcase Smokey Papy's Artsy Fartsies

Started by SmokedPaprika April 8th, 2016 3:16 PM
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Age 27
Male
Seen April 2nd, 2019
Posted January 30th, 2019
177 posts
7.2 Years
Yo. I'm a special penguin: Smoked Paprika (or "Biscuit"), and I do what penguins do best. That is to say: f art.

Like a great, arting penguin usually is - I'm vanity incarnate, and I like to show off both the terrible and less terrible pieces I create on a daily basis. Unfortunately, I'm not that impressive at what I do, but my works will, hopefully, seem a little bit coherent. I love looking around and seeing what you guys are coming up with, so I figured I'd show off some of the stuff I've been making recently so that people can rightly tell me: "yo, dude, you're not much better than me, so please don't critique my stuff okay!!!!!!"

I'm afraid I'm not good at prettying text up, so you're going to be left with lovably hate-able Comic Sans. Hey, it's been popular recently - at least, the comic, Sans has.

Definitely don't hold back; I love improving my art a lot better than I love hearing about how potentially good my art is - for me, good is never good enough ;).

Without any further ado, here are my arts, loud and clear:

Character Concept/Sketches:
Spoiler:
Middle Aged Man
Spoiler:
Proportions are definitely off on this one.

Sableye
Spoiler:

Apologies for the terrible side drawings. I can't perspective =w=.

Banette
Spoiler:
My favorite Pokemon, distorted on the right.

Child
Spoiler:
Baaaaaah. The head. The head's shape is off on that full body drawing. It's grating on my nerves qwq.


Class Artwork:
Spoiler:
Sans' Judgement Hall
Spoiler:
Yep, I'm Undertale trash. Sue me.

Soup
Spoiler:
I really like Ratatouille. That is to say, the movie.

Soldier Wasp Sunset
Spoiler:
Nothing much to say, other than the soldier could have clearer details.

Movie Poster
Spoiler:
Drawn to reflect the hysteria regarding the movie - I had to deal with it at work.

Getting Cut
Spoiler:
Long work day. Lots of promises of getting cut. None fulfilled.

Dark Calm
Spoiler:
Did I mention that I like Black Mage? I like Black Mage.

Musical Seat
Spoiler:
Heh, that is not what a piano looks like.

What a NEET Computer
Spoiler:
Probably how most of us spend our days.

Perspective Practice
Spoiler:
Like I said - I can't perspective.

Maddening Bug Lab
Spoiler:
Bad turn-out; I had to pull an all nighter for this, so the shading is... eh.

Stipling Would Be Proud (Not Really)
Spoiler:
Also an all nighter =w=.


So, as I said before, feel free to critique and destroy my works. I love learning new things about art, and criticism gets right to the heart of it all.

Thanks a bunch for your interest!

~Biscuit.

Purist of Black Water

The way we were...

Age 35
Male
Australia/Oceania
Seen June 19th, 2020
Posted May 27th, 2020
811 posts
7.1 Years
I like your drawings.
I don't find them to be bad at all.

I'd like to see some in colour, if you don't mind?
see where your colour spectrum skills are at.

I especially like (would be proud).

true story... can't do black and grey/white art to save my life lol

Nina

Age 31
Female
Arkansas
Seen December 20th, 2020
Posted December 7th, 2020
2,409 posts
15.5 Years
What type of art class are you doing work for? I can see they have you working with white chalk and conte as well, so I'm curious as to what they've said in terms of you blending and shading ability with the graphite or charcoal.

Black and white works are a great place to start, and I'm interested in what specific materials you are using. There are some techniques I might be able to help with the...well technical quality of the work.




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Age 27
Male
Seen April 2nd, 2019
Posted January 30th, 2019
177 posts
7.2 Years
I'd like to see some in colour, if you don't mind?
see where your colour spectrum skills are at.
I actually do digital quite a bit - there aren't many of those I'd be comfortable showing on this website, though. That said, I did my avatar from scratch, for a quick example as to how I do when I half-bake digital artwork.

What type of art class are you doing work for? I can see they have you working with white chalk and conte as well, so I'm curious as to what they've said in terms of you blending and shading ability with the graphite or charcoal.
Just plain 'ol Drawing I. We use pencils (occasionally), bamboo brush/ink (rarely), conte crayons (black, sanguine, white), magic marker, and a whole lot of charcoal (vine charcoal, charcoal stick, charcoal pencils, etc etc). We often use a chamois with the charcoal art - and though it wasn't explicitly stated in class to do so, I use masking tape for hard black areas, as to avoid powder getting all over the place.

As far as statements go, Sensei seems to appreciate my sense of composition and my eye for detail (along with my personality????) most off. She likes my ideas, but not as often the execution. She hasn't specifically pointed out or complimented my shading and value techniques (well, she did like the range in one poor drawing I did), and most often criticizes me on anatomy, form, and proportion.

Black and white works are a great place to start, and I'm interested in what specific materials you are using. There are some techniques I might be able to help with the...well technical quality of the work.
I've actually been drawing (read: poorly sketching) for years now, but class introduced me to charcoal and different, new exciting mediums as of late. I hated charcoal at first, but it's starting to grow on me. Well, it was already growing on my hands and face before, but it's metaphysically doing so as well now. I usually sketch, sometimes go digital. I like charcoal, and sketching, and Stipling, and all that fine jazz, but I'm mostly planning on doing pixel art over the next couple of years for an overarching project of mine.

Everything said, thanks for your interest in my art - I appreciate it!

Also, a Kenya fan, huh? Interesting - the character never struck me as all that noteworthy, but I suppose different people connect to different characters in different ways.

Purist of Black Water

The way we were...

Age 35
Male
Australia/Oceania
Seen June 19th, 2020
Posted May 27th, 2020
811 posts
7.1 Years
I actually do digital quite a bit - there aren't many of those I'd be comfortable showing on this website, though. That said, I did my avatar from scratch, for a quick example as to how I do when I half-bake digital artwork.
It's nice. I like penguins too!
Good job!
Male
Seen March 13th, 2023
Posted January 8th, 2017
148 posts
7.1 Years
Haha your artwork's great! You have a wide range of stuff and it seems like you aren't afraid to try drawing new things :) Nothing's better than practice & experimentation when it comes to improving your art!

Here are a few tips when it comes to drawing people :) Using your child as an example:

Hair has a flow&direction, and right now the child seems to have spikes coming from all different directions - I took some creative license and gave him mid-length hair, but the same concept applies to all hair lengths! haha
Also I get that the pointy chins is an anime-thing so this is just my preference but no one actually has a spiky triangular chin :p




Age 27
Male
Seen April 2nd, 2019
Posted January 30th, 2019
177 posts
7.2 Years
Here are a few tips when it comes to drawing people :) Using your child as an example:

Hair has a flow&direction, and right now the child seems to have spikes coming from all different directions - I took some creative license and gave him mid-length hair, but the same concept applies to all hair lengths! haha
Also I get that the pointy chins is an anime-thing so this is just my preference but no one actually has a spiky triangular chin :p
Hah, you got me where I'm weakest -- humans! Like in most art forms, if you execute a certain piece without understanding the components within the piece, it'll just come out awkward. I should really read more and watch more videos about how people work. I really appreciate that you even drew an example to describe the process of the basic head and hair shapes. It's no secret that I have a long way to go in regards to balance and head shape. Also, thanks for reminding me that I've got to be careful with neck size and placement.

...But the pointy chin's gonna stay ;).
Male
Usa
Seen August 28th, 2016
Posted August 23rd, 2016
32 posts
7 Years
Yo. I'm a special penguin: Smoked Paprika (or "Biscuit"), and I do what penguins do best. That is to say: f art.

Like a great, arting penguin usually is - I'm vanity incarnate, and I like to show off both the terrible and less terrible pieces I create on a daily basis. Unfortunately, I'm not that impressive at what I do, but my works will, hopefully, seem a little bit coherent. I love looking around and seeing what you guys are coming up with, so I figured I'd show off some of the stuff I've been making recently so that people can rightly tell me: "yo, dude, you're not much better than me, so please don't critique my stuff okay!!!!!!"

I'm afraid I'm not good at prettying text up, so you're going to be left with lovably hate-able Comic Sans. Hey, it's been popular recently - at least, the comic, Sans has.

Definitely don't hold back; I love improving my art a lot better than I love hearing about how potentially good my art is - for me, good is never good enough ;).

Without any further ado, here are my arts, loud and clear:

Character Concept/Sketches:
Spoiler:
Middle Aged Man
Spoiler:
Proportions are definitely off on this one.

Sableye
Spoiler:

Apologies for the terrible side drawings. I can't perspective =w=.

Banette
Spoiler:
My favorite Pokemon, distorted on the right.

Child
Spoiler:
Baaaaaah. The head. The head's shape is off on that full body drawing. It's grating on my nerves qwq.


Class Artwork:
Spoiler:
Sans' Judgement Hall
Spoiler:
Yep, I'm Undertale trash. Sue me.

Soup
Spoiler:
I really like Ratatouille. That is to say, the movie.

Soldier Wasp Sunset
Spoiler:
Nothing much to say, other than the soldier could have clearer details.

Movie Poster
Spoiler:
Drawn to reflect the hysteria regarding the movie - I had to deal with it at work.

Getting Cut
Spoiler:
Long work day. Lots of promises of getting cut. None fulfilled.

Dark Calm
Spoiler:
Did I mention that I like Black Mage? I like Black Mage.

Musical Seat
Spoiler:
Heh, that is not what a piano looks like.

What a NEET Computer
Spoiler:
Probably how most of us spend our days.

Perspective Practice
Spoiler:
Like I said - I can't perspective.

Maddening Bug Lab
Spoiler:
Bad turn-out; I had to pull an all nighter for this, so the shading is... eh.

Stipling Would Be Proud (Not Really)
Spoiler:
Also an all nighter =w=.


So, as I said before, feel free to critique and destroy my works. I love learning new things about art, and criticism gets right to the heart of it all.

Thanks a bunch for your interest!

~Biscuit.
Looks cool:3