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A dragon, some patterns, all in ink
24x18cm (about 9x7 inches)
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That's a bit much, but nice, thank you
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I'm glad you think so ^^
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Awesome! Love seeing another dragon from you, but even moreso, I really love that pattern! It's almost like seaweed
Interesting that bit of black intersecting the tail (and bisecting the pattern) there. A conscious decision? (Also, hah! I spy a bit of octopus in those suckers along its belly 
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Yes, concious 
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This is great, the pattern is eye soothing and I like the interaction, between the 'background' and the dragon,
especially at the tail. The dragon has quite a unique design itself, the spots on it's skin are nice and I'm always fan of 'whiskers' on dragons^^
Maybe the area above the chest is a bit slim, I think it's unusual that there is a bottleneck within such a body (if we compare it with blindworms or snakes), since the neck above is a bit thicker...
Yet that is up to ones individual interpretation
Anyway I'd like to see more of this style
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I treated this drawing sort of like a loose sketch at the beginning, I must confess that the dragon's anatomy wasn't a big concern to me at the time, so that's why he's slim here and fatter elsewhere. Maybe next time
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As I've said, I'd be glad to see that
Where would we end up without experimentation.
Have you ever given mandalas a go?
This is the very random youtube guy which got me into shapes, patterns and doodles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9z6fβ¦
It's very pleasing to then mix in such things with a more realistic subject,
just on their own, they often lack something, at least for me...
but probably the most crucial part is not to oversaturated the mixure
with too many focus points or contrast in too many places,
that's probably my biggest struggle (well, apart from the anatomy of the subject^^)
Do you plan on your drawings in advance?
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I've done some doodling of patterns over the years, but not so much lately, now when I draw those it's usually a part of a bigger piece (I guess you could say that "Fur and eyes" is a very big and complicated doodle). Like you said, I like it more when it's mixed with something. And I know that guy's channel, I think I found him last summer
I try to draw a good sketch before starting the actual thing, in recent years I discovered the value of thumbnails and thinking about composition. With this one I did a sketch to prepare, but it wasn't very detailed. Did you ask because you noticed that this drawing wasn't as prepared as most of my other works...?
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Indeed, weird he is but very uplifting
Yes, I've seen 'fur and eyes', one of the pieces, which can be discovered for quite some while
and it looks like a lot of work as well.
I do see you've come back to patterns just right now with your new monthly challenge
on a complete different approach than the chaotic, wandering, doodling style of 'fur and eyes'
I agree it's way more organized and based on composition and spacing, not that there's
something wrong with the anarchic approach.
Yeah, it took me very long to discover thumbnails as well, but their really helpful.
Especially with the comic I can't even imaging having to go without thumbnails again^^
Well, I did ask on this piece since I had some impressions which I thought might interest you.
Since I find it personally very useful to know the critical thoughts of other people
but also discovered that there are a lot of people on the internet which do not share this attitude
I decided to just ask...
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I see
Fur and eyes was not prepared to be a repeating pattern (though I'm working on it, maybe I'll finish that some day...) so I could make it a more chaotic piece. I want the patterns for this month to be good for things like textiles, wallpapers, etc. - I could make them less predictable, but I like the two I made so far, especially considering the time constraints I have, I can't spend endless days on them
Without thumbnails I would be completely lost!Β For many years I couldn't bring myself to making sketches beforehand and now it's way better.Β I think it shows in your comic that you prepare thumbnails and overall that you think about the final effect before starting work, and that's a complement
(Yeah, Peter Draws is uplifting to watch, the way he doodles combined with his appearance and voice make it a perfect, slightly crazy and inspiring combo
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No I just wanted to get it out of the way. I'm pretty bad at politeness anyways,
I don't know why it's so important for most of the people,
friendliness is desirable, politeness however is a very odd concept...
Indeed the patterns reminded me of the pattern style often used for tablecloth or curtains
the infinitely repeating ones are especially interesting.
Don't you use ink for the linework? That would have been my guess
As for the thumbnails, first of all thanks^^
and it was exactly the same for me, I didn't sketch beforehand for years, but I really should have
for comics it's even more important, since they should be readable even when seen from some distance
I'm relatively new to the storytelling part, so it is still strange to force myself to make more thumbnails than needed,
so I don't just use the ones that first come to my mind...
It's a bit like the storyboards used for movies, only that they know what they're doing^^
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Yes, yes, I use ink in my watercolours, but I meant inking only in black and white, it's a different kind of experience.
I think you're on a good way to become confident in comic storytelling, so keep up the good work and at some point you'll probably get the feeling that you know what you're doing ^^ Though I'm not sure if it is possible to be always completely sure of one's choices, haha. Hokusai was almost ninety when he was thinking about how he'll progress in later life
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Ah, even though I did not remember the name, I've had a small glimpse
at Hokusais work before.
Probably that's both boon and bane of art, endless possibility of progress,
everlasting disappointment, but at least there's no dependency on
being young, like in sports or acting. Only very extreme disabilities harm
the progress in this way.
Speaking of which, have you ever heard of Louis Joseph CΓ©sar Ducornet?
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No, I didn't hear of him specifically, but it's always inspiring to see people expressing themselves in drawing and painting even if there's something seemingly deterring them from it. There's a young guy here in Poland, who draws realistic portraits even though he has no arms (Mariusz KΔdzierski). I thought I've heard something about him many, many years ago, but I think he's my age, so that's not very possible
At least when it comes to age we don't have to worry, you're right ^^ I just hope to have a decently good eyesight for a long time, being nearsighted isn't a big problem now, but I hope I won't have to buy new glasses every year, then it'll be ok
(Though it would be great to be a genius and just know how to sketch/paint things without thinking, get famous, retire early and only make something once in a while when fans are begging or when inspiration comes
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I've never heard of him, but he's doing some great pieces
and it seems like he's still improving as well.
As for the eyesight, as long as one eye is decently good in shape,
we're good to go^^ Also laser surgery is getting more and more common,
that also should help (I'm nearsighted as well
Hmm, being a genius sounds great, but there are a lot of people in art,
which are called geniuses by the critics and specialists, yet I don't really
see the value or sense in their work...
So I might be a bit sceptical towards modern arts in general
and as an economy especially
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I'm too afraid to consider laser surgery, when there are complications, they can worsen the eyesight even further... And I don't think I would qualify, I had some problems while wearing contact lenses (I used them for years, only recently my eyes get tired very easily and so I settled on wearing glasses; other than that the problems weren't too bad, but you know, I sometimes have fallen asleep in them and once I had a problem, because when I was on the beach a grain of sand got under the lense and irritated the eye for weeks).
When I said "genius" I had in mind someone who can transform ideas onto the paper/canvas effortlessly and has a great imagination, nothing more
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Hmm, I have no clue how the statistics are on the risks of laser surgery,
but it's surely larger than zero^^
and it's always better to be safe than sorry, I don't think I'll go for it either
(also complications, but of other kind, a bit of bad luck to get some karma^^)
also it's rather easy to accustom to glasses
Well, genius would be nice, that's right, be it artistic or of any other kind
I'm not even sure if I'd like some business proficiency. Probably it would be
very useful in practice, but I don't really like it as a personal characteristic.
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I feel like my bad eyesight is a reminder of the days that I spent doing nothing but reading and I'm trying to wear them like a badge
(Would be great to be proficient in business at least a bit
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Aren't scientists still unsure whether
the eyesight is influenced by such activities?
At least my eyes were already bad when I started binge-reading books^^
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I heard that the reason might have something to do with not enough sunlight exposure, but I might be mistaken. In my case it was some time after starting reading like a crazy person, so there might be a connection, even if it is just that that I didn't spend enough time outside.
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I only know that in china a few years ago suddenly the number
of eye problems exploded, but I don't remember why.
Sunlight in child days might be possible, but I'm unsure if it's connected to eyesight
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I know I watched a video on YT on that topic, but I don't remember the details. It could've been on SciShow, but it is as likely that I clicked on something less reliable.
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Well, I've even heard it from a professor for visual systems,
but since I was too tired back then to remember anything
it doesn't really help that he's probably very reliable^^
It was the only course I've heard in this field though, so I'm
naive as ever
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Yeah, I forgot many things from university, that's just how it goes, at least the vague ideas of the topics that we had to learn about are still floating in our heads
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Especially with exams which are just about memorization,
not the only reason why I dislike those,
it doesn't make much sense if it's obvious that most students will
forget the content of the lecture in no time,
gladly those memorization exams are very rare for me^^
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It's not always about remembering everything, I feel like it's still okay if you forget about something, at least at some point it was in your head and you know about it and you will know where and what to look for if you need that knowledge again. I think studying at university is mostly about broadening your horizons and getting used to searching for information that you need to perform a certain task. I hope I make sense
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Hopefully you're right.
It definitely is the main intention of modern universities,
learning to learn and how to approach problems and search for
solutions. Still ist is weird, how much knowledge is lost in the process
and at least here there are many companies which ask rather specific
questions at job interviews, which is quite in contrast to the generic
approach in teaching.
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I agree, the way universities work probably should be different. I just hope it isn't all bad, I changed and learnt a lot during studying so I can't say it was a lost time
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