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Denizen-v1 In reply to TheTypeLord [2014-04-21 17:19:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks This one's a bit of a doodle

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TheTypeLord In reply to Denizen-v1 [2014-04-21 17:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah.... "Doodle" xD

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Denizen-v1 In reply to TheTypeLord [2014-04-27 11:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Really is a doodle XD lol.  I know what you're saying though because a year or so ago I wouldn't have been able to do this.  It's just time, practice, and being a brutal self-critic   I know this one isn't amazing by any standard, really, because even a novice can look at this and see the mistakes.  I think the thing with mistakes, though, is as long as you're consistent with them then the whole piece can look 'good' or get a 'wow'.  Most 'furry artists' make huge mistakes all over the place, but it doesn't mean the final piece is 'bad'.

Famous historical artists made tons of mistakes.  Take Van Gogh's sunflower painting as a prime example: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… No midtones, just local values.  But he did capture (at an odd perspective) a subject, and the key thing is that you portray your idea/concept consistently, then identify what could be better, then work on it over time.

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TheTypeLord In reply to Denizen-v1 [2014-04-27 11:36:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah sure, but I mean a doodle for me is just a little bullshit sketch you do on a random piece of paper, like a siöple anatomic sketch or something with a peper pen ^-^

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Denizen-v1 In reply to TheTypeLord [2014-04-27 23:12:35 +0000 UTC]

Those bullshit sketches are what the concept art and concept design industries are made up of they're the bread and butter of good and flexible imagination The pose in this was done in a very similar sketchy kind of way - the only thing that's different is what I've done on top of it, which, much like bullshitty sketching, is bullshitty painting, lol.  I've seen some of your work, and you've got plenty more flexibility than I had when I was doing the same themes.  Be proud of where you are   Keep trying and try to hold onto the things you think are poop.  It'll be great to look back one day and go "Wow, that wasn't even me back then, lol"

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TheTypeLord In reply to Denizen-v1 [2014-04-28 08:14:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, sadly I often rip off some concepts I sketch because they look bad to me (and I rage pretty easily on that xD )
Well, thank you very much o.o

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Denizen-v1 In reply to TheTypeLord [2014-04-28 12:54:35 +0000 UTC]

You are, by the sounds of things, your own toughest critic.  When I work on things, I start them because there's something I want to achieve: a pose, a background, a painting style, a perspective, a mish-mash of lots of other things.  So many pieces of work I do on my professional account have been done because I want to 'explore' a technique.  There are VERY few pieces about which I feel really proud.

If you'd forgive the image sharing here, but I just want to make a bit of a point:

ajwconceptart.deviantart.com/a… and ajwconceptart.deviantart.com/a… . I'm probably more proud of Iso Sketch than the big painting, because I achieved more with a limited colour pallet and established a better sense of space.  The Snow Walkers one was a great test for painting, but there are some serious fundamental flaws with it to do with how things vanish into the distance, and architectural accuracy.

But I like them both, as I learnt a lot from them.  Same goes for your torn-off argh-I-hate-this sketches.  If you're like me, then you're trying something, and you've decided, by getting to that stage where it didn't work out.  Remember what you did, how you did it, why it didn't work out (just remember the feeling you got as a good indicator that something's gone awry) and build on it

I don't mean to flog a dead horse; I just recognise and associate with everything you're saying! ^^

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TheTypeLord In reply to Denizen-v1 [2014-04-28 16:12:57 +0000 UTC]

Mhhh yes, sure o.o

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