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Firecrackler In reply to artsyUnderstudy [2011-12-18 05:11:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I kept googling Dave after I saw your animation, and afterward I actually went into this strange sort of gloom where I just listened to Architecture In Helsinki and ate kettle corn until I fell asleep.

Lots of people like to write really sad, lonely, hopeless, tear-inducing sounding stories about Dave. I should probably not read the ones that warn of character death but I just don't. ;^;

Despite that, your fan art was really amazing! Even if I end up falling into some never-ending state of comatose angst because of it, I hope you keep making art like that ^___^.

Thanks so much for the compliment I don't think my art program can accurately imitate the original style of the comic, but I took inspiration from it when drawing this.

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artsyUnderstudy In reply to Firecrackler [2011-12-18 05:57:55 +0000 UTC]

I have to do some Sollux fan art for a commission but after that I wanna do a picture of Dave being happy or badass or something. I made that flash when I had gotten through having a serious discussion with my boyfriend about how complex Dave's character, and how he's kind of tragic but no one really recognizes it because he brushes everything off. I dunno, I love his character so much. Anyway I think people like to get into that depressing stuff with Dave because he is SO emotionally closed off.

Anyway, I dunno I guess I'm a heartless shrew but I don't anticipate people getting genuinely upset over art I make, it kind of always floors me. I just really like character complexity and, I'll admit it, DRAMA. Honestly, to me, I imagine Dave as more... angry than sad, and then moreso genuinely relaxed than angry. Just kind of pissed off about some stuff. I think also it's that Dave never seems... happy, but him being legitimately depressed kind of doesn't occur to me at all.

Anyway, enough of me rambling and psychoanalyzing Dave and myself, and I'll just skip to the part where I ask you what kind of program you draw on? Also I don't think you should try too hard to imitate the comic, one nice think about fan art is that you get to see all these different styles. Besides, you'll always do better work when you're not trying to conform to a style that doesn't come natural to you. I think the picture is really nice. :33 Definitely MSPA style-influenced but still personal.

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Firecrackler In reply to artsyUnderstudy [2011-12-18 07:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'm really attached to Dave, even though he technically doesn't exist. I guess it seems a little strange, but I worry about him sometimes. When I look at Dave, I interpret him as suppressing his emotions rather than brushing them off, which can actually be unhealthy, so I get anxious. I agree, with characters that don't show much emotion (take, for example, Spock) people really like to show them breaking down or bursting out in a fit of passion of some sort, I guess.

I honestly don't mind getting upset over art because that means it's special to me. If I watch a movie that actually makes me cry, it's usually one of the ones I buy and watch until I memorize. After so many pages, I got really attached to the characters and honestly feel like I know them more personally than almost any other character in anything I have read. It makes everything in both the comic itself and the fan art more real and riveting. I think he's frustrated a lot of the time. A lot of things go wrong, (comparatively) almost nothing goes right, and they're still sort of grasping at straws in the dark. I think that he's happy sometimes, but to me it seems happiness would be easier to hide than negative feelings.

I use Corel Painter Essentials 3 most of the time, but I only used that for a little basic sketching on this one. The one I used mainly for this was Photoshop Elements 4.0. Homestuck looks sort of...pixel-y(?), and I don't know how to achieve that. I do enjoy seeing different and interesting types of art, but I myself draw in a fairly simple and common way, and was attempting to try something interesting and different in this one. I'm really pleased that you like it!! That's really exactly how I wanted it to end up ouo.

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artsyUnderstudy In reply to Firecrackler [2011-12-19 00:58:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I totally agree. He's such a good character, and I find that I'm really attached as well.

Anyway, I think... there has got to be a brush that's pixelated on Corel, cuz I've used it before, but I dont remember what it's called. It's just a brush that doesn't smooth out the edges. There are gazillions of brushes on that program and I only got a trial version for a little while. Ah well. I think you should keep doing what you're doing. :33

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Firecrackler In reply to artsyUnderstudy [2011-12-19 19:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Dave just does that to people. Oftentimes I doubt that John is even the most loved kid because of Dave's gigantic fan-love.

Haha, I'm sure it's in there somewhere! I have and older and more basic version, but that seems like something one would add from the start. I do like Corel, because it has mainly traditional media simulating brushes, which can look very refreshing. Thanks a bunch, I'll keep working hard! I hope that you also continue ouo.

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