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#aliengirls #aliens #aya #blueskin #girls #hat #hoodies #overalls #purse #sera #skirt #sneakers #stars #stylish #sunglasses #talia #tanktop #visor #whitehair #tonguestud #teenagers
Published: 2013-08-28 03:58:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 788; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 0
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This is a new version of my older pic where the girl is talking about her new tongue stud. This time I made them look more like my alien character, Ariel, by changing their hair, skin color and clothing to match her details/tastes.Related content
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Interseting characters, great colors! Well done! : D
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Thank you very much, Im really glad you like the colors, it was fun to do!
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Okay, here's the critique, which could pretty much apply to all of your gallery, but I'm just going to put it here because this piece illustrates all of the points I'll need to make.
Let's start with the good points: The character and costume design is really interesting I enjoy the fact that you're not afraid to add small details and patterns to the clothing designs.
I like your color choice and that you're willing to draw people in various poses.
Now for the rest: There's virtually no folds in the clothing they're wearing, making everything look incredibly flat, on top of the fact that you barely shaded this at all. Even in "anime/manga" style, pictures need depth and at least SOME realism.
This could be a stylistic choice, but it appears that every person you draw has very boxy/awkward bodies, arms and legs look like rectangles, hands look entirely too small in proportion with the face (hands should be approximately the same length as the front of your head from chin to your forehead.)
This could be due to not having a tablet (I'm not really sure what you're working with here), but the lines and the coloring in most of your pieces are sloppy and shaky looking. You seem to stay in the lines quite well, unlike most, but the fact that I can really tell that you scanned a picture then added color to it on the computer and did little else really takes away from the quality. If you're going to submit traditional art, submit traditional art. Don't just slap color on a pencil drawing and call it a finished piece. If you ever want to progress, this piece of advice should be the MINIMUM you take from this.
My suggestions to you:
Get a tablet if you don't have one. If you do have one, try practicing with it more and use it from sketch to finish product instead of putting color on a pencil drawing in photoshop.
Purchase some anatomy books, or check out stock images, or take a life drawing class--you can also ask friends and family to pose for you. Learn to draw from LIFE. Realistic subjects. If you learn the basics of that, you can apply it to any art style.
Look up some tutorials for drawing clothing to avoid having everything look so boxy.
Tutorials that will help:
also my favorite's folder: themandii.deviantart.com/favou… (These are more geared towards digital art, but you can still learn from them!)
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Thanks for taking the time to critique me. It was similar to one I had recently so for a moment I wondered if you were the same person lol. Ive copied and pasted your suggestions so I can refer to them in the future. Ill check out those tutorials too. Thanks again.
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This is a great start no doubt! There are couple issues, but that's okay cause we're all learning right?! I'd just keep practicing on the human form , as it is very difficult to master, as even the greatest artists ever struggled severely to become as skillful as they were . Also learning how to master the tools of Photoshop is key! There are some super great tutorials here and on youtube so make sure you check them out! learning from the pros helps a ton and trying to get through digital painting all on your own with no help is unwise and really hard. good luck!
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Thanks! Also thanks for the tips. Im assuming you liked my cosplay photos over my artworks?
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You are a most perceptive one! In complete honesty, your artwork is still in the very early beginner stages, which is totally fine! You just have to keep practicing and studying the pros and the fundamentals.
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Beginner?? Ive been drawing more than 10 years or so...
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Yes, this art undoubtedly still shows beginner skill level in drawing and painting with fundamentals of art (lighting, perspective, composition, color theory, texture, forums in space, proportion, scale, emphasis, unity and harmony and flow in all things as one....and many more) but that's nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed over, as even I am always learning and still in beginner stages in many aspects of art. Remember, time is usually a good indicator for some things, but it does not mean that it makes things what they are. Just cause you've lived for 100 years - doesn't mean you know how to live or that you're intelligent or anything for that matter. Just cause you've been drawing for ten years doesn't mean you've mastered drawing, and remember what kind of ten years are we talking about? Like ten years of drawing for a profession concept artist, ten years of drawing for Leonardo Da Vinci, ten years of drawing starting from 3 years old? You still have a great deal to learn, and the amount, based on your works, places you in the "beginner" stages, objectively speaking. I have also asked the opinion of others, who have said the same. Look around on DevArt, look to the all-time best and the worst in you own opinion, and place yourself skill wise among them - based on your works and theirs.
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I see. I have felt Ive been stagnating lately but I havent seen it being put like that. I wish I had someone to work one on one with those skills. I thought it was bad to compare your work to other artists though, because it makes one depressed or something.
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TLDR ALERT! "I thought it was bad to compare your work to other artists though, because it makes one depressed or something." Whoever said that has some issues with self-confidence and does not know how to live in a world where many many other surpass their own skills, look more attractive, are more intelligent, more kind, you name it anything really. The issue isn't that there are people that are incredibly great, kind, respectful, intelligent, skillful beautiful people in the world, the issue is that once they become aware of themselves relative to these "greater" people, they somehow let that be depressing due to unhealthy thoughts, when rather, they do not understand that you are you and whatever they are does not change who you are. But if you are not content with yourself (out of good reasons) and wish to improve, then these people are who you should seek out to learn from, as they are the master of it. Otherwise, if you are afraid of going outside and seeing the world as it truly is simply because you're afraid that you may discover that you'll see things that you like and you'll want those things for yourself now, because now you're not content with yourself and you aspire greater things for your life (good job, family, happiness, healthy, athletic, knowledgeable, kind, master-swordsmen, whatever it is!) then don't go outside, don't meet people, don't compare your art, just live in your world where you can only compare yourself to yourself. In essence, this said person is afraid that they may be discontented with their life....they're afraid of confronting themselves....afraid of growing as a human.....afraid of the hardship and struggle needed to grow as a human. See the truth, all of it, don't let it needlessly throw you into depression due to unhealthy thinking, use it to grow, use it to make yourself how you wish to be -better.....and every human being ever, including myself first, needs improvement. There's my two cents....peace bro!
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TLDR danger ahead! " I wish I had someone to work one on one with those skills." Its not a personal $100 per hour trainer or pro-university class, but search on youtube, there are so many that do full-real-time paintings (or sped up), and they explain in great detail whats going on (some better than others and also depending on the nature of video it may focus less on some things and more on others = you've got a lot of videos to watch!) Depending on how serious you are about increasing your skills, i would start with many of the art fundamentals (perspective, composition theory, color theory, lighting, detailing stuff like that, much of which i'm still learning too) if you're super serious. So try to find some good videos on youtube for that, or just someone painting exactly what you want to paint i.e and anime character or landscape. But if you're looking for some condensed, sneaky tricks and skills i would recommend specifically Feng Zhu ( www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL… : ) as i think he has many many helpful videos on painting landscapes and characters (and art in general) in you have 40-70 min to spare watching. Really one of the biggest hurdles for us artists is learning how to paint in the digital medium (photshop, sai, zbrush, 3DS max). I recommend Feng first cause he's a long time master of concept art and has done art for some of the biggest games and blockbusters so he uses many techniques to really make you super duper efficient (boost artistic morale!) which to me is one of my greatest issues - to put time into painting that is successful and worthy. Probably 80% of the time i put in is wasted in unsuccessful, unfinished, poorly done art. So try him first, that one of the places i learned quite a bit.
Further notes on FZD school of design:
Now a word of caution, Feng Zhu's school "FZD school of design" is meant to teach students how to become very competitive modern concept artist, that being said much of the knowledge to be gained is not about art but rather work flow, business, game design and stuff related to maximizing effectiveness in that field of work. I wouldn't necessarily let that stuff pass by you, why? Well, much of it teaches you how to make presentable, desirable, visually appealing art in a very short amount of time, thus many techniques are used to save time, be effective and get work done, is taught. I learn a lot of little sneaky photoshop skills there. Also there are videos for fundamentals that are heavy with content. Other videos focus on character creation and design - with a how to on nearly every level. If you jump into the newest videos he assumes you watched the earlier ones where he answer most of the noob questions and stuff. In any case if you just watch him real-time or speed up- you'll still learn a ton. When you have some tea and like 2 hours to burn watch one of his real-time paint studies and just try to listen and/or follow with your own painting side-by-side. good luck
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Those are interesting perspectives, thanks for your time in giving that really long advice.
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No problem, my intention is to help.
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Hah, well not quite what Im going for, but Im glad you like them.
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Sorry for the late comment. I like their clothes, especially the ones on the right.
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Thanks a lot. 
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Thank you very much. It was fun to do, I wonder if I might keep them this way for a while.
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Thanks, I think I will! 
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You're welcome. ^_^ I'll have to see their human forms before I say.
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Oh I thought that was the reason of why you answered what you did, but I figured Id ask to be sure. Here you go: mlblue.deviantart.com/art/Colo…
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Keep them in their alien form. They're cuter that way.
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I see. I think I agree with you. Ive already changed their names too, before they were Stacy, Marcy and Billie, but Im gonna call them Sera, Aya and Talia now. Just say the word and Ill make the change permanent!
Can you draw? maybe we can make some drawings together, brainstorm. I think Ill miss drawing them as human but I have been looking to do something different. If not, Ill just PM you links to any future drawings I do, I dont post everything I do here on DA. Oh, thanks for the fave.
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You're welcome.
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So do you like the name changes to my characters? Ah, I like that you have a Raiden pic, I liked me some Mortal Kombat back in the day.
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I do alot of characters from video games, or animes, or from my own imagination. And, yes i do love the name changes for your characters. Cute names.
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Sounds good. Thanks, a friend helped with them and they seemed to fit better.
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Ive actually collaborated with other friends before where I let them change my characters to their tastes. It can be pretty fun really, but its the first time Ive considered making any changes permanent.
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I'll do some more drawings, and try to figure out how I can get them uploaded. I go to the library, and they don't have a scanner I know how to use, and when I ask how to do their scanner, they say they're too busy to show me how to use it.
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Its possible they are too busy, or they maybe just dont know how to use it themselves. Ive worked at a library and a lot of staff arent very tech savvy. Its nice to own your own scanner. Id do some research on the web, see if there is a downloadable manual for the specific model of the scanner and study it.
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Or, maybe, I could get a camera phone, and upload it from there. I've done that before. My Undertaker drawings, as well as my Raiden drawing, I've uploaded via my cellphone that had a camera on it.
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Hmm, camera phones dont really take good pictures and you tend to get those black corners and shadows than can really obscure a drawing. You could get one of those all-in-one printers that also scan for home use which I do. If you absolutely had to use a camera, Id get a quality digital camera and a tripod for it so you can keep it steady.
Like I said before though, your best bet might be to study how to use that scanner at the library. I didnt always own a scanner, do you have a school or college you go to? They have stuff in computer labs that could help. And practice on your drawing skills especially, until you get really good and have an individual style that stands out.
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