Artisitc Merits

halfwise wrote:I don't use Instagram but it strikes me it can't exist without the smartphone.  So Petty I predict your questions will be answered by "who the hell doesn't have a smartphone?".

basically.

I'll never unnerstand this modern social media.  Why do I have to 'like' someone in order to 'follow' them?  In real life I may want to follow the scurvy bastard just pound on them, and that's got nothing to do with 'liking' them.

halfwise wrote:I'll never unnerstand this modern social media.  Why do I have to 'like' someone in order to 'follow' them?  In real life I may want to follow the scurvy bastard just pound on them, and that's got nothing to do with 'liking' them.

but you don't... you can follow someone and then never like someone..

{{Thought I'd bung up something different than my usual computer generated art- been doing some sketching of late, portraits of all things which i had never really one before as i prefer landscapes (landscapes dont complain you've put the trees in the wrong place or that their mountains don't look that big! ) but I decided to have a go anyway. And here's the results, a mix of the better half and her sister, her daughter and a mate of mine. All pencil drawings.










Still need a LOT of practise but not too bad a start I think, must be doing something right as since my better half started putting them on her facebook I keep getting requests from people to draw them!! }}

They really are very good Petty !

{{Thanks Az! But I'm not convinced- they are recognisably the people being draw and that's something, but lots of technical and line things not happy about yet- still learning though faces ain't like doing landscapes!}}

I saw this on facebook & it gave me the creeps then. Its that sinister Dalek on the right hand side that did it for me

If the subjects of the drawings actually are happy to take ownership of them, then you've done a good job. I'm quite fond of the texture of the hair.

{{Cant decide which backdrop I like so leaving up to a vote and the tastes of Forumshire. Just pick a top 3 with 1 being the one you like most. And ignore the on/off moon/planet its not important! }}

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They are all great pics, tough choosing. Boggled my eyes scrolling & counting I cant pick 3, I got it down to 4

4, 8, 10 & 12

{{ Thanks Az. Votes duly noted

For convenience here they are again to save having to go back a page, but Ive bunged them in spoilers to save space. }}


{{Cant decide which backdrop I like so leaving up to a vote and the tastes of Forumshire. Just pick a top 3 with 1 being the one you like most. And ignore the on/off moon/planet its not important! }}

Spoiler:

I like N F J the best, in that order.

What are these for? It matters, I like all of them with a touch of purple in the sky, but things like K are downright unrealistic, so don't prefer that unless you have a reason to look unrealistic. B is the edge of what my BS meter will allow with still having enough color to catch attention. L has too many stars, don't trust it. Need a physical reason for the ellipse in D and G.

I makes me sigh happily without setting off any alarms.

{{Sketch I did to while away some time at work last night }}

Interesting angle. One would think the thing was looking up at an interruption before proceeding to tear your neck out. Done from memory, I presume?

The hair on the chin with contoured mattes is especially convincing.

{{{That Halfy is the look a tiger has when its killing lunge is momentarily interrupted by getting close enough to catch a whiff of my kilt after which they tend to lose their appetite }}

Brilliant pic Petty ! Makes a refreshing change to see an animal from a different view, very well done

{{Thanks Az- world needs more drawing up animals noses! Picasso had his blue period, I have my up your nose period. }}

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{Sketch I did to while away some time at work last night }}

you should def invest in som edifferent types of pencils, from 3H, H, HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 9B. you have talent and if you learn how to build up layers of different pencils your drawings will have a lot more depth. also you can use a qtip to blend, and cutting up eraser to erase very spesific detaling is a cool idea, highly recommend. this is really cool as fuck. i wish you took your drawings further, cause i think you can.

{{ Thanks Norc, that's especially appreciated coming from you. I do have a full set of pencils, but I did this at work on night-shift to pass some time (I just do a random google images search and pick something) and the only available pencil on the work desk was a simple HB with an eraser on the end, and a gaudy colour. It was that or a biro, blue. }}

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{ Thanks Norc, that's especially appreciated coming from you.    I do have a full set of pencils, but I did this at work on night-shift to pass some time (I just do a random google images search and pick something) and the only available pencil on the work desk was a simple HB with an eraser on the end, and a gaudy colour.    It was that or a biro, blue.    }}

i thought that was the case  honsetly though, you and your drawings deserve better.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{Thought I'd bung up something different than my usual computer generated art- been doing some sketching of late, portraits of all things which i had never really one before as i prefer landscapes (landscapes dont complain you've put the trees in the wrong place or that their mountains don't look that big! ) but I decided to have a go anyway. And here's the results, a mix of the better half and her sister, her daughter and a mate of mine. All pencil drawings.










Still need a LOT of practise but not too bad a start I think, must be doing something right as since my better half started putting them on her facebook I keep getting requests from people to draw them!! }}

omg dind't see these until now. these are also really good, the proportions and everything!. you got talent! keep up the good work on building depth. pro tip, get some good thick paper so it actually can handle all the layers.

this is a good how to vid. at ca. 1 minute she brings up what i think you should try. 

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but you have the teqnique for picking up proportien and how it actually looks quite mastered, and that is the difficult part in my opinion. so if you practice shading and building depth it'll be sooo good..



god i wanna draw now..

{{ Thanks Norc, excellent vids too I shall heed your advice, I can copy a bit but you can draw. and I have the greatest admiration for that (and obviously envy! )}}

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{ Thanks Norc, excellent vids too I shall heed your advice, I can copy a bit but you can draw. and I have the greatest admiration for that (and obviously envy!    )}}

i promise you. i was where you're at once too. and i also have a long way to go to be like those insanly good people.


this is a legolas i did in 2010, and then again in 2014. i can do it again today and see if it is any better (although, this is what proko said is a bad quality reference photo, because it has flat light and you kinda have to gess the shapes and shadows)

i was where you're at once too.- Norc

{{Yes but I'm about 30 years ahead of you and still somehow behind!!! (Can't think why Nope its a puzzler )

Clear to see your development in those two drawings, not just the shading that's improved, the individual strokes are stronger and far more confident and the proportions are greatly improved and the expression much better defined and made a focal point.

I do have a new piece I am about to embark on quite unlike anything I have attempted to do before, but I dont want to say too much about it yet but rest assured I shall keep Forumshire updated once I begin on it. }}