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10101. 

       maid
       

       I read the "Fun with a pencil" book previously recommended in here, and I must say that it was a complete waste of time, at least for me.

       The entire premise of the book goes like:

       1. Draw a circle
       2. Draw another circle
       3. Have fun!
       4. Pro level drawing complete

       To put it into perspective, let me give you an excerpt of my next book "have fun writing a multithreaded, highly scalable and secure online game server", in the style of "have fun with a pencil".

       1. Create an empty text file
       2. Write "int main() { }"
       3. Have fun!
       4. Done! Your 100k line program is ready to launch!

       The entire drawing process is obviously trivial to the author, who clearly has lots of years of experience under his belt. I am tempted to think he wrote his book as a way of bragging his l33t sk1llz, but I'd rather apply Hanlon's razor, and simply believe that he just sucks at explaining.

       Edit: w00t, post 10101!

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10102. 

       MockingBird
       

       H-Ero said:
       She looks so cute.

       Is she an original character?

       Yeah, but I know her outfit is ridiculously boring. I plan on doing something about that eventually. XD

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10103. 

       H-Ero
       

       mockingbird said:
       Yeah, but I know her outfit is ridiculously boring. I plan on doing something about that eventually. XD

       Oh? I like her outfit TBH. It looks tomboyish, yet cute at the same time.

       Though I don't have a good sense of fashion, so don't take my opinion on this seriously. If you want to give her a different outfit, then I wish you luck in coming up with something that you're satisfied with.

       BTW I think all the art you've posted here has been really nice. Do you have a pixiv or DA account?

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10104. 

       Anohreul
       

       maid said:
       I read the "Fun with a pencil" book previously recommended in here, and I must say that it was a complete waste of time, at least for me.

       The entire premise of the book goes like:

       1. Draw a circle
       2. Draw another circle
       3. Have fun!
       4. Pro level drawing complete

       To put it into perspective, let me give you an excerpt of my next book "have fun writing a multithreaded, highly scalable and secure online game server", in the style of "have fun with a pencil".

       1. Create an empty text file
       2. Write "int main() { }"
       3. Have fun!
       4. Done! Your 100k line program is ready to launch!

       The entire drawing process is obviously trivial to the author, who clearly has lots of years of experience under his belt. I am tempted to think he wrote his book as a way of bragging his l33t sk1llz, but I'd rather apply Hanlon's razor, and simply believe that he just sucks at explaining.

       Edit: w00t, post 10101!

       I'm sorry for the recommendation then. I assumed that you already know some of the knitty gritty basic stuff and reccomended "fun with a pencil".
       It realy is a good book to learn 3d thinking from though.

       Well bear with me here.
       Try this book maid.

       This is one of his books that is more detailed and focuses on drawing figures ;) enjoy.
       http://illustrationisland.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/andrew-loomis-figure-drawing-for-all-its-worth.pdf

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10105. 

       maid
       

       Thank you very much. I'll take some time to read it later.

       At first look, it seems very academic, as it has lots of text, and little explanation on the actual drawings. That's probably a good thing, but will probably make it a little bit heavy to read.

       It seems to discuss the same points of most of the anatomy books I have, but unlike the japanese books I have, this one also gives a lot of time and space to the male figure, and how it is different from the female figure.

       Just to let you know: I do have books, and I do read them (even if I might seem like I don't). I have found that most books say pretty much the same things, so I'm not really thrilled about new books, unless they are either exceptionally good like "the illusion of life"; or are specialized, such as a book I have about drawing glasses, or another one I have about drawing hair, or another one I have about drawing interacting characters.

       I still believe that getting better at anything is <5% reading books, <5% studying the work of others and >90% practice.

       Once again, thank you very much for your interest in helping me.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10106. 

       Dan Hibiki
       

       how many of you guys and gals have deviantart accounts? i'm already watching a couple people from here on there. and i was looking to get the whole sancom set.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10107. 

       Nefly
       

       Doodle~

       

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10108. 

       Vespertine Aspergerian Nincompoop
       

       As is probably apparent by now, I have friggen long bus rides.

       Regrettably, I will most likely not make more pages of this... I'd like to, but I have no idea where I'm going with it at all.

       

       Sweet Santa shit... I've gotta stop eyeballing perspective!

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       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10109. 

       H.exe
       

       Still need more practice before I'm really happy with my drawings :V'

       

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       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10110. 

       Vespertine Aspergerian Nincompoop
       

       You can not do that to mouths. It's not allowed!

       (Oh btw, you should double check the forehead & the collar bones. I don't want to nag, but there's something weird going on there.)

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10111. 

       คภєк๏
       

       You can, and it is. Carry on.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10112. 

       Vespertine Aspergerian Nincompoop
       

       Soooooo~

       I'll just stay over here and be quiet then~ you kiddies can do what you will!

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10113. 

       Uncommon0taku
       

       Jakuryusei said:
       Soooooo~

       I'll just stay over here and be quiet then~ you kiddies can do what you will!

       So - which planet do you want to live on instead?

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10114. 

       คภєк๏
       

       That statement loses its power when you have a spaceship.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10115. 

       Vespertine Aspergerian Nincompoop
       

       UncommonOtaku said:

       So - which planet do you want to live on instead?

       I'm a Venus boy all the way, baby!

       Mars is for suckers!

       aneko said:
       That statement loses its power when you have a spaceship.

       Personally I'm not a fan of long commutes, are you?

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10116. 

       giascle
       

       Crappy 5-minute doodle oh boy

       

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       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10117. 

       Sutefuwani
       

       giascle said:
       Crappy 5-minute doodle oh boy

       

       He looks like an annoying guy.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10118. 

       Vegio
       

       HAHAHAHaha, spot-on

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10119. 

       Artwork
       

       Jakuryusei said:
       As is probably apparent by now, I have friggen long bus rides.

       Regrettably, I will most likely not make more pages of this... I'd like to, but I have no idea where I'm going with it at all.

       

       Sweet Santa shit... I've gotta stop eyeballing perspective!

       Make a large drawing of the spider in the last frame :3
       It looks so cute and cuddle from over here.

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote
10120. 

       คภєк๏
       

       sutefuwani said:
       He looks like an annoying guy.

       Shinobu from Koko wa Greenwood? He is.
       

       Posted 1 year ago # Quote

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