Author Topic: Official OT-Creativity Thread 2 (Read 225260 times)

2hackx · « **Reply #1350 on:** February 02, 2011, 12:07:55 pm »

I took my friends' moment.

moket · « **Reply #1351 on:** February 02, 2011, 01:37:25 pm »

Tourist there's an abandonned mosaic factory not far away from home, you just gave me the motivation to go there and grab some !
I'm sorting my hardrive after a PC failure, trying to take out some stuff out of the "to be continued" folder

2hackx · « **Reply #1352 on:** February 04, 2011, 12:15:47 pm »

Since I am in a bad mood, Imma put something something on this thread.

Mathias · « **Reply #1353 on:** February 04, 2011, 06:32:54 pm »

I was put in a bad mood last time you put something something in this thread.

Gamer36 · « **Reply #1354 on:** February 19, 2011, 12:01:15 pm »

Quote from: ptoing on October 02, 2007, 10:49:28 am

My first proper 3D model. A bit less than 500 tris, 128x128 texture. \o/

I know this was posted 4 years ago and, I probably WILL get a strike (and saying and knowing that I probably will get a strike will probably get me banned) but I just HAVE to know... How did you make that? And since this might lower my chance of getting banned I've decided to post a few of my drawings.
LINK TO RIDICULOUSLY LARGE PICTURE
For the 1st and 2nd, the explanation is in the drawing, for the third, it is here: My idea of ptoing's "Mod" form, not his "Pixel Artist" form. For those who don't know, the thing covering his head is a bag (I have no idea why) and his legs turned into a tree trunk. The reason they turned into a tree trunk is because I'm lazy and when the legs got to close together I just made them into something thin, like a tree trunk... Not to offend ptoing (as if I haven't done that already) but I just HAD to draw that. In case I do get banned for eternity, please remember me as the pixel artist nub, not the guy who pissed ptoing off...

If you break your neck or laptop trying to look at my picture you can't bring me to court, I already broke my neck (Lame)

EDIT: I have no idea why it was super duper enlarged...

Helm · « **Reply #1355 on:** February 19, 2011, 12:31:18 pm »

You're talking so much about it, do you *want* to get banned for some reason?

ptoing · « **Reply #1356 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:11:05 pm »

Gamer36, I did that robot using Wings3D, pretty simple and free 3D program.

So far you have not offended me, you just annoyed/irritated me slightly with your non-rule following. It's not we are a forum of evil bastards here who need to run everything really strict. The reason we do this is because we do not want people here who do not take stuff at least a little serious. This worked pretty great so far.

Also we do not ban people for eternity unless they do something really bad, which I doubt you will.
If you get banned it will be for one year, but if you behave and I am sure you can if you want to you will have no problem whatsoever.

pistachio · « **Reply #1357 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:57:10 am »

I guess this is what happens when I try to be like Arne...

...Using MS paint. ffferhgeruhg, maybe I shouldn't have done this

Also, would this be more fitting in the Doodles thread? If so, could you move it, or something?

Xamllew · « **Reply #1358 on:** March 20, 2011, 08:20:34 am »

Your lines are kinda sloppy, otherwise it's nice. However I don't feel Arne's style in it.

A character inspired by Western novels

Helm · « **Reply #1359 on:** March 20, 2011, 01:21:13 pm »

Quote from: pistachio on March 17, 2011, 02:57:10 am

I guess this is what happens when I try to be like Arne...

...Using MS paint. ffferhgeruhg, maybe I shouldn't have done this

Also, would this be more fitting in the Doodles thread? If so, could you move it, or something?

This is everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying to learn good fundamentals. Don't copy the 'style' of anyone. Arne doesn't use those grey outlines that become darker as a style, it's the output of his process, his way of thinking and his tools. You're using different tools, you have a different process and a different line of thinking behind how you do art. Understand the method, don't copy the effect.

Jad · « **Reply #1360 on:** March 22, 2011, 01:10:42 pm »

I made stopmotion!

Man making robot dolls is fun <3

' U '

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtpVb-WBloE&feature=feedf

Lizzrd · « **Reply #1361 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:06:13 pm »

Haha that's awesome!
You should REALLY add some sound to it too, would make it more complete.

Argyle · « **Reply #1362 on:** March 22, 2011, 03:08:35 pm »

Hahaha, Jad that's excellent! I like the dog design a lot.

Jad · « **Reply #1363 on:** March 22, 2011, 03:11:41 pm »

Whenever I get the time I wanna add some sound and a background image to it ' u ' so no sweat. Is probably gonna happen! ' u '

ptoing · « **Reply #1364 on:** March 22, 2011, 04:05:53 pm »

Hahaha, that reminded me of Azumanga Daioh. I think there is a scene pretty much exactly like this with a cat and the tall girl.

Jad · « **Reply #1365 on:** March 22, 2011, 04:44:08 pm »

Indeed, I more or less swiped it. My 'art' is an amalgam of everything. ZX bot also is an inspiration. As is takkun-bot from FLCL. The environment they are eventually gonna be in is inspired by I am Legend.

' D ' I have no inspiration of my own

pistachio · « **Reply #1366 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:14:15 pm »

Quote from: Helm on March 20, 2011, 01:21:13 pm

This is everything you shouldn't be doing when you're trying to learn good fundamentals. Don't copy the 'style' of anyone. Arne doesn't use those grey outlines that become darker as a style, it's the output of his process, his way of thinking and his tools. You're using different tools, you have a different process and a different line of thinking behind how you do art. Understand the method, don't copy the effect.

~~Well actually I-~~

Here, let me rephrase that.

"This piece was heavily inspired by some of Arne's works. However, I am not entirely satisfied with the result. Perhaps I should have taken a different approach and/or refined it."

It's not exactly that I'm trying to emulate the way he draws. Just trying to emulate the style of the things he draws--in this instance referring to robots. For example finding an aesthetically pleasing and functional position of the metal plates seen on this "antroid" (asdfg) or just the design overall that gives the impression that it is a robot. Face it, Arne does make some pretty kickass designs.

Looking back, though, the things you said still apply here seeing as I'm still trying to emulate something. Making the latter of this post obsolete. So point taken into consideration.

I think now I'll just go study mechanical stuff. I'll check back when I have something. OH BOY, THIS IS GONNA BE FUN!

@Jad, that's pretty nice considering it's one of your first stopmotion attempts (?). Robot doll and dog actually look pretty unique. Had you not mentioned that you pretty much swiped the designs from somewhere I'd have thought they were fully original. But don't worry, as you can see, I'm usually that way too.

Jad · « **Reply #1367 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:57:38 pm »

The designs are actually fairly original, so thanks <3

pistachio · « **Reply #1368 on:** March 23, 2011, 09:29:28 pm »

Quote from: Jad on March 22, 2011, 08:57:38 pm

The designs are actually fairly original, so thanks <3

Also I know I said I was going to post mechanical things.

I sort of lied. But it'll come later.

Can we post WIPs here?

Lots of pixel-pushing potential if it's scaled down, IMO.

EDIT: Added mountains behind clouds. Although I like having accomplished atmospheric fog it may be too contrasting behind stark white clouds. Might remove.

Also considered how can a crowd hear you when you're a hundred or so feet high? hmm

Mathias · « **Reply #1369 on:** March 24, 2011, 02:10:02 am »

Nice, Jad! But yeah, some sfx would REALLY bring it to life. BG music, too.

What is that, pistachio? Avatar on the Mount? Start a thread to get WIP, I'd say. I don't like how there's nothing really drawing main interest. The focal is a guy with his back to us? Feels like a bad angle.

pistachio · « **Reply #1370 on:** March 24, 2011, 02:20:36 am »

Quote from: Mathias on March 24, 2011, 02:10:02 am

Nice, Jad! But yeah, some sfx would REALLY bring it to life. BG music, too.

What is that, pistachio? Avatar on the Mount? Start a thread to get WIP, I'd say. I don't like how there's nothing really drawing main interest. The focal is a guy with his back to us? Feels like a bad angle.

Possibly.

I honestly can't say. I just know is it's some man, probably old-ish, probably a leader of sorts, and he's probably going to be addressing a huge crowd. Huge. But not that huge, and thus the size of the mountains may have to be adjusted.

That would be in the General section as it's not exactly pixel art, correct?

Once I get the thread up I might begin experimenting with the composition of the scene and etcetera. Perhaps getting rid of some of the boring/unimportant space to the left of the guy and putting some more on the right, to draw equal attention to him and the crowd. Might be somewhat more exciting, hopefully not too distracting, once it's added in. Excuse my usage of terms in this subject, I don't quite know all of them yet...

Mathias · « **Reply #1371 on:** March 24, 2011, 02:52:30 am »

Yeah, toss that thread up if you're serious about following through with such a huge pixel. Vast majority fall victim to delusions of grandeur at the outset of such a big project. Nah, my comments didn't really have anything to do with it being PA.

pistachio · « **Reply #1372 on:** March 24, 2011, 03:14:29 am »

Well let me elaborate. When I said "in general" I meant the General Discussion. As I said it's not really a pixel, more of what they call an oekaki. So at this point I'm just assuming it goes into the General forum. Sorry for the confusion. It was kinda dumb, I know. Will edit.

Don't want to chitchat for too long so a simple Y/N, more or less, should do the trick.

Helm · « **Reply #1373 on:** March 24, 2011, 09:38:41 am »

Jad, that animation is lovely!

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1374 on:** March 25, 2011, 06:57:14 am »

I have two images to show today, one of which was done approximately a year ago, and one that was done only a week ago. I wanted to know if any of you find one more successful in anyway than the other. Let me know what you guys think. The one in charcoal was done over a period of 2 weeks where the other was done over about 3.5 -4

Helm · « **Reply #1375 on:** March 25, 2011, 11:42:17 am »

Both show the same rendering prowess. The second is better by virtue of being more finished. The first one has a few shape problems, like on the (her) right breast. I have a feeling you might be misrepresenting the faces a little but it's difficult to tell for sure without photography to compare to. Red image in particular has a bit of 'flatface' going on with the facial features, but it could have been the model.

This is good work and I hope the skills you pick up here carry on to from-imagination work as well.

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1376 on:** March 26, 2011, 12:34:37 am »

Thanks for the comments Helm, its gone now because of nudity I guess but the first one was actually the most recent. I agree with the flat face on the second but the first one actually had a likeness I was proud of and was pretty true to the model. The finish level was definitely because of the difference in time we had to work on the images.
Imagination work is really a problem for me, I'd like to think I'm getting a little better but the hardest part for me with imagination work is I can't make it look realistic. I can make something well structured, reasonably anatomically believable, but at best it just looks like a drawing from a 3d model.

pistachio · « **Reply #1377 on:** March 26, 2011, 12:47:53 am »

Now, I'm not an expert in anatomy. Nowhere near it when compared to others in this thread, in fact. But I'll give my two cents, hopefully they'll be worth something.

The one in red--the one that's still up, y'know, that you did a while back. I'd agree with Helm that it seems a bit flat faced but from what I remember about the first one you've improved by at least some degree but the lips are still kinda strange.

Arms seem good. Hands, yeah. (Right one might be a bit too bony, though) The thing about the torso, however, is that it seems a bit too wide and/or the shoulders too square. I noticed this after looking at the breasts, those seemed a bit wide too, and somehow flat.

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1378 on:** March 26, 2011, 01:56:54 am »

Comments appreciated man :] I definitely agree, I think the latest one is at least a little improved when it comes to anatomy, about her lips, they were slightly parted and so I drew them that way- she had very unique lips.
The red one definitely had broad shoulder issues, and overall things were a bit flat. Slight improvements are nice but I have to push myself to do much better than that in an entire year.

Jad · « **Reply #1379 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:54:54 pm »

I wanna post a portrait too!!

Indigo · « **Reply #1380 on:** March 29, 2011, 11:02:24 pm »

Hey ryu, just wanted to drop by and say I totally saw a huge improvement in the newer one before it got taken down. I could tell immediately which was more recent. Keep that shit up. I'm envious.

Mush · « **Reply #1381 on:** March 30, 2011, 06:49:35 am »

Great stuff Ryumaru and Jad

Thanks for the motivation!

Jad · « **Reply #1382 on:** March 30, 2011, 03:26:48 pm »

haha wow I just realized how weird her nose connects with her upper lip

and yet there she was in front of me all the time, why didn't I notice. Gah * D * I'll blame my bad glasses

pistachio · « **Reply #1383 on:** March 30, 2011, 03:42:33 pm »

Quote from: Jad on March 30, 2011, 03:26:48 pm

haha wow I just realized how weird her nose connects with her upper lip

and yet there she was in front of me all the time, why didn't I notice. Gah * D * I'll blame my bad glasses

I didn't notice that either. I think there's something odd about her left cheek that's bugging me, though... Huh.

Jad · « **Reply #1384 on:** March 30, 2011, 06:00:37 pm »

I think it's that the two cheeks don't really look alike. We had bad lighting conditions so sometimes some shapes would be completely hidden in the flatness of the light ' 3 '

Grinner · « **Reply #1385 on:** April 02, 2011, 11:38:22 am »

The art in this thread is absolutely excellent.

Some of my works:

Etch-A-Sketch fan art:

Pardon me if I've posted too many images :3

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1386 on:** April 03, 2011, 04:18:37 am »

Jad: the upper lip thing is barely noticeable if not pointed out first, and it's a really nice portrait. Those eyes <3

Indigo: Words like that keep me going, when you're in it it's hard to see improvements sometimes; though you have nothing to be envious about.

Grinner: no way you did that on a etch-e sketch

Mathias · « **Reply #1387 on:** April 03, 2011, 04:49:09 am »

Quote from: Ryumaru on April 03, 2011, 04:18:37 am

Grinner: no way you did that on a etch-e sketch

Oh crap, that is an etch-a-sketch . . !

Jad · « **Reply #1388 on:** April 03, 2011, 09:57:02 pm »

DVÄRG

pistachio · « **Reply #1389 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:18:26 am »

@Grinner (& Ryu & Mathias): Wow, for an etch-a-sketch that's actually pretty neat. Pretty unusual to see someone accomplished in that medium.

Everything above that, though, needs some work.

@Jad: Nice. A dwarf? It was pretty hard to tell where his left leg was but otherwise it's actually pretty cool.

As for me, it's funny because I don't usually draw anthros (this badly).

It's kinda big.

I can see lots of things wrong with it myself, so critique away! If you want.

Jad · « **Reply #1390 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:46:15 pm »

I made a new portrait

Grinner · « **Reply #1391 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:38:20 am »

Looks very good, although her nose looks broken (?).

Geti · « **Reply #1392 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:18:41 am »

Figured I may as well start dumping stuff here since I've been doing quite a lot of NPA for the last while and I miss the criticism of this place.

My first piece using the lasso as a primary tool. I ran out of time so I threw some grain over it and called it quits.

I wish I had the time to code an engine that could cope with this sort of stuff...

Mathias · « **Reply #1393 on:** April 09, 2011, 10:02:24 pm »

It grows . . .

philipptr · « **Reply #1394 on:** April 14, 2011, 07:56:50 pm »

Long time since I've last been active here!
Didn't achieve much in the meantime, so here's some semi-quick pixeling I did:

and a test with different colours:

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1395 on:** April 16, 2011, 07:32:33 am »

Mathias: woah.

Philliptr: Nice palettes.

Some studies:

philipptr · « **Reply #1396 on:** April 16, 2011, 08:54:00 am »

Woah, especially the first one is way too good for just "some study"

May I ask how heavily it is referenced? I'd like to know since I always wonder how much those who are actually able to paint reference when they do so.

Ryumaru · « **Reply #1397 on:** April 16, 2011, 08:09:02 pm »

The first one is a study of Van Dyke's cornelius, so it is as heavily referenced as it gets. The purpose was accuracy of drawing and development of form.

Cure · « **Reply #1398 on:** April 19, 2011, 04:38:13 am »

trough · « **Reply #1399 on:** April 19, 2011, 03:16:35 pm »

Cure: That is Beautiful. I would buy a print of that in a heartbeat. What medium is that? A woodcut?

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