Boobs and Bots. An Art Thread.

[Matador]

Leet, on Uploading Black and white pictures to the internet; Make them grayscale. Rather than letting the few colored pixels [that sounds racist] get in the way of faster loading for those with slow internet, if you do that, you cut down the size from 600+ kb to 280 or so. Less if you do a little image optimizing. It lets those of us more interested in critiquing fellow artists need to spend less patience and spend more time being helpful.

That said, I love your sharpie work, but your pencil lines are a bit heavy handed. They're all the same thickness [though some have different weights]. The womans nose would show more information if you have a thiner line on the bridge before you used a thicker line to indicate the shadow beneath it. That's more information with the same amount of effort.

This probably stems from not having a sharp enough pencil. While not every drawing needs a sharp point, it's easier to describe something as thin as a hair if you have something as thin as a hair.

That said, you seem to have a good understanding of anatomy. However, you seem to have a bit of a problem with feet [and hands, though that's a bit harder to get in the amount of time you have in these studies.] Your feet seem to be a bit of club shaped. It might be wise to spend one of these classes focusing your entire page on accurately depicting feet, or try drawing your own feet in your spare time. I also suggest [and you'll hate me for repeating your teachers] practicing blind contour drawings of your hands. Not too often. Maybe once a month or so. It's important to be able to describe things by gesture. It may bot be fun, or beautiful, but it's good practice.

Also, Awesome robot, and awesome stippling.

[Leetmuffin]

Leet, on Uploading Black and white pictures to the internet; Make them grayscale. Rather than letting the few colored pixels [that sounds racist] get in the way of faster loading for those with slow internet, if you do that, you cut down the size from 600+ kb to 280 or so. Less if you do a little image optimizing. It lets those of us more interested in critiquing fellow artists need to spend less patience and spend more time being helpful.

I realized that at the last second. I converted the Stipple one to greyscale, and I'll be sure to do the others in the same fashion from now on.

That said, I love your sharpie work, but your pencil lines are a bit heavy handed. They're all the same thickness [though some have different weights]. The womans nose would show more information if you have a thinner line on the bridge before you used a thicker line to indicate the shadow beneath it. That's more information with the same amount of effort.

I agree that things are better with varying widths. That's why I prefer things that have more of a brush tip. With pencils if I need to create a lot of varying widths, I have to either shift how I hold the pencil or scribble a bit.

This probably stems from not having a sharp enough pencil. While not every drawing needs a sharp point, it's easier to describe something as thin as a hair if you have something as thin as a hair.

It also comes from the fact that I draw really really hard. I shove that pencil into that paper like it was a (sexual reference.) Thus the pencil is used faster and I have to sharpen it after like three strokes.

That said, you seem to have a good understanding of anatomy. However, you seem to have a bit of a problem with feet [and hands, though that's a bit harder to get in the amount of time you have in these studies.] Your feet seem to be a bit of club shaped. It might be wise to spend one of these classes focusing your entire page on accurately depicting feet, or try drawing your own feet in your spare time. I also suggest [and you'll hate me for repeating your teachers] practicing blind contour drawings of your hands. Not too often. Maybe once a month or so. It's important to be able to describe things by gesture. It may not be fun, or beautiful, but it's good practice.

Indeed, I hate drawing hands and feet. After a long time working on them, they'll still never look quite right. Hands always look awkward and strange while the feet look, well you described them fine. I am working on them though.

Also, Awesome robot, and awesome stippling.

Arigatou.


Also, here is a hand I drew.

That's a ring on her finger but I got too lazy to really draw it so it looks like a rock on a band. Which I guess most rings are.

[Agrajag]

The one of the guy sitting on the roof is really cool.

[Desov2]

The one of the guy sitting on the roof is really cool.

Yeah It was hardcore and so was the Mexican Robot one. Your art is awesome.

[Leetmuffin]

Thanks guys!

No update today for the time being. I'm working on a comic project but it should be done by the end of the night.

[Leetmuffin]

I'm working on a huge class project. We had a choice of the following
Draw what's inside the teacher's head
Draw yourself as a bird.
Draw yourself 72 times.
Draw the mascot in a super realistic fashion.
Draw your favorite teacher
Draw your least favorite teacher.


I'm drawing myself 72 times. It's a comic about my life. It'll be epic.

And here's the comics I make for the newspaper.

My first comic. It was about Frats cleaning up the messy Greek Row.


"Matt, make a comic on how Facebook sucks now." "Okay."
This also is me messing with how to do the lettering.


"Draw the governer candidates fighting over different sides of the state." "Literally?" "Whatever."
Fun as hell to draw.


"Matt! The economy is doing better! Draw something about that and do it in 5 hours!" "Alright then."
A little morbid but you shoulda heard his idea.


"Matt! I need a comic about Mormons pushing Prop Eight and I need it within two hours!" "Ugh... okay."
Done in two hours. Art is terrible but the joke is funny.

[MrSquishyDBC]

Teehee. I like the Mormon/Prop 8 one.

[Leetmuffin]

Teehee. I like the Mormon/Prop 8 one.

People either loved it or hated it. At least that's what my mail tells me.

[Tekkactus]

Leet, darling, Blambot is your friend. Pick something legible.

[Shido]

Yeah, I hate it.

[Leetmuffin]

But I hate the typing method in photoshop so much. I die a little every time. It never looks good, it's always a terrible resolution, and the only other idea I can think of is to use illustrator which is a pain.

[stock]

Change your anti-aliasing options?

[Agrajag]

Yeah, Photoshop text should not look like that. You definitely have something set wrong somewhere, probably anti-aliasing is turned off.

[Leetmuffin]

Today I hugged the girl I like. Saw my Biology teacher get arrested for stealing 600 dollars worth of jewlery. He was an awesome teacher. Also I got another letter.

Cartoon about LDS members was offensive

Editor:

After seeing the political cartoon about Mormons, polygamy and same-sex marriage, I can’t sit silent anymore. I realize hyperbole is the stock in trade of such cartoons, but I have to point out the vilification of Mormons in the media and public opinion following the Proposition 8 vote in California is based almost entirely on falsehood. Everyone seems to ignore one small fact: Mormons do not practice polygamy. Polygamists are out there, but they’re not Mormons. The Mormon church discontinued the practice more than 100 years ago and does not condone or tolerate it. There is no hypocrisy in the Mormon stance on same-sex marriage.

Those who have resorted to attacking the Mormon congregation deserve nothing but scorn. They yammer about tolerance and their rights and how they’ve been mistreated, and meanwhile they have unerringly found a child on the playground who is less popular than they are and begun some old-fashioned lying and bullying of their own.

I kinda felt bad about the first one because the person was very rational. But I fucking love this letter. I might frame it and keep it on my wall. I am a schoolyard bully who beats on the kids less popular than me. I deserve your scorn!

Also:

I realize hyperbole is the stock in trade of such cartoons

You don't know shit about what I do.

Anyway...

[Shido]

It's Jack's comments that are rage-worthy. Not your comic. Your comic is just inaccurate.