Post your sketches here!

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Loyal

So I got bored at work and started doodling (like I usually do). Instead of throwing it out at the end of the shift (like I usually do) I figured I'd throw tonight's bounty in here instead.
[pics]
I have no clue what I'm doing with guns, eyeballs, or trenchcoats from backwards angles. Does it show?

You did extremely well for some one that has no clue what they are doing...
got any tips?:whee:

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Kyanbu: I agree with CJ. You shouldn't cover your art with effects. The lens flares look inappropriate and like you're trying to hide mistakes in your work. Also, are those sleeve-gloves she's wearing? What are they made of? If it's metal, she needs some articulation there. While it looks very good, if it's solid material, it's just not practical. If it's some sort of flexible material, you should re-work the shoulders to take the stiff ends off of them, or make it clear the stiff parts are separate somehow. That said, it does look good.

I'm not using lens flares.

The Flares were used to display a charging energy look. If you notice each of the Swarm Torrent Drones has a Flare that looks like a charging laser like effect in front of it where its gun barrel is. Also she's not wearing gloves/sleeves thats her actual arm coated in a flexible shell to help reduce the damage done to her arms (same goes for the tan and black like parts of her body). Her chest plate, legs, and torso is made of a natural metal. I hate having to spoil a part of my story/series every time I post an image....-_- But just for the sake of explaining this in a way that won't end with more confusion, I might as well do it.


That form is called Form Icarus. It is one of Queeny's metamorph forms. You see Queeny is a flawed D-Cell user who received her D-Cells from Dash in a disparate attempt to save her life after she got a baseball size hole blasted through her chest thanks to Kage 6 years before the events of Mischief Knights. Thanks to the D-Cells, Queeny's life was saved and she gained an ability that she didn't learn about till 6 months before the events of Mischief Knights, during the events of Dash Chronicles. This ability allows her to change the shape in appearance of her body to an extent. She can even change size as well. After the events of the 4th Story Arc of Dash Chronicles, which takes place 4 months before the events of Mischief Knights. Queeny mastered her flawed shape shifting and figured out how to use her D-Cells to Metamorph into powerful forms if needed. However she feared that using her powers too much could result in Mode Lock. So instead of creating 1 ultimate form, Queeny created 3 forms. Each one designed to solve a specific problem. She turns into Form Wasp when speed is needed. She turns into Form Strike when attack power is needed. And she turns into Form Beetle when Defense and Strength is needed.

Each form was also designed to look as appealing as possible why still being able to do its job. This way if Mode Lock does happen, it won’t be as bad as being stuck in an ugly like state. However doing so gave each form a major flaw. Form Wasp lacks decent attack power and has horrible Armor. Form Strike has mobility issues. And Form Beetle has terrible speed. However recently during the events of Mischief Knights episode 3, Queeny finally managed to create a truly powerful form with little to no flaws. This form’s Armor, Speed, and Power specs rival each of her 3 forms. It can also create small biomechanical like drones that she calls “Swarm Torrents” which can each fire energy shots. This Form is called Form Icarus. However Form Icarus ended up having 1 major flaw. It runs on Mana and requires a constant supply of it other wise she can only remain in that form for 30 seconds before being forced to revert back to normal.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

I'm not using lens flares.

Yes you are. Even if there's a reason for it, you're letting effects do your work for you and they cover a lot and it just honestly doesn't look good. Just being honest here, but I couldn't tell what they were supposed to be and it would have both been a lot clearer and a lot more honest if you'd done maybe a subtle red airbrush in the mouth of the barrel.

Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

*giant, brain-breaking wall of text*

I'm just going to pretend you said nanobots and say okay, that's reasonable. @_@


@Masaki: I like Freya, I mean, she's not perfect, but I really like the film noir quality to her and the idea behind the pose.

As for the elf, that's a really awkward pose. The feet are okay, but then she's twisted in half at the waist, and the arms are positioned as if she's facing forward. Then her head is turned away, but it's only good in relation to the body, and the face is a bit off in a way I really can't explain. Maybe the eyes are a little to high up on the head? The handle of the katana is good, but the blade is twisted in relation.

It's just a matter of choosing a perspective and going with it. The parts are okay on their own, but they don't fit together.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Yes you are. Even if there's a reason for it, you're letting effects do your work for you and they cover a lot and it just honestly doesn't look good. Just being honest here, but I couldn't tell what they were supposed to be and it would have both been a lot clearer and a lot more honest if you'd done maybe a subtle red airbrush in the mouth of the barrel.



I'm just going to pretend you said nanobots and say okay, that's reasonable. @_@


@Masaki: I like Freya, I mean, she's not perfect, but I really like the film noir quality to her and the idea behind the pose.

As for the elf, that's a really awkward pose. The feet are okay, but then she's twisted in half at the waist, and the arms are positioned as if she's facing forward. Then her head is turned away, but it's only good in relation to the body, and the face is a bit off in a way I really can't explain. Maybe the eyes are a little to high up on the head? The handle of the katana is good, but the blade is twisted in relation.

It's just a matter of choosing a perspective and going with it. The parts are okay on their own, but they don't fit together.

Yeah my old HS English teacher use to get on me about unnecessary walls of text. XD

Meh, I guess an airbrush would've worked out better.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

I'm not going to sugarcoat this or lie to ya, kyanbu. Bright sky blue, painfully bright green, and a bright yellow is a fuckin horrible color action going on. You want people to look at the picture instead of burning smoking holes through their skull.
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Silly little Blooper doodle.

[CelesJessa]

Blue- Yeah I would probably move the horizon line down slightly to make the perspective of the person look less wonky. Also, his outstretched hand is too small.

Masaki - That first sword looks pretty sweet. Although one part it comes out thicker, which kind of makes it look funny. Other than that, still cool!

Loyal - Very cool, that hand and gun are really nice.


And something I doodled on tegaki:

Words cannot express how happy I am at how this came out. Not fanart!
I always want to make original characters, and I'd really like to make a story sometime, but I get so distracted, so I'm really pleased at making this character. I like the almost pencil quality I got going on too.

Oh yes, that's a she. I wanted to make a more masculine woman. She gets confused for a man occasionally, which pisses her off.

Me being this pleased with a drawing is really rare.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Grandmaster_Skweeb

I'm not going to sugarcoat this or lie to ya, kyanbu. Bright sky blue, painfully bright green, and a bright yellow is a fuckin horrible color action going on. You want people to look at the picture instead of burning smoking holes through their skull.
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Silly little Blooper doodle.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a48...Squidoodle.jpg

I'll keep that in mind.

[32bit-RedMage]

bluestarultor:
I agree with CelesJessa, try moving the horizon line down.

Masaki-kun:
You should give Amaya more earrings, elven ears with lots of earrings are pretty cool.

Loyal:
The eyeball monster is really cool!
The first pic looks cyberpunkish to me for some weird reason ...

Grandmaster_Skweeb:
Nice pic dude! Really good, gotta love the facial expression and the colors.
Great job!

CelesJessa: Hooray for masculine women! Wish more artists would draw masculine girls.... or at least tomboys.
The pic is really good. Her clothes remind me a lil' bit of Setzer's(ff6).. now I want to play that game again.
Great pic!

[Doc ock rokc]

Wish more artists would draw masculine girls.... or at least tomboys

You would love me...all my girls come out masculine...
anyway i thought i would brush some cobwebs off of my photoshop and actualy try to render something.
The result
I need to learn to render better and i should draw and Photo shop more often

[bluestarultor]

Yeah, I'm scrapping the shot with the person in it. He was only supposed to be a placeholder and was just modified from one of the standing sprites in the side menu there. I REALLY don't like how he turned out, both because he was too cartoony and because I didn't take the time to actually design him and it shows. My new party additions wandering the field are going to be much more realistic than that when I do them seriously and are going to better fit with the perspective.

I posted this below it, but this is the perspective I'll be using.


That puts the effective horizon at roughly 1/3 of the way down and opens up the four tiles I wanted to show. Things will be black at the back, then simply in shadow, and then continue to light up as they come closer.