My CGs

The colouring on the picture looks really good though the head seems kinda odd... maybe its the positioning of her eyes and I think you could reduce the volume of her hair on the back a little bit. It kinda make the head looks big.

Hmm. Very nice. You can try colouring your lineart as well. it gives your character a more overall blend into the background and your overall picture.

To do so, go to your lineart layer (hopefully only the black lines. Your white is transparent) then click Lock Transparent and colour straight on. This should make your characters look much better. Also, try to add varying strength to your lineart. It will give a much more 3D feel to the picture

Most mangaka use reference in their early careers without citing reference. From the drawings I've seen by the artist, the pose was similar, but there are some anatomical differences and the hand positions are changed a bit. The pussy is also drawn in(Which takes skill in the first place).

I don't think citing reference is necissary IMO. Tracing is what's frowned on with DA, seeing as there are plenty of 100k+ artists that take poses/ideas from elsewhere.

I can't wait to see more stuff from you. I notice your skills increasing with every drawing. (Reference or not) :D

Well you can think of reference as influences to your art as well. By not copying the thing but absorbing the real content. Such as thinking of how the muscles are contracting when you draw your own version. Facial expression and how to let it be more expressive. Strength comes from not only being creative but being able to absorb what other people have already attained. Best example? Studying =)

Yeah, every one's opinion will be different for this "reference" thing. So please, stop said about what's wrong and right. And follow that rule from me.

And also, don't compare our arts with stupid 100k+ artists from dA. We are going to be great FAKKU artists, not fucking stupid artists.


Hehe, great. Hmm... stalemate expression as usual. :P
Can you show me an art for girl with umm... Happy faces and such? <special request :twisted: >.

umm.. happy face... that maybe hard...

well... recent sketch:



decided to go back to good old pencil... seems a lot better to work with... well.. yer... so.. thats a smile? umm looks happy maybe ? ... eeerrr...

New CG too...



umm changed CG style a bit... yet i personally didnt really like it... too shiny... well~ development stage ...

O_O Didn't mean to piss you off, just stating what I knew on the subject and my opinion. I didn't say for the artist NOT to listen to you. I also never said you were wrong. I understand where your stance is, I personally prefer only use reference to get an idea how to pull off a pose and such. (IE, I follow my own anatomy and such.)

As for the DA artists thing, I NEVER said to follow after them OR compared your art or anyone else's art with theirs, I just brought up that following reference (Hell, just ripping off mainstream artists in general) doesn't doesn't seem to be frowned upon enough to hurt them. ^^;

I don't follow their ways of doing business and I don't watch them, so yeah.

Mycstea:

Agreed. Though copying early in helps to boost your understanding of lines and such. Ever start with the super small sketchy lines? lol I still can't imagine not using super long, flowy lines.

Yeah, once you shoot past using manga/anime reference for in general-type situation(IE, copying most of the aspects of said drawing), it really feels like the art is yours. I prefer photo references now, actually.

Holy: I'm really digging the shiny colors! Gives it some good depth and life.

Also loving the folds on the shirt of the sketch and the shading.

We need more emotion. They're great, but most of them have no emotion they almost have a glazed over look to them.

Lol i use still life if not no references XD

@ holy101: I like the two latest ones, but they also fall prey to the strange eye placement. My recommendation: draw heads, lots and lots of heads (with faces). It's not at all strange for me to draw 20 to 60 heads on a single sheet of notebook paper, and I try to vary their expressions.

The eye placement can be fixed without that much practice. Just flip over the paper and look at it under light and fix it after turning it back. If it's a CG, go do a flip horizontal. Fast and easy to spot placement mistakes.

That looks nice holy101. My view on your new drawing post is that the neck seems a bit too broad. I think less broader neck enhance the cuteness of the character unless its a woman with big muscle :P

more tuning



Touhou fan art... CG style went through some changes

Your Technique of Photoshop(??) Look Good !!
I like them

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But I feel tone of your picture are similar TONY Picture
(TONY .Illust:Shinning wind,Sora no iro ETC)

@crackpot:
yeah, sorry then...

@holy101:
Agreed with ZeroOBK. What really can change the mood is the expression of the char. I assume all the people will first see the face, then the body. That's why, expression will change all the mood in the pic.

Umm... But that need to be more happy ^^. Yeah, the eye is the center of the expression. So, you know what you must do... :shock:
:) :D :lol:

Code Geass Fanart done~



eyes r better now i think ..~

A little. Anya seems 'stiff' compared to the characters in your other works.

well... did a lot of practice.. and developed a new CG style.

but emotions... errr yer.. not that easy to fix ..



and the current wip:



better than before? XD

I like your new CG style very much! The problem with the eyes seems to be gone, and your latest WIP looks like your most expressive one yet!

thnx, expressions is always my weak point... still working on that. yer.. toke me a while.. but the eyes r fixed now...XD