Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 The art course I'm taking has been helping a lot. Here's my latest practice pieces from today: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 If I only had the time and ability to get away from the stuff around here long enough to do a course, but also practice it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I'm TRYING to put in an hour a day. I'm not very good at keeping consistent with these things, but this is something I really want to learn so I've been enjoying it every time I do pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 The only art class outside of a semester they did at my high school was an summer program with that mark kistler's draw squad decades ago. He was a local nobody at the time who just went around to schools and promoted well being with drawing and all that as a positive way for kids to grow. Somehow in that time apparently he has taken off and gotten huge in the area of drawing I found out fairly recently. I'll always remember his mom though, she was a teacher at my high school for health, totally wacky and laid back hippie like lady who always wore these huge hats because she never got her hair cut for decades so it hit the floor. She had his art in the room too and used it a bit too to help in teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,983 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 A great book I discovered for beginners is You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler. Teaches you all the basics like perspective, shading, circles etc. in a fun way and the majority of the daily drawings are pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Announcing my candidacy for President of the United States of VGS! OPTY-JEEVY 2020 Tip dogs with greatness! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,448 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, OptOut said: Announcing my candidacy for President of the United States of VGS! OPTY-JEEVY 2020 Tip dogs with greatness! We need to build a wall. A wall of Saturn! Edited September 17, 2020 by Murray 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Today is a pokemon. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gloves said: Today is a pokemon. Why did you give spooky pikachu black nipples... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: Why did you give spooky pikachu black nipples... Those are eye holes lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 @Gloves FTFY: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 hours ago, Gloves said: Those are eye holes lol. No joke, I honestly thought you made a spooky Pikachu. I just googled and it's a new pokemon. I'm really out of date :V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: No joke, I honestly thought you made a spooky Pikachu. I just googled and it's a new pokemon. I'm really out of date :V You might be behind a game or two eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 That's one well drawn Mimikyu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 In preparation for the spookiest time of year, and as a little thank you to @CasualCart for drawing me this amazing character, I decided to practice with the new pumpkin carving kit I just got earlier today. I hope you guys like it It's FAR from perfect, but I did what I could. You can't tell in the picture, but the pumpkin I used is substantially smaller than a regular-sized pumpkin (Probably less than half the size) so it was much harder to capture all the intricate details of Casual's logo. The pumpkin is white though, so that's pretty neat If anyone has any requests for carvings they'd like to see me do, let me know! I love pumpkin carving, it's super fun. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: In preparation for the spookiest time of year, and as a little thank you to @CasualCart for drawing me this amazing character, I decided to practice with the new pumpkin carving kit I just got earlier today. I hope you guys like it It's FAR from perfect, but I did what I could. You can't tell in the picture, but the pumpkin I used is substantially smaller than a regular-sized pumpkin (Probably less than half the size) so it was much harder to capture all the intricate details of Casual's logo. The pumpkin is white though, so that's pretty neat If anyone has any requests for carvings they'd like to see me do, let me know! I love pumpkin carving, it's super fun. Nice! I'm looking forward to punkin carving season. I want dat tool set! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 minute ago, JamesRobot said: I want dat tool set! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W89TMK1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Knock yourself out It's definitely pretty good from the little bit of experience I have with it. Definitely a massive upgrade over the 99 cent tool I used last year, haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 How sturdy are the blades? Any bending? Is the ebook at all useful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just now, JamesRobot said: How sturdy are the blades? Any bending? Is the ebook at all useful? Blades seem pretty sturdy, they didn't bend when I used them, although I've only done this one carving so far, I don't know how they'll do long term. So far so good, though. And I haven't checked out the ebook yet, so I don't know how useful it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 16 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: In preparation for the spookiest time of year, and as a little thank you to @CasualCart for drawing me this amazing character, I decided to practice with the new pumpkin carving kit I just got earlier today. I hope you guys like it It's FAR from perfect, but I did what I could. You can't tell in the picture, but the pumpkin I used is substantially smaller than a regular-sized pumpkin (Probably less than half the size) so it was much harder to capture all the intricate details of Casual's logo. The pumpkin is white though, so that's pretty neat If anyone has any requests for carvings they'd like to see me do, let me know! I love pumpkin carving, it's super fun. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (I'm a pumpkin!) -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Never done pumpkin art before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Just now, DarkTone said: Never done pumpkin art before. It's honestly easier than I thought it would be before I tried it last year. It's worth a shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests · Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hello! This is my first post at VGS but I've been lurking for a long time I really enjoyed going through the posts. Awesome illustrations for ZeldaFreak @CasualCart and a very nice breakdown of the body @Gloves Impressive sculpting! @ZeldaFreak I prefer digital sculpting myself, it's less of a mess, haha. Here are a couple of labels that I've done for Kevin Mellott and his HyperFlash32 which is a flash cart for the Virtual Boy that has an e-Ink screen. These are scaled to 200% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, Mumphy said: Hello! This is my first post at VGS but I've been lurking for a long time I really enjoyed going through the posts. Awesome illustrations for ZeldaFreak @CasualCart and a very nice breakdown of the body @Gloves Impressive sculpting! @ZeldaFreak I prefer digital sculpting myself, it's less of a mess, haha. Here are a couple of labels that I've done for Kevin Mellott and his HyperFlash32 which is a flash cart for the Virtual Boy that has an e-Ink screen. These are scaled to 200% Wow, I really like those labels! And yeah, fair enough on preferring digital sculpting, you definitely have a point on it being less of a mess, haha. There's just something satisfying about physically carving something, and I really enjoy the experience of carving pumpkins. Plus, to be fair, people can make some really crazily good carvings that look insanely smooth and detailed, I'm just not up to that skill level yet since I only started carving last year. This most recent carving for CasualCart was only my third ever pumpkin carving, and I made a ton of mistakes and kind of had to wing it, haha. My previous two carvings looked a little better since they were on much bigger pumpkins, so it was easier to capture smaller details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests · Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Wow, I really like those labels! And yeah, fair enough on preferring digital sculpting, you definitely have a point on it being less of a mess, haha. There's just something satisfying about physically carving something, and I really enjoy the experience of carving pumpkins. Plus, to be fair, people can make some really crazily good carvings that look insanely smooth and detailed, I'm just not up to that skill level yet since I only started carving last year. This most recent carving for CasualCart was only my third ever pumpkin carving, and I made a ton of mistakes and kind of had to wing it, haha. My previous two carvings looked a little better since they were on much bigger pumpkins, so it was easier to capture smaller details. Thanks! I haven't done much traditional sculpting myself, be that in clay or in pumpkin, but totally get what you're saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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