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Postby BigZam » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:06 am

i need something to draw. and not just anything. nothing fantasy, sci-fi, or (which i never draw haha) anime related. something....artistic.

anyone got any ideas?
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Postby QtheQreater » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:17 am

Draw a cat. Cats are the ultimate lifeform! And they're fun to draw. Or make a perspective sketch of some street or skyline. I like doing that.
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Postby Steeltemplar » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:21 am

A landscape perhaps? Go out to a quiet, natural place and draw it. Could be quite relaxing.
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Postby Doubleshadow » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:42 am

Ever try your hand at potraits? I think there isn't a gift quite as impressive as a hand drawn potrait of someone. If you get good enough you would always have a way to get on someones good side.
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Postby BigZam » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:57 am

Doubleshadow wrote:Ever try your hand at potraits? I think there isn't a gift quite as impressive as a hand drawn potrait of someone. If you get good enough you would always have a way to get on someones good side.

yeah i do need to work on portraits....eh..the one time i was asked to draw a portrait of someone i severely jacked it up....it was so embarassing....i think i might just look through my dad's magazines and find a random subject to draw..

any other ideas?
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Postby QtheQreater » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:22 pm

I remember when I was recruited to draw portraits at an elementary school for some event or other. *shudders* Ugg! I hated everthing I drew that day. But the kiddos loved it! Note: never draw someone you know well until you think you can get a really good resemblence. Some folk are funny about it and get kind of offended if it's not recognizable. Practice, my friend, and you shall soon be great!

Try doing plants. Not trees, but small things like shrubs(from a closeup perspective). Sketch first, then try watercolor pencil on top. I find that to be an interesting change of pace.

Hope you come up with something you like!
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Postby kaji » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:50 am

Whenever I dont know what to draw I grab some coal or balck chalk and let loose on some heavy paper. You can do so much with coal, its one of my favorite mediums.

I dont usually know what to draw, I just start with a line or two and then go from there. Some times I make a texture and let my imagination shape what it will become. Its cool how the same line could begin an old tree or someones cheek.

I find it hard when I confine my work to a specific image. If I were to make a fictional land scape, I wouldnt have a problem. But If I was going to make a specific landscape I would have to do it over and over again untill I thought it was close enough to the actual...

Sorry, I guess Im rambling here. :sweat:

My advice is to just start drawing and see what comes of it.
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Postby Dante » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:40 am

When I need inspiration I go out on the internet (google) and go accross artwork for games that I think are cool, and sometimes (when I want to draw my fighter jets) I look towards mythical animals for inspiration (once again google) It takes a long time to get them done but I have fun doing it! But most of the time inspiration can't be forced it must bubble up like some odd natural human resource... I generally fly from one mood to another, sometimes I like to draw, sometimes I like to write, sometimes I do scientific research... and most of the time I like to waste my life away in the great joy of my RP...
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Postby Yahshua » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:37 am

Draw a mecha any mecha would do well.
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Postby BigZam » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:13 am

Yahshua wrote:Draw a mecha any mecha would do well.

heh mecha make me angry. too intricate...
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Postby Christian_Shugo » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:08 pm

I have all kind of recources around me to keep me inspired. Like action figures, posters, or mags, and or How to Draw Books. Any thing that inspires you!
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Postby batchyik » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:24 pm

start making your own story/manga. When I actyually think about mine, i usually wind up drawing some sort of sketchy type thingy. Yeah... that's my advice: make your own comic/story or something. Make characters you like so you'll enjoy drawing them.
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Postby BigZam » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:31 am

well i started on something...it's sorta for someone...this girl...um anyway i'll post it here when i'm done. it's a pic of a tree and it's taking forever...
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