Current Events > ITT: Drawing progress Part 2

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Eliza-Schuyler posted...

Lookin' good. I still like the pen style. I suck at making that look good.

Here's my spirit:



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Eliza-Schuyler posted...

Whoaaa I always love your horror vibes. It just gave me a big idea! Thanks <3

FabIe posted...

Lookin' good. I still like the pen style. I suck at making that look good.

Here's my spirit:

Is that another OC? Looks so cool!

I'm going to start drawing mine. Its a bit late since I was a bit busy today.

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SpiritSephiroth posted...

Is that another OC? Looks so cool!

This one's Uncle Iroh from Avatar, specifically Legend of Korra in the spirit world.

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Keep that art coming. Looking great, everyone :)

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FabIe posted...

Lookin' good. I still like the pen style. I suck at making that look good.

haha thanks, the trick is to make the lines look jagged and messy. like the faint outline of a shape, then fill in as you go with the messiest lines imaginable.

Here's my spirit:

ooohhhh thats lovely!! i like the lighting especially
SpiritSephiroth posted...

Whoaaa I always love your horror vibes. It just gave me a big idea! Thanks <3

ooh glad i can help man :)

Is that another OC? Looks so cool!

I'm going to start drawing mine. Its a bit late since I was a bit busy today.

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Day 6, spirit. This one was kind of rushed since I didnt have much time today. So I'm not really happy with it but whatever lol

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Day 6: Spirit

I always say this (and it's always true), but I'm not mega happy about this. I can tell Haunter's proportions are off a bit. I tried to do something in particular with his hands, but I couldn't really get it to come out right. I feel like with a few changes, I could make the coloring of Haunter really pop against the background, but I'm not really sure how to do it. I can visualize it, but only sort of.

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PerseusRad posted...

Day 6: Spirit

I always say this (and it's always true), but I'm not mega happy about this. I can tell Haunter's proportions are off a bit. I tried to do something in particular with his hands, but I couldn't really get it to come out right. I feel like with a few changes, I could make the coloring of Haunter really pop against the background, but I'm not really sure how to do it. I can visualize it, but only sort of.

That was a great idea for the prompt!

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Day 7: Fan



Obligatory RIP man fan Goku shot up to 90 degrees or whatever the meme is

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FabIe posted...

Day 7: Fan



Obligatory RIP man fan Goku shot up to 90 degrees or whatever the meme is

Dragonball! This is so good. Your style fits it so well!

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Day 7, fan.

"By Azura, By Azura, By Azura! It's the Grand Champion!"

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I haven't been commenting on others' pieces much, sorry about that. I think you all having such different interpretations of prompts is quite cool, and also how we're sometimes on the same wavelength.



Day 7: Fan

The fan is an incomplete version of the Solar Fan from Dragon Quest. I got finished inking, and then realized that I forgot a whole part of it, and I felt it would be a real pain to fix it. I like this piece a bit more than usual, but the, ribs (I think), don't feel like they connect to the body correctly. Her head is also probably a bit big, a classic.

And looking a bit more, the fan feels a bit 2D even though it should have some 3D to it at that angle, I think. Oh well. In that same aspect, the hand is too big for the direction the fan is going, although perhaps I just made the fan too small, I had it covering where the eyes would be before, so maybe the real issue is the direction the arm is going. Just musing, I feel like the mistakes here are more interesting than my usual ones. Something to learn from.

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https://imgur.com/4XCSrYi

Day 6: Spirit: Uhh...Oops. I've fallen behind, but for good cause. I wanted to do something really special for Spirit because I like ghosts. Unfortunately I ended up wasting the day thinking up ideas before settling on a Napstablook Animation. I figured the fun little ghost would be easy enough to put something out rather quickly...and I was right. But it still took just about all day. I'll work hard on catching up tomorrow, possibly by combining two topics again but we'll see.

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Low effort day for me today cecause I'll be busy later but here's my watch

https://imgur.com/a/1kbtSz9

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Day 7- Fan: This one's a little complicated. I have many rabbit characters because I like them. One of them is meant to be very agile and fights using fans and wind magic. However, that character is not one I wish to share with GameFAQs for various reasons. So instead I took a totally different design and just gave her a big fan. :P As for the art itself, I really like this one. I took it kind of easy to let myself recover, but ended up doing a challenging pose that I was happy with in the end.

Day 8 - Watch: I've never drawn this one but they're meant to be a time knight of sorts. The sword is called Last Minute, and the dagger is named Final Hour. They're meant to be the faces of a clock, an idea stolen shamelessly from the song Bad End Night. This one I definitely phoned in and I'm not super happy with them. There's elements that I like, but it's a rather boring design...Doing two of these in one day did not lend itself to making something better. Ah well.

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Love the drawings guys. Also some of you are also doing animations which is awesome.

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Day 8, watch.

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Day 8 (late): Watch.

I wanna say it was gonna make it more involved, but the clock thing was a pain, though I probably could have pulled it off better. Arguably I kinda dodged the theme, I sorta thing I might have done better to draw a watch like Seph, and then try to do more with it.

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PerseusRad posted...

Day 8 (late): Watch.

I wanna say it was gonna make it more involved, but the clock thing was a pain, though I probably could have pulled it off better. Arguably I kinda dodged the theme, I sorta thing I might have done better to draw a watch like Seph, and then try to do more with it.

You actually did pretty well. I tried to draw a traditional clock but got the alignment wrong. So I decided to go with a digital clock.

Drawing inanimate objects has made me realize that I still lack the skill to draw things in balance/parallel.

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Yesterday I suddenly remembered that one of my favorite anime has a character named Leonardo Watch. A young guy whose not terrible special but does have the All-Seeing Eyes of God. (He can see things extraordinarily well, like spot a flea on the back of a monkey 20 feet away levels of good)

Ah well, missed opportunity. Day 9 was Pressure, a topic I imagine will be rather challenging for most people. Twitter seems to have chosen to rely mostly on submarines. I'm using Tourmaline, from Houseki no Kuni. Tourmaline in real life are Piezoelectric, meaning they generate electricity from stress (Pressure, Heat, etc). In HnK this is translated as sparks flying off of Melon whenever they get stressed out or angry.

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That looks great! I love the colouring too.

I have to miss this day out but I'll make it up with two drawings. Been so busy today.

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I almost skipped today for lack of ideas but then I figured Id draw a panel of my webcomic for the prompt.



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Day 9: Pressure. I feel like this image is off in a way that's hard to define. It might be something like, It was originally drawn to be looking straight ahead, but somewhere there, it decided to have a tilted head. I've done worse, but I dunno if I'm happy about it. Maybe I'm also just bothered by the thumbnail, the baggy clothes don't really come across.

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Day 10: Pick.

I thought maybe I was focusing too much on the coloring and side stuff, so I decided to do a drawing in Pen. That drawing was actually for Day 11, whoops. So I went ahead and did the same for Day 10 cause I felt it would be doable in a decent way with pen as well.

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FabIe posted...

I almost skipped today for lack of ideas but then I figured Id draw a panel of my webcomic for the prompt.

Nice! Are they rivals? This looks tense.

PerseusRad posted...

Day 9: Pressure. I feel like this image is off in a way that's hard to define. It might be something like, It was originally drawn to be looking straight ahead, but somewhere there, it decided to have a tilted head. I've done worse, but I dunno if I'm happy about it. Maybe I'm also just bothered by the thumbnail, the baggy clothes don't really come across.

I was actually going to do this same thing. It looks good, loving her emotion.

PerseusRad posted...

Day 10: Pick.

I thought maybe I was focusing too much on the coloring and side stuff, so I decided to do a drawing in Pen. That drawing was actually for Day 11, whoops. So I went ahead and did the same for Day 10 cause I felt it would be doable in a decent way with pen as well.

Hmm Im still trying to decide on what to do with Pick tbh. Maybe it'll come to me.

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Day 9, pressure. Might colour this if I have time!

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SpiritSephiroth posted...

Nice! Are they rivals? This looks tense.

They're brothers. About 4 years apart I think I'd have to look at my notes. They get into scraps but can't kill each other. This scene would take place after MC Gold-eyes' sisters went missing.

SpiritSephiroth posted...

Day 9, pressure. Might colour this if I have time!

Looks great, you should totally color it.

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Day 10 - Leaf picking her Starter Pokemon. I tried a couple of new techniques today like making the pokeball see through like in the PokeSpe manga. I kind of like how it came out but I can't shake the feeling I've messed up the perspective here and there.

By the way, I haven't been commenting on other people's art because I tend to get a little verbose in my critique. If that's something you don't mind I can offer my assessments. I just don't like leaving critique at "This is good", if I were to comment on someone's art I'd like to be very specific about what parts I like and what parts I don't.

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Uta posted...

By the way, I haven't been commenting on other people's art because I tend to get a little verbose in my critique. If that's something you don't mind I can offer my assessments. I just don't like leaving critique at "This is good", if I were to comment on someone's art I'd like to be very specific about what parts I like and what parts I don't.

First thing, Im interested in how you did that transparency effect with the Pokeballs. I was assuming it was a gradient of sorts, but I dunno if thats wrong or if Im just doing it wrong. It looks nice.

Second, Id love any critique of you ever want to give it to me. Its easy to stagnate when youre just told something looks good, so I try and pick a few notable problems out in my own work. But other people will notice other issues, or even have a better way of putting the issues Ive mentioned.

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Uta posted...

Day 10 - Leaf picking her Starter Pokemon. I tried a couple of new techniques today like making the pokeball see through like in the PokeSpe manga. I kind of like how it came out but I can't shake the feeling I've messed up the perspective here and there.

By the way, I haven't been commenting on other people's art because I tend to get a little verbose in my critique. If that's something you don't mind I can offer my assessments. I just don't like leaving critique at "This is good", if I were to comment on someone's art I'd like to be very specific about what parts I like and what parts I don't.

Loving that angle. And yeah, I leave comments because I legitimately like the art. Also because I'm a beginner myself and I lack experience, I don't think I can critique professionally.

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SpiritSephiroth posted...

Loving that angle. And yeah, I leave comments because I legitimately like the art. Also because I'm a beginner myself and I lack experience, I don't think I can critique professionally.

Actually, try to give a 'pro' critique anyways. Critiquing art is one way to develop your skills. Trying to spot mistakes, or even trying to understand techniques, is a good way to practice. If you're not confident in your critique you don't need to share it, but try to think about it anyways.

PerseusRad posted...

First thing, Im interested in how you did that transparency effect with the Pokeballs. I was assuming it was a gradient of sorts, but I dunno if thats wrong or if Im just doing it wrong. It looks nice.

Clip Studio Paint does have some cool gradient abilities, but in this case I just used a large soft brush to erase the center piece of the solid red fill. Think of it like an Airbrush, but as an eraser.
PerseusRad posted...

Second, Id love any critique of you ever want to give it to me. Its easy to stagnate when youre just told something looks good, so I try and pick a few notable problems out in my own work. But other people will notice other issues, or even have a better way of putting the issues Ive mentioned.

In that case, I'll work on Pressure. I went ahead and mirrored your drawing, and then threw down some guidelines over her. It should make the mistakes more noticeable.

So yeah, one eye is much larger and on a higher point of the face than the other. In many drawings that would be a sign that her head is tilted away; however you've drawn the eyes the same shape. An eye that's tilted away from us has a narrower width due to perspective, but here it's simply smaller. Then you drew her mouth at an angle that implies tilting away as well (and perhaps slightly upward since it's a little high on the face), though she's actually looking downward.

TLDR: You've met a terrible fate against the dreaded "Other Eye". Your perspective broke down because of it, and that's likely the source for why you felt weird about this one.

A good way to check for this is to Mirror your drawing as you work. As you draw you'll find yourself making simple perspective errors without noticing it. Mirroring the drawing gives you a fresh perspective you didn't have before, and will help you find those errors. This works for physical drawings too. Hold your drawing up to a light and flip it over to 'mirror' it, or hold it up to an actual mirror.

Other than that though, I like this one. Good color selection and cute character design. She certainly seems tense. Again, the biggest mistake here really was just getting one eye wrong. Perspective is hard even for pros. I mean, look at Liefeld messing up Captain America's chest >.>


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Day 10, pick.

So yeah, just a lock pick.

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I'm open to suggestions too but Uta already does that lol

Here's my day 10: I interpreted pick as a guitar pick.



Slash is my favorite guitarist and I was really into Guns N Roses back in late middle/early high school so this was kind-of a throwback for me.

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Day 11: Sour. The one I did yesterday by accident.

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Day 11, sour. I drew a lemon.

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In other news, I've been messing around with my drawing tablet. Still finding it incredibly hard to get used to (I keep pressing the buttons on the pen while trying to draw) but I think I'm getting the hang of it a little. At first I could barely draw straight lines but now I drew a crappy tree lol

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SpiritSephiroth posted...

In other news, I've been messing around with my drawing tablet. Still finding it incredibly hard to get used to (I keep pressing the buttons on the pen while trying to draw) but I think I'm getting the hang of it a little. At first I could barely draw straight lines but now I drew a crappy tree lol

What tablet are you using?

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I use something entirely over-engineered for my needs, but one day it might pay for itself. It's the Wacom Cintiq Pro 24. I suggest not looking it up unless you want to deal psychic damage to yourself. Honestly any Apple tablet with a pen would be fine, especially for hobbyists. I am hoping to make this be not a hobby in the future, so Hopefully it becomes a wise purchase.


She looks scared more than sour-faced, but such is life. It's a rather challenging facial expression. This character comes from anime called shirobako. A fun anime about anime production. It doesn't give you many looks into how to animate, but rather helping you understand what everyone's role in the industry is. A good educational show for people who like anime.

As a personal challenge to myself, I've been trying to avoid profile shots. Always draw the whole body, make sure both hands and feet are visible. They're hard to draw but I won't get better at them if I avoid it. Today I was feeling lazy though, so a bust is all we get.

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FabIe posted...

What tablet are you using?

I use a Deco 01, its been pretty cool so far. Its smooth and really stylish. I find it fun to use actually.

Uta posted...

I use something entirely over-engineered for my needs, but one day it might pay for itself. It's the Wacom Cintiq Pro 24. I suggest not looking it up unless you want to deal psychic damage to yourself. Honestly any Apple tablet with a pen would be fine, especially for hobbyists. I am hoping to make this be not a hobby in the future, so Hopefully it becomes a wise purchase.


She looks scared more than sour-faced, but such is life. It's a rather challenging facial expression. This character comes from anime called shirobako. A fun anime about anime production. It doesn't give you many looks into how to animate, but rather helping you understand what everyone's role in the industry is. A good educational show for people who like anime.

As a personal challenge to myself, I've been trying to avoid profile shots. Always draw the whole body, make sure both hands and feet are visible. They're hard to draw but I won't get better at them if I avoid it. Today I was feeling lazy though, so a bust is all we get.

Geez, thats insanely expensive! I was actually looking to buy one like that years ago but settled with a tablet for a computer. Its worked out well, also love the drawing. I want to get on that level with my tablet.


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Day 12, stuck. A bunny girl stuck.

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Our stuff frome the move got delivered yesterday so I might fall behind and catch up later...

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Day 12: Stuck. The arms and hands look off. When I was first trying this, I thought the arms would be way shorter, but they're actually supposed to be that long, surprisingly to me.

By the way Uta, I appreciate the advice earlier, I forgot to say so yesterday. You broke down pretty well what was wrong with it. I knew that I had messed up the face orientation by switching things up, you showed it a lot better than I could articulate myself.

FabIe posted...

Our stuff frome the move got delivered yesterday so I might fall behind and catch up later...

It happens, just remember it's for fun and not to stress about it.

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I'm stuck on today's prompt. I had a good plan but started it way too late to implement. Tomorrow may well be a two-fer.

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I got an interview tomorrow so the same for me!

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PerseusRad posted...

Day 12: Stuck. The arms and hands look off. When I was first trying this, I thought the arms would be way shorter, but they're actually supposed to be that long, surprisingly to me.

By the way Uta, I appreciate the advice earlier, I forgot to say so yesterday. You broke down pretty well what was wrong with it. I knew that I had messed up the face orientation by switching things up, you showed it a lot better than I could articulate myself.

It happens, just remember it's for fun and not to stress about it.

I love that. He looks so fucking done lol

Here's my 3-for-one sour, stuck, and roof.



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Day 12: Roof

If there's a consistent problem I have it's having my hands look decent while also being the correct angle. The girl's entire right arm and hand look more of a problem then I hoped. Then again, changing the angle of the hand might make the arm look correct by itself. Well, I was getting tired and fixing that at this point would be a pain. I should try harder to look for flaws before I 'finish'. I actually didn't finish the guy's hair either.

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PerseusRad posted...

Day 12: Roof

If there's a consistent problem I have it's having my hands look decent while also being the correct angle. The girl's entire right arm and hand look more of a problem then I hoped. Then again, changing the angle of the hand might make the arm look correct by itself. Well, I was getting tired and fixing that at this point would be a pain. I should try harder to look for flaws before I 'finish'. I actually didn't finish the guy's hair either.

I have problems with angles a lot. I should maybe practice that.

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Day 13, Roof.

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