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Well, that horse looks better than any horse I could draw a year or so ago.

To draw a battle... I only ever finished one drawing of a battle in my entire life; Eight years or so ago, I believe. It's much work. And I still have to do three or four requests (because I'm a lazy procastrinator). But I'll see. Maybe a lot of motivation will help...
 
Evil Cereal said:
Joe, do you think you could draw a battle? That would be awesome. My battles always end up with people that have hands, legs and fingers looking like Hungarian salami.

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Yes, I know that my drawings look a little childish (mind the horse f.e.) :razz: Also, don't mind the weird cannon angles.
You know, that looks pretty good Evil Cereal!  You should fill it out, add more action going on in the blank spaces.  It's sloppy, of course, but...if you take what you drew...and traced over it with finer detail, using historical photos for reference, YOU could create the picture yourself.  (I repeat that process a few times to generate the best possible outcome.  If you don't have Photoshop, use pencils and pens, tracing paper.)

The hardest part of being an artist it to be creative enough to envision the picture.  You already have that.  The "easy" part is to practice drawing all the time and keep refining your work, until you DIE!



Evil Cereal said:
It is based upon a dream.

I drew this picture based off a dream as well.  It's unfinished, and I might go over the entire picture at least one more time to refine it, make it sharper, tighter.  It's gonna be really time consuming, but I know from experience that this process will only make the picture better than what it is now.  The real trick is to know when to stop 'touching up' your picture and to just let it be.

Keep a notebook next to your bed, you never know what you're missing if you let your dreams fade out of your memory!


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Artwork by Thundersnow (Copyright 2012 www.OnlyBadNews.com)



Someone earlier asked what tools to use.  I like:

  • Mechanical Pencils
  • No. 2 Pencils
  • Tracing Paper
  • Micron Wire-Tipped pens (005 is a really fine point.  003 is good too.  They are usually 5-20 bucks each.  Find a cheap website to get em or an art store.)
  • I like to use Prismacolor blue-lead pencils.  The blue lines don't show up on xerox machines and the comic industry uses them.  (Artstore/Online)

Here's more expensive tools once you've decided to tackle art as a full-time hobby:

  • Photoshop is ofcourse awesome, and incredibly expensive.  (And complicated.  I decided two years ago to force myself how to learn it, and I've only scratched the surface.)
  • Wacom 3 Tablet for drawing digitally (Get one on Ebay, you can find cheap ones sometimes, around $150...PEN USUALLY NOT INCLUDED)
  • Wacom digital pen (Around another $100 bucks)

Hardcore tools that I either can't afford or am not at the level where I feel buying them would be beneficial or worth the monetary hit:
  • Intous Touch-screen pads (You draw ON the tablet, its like a hard-core tablet.  Pros use these.)
  • iPad art programs (You draw on the ipad with your finger or special pens.  Do a Youtube search, some people are amazing at this)


I'm sure I am missing a few things.  Let me know!



Keep drawing guys!
 
I actually recorded drawing the entire picture, and I'll upload it on Youtube when I'm satisfied with the final product.

It took me roughly 20 hours so far.


But it's like what I keep telling my guys in the 00th.  If you want something bad enough, you only have to put forth the time and effort and you can achieve anything.


There's an old saying that says "You can become a world-class expert at anything, if you are willing to log 10,000 hours of serious practice." 

I figure I'm at around 6,000 LOL! 



Practice Practice Practice!


 
Thundersnow said:
I actually recorded drawing the entire picture, and I'll upload it on Youtube when I'm satisfied with the final product.

It took me roughly 20 hours so far.


But it's like what I keep telling my guys in the 00th.  If you want something bad enough, you only have to put forth the time and effort and you can achieve anything.


There's an old saying that says "You can become a world-class expert at anything, if you are willing to log 10,000 hours of serious practice." 

I figure I'm at around 6,000 LOL!



Practice Practice Practice!

You wouldn't say... You're OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
 
there are so many sprites in that. if i look on someone the other ones look like the background and then i change my view and look on something else and then again all the others just became a background.
i hardly can see all of the faces in one time..... is that even possible? its a obvious cluster ****  :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
Thundersnow said:
/amazing stuff/

Wow, that stuff is pretty amazing! The most problems I have while drawing are the position-related ones (hands, legs, torso), the pencil sharpness and when the picture is not looking as I made it in my head.  :grin: Also, I fear that when I add more stuff, it would become a huge dark cluster****, that would need color. But I enjoy drawing, and I may post something I could make at the weekend (dont know what yet- probably a Ghazi with a mad expression, covered in blood, and some frightened musketeers running from him?)

But that, what you made is pretty damn impressive. You deserve a medal.
 
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That's some nice art you got there UHHHHHH :grin:
 
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Yeah, Othurin sent that to me on steam. Im telling you, it looked like a pregnant woman with no butt. And I was wondering why he would send me such a thing.. :neutral:
 
I'm sorry that it took me so long (but when you said "take your time" you gave me an extra excuse to procastrinate it even more), but here it is:

Do you want me to give it colors and/or transparency?
 
Captured Joe said:
I'm sorry that it took me so long (but when you said "take your time" you gave me an extra excuse to procastrinate it even more), but here it is:

Do you want me to give it colors and/or transparency?

Yes, I'm very sorry for my poor choice of words. I thought it would take you about 2 weeks but I guess I learned my lesson now.

And the drawing is 3x better then I expected! He looks so cool and epic! Thanks a lot Joe!  :mrgreen:
And Yes I would like it both to be colored and transparency please.  :cool:

The Color of the outfit should be like the guy on the horse, Black Shako, black feather top, Red pant's, black boots, and Blue Jacket with the golden designs on the jacket itself. Thanks again! :grin:
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