Jumbo70's Art Garden

[Jumbo70]

One suggestion would be to go back to digital, not only will it look better (at least in my opinion), but you will also be able to use it in flash and such.

I've been thinkin on it alot, it just feels so strange to fiddle around on a tablet and look on a screen instead of looking at whut you fiddle.
And those you look at what you fiddle cost a lot of dosh.

fiddle me timbers

[omp123]

Drawing tablets are like ergonomic keyboards; the only way you'll see a benefit using one is if you already have a strong core foundation for your typing skills. The same is true for drawing tablets; it's not going to be a "solution" or a quick method of improvement. You need to work on establishing a strong foundation for anatomy. That means practice, but also LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN. You need to crack open a book and STUDY. Check out Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists and Drawing the Living Figure by Joseph Sheppard, those two are my current favorites. Andrew Loomis' books are good too but his style is a bit heavy and people usually get too tempted to ape his style rather than just take out the message behind the lessons.

But don't just open it up and re-draw the pretty pictures; read all about the muscles and bones and connections, learn the names, STUDY the figure, so you know exactly where each muscle and bone protrudes from the outer form and can memorize and manipulate the inner and outer geometry of the human form at any angle inside your head with clarity and no need for reference. Then draw parts at a time. Practice making a sheet of ears, of eyes, noses, lips, all sorts of angles and distortions, different shapes and sizes, then take on more complex forms like hands and feet, and keep practicing and learning.

If you do this then I promise you, in a year you'll be amazed at what you can manage to create. But start with natural human anatomy and proportions, and build up a strong classical figure drawing skill, and from there you can warp it into whatever style you wish, and it will always look fantastic.

You're capable of producing amazing things, but simply wanting it a lot and practicing it a lot isn't enough. You need to read, learn, watch others, absorb and study as much as you can. If you do that and maintain a hunger for knowledge and learning new styles then you'll be capable of producing amazing artwork.

[Zeus Kabob]

Drawing tablets are like ergonomic keyboards; the only way you'll see a benefit using one is if you already have a strong core foundation for your typing skills. The same is true for drawing tablets; it's not going to be a "solution" or a quick method of improvement. You need to work on establishing a strong foundation for anatomy. That means practice, but also LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN. You need to crack open a book and STUDY. Check out Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists and Drawing the Living Figure by Joseph Sheppard, those two are my current favorites. Andrew Loomis' books are good too but his style is a bit heavy and people usually get too tempted to ape his style rather than just take out the message behind the lessons.

But don't just open it up and re-draw the pretty pictures; read all about the muscles and bones and connections, learn the names, STUDY the figure, so you know exactly where each muscle and bone protrudes from the outer form and can memorize and manipulate the inner and outer geometry of the human form at any angle inside your head with clarity and no need for reference. Then draw parts at a time. Practice making a sheet of ears, of eyes, noses, lips, all sorts of angles and distortions, different shapes and sizes, then take on more complex forms like hands and feet, and keep practicing and learning.

If you do this then I promise you, in a year you'll be amazed at what you can manage to create. But start with natural human anatomy and proportions, and build up a strong classical figure drawing skill, and from there you can warp it into whatever style you wish, and it will always look fantastic.

You're capable of producing amazing things, but simply wanting it a lot and practicing it a lot isn't enough. You need to read, learn, watch others, absorb and study as much as you can. If you do that and maintain a hunger for knowledge and learning new styles then you'll be capable of producing amazing artwork.

This is very good advice, and if you have the desire and the time then you should follow it.

Another learning tool is the human body in motion. If you've got someone who would be willing to pose for you, you should ask them to try out a lot of poses and examine the way their body changes. The movement of their muscles, bones, and tendons should give you a deeper understanding of the human body.

[Jumbo70]

Drawing tablets are like ergonomic keyboards; the only way you'll see a benefit using one is if you already have a strong core foundation for your typing skills. The same is true for drawing tablets; it's not going to be a "solution" or a quick method of improvement. You need to work on establishing a strong foundation for anatomy. That means practice, but also LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN LEARN. You need to crack open a book and STUDY. Check out Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists and Drawing the Living Figure by Joseph Sheppard, those two are my current favorites. Andrew Loomis' books are good too but his style is a bit heavy and people usually get too tempted to ape his style rather than just take out the message behind the lessons.

But don't just open it up and re-draw the pretty pictures; read all about the muscles and bones and connections, learn the names, STUDY the figure, so you know exactly where each muscle and bone protrudes from the outer form and can memorize and manipulate the inner and outer geometry of the human form at any angle inside your head with clarity and no need for reference. Then draw parts at a time. Practice making a sheet of ears, of eyes, noses, lips, all sorts of angles and distortions, different shapes and sizes, then take on more complex forms like hands and feet, and keep practicing and learning.

If you do this then I promise you, in a year you'll be amazed at what you can manage to create. But start with natural human anatomy and proportions, and build up a strong classical figure drawing skill, and from there you can warp it into whatever style you wish, and it will always look fantastic.

You're capable of producing amazing things, but simply wanting it a lot and practicing it a lot isn't enough. You need to read, learn, watch others, absorb and study as much as you can. If you do that and maintain a hunger for knowledge and learning new styles then you'll be capable of producing amazing artwork.

So, about the tablet thingy i should just simply stop bitching myself and start using it. Il get used to it in time, wich i think is true, it just feels strange D:

Thanks for the info you gave me about the books, tough sadly buying anything atm is out of the question for me, money is a bitch. But i think i can find decent stuff from the interwebs, meaby my old school books, especialy about human anatomy could help me out too?
I also think that ive gotten far in the improvment of my art.

This is from 2007 and i had a reference when i made that

This is from 2012 i think

and compare these to my newer drawings you could say that the improvment was somewhat slow from 2007 to 2012 but went alot faster from there.

This is very good advice, and if you have the desire and the time then you should follow it.

Another learning tool is the human body in motion. If you've got someone who would be willing to pose for you, you should ask them to try out a lot of poses and examine the way their body changes. The movement of their muscles, bones, and tendons should give you a deeper understanding of the human body.

Hah XD i cant stop thinking bout having my twin bro posing for me to draw, oh the horror id witness.
But i think i got someone willing to do it for me, thanks for the advice ^^

Ive got a lot of help from you guys, Thanks ^^

[Jumbo70]

So i tried my hand on the tablet once more, everything was done on computer, even the sketches.

combines sketch and linework, in my eye looks better than the finished piece XD

and the finished version

The eyes D: the eyes!

[Darthan]

Looks pretty good, a little odd with just the flat colors, but still pretty good.

[Jumbo70]

Looks pretty good, a little odd with just the flat colors, but still pretty good.

Thanks ^^
This may sound odd but, i dunno really how to do it with computer, should i create a partialy transparent layer wich then i colour wholly a specific darker colour and then go haywire with the white colour to create shadows?
wich basicaly means you create light on the shadows instead of creating shadows on light.

[BlueLight]

Looks pretty good, a little odd with just the flat colors, but still pretty good.

Thanks ^^
This may sound odd but, i dunno really how to do it with computer, should i create a partialy transparent layer wich then i colour wholly a specific darker colour and then go haywire with the white colour to create shadows?
wich basicaly means you create light on the shadows instead of creating shadows on light.

I believe most artist lay their work. So they have a layer for the character face, the body, the arms and then the jacket.
Of course i assume.

[Jumbo70]

I believe most artist lay their work. So they have a layer for the character face, the body, the arms and then the jacket.
Of course i assume.

Aye they do, that is also what i did

[Jumbo70]

Hello, ive been very quiet again, but not slacking (much atleast). ive been trying to understand how to make a sidescroller game in Unity, tough to not much profit yet.
Ive understood how to layer stuff in 2d unity and thats about it, pretty helpless when it comes to stuff like this, i dunno how to call it? coding?
Ive created a simple character to wich i want to create some simple animations but i havent got that far yet, id like to first manage to combine the sprites ive created to the character and then either by using sprited animations (wich i really hope i dont have to do) or then animate it trough unity (wich i hope i can do, cuz what ive understanded its pretty easy to animate in unity)

I'm trying to make a simple Mario inspired game, theres not really any lore or so in the game, just that the nasty monsters( wich i havent spirted or even tought much of) stole the protagonists banana and now he is angry, very very angry.


Have a random pixel art (not linked to my game project in any way, just wanted to try for shits n giggles

if you want to look at it more zoomed in, just download it n zoom it with your favourite picture viewing program

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[Jumbo70]

Well hello there!
I dissapeared a little seems like, oops.

have some art

The shadows version

Now i feel the shadows actualy makes it look worse so heres a no shadows version

The no shadows version

Now why i have made digital is cuz i remembered katsuo saying i should try my hands on digital again, and i got a new toy for my studying called surface pro 3, so what a better thing to try eh? I like it alot.

The shadows ive made dont look good, i dont know really why, they look similiar to other peepl who are also just starting with their digital drawings so im making the same mistake as they do, what is it?

If someone is interested why i more or less dissapeared from the face of the earth is cuz my gf from germany came to visit me so my priorities shifted a little :3 also school started again.

Practice necromancy on your own posts for ultimate success!

[Jumbo70]

So after some time of not doing anything else than invading evil thread i tought to put something creative for a change.

so, im not that interested bout anatomy and the likes but more on the colouring/shadowing part. Ofcourse all kinds of constructive critisism is very welcome.
So should i continue like this or do it completly different? please give reasons and/or references how i should do instead.
Also anything else in mind is also welcome. as long as its even remotley related(or not).

I made a new poll so yu can fancy yurself by pressing pretty buttons n choose little what i should focus on.

[dragonmaster121989]

Sorry jumbo70 got impatient.

This is a request I have had made for me by our good artist friend that I feel deserves to be up here. The char is mine but the art work is his though. Well done buddy when I'm done colouring it I'll put it up here

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[Jumbo70]

Sorry jumbo70 got impatient.

This is a request I have had made for me by our good artist friend that I feel deserves to be up here. The char is mine but the art work is his though. Well done buddy when I'm done colouring it I'll put it up here

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heh, no worries man ^^

[dragonmaster121989]

ugghhhh i just realized whats missing from her. 9 tails guess i have to wait before i color her

as a small thank you and something to pass the time i thought i would color one of your images on my computer.

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[Jumbo70]

Heres the updated version, Whoops

youre good at coloring ^^

Heres something else ive been cooking up, its part of 4 pictures that i train different poses with, and also computer drawing

i seem to have forgotten tovshade the ears, oh well.
And add details to them XD

[dragonmaster121989]

Btw if you want me to do another when I'm done Tanara pick it out for me.

[Jumbo70]

I just butchered my pokemon gold game for gameboy color.
now to find a shop where they sell these batteries.

I've never been so scared before in my life, I just performed a surgery on my childhood, geezus D:
ive also been painting my transparent gameboy color, il show u a pic tomorrow sometime ^^

[Jumbo70]

so ive been little sickly latley, and still am so it took a little longer than i had hoped, but here it is ^^

its not that pretty but i had lots of fun doing it and that is what counts right ^^

[Lucky777]

ANATOMY

1) Yes, correct placement of butthole is vitally important.

Comparison between 2007 and 2012 drawings

2) Yeah that does seem like a pretty substantial improvement from 2007 to 2012.

twin bro posing

3) D :