I got my wacom and pen :>

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/bluegirlS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/bluegirl.jpg)


http://www.popnko.com/Emily/faeriefinishedS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/faeriefinished.jpg)

in order of drawing.

i just got my pen literally 2 hours ago. the first one took 10 minutes and the second took 30.

[ItalianStereotype]

the speed with which you drew those kinda surprised me, especially with the faerie.

they're both awesome, yo ;o

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/leatherchair2S.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/leatherchair2.jpg)

[Helm]

I think it's pretty evident why a tablet is essential for digital art, now. Good first few tries. Will return with thorough crits.

[EisigerBiskuit]

So which tablet did you get?
Good stuff.

[MLE]

4x6 wacom intuos2.

thanks for your kind words, helm :)

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/popnkoS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/popnko.jpg)

newest wacom piece :eek

[pjalne]

Cool. How much did you give for it?

[Helm]

No more questions about the wacom. More questions (and answers!) about the art.

Ok the last one is more worked and very good.

What I'd do, after this stage, is go in and clean up. Try to, from the groups of lines, draw just one that is very representational, and erase all the others. Make it of variable thinkness, suggesting weight and curve. Clean up, do the next bit, repeat etc. Some line cross-hatching as shading isn't bad, but if you have colour, it's usually overkill.

I'd actually shade the fur too, with a soft blue, even if in reality it's pretty much all white. And never work with a white background, it will make everything be too light. Work with a neutra, earthlyl tone with little saturation.

Your biggest business will be to learn to clean up your wacom drawings, I think.

[MLE]

thank you, helm. your critiques mean a lot to me.

i'll take that into consideraton and re-post the last picture another time later.

<3

[Dole]

The one of Chojin in the chair is really cool.

[glowbelly]

impressive.

the only real thing i see is line control, i guess. it's hard to keep a constant pressure on the pen, but i think you can adjust it's sensitivity?

i can't draw very well. the most i do with my wacom is manips on photos. makes it easier to select certain areas, etc...

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/popnkonewS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/popnkonew.jpg)

updated version. i decided not to do gradient shading. i didn't want to mess it up.

[ItalianStereotype]

it's good, but I liked it better before

[Ninjavenom]

That actually turned out pretty nice :O

I mean, it was nice before, but this one obviously makes it a little less sketchy. Kinda makes me want one ;_;

[Helm]

you are insane eye tie, this is a million times better now.

Good work, MLE, but wait, wouldn't the other little white horn show from that angle?

Anyway, a job well done in my oppinion.

[EisigerBiskuit]

Layer upon layer of well-constructed lamb, and small but powerful use of colors. :D

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/handS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/hand.jpg)

there's a small messup that i'll fix later, but i'm pretty happy with what my wacom can do.

EDIT: just finished another in this style.

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/mylittleponyS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/mylittlepony.jpg)

[ScruU2wice]

Wow that hand is really impressive. I use to think that hands aren't a big deal but there is alot of detail in them and coupled with the foreshortening you put in, makes it pretty amazing. I can't seem to bend my hand to make it look like that. :(

[MLE]

this one isn't as technically worked, but i like it a lot.

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/self4S.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/self4.jpg)

[Helm]

HAND:

The drawing is solid (reference, I guess) but I'd clean up the line art even more BECAUSE I'M A JERK. The colouring is also solid, but it, and the lineart clash in style. getting the lineart cleaner is a first step towards getting them to work well together. Then you need to go in and actually lighten or darken your lineart so that it adheres to the brightness of individual places. The more you can get this to look painted, the better a job you've done (in my oppinion, as this is a very good exercise).

PONY:

Ponies are for fags, you fag. Again could be a bit cleaner. Especially given the subject matter. Your stylistical choices should reflect your subject matter, juxtapose it or otherwise aknowledge it. In this case, going for real smooth all over I think, is a good idea. Also, the lighting on this one is a bit, wobbly. As in, lots of ambient light, but no discernible light source. This presents problems in my telling if it's consistent all over or not, but it's no biggie.

PORTRAIT:

I like the brush strokes, it's a good idea to train different styles, because they're used for different things. Or something. So the brush strokes showing are good, but the glowing is not, in my oppinion. This would be a good piece to try to retain the 'busy' style, but take away lines that aren't essential to it. I'm looking at those in the top of the front of the dress, or in the right (ours) shoulder. Where there's less busy strokes, there's more light. So in the shoulder it'd make sense to take them off, for example. Top of the head also, and so on.

I can see you getting better from piece to piece.

[Matt Harty]

I like the pony :<

[Anonymous]

i would like to pop in to mention that that last portrait is tits :o

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/hand2S.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/hand2.jpg)

another variation. i'm not quite finished yet.

my laptop died, so i lost everything on it, including my school notes and my rough sketches.

[Shyandquietguy]

Holy shit. :(

That's fucking spectacular right there.

Before Helm gets a reply in, mind if I try to figure out what you're going to touch up?

[MLE]

i don't mind citiques or speculations on anything that i post in art shit.

and thank you :o

[Shyandquietguy]

I don't know if you're intending a focal point, but it definitely seems that way. My guess is that you'll touch up the pinky and the shading below the palm crease.

It seems at this point that if you tried to sharpen anything other than those two places you'll lose the perspective and weight. The pinky just seems to stand out while at the same time being pushed back. Unless you're really careful, you could keep the focal point while still sharpening the entire image.

Science!

[MLE]

i'm just slowly bringing it all into focus. i lost the contour lines and i'm working only with shading. if i get meticulous enough, i won't need anything other than shade.

i wasn't working around a specific focal point, but since you mention it, i might look into it.

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/hand3S.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/hand3.jpg)

i'm getting close to being done.

i need to think of a better background now, but i have the outline layed out. i still need to get down to the blacks and sharpen a few lines, but i'm really close.

[MLE]

http://www.popnko.com/Emily/handfinishedS.jpg (http://www.popnko.com/Emily/handfinished.jpg)

i believe i'm finished now.

sorry about triple posting.

[liquidstatik]

woah! looks nice! :D