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Published: 2011-03-07 21:44:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 925; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 30
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I suppose =Katie-Stanley 's recent challenge had an effect on me after I read it. Scrawled these some time before [link] was drawn. Her proposal was to do and draw things out of your comfort zone in the name of improving your art. I didn't take the challenge, because I feel I'm far too green to be anything "typical" of style.Anyway, there's a really awful looking tree. A wretched abomination of a building of sorts to the right of it. But, above them is the first time I've touched on a concept long in my mind.
I mentioned before about not having a project. Well, that has fortunately changed. That tower is a part of *Suupashi 's world. It's a place located north of Sebastian Frois' home of Marolith. It's supposed to be an ancient, but now corrupt and terribly dangerous place. I was trying to imagine what it's purpose would have been. Why it would be so massive that it would seem like unconquerable structure. In a nutshell, it was a place for humans and dragons to meet, work, and communicate together. The large balconies and their openings are dragon landings for their convenience.
Anyway, I think I've talked far too much about these little things. I should revisit the tower soon anyway. Hell, it doesn't even have a name yet.
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These are sweet! And creative. I really love them. I also find it quite inspiring, I'm glad you friend got you to branch out because I am not disappointed. I think the building has pretty good perspective applied and that cool because I find it pretty difficult. Not that I have tried since, I don't know, highschool. Sounds like someone else needs to challenge them self >.> (me)
Great concepts, did I tell you I love concepts?
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Wow, this is such an unexpected hit with some of you fine, fine people. I mean I really didn't think much of them. That being said, I'm not gonna let this get to my head... slow down... breathe... I'm ok. THANKS! First Candy, then Katie, now you. Shit, I'm truly surprised but ever so pleasantly. You and the rest are making me feel good.
That building is pretty much the most basic, of basic things I know about perspective. If you didn't read any of the other comments, I mentioned that I felt my construction of it was pretty tacky in the name of making it interesting.
I await to see the trials you put yourself through eventually. Don't worry, I'll be right here to help and to push you onward for what it's worth.
You love concepts? So do I. We should work together sometime. After all, I did capture the general form for Elwynn's head, eh?
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Oh I like the buildings design, I think in of itself its great. I just have struggled with the three point, two point perspective in the past so I had to commend you for that hah I don't know why you'd consider it tacky. If I saw it in a movie or in real life, no doubt would I be in awe. Haha jsut had a little pang of excitement just imagining.
Haha, yeah, you know I might not even really consider doing much else, and honestly I wouldn't have come this far with my art if it weren't first for you and then eventually both you and Suu. Honest to God truth. I wont ever forget because you just don't forget those kind of things. So its definitely feel like you guys are a few I can depend on, and depend upon it, I will try to give it back
Sure, I still have Open Canvas. I still am not sure how it works 'cause I haven't tried yet but we can try to arrange a time sometime. Even if its a short time. Most of my spare wore is being doing in between stuff. After I finish my game, send me a note sometime. And tell Steph that she needs to do it with me too!
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You just keep making it better, don't you? Now I'm thinking more into that little thing, seeing how to work it in to the story even. I considered it tacky because the architecture seems inconsistent to me. I dunno, maybe I'm being more of a stickler than usual. Trust me, I don't want to dislike it. ^-^' Such a wonderful motivator you are.
I don't think you thanking us, or even just me for that matter, for that will ever get old. Getting better with accepting that gratitude though, ha. Generous you are with your intentions in all ways with us, you're wonderful yourself. I don't think you know how you make me feel about my work. It's a big deal to me to be able to say "That's right, she digs my stuff and is willing to help me out".
Well, it doesn't have to be via Open Canvas. I don't notice you on the messenger anymore, so it seems like you may be doing other, more important things. It would be great though to do that, I get all flustered when I'm about to do that kind of stuff. I would definitely get her in on that. But if that never works out, we could shoot random ideas through notes and other things. Requests and just plain brainstorming. I love teamwork.
Speaking of the game, I don't think I'll be filling those other 7 slots so I have no idea when or how to close it. Although if anything, I'd be willing to take multiple requests.
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Even Tiger Woods has a hired second pair of eyes. Sometimes you just have to get out of the box
Haha, well good because I will probably be reminding you now and then as long as I keep contact with you guys. Even then, I may explain it to someone else heh
Honestly I feel like what encouragements or bouts of trying to be helpful have been meager and maybe never enough. It makes me feel bad sometimes because its like I am not being a mutually good friend.
OH okay, well that works. You know about the chating thing. I can actually chat, I don't have it up at all because I go to log on and then I think. Its such a distraction when I should be concentrating on getting some of my work done. Obviously, from these back and forths alone, you can probably understand how my chats can end up evolving to until it consumes all my time. I get caught in am impasse and I end up just not doing signing on. Anyway, not like notes or emails or something wouldn't work. Whatever the case, if you feel like it, just hit me up.
Hah ha, hint. Okay well I am willing to do multiple trades too lol. Umm okay since I am getting very behind with that reference sketch (I have accumulated a few, btw, but they just don't work for me) I will as for you to sketch her or her . What there anything else you wanted other than the surprise?
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"Not being a mutually good friend"? You're going to have to really explain that to me, because I don't really know what else it is you could, should, or would be doing.
I can dig that. After a while I figured there was a reason you didn't sign on to that kind of stuff, so I just left that kind of thing alone and figured that it didn't fit well with you for some reason. I'd probably hit you up for some thing here and there, but I wouldn't really know how to approach that. Besides, I notice that your responses can be timely if you can help it, but they're kind of unpredictable. So, again, I just stick to this.
Ok, I've saved them both to reference and I'll get to them as soon as I can. I'm supposing here that you're gonna trust me to take a little license with them since there's not much to the descriptions and I'm pretty sure that something has changed after a little while. Like clothes or something. I dunno, maybe I'm just being too stuffy about it, but what say you? As for what I want... Screw it. I would like to see what you can do with [link] [link] Krux. I would be so honored if you did anything with him. If you need to know anything, you know what to do. I'll list your new request on my journal now.
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Yeah just go ahead a note me a little more about him (Krux) anything from bg, traits, attire. Its gonna be fun
Oh yeah, feel the liberty of creativety with those two. I think you should challenge yourself and try to get nifty with the clothes 
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I actually think the tree looks good. You put a lot of detail into it and it looks old and creepy. ( if thats what you were going for )
The tower looks amazing, like really well thought out. I like the whole concept of a tower for dragons and people to meet, its very cool. The landings are a great idea and they fit well into the design.
I don't think the last building is awful, its just rough. Buildings are tough, I have no experience with them either...
But yeah I think these are pretty cool little sketches, just neat seeing you do something different.
I'm glad you tried to do something out of your zone
Now on to a fullbody character drawing with full background featuring these things!
Ahahaha... yeah.. Im just kidding. But it would be sweet if you did it.
( I dont even do that kind of stuff... *lazy* )
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Shit, you're serious aren't you? I really can't believe I even got a positive view from you. I know you don't pump out architecture all the time, but you're not exactly some tasteless boob.
The tree was meant to be something bare and gnarled, but I kind of let it go when I realized that I lost my grip on its dimensions. I had no idea it looked any good at all. Same kinda goes with that other building. I just started tacking things on so that it wouldn't look "boring" but I dislike it because it looks like I made it in bad taste. The tower is the only thing I really enjoy, I worked the most on it... well, because I had a real drive for it, but even then, I felt it was just some little rudimentary thing. Good to build off of and not much more.
Thanks for all that you said about these. I feel that what I draw doesn't often invoke some kind of thought, emotion, or just plain interest of any sort unless I appeal to something directly. That's just me though. Kind of a pessimist about that, so this is kind of cool to get from stuff like this.
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Wooh! I'm glad I'm not a boob.
If I was a boob I would at least like to be a pair of boobs.
One is no fun.
Well if you look at nature most trees and stuff don't have super defined "dimensions".
Thats why I think it looks great. It looks damanged and natural.
Hey no problem~
And don't worry you know even if its just a sketch it's still going to invoke some kind of thought or feeling from a view.
Heck even a stupid box would make me think or feel something.
I'd be like "God damn I hate drawing boxes, I feel like crap now. I'm re-living Drawing 1."
I don't see anything wrong with being pessimistic though.
Not everyone can crap rainbows and puke flowers, right?
I'm actually a pretty negative person in real life...
So I can kind of relate. I have trouble with my art a lot.
But you know, I think as an artist it's better to be negative then overly positive.
If your cocky and think your stuff is awesome then your never gonna improve!
But people that don't like their art are more likely to try and get better...
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You got that right. A solitary boob would just be unpleasant and disappointing. A tragic sight indeed.
Is that so? Trees are just one of those things I haven't paid attention to doing for the longest so when I whipped that one out I just used whatever good judgement I had for it. It's amazing what a little education can do, because I didn't see trees as you describe them. So, when I looked at it after a while I just thought "Fuck it, I'll leave it at that".
I agree with you on not gushing over your own work and using that kind of humbled view. It does keep you in line and striving and so many should have the kind of motivation for these things. Just in my case, I want to find more of that territory that lets me be happy on some levels with what I do, so I'm exploring that lately. Hopefully it hasn't negatively impacted anything that's shown up here, artwork or otherwise. Just got tired of really hating my work. Hell, I scrutinize my work enough as is STIL so it's just me keeping out of a dark place.
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Y... you're kidding, right? This was totally unexpected.
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Nope! I love them. Simple as that.
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