Those look pretty sharp Roosta. Must confess I've never heard of Truespace.

Here's a sight gag cartoon I did last year with CorelDraw 11 and Photoshop 6.0

http://ruhkarv.homestead.com/files/CorniceCut.jpg

Nice pic, well drawn. Any more?

Hmmmm. My least favorite cultural export from France. :D

http://ruhkarv.homestead.com/files/M...seawarfare.jpg

Kudos. :thumbsup:

Being an aspiring artist.... I'm on my way there. I've been told i'm decent, but need to keep at it. About the same for anyone else, aye? Well here's my 2 cents worth of art for a character within a novel i'm writing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Dunlavy/scan.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...unlavyface.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nlavyexile.jpg

What's the dangly thing? I keep thinking ocarina, but maybe I played too much Zelda...

Indeed, it's a form of ocarina, but on one, (can't remember if I added it on the other) there's somewhat of a knob, it would control the size of the holes. Yeah, alot of zelda mate. I just like going back to old instruments. I needed one that could be carved and related to old fantasy fiction. Those are all of a character of mine known as Dunlavy Everbane.

i thought it was a kazoo :)

I thought kazoos had only one hole...

Neat art! this guy may be copying you... (heheh, just kidding)
The story begins
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...02-10-30&res=l
quick and dirty search of relevant comics
http://www.penny-arcade.com/search.p...1&searchtype=1

What it really reminded me of...
http://www.penny-arcade.com/gabeart/...4/FrameSet.htm

pretty nice. Hey, i'm trying to think of a few muses, anyone have some requests for something I can sketch?

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7...0007fg7.th.jpg
EDIT: oh FINEEE, ill shrink it...

Could ya make that a bit larger? Can't see it. Thanks

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3...ing2ur8.th.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7298/head1yr1.th.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9283/head2ae8.th.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4...copyea2.th.jpg

Having missed this thread previously I happened upon page #3. I liked all your photos zippyt!

No time to go through much of the other 14.


Your thingy bobbers are cool too Happy Monkey.

Thanks! The holiday season is underway, so I'm gonna be making a few more pretty soon.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7...olorma3.th.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4632/head3ks3.th.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1879/head4ba7.th.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1659/head5jq2.th.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9...owiedb0.th.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/442/singerep2.th.jpg

GEEEEEEEZZZZ, way to make me feel good about my drawings guys!

well, what's the deal? are they stylistically intended to be that way, or are you just holding your face too close to the paper? they look a bit like ancient roman engravings. all of the eyes appear to be the same. too wide, and very 2D.

witchy poo. did i post this before?

what do you think?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...riter/Nose.jpg

I'm no good at art criticism, but they seem pretty static. It's a bit pot-kettle of me to say it, since I'm no good at drawing action myself, and primarily draw full-on or profile when I draw people. It may be easiest to see one's own flaws in other's work.

I'd say jasoncarocopyea2.jpg is the best, as they aren't full-on face shots, and the people have more natural attitudes. Did you work from a photo? That can help de-rigidify your drawings.

Keep at it. I've been drawing constantly as long as I can remember; it's great.

Ibram, one thing my drawing teacher pointed out to us in drawing one was the difference between drawing from observation and drawing a symbol which represents 'eyes' for example.

If you really look at an eye, you'll see it doesn't look anything like a section of a lentil.

The reason I'm a photographer is that I haven't the patience to draw as well as I'd like. (nor the skill)

If you enjoy drawing then keep drawing. If you are content with your drawings then everything's fine. If you'd like your drawings to look "better"(in your mind) than they do, take a drawing one class. Stop drawing from photos and draw from observation.

My generic advice to anyone who wants to improve whatever skill they are pursuing is "never be satisfied with where you are." That doesn't mean don't appreciate your talents, just don't be satisfied.

Keep going.

the thing i have the hardest time with is that the lack of lines and the negative space have more to do with the appearance of a rendering than the actual lines. I tend to over-draw and over shade. i used to fancy myself an artist until 12th grade when i saw this kid in my class' work. holy shit. he drew a fairy out of one continuous line that came up from a curl of smoke. hardly any pencil on the paper, but there was the fairy, clear as day. elegant, simple, clean. I can't do that.

you have to see it before you can draw it. really see it.

My drawings arent realllly s'posed to look real, any more than any cartoon. Theyre just 2D sketches of faces, and in a couple pictures bodies too. Theyre more about the style than the realism. Theyre about the hair, and the attitude, and the impression.

Here is some art (if you can call it that LOL) that I made in MS paint. My goal was to paint something in a minimalistic, simplistic style to appear as if a child with a pure soul were expressing themselves on the computer. (pure bs right there... I was actually was just messing around on paint) :D

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I like it. The floating lightbulb lends a surrealistic air.

What light bulb? Say balloon.

LOL yeah it was intended to be a hot air balloon, but most art is subjective, in the eye of the beholder, if you will. So it can definatly be a lightbulb too if you prefer! :)

Here is another beautiful creation. This one is meant as a warning against obesity, because you become what you eat (Banana man), and the consumerism lifestyle most live now will eventually come back and bite you and eat up your soul as you try and save your lifestyle (monkey) LOL i'm so full of shit!

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Just got a Wacom tablet yesterday...

(note - I drew these for my girlfriend, so ignore the hearts and the writing)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3909/calico0ts.png

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1160/kermit7jr.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9282/wacom12uf.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2420/gazelle8ug.jpg

I got one of those thinking it would make drawing/writing easy. It didn't. Hope you have better luck with it. I like it but I can't handwrite or sketch on it but that may be because I got a small one and there's an amplification effect. What size did you get?

like, the smallest that there is.

I'll upgrade when I don't owe 600 bucks on an incoming guitar...

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2...istpink5ag.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6...freddie6kc.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4711/ewan7df.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6516/prince9jb.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/221/thriller8ff.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4...mmerman8zo.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2919/vaicross4ul.jpg

Nice, Ibram!

I'm impressed. I recognized five of the seven, but MJ doesn't count.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7792/zappakq9.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6880/thenigepm8.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1761/jerryke6.jpg
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3...flashesgn3.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7135/ronnopg2.jpg
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/7014/hedwigrg7.jpg

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5719/leifengxr4.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1904/leifeng2cw5.png
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8407/leifeng3zf3.png
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4705/leifeng4wt2.png
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5852/leifeng5sd8.png
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8306/leifeng6vi6.png

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4...redbluexu9.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2148/beaglefi5.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7281/nashtelefy0.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8505/jimilb3.jpg
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/266/arlopn4.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/574/robwt3.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2766/joenb7.jpg
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5692/andrewbx3.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5166/rossly5.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5281/zubinus7.jpg

do you think it unimportant to mention that most of these are tracings?

not traced, just copied by sight. Well, okay, I traced the text on Thriller, and the beagle, can opener, telecaster, and Lei Feng, but most of those, the people, i google image searched then used that for reference, not for tracing, except on a couple of the eyes (which you yourself said i suck at)

the frog? bob geldoff, dylan? all of the ones in post #280.....?

still worth mention, i think.

An odd little non-tapecraft thing I made out of paperclips and the rings from seltzer bottle caps.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/...fa495d4f19.jpg

Was it you that mention things were a little slow at work? :haha:
That's very cool, it must have taken awhile to put together. What came first, the ants looking for something to do, or the ball looking for inhabitants?

I see London, I see France, I see Escher's Underpants!

That is very, very cool.

Thanks!

The bugs came first. I didn't make this one at work, though I did make a few bugs there...

I love it... and your tape work too... do you exhibt them???

Clever Monkey!

Only here and on Flickr...

Very well done! quite artsy in a recycling kind of way.

So clever, Monkey. You really should put these in shows. They are really sweet.

Seriously... I like your work much more than soo much stuff I've seen in galleries and museums... and I lived in NYC so I'm not just talking about little small town shows here... I likey

Thanks!

I just saw this. I love this one. The ants make it.

No, HM made it. You've got to actually read the posts glatt.

This was my first and only attempt at oil painting.

that's a happy waterfall

Very nice... had you/have you done other paintings? What was it about the oil painting that made you want to not do it again?

You fucked up, that ain't oil that's water. :lol2: