any works in the future at least XD

Influenced by jcarro13's recent effort to support an old, but sound suggestion for the Fan Museum: Personalized Threads :clap:

so...just to start off...after that horrid Van Tomiko rendition :bawling:, I dared to try portraits again :bounce:

reference pic - Nanako Matsushima

the attempt :nuts:

edit: this was rather tough because it's awkward to do a portrait wherein the head is tilted...if some of you may notice...the drawing's head is a bit more upright than that of the reference :sweatface: This is because I cropped a close-up of her head first and tilted it to an upright position, and then the body just followed through...though I used the original uncropped pic for reference then...so some things *might* look weird or improper :buck:

Whoa, as far as I'm concerned, you're highly skilled. :biggrin:

nib,
this is good. :notworthy:
stick to pencils for the time being.

Looks great. Life like in fact. Whoops that was the reference :sweatface: .

Hmm... not bad. In fact, it's good. No, it's great! Its excellent :ok:

OMG! I could never do one like that!it's so...WOW!

I bow to your skill. I could never do a portait. It's awesomely great..

thanks a heap for the comments ppl! :clap: :bounce: :nuts:

Heh, there's no doubt about it you BELONG into fine arts ^___^

Man, I can't lay my eyes off.

It's the eyes that get you.

nib's level is where I want to be. He is my rival, though I'm not even a speck in his rear view mirror yet.

Nib, thanks for getting off your ass and drawing something. Now it's time for me to fight fight fight.

(in terms of artistic skill, nib is the big guy with his hand extended, pushes the forehead of me, the little guy with short hands, who is desperately trying to punch him, but because my arms are so short, I don't even come close.)

elf: I get that feeling fairly often everytime I log on to Devart :sweatface: :rofl:

(hey and that's mean of you...ya make me sound like a gloating bully :buck: )

as for getting off my ass...yah, devart did this to me :sweatface: if you haven't tried it yet, it could really make you prolific... ;)

Nanako Matsushima again!!! :love:

Didn't quite get this the way I wanted to, but it still makes me smile :biggrin:

Whoa. Amazing skills. It's so... life like... like... life. :buck: It's great!

BTW, who is Nanako Matsushima? You seem to like her a lot :smile: .

Most people might recognize her as the mom from Ring 1 and 2 :wave:

she's an accomplished 30+ actress/model from Japan, made a name for herself starring in taiga dramas (traditional theme tv dramas). She has posed for various wholesome fashion/lifestyle mags. If you happen to see some Max Factor ads in Japanese, she's that girl :)

Stefanie Sun Yan Zhi (Sun Yanzi? ??? ) - reed-thin pop singer popular in Taiwan and Singapore :wave:

THIS was retouched rather poorly in photoshop :sweatface: amazing how many blatant errors surface on scans :buck:

wow...such remarkable works of art...hehe...

Self-Pity

just a welcome break from portraits XD

another Stefanie Sun Yan Zhi Portrait :love: :biggrin:

they're really nice... :notworthy:

Great one nib!! Talk about pencil mastery :smile:

When it's good, it's good; but these are freakin' great. :clap:

thanks guys :biggrin: :notworthy:

scarlet: pencil mastery? :sweatface: I wish :buck: just got motivated lately when I kept seeing pencilller gods in DA :nuts:

edit: (confused with DA emoticons :buck: )

nice one dood. :agree:
now try applying what you've learned technically to your own imaginings and creations :notworthy:

one last portrait...hopefully I could get back to trying surreal...hopefully :sweatface: heck, anything original enough... :buck:

to anyone who's seen Gokusen live action...er...she's supposed to be the girl here :sweatface:

One Sweet Afterthought

wow. wish i had the knack for portraying realism that well! i humbly bow to your skill.

absolutely gorgeous! your varied value ranges are dead on with this one. I'd have loved for you to do the rest of the figure though!(the composition would have been much more dynamic.)

(wow, meh thread is bumped! :sweatface: )

hey, you're quite the versatile artist! :cool: :rock: quite the fashion designer too! :wink:

You ought to start your own thread here :wink: Show 'em what you got! :cheers:

I don't know whether it's be consdiered off topic or not though, and also though is definitely integrated in my art style(whther it's really obvious or not) it's not my main focus and that's more of what we're here for. Thank You though. I start art college next week and I often wonder whether I've made the right choice myself in going there.When people sincerely compliment on my work though I guess I get back down to earth.

Best of luck then :cheers: Start a new topic to showcase your works! :wave: :cool:

Another crush of mine that's married...*sigh*

dude, Leigh Nash? by golly. :hyper: man, you're still getting better. :rockon:

YOU RECOGNIZE HER!!! :hyper: wheeeeeeeeee!!! :nuts: out of all the people I asked and you knew it was Leigh Nash....wow....:cheesy:

I LOVE YOU MAN!!! *freaky manly hug* :arcade:

waaaaaaaaaa and I love you for drawing her! :flowerface:

Err... let's just love her together! ...I mean.. :rofl:

It's a pretty good portrait dude. They prolly just don't know her (like I do)

Yo guys, just hoping for some feedback on something I still dream of doing for the years to come :) I came up with 2 sample pages with different themes. They don't have balloons because I wanted to see how much story I could tell with just the panels.

shounen ai

ecchi (MATURE CONTENT, though it really ain't much)

I'm interested in knowing if the strips work, meaning they could impress a situation that's clear and interesting enough :) Anyway though, any input on anything would be cool as well :ok: :cool:

I think my brain is on "sleep mode" at the moment cos I don't quite get it.

You modesty makes me want to deck you. :biggrin: But seriously your stuff is very good. Are you an F.A. major cause you work feels like you are.

thanks ^^ well I wish I were...I mean being properly schooled helps a lot I'm sure...right now I'm eyeing certificate course programs I could take while working :/

Whoaa...is that Picasso?No way...

Whatever it is,I can't draw like that.Or...is it because of the tools I'm using?

Great.Almost perfect.

Hmmm, certificate programs are not bad, but which major and where. I got mine in U.P. majoring in Advertising. Then on my 5th term I went for my Bschelor's degree. :biggrin:

My first ever artwork in Illustrator

This acoustic guitar took me hours :buck: