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Post by Luciana on Aug 29, 2011 22:21:51 GMT -5
You are off to a fine start! Keep it up and your observational skills will improve greatly.  btw your 4th reference link seems to be broken. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 23:07:12 GMT -5
That looks beautiful Miss Tiger!   ;D I really like the lower left one, I think it matches the most! ;D The link is 4th broken like Luciana said though.  |
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Post by Ginz ❤ on Aug 30, 2011 16:32:39 GMT -5
Ooh, awesome! =D Good luck with your challenges! They sound fun. ^_^ Yay for tigers! I think I agree with Joel, my favorite is the lower left one too. ^^ I'll definitely check back to see what you draw next. |
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Post by krimzon on Aug 30, 2011 18:19:17 GMT -5
Nice work, Tiger~!
This is a really good idea. <3
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Post by Tiger on Aug 30, 2011 21:22:35 GMT -5
Thank you, Ginz and Krimz ^^
Day 2's been added. This is not a particularly good set of sketches, but oh well ^^;
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2011 23:49:54 GMT -5
Yup, the 4th link for the strawberry tiger (I'm sorry, I've never heard of that species before until now. XD) is okay now. And I adore the second one too Ms Tiger! ;D The bottom right one is my favorite, I love the way you captured it's body movement and expression! 8D ;D 8D |
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Post by Tiger on Aug 31, 2011 21:56:56 GMT -5
Thanks, Joel ^^
Strawberry tigers are pretty cool - they're not really a seperate species, they're just Bengal tiger (I think?) that have a genetic mutation that gives them that cool color/patterning. I only heard of them about a year ago, they're pretty rare.
Day 3 uploaded. I really need to do these earlier in the day XD
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2011 22:50:38 GMT -5
^ You're welcome. And that's interesting anyway. At least I'm not alone in never having heard of them until relatively (Stretching.) recently.  And I love the bottom middle one! ;D It's... I don't know, really... feline. |
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Post by krimzon on Sept 2, 2011 20:47:55 GMT -5
Those are so awesome. I love the leaping/pouncing pose.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2011 23:12:50 GMT -5
They're so pretty! Both the drawings and the photo, though the second and third ones have an "error loading page" for me. .___. I love the prowling pose at the bottom though, and like Miss Krimzonia said, the energy in the pouncing/ leaping/ jumping poses are awesome! ;D 8D You can get the energy right. Also, I forgot it was a new month, so I was going, "Why isn't the drawing on that post for a while? .___.". .___. XD |
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Post by Luciana on Sept 3, 2011 1:48:44 GMT -5
Nice work, Tiger! Also I thought the same as Joel. For a second there I thought you stopped doing these but then I realized it's a new month Anyway, now that you've posted a couple of pages I feel like I can give you some critique. Hope it helps! I've noticed you sometimes have lines and circles inside the animals you draw. That's good. However, instead of placing small ovals or circles where you think they should go (that's kind of what it feels like you're doing) try starting your drawing with large shapes instead. I drew over a reference you posted for Day 4 to show what I mean. i.imgur.com/Rwml4.jpg1. What I think you should try to do is make *big shapes like these to get the proportions right and then carve and add the curves of the figure in and around the shapes. Kind of like if you were working on a clay statue! Also, I added a long curved line because with moving figures I find it especially helpful to place that nice curved line first and work from there. I see that you have that line there for some of your drawings but I thought I should add it as a reminder! 2. Another thing that I think will help a lot with accuracy is to find angles that connect some parts of the animal with another part. As you can see from the longest blue horizontal line, the beginning of the cat's muzzle is nearly in line with the bottom of the bend in it's front legs. It's good to keep these kinds of relations in mind. Vertical, horizontal, and perpendicular lines help A LOT so always be on the lookout for them. When I learned about these tips they helped me improve my studies a lot so I hope they help you too. Keep up the good work. You've inspired me to start drawing every day again <3 *To be honest my example for the big shapes in that picture isn't that great (it's late at night and I'm kinda sleepy) but you probably get the idea anyway. |
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Post by Tiger on Sept 3, 2011 21:32:40 GMT -5
Thanks everybody ^^ I'm surprised the leaping serval was received so well, it was easily the worst of the bunch XP
Ah! Thank you so much for the detailed crit and the "red"line, Luciana! That looks like a really helpful technique; I kind of bungled through the whole using shapes thing, so it's awesome to have a good visual guide. No sketch today, but I'll definitely try the serval drawing again, and see if I can't figure out how to use the technique on other drawings =D
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Post by Crystal on Sept 3, 2011 23:22:37 GMT -5
That was an awesome crit, Luciana =D You brought up a lot of really neat points.
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Post by Tiger on Sept 7, 2011 21:15:05 GMT -5
Days 5 and 6 were posted within the past few days.
I'm going to be shifting to weekly sketches for the time being; we'll see how this goes ^^;
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Post by Luciana on Sept 8, 2011 21:35:32 GMT -5
Tiger, your last two pages look great! I am seeing improvement on your proportions already. Looking forward to your next update. (also, I'm happy you both thought my critique was helpful.  |
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