you're so good with oekaki and tones, I wish I had the patience and skill to draw like you o_o" View
Junky stuff
1 month 4 weeks ago
"Some stuff I did for practice a couple of nights ago... hadn't touched drawing for a few months. I think they came out ok, I still need to practice my realism though... and just about everything else :/
"Hmm.. I never really thought about them being siblings... but I guess that could be possible too although I originally intended them to be a couple. The girl seems a little young though D: And yeah, I agree, the title does sound much nicer in Chinese. Thanks for looking and commenting like.. twice lol XD
Dashi - hahaha thanks :)
Tidez - don't you wish ap built in +fav buttons into the forums... lol... I wanted to fav some stuff here too but no +fav buttons :/ Thanks for commenting though :)
Motogp - Thanks for the comment, glad you like it :]
Kawaiiyuki - I used a program called openCanvas to draw and color.. thanks for the comment!" View
3 of my drawings
6 months 3 weeks ago
"Cute :] I like the last one the best. L is awesome." View
Can we not be brave?
7 months 1 week ago
"I guess I achieved my goal then.. if I made you feel what they're feeling... I think that's the most important aspect of the picture..
did it while listening to a song called 可不可以不勇敢... I don't like the colors that much and I've gotten too lazy to line over my messy sketches so you end up with an overfiltered bright and blinding picture :D
but it's been a while so I figured might as well post it.. I should be sleeping though" View
Aswin and Widya First Comic
10 months 1 week ago
"Omgggg that was so cute
post more!
I love the way you draw their faces.. so adorable!" View
Art isn't cute
11 months 6 days ago
"Maybe famous art isn't cute
maybe reknowned artists don't draw cute things
maybe your teacher needs to broaden her horizons
just because people may think a picture, or an artistic piece is cute, doesn't always mean it isn't art" View
"Omgggg luna! how can you call yourself a failure?! Your drawings are all gorgeous!! You're so good at drawing front-facing faces... they're all so.. perfectly symmetrical! I wish I could make them as nicely as you do. And plus I absolutely adore the way you do eyes and lips, they just make all the faces you draw sooo pretty! D: Also, you're very good at drawing guys.. I don't understand what you mean when you say "after multiple failures of drawing boys" -_-
My favorite has got to be the last picture... I love the color tones and her face and expression are just stunning " View
it's original art by the artist herself.. it's not from an anime" View
Breathe
1 year 2 months ago
"Hey thanks for the comments kayun and shadow :)
Shadow: I made this picture using openCanvas 4.06E Plus... you can dl a trial version of this program from www.portalgraphics.net
and the effects... if you mean the glowing water effects.. I just drew the glowing stuff on an addition layer and then I blurred and duplicated the layer :D Anyway, thanks a lot, glad you like it :)" View
Luna's Art IV
1 year 2 months ago
"Wahhh luna these are great.. even if they ARE from 4 years ago :X so much.. patience... and detail.. I'd die doing something like that X___x
my fav is the green one.. cuz .. I like green! Especially when it's used well... and that horse is so funny XD
anyway.. you should draw more now and try to get out of your art block if you have time (darn those finals >__<) I wanna see more new stuff from you D:!" View
My MS Paint Art!!
1 year 2 months ago
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hagane28
I think that the colouring it´s good, and vector skills are good too, but i think that you need to take care of character´s proportions, but it´s a good job ^^ still can be improved
before you say vector.. the title clearly states "ms paint art" which cannot possibly be a vector
to me.. it's very impressive that you have the patience to do all of that in ms paint. Props to you.. I esp. like the 2nd and first one :)" View
The Painter
1 year 3 months ago
"Mm... I really like the idea of the paint pouring onto her dress and making a picture.. very original :D
I'm not really sure about the words though... they say "ai4 ping2 he2 xing4" in chinese, but I don't think it's an actual sensible phrase .. although it may be in japanese, I dunno.
luna: the last word is the word that appears in "xing4 fu2" and means good fortune/joy or something like that but.. hmm ... ai = love, ping = peace, he = gentle/harmonious though it usually comes before ping like you said.. I'm guessing it's just a listing of words dealing with peace, harmony, love, and joy etc.
anyway, nice work with the textures and colors, and whole piece overall :)" View
college shooting
1 year 3 months ago
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Ryuu
Gun control DOES NOT WORK, plain and simple.
This is why we should be like China and make it against the law for ordinary citizens to carry guns. No problems there, except that it's already too late for the US." View
Breathe
1 year 3 months ago
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TertiusViducius
I'd say its not perfect but to put something as specific as not "professionally good"? I'd say thats a wee bit off there. I know I can be tactless at times but that kinda hits the mark right there. I'm pretty sure by all the comments I read here most people got what you said Machdude but be more careful... There are those that would flame ye for that. Besides, I have seen "proffessional" work that isn't in any way as good as this therefore that is indeed a biased statement there.
I agree with you however it isn't perfect and yes Artist I see that you see that as well. But I would like to throw in a small critique question here. In what way does the title have anything to do with the picture? I know its pretty subjective but the picture sends out a "relax" message more than a "breath" message. You even had here close her eyes and seem more meditative. Its really subjective so it isn't really that big. I'm kinda after the picture title relation here so its best to hear what the artist had in mind for it to get it answered. Oh, perhaps someone out there might say "relax" incurrs "breathing" my immediate response to that is - Those are two different things and represent each other differently. You can say they go together but you cannot say its the same thing. Kinda tactless myself right now aren't I but my curiosity got the better of me. I post this because the act of breathing here does not seem to be in focus because its not the apparent thing going on by means of the message the picture conveys. A very subjective point but it is something considered in competitions.
Hahah.. the act of breathing.. so scientific aren't we X] Actually when I started it, this was just a random scrap that I never intended to finish, and thought would end up piled on my hd somewhere like 99% of my drawings. Soo.. the title was pretty random because I was listening to the song Far Away by Nickelback at the time and I caught the line "stop breathing if I don't see you anymore", so I just stole the word "breathe" from there because it sounded fitting and I couldn't stop thinking of it. But in a way, titling it "Breathe"... often when someone draws specific attention to that word, I think of someone taking deep breaths, with their eyes closed and letting their mind wander to someplace far off, maybe to some paradise we could never see on Earth.
I'm not sure if any of you got this, but behind her.. the white area is upside-down clouds.. so if you look at the picture upside-down, they should look like regular cumulus clouds. It's kind of like.. how do I explain.. she's wading in warm water, closing her eyes, taking a deep breath, and all of a sudden she's dreaming of wandering through the heavens, hence the clouds... but they're upside down because I wanted to make it seem like they could also have been a reflection on the water.. so it's like.. almost coinciding realities I guess. I didn't want to title it something like "dream" because I feel the word is overused, and if I did use it, it would have to be for something of substantially better quality than something I made on a whim. Then again, it's not something that I gave THAT much thought to.. so.. yeah.
And uh.. I don't think I intend to enter any competitions soon.. I had planned to enter some random online ones on dA before but nothing ever came out of it because I just got lazy in the end. The only one I've ever finished was the W.A.R. competition at minitokyo because I told them I was committed to it so I would have felt bad if I let them down by not actually doing anything :X
Anyway, thanks so much for your comment and curiosity.. it was a really interesting question to answer :) though I probably bored you out of your mind with my response :D" View
college shooting
1 year 3 months ago
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Ryuu
Get this:
The state of Virginia allows legally held Concealed Weapons on to school campuses, but Virginia Tech was the only school to deny this right to its students. Guess where the shooting occurred? In this "gun-free zone".
Oregon and Utah allow Concealed Weapon on to school campuses. Guess what? No school shootings there.
The truth about gun control is that "gun-free zones" are an invitation for criminals. The criminals themselves state that it's not the police they fear, but it is the armed citizen that they do fear.
If there were one responsible student or falcuty member with a Concealed Carry in that dorm, the shooting would have a drastically lower bodycount.
I'm just going to ignore any anti-gun arguments after this. Because this is the cold hard truth. And anti-gunners ignore the cold hard truth. Those who ignore the cold hard truth are ignorant fools, and as such, there's no point in arguing with them.
No, you're just stupid.
Actually, they did place a lockdown after the guy shot his roommate I believe, but they failed to alert the whole school. The next morning they lifted the lockdown. Anyway... what vtech admin did was just dumb. Had the school been more cautious with the way they handled things, I'm sure they could have saved many lives." View
Breathe
1 year 3 months ago
"Thanks for the comments everyone.. I really appreciate the comments :)
Lol luna.. I didn't tell you because I figured you'd browse through the artists' alley anyway XD Glad you think it's pretty though :D Personally.. I want to kill her hair but meh.. to each their own XD
And machdude, I appreciate the fact that you enjoy this piece, but like luna said, no need to put others down for it and plus, I think there are a LOT of other artists here on AP who could do a much better job than this, since I'm really not that good. But thanks, I'm glad you liked it enough to comment :)
"Honey & Clover... I can't remember whether I actually cried or not... but I remember feeling soooo sorry for Yamada when she was chasing after whatshisface.
I don't care what you do with the rest of it since I don't have any experience in this area but it's "artists" not "artist's" and it's "startling" not "startaling".
And Photoshop tutorials that will validate your existence?? What am I supposed to be getting out of this?
I think the top is actually alright.. but the rest is kind of cluttered.. plus I'm also not sure I'd want to get any nearer to a magazine that just shows the inside of a computer. It's certainly not too attractive for me. This probably isn't helping you out much.. sorry about that >__<
I'm probably just a bit too tired to think clearly at the moment >__<" View
Character Concept
1 year 5 months ago
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Machdude
I have to say. Its too clean.
That's because it lacks screentones.
Machdude
Althoguh you have potential, the characters all seem to follow the same model. They end up looking too much like each other. They also look kind of stubby, subtracting from the epic factor. While you have some level of skill, I can't say that its at the level where people can enjoy it at older ages. Its just to chibi. I find that if you can slim them down and make the head smaller, you can get a slightly more realistic approach. Your not the first one to actually go into chibi style though. Its just that there are too many new people who jump on the bandwagon.
Personally I think that just his style.. he isn't really TRYING to make it chibi.. his drawing just happened to develop that way. And I also think a lot of new people "jump on the bandwagon" because they need a starting point - they have to develop off somewhere and something first before they can go off on their own and come up with newer and more original ideas, so it's not necessarily a bad thing to conform to the norm at first. In any case, you shouldn't tell an artist to change their style just because "it's too chibi". Just because "chibiness" doesn't appeal to you doesn't mean it won't appeal to others. Like KH characters are somewhat chibi-like... but there are a ton of people out there who love that game, younger audiences as well as older ones. Maybe hermitboi doesn't want to go for a more realistic approach.. whoever said realism was the goal here anyway?" View
Oekaki dump
1 month 4 weeks ago
"Omg I love hiruma and the way you drew him < 3you're so good with oekaki and tones, I wish I had the patience and skill to draw like you o_o"
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Junky stuff
1 month 4 weeks ago
"Some stuff I did for practice a couple of nights ago... hadn't touched drawing for a few months. I think they came out ok, I still need to practice my realism though... and just about everything else :/Comments & critiques are appreciated :)"
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Human Ulqiorra
2 months 3 weeks ago
"indeed"
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Can we not be brave?
6 months 3 weeks ago
"Hmm.. I never really thought about them being siblings... but I guess that could be possible too although I originally intended them to be a couple. The girl seems a little young though D: And yeah, I agree, the title does sound much nicer in Chinese. Thanks for looking and commenting like.. twice lol XDDashi - hahaha thanks :)
Tidez - don't you wish ap built in +fav buttons into the forums... lol... I wanted to fav some stuff here too but no +fav buttons :/ Thanks for commenting though :)
Motogp - Thanks for the comment, glad you like it :]
Kawaiiyuki - I used a program called openCanvas to draw and color.. thanks for the comment!"
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3 of my drawings
6 months 3 weeks ago
"Cute :] I like the last one the best. L is awesome."View
Can we not be brave?
7 months 1 week ago
"I guess I achieved my goal then.. if I made you feel what they're feeling... I think that's the most important aspect of the picture..Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts (:"
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Can we not be brave?
7 months 2 weeks ago
"did it while listening to a song called 可不可以不勇敢... I don't like the colors that much and I've gotten too lazy to line over my messy sketches so you end up with an overfiltered bright and blinding picture :D
but it's been a while so I figured might as well post it.. I should be sleeping though"
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Aswin and Widya First Comic
10 months 1 week ago
"Omgggg that was so cutepost more!
I love the way you draw their faces.. so adorable!"
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Art isn't cute
11 months 6 days ago
"Maybe famous art isn't cutemaybe reknowned artists don't draw cute things
maybe your teacher needs to broaden her horizons
just because people may think a picture, or an artistic piece is cute, doesn't always mean it isn't art"
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Luna is a failure!
11 months 6 days ago
"MOAR PRETTY ART :E*steals and eats* >] by mouse too!!"
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Luna is a failure!
11 months 2 weeks ago
"lies, total lies <_<"
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Luna is a failure!
11 months 2 weeks ago
"Omgggg luna! how can you call yourself a failure?! Your drawings are all gorgeous!! You're so good at drawing front-facing faces... they're all so.. perfectly symmetrical! I wish I could make them as nicely as you do. And plus I absolutely adore the way you do eyes and lips, they just make all the faces you draw sooo pretty! D: Also, you're very good at drawing guys.. I don't understand what you mean when you say "after multiple failures of drawing boys" -_-My favorite has got to be the last picture... I love the color tones and her face and expression are just stunning
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Huge Problem
11 months 2 weeks ago
"You're in the wrong sectionbut the original is here: http://www.portalgraphics.net/oc/en/pages/image/frame.asp?image_id=31304
it's original art by the artist herself.. it's not from an anime"
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Breathe
1 year 2 months ago
"Hey thanks for the comments kayun and shadow :)Shadow: I made this picture using openCanvas 4.06E Plus... you can dl a trial version of this program from www.portalgraphics.net
and the effects... if you mean the glowing water effects.. I just drew the glowing stuff on an addition layer and then I blurred and duplicated the layer :D Anyway, thanks a lot, glad you like it :)"
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Luna's Art IV
1 year 2 months ago
"Wahhh luna these are great.. even if they ARE from 4 years ago :X so much.. patience... and detail.. I'd die doing something like that X___xmy fav is the green one.. cuz .. I like green! Especially when it's used well... and that horse is so funny XD
anyway.. you should draw more now and try to get out of your art block if you have time (darn those finals >__<) I wanna see more new stuff from you D:!"
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My MS Paint Art!!
1 year 2 months ago
"before you say vector.. the title clearly states "ms paint art" which cannot possibly be a vector
to me.. it's very impressive that you have the patience to do all of that in ms paint. Props to you.. I esp. like the 2nd and first one :)"
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The Painter
1 year 3 months ago
"Mm... I really like the idea of the paint pouring onto her dress and making a picture.. very original :DI'm not really sure about the words though... they say "ai4 ping2 he2 xing4" in chinese, but I don't think it's an actual sensible phrase .. although it may be in japanese, I dunno.
luna: the last word is the word that appears in "xing4 fu2" and means good fortune/joy or something like that but.. hmm ... ai = love, ping = peace, he = gentle/harmonious though it usually comes before ping like you said.. I'm guessing it's just a listing of words dealing with peace, harmony, love, and joy etc.
anyway, nice work with the textures and colors, and whole piece overall :)"
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college shooting
1 year 3 months ago
"This is why we should be like China and make it against the law for ordinary citizens to carry guns. No problems there, except that it's already too late for the US."
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Breathe
1 year 3 months ago
"Hahah.. the act of breathing.. so scientific aren't we X] Actually when I started it, this was just a random scrap that I never intended to finish, and thought would end up piled on my hd somewhere like 99% of my drawings. Soo.. the title was pretty random because I was listening to the song Far Away by Nickelback at the time and I caught the line "stop breathing if I don't see you anymore", so I just stole the word "breathe" from there because it sounded fitting and I couldn't stop thinking of it. But in a way, titling it "Breathe"... often when someone draws specific attention to that word, I think of someone taking deep breaths, with their eyes closed and letting their mind wander to someplace far off, maybe to some paradise we could never see on Earth.
I'm not sure if any of you got this, but behind her.. the white area is upside-down clouds.. so if you look at the picture upside-down, they should look like regular cumulus clouds. It's kind of like.. how do I explain.. she's wading in warm water, closing her eyes, taking a deep breath, and all of a sudden she's dreaming of wandering through the heavens, hence the clouds... but they're upside down because I wanted to make it seem like they could also have been a reflection on the water.. so it's like.. almost coinciding realities I guess. I didn't want to title it something like "dream" because I feel the word is overused, and if I did use it, it would have to be for something of substantially better quality than something I made on a whim. Then again, it's not something that I gave THAT much thought to.. so.. yeah.
And uh.. I don't think I intend to enter any competitions soon.. I had planned to enter some random online ones on dA before but nothing ever came out of it because I just got lazy in the end. The only one I've ever finished was the W.A.R. competition at minitokyo because I told them I was committed to it so I would have felt bad if I let them down by not actually doing anything :X
Anyway, thanks so much for your comment and curiosity.. it was a really interesting question to answer :) though I probably bored you out of your mind with my response :D"
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college shooting
1 year 3 months ago
"No, you're just stupid.
Actually, they did place a lockdown after the guy shot his roommate I believe, but they failed to alert the whole school. The next morning they lifted the lockdown. Anyway... what vtech admin did was just dumb. Had the school been more cautious with the way they handled things, I'm sure they could have saved many lives."
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Breathe
1 year 3 months ago
"Thanks for the comments everyone.. I really appreciate the comments :)Lol luna.. I didn't tell you because I figured you'd browse through the artists' alley anyway XD Glad you think it's pretty though :D Personally.. I want to kill her hair but meh.. to each their own XD
And machdude, I appreciate the fact that you enjoy this piece, but like luna said, no need to put others down for it and plus, I think there are a LOT of other artists here on AP who could do a much better job than this, since I'm really not that good. But thanks, I'm glad you liked it enough to comment :)
goddamnit.. I hate these smileys <__<"
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What anime made you cry?
1 year 3 months ago
"Honey & Clover... I can't remember whether I actually cried or not... but I remember feeling soooo sorry for Yamada when she was chasing after whatshisface.I wanna watch that anime again.. *sigh*"
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Breathe
1 year 3 months ago
"Haven't posted in a while.. newest piece of junk from me :Dactually I'm pleased with the way everything turned out except her face and hair, which I just want to stab and kill off
abused some layer modes
enjoy~
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Opinions needed!
1 year 5 months ago
"K. um. first of all. PLEASE SPELL CORRECTLY.I don't care what you do with the rest of it since I don't have any experience in this area but it's "artists" not "artist's" and it's "startling" not "startaling".
And Photoshop tutorials that will validate your existence?? What am I supposed to be getting out of this?
I think the top is actually alright.. but the rest is kind of cluttered.. plus I'm also not sure I'd want to get any nearer to a magazine that just shows the inside of a computer. It's certainly not too attractive for me. This probably isn't helping you out much.. sorry about that >__<
I'm probably just a bit too tired to think clearly at the moment >__<"
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Character Concept
1 year 5 months ago
"That's because it lacks screentones.
Personally I think that just his style.. he isn't really TRYING to make it chibi.. his drawing just happened to develop that way. And I also think a lot of new people "jump on the bandwagon" because they need a starting point - they have to develop off somewhere and something first before they can go off on their own and come up with newer and more original ideas, so it's not necessarily a bad thing to conform to the norm at first. In any case, you shouldn't tell an artist to change their style just because "it's too chibi". Just because "chibiness" doesn't appeal to you doesn't mean it won't appeal to others. Like KH characters are somewhat chibi-like... but there are a ton of people out there who love that game, younger audiences as well as older ones. Maybe hermitboi doesn't want to go for a more realistic approach.. whoever said realism was the goal here anyway?"
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