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Post by Poofiemus on Jan 24, 2007 23:51:56 GMT -5
You're welcome! I'm glad to help.
I wish I could get help with my NaNo plot so easily. If I asked for advice and actually wanted answers I could potentially use, I'd have to give you just about the whole plot, or email you guys the 96-page monster. ^^;
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Post by madsniper on Jan 25, 2007 1:50:59 GMT -5
You can PM me the summary. I don't mind. I enjoy helping people with stories.^^
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Post by kaertos on Jan 25, 2007 13:36:42 GMT -5
I also am always willing to help with story and/or writing ideas. God knows I've stolen... err, borrowed ideas from enough people...  |
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Post by Poofiemus on Jan 25, 2007 19:33:33 GMT -5
XD Well, if you're willing, I'll do that soon. Just beware, it'll be a detailed summary, and therefore long...and full of spoilers. MISSION SPOILERS.
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Post by martiansushi on Jan 27, 2007 17:22:54 GMT -5
oooh! me too, me too! I wanna read it too! either the whole monster, or the summary, whichever (and I promise not to say a word about grammar unless you specifically mention that something is a final draft ) |
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Post by Poofiemus on Jan 28, 2007 16:41:49 GMT -5
*snort* Final? Bah! This thing isn't even fully written. XD
Kay, now I have to devise a decent summary....^^;
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Post by martiansushi on Jan 28, 2007 19:45:11 GMT -5
see, so I promise not to say anything about grammar . woohoo! stories stories!  whee! |
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Post by Poofiemus on Jan 30, 2007 19:35:40 GMT -5
Well, this is interesting.
Two nights ago I discovered that I'd deleted the last 500 words of my novel by accident, thus getting rid of the offending problem. However, I still have a problem, albeit more nebulous.
Okay, summaries...workin' on it, I promise. ^^;
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Post by Darth Cloaked Guy on Apr 15, 2008 8:22:41 GMT -5
I am having a rediculous amount of trouble drawing organics. If it's carbon-based, I have trouble with it.
I can draw starships, but... not people. Not animals. Not plants.
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Post by madsniper on Apr 15, 2008 11:15:59 GMT -5
Okay, there are many things one can suggest for such a problem. I can try and pass on the infinite wisdom of my college figure drawing teacher who totally took me to the next level. First of all, I don't care what anybody says, a traditional pencil, not mechanical, will help a lot. I was one of those "mechanical purists" for a long time, but even I came around in the end. The traditional pencil will give you depth. Save the mechanical pencil for refining the drawing at the end. Next, when sketching a human pose, don't use perfect geometric shapes for the base, the human body is not made up of circles and rectangles, its made up of blobs! ^^ Find your own shapes to use as a base when sketching. Next, one thing that will really help with figure drawing is drawing a large figure eight in your sketchbook and trying to draw over it again and again as perfectly as you can. As you get better at staying on the line, your art gets better (weird, I know). Next, use a kneaded eraser, for it is better to lighten lines so you can still see where they were and work off of them then it is to erase a line and keep redrawing it over and over. Lastly, and most unpleasantly, take a live drawing class, or several. It's the definite best way to get a handle on figures. You can draw from photos, but only live models will help you get a grasp on the volumes of a living thing.
*gasp* Okay, that's my college figure drawing class in a nutshell. There's much more but that would be far too long of a post. And there's no guarantee all of these, or even any of these will help you, cuz different things work for different artists. >_> I admire your willingness to go out and ask for advice, keep doing that, and practicing! And you will be killer at drawing organisms in no time.
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Post by Darth Cloaked Guy on Apr 15, 2008 11:58:26 GMT -5
Okay, there are many things one can suggest for such a problem. I can try and pass on the infinite wisdom of my college figure drawing teacher who totally took me to the next level. I humbly thank you. First of all, I don't care what anybody says, a traditional pencil, not mechanical, will help a lot. I was one of those "mechanical purists" for a long time, but even I came around in the end. The traditional pencil will give you depth. Save the mechanical pencil for refining the drawing at the end. Hmm... I've had a lot of problems with using regular pencils, and I find my art to be must cleaner when I use mechanical pencils. But, your art is spectacular, so there must be truth to your words. Therefore, I shall try again. But how do you get a normal pencil to not turn your paper pink and smear everything when you try to erase? Next, when sketching a human pose, don't use perfect geometric shapes for the base, the human body is not made up of circles and rectangles, its made up of blobs! ^^ Find your own shapes to use as a base when sketching. True. Painfully true. Blobs are hard to draw, though. At least for me. Next, one thing that will really help with figure drawing is drawing a large figure eight in your sketchbook and trying to draw over it again and again as perfectly as you can. As you get better at staying on the line, your art gets better (weird, I know). Fascinating. Sounds crazy enough to work! ^_^ Next, use a kneaded eraser, for it is better to lighten lines so you can still see where they were and work off of them then it is to erase a line and keep redrawing it over and over. ... Kneaded eraser? Do you mean those sort of... gummy erasers? Lastly, and most unpleasantly, take a live drawing class, or several. It's the definite best way to get a handle on figures. You can draw from photos, but only live models will help you get a grasp on the volumes of a living thing. I'm in Advanced Drawing and Painting, but my teacher seems to have this conviction against teaching us how to draw specific things. He'll just teach us unfamiliar mediums and watch me produce mediocre art. Know any way to remedy this? *gasp* Okay, that's my college figure drawing class in a nutshell. There's much more but that would be far too long of a post. And there's no guarantee all of these, or even any of these will help you, cuz different things work for different artists. Thaaank youuu~! >_> I admire your willingness to go out and ask for advice, keep doing that, and practicing! And you will be killer at drawing organisms in no time. Thank you, for the compliment and the advice. But I don't really deserve that compliment. You do. It is far less trouble to ask a question than to answer it. Thank you. |
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Post by Poofiemus on Apr 15, 2008 21:57:23 GMT -5
[ Hmm... I've had a lot of problems with using regular pencils, and I find my art to be must cleaner when I use mechanical pencils. But, you're art is spectacular, so there must be truth to your words. Therefore, I shall try again. But how do you get a normal pencil to not turn your paper pink and smear everything when you try to erase? Well, I dunno about the rest of you, but the evil pink smear in my experience is actually caused by crappy eraser, not the pencil. Some pencils come with great erasers, but others don't come with erasers, they come with rocks. >.< If an eraser feels hard to the touch, I've found, it's almost automatically crap. For good measure, I usually keep a stash of white plastic erasers. Since I ink my stuff by hand, I use these for erasing all my original pencil lines after my inking's done. Great lil' buggers! Also, at Snipes: Glad to hear that me sticking to regular pencils all these years isn't just me being weird for disliking mechanical ones. XD |
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