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Boringamus's Almost Decent Art

Poll: Boringamus's Almost Decent Art (12 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you think of my drawings?

  1. Not to shabby! (4 votes [33.33%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. It's okay, but you should work on making it neater. (5 votes [41.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 41.67%

  3. It's not terrible, but it needs a lot of work (3 votes [25.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  4. Your art's bad and you should feel bad! (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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I am Boringartist, Boringamus's artistic alter ego. I can draw at a speed 10,000 times that of the average snail, with the skill of an extremely gifted five year old.

There's some art to kick off the thread in the spoiler.
Spoiler

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 01 February 2012 - 07:57 PM

  • #1
  • 27 October 2011 - 12:24 AM
The serpent looks nice :D
You could have added a bit more details on the ghost
  • #2
  • 27 October 2011 - 12:29 AM
Your style is pretty fun, I like it.
  • #3
  • 27 October 2011 - 12:39 AM
FemBomb:
Spoiler
Drawn with a shitty pen in about 2 min. and shoddily colored using my computer.

Edit: Blackened lines.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 27 October 2011 - 01:40 AM

  • #4
  • 27 October 2011 - 01:36 AM
The bob-omb is cute. C:

How long have you been drawing for? I could give some critique for sure but I don't know what kind of style you're trying to go for. As a realistic artist myself I can help with that, but I'm not so good where cartoony things are concerned.

That said, it would help a lot if you worked more on the underlying shape instead of jumping straight into the final lines.
  • #5
  • 27 October 2011 - 06:01 AM
jpg images :nope:
  • #6
  • 27 October 2011 - 10:28 AM
Oh hey, I didnt know you could draw boring! This arent too bad. And Rex, just calm down. The .jpgs wont hurt you...
  • #7
  • 27 October 2011 - 01:31 PM

TheMysteriousMan, on 27 October 2011 - 01:31 PM, said:

And Rex, just calm down. The .jpgs wont hurt you...

Oh yes they will! Open his dragon picture. Tilt your screen away from you. See the horrors of JPG come to life.

It's not jaypeg... it's...
Deeaatthhhpeg

This post has been edited by Rex: 27 October 2011 - 01:44 PM

  • #8
  • 27 October 2011 - 01:43 PM

Rakshiv, on 27 October 2011 - 06:01 AM, said:

The bob-omb is cute. C:

How long have you been drawing for? I could give some critique for sure but I don't know what kind of style you're trying to go for. As a realistic artist myself I can help with that, but I'm not so good where cartoony things are concerned.

That said, it would help a lot if you worked more on the underlying shape instead of jumping straight into the final lines.

I've wanted to draw since I was a little kid, but I was no good... a few months ago I realized it was probably because I had never actually put any effort into practicing. So I set to improving my art. As far as style goes, there's nothing specific I'm aiming for, my main goal is learning to take what's in my head an putting it down on paper. Hopefully, I'll soon realize exactly what kind of style that entails, but I'm not sure yet. Also, you're right, it would probably help to sketch it out in pencil first... although it seems a bit unnecessary for quick, simple doodles like these. When drawing more complex and serious things I usually do take the time to get an outline done in pencil before starting on the pen lines. In summary, thanks for commenting. I'll keep your advice in mind next time I draw. :)

Rex, on 27 October 2011 - 01:43 PM, said:

TheMysteriousMan, on 27 October 2011 - 01:31 PM, said:

And Rex, just calm down. The .jpgs wont hurt you...

Oh yes they will! Open his dragon picture. Tilt your screen away from you. See the horrors of JPG come to life.

It's not jaypeg... it's...
Deeaatthhhpeg

Oh my... You have a point. I suppose it couldn't hurt to switch to PNGs.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 28 October 2011 - 02:48 AM

  • #9
  • 27 October 2011 - 09:32 PM

Quote

I've wanted to draw since a little kid, but I was no good... a few months ago I realized it was probably because I had never actually put any effort into practicing. So I set to improving my art. As far as style goes, there's nothing specific I'm aiming for, my main goal is learning to take what's in my head an putting it down on paper. Hopefully, I'll soon realize exactly what kind of style that entails, but I'm not sure yet. Also, you're right, it would probably help to sketch it out in pencil first... although it seems a bit unnecessary for quick, simple doodles like these. When drawing more complex and serious things I usually do take the time to get an outline done in pencil before starting on the pen lines. In summary, thanks for commenting. I'll keep your advice in mind next time I draw.


An admirable goal, then. Improvement for improvement's sake. Indeed, mayhap all you need is to just start drawing and see where it goes. I know as you go it may not seem like you're improving, but when you finally stop and look back you'll see that you've come a lot further than you thought. C:

Also apparently I don't know how to properly quote things. D :
  • #10
  • 28 October 2011 - 02:28 AM

Rakshiv, on 28 October 2011 - 02:28 AM, said:

An admirable goal, then. Improvement for improvement's sake. Indeed, mayhap all you need is to just start drawing and see where it goes. I know as you go it may not seem like you're improving, but when you finally stop and look back you'll see that you've come a lot further than you thought. C:

Also apparently I don't know how to properly quote things. D :

I just click "Reply" under the post. If you need to quote multiple things, click reply then copy/paste it into a normal post along with any others you want to quote. That's neither here nor there, however. Thank you for the encouragement. :D

Here's 2 pages full of doodles I drew during class today. Hopefully tommorow I'll have something to post that I've invested slightly more time into. (PNG this time)
Spoiler

Also, if anyone knows a way to keep my scanner from leaving those huge shadows in the middle of the sketchbook, that would be helpful. :O

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 28 October 2011 - 02:40 AM

  • #11
  • 28 October 2011 - 02:37 AM

Boringamus, on 28 October 2011 - 02:37 AM, said:


Here's 2 pages full of doodles I drew during class today. Hopefully tommorow I'll have something to post that I've invested slightly more time into. (PNG this time)
Spoiler

Also, if anyone knows a way to keep my scanner from leaving those huge shadows in the middle of the sketchbook, that would be helpful. :O


aHA! Quote success!
As for fixing that line there, while I don't think there's a way to do it via the scanner itself, you can always edit the image in photochop or something. That way you can crop it and resize it and get rid of that line down the center, all in one fell swoop! :D

Also that nope engineer. XD
  • #12
  • 28 October 2011 - 05:22 PM
Today I practiced drawing human body parts. Most of them were better looking in the pencil sketches, and ended up worse because I have a shaky hand and a bad pen. Still, that's no excuse. I also have some sort of weird phobia towards drawing shadows or something, and every time I try I can never quite figure out where they should go. That probably accounts for a good chunk of the crappy-ness these drawings contain. Anyways, here's some of my better experiments:

Heads:
Spoiler

Finger:
Spoiler

Arms:
Spoiler


Feel free to tell me what you think. 8-D Any and all advice on drawing these body parts better will be graciously accepted.

Edit: Fixed broken images.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 09 November 2011 - 08:35 PM

  • #13
  • 28 October 2011 - 09:05 PM
So I did some quick pencil sketches today.
Predictable Halloween themed drawings, engage!
Spoiler


Also, quite some time ago, I did an experiment. I brought up an image on my computer screen, and tried to sketch it. Here's the results, which I suddenly feel like posting:
Spoiler

And here's the image I was sketching:
Spoiler

Edit:Image host broke, re-uploading.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 02 November 2011 - 05:17 AM

  • #14
  • 02 November 2011 - 02:26 AM
I'm gonna begin drawing too.

Also, the body parts are creepy :nope:
  • #15
  • 04 November 2011 - 03:13 AM
I'm assuming you're saying that they're crappy, because they are. :/
I'm not very good at drawing realistic things, but getting good at that is my goal, so I have to try.

Also: quick sketch of Mike's face. I'm going to attempt to color it, but I'm still getting the hang of using GIMP and it probably won't turn out well.
Posted Image
  • #16
  • 04 November 2011 - 09:23 PM

Boringamus, on 02 November 2011 - 02:26 AM, said:

So I did some quick pencil sketches today.
Predictable Halloween themed drawings, engage!
Spoiler


Also, quite some time ago, I did an experiment. I brought up an image on my computer screen, and tried to sketch it. Here's the results, which I suddenly feel like posting:
Spoiler

And here's the image I was sketching:
Spoiler

Edit:Image host broke, re-uploading.


Don't think that's too bad a Karkat you have there. The problem mostly is that you don't draw continuous lines but instead just wiggle the pencil back and forth which results in... That. Take some drawing of yours and try re-doing it with continuous strokes?
  • #17
  • 04 November 2011 - 09:32 PM
I don't have a steady grip at all, so I get more accurate lines that way. What I could try is drawing them like that, then half-erasing them and making more solid lines on top of them. Come to think of it, that's actually not a bad idea! Thanks for the feedback. :)
  • #18
  • 04 November 2011 - 09:45 PM
Colored. It's shitty, as expected. :nope: Actually, cleaner sketch lines would have made this infinitely easier. I feel smart. :x
On a completely related note, I promise I will never again put this much time into something that's most definitely not worth it.
Posted Image

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 09 November 2011 - 09:58 PM

  • #19
  • 05 November 2011 - 01:19 AM
You'll never get better if you dont spend time on your work, no matter the outcome >:O If I cared about "Time wasted because its not perfect" I wouldnt even try :(

( its a shame your about me page doesnt have a link here ;) )
  • #20
  • 05 November 2011 - 05:06 PM
Hey look guys, it's Mike again! This one is more similar to the actual style of the comic, but that's probably because I sketched it based on Mike's face in panel 2 of today's comic. Lines are a bit shaky, but otherwise I kinda like it. :D
Posted Image

Gabu, on 05 November 2011 - 05:06 PM, said:

You'll never get better if you dont spend time on your work, no matter the outcome >:O If I cared about "Time wasted because its not perfect" I wouldnt even try :(

( its a shame your about me page doesnt have a link here ;) )
Apologies, Gabu, I didn't mean it that way. I was trying to say that next time I'll put just as much time into it and I'll make it worth it.
  • #21
  • 09 November 2011 - 09:30 PM
Dat face. It's wiiiide.

I'd suggest making his face a bit skinnier.
  • #22
  • 10 November 2011 - 12:08 AM
These were some quick doodles that turned out particularly well. Not saying that much though.
Actually, that second one looks to similar to the winged serpent in the first post. I'll have to be more careful to put interesting variations on otherwise similar things.
Plus, both sets of wings look terrible. I really should have given these a better look over before deciding to post.
Spoiler

I'm planning to post here a bit more often then I have been, so that's something.
I'll probably repost these two later after inking them, I had no idea pencil would look so cruddy after going through my scanner.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 15 November 2011 - 08:03 PM

  • #23
  • 15 November 2011 - 07:52 PM
That second one reminds me of the monster rancher series. Why? It's still unknown.
  • #24
  • 15 November 2011 - 08:02 PM
I can't for the life of me come up with any ideas for what to draw. If anyone cares, of is just bored, I encourage you to give me ideas.
I would ask you to request things but I don't think I can draw at a high enough level to use that word, since it implies some desire on the requester's part. :/

Even without additional ideas, I'll try to get a couple of things done today that I can post here. :)
But seriously, help me. D:
  • #25
  • 22 November 2011 - 01:08 AM
do the BCB art meme (unless you already have) :P Just try it, post it here and then later make a better one :D
(I actually might try to do it myself :nope: )

This post has been edited by Gabu: 22 November 2011 - 01:20 AM

  • #26
  • 22 November 2011 - 01:18 AM
Did I hear (read) the word request somewhere? :3
  • #27
  • 22 November 2011 - 01:27 AM
Good idea!
I've gotta figure out how to draw a fedora, or I'm going to hate this. :unsure:
Gotta get started now though! :D

Still gonna take ideas if anyone else wants to leave one. :)


jackkuro, on 22 November 2011 - 01:27 AM, said:

Did I hear (read) the word request somewhere? :3
I-I d-don't know what y-you're t-t-talking about? :unsure: ( XD )

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 22 November 2011 - 01:41 AM

  • #28
  • 22 November 2011 - 01:32 AM
Try making a default character. Like a persona or fursona of yourself. How bout that?
  • #29
  • 22 November 2011 - 01:42 AM
Art meme is proving difficult. I might have to put it down and finish it up tommorow, because it is really freaking hard to draw Sandy. >:O
Gonna work until... I don't know, how 'bout midnight? before going to sleep.


jackkuro, on 22 November 2011 - 01:42 AM, said:

Try making a default character. Like a persona or fursona of yourself. How bout that?
I'll give this a try once I'm done with the art meme. :D


Edit: The art meme is difficult since I can not draw cat ears for shit. It will take longer than expected. Thank you for your patience. lol implying people are checking this for updates.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 24 November 2011 - 05:10 AM

  • #30
  • 22 November 2011 - 03:52 AM
some pretty good stuff in here, but i like any art better than mine, so im not sure how far my approval will go :)
  • #31
  • 24 November 2011 - 05:31 AM
You can't draw cat ears? I am thinking of drawing cats because it's so much easier than drawing hair.
  • #32
  • 24 November 2011 - 02:22 PM

jackkuro, on 24 November 2011 - 02:22 PM, said:

You can't draw cat ears? I am thinking of drawing cats because it's so much easier than drawing hair.
Unfortunately, yeah. I try and try, but the shape always looks off.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 05 December 2011 - 08:18 PM

  • #33
  • 24 November 2011 - 03:56 PM
Real life has eaten me alive these past few weeks. I'm afraid I haven't had any time to sit down and draw. :(
With any luck I'm already through the worst of it, so I should be able to get some more art done soon.
In the mean time, here's something I did digitally in my graphic design class using Adobe Illustrator.
Spoiler

Edit: Be careful, it's enormous.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 06 December 2011 - 07:57 PM

  • #34
  • 05 December 2011 - 08:16 PM
This was the best of today's doodles, a golem.
Spoiler
And because a two-minute sketch is not enough to deserve a full post of it's own, I decided to practice some coloring and shading. I have no idea what to think of the result, but hopefully someone else can tell me how I did.
Spoiler
I've also established a make-shift mental to-do list:
  • BCB art meme
  • A persona
  • Better prizes for my spoiler maze (Fanart)
  • Miscellaneous sketches and fanart

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 07 December 2011 - 01:53 AM

  • #35
  • 07 December 2011 - 01:50 AM
Reminds me of that ice dude in KI. Glacius I think his name was.
  • #36
  • 07 December 2011 - 02:28 AM
That big thing with the tree has a lot of interesting texture. :3

Never give up! Keep doing your sketched and practice and doodles and you'll be really good, I bet. ;) And if you want a mentor, I've been trying to find an apprentice.. o3o
  • #37
  • 07 December 2011 - 03:58 AM
  • Giygas
  • Stupid protesters should have just kept their dumb asses home. Stupid fuckers
    Member
Not terrible, but there is plenty of room for improvement.
  • #38
  • 07 December 2011 - 06:25 AM
Real Life is a huge bitch... this thread is almost becoming my excuse for visiting the forum when I should be working. :nope:
I have very little time to draw as well, so I'm posting something else from my graphic design class. The goal was to take a photo and use the paint bucket and polygon select tools in photoshop to trace over the photo into something like this. I took some liberties with the facial features and the shirt's shading and design, but...

Tl;Dr: Here's a picture.
Posted Image
I could probably track down the original photograph if you want.

Also, thanks for the comments guys! :D

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 16 December 2011 - 03:29 AM

  • #39
  • 16 December 2011 - 03:29 AM
Dude.
What.
That's awesome.

Also, is the egg in the forest picture Saphira?

This post has been edited by Sparkfur: 16 December 2011 - 04:32 AM

  • #40
  • 16 December 2011 - 04:32 AM

Sparkfur, on 16 December 2011 - 04:32 AM, said:

Dude.
What.
That's awesome.
Thanks for the compliment. :) Even though it's traced from a photograph, I have to admit I was extremely happy with the result as well. :smirk:

Sparkfur, on 16 December 2011 - 04:32 AM, said:

Also, is the egg in the forest picture Saphira?
Got it in one. :D
The assignment was to illustrate a scene from a chosen piece of literature. You know the rest.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 16 December 2011 - 04:44 AM

  • #41
  • 16 December 2011 - 04:40 AM
I have recently come to the revelation that just because that art meme isn't going to be done anytime soon is no reason to stop posting art. So here, have some samurai armor. I'll try to scrounge up some more post-able material as soon as possible. :O
Posted Image
It's admittedly very rough, and I'm pretty sure I fucked up the perspective in a few places, but overall it is not exactly my worst work.
That's just my opinion though, I encourage you to share yours. :)
It looks like the art meme isn't going to happen just yet, by the way. I'd need to learn all sorts of things from digital coloring to cleaning to not fucking up my art at the inking phase. I'll try to learn to do all that stuff, but in the meantime, all it's doing is discouraging me from working on other large projects. Therefore, I'm postponing it until I feel confident that I can get it done properly. :unsure:

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 23 January 2012 - 05:48 AM

  • #42
  • 23 January 2012 - 05:21 AM
Headphones! :O
Spoiler

The stuff I draw, especially the armor above, always look better on paper than they do after coming through the scanner.
Gotta say though, prisma-color pencils are awesome.
In other news, GOD DAMN, I did a shitty shading job on this. ;_;
I had an idea what I wanted the shading to look like, but I had a spot of trouble learning to shade with those pencils. I'm gonna need more practice with that.

Looking back now, other than some errant pen lines, I rather like how this turned out. It could stand to be a whole lot better, though. I might experiment some more with this style in the future.

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 26 January 2012 - 12:41 AM

  • #43
  • 26 January 2012 - 12:39 AM
umm... I can't tell how far one is supposed to be from the other, looks kinda 2 dimensional 8-D . Then again I'm retarded.

The coloring is pretty good. Albeit kind of not smooth.
  • #44
  • 26 January 2012 - 12:52 AM
Any art always looks better in person than when it's scanned. It's because the harsh white of the scanning light tends to wash out light colours and lightly drawn lines, leaving things looking washed out and under-saturated. Depending on what programs you have installed, you can easily run a levels check and make your images look better. What programs do you use? c:
  • #45
  • 26 January 2012 - 01:55 AM

jackkuro, on 26 January 2012 - 12:52 AM, said:

umm... I can't tell how far one is supposed to be from the other, looks kinda 2 dimensional 8-D . Then again I'm retarded.

The coloring is pretty good. Albeit kind of not smooth.
It'd probably look more 3-dimensional if I hadn't fucked up the perspective a bit on the one with the cord, but I didn't notice that until it was inked. :unsure:
Alas, something to keep in mind for next time: Double check the lines before inking. :/

Rakshiv, on 26 January 2012 - 01:55 AM, said:

Any art always looks better in person than when it's scanned. It's because the harsh white of the scanning light tends to wash out light colours and lightly drawn lines, leaving things looking washed out and under-saturated. Depending on what programs you have installed, you can easily run a levels check and make your images look better. What programs do you use? c:
I don't have money to spend on programs, so I use some GIMP and some Paint.net, since those are the only decent free ones I know of. I'm familiar with running levels checks to sharpen black and white drawings, but I was not aware it could be used for colored art. Then again, I know next to nothing about computer art, so any advice you could offer is appreciated. 8-D

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 26 January 2012 - 02:22 AM

  • #46
  • 26 January 2012 - 02:19 AM
Levels checks are awesome for coloured images, as well as brightness/contrast, hue/saturation and exposure checks. I don't know anything about GIMP seeing as I use Photoshop, but it probably has the same features hidden away in some obscure file menu... Somewhere.
  • #47
  • 26 January 2012 - 02:33 AM
Another piece I did for my graphic design class, a super hero.
Posted Image
Turns out thing look nice when you spend time on them, derp.
Speaking of which, I'm one of the few students making in A in that class, which is nice.
You know, whenever I post something I look at it and see all sorts of mistakes. I never know whether I should point them out myself, or just let you guys do it, so this time I'll try leaving it to you. Tell me everything I did wrong, and don't hold back. 8-D

In addition, here's some poetry I did while I was really depressed a while ago. It's not the best, obviously, but I'd like some opinions on how much I suck at writing.
Spoiler

  • #48
  • 01 February 2012 - 07:51 PM
I need to practice drawing faces. Thing is, it would be better practice if I was drawing an existing character, rather than creating my own, for reasons I won't go into unless you really care that much.
Long story short, I would like suggestions of characters to draw. Anything works really, so please give me some ideas. 8-D
  • #49
  • 06 February 2012 - 05:50 AM
Chell from Portal: Still Alive or from Portal 2.
Sorry I cannot post images for you to base it off of. Stupid phone.
  • #50
  • 06 February 2012 - 06:56 AM
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