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The green thing is supposed to a tourist telescope.

 

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So, does one have to be a painter to be a part of this group?

I'm actually only recently getting back into doing some art. I've been content to play with photoshop for a long time (and having babies kinda gets in the way of busting out all the pencil and paper on a regular basis).

My preferred genre of art is in cartoon/comic... I also like illustrating (or at least the idea of it). I don't ever see myself getting into painting, though I'd like to become a better sketch artist. And my skill level is major n00b... but here is some of my work (very rough):

(older) Self-portrait:


Some of my attempts at comic style:






This is inspired by a friend's virtual series, Star Trek: Frontiers. This is Captain Kyle Sito who is a Spiran (made up race by my friend):


And I toyed once with doing a comic strip based on Star Trek: Frontiers. This is Commander Bruce Andrade:


Currently I'm doing a "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" workshop. But I really need to get some classes.

 

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^^ Those are great. I have the hardest time with faces.

Okay, gotcha. I see it now.

 

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Now that is interesting. Like some kind of alien Buddha.

 

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TSQ/C, that's a beautiful painting. I'm very impressed.

 

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Not bad. That robot looks familiar somehow. And the second character has a bit of a Mike Mignola vibe.

 

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The first robot is quite iconic and featured in the animated Japanese movie, Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

 

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Here's a practice sketch of a man's head:

 

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^^ Very intense expression.

Oh, yeah, now I remember.

think, very surreal, as always.

 

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Here's a painting I've finished over two years ago:

 

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^I love the way you played with light and shadow in that picture.

 

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Thank you.

And here's some corridor drawings that have a video-game concept art/action comic book vibe:





The Slender Man:



And Zombie Santa:

 

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Heh. I like Slender Man. Very creepy.

And that painting really draws me in. I'd like to walk along that path.

 

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That is EXACTLY what I was thinking.

 

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My Slender Man has gone down well, but what do you think of my Zombie Santa and the MGS-style corridors?

 

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Although I can see the same styling in all of them, I just find that the Slender Man is really exuding something that the others lack. It's much more dynamic.

Though I will say that I love the dichotomy of the bright colors and the darker subject of zombie Santa.

 

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I liked the others, too, I just liked Slender Man the best. In the first picture, I especially like the bearded figure, and in the second I like that the perspective is not from eye level, which is something else I struggle with in my own art. And Zombie Santa is funny; I agree with Ruaidhri that the color scheme is striking.