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Fan Creations / Re: Krystal's lazy home place

« on: May 27, 2011, 11:12:11 AM »

@Canon: ...I...see. perspectivefailIguessorz


Now...update!

Anyway, nothing new, and nothing really Rockman-related per se, though there is a Blues (ohohoho), but I wanted to show people this~

Warning, terribad art below.

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2004 me vs 2011 me.

WOW. Was I terrible or was I terrible? Also weaboo. One notable thing is that I didn't try too hard for poses/angles that I couldn't draw. Oh and, can anyone figure out where I stole my art ideas from? I was a shameless plagiarist, back in the day...

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2005 vs 2011

This is the the first appearance of Kane! He's still around today, but he's changed a lot. For example, he lost most of that hair. I apparently though lots of lines in hair meant drawing good hair. Such a smart little girl.

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2006 vs 2011

Ryk is also still around today, but he's changed a loooot. >_> This was where I started getting really deep into the giant recessive chin problems that were already pretty evident in the previous years. But since I changed my style to be a bit more detailed, it became even clearer.

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2007 vs 2011

Ignore the screwed anatomy in the latest version. At 2007 I think I came to a stylistic peak, I was comfortable with what I was doing and I could do it quite easily. It was a roadblock for me then, 'cause I thought what I did looked...well, nice. Also notice that I finally stopped making my lines furry and the overbite is fading. It's quite refreshing isn't it?

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2008 vs 2011

Yeeeeeeeeah that was a terrible picture. Still is, apparently. I couldn't find out what I was going for with the pose >_>a You might notice that 2008 is less attractive it has nothing to do with crossdressing btw than the 2007 picture. Yeah, I was going backwards =w=a Too much refining, not enough freedom. Also the anatomy sucks, but it's been sucking all the way up till now so hey.

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2009 vs 2011

Not much to say here, I got more detailed and the jaw finally lined up with the rest of the face (at the cost of a flat nose). The stylistic similarities to my style today are starting to show through. I was also aiming for clothes that sat better on the body and made use of more guides. It paid off.

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2010 vs 2011

Okay...what to say...2010 is a lot like 2009, to be honest. I went back to a more animu style though, simply because it was more comfortable and faster. But I shall be honest, I was mostly experimenting with various fashion back in 2010...=w=;

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2011...vs 2011?

Remember this? Bonus look at the sketch it was before it became a CG! ...No there isn't much of a point of redrawing the same picture 3 months later, but it's now vs 3 months ago so hey! I'll be honest here, the old one is better despite some overlooked proportion problems that still bug me. The main factors here are 1) I was most comfortable with that style a few months ago and 2) I knew what I wanted. Knowing what you're going for usually turns out a result closer to what you were aiming at.
Well, now you know...What do you mean that picture is too adult and I should've warned you? >_>

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2004 vs 2011

"Okay, just what the hell is that?" You might be thinking. Well, in short, 2004 Krystal could not draw fanart. In particular, Yugi's hair. Seriously, she tried and she tried but then she gave up. So in the end, what she had wanted to draw and what she ended up drawing became two very different things. Here I attempt to remedy that.
Somehow I still found the hair ridiculously difficult to draw. On the bright side, I can actually draw fanart nowadays.

Oh and, if you're not interested in my progress as an artist, there is still a new link my my signature. Sometimes I wonder how many people have noticed and read them.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 11:10:36 AM »

Go to the brush settings where it has things like 'Shape Dynamics' and 'Scattering' etc, and scroll down to 'Smoothing'.

Try it with and without Smoothing and see for yourself how terribad it is =w=b

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 11:00:17 AM »

Oh the line smoothing in SAI and Open Canvas are both very smooth. But the smoothing in Photoshop is terrible. In fact, I draw smoother without it on.

I'm not too huge a fan of completely clean lineart, so I usually just use the pen to line my stuffs. By that I mean I don't line my art I just draw neatly and pretend I do. Though, I was under the impression the binary pen was more for pixel art etc? I usually like my lines anti-aliased. It's fine if you're working at a super high resolution though, so I guess that's alright.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 09:52:12 AM »

I go onto the internet and hit F5 all day.


...What? >_>

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Entertainment / Re: The RPM Boob Tube Thread (56k warning)

« on: May 27, 2011, 09:10:27 AM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B0gg58y02A[/youtube] >3

PS: Is t3h minecraft thread ded?

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Fan Creations / Re: Milen's Hall of Works

« on: May 27, 2011, 09:08:02 AM »

o/ I has the same problem and it makes me sad ;A;

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Fan Creations / Re: KoiDrake´s art dumping

« on: May 27, 2011, 08:12:54 AM »

Most people use OC1.1 through hamachi. But since we're all men I'm assuming we all have it already~

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Fan Creations / Re: borockman's fun fun art thread!

« on: May 27, 2011, 08:03:33 AM »

Oho~ Is that a blonde Margaret? Didn't recognise her at first due to her blonde-ness actually w. I never faced her though so...>O>a

But hm, GJ?

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 07:27:51 AM »

yes photoshop paint. From my end it looks like you coloured the lines, then painted under them. I'm suggesting shading/colouring over the top of the lines so you don't get any lines anymore. Also no more paper texture. etc.

Original thought: Oh my god Ginger Vinegar Egg what was I thinking when I decided I wanted to try it ugh my mouth needs a washing =o=

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 07:20:56 AM »

You should paint over sketches. It's fun. Lotsa fun. No really it's super damn fun.

I scoot around on chairs all day all the time. I'm just awesomely lazy like this.

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 07:15:12 AM »

Firstly, allow me to apologise for the half-assedness of the art. I just remembered this and I should be in bed right now.
Secondly, allow me to apologise for my handwriting. It sucks, we all know this.
Third, sorry I'm late.
Fourth, enjoy, and continue it, suckers.



PS: Krystal is lampshading how her glasses have been drawn wrongly in the past 2 comics. Yes, it has been annoying me.

Posted on: May 24, 2011, 02:48:59 AMOkay fiiiiiiiiiine ignore me see if I care. Also, see if I try to help your comic jams move forward ever again as well > 3>

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Fan Creations / Re: Kharaxel's Music Creating Adventure

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:58:06 AM »

Thoughts: I liked it. Hella repetitive though, esp since the sounds you used were there irritating to the ears type.

Rescoring: It works, you slightly unsubtle about changing the music up at times and your brass (?) pierces way too much for way too long (and I never watched the original) but I had to check the title to see what you were going for, so I'd say it works~

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:51:32 AM »

Texture is cool. Stop your whining and colour anyway~ =w=

You don't need line auto-smoothing, just do it at a high resolution, finish, make it smaller, and voila, everything looks cool. Alternatively, go to your Brush Settings and tick Smoothing. Protip: It doesn't make a different afaik.

Personally, when I'm too lazy to make lineart (read: always) I just colour my detailed sketches, or digital paint, in which my colouring goes over my sketch, eventually. Last I remembered you raided my dA so you should've seen my latest drawing. It was a super messy drawing a first but it looks fine after colouring because I traced over it...whilst colouring~ There are lots of ways you can do things without lineart yanno~

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Fan Creations / Re: Gaia's Stuff

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:44:28 AM »

I have no idea \o/ Maybe the buildings can be smaller/shorter?

Fences are cool, but you have to make it obvious it's a fence. Don't ask me how, I don't know that either =w=;

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Entertainment / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:35:27 AM »

Freakin' Ali Project I love their style. Also See-saw. Also Kalafina and Kajiura. No trend there, you're imagining things

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Npgd6_Hpk[/youtube]

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Fan Creations / Re: Meck's Korner 'GREAT PRICES, BRING WALLET'

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:30:32 AM »

Ooh I see~ Well, it looks pretty coal to me =w= Except for the whole contrasty thing. The black of the sky (even though skies aren't usually black, but I digress) blends into the black of the logo and it makes it all meld-y into the background-y. I'd much rather it stood out =w= My suggestion is a lighter gradient on your logo in general. From like, amazingly light grey/white to mid-grey or so~

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Fan Creations / Re: Gaia's Stuff

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:57:51 AM »

Well if it's a fence then the perspective is off =w=b

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Fan Creations / Re: Madness of ST Jestah

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:52:04 AM »

Good luck with the lines~! \o/ Dey are fun.

I feel like doing sexface meme but srs but I has a no porn policy...D:

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Fan Creations / Re: borockman's fun fun art thread!

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:51:20 AM »

For some reason Elizabeth is holding a YGO card in my head. You should draw Theodore as well =w=b

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Fan Creations / Re: Gaia's Stuff

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:50:04 AM »

Pretty cute, I like the machine thingy but the stripy background looks...hm, strange esp compared to the silhouetted buildings =X

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Fan Creations / Re: KoiDrake´s art dumping

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:48:26 AM »

Paintchat (shipainter pro) that you install onto a website (You can try getting on one RPM if you wanted to) can support up to...uh, as much as you want until the server crashes? Of course the admin can set a limit. I've been in paintchats with like 20 people before, but only 5 of them were drawing though.

I used to go around oekaki and pchat sites a lot, but there seriously isn't any 'perfect paintchat' program. There is one in Pixiv though, but I don't think that's been translated yet. Also I have no idea how to use it because I never tried but I have snuck in and watched a few of my favourite artists duking it out it was fun. The actual tools/app for Pixiv look pretty good from what I've seen people make out of it but then there are always oekaki genies who can apparently make amazing stuffs from the most simple of apps.

Oh and Koi:

[Ctrl][+ ] / [F5]  "ZoomIn"
[Ctrl][-] / [F6]  "ZoomOut"
[SPACE][Ctrl][Click] "ZoomIn"
[SPACE][Ctrl][Alt][Click] "ZoomOut"

[Ctrl][Alt][+ ] "ZoomIn (Auto window resize)"
[Ctrl][Alt][-] "ZoomOut (Auto window resize)"
[Ctrl][Z] "Undo (Max 8 times /layer)"

[Delete] "Clear layer"
[Insert] "Fill layer use brush color"

[SPACE][Drag] "Scroll view"
[Alt][Drag] "Rotate view ([Alt] to return)"
[Ctrl][Alt][Drag] "Change pen width"
[Right click] or [Shift] "Spoit: Pick up cursor position's color"
[Ctrl+Spoit] "Pick up ActiveLayer's color

[Tab] "Show/Hide, ToolWindow"
[A] "BrushTool/ Pen"
[S ] "BrushTool/ Watercolor"
[D] "BrushTool/ Blur"
[F] "BrushTool/ Eraser"
[E] "BrushTool/ Change to right setting"
[R] "BrushTool/ Change to left setting"
[Change to Blur with double click] "Former blur brush"

[Ctrl+ Layer visible button] "Set the layer visible inverse"

I can organise stuffs like, now, if you want? >_> Seriously we just need to all be at the same place at the same time and I can poke the rest of you \o/

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:42:46 AM »

I started colouring (digitally) in 2003! I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally sucked back then!

And look at me now! I still suck! But I can still colour!

What the #$*% was the point of that

Nah but, colour is good,  it looks pretty. Also people who draw fanart for you need colour references. And believe it or not some people actually offer to draw your stuffs sometimes and that's cool. o.o several years back when we all sucked the same

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Gaming / Re: Phoenix Wright, now objecting in live action.

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:37:26 AM »

Well, looks like they're not using ridiculous amounts of hair gel and wigs and dye to try to get the characters into the original hairstyles. So I am totally okay with this.

I mean, PW has awesome storylines and characters, and it doesn't rely on a whole lot of action (aka we won't get terribad CGI) so as long as they don't decide to reboot and butcher everything it could be good.

Anyway, Takumi Saito looks hot enough to pull off Edgey. 'cept for the lips

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Off The Wall / Re: Latest Buys

« on: May 27, 2011, 05:21:22 AM »

A haircut! What? That counts as a buy >O>!

My bookstore still doesn't have Gigamix 1. Grrr, hurry up and stock so I can go out there and grab it already rwar so slow also where is my  YGO Millenium world volume 4 I ordered it 2 weeks ago and you said your supplier had it in stock so why hasn't it been delivered yet ARGHDAMNYOUKINO

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Gaming / Re: One Month 'til E3! RPM Discusses & Speculates

« on: May 27, 2011, 02:50:47 AM »

Really? irc is pretty easy to use. If you're not planning on using it in the long term, just go to mibbit and log into your server, join your channel, and you're done!

Okay so if the Nintendo stream isn't on when it's my bedtime maybe I shall join you gaiz...which it isn't okay awesome yay!
Which brings the problem of am I busy

...I like irc >_>!