VC's Artwork and Fanart Thread

[The Great Gonzo]

Christopher Hart

how about no

[VirusChris]

I do see some errors with the books, but no one is perfect and plus it's ART STYLE for the different drawing. Not all manga need to be all in the same style to be good, though I do wonder why there isn't a lot of "How to Draw" books with different variety of women, they're all thin in a way. Kinda weird, he can't be the only one that does that.

But still the have helped me before to improve in a way.

[The Great Gonzo]

but no one is perfect and plus it's ART STYLE for the different drawing.

Never, EVER use "it's my/their style!" as a defense against wonky anatomy or anything like that. It's not a defense, it's an excuse.

[VirusChris]

Never, EVER use "it's my/their style!" as a defense against wonky anatomy or anything like that. It's not a defense, it's an excuse.

But it's a style, whether or not the anatomy is perfect or not. I've see wonkier anatomy than that and still people like it, though I can't remember off the top of my head what the name of the titles were.

So... does One Piece fall under that category as well?

[The Great Gonzo]

So... does One Piece fall under that category as well?

Not necessarily.

"It's my style!" is mostly used by people who cannot and will not accept critique, and try to justify their artistic flaws (not merely abstract or anything like that, but genuine flaws) as a "style". It's basically telling the other person that you don't want their artistic advice.

[VirusChris]

Not necessarily.

"It's my style!" is mostly used by people who cannot and will not accept critique, and try to justify their artistic flaws (not merely abstract or anything like that, but genuine flaws) as a "style". It's basically telling the other person that you don't want their artistic advice.

I understand, people prefer a unique look or style to their art BUT they need to hear a bit of critique to help fix up their art while keeping their unique style as at the same time the anatomy is correct for it. Kinda like One Piece, right?

[The Great Gonzo]

Maybe.

[lizardcommando]

You should try to pick up a copy of The Vilppu Drawing Manual. There's probably copies of it on Amazon. Also, I seriously hope you consider taking some art classes and figure drawing classes. There's only so much a bunch of people online can do to help you out. You'll want to get some formal training if you are really serious about pursuing a career as an artist. ...Then again, that last bit of advice might not apply to ALL artists. Some are already better than others and might not NEED that much formal training, but then again, it never hurts to take some classes to hone your skills.

[VirusChris]

You should try to pick up a copy of The Vilppu Drawing Manual. There's probably copies of it on Amazon. Also, I seriously hope you consider taking some art classes and figure drawing classes. There's only so much a bunch of people online can do to help you out. You'll want to get some formal training if you are really serious about pursuing a career as an artist. ...Then again, that last bit of advice might not apply to ALL artists. Some are already better than others and might not NEED that much formal training, but then again, it never hurts to take some classes to hone your skills.

The Vilppu Drawing Manual... interesting. I'll definitely pick that up, anything to help improve my drawing skills!
Well I'm not exactly pursuing a career as an artist, unless you count becoming a Game Illustrator as I want to get into Game Development and make some games, as well as making my own manga series on the side... so definitely like into anything that can help me, I much to learn.

Figure Drawing Classes would definitely help, I've done drawings are people before but very rarely so I'll definitely keep at it. I'll search around online to see what's the closest place where I live to take those kinds of courses... and the pricing varies from place to place, right? 

[KoiDrake]

One Piece's anatomy is fine, I don't get what you're talking about there.

You don't seem to understand what it means to have "good anatomy", respecting the anatomical rules doesn't mean that you have to turn every single character you make as if it were a Vitruvian Man, with perfect proportions everywhere.

I said it already, if you want to mess up with anatomy, you have to make it in a way that makes sense, and for that you must know what's under every character's skin.

Take Mickey for example (or pretty much any Disney character for that matter). The mouse almost looks like he is made of rubber, has a big ass head, hands and feet, and a small body. Now, you think that's wrong? No. Why? Because the proportions are damn well handled, because even though he almost looks like he is made of rubber, he has a bone structure underneath him. That's why you don't see him making weird poses like that character of yours.

Anyway, gotta go, I'll keep going latter.

Posted on: May 14, 2012, 11:16:06 PMK, I'm back, so I'll make one small addition to what I was saying before.

While looking for Mickey pics, I found a pose that looks pretty close of what you tried to make with your character.


Look the way the hips are, how the whole body looks balanced, and if you try the pose, it's not uncomfortable at all (that's more important as you may think, uncomfortable poses ALWAYS look really fake and unnatural), and those are pretty much all of the things we tried to critic on your drawing, but blatantly ignored with your lame excuses.

[VirusChris]

Valentine's Day sketch ideas...



Hey there! I was planning on doing some Valentine's Day drawings but sadly the day is nearly over and I won't be able to finish even one of the in time. However I have envision what they're about so here's small sketches of these drawing ideas I had for some of my Valentine's Day pictures.

Top Left
Chris "Yuushi" Corona x Ami Rozu (Original Characters)

The first one is about my original characters, Chris "Yuushi" Corona and Ami "Nightingale" Rozu, from my original global manga series "Virakins". Basically this one is where Ami hooks her arm around Chris' arm comments that she's only doing that because it's Valentine's Day and it's for the special occasion... acting deredere with Chris as Ami is a classic tsundere character. Basically Chris is caught off guard as Ami looks away embarrassed.

Top Right
Chris "Shadowheart" Corona x Iris Livier (LaTale)

This picture is one featuring one of my many alternate reality/universe version of Chris Corona where he is paired up with Iris Livier from the MMORPG "LaTale" as he carries her in a bridal style. His middle name is a placeholder, I'm not sure what I should use instead.

Bottom Left

Ami Rozu (OC)

This picture is deciphering Ami Rozu's birthday which is Feburary 14th which is also Valentine's Day were its a special day for her as the birthday girl and spend time with her boyfriend (Chris maybe?)... though due to her disliking boys because of their attitude it's hard for her to enjoy even on her own birthday until a kind-hearted young man brings a smile back on her face, though she won't admit it.

Bottom Right

Chris "Shadowheart" Corona x Iris Livier (LaTale)

This is a "steamy" picture where Chris and Iris are in bed together making out with each other with only a blanket covering half of their body. I wonder what could've happen to lead to that event?


I had more ideas, but this is it for now. Sorry if the sketches are too light to see but these are drawings I wanted to finish on Valentine's Day... maybe it's better to be late than never, right? I hope you like these ideas.

[lizardcommando]

I don't get it... what's the difference between Chris "Shadowheart" Corona and Chris "Yuushi" Corona besides their nicknames (or middle names)?

[VirusChris]

I don't get it... what's the difference between Chris "Shadowheart" Corona and Chris "Yuushi" Corona besides their nicknames (or middle names)?

The middle names are cursor marks to tell which universe each of the Chris comes from, Chris "Yuushi" Corona comes from the "Virakins" universe which is my main and original series while Chris "Shadowheart" Corona exists in the "LaTale" story universe (where he lives in a different version of the world "Magleutix" which is an alternate version of the "Virakins" universe's "Magleutix").

The two Chris differ with their personalities, how they live their life, changes to the family (in some universes Chris is either an only child, has a younger sister (most of the time), and has both an older and younger sister), different fighting styles and abilities, different friends and love interests (Ami Rozu for the "Virakins" universe and Iris Livier for the "LaTale" universe), etc...

Kinda like the Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man series.

Chris "Shadowheart" Corona (I really need to give a better middle name for this one) has a childish, outgoing, blunt personality and acts impish and excitable with his pranks and tease, but has mature and understandable side underneath due to the way he lived his life. This Chris was "born" with the Virakin powers, or power of darkness as the people refer to it, unlike the Chris from the "Virakins" universe where he merges with the Virakin power later on in his life. He has no parents or siblings and only an uncle (or his Chris' mentor in the "Virakins" and is not his uncle in that world) and great-grandfather and hardly has any friends at the start.

Chris "Yuushi" Corona is a sweet, shy, uncertain young man that takes things easy and cherishes his friends but questions himself about what the right thing to do and is still learning and growing up though his cheerful side shines though. He gains his Virakin powers later and his has great potential, but he's sadly weak and cannot bring out the full powers of a Virakin which is why he struggles a lot in his fights but doesn't give up. Has parents but are currently aware, has a younger sister, childhood friends with a princess Oni and elven girl along with his best friend Alvin (who is Chris' best friend in almost all universe he appears in) and a red-haired chinese girl named Raine.


But there are things that are reflected between each version of Chris... they never take a life no matter how evil or bad a person or being is, also has a naive and optimistic outlook on life as well as try to understand from both sides of the story to make a fair judgement, has a huge appetite (common for Shonen heroes), always manages to put a smile on their friends faces, never abandon someone in need. Stuff like that... it's more easier to show off his actions than writing.

And each universe has a different story to tale about each Chris.