HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO art board people! I come to you because i wish to share the fact that i have begun occasionally drawing on paper, as opposed to my usual digital stuff. Since i have no scanner available, you'll have to suffice with photos taken with my shoddy phone camera, but rest assured that i'm trying to make them as clear as i can.

This thread may become a dump for such drawings of mine in the future, but for now, i shall attack your eyes with these:



Comments and criticism welcome! (although i'd appreciate it if you keep a reasonably polite tone)

Too simply as for paper. Try to give it in computer graphic. Must be nice.

Computer graphics come later, first i'll have to get my pencilling up to scratch. It's been a weakness of mine for far too long, and i think it's been impeding me.

@MrGarry: Fishtails? Yeah, i should probably study those a bit more. I basically just went by the word "ray-finned" and the typical fins one draws as a child. :U
Also, i'm holding on the shading for now, it takes forever to do with a pencil, but the principles are the same as on the computer. Case in point: the hat on this page.

@Gazorite: HAPPY FISH? Oh man, if there's one thing i go in for, it's angry fish. :U
I suppose i could try making a happy fish for a change, though, i don't do that a lot.

Thanks for your comments, guys! Much appreciated. c:

Here's a landscapey thing i drew in class.


Didn't get to shading the mountains because i drew it during the breaks, and didn't want to miss too much of what the lector said. Might try fixing that later, once i actually know how to draw mountains. :U

That is a pretty landscapey thing, but the cloud is a bit weird looking.

Oh yeah, the cloud is the worst thing ever, i had basically repressed its existence in my mind. I seriously need to lern2clouds. :c

Pffffffft, if i stop bashing myself, i'll just get cocky, and nobody wants that to happen. :U
But thank you very much for your kind words, good sir! Forsooth, i wouldn't have gotten to this point without the kind words. c: (i still think the cloud is terrible though, i drew it in like 10 seconds)

@Rhaemondzzzkie: Oh man, details. I admit the dragon and landscape could be more detailed, the lack of them is merely due to laziness on my part, but the fish is intentionally cartoony, because i really like that style of drawing. Nevertheless, thanks for your feedback! I consider 6-8/10 to be really really nice, so thank you once again!

also i herd u liek shading

Still not a lot of details, but hey. Also yes i fucked up on the stem, it's surprisingly difficult to draw such a long line in a smooth manner. :<

Thanks man! Also yeah, the fish was pretty much just a "lol i m drwing" thing made in comparatively short time, though i still do consider it a mostly finished thing, since most cartoons don't go much further than that in terms of detail (although they do add colours). Glad to hear that the plant rectifies some of those issues, though! c:

@Dscigs: I am actually drawing the outline as many small lines, it's just hard to see because it ends up being blurred. Also, regarding uniqueness, it's a good point, but there are more aspects to my doodles than angry eyebro's (even though they do take up a lot of space). I have this odd internal slider that goes from "silly" through "not very silly" to "flat out demented", and if one discounts the super clever word at the plants mouth, the plant falls in the "not very silly" category. It is thus a bit more bound by reality, meaning that a plant doesn't get eyes and accompanying eyebro's.
BUT I RAMBLE, thanks for your feedback once again!

also i coloured the plant woooooo

It's not perfect, but hey, it was fun!

Try to get better line, as you see in your drawing, the lines are in very small increments,
that results in a hairy looking line.

Add curves too the picture, try to study other peoples sketches of a dragon or a fish.

Not going to rate.

You're right about the lines, they are indeed made of many smaller ones, although the "hairyness" might also stem from the fact that i haven't erased the underlying sketch all that well. Also, it feels like my hands just can't do long, smooth lines, which is also evident in my handwriting.

Also, curves? I'm sure you mean something that isn't just curved lines, but would you mind elaborating?

@trickbob: I agree about the shading, but keep in mind that it's my first serious drawing on paper. Might still tack on some shading, though.
About the expression, however, that's a bit of a special case: In my little world, dragons are canonically very unexpressive (varying between "grumpy/indifferent" and "going to eat your fucking ribs"), though i suppose it would have been a much more interesting piece if it wasn't so passive.

@Dscigs: Yeah, the red does stand out a lot, i probably pressed too hard with the pencil. :U
Also, if i try to do things carefully, they just end up looking worse, which is pretty odd. I suppose it's down to practicing more!