first Art Post

[mc_delroy]

hey yo's... ive been cruisin the forums here for about 2 weeks, and i thought to myself...

"what the hell... lets post something"

so i got out my sketch book after work and spent about 20 minutes on this drawing.... and it seriously shows... lol

i wanted to get the motion right so i drew a pre-scetch to go off of....
(he is reaching into his left pocket for a clip)

i dont know... i have only been seriously drawing for like 3 weeks... i bought an art book and i pump out at least 3-4 sketches a day... what do you guys think for 20 minutes?

( p.s. the scanner i used is a peice of fecal matter.... or maybe its the settings... anyone have any scanner tips or a link to a good post where this was already discussed?)

anyway... tell me what looks dumb about it.... or what i need to work on

thanks guys... ill take any advice you can shell outhttp://www.mediaworksinc.com/fserv/scan.jpg

[Martial Loh]

hi........scanner tips? it all depends what you want to do.
someone on the net once told me a great way to scan lineart in...
im gonna assume you're using photoshop....
scan your image in at 400dpi..
get rid of ay color - convert it to greyscale
goto the image mode bit - choose Duotone.
click on the graph option and tweak the graph so that your outlines come out nice and dark....

i hope that helps you a bit....
whats wrong with the pic? erm..... i know its a sketchy thing, but maybe you could add to it using line thickness variance and some scribbly tone?
I don't think im even qualified to give you drawing advice! I've only just joined and haven't even posted any work!!!
Good luck!

[mc_delroy]

lol thanks for the reply man!

yeah the drawings lines are alot more defined in the actual art ... that is what i was saying about the scan, it lightened everthing up and now it looks wierd.

ill re-scan it right now using your tips and ill post it if it looks any better

and martial.... lol dont worry ... your just doing exactly what i have been the last 3 weeks...... even noobs have opinions

:)

post man.... it feels good!

[mc_delroy]

ok here is the new scan... thanks for those tips dude... they really helped

http://mcdelroy.tripod.ca/scansmall.jpg

[mc_delroy]

there... i got the link to work

anyway.... ill be posting more... but for a quick sketch... i dont think this was to shabby

:)

[piGfreeZer]

Hey, looks nice for a sketch ! I like the pose of the man and the coat he's got, a little Matrix touch, huh ?
Now you just should work on the feet I think...
And take these crit as NOOB's ones... I'm only 15 years old, and I'm amazed in front of the tons of beautyful drawings here !!!
I can't post any scanned drawing I've made these days, because my scan isn't ready yet... (an old one, with ISA card... what a stupid mess)