+Idolyze+ 05/15/09

[idoru]

RESET, and actually updating! Please check out and C&C. :3

[idoru]

So I think my goal is to upload at least once a day. Yeah. Which essentially means drawing once a day. Ha! Trying to actually be good by the time I end up in college. Whenever that is. Hopefully this fall.

Study of a chair, sketch of my boyfriend (he's a very patient model), self portrait, and some quick 3 minute gestures.

[idoru]

Tonight's update: a bit of lineart! Yaaay...

[loveandasandwich]

Pretty good start, one thing that's off is your boyfriends forehead looks too big, and his head looks too small for those shoulders. I like your self portrait though, and the cute swirly clouds in the last one.

[idoru]

28chelseaslater, thanks! :3 Though he really does just have a hugenormous forehead, and uh, head in general, I think you're right. And extra thank you about those clouds! I never seem to get those right, I'm glad to hear they turned out well in that one...

(To be updated with actual arts this evening.)

[idoru]

And after a million years, an update. A WIP version of a comic. It needs new toning. And inking. And text. ...It just needs lots of work, period.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/pixielala/ch1page002draft.jpg

[idoru]

My first digital works! A doodle to get the feel of the program, and a semi-boring illustration of the main character of the comic (shown above).

[idoru]

Another digital work. : x It's not so great, either, but I'm practicing! And trying to find a coloring style that works for me. Those first two didn't feel quite right... This is closer. Still not "there", but closer!

[idoru]

A little doodlin'. I do love playing with this tablet. :3 My new favourite toy~

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/pixielala/edscowllineart.jpg

[idoru]

Lots of new things. An animated doodle icon, proof that I can't do colors worth crap (now with more manface) and some more. Not goodness. Arrgh the poisonous blarglhdksf.

[idoru]

Mmm flexin'.

[idoru]

I got a new pen? o_o There are many things off about her body but yeah.

[sujen]

Hi-hi!
You have a really neat style going on here...I think my favorite is the comic page (geez, I'm a sucker for comics)...
But onwards! I think you should definitely draw more from life--your self-portrait was the best of them, I think. However, it could use more value in shading. Try to study the way the light falls on your collarbones, torso and arms; right now, the torso and arm seem to be very chunky and flat.
Keep on working girlie! :D It's lookin' good.

[urngedrank]

I especially like the way you draw faces. Most useful things have already been said, but I agree that drawing from life more is always good. I ought to follow that advice myself.

[idoru]

More comics, then! :3 Actually just a panel.

[PieXags]

There's a lot of cool stuff here. I'll be honest, usually I'm not a big fan of it unless it's got sharp edges and really makes me wonder where the hell whatever it is came from. This has a very fun style to it, though. I see a lot of potential, and look forward to seeing how you progress and evolve and keep going.

...you will keep going, right?

PieXags will be back.

[idoru]

BIGNORMOUS MASSIVE SKETCH DUMP. Haha. Some stuff from ongoing comic project, and doodles related to a doujinshi (fancomic) project I'm doing to blow off steam. It's a steampunk version of Sailor Moon--it's been really a lot of fun and much harder than I thought it would be. :3

[idoru]

More stuff. Finally.

[spaztastic]

I really like your comics. i wish you would post more, i would really like to learn the story line.

[idoru]

Aww Spaz I totally would if I hadn't stopped writing this one. I have another one though that I'll post soon-- this one is on hiatus because it's REALLY LONG and I want to do it when I'll be able to express what I want better. It's a pet project.

I DO HAVE SOME NEW STUFF THOUGH. I've been trying to use CG better, eheh. Still got a long way to go though.

[FightingSeraph]

I like what I see so far, and don't be afraid to try something different.

[idoru]

Thanks! I am doing different stuff but it's just not very good, haha. I'll be posting it when I take the pictures, I'm kind of scannerless atm. I'm waiting to have some more life drawing and suchforth... I like to upload that stuff all in a big batch as opposed to my "fun for me" stuff.

Here's another comic page! It is actually page 2 of my current project but I wanted to upload a page I hadn't finished yet. This is after cleaning up the inks, but before adding text, tones, etc. :3

[idoru]

Just something I finished recently. I watched part of a panel done by Amy Reeder Hadley, and I think it's really helped me to be able to draw people looking UP. This was something I could never master but the way she describes it really makes sense. Though looking at it now it's not really as "up" as I intended, haha. Still it helped.

[Lyno]

Great, I can already see you did improve. I love the girl in post#20. Just keep drawing idoru and post some more :)!

[idoru]

Thanks! Digital coloring is really hard, haha. I've got a new depth of respect for people who can do it really well.

[idoru]

Sketchdump! Sorry it's made of poorly cobbled together photographs. :B

[walnut]

I like the way yoour stuff flirts with anime yet still has its own voice and flow (good lines), but it bugs me a little when eyes start wandering around in the face. I'd pay some more attention to the facial construction, it's a shame to have neat art like this brought down by silly little mistakes like that.