Art Art of the Sweet Potato

[yakiimo]

[B][I][U]EDIT EDIT EDIT[/U][/I][/B] I want to draw your characters!!! Give me a description, a rough sketch, a finished picture, a blurb, anything! I'll draw them for nothing! NOTHING! Just a sketch, though. Might color it if I really really like it. GIMME! I want to draw draw draw! [B][I][U]END EDIT[/U][/I][/B]


As a 'yakiimo' is basically just a roasted sweet potato, that's the name of the thread.

Here's a few sketches, since my finished stuff can be viewed in my profile on the Otaku art page thing. There's a link under my OB name. Yar.

This is one that's never been seen online before now!

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jimchancefair.png[/IMG]

This is Jim (left) and Chance (right) and some cat demon thing that was, for a short time, Jim's little sidekick guy. He's since been taken out, I think. Not finalized on that yet!

Jim and Chance (both boys) are part of an ongoing comic/novel called "Egg on Your Face". The full-color images will be on MyOtaku thing while sketches can appear here. Maybe some old color ones that I'm embarrassed to show to everyone, too. XD

I draw these two in lots of styles. Case in point, part of the 100 Theme Challenge. Star.

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/stars.jpg[/IMG]

And this one, one of my favorites.

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/jim.jpg[/IMG]

There's a lot more, but that's all I'll do right now. :)

As for critiques, please feel free! I just want you to know that the bottom one is inked and colored, so I can't change anything. The top one is still sketch so I can tweak that one! I know Chance's right-as-you-look-at-it leg is wonky. X/ The middle one is MIA, so I don't know how I'll change it. Can't find it!

Other than that, please feel free to tell me what I'm doing wrong (or right!) and I'll do my best to improve! Drawing is just a hobby of mine and I don't know if I'll ever make it into a career.

I do have two pages of the comic done, but one page has a bad slang word in it. It's derogatory for a homosexual. It also means "bundle of sticks" or "cigarette" in British slang. I can white that out, though.

Thanks again!

[eleanor]

[font=trebuchet ms]I like your stuff! Especially the first one, which is probably my favorite out of the three. The hair looks very animated and free-flowing, which I like, and your proportions seem to be down pat. :)

The only nitpick I have, which is the one I give most often, is that you just need more practice to start getting your lines smoother, longer, and more confident. It's something that comes naturally with more practice. You seem to be on the verge, which to me just means you're very good for someone who just draws for fun. I don't know if you'll ever try and make art a career for you, but it looks like you're going in the right direction. I'd love to see the comic you're working on![/font]

[yakiimo]

When I trace things in ink, it gets a lot more solid. I tend to do lots of small, scratchy lines when I sketch because they're easier to erase when I do get it all done and ready for inking! If I draw too many long, flowing lines, I tend to draw darker and it's harder to erase. :( That and maybe I don't have much confidence. Most people want CG while I'm still in the era of colored pencils.

Here's an example of an inked image:
[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/iJim.jpg[/IMG]

This was done during the iPod advertisement rage. Everyone was making their own, so I made one, too! The background is a bright neon blue, so I decided to just give you this one. XD

Thank you for the comments. Hair is the most fun part for me to draw! That and expressions. I like to give a lot of movement in my drawings, a feeling of dynamic motion. But 'standing glory' pictures are okay, too! Great for concept art.

Here's some doodles I did on my second break at work. I don't know who they are, but they were fun to doodle. Ballpoint pen.

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/sheep.jpg[/IMG]

[Boo]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms]I like your stuff! Especially the first one, which is probably my favorite out of the three.[/font][/QUOTE][size=1]Funny, because when I opened up this thread the first thing I thought was "hey, this remembers me of [strike]maladjusted[/strike] Lunox". :whoops: (the first is my favourite too, by the way)

Well, I don't have much to add to what she said, I have to admit. I really like what I see in this thread and it seems like you have most under control (also from several angles, which is always a good thing). Like you said yourself, you might need a little more confidence, but your art is good enough for you to play around with styles a bit.

Can't say much about the sketchy lines, because I've never stopped drawing with sketchy lines myself. Instead, I just cover them up with a thick B pencil and pretend like they've always been that way.

Oh, but being someone with big feet I just have to say that the third person has rather small feet to stand on.[/size]

[yakiimo]

[quote name='Boo'][size=1](the first is my favourite too, by the way)

Oh, but being someone with big feet I just have to say that the third person has rather small feet to stand on.[/size][/QUOTE]

bwaha, thanks. XD Yeah, I normally draw big feet, but that was the first time I tried smaller ones. I don't like it!

Just to show y'all that I can do CG (sort of) here's some!

This was my part of the 100-Theme Challenge back in the day. Teamwork was the theme!

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/41-teamwork-inkcopy.jpg[/IMG]

Jim and Chance when they were children. Awww. Aren't they CUTE. I like how it came out, either way.


And for you dancers out there...

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/Irish_Eyes_Are_Smiling.png[/IMG]


And the last one. A pseudo fanart.

JIMU YASHA

Oh yes. I went there. ALL THE WAY THERE. Barefoot. Up the hills both ways in snow fifTEEN feet deep! Burlap sack as my dress. In the middle of winter. AT NIGHT.

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/12-27-06-Jimuyasha-color.jpg[/IMG]

The coloring was real quick, so it's kind of craptastic. 8D Drawn in Dec '06! WOW. So old!

Last one, I promise. MORE DANCIN'.

[IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f113/keloki/jim/5-8-07-bigjim1.jpg[/IMG]

That's it!