Don't Ignore This Thread. It's Not Dead Yet

[Hyrodragonslayer]

to chibiartstudios- that was a VERY long post. But it really helped...a lot. I'm wondering if you think my art class at school will be sufficient to learn at least the basics when it comes to human form?

[HeDanny]

*Stabs PillyWiggin's head off*

Help me!

*Gushes blood out of the carteroid artery onto HeDanny's computer causing it to shortcircuit and electrify him*

And his computer crashes too.

ooh.. you took me out with your own blood.
Thats.. <i>IMPRESSIVE.</i> Well done!

So, now that I am dead, Does that mean I have to hire a sucessor to stalk GodOf Tarot, or do I just have to leave her in peace? I am new to this whole thing and am not up to scratch with the protocol.

btw, this is my OTHER PC. I totally need to clean the blood out of the other one before I can use it again

[Chibiartstudios]

Depends if it's for middle school, high school, or college. I don't know you so I have no way of knowing your situation.

For the first two I would say no. But they couldn't hurt. Pre-college classes tend to not have nudity in them which is what you will need for learning to draw the human figgure. Lower lever classes focus on the basics of drawing such as framing a picture and value. Both wouldn't do you any harm to learn. In many ways they are even more essential than the human form. I say go for it. If nothing else it's good practice for when you have to draw things like coffee cups on tables or houses in backgrounds. Any drawing where you are trying to do your best is good for you. Now, if a nude Life Drawing class is not available get magasines like Surfer or FHM that have lots of half naked people and fill a sketchbook or two with the people in them. That's decent practice too. Though nothing quite compares to a real woman.... Oh yeah!

Try this. Draw up a full page picture from a magazene that is centered on a person filling most of the space. Preferably not pornographic (at least don't share these). Bikinis will do. Sketch it, ink it, and post it in this forum and we'll give you some pointers. make sure you spend at least 2 hours straight on it. The sketch should be a full page (8.5x11) and you should have a frame drawn just inside the page edge to make it easier to get the pic right.

I'm not trying to say that yoiu HAVE to do it. I'm just saying that if you want practice doing real life art we are more than here to help.

Side note: You know... This gives me an interesting idea for something to do on the Games forum when I get back home from Vegas. I could post a pic and let people print it, draw it and then post the results. The winner is the one who would make the most original, well made piece of art.

If only I wasn't leaving tomarrow! ;_;

[YarpsDat]

a black background comic in a black background page is a BAAADDD idea.

Really?

I actually like that about it. If it were visible I'd make a black comic with a black background on a black page. Too bad it's not visible.

Actually, it's not as insane as you think.
For example, I saw an edition of Lord of the Rings trilogy, apart from the title, the cover was all black... but if you looked at an angle, there was the writing from the one ring, printed in shiny-black letters.

It wouldn't work online though.

[Faub]

http://flatwood.keenspace.com/

Wouldn't work? How so?

[Oualawouzou]

http://flatwood.keenspace.com/

Wouldn't work? How so?

He means having an apparently all black online comic that shows something when you look at it at an angle.

[Jha'Meia]

http://flatwood.keenspace.com/

Wouldn't work? How so?

That effect only works on shiny paper.

It doesn't work on a computer screen, not that I know of anyway. It has to do with the texture of the paper, I think.

Like the Emily the Strange book.

[Hyrodragonslayer]

I got microns! Yay! Does anyone have any tips or pointers that I should hear before wandering into 'the steps?'