Doodles 9 - Too Little, Too Late

[CJBurgandy]

My high score in Wii bowling is 300! PERFECT SCORE! Tremble before my might! Plus I've done it more then once. Double tremble!

Do it in a real alley, without the wiimote, and then I'll be impressed

[Phact0rri]

My high score in Wii bowling is 300! PERFECT SCORE! Tremble before my might! Plus I've done it more then once. Double tremble!

Do it in a real alley, without the wiimote, and then I'll be impressed

no do it in a real alley WITH a wiimote! that would be gold.

[CaptainClaude]

nonono, what would be gold would be with a wii, and a real bowling ball.

[KWill]

Any thoughts or crits on this would be welcome/appreciated.

It's nice, but I'd prefer the other one with blue in the foreground. Red doesn't seem to work as well.

[Rkolter]

Any thoughts or crits on this would be welcome/appreciated.

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

[Dr Legostar]

if that were true, shenanigans would update more

thank you CJ, saved me the trouble of saying it.

[Col]

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

That's what I was debating over the most. Thanks for your thoughts on that, kolter.

[[AlmightyPyro]]

Any thoughts or crits on this would be welcome/appreciated.

Holy crap Col! I want one of these painted on a big canvas in my room.

[Dotty]

Me too! I'd totally commish the rockstar pose

[Snail]

Man, I'd definitely hang something like that in my room!

[The Neko]

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

I agree. (Although I think the solid lines came AFTER he did the swoopy lines.) The problem is that the outlines make the figure look a bit doughy, and trying to give that figure anatomical form ends up making it look incorrect and boring. Without the lines, any small errors or lack of proper definition are nullified. It also makes the figure appear more expressive.

[Aiken]

doodle of a friend of mine being stalked....by me....

[Col]

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

I agree. (Although I think the solid lines came AFTER he did the swoopy lines.) The problem is that the outlines make the figure look a bit doughy, and trying to give that figure anatomical form ends up making it look incorrect and boring. Without the lines, any small errors or lack of proper definition are nullified. It also makes the figure appear more expressive.

Okay, you're pretty much pointing out what I was thinking. I'm going to dive back into this and try to fix it up. Thank God for layers.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!

[Killbert-Robby]

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

I agree. (Although I think the solid lines came AFTER he did the swoopy lines.) The problem is that the outlines make the figure look a bit doughy, and trying to give that figure anatomical form ends up making it look incorrect and boring. Without the lines, any small errors or lack of proper definition are nullified. It also makes the figure appear more expressive.

Okay, you're pretty much pointing out what I was thinking. I'm going to dive back into this and try to fix it up. Thank God for layers.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone!

I like the colors. The fact you're using both warm and cold colors makes for some interesting contrast, and I like how it works, dont change that.
I also want one for my wall.

[The Neko]

Hey Col, I was wondering, have you tried doing a reverse colour order with these? I can't remember if you have or not. It'd be interesting if you had the warm colours on the bottom layers and the cool colours on the top. It'd be interesting to see what kind of effect that does, since usually cool ones are relegated to backgrounds.

[Yeahduff]

And now, yeahduff reteaches himself how to draw.








A critique would be rather pointless but it's not like I'll cry if you do.

I'm fairly certain my next project will have an all female cast.

[Yeahduff]

I like this one less because you defined the form with solid lines before filling her in with the swoopy lines. I'm sure you had to do that to draw it, but you inked the defining lines and so it seems less "free" than the first one you did.

I agree. (Although I think the solid lines came AFTER he did the swoopy lines.) The problem is that the outlines make the figure look a bit doughy, and trying to give that figure anatomical form ends up making it look incorrect and boring. Without the lines, any small errors or lack of proper definition are nullified. It also makes the figure appear more expressive.

Not sure I agree about it looking incorrect. I guess the question comes down to whether you want something more solid (which the outline provides) or more abstract. I feel outlines are worth investigating, and I'm curious what this whole thing would look like if you tried limited palettes and cropping.

[Col]

Not sure I agree about it looking incorrect. I guess the question comes down to whether you want something more solid (which the outline provides) or more abstract. I feel outlines are worth investigating, and I'm curious what this whole thing would look like if you tried limited palettes and cropping.

The outline's pretty loose, so it could go either way with being incorrect proportions. I'm still figuring out this whole digital way of doing these can work. I agree that I should try limiting my palette. It's really easy to get caught up in all the colors I can choose from on Photoshop, as opposed to trying to mix paint together to see what I get with a traditional painting. Anyway, here's a new version:



I'll need to try going opposite ways with my colors like you suggested, Neko. I think I do tend to use cooler colors in the background right now.

[Dr Legostar]

And now, yeahduff reteaches himself how to draw.








A critique would be rather pointless but it's not like I'll cry if you do.

I'm fairly certain my next project will have an all female cast.

don't you still owe us a certain something in your current comic?

you know if you had a tagboard or forum it'd be much easier to bug you about this.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

Just email him so he won't respond to you just like everyone else.