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Kick your own ART by =Asheltots:iconAsheltots:

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Another quick upload that requires little to no time.

Part of the 'Kick your own @$$' competition.

I'm entering the 'All Digital Paintings, Drawings, Pixel Art, 3-Dimensional, Vectors, and Vexel images category' .

The Old art was done a year ago in 2008. At the time I was extreamly proud of the anatomy and the hair. I thought the shading was great though I wasn't sure on how to draw humans and the face, well, looks just odd.

The New is a great example of how doodling humanoids (mostly my friends and I's D&D characters) had helped me a lot. The face is less weird, the anatomy has improved a little but still has SO much room for improvement. I'd also spent a year staring at the art of the people who draw characters like this for a living so my attention to details, mostly on the costume, was spiked just a bit. I'd also worked just a bit harder on the background to make the picture a little more interesting.

Hopefully I can do this again next year and have improved even more!

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=Asheltots Jun 22, 2009, 7:28:37 PM
LoL, I think it may have been literally 15 layers. XD

I think with every picture I post there will be room for improvement. At least I hope. It's kind of a confidence boost to look at my old work and say 'wow, that sucked. I'm doing much better now.' The best part is that I was kind of proud of that old one. XD

Yeah, I really have a problem making my characters look like they're just floating above the ground. It would probably help if I did the background first instead of just slapping it on once I was sick of the picture. ^^; I am also unsatisfied with the legs. Like you said they seem a bit flat but also, compared to the rest of her, they don't seem to have as much detail to 'em. But I guess I couldn't be bothered or something. I'll have to fix it next year. ;)

You should totally do this Jupe!

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"Fun art is like candy. Life art and studies are like dinner.
Don't O.D on candy! Dinner first!"
-B1nd1

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=Asheltots Jun 22, 2009, 7:29:33 PM
Thank you very much. In all honesty I'm sure I spent a little more time on the new one but I hope to improve even more for next year.

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"Fun art is like candy. Life art and studies are like dinner.
Don't O.D on candy! Dinner first!"
-B1nd1

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*Jupeboxgal Jun 22, 2009, 7:33:16 PM
Haha! xD

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good feeling. ^___^

Ugh, I know of that problem. :( I think a little bit more severe shading around the feet might help; at least you're taking lighting into account and so the character is the right COLOR for the background. It's just the connection between feet and ground that you seem to have trouble with.

Heh. First I'd have to find a picture I want to redo. ^^;

(I was considering maybe one of my season pictures, or "Stars")

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~LovgrenO Jun 23, 2009, 9:50:23 AM
You could hold a competition about the best avatar for Asheltots. It would probably give you some inspiration atleast.

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=Asheltots Jun 24, 2009, 4:41:02 PM
Thats a good idea. I'll probably wait just a few until I can afford subscriptions or something for prizes.

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"Fun art is like candy. Life art and studies are like dinner.
Don't O.D on candy! Dinner first!"
-B1nd1

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*eruanna-lancaeriel Jun 27, 2009, 6:25:43 AM
Even -I- hadn't realized how awesome your art has gotten until you put it side-by-side! What a single year will do!

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=Asheltots Jul 6, 2009, 2:14:31 PM
I hope I'll be as horrified by this one by next year. XD

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"Fun art is like candy. Life art and studies are like dinner.
Don't O.D on candy! Dinner first!"
-B1nd1

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=Asheltots Jul 6, 2009, 2:15:53 PM
D'aww, thanks love. :heart:

I'm not really concerned with the contest though winning would be cool. I just mainly wanted to do the side by side for myself.

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"Fun art is like candy. Life art and studies are like dinner.
Don't O.D on candy! Dinner first!"
-B1nd1

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*eruanna-lancaeriel Jul 9, 2009, 10:39:33 AM
I've no doubt you will be. P=

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*canadian-rainwater Sep 17, 2009, 9:31:40 AM
Wow, now how's that for some improvement. oO

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