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PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:28 pm**

Drew this just now. Took about 15 minutes... and I couldn't get the feet right.

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:51 pm**

Mechs are fun... here's another pic (took about 25 minutes). I'm pleased with this one, although the legs look a bit sketchy... seem to be on a creative streak tonight, wonder what I'll draw next...

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:01 pm**

Those are good, djnoz!

What will djnoz draw next? the world may never know...
(You don't have to try and figure that out... I'm just being stupid...)

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:17 pm**

Cool! I didn't know you drew, Noz. Love the mech...

(And the name you wrote alongside...

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PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:41 pm**

wow noz can draw, awsome

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:07 pm**

Here's something else. It took a lot longer this time.

Thanks for the comments guys, I can draw... sort of. Because I don't draw much though, I've never really refined the skill, and that's something I plan to do.

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:23 pm**

you have good perspective you just need to learn how to make flowing lines instaed of scratching the image in, try sketching it lightly and then going back over it useing smooth lines. but its very good

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:37 pm**

I like the mechs! Keep it up!

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:31 pm**

The mech is really good. I especially like your last picture, the one with the target lock, lol, reminds me of a good screenplay picture for a movie or game.

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:41 pm**

I really like the mecha that you see from behind *cool* but I like the others as well, I like your style.

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:05 pm**

Shinja wrote:you have good perspective you just need to learn how to make flowing lines instaed of scratching the image in, try sketching it lightly and then going back over it useing smooth lines. but its very good

I've got a ruler but I don't use it much :sweat:

Need some stencils to perfect those lines... time to trawl the shops in Chinatown I guess.

I've always wanted to start a webcomic, I'm imagining mine would be a sort of projection of my city (Manchester) in 10 years time, from a students perspective. That way I could chuck a load of my own experiences into the equation, as well as loads of real-life Christian stuff.

The first thing I'm gonna do is go out and take reference photos, which will include going up some of the various university towers, allowing me to get a manga sketch of the Manchester skyline... it would make good cover material

First of all though, I need to work on my art skillz. Thanks loads for the comments and advice!

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:44 pm**

Here's another experiment... laptop tracing.

1) How it's done

NOTE: If you try this, put a clear plastic sheet between screen and paper, you dont wanna damage things. Up the brightness and contrast for the best results. PRESS GENTLY! I used one of those retractable "DnD" pencils

2)Original photo

3)Rough trace

This is how I plan to trace my skyline reference photo.

PostPosted: **Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:49 pm**

PostPosted: **Sun Oct 26, 2003 9:19 am**

Here is a scene from Manchester. I'm particularly pleased how this turned out.

PostPosted: **Sun Oct 26, 2003 10:41 am**

you've got real good perspective I couldn't draw like that if my life was dependant on it. I love it.

PostPosted: **Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:53 am**

It's called the magic reference photo ^__^

PostPosted: **Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:12 pm**

I'm terrible at drawing people.. really need to work on that :/

PostPosted: **Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:32 pm**

Here is a character design that I just drew

PostPosted: **Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:35 pm**

You do good work Noz :] Why didn't I think of that laptop thing before...

PostPosted: **Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:17 pm**

Cool technique with the laptop! The city thing turned out very nicely ;-)

Your drawing style strikes me as very, very technical. It's like, you think less about the artistic detail, and more about the math (like perspective

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I agree, the earlier "people" posts were kinda bad, but your mechs and stuff are awesome, and I like that last pic quite a bit! In other words, I think your ability to draw people is improving ;-)

When I made graphics for the computer game I'm working on, it's 3D and all polygonal, so you have to think about the math/logic part in a BIG way. Since I'm using my own home-made graphics engine, I'm very limited as to what I can or can't do with the graphics (using textures for this particular project is very rare) and sometimes it feels like I can't get very creative with it. Hmm.. I guess that's why most graphics designers at Nintendo don't use home-made software! lol I'm thinking about doing an experiment with what I like to call "face mapping" -- try to develop a system where I can customize a polygonal face using sets of textures for the eyes and everything. Build-a-character style! That'll be a fun experiment... I'll get back to you if I ever make it (maybe you guys could submit art?

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PostPosted: **Sun Nov 02, 2003 9:19 am**

djnoz wrote:I'm terrible at drawing people.. really need to work on that :/

i can draw people but i can hardly draw land scapes or perspectives.... im your opposite a guess

PostPosted: **Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:13 pm**

I know this might sound silly,

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djnoz tries to draw stuff!

djnoz tries to draw stuff!