My "Circus" entry

Well, the contest is now over and it did better that I'd expected, yay 4 me :D.
A final update to this post with the link to the finished pic.

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Major setback, I've lost the original in a PS error (damn I hate those errors), so I don't know if I'll make it

Only 12 hrs left until the deadline, guess i should start painting :(

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A minor update, I've blocked some of the colors. I'm having bit of a dilemma on the skin color, I think I'm gonna go with the left, greenish tone.

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Here's a rough sketch of the main character, not sure if I'm going to go with has-been strong man or has-been clown, I'll decide later on when I add some decor pieces.

Critiques and suggestions are highly appreciated :)

Circus Sketch

Anything you guys like, dont like, any advice, critique, anything?

The following is just a sketch, i still need to ink it and color and stuff.



I call it "Fired"

And sorry i didnt mean for it to be life size. :p

First off, a big WOOT for the new beginner illo contest, hope to see you all post an entry.

Second, since we're all here to improve, I propose a series of weekly challenges to help us enhance both our drawing/coloring skills and our imagination.

I'm thinking of something like draw a pose, create your own character... stuff like that. A brief tech documentation will be given for each challenge, when required, so you'll know how to do it.

We could each take turns inventing challenges, so everybody can get the exercise that they want.

So, what do you think?

Some of my drawlings

Ok, so I lack basic drawing skills, and am more interested in the artist's process than the final product. I sketch all the time in my notebook, but I dread the day I drop my books in the hallway and everyone sees my terrible drawings. So, i guess im pretty self conscious about my art. Anyway heres some of my stuff I haven't submitted to worth that you guys haven't seen.



An unfinished work, i know very ugly. I wanted a sort of watercolor feel, along with a dark, non realistic kinda mood.

















































does anyone else find it extremely difficult to format pictures on this blog? anyway, heres another work in progress.

Ok and i dont know why that is underlined.

Hi guys

Hey DDR & TNF. I also invited LoS to join us. We haven't started utilizing the blog yet, but with the ant perspective coming up, we might want to. I've started working on one image, but with no scanner and my camera at the office, it will have to wait until tomorrow.

If you have something you're working on, let's see it and we can share ideas to make it better. By posting here, we all agree to waive the anonymity thing in the spirit of friendship and learning... I trust you guys, and we should be able to all trust each other. We can add more people as we see fit - but let's not blanketly invite people in the forums at first.

If this thing works out well, we could expand on it and bring more people in, though! It'd be nice to get some more accomplished artists to join us, too.

Talk soon,

cap

Here are some of my very first tries at drawing in Photoshop: