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This thread invites participants to showcase their artworks, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, and digital creations. The discussion encompasses various artistic styles and mediums, with participants sharing their personal experiences and creations.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares their drawings of celebrities, noting the economy of strokes in capturing likenesses.
  • Another participant presents an old watercolor of a cat, prompting positive feedback about its quality.
  • Some participants discuss their experiences with needlework and Bargello, sharing personal anecdotes and past projects.
  • Several participants express uncertainty about the identification of birds in a shared image, with differing opinions on whether they are pelicans or gulls.
  • A participant mentions returning to drawing after a long hiatus, sharing their first drawing and the mixed reactions it received.
  • Multiple participants share their artistic processes, including spontaneous drawing and the use of photographs for reference in digital art.
  • Discussions arise about the challenges of photographing art subjects, particularly in sensitive contexts like nude photography.
  • One participant shares their digital paintings created in Photoshop, clarifying their use of photographs for texture in some pieces.

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The discussion features a mix of agreement on the quality of certain artworks, such as the watercolor cat, while also showcasing disagreements regarding the identification of birds and varying opinions on artistic techniques and experiences.

Contextual Notes

Participants express limitations in their artistic endeavors, such as not having completed certain works or facing challenges with specific techniques. There are also mentions of past experiences that influence current artistic practices.

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Artists, art enthusiasts, and individuals interested in sharing or discussing various forms of visual art may find this thread engaging.

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Math Is Hard said:
I think we did this a long time ago, but what the hey, let's do it again. :smile:

Post your paintings, drawings, sculpture, digital concoctions, etc. here.

I'm moving Leroy's drawings from another thread...
I drew a picture of Leonardo Dicaprio.

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Here's one I drew of Jackie Chan.
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leroyjenkens said:
I drew a picture of Leonardo Dicaprio.
Those are great sketches. Instantly recognizable. One of the things I value highly in a sketch is economy of strokes. With so few strokes, you have captured their likenesses.
 
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here's an old watercolor of a cat on a sunny driveway.

dreaming_cat.jpg
 
Did you paint that MIH?
 
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Part of a needle work bell pull, I made it in 1997. Eeek, camera phone!
 
I painted that a long time ago. It was from a photograph in a little desk calendar I had.
 
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9886/74989640.png

Should be drawing it on paper ... in 3 months as hoping to there often during the 2010 summer.
 
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hypatia said:
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Part of a needle work bell pull, I made it in 1997. Eeek, camera phone!

Nice! I used to do some Bargello for pillow covers.
 
rootX said:
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9886/74989640.png

Should be drawing it on paper ... in 3 months.

Are those.. pelicans?
 
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Math Is Hard said:
Are those.. pelicans?

Not sure.

Finally found a picture of that beach:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6109/12457119596357183410108.jpg
(I was there during the last year winter so sky is not that bright .. and water was too cold)
 
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rootX said:
Not sure (if they are pelicans).
Based on the gull-wings, I would say gulls.
 
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I started drawing again recently after not drawing for ten years or more. This was my first drawing. People thought it was Martin Lawrence, but it's not.
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  • #13
A few of mine... Haven't really done a lot recently:


In terms of things drawn from life or from a picture:

This is Vivi from Final Fantasy IX
Vivi_from_FFIX-1.jpg


This is a teddy bear that was sitting on a shelf in my parents house:
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Gohan from Dragon Ball Z
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And a dreamcatcher that I drew off of a picture on the computer
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And these are what I normally draw.. I usually start with drawing a line on a piece of paper and just "winging it" from there, without an actual picture set in my head for what I want to draw.

Just a random creature I came up with.. Eventually I'll add it to something else
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Another random creature
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Another one
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Another one lol
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Maybe something different??... Nope, it's definitely another one!
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Yup yup.. you guessed it, another one
Thing_2.jpg


Disproportioned face
Face.jpg


Here's a different one... A surreal scene that I drew
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Here's a few tattoo's that I've drawn, either for me, for someone else, or just for fun:


A tattoo that I drew for someone
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A tattoo I drew for myself that I plan on getting at some point
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A tattoo that I drew that I don't plan on getting haha
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  • #14
Based on what there is so far, I vote for the cat.
 
  • #15
Here's one of mine of a friend:

she.jpg


I haven't done too many lately, and this was maybe five or so years ago, taken with a low end camera
 
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Those are great sketches. Instantly recognizable. One of the things I value highly in a sketch is economy of strokes. With so few strokes, you have captured their likenesses.
Thanks, that's a really nice way of looking at it.. What I was doing for a while was drawing a celebrity, sending it to my friend's email to see if he can guess who it is. He rarely got it right. His wife, though, was right on the ball, guessing it correctly every time.
Based on what there is so far, I vote for the cat.
That cat is very good.
 
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rewebster said:
I haven't done too many lately, and this was maybe five or so years ago, taken with a low end camera

I really like the perspective on that.
 
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leroyjenkens said:
That cat is very good.

Thanks. I used to really enjoy painting cats - except black ones. Those are very, very hard to paint in watercolor.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
here's an old watercolor of a cat on a sunny driveway.

The look on that cat's face is precious!

rewebster said:
Here's one of mine of a friend:
Curious: did she pose outside nekked?
 
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zoobyshoe said:
Curious: did she pose outside nekked?

we were swimming

Math Is Hard said:
I really like the perspective on that.

I like the interplay of angles and fields to define areas


I wish I had taken more photos or even some photos of some that are gone now.--oh, well, that's a reason to do more. I'll dig out some more, and if I can transfer some 35mm slides
 
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rewebster said:
we were swimming

I don't know if that's a yes or no. The reason I ask is that I often have trouble with onlookers when I'm taking shots of fully clothed girls, inside or out. I can't imagine the problems an outdoor nude session would cause.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I don't know if that's a yes or no. The reason I ask is that I often have trouble with onlookers when I'm taking shots of fully clothed girls, inside or out. I can't imagine the problems an outdoor nude session would cause.

the closest house was about a half mile away, and the road to the pond had a locked gate


haven't you been to nude beaches before?


I've been to Black's Beach at La Jolla, and a few in Jamaica around Negril--that's where Hedonism Resort is.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
I don't know if that's a yes or no. The reason I ask is that I often have trouble with onlookers when I'm taking shots of fully clothed girls, inside or out. I can't imagine the problems an outdoor nude session would cause.

I was walking down the the beach on Florida a few years aback, taking pictures of all sorts of seaside things. Ahead of me three young girls (like 8 or 9) were playing in the surf, each in a different colour bikini, one orange, one green, one purple. They stood side-by-side dancing and playing, facing out into the ocean.

It was a perfectly beautiful shot. I started to raise my camera...

:eek:
Thought better of it, and just kept walking...
 
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Math Is Hard said:
Nice! I used to do some Bargello for pillow covers.
I have several hand towels with that type of stitching from my Grandmother, tedious work, but so beautiful.
 
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here's what I was doing in the mid 70's:


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more of the interplay of angles and fields and parabolas, the college paper chose this as one to include in the article on the show---I'll look for some portraits, they may be all on slides though
 
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I made this sometimes in the 1990, but airbrushing is very time consuming.

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  • #27
Every one's work is very nice. :-)

I only have a few drawings that survive to this day. I still have not gotten about to doing more.

This is shrunk, the original scan is quite large.
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This one is incomplete. I have intended to use photoshop to finish it but every time I get started something happens and I lose the several hours of work I put into it.
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Oh, and I have one more that I might be able to take a picture of. It is really old and faded though...

Not so good a picture but this is The Statutory Ape. ;-)
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  • #28
There are some talented people here, great work.

Here are some paintings, of the digital variety, I've made using photoshop.

deseerrtty.jpg


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cityy.jpg


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  • #29
Vasara said:
There are some talented people here, great work.

Here are some paintings, of the digital variety, I've made using photoshop.

You did these in PhotoShop?? :bugeye:

From scratch?
 
  • #30
DaveC426913 said:
You did these in PhotoShop?? :bugeye:

From scratch?
Yes, although in two of them I used photographs on top of the painted layers for finer detail; the sand texture in the first one and the city lights in the third one are from photos.

Am I to take your bulging eyes as a compliment? :-p
 

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