# Draw Your Cataclysms

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 11, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441 "2013-03-11T20:18:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/421 "2013-08-23T02:28:01Z")

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A+ work mate good job

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**Author:** ![Draconaes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/draconaes/32/169_2.png) [@Draconaes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Draconaes)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/422 "2013-08-23T04:17:48Z")

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Was in a drawing mood and felt inspired by Cataclysm. Decided to draw one of my characters. (aracial color a la Homestuck)

![](http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9863/z6q2.png)  
I’m not sure what she expected would happen after mixing up bleach, ammonia, and mutant flesh and then chugging it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/423 "2013-08-23T05:00:28Z")

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[quote=“Draconaes, post:422, topic:441”]Was in a drawing mood and felt inspired by Cataclysm. Decided to draw one of my characters. (aracial color a la Homestuck)

![](http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9863/z6q2.png)  
I’m not sure what she expected would happen after mixing up bleach, ammonia, and mutant flesh and then chugging it.[/quote]

Very nice, and is she emerging from a toxic waste dump?

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/424 "2013-08-23T05:12:22Z")

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Hey, she turned out better than I did after radiation exposure.

/eats his veggie-only diet and cries

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/425 "2013-08-23T05:59:01Z")

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[quote=“Pthalocy, post:424, topic:441”]Hey, she turned out better than I did after radiation exposure.

/eats his veggie-only diet and cries[/quote]

Hey cheer up, and have a snickers you turn into a tree when your hungry, better?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/426 "2013-08-23T06:21:41Z")

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![](http://i.imgur.com/mysY29i.jpg?1)

So before I really start drawing, I wanted to test some concepts to see if the look right I was practicing shadows and a character holding objects. Well both the hands and feet look off to me, what do you think?

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**Author:** ![jcannon98188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jcannon98188](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jcannon98188)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/427 "2013-08-23T06:35:04Z")

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The feet look a little weird, but maybe if they were angeled to the side a bit, they wouldn’t be? Like if you could see part of the sides as well as the back. And the hand holding the shotgun looks kind of weird. His palm/grip is facing the wrong way. It seems like it would be uncomfortable to me. Pretty sweet drawing other then that.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/428 "2013-08-23T06:38:37Z")

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Thank you, but yea that’s my weird problem I go for one angle and give the rest of the limbs another angle.

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**Author:** ![Draconaes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/draconaes/32/169_2.png) [@Draconaes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Draconaes)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/429 "2013-08-23T12:55:39Z")

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> [@ajwilli1](#):
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> Very nice, and is she emerging from a toxic waste dump?

Actually it’s supposed to be a lab. I had set up one as a base and used the plentiful supplies to whip up some batches of mutagen. Believe it or not I don’t think I’ve come across anything radioactive yet, or at least haven’t stuck around long enough to find out.

Anyway, your own drawing looks pretty good. Feet and hands are always a pain to do. I do notice that the shadow seems a little off: it doesn’t fork with his legs, as if his lower body were a solid rectangle.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/430 "2013-08-23T14:19:39Z")

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That’s why the shadows looked a little off I’ll probably draw more today (If I get my classes done). I saw the radioactive symbol and thought it was a toxic dump. Why are hands so hard to draw anyway we use and look at them all the time.

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**Author:** ![Draconaes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/draconaes/32/169_2.png) [@Draconaes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Draconaes)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/431 "2013-08-23T15:23:27Z")

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That’s probably part of the problem. They are pretty complex as far as body parts go, and since we are so familiar with them it’s easy to spot even minor errors.

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**Author:** ![Isidarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/isidarth/32/106_2.png) [@Isidarth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Isidarth)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/432 "2013-08-24T03:05:42Z")

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Perspective is a hard thing even for the pros. If you’re having trouble, try looking up images on Google and seeing if you can find a similar camera angle. Even if it isn’t exactly the same, it can help you understand what’s going on better.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/433 "2013-08-24T03:45:33Z")

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Thanks for the tip that would probably be the best way to do it.

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**Author:** ![Iron\_Foot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Iron\_Foot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Iron_Foot)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/434 "2013-08-24T04:21:13Z")

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[quote=“Pthalocy, post:424, topic:441”]Hey, she turned out better than I did after radiation exposure.

/eats his veggie-only diet and cries[/quote]

Carnivore isn’t all it’s worth either.

/cannot eat royal jelly.

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/435 "2013-08-24T04:26:40Z")

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/Stuffs face full of bee babyfood

As for feet being difficult to draw: Yes they are. I can draw them, but there’s a reason my toons have teeny little buttony footies instead of the actual thing - saves me half an hour.

[Foot angles.](http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/230/6/9/feet_reference_by_kibbitzer-d5bklly.jpg) Rightmost one, middle row: seems more like what you were aiming for? That can be one of the hardest angles to draw, since most of the foot actually obstructs your viewing the rest of it. Feet tend to look ‘too small’ as a result of so much being hidden, but that obstruction actually gives the impression of the right angle, sometimes more than if we actually saw the foot. Either way, here are some angles that are good not so much to master, as to just sort of eyeball from. I find one learns more by experimenting than copying directly.

[HEAD ANGLES](http://www.apollo13art.com/National/lifedrawing1/lectures/images/head-perspective.jpg) not directly relevant, but I wanted to point out that I still use this as a startingpoint/sanity checking tool when I draw more realistically. I may have skill, but I fuck up perspective royally ALL THE DAMN TIME TOO. References are a godsend. Never feel bad for using them.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/436 "2013-08-24T04:34:15Z")

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Thanks that’s what I’ve been doing experiment’s on angle like some kind of crazy doodle scientist, and for the tips I’ll keep them in mind.

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/437 "2013-08-24T05:12:15Z")

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That’s the best way to do it, just keep drawing. Sometimes you’ll hit a bit of a wall where it feels like you just draw the same thing over and over again - sometimes, it’s good to try something different to break from that. But a lot of the time, that’s what practice requires, so never hold it against yourself. (I still get bothered when more than two pics in a row face the same direction, but really, I can draw people facing the other way, it’s not like I’m avoiding it - so that’s like splitting hairs over nothing.)

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**Author:** ![ramesesniblet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@ramesesniblet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ramesesniblet)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/438 "2013-08-24T15:58:44Z")

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**Author:** ![DerpyBilbo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/derpybilbo/32/151_2.png) [@DerpyBilbo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DerpyBilbo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/439 "2013-08-24T19:20:37Z")

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Haha I love when it happens, ramesesniblet.

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**Author:** ![DerpyBilbo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/derpybilbo/32/151_2.png) [@DerpyBilbo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DerpyBilbo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/draw-your-cataclysms/441/440 "2013-08-24T19:25:45Z")

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Someone was knoking the door this morning…

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