Draw Your Cataclysms

StopSignal · 2014-12-17T17:26:10.000Z

I like what i see there! Nice drawig, man

Kyriolexical_Dino · 2014-12-17T17:27:09.000Z

I have to admit, you draw cars better than I do.

StopSignal · 2014-12-17T17:46:40.000Z

Cars are so hard ;-;

Steelmaniac · 2014-12-17T18:22:36.000Z

StopSignal:

Cars are so hard ;-;

Kyriolexical Dino:

I have to admit, you draw cars better than I do.

I’d be lying if I said I found cars hard to draw.
The hardest part is getting the perspective right, but for everything else, considering I’ve been drawing cars since I was a baby…

Pthalocy · 2014-12-17T18:27:58.000Z

I can draw cars to be identifiable as generic cars. I cannot draw specific models without very good references and a lot of time. I’ve got a grasp of what makes human beings unique from one another and can tell them apart on sight, my brain’s built for that. I don’t have a similar lexicon for cars, or guns either.

So both groups of inanimate objects, that are influenced blatantly by perspective with their mathematically precise lines and curves, elude me in ways that soft limbs and hand gestures don’t. Fuck perspective. I have the hardest time fitting people into 3D environments. It’s like making two opposites play nice.

Steelmaniac · 2014-12-17T19:48:29.000Z

[quote=“Pthalocy, post:2705, topic:441”]I can draw cars to be identifiable as generic cars. I cannot draw specific models without very good references and a lot of time. I’ve got a grasp of what makes human beings unique from one another and can tell them apart on sight, my brain’s built for that. I don’t have a similar lexicon for cars, or guns either.

So both groups of inanimate objects, that are influenced blatantly by perspective with their mathematically precise lines and curves, elude me in ways that soft limbs and hand gestures don’t. Fuck perspective. I have the hardest time fitting people into 3D environments. It’s like making two opposites play nice.[/quote]

is that why you cant into backgrounds either?

Pthalocy · 2014-12-17T21:39:56.000Z

I find populating backgrounds to look believably cluttered to be really tedious. Getting perspective in it that is both interesting AND also fits people in it, double tedious. The fact I can take an hour+ just drawing clean toons, plus a lot of time to get the handwriting neat (learning disorder), then double it to add backgrounds. I can make my points without a reality around my characters.

The few times I do, more care tends to be given in fleshing out the background than framing it so the picture isn’t boring. I need to spend more time planning the picture just to be happy with it later. One of these days I’ll do a fully-fleshed picture as some kind of challenge/timesink when nothing else is going on in my life and it will look fucking gorgeous. I will be sick of making it by the time it is done, but that’s what it seems to take to be worth it.

So tl;dr, yes. But also I find the effort overwhelming. I need to take classes on how to do this more efficiently, or learn to make use of abstract backgrounds better.

StopSignal · 2014-12-17T22:07:18.000Z

[quote=“Steelmaniac, post:2706, topic:441”][quote=“Pthalocy, post:2705, topic:441”]I can draw cars to be identifiable as generic cars. I cannot draw specific models without very good references and a lot of time. I’ve got a grasp of what makes human beings unique from one another and can tell them apart on sight, my brain’s built for that. I don’t have a similar lexicon for cars, or guns either.

So both groups of inanimate objects, that are influenced blatantly by perspective with their mathematically precise lines and curves, elude me in ways that soft limbs and hand gestures don’t. Fuck perspective. I have the hardest time fitting people into 3D environments. It’s like making two opposites play nice.[/quote]

is that why you cant into backgrounds either?[/quote]

Idk why but i saw that as kinda rude.

Anyways, perspective, no matter if we are talking about backgrounds or cars, it’s time consuming. Add to that the fact that most of the time if you want to get it good you need references and stuff, maybe even a ruler. So no, not even wanting to do that.

Let’s put some mountains or trees in the bg and we are set (?

EkarusRyndren · 2014-12-17T22:08:31.000Z

StopSignal:

Let’s put some mountains or trees in the bg and we are set (?

Happy mountains or trees.

Kyriolexical_Dino · 2014-12-17T23:09:40.000Z

You know with all of this background talk, this is actually why real working artists of comics and manga hire assistants to do the background stuff and non critical pieces of the drawing. So don’t go beating yourself over it much, I too find it tedious and I actually think it’s one of the hardest processes in a drawing.

Which leads to the point, my drawings look really bland without anything happening in the background, it makes the world lifeless and gives in even more focus to my subpar skills shown in the main parts of the image.

Pthalocy · 2014-12-18T08:34:48.000Z

http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=4296.msg202381#msg202381

It’s not a cata-related pic unless something from the nether is both that big and that weird. Actually, that might be really likely. I tend to spend as little time as possible looking at nether creatures in cata.

Either way, that’s me doing backgrounds, albeit a decade out of date skill-wise.

StopSignal · 2014-12-18T20:14:24.000Z

I’d like to see one of your backgrounds from now, but i know it’s a lot of work, heh.

Anyways:

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Rivet · 2014-12-18T20:27:04.000Z

StopSignal:

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That is too cute!

wilson7755 · 2014-12-18T20:28:56.000Z

[quote=“StopSignal, post:2712, topic:441”]I’d like to see one of your backgrounds from now, but i know it’s a lot of work, heh.

Anyways:

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Aw… Now I feel like crap

StopSignal · 2014-12-18T20:32:01.000Z

wilson7755:

Aw… Now I feel like crap

Why D:

Kyriolexical_Dino · 2014-12-18T21:00:23.000Z

Because you’re amazing at creating pixel art gifs.

Valpo · 2014-12-18T21:04:04.000Z

Awesome animation stopsignal

StopSignal · 2014-12-18T21:05:06.000Z

Awhh, thanks people! A lot.

FoobyDude · 2014-12-19T01:02:56.000Z

Unfortunately, I’ve not been working on anything recently. I’ve been felled to the trap of Good TV shows (in my opinion) and laziness, But hey, I’ve made at least 20 pictures since i’ve been back and a little break would be nice. I will probably come back later when i’m depressed the series i’m watching is over. (btw its “Kung Fu Panda: LoA”) (also, i typed this out using the ease of access keyboard, cause i didn’t want to restart the darn thing, quite the feat) love u bai <3

wilson7755 · 2014-12-19T01:09:36.000Z

StopSignal:

[quote=“wilson7755, post:2714, topic:441”]Aw… Now I feel like crap

Why D:[/quote]
I don’t know why… Exactly.