Old Pictures & Silly Art Decisions
6 years ago
Aloha!
I've been drawing some random stuff over the past 4-5 years that I never "finished" and uploaded here (or anywhere), so I'll probably start cleaning them up a bit and do so over the next months. Just don't be surprised if the quality jumps around a lot, as they are old and I had a lot of art-style experiments during the years.
Which brings me to my next point - yes, finally, I've managed to decide on question #204821.3! The answer is plantigrade. Yes, yes, I've been struggling around with a lot of silly stylistic questions over years: Square eyes, round eyes, triangle eyes, big eyes, small eyes or no eyes? Five fingers or four fingers? Digitigrade or Plantigrade? Coinslot nipples or realistic nipples? Hair or "headfur"? Compact muzzles or long muzzles? Cartoony or semi-"realistic"? Should Edward have three or four tentacles up his butt? Questions like these are the reason why I tend to switch things around a lot, as I'm usually just randomly experimenting with things and changing my mind all the damn time.
And as stupid as it may sound, feet are actually a rather big problem: They decide about stance, movement, possible clothing articles (aka "shoes"), etc. And while I personally prefer digitigrade, plantigrade just wins out in the long run. Especially if I want to get more "movement" in future pictures.
I'm also trying to get my eyes "bigger", but I often tend to forget to do so since I'm used to draw them tiny for some reason. All of this just for the slim hope to one day (~35 years) be more consistent when drawing my random trash :D One day, I might even manage to remember my SAI settings without re-guessing them every couple of weeks!
So, what are your silly art-style decisions you guys had to make over the years? Don't tell me I'm the only one with this type of OCD :)
I've been drawing some random stuff over the past 4-5 years that I never "finished" and uploaded here (or anywhere), so I'll probably start cleaning them up a bit and do so over the next months. Just don't be surprised if the quality jumps around a lot, as they are old and I had a lot of art-style experiments during the years.
Which brings me to my next point - yes, finally, I've managed to decide on question #204821.3! The answer is plantigrade. Yes, yes, I've been struggling around with a lot of silly stylistic questions over years: Square eyes, round eyes, triangle eyes, big eyes, small eyes or no eyes? Five fingers or four fingers? Digitigrade or Plantigrade? Coinslot nipples or realistic nipples? Hair or "headfur"? Compact muzzles or long muzzles? Cartoony or semi-"realistic"? Should Edward have three or four tentacles up his butt? Questions like these are the reason why I tend to switch things around a lot, as I'm usually just randomly experimenting with things and changing my mind all the damn time.
And as stupid as it may sound, feet are actually a rather big problem: They decide about stance, movement, possible clothing articles (aka "shoes"), etc. And while I personally prefer digitigrade, plantigrade just wins out in the long run. Especially if I want to get more "movement" in future pictures.
I'm also trying to get my eyes "bigger", but I often tend to forget to do so since I'm used to draw them tiny for some reason. All of this just for the slim hope to one day (~35 years) be more consistent when drawing my random trash :D One day, I might even manage to remember my SAI settings without re-guessing them every couple of weeks!
So, what are your silly art-style decisions you guys had to make over the years? Don't tell me I'm the only one with this type of OCD :)
Graedius
~graedius
Plantigrade is important for raccoons, anyways. I think you could do different animals differently -- but raccoons got them flat soled feet. l3
zephyrnok
~zephyrnok
Five tentacles.
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