Electives

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Ooh ooh! :3

I suck at Drafting :3

I do too, but that's coz it's boring. I can do a good (great) job if I'm motivated enough. Poems and short stories are my forte though.

So many lines, I always get them a mark off and then get frustrated

I don't normally draft, but I get an A on stuff.

I get As too

even though I suck

Yeah. I think I have a C in algebra though. This is NOT going to be a fun math year.

-had As in Algebra Honors-

I can help!! :3

Yay!

For computer needs, you canl earn everything thro the XHTML and JAVA codes....you shouldnt have much of any problems if you learn them

I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

Ooh! I can help! ^_^

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

Ooh! I can help! ^_^

I no good at shading and backgrounds! :3

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

Ooh! I can help! ^_^

I no good at shading and backgrounds! :3

Digitally?

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

Ooh! I can help! ^_^

I no good at shading and backgrounds! :3

Digitally?

si si!!

I'm only at this level


Finally done :3 by ~angelwing199444 on deviantART

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:

knssquad wrote:

Aichu wrote:I'm good with 2d art programs if anyone needs help with graphic art :D Don't ask me about that 3d stuff though cause I'd have no clue >_>

I need yo help

Ooh! I can help! ^_^

I no good at shading and backgrounds! :3

Digitally?

si si!!

I'm only at this level



Finally done :3 by ~angelwing199444 on deviantART

Okay! Let's diagnose this part by part!

For starters, shading.



This is just some random image I found on google, but it works.

The first issue with your shading is that it is unaccurate. You just kind of shaded one side of your character. You have to think of other aspects that would cast a shadow. For example, the folds in her clothing each have their own shadows, that strap thingy would cast a shadow on her arms, etc.

Now, you seem to have a basic sense of how the environement affects the subject, as you have some of the red lighting incorporated in here. However, it just kind of stops at her belly. You happen to have picked a very difficult lighting set up, since the light is coming from behind her the shding would probably look something like that in my avatar. At this point, I don't really think I need to remind you that a surface is lightest facing the light source and darkest away from the light source. However, most surfaces normally have a thin highlight where the shadows are darkest, as you can see from the picture of the sphere above. For example, on the underside of her arm where you've placed the shadows, there would be a highlight (red, in this case to reflect your environment lighting). Also, where there is a shadow there is typically a highlight. Another thing to keep in mind is the balance between highlight and shadow- the darker the shadows are, the more intense your highlights will be. This rules varies with surfaces, though. A matte surface (think clothing) will have hardly any highlights, and the highlights is does have are soft and more difused, while a glossy or shiny surface (hair, metal, will have more intense, sharper highlights. In case of that girls belt, I'm not really seing the sharp highlights. Finally, your choice of colors shading is also important. when selecting a color to shade with (or color with, for that matter), don't just go for a darker variation of the same value! Learn to encorporate different values into your shading.

Environment lighting tutorial: http://tigrin.deviantart.com/art/Color-Environment-31051556

Seriously, the tutorial above is just great and very helpful. Also relating to this issue of environment, your color choices aren't great. They should probably darker and more vibrant, for this choice of lighting anyways. Secondly, your shading also is too undefined, particularly for the setting. For starters, the shading is barely there, but when you have a environment with such a strong contrast between light and dark, your shading should also reflect this by being more contrasting! I'm not a huge fan of your brush choice either: until you get a better sense of how you paint, you should probably stick to either cell or soft shading. Personally, I think with anime, unless you are into more realistic drawing, cell shading is always the best way to go.

Shading tutorials!
http://hoisian.deviantart.com/art/Coloring-Tutorial-30361700 - A mixture of both cell and soft shading
http://twilight-deviant.deviantart.com/art/Cell-Shading-Tutorial-42175149 - Cell shading
http://sayeh.deviantart.com/art/Soft-gradient-shading-tutorial-60772823 - Yet another variation of soft and hard cell. This is sort of what I use when I do chibis.

Now, for backgrounds, I can't exactly tell what you've got going on here. Backgrounds are really all a matter of practice. Observe things from real life and photographs, get an idea of their shape, and learn how to use at least 1 and 2 point perspective (though I'd recommend going even further if you like doing technical drawing). Also, when resizing an image, detail goes a long way- doing a bunch of squiggly lines, for instance, can turn into something that looks like leaves zoomed out.

Background tutorials: http://athlas.deviantart.com/art/Easy-Sky-background-Tutorial-21933043 - Basic sky/sea deal.
http://aquasixio.deviantart.com/art/Brush-the-difficulties-away-28259349 - Some basics on using brushes. He has some other tutorials too, so be sure to check them out!

If you take one thing away from this, it's that the search bar on Deviantart is your new best friend. Type any combination with the word 'tutorial' and you should find what you're looking for. Just be certain that the artist is at least somewhat experienced- you don't want to learn from someone who has no idea what they're doing.

:OO thank yooos!

I need help in Creative Writing!

T__T I've been thinking about it for FIVE days and nothing has dawned on me. Could someone give me a few ideas on what to write about? D:

I gotta make a book.

KarateKeyaQ wrote:I need help in Creative Writing!

T__T I've been thinking about it for FIVE days and nothing has dawned on me. Could someone give me a few ideas on what to write about? D:

I gotta make a book.

Contratry to what people may tell you, I find it's easiest to write a book starting with the title first.

Think of a cool title. It can be something you make up, a phrase/word you've heard, an expression, anything. Then come up with a story behind it. If you can't think of any titles, I can give you some ^_^

Aichu wrote:

KarateKeyaQ wrote:I need help in Creative Writing!

T__T I've been thinking about it for FIVE days and nothing has dawned on me. Could someone give me a few ideas on what to write about? D:

I gotta make a book.

Contratry to what people may tell you, I find it's easiest to write a book starting with the title first.

Think of a cool title. It can be something you make up, a phrase/word you've heard, an expression, anything. Then come up with a story behind it. If you can't think of any titles, I can give you some ^_^

xDD And my teacher told me the exact opposite. "Don't even think of a title yet, just write."
I guess it depends on how I write though?
Anywho, yes! Could you give me some titles? I got to turn in a rough draft Tomorrow and my mind is Ina funk. T__T

KarateKeyaQ wrote:

Aichu wrote:

KarateKeyaQ wrote:I need help in Creative Writing!

T__T I've been thinking about it for FIVE days and nothing has dawned on me. Could someone give me a few ideas on what to write about? D:

I gotta make a book.

Contratry to what people may tell you, I find it's easiest to write a book starting with the title first.

Think of a cool title. It can be something you make up, a phrase/word you've heard, an expression, anything. Then come up with a story behind it. If you can't think of any titles, I can give you some ^_^

xDD And my teacher told me the exact opposite. "Don't even think of a title yet, just write."
I guess it depends on how I write though?
Anywho, yes! Could you give me some titles? I got to turn in a rough draft Tomorrow and my mind is Ina funk. T__T

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Go nuts!

OMG! Thank you SOOOOOOOO much Chuy!!~

KarateKeyaQ wrote: OMG! Thank you SOOOOOOOO much Chuy!!~

No problemo!

When I write my poems, I write like I'm on crack or something. Then they come out all rhyming and poetic and I'm like "damn, I wrote that?" Davey Havok is gonna see one of my poems