[WIP] RankAmateur cast

[RedDwarfIV]

Do not stare directly into eyes. Symptoms may include abnormal sleeping patterns, nightmares, and reliance on high-strength Brain Bleach.

[popeter123]

i looked at the eyes

[sss]

i looked at the eyes

so did I and umm whats this WIP thing? i see no WIP.

[mincespy]

You guys do know that WIP stands for Work in Progress, eight?

Also thanks for the nightmares, RedDwarf.

[sss]

Yes i do, i just wondered what was WIP.

(the pictures)

[RedDwarfIV]

A lot of it needs to be coloured in, and I need to draw in their eyes of course.

[LaydeeDem]

It feels like I\'m on DeviantArt. I\'m just gonna throw out some criticism and tell you that your proportions and realism need work.The lizards look way too human, and what the heck is with the giant paws on the spaceship? I understand that it is a WIP, and that\'s good. It means you can improve it. Because honestly, it looks like a twelve year old furry just discovered how to use Paint.NET and posted her artwork on DeviantArt. Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I just want to see it look good and done right.

[RedDwarfIV]

It feels like I\'m on DeviantArt. I\'m just gonna throw out some criticism and tell you that your proportions and realism need work.The lizards look way too human, and what the heck is with the giant paws on the spaceship? I understand that it is a WIP, and that\'s good. It means you can improve it. Because honestly, it looks like a twelve year old furry just discovered how to use Paint.NET and posted her artwork on DeviantArt. Sorry if I sounded harsh, but I just want to see it look good and done right.

You make some good points. Now I\'ll counter them.

The \'lizards\' as you call them [they are actually alien mammals, they just have green skin and snouts] are taller than Humans are, and Hannah [the Human in the picture] is short for a Human. Genetically Engineered Life Forms - Felix [the Feline] and Guardian [the Avian] are somewhere between the average height of Human and Haikovan [the \'lizards\'].

Meanwhile, the giant cat paws hanging over the ship belong to Sekhmet, the webcomic\'s Big Bad. And in this case \'big\' is literal. Sekhmet is a massive sapient cat.

As for your last sentance, I\'m 16, I do like drawing furries but don\'t identify myself as one [though the most broad definition would say I was], and yes, this was done on Paint.NET. Also, I have DeviantArt, but i haven\'t posted anything there in ages.

According to TVTropes, Haikovans would fall under \'Humanoid aliens\' rather than \'Rubber Forehead Aliens\'.

Now that you know what this is about, do you want to expand on your criticism a little?

[LaydeeDem]

You make some good points. Now I\'ll counter them.

The \'lizards\' as you call them [they are actually alien mammals, they just have green skin and snouts] are taller than Humans are, and Hannah [the Human in the picture] is short for a Human. Genetically Engineered Life Forms - Felix [the Feline] and Guardian [the Avian] are somewhere between the average height of Human and Haikovan [the \'lizards\'].

Meanwhile, the giant cat paws hanging over the ship belong to Sekhmet, the webcomic\'s Big Bad. And in this case \'big\' is literal. Sekhmet is a massive sapient cat.

As for your last sentance, I\'m 16, I do like drawing furries but don\'t identify myself as one [though the most broad definition would say I was], and yes, this was done on Paint.NET. Also, I have DeviantArt, but i haven\'t posted anything there in ages.

According to TVTropes, Haikovans would fall under \'Humanoid aliens\' rather than \'Rubber Forehead Aliens\'.

Now that you know what this is about, do you want to expand on your criticism a little?

Thank you for the explanation, It helps a lot. My main point of advice is just to make it a teensy bit more realistic. Put some shading in, make it look alive. And unless you have reason, get rid of the thick black outlines, and replace them with slightly darker( or lighter) lines that match the colour. Or, you can rid of the outlines completely. As far as I know, there are few artists/critics on the KSP forums, so I suggest doing some research and asking around in art forums. You have good potential, and with some practice, you can do pretty well. If you have the money, I recommend investing in a drawing tablet. It is much easier to use a tablet than a mouse. If you can\'t afford it, try drawing on paper, and then tracing over it on the computer. Good luck! :thumbup:

[RedDwarfIV]

Funny thing that. I do and always did draw my webcomic sketches on paper before putting them on the computer. Originally I did that by using a camera, and then using the pen tool in Paint.NET to trace over it.

I ended up with seriously wobbly lines, and it just didn\'t work. So then I started using the Ink Sketch tool. I thought it was pretty good, because it took my drawing and made it black and white, so I could easily just fill the colours in. But it was by no means perfect, and worked badly in combination with my flatbed scanner, leaving me with a lot of interference to remove.

More recently, I have taken to using the \'black And White\' scan option, which works a lot better than Ink Sketch.

The biggest reason why I use thick lines is simple- it allows me to colour it in more easily. Doing it with antialised lines would leave a lot of missing colour and comes with a lot of complications that I\'m just not ready for. I would rather improve my drawn art than my digital art first, although its not mutuallly exclusive. Just noticing what makes one of my digital drawings inadequate helps me get better.

I do hope to one day be able to use antialiased lines, but the closest I can get for now is shrinking the image a little before putting it back to its original size.

As for a tablet, that may be in the pipeline for some time, but right now a have only a little over £10 in my bank account, and that will be disappearing when I buy Iron Sky tomorrow. Nevertheless, my uncle was planning on getting me an iPad as a \'You finished your GCSEs!\' present, provided I did well, though i don\'t want an iPad so we decided the present was to be discussed. It could be a drawing tablet if I asked.

It\'s not the same, but I do have a stylus mousepad called a Wintime \'PalmPal\'. It\'s designed for putting signatures on things or as an alternative to the keyboard.

[LaydeeDem]

Funny thing that. I do and always did draw my webcomic sketches on paper before putting them on the computer. Originally I did that by using a camera, and then using the pen tool in Paint.NET to trace over it.

I ended up with seriously wobbly lines, and it just didn\'t work. So then I started using the Ink Sketch tool. I thought it was pretty good, because it took my drawing and made it black and white, so I could easily just fill the colours in. But it was by no means perfect, and worked badly in combination with my flatbed scanner, leaving me with a lot of interference to remove.

More recently, I have taken to using the \'black And White\' scan option, which works a lot better than Ink Sketch.

The biggest reason why I use thick lines is simple- it allows me to colour it in more easily. Doing it with antialised lines would leave a lot of missing colour and comes with a lot of complications that I\'m just not ready for. I would rather improve my drawn art than my digital art first, although its not mutuallly exclusive. Just noticing what makes one of my digital drawings inadequate helps me get better.

I do hope to one day be able to use antialiased lines, but the closest I can get for now is shrinking the image a little before putting it back to its original size.

As for a tablet, that may be in the pipeline for some time, but right now a have only a little over £10 in my bank account, and that will be disappearing when I buy Iron Sky tomorrow. Nevertheless, my uncle was planning on getting me an iPad as a \'You finished your GCSEs!\' present, provided I did well, though i don\'t want an iPad so we decided the present was to be discussed. It could be a drawing tablet if I asked.

It\'s not the same, but I do have a stylus mousepad called a Wintime \'PalmPal\'. It\'s designed for putting signatures on things or as an alternative to the keyboard.

I think the best way you can deal with the thick lines is to use layers. Hope you get the tablet. Also, I think we need an art thread now. ;D

[RedDwarfIV]

An art forum?

[dogon11]

Some appaws for this man.

Better than what I could do.

[RedDwarfIV]

Some appaws for this man.

Better than what I could do.

Thanks.