My Final

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-12-31 03:24am

Well, take a look and tell me what you think. This is the final I did for my art 106.(drawing 1)

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-31 03:26am

Better than I could do. Keep in mind that that's coming from a guy who managed to fail 8th grade art, though, so take it for what it's worth.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2004-12-31 03:31am

Rogue (note the correct spelling) may damn you with faint praise, but I like it.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-12-31 04:01am

'tis good. Very good.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2004-12-31 05:29am

I really like it. Do you have a name for it? What did you intend to convey when drawing it?

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-12-31 08:18pm

Looks good, i think it needs more contrast and less ambigious fold beginnings though. Otherwise, thumbs up

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-31 08:44pm

Awesome work. You spent way longer then I would have.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-12-31 09:22pm

It's lovely.

Real point of my post:
Rogue, how in the name of little puppies did you fail art? I mean, really, how?

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2004-12-31 09:53pm

What is it?

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-12-31 11:18pm

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:What is it?

Are you blind? It's a man in a cape...

Post by **The Wookiee** » 2005-01-01 12:59am

It has a very depressing and post-apocalyptic feel to it.

I'd give it top marks, very good.

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2005-01-01 11:02pm

Thanks guys.

It's done in pencil, so it was kinda hard to get the really dark contrast. That and the fact that I did it the night before.

Tinkerbell · Post by **Tinkerbell** » 2005-01-01 11:03pm

Awesome job Dan....I approve

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2005-01-03 01:53am

It's kinda lacking in detail. It's good as a shading excercise, but its lack of hard, strong lines makes the soft shading look less dynamic.

Aside from that, it's a nice piece. The figure takes up a good amount of area, with the "overcast" sky helping with a lot of the mood. I also like the barest hint of the figure's head, obscured by the collar of the cape and the direction he's turned... it makes him (her? It?) a part of the scene rather than a subject in the scene, if you understand the difference.

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-01-06 12:24pm

*Spends 15 minutes staring and analysing the drawing*
It looks good, real good. I'm backing up The Wookie, it gives the impression he's standing in a desert/deserted-area, with a cloudy sky and the sun getting a "window of opportunity", and yet with a depressing aura.
Just a minor point: isn't his head a bit too-far from the collar of the cape? Which would mean he doesn't have his cape's collar tied around his neck/strapped-to-his-shoulders, thus making the cape "flow" more than that away from him?! Just a little detail that I've noticed, s'all...
Overall, it is quite nice. Whenever someone asks around for a paint/drawing that gives the "dejected" feel to a viewer, I'll know to whom point!

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2005-01-06 05:16pm

Dead_Ghost wrote:*Spends 15 minutes staring and analysing the drawing*
It looks good, real good. I'm backing up The Wookie, it gives the impression he's standing in a desert/deserted-area, with a cloudy sky and the sun getting a "window of opportunity", and yet with a depressing aura.
Just a minor point: isn't his head a bit too-far from the collar of the cape? Which would mean he doesn't have his cape's collar tied around his neck/strapped-to-his-shoulders, thus making the cape "flow" more than that away from him?! Just a little detail that I've noticed, s'all...
Overall, it is quite nice. Whenever someone asks around for a paint/drawing that gives the "dejected" feel to a viewer, I'll know to whom point!

Wow, 15 minutes? Damn... Glad you liked it. As for the head, I wanted him to look like his head was lowered, kinda hunched shoulders.

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-01-06 06:42pm

As for the head, I wanted him to look like his head was lowered, kinda hunched shoulders

I see. My misinterpretation then

. Well, seeing it under a new light

, I can tell why I never thought of that: there isn't much to tell us such, mostly because we can't see his shoulders nor any other part of his body to get a more in-depth view of the character...
Of course, another probability for not seeing it the first time would be related with my IQ, but that's offtopic! (I hope

)
Another curiousity I got when I first saw the drawing, but didn't ask about it: On the left side of his flowing cape, we can see two... I don't know what to call it

, but... two different "things"

, which reminds me of buttonholes... Are they?