[MenteR]

SuperDuperScoot posted:

Only problem is she isn't human at all..
Maybe I should attempt to make an animation at some point demonstrating how she runs.

HUGE LEGS WILL SLOW YOU DOWN. period.

Edited:

that's why turtles are slow. they got bulky big legs. elephants are slow too (of course we consider them "fast" because they outrun us and proportion-wise they're fast because they're huge, but if there were the size of a cow they'd be considered slow).

[Boone_Sedford]

[qwea00]

Speed painting. Trying to get better at drawing faces. Didn't really focus on the rest.

[Maloof?]

SuperDuperScoot posted:

There's a knee there, but it's harder to see front-side. The joint is covered in stretchy material to hide it.



Only problem is she isn't human at all..
Maybe I should attempt to make an animation at some point demonstrating how she runs.

Bah I don't know, the whole universe she comes from doesn't make much sense & isn't practical at all anyways.
I mean, moon powers that make purple flames?
Nuclear powered failed experiment with super heated plasma blood and surface veins the width of Italian sausages, with hair that can form into a hard whip and has hundreds of rows of teeth?

I have a terrible imagination.

It doesn't matter if she's a robot. None of your rationalising matters here.

We are talking about design. When people look at your robot they won't think 'that will run fast'. Why? Because it has bulky-ass legs.

Design is about making the parts of the designed object imply certain things. A streamlined nose on a jet IMPLIES speed and agility. I mean to say that it tells us, even if we only see a motionless photo of the jet on the runway, that it's gotta go fast.

A house that's designed might have big, rocky walls which IMPLY physical strength. We don't have to see it get hit with a tank shell to know that it's strong.


Your legs do not imply agility or speed. They are bulky.
Do research on 'fast' characters. You'll see that none of them (or very, very few of them) have bulky legs.




You won't be able to stand there and tell everybody that looks at your pictures that the character is super fast. That's not how pictures work. If you need to explain it to people then you are not designing your characters/objects properly.

[Heroms]

even sonic has noodle legs

[salmonmarine]

qwea00 posted:

Speed painting. Trying to get better at drawing faces. Didn't really focus on the rest.

Bro, I half finished a digital painting of a German soldier today as well. Difference being that the face is so distorted I'm actually too embarrassed to post it here.

[Lazore]

Martut posted:

Huge legs will slow you down and human feet are built the way they are because they work perfectly for our form.


And I'd say he has some pretty thin legs for an athlete, and he clocks in at 27.79 mph. Faster than an Elephant.



You can see from that example how the weight is shifted on the foot so that we can balance and walk/run.

The picture showing how you walk barefeet is wrong.
Most people actually touch the ground first with the front of the foot when you are barefeet.

[Maloof?]

Lazore posted:

The picture showing how you walk barefeet is wrong.
Most people actually touch the ground first with the front of the foot when you are barefeet.

citation needed

[Kagrs]

Lazore posted:

The picture showing how you walk barefeet is wrong.
Most people actually touch the ground first with the front of the foot when you are barefeet.

That's gonna be one weird walk. Is that what waddling like a duck feels like?

[Barnhouse]

Most animals and barefoot runners who have trained for it land on the front of their foot, however most people walk and run "wrong" and land on the heel first. This puts a whole lot of strain on the ankle but people have gotten used to doing it because of padded trainers and such. Do a bit of research on barefoot running. Absorbing your strides by landing on the front foot is the right way, but not necessarily what most people do.

This is all based on veeeery basic knowledge I could be wrong

[Detlef]

it's amazing how much alexiuss's paint overs of my art looks like 10x better. I'm learning a lot from it, what I could have done better and such.

http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/

[Barnhouse]

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...erent-strokes/

[Detlef]

I think it's funny that people think that the captain is shaken up in the last panel, but actually it's supposed to look like he don't give a fuck.

minions just died most likely *sips tea*

[Maya2008]

Barnhouse posted:

Most animals and barefoot runners who have trained for it land on the front of their foot, however most people walk and run "wrong" and land on the heel first. This puts a whole lot of strain on the ankle but people have gotten used to doing it because of padded trainers and such. Do a bit of research on barefoot running. Absorbing your strides by landing on the front foot is the right way, but not necessarily what most people do.

This is all based on veeeery basic knowledge I could be wrong

Best way to run bare footed is to roll around the blades of your feet, neither front nor back actually.

Sprinting, shoes or not, lands on the roots of toes and front indeed.

[Barnhouse]

just testing it myself, i tend to kind of land on the outer edge and front

[PLing]

Detlef posted:

I think it's funny that people think that the captain is shaken up in the last panel, but actually it's supposed to look like he don't give a fuck.

minions just died most likely *sips tea*

It's the small "pupil" in the middle. Makes it look like he's got eyes wide open, it would have worked better if the eyes were the same as in the last panel or at least wouldn't have clear pupils showing.

[Detlef]

alexiuss did the touch up of the eyes

Edited:

heres the original

http://i.imgur.com/4b8sR.png

[Maya2008]

Barnhouse posted:

just testing it myself, i tend to kind of land on the outer edge and front

Yeah, outer edge for slow running as it conserves more energy; toes for sprinting as it shifts the center of mass for inverted pendulum motion, though more tiresome.
Heels are only for walking.

[Martut]

I like how I just post a random picture from Google, after searching "barefoot walking" showing that feet are built to walk/run and people are critiquing it. It was just a demonstration of what feet look like and how they interact with the ground.

And for future reference, I run towards the front of my foot, not on my heels.

Edited:

Wait... did anybody actually read the annotations next to the images?



They're showing all of the different kind of footsteps for how you're moving already.

[Red scout?]

While I make pretty awesome sketches, I hate, and I mean hate to draw anything that isn't alive because it often requires a lot of perspective stuff

And it loses so much appeal when I ink it

and I cant colour



Pls help!!!!!!

[arthuro12]

Use guide lines and grids.

And might sound really lazy but google something allong "perspective drawing for beginners"

and VOILAH

[Meller Yeller]

I don't know about Photoshop or whatever you're using, but I know Illustrator has a grid tool that basically lets you draw in whatever perspective you're going for.

Might seem kind of lazy but it's handy to get the contour of whatever you're doing.

[Asgard]

And find some ref material about how light falls on cars.

[Red scout?]

Meller Yeller posted:

I don't know about Photoshop or whatever you're using, but I know Illustrator has a grid tool that basically lets you draw in whatever perspective you're going for.

Might seem kind of lazy but it's handy to get the contour of whatever you're doing.

I'm using SAI

[garychencool]

shian posted:

Google once considered issuing its own currency, to be called Google Bucks, company Chairman Eric Schmidt said on stage in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress Tuesday.

At the end of his keynote speech, Schmidt hit on a wide array of topics in response to audience questions. "We've had various proposals to have our own currency we were going to call Google Bucks," Schmidt said.

The idea was to implement a "peer-to-peer money" system. However, Google discovered that the concept is illegal in most areas, he said. Governments are typically wary of the potential for money laundering with such proposals. "Ultimately we decided we didn't want to get into that because of these issues," Schmidt said.

He also hinted that Google might be preparing for a battle in China once its acquisition of Motorola is complete. "Google's been willing to take on China pretty well," he said, in response to a question about whether Google expected to continue to ignore theft of Motorola intellectual property in China, as Motorola has been doing. The acquisition hasn't closed yet, Schmidt noted. "We've taken a pretty strong position on IP. We are well aware of the issues and we are considering your question," he said.

Google is still waiting for some government approvals of its proposed acquisition of Motorola.

Schmidt, who showed off the new Chrome browser that runs on Ice Cream Sandwich devices, said he expects Android smartphones to continue to get cheaper. Ice Cream Sandwich is the newest version of the Android OS. "We have many partners who are working on phones that will be in the $100 to $150 range," he said. Their goal is to reach $70. While Android phones may sell in the U.S. at about $150 with a two-year contract, they are often several hundred dollars without a contract.

Schmidt also said he hopes that some companies that are using Android but not adopting any Google products will change their minds. Products like Amazon's Kindle Fire use Android, which is available through an open-source license, but don't include the Android Market or other apps that make money for Google. "We hope that people who decided not to use the Android Market will see they'll be more successful if they do so, but it's their choice," he said.

After making prepared remarks that described a future where Internet access becomes a great leveler for even the most disadvantaged and oppressed people, Schmidt sounded only slightly apologetic to one questioner from Iran. The audience member noted that while Gmail is sometimes blocked by the Iranian government, Google itself blocks Android and Chrome from Iran. He asked Schmidt to remove that block.

"The answer is no, I'm sorry," Schmidt said. Due to U.S. policy, Google isn't able to allow those products, he said. "We can't violate U.S. law. I'm with you, but in prison there's no bandwidth," he joked.

http://www.itworld.com/networking/25...suing-currency

I bet faze would had walk into a Apple store and throw his google currency all over the floor

iCole posted:

Shirtless with a giant Android tattoo on his body. With his nipples used as Androids eyes.

[antianan]

Some quick thing I did tonight

[MakoSkyDub]

Detlef posted:

it's amazing how much alexiuss's paint overs of my art looks like 10x better. I'm learning a lot from it, what I could have done better and such.

http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/

I love the second panel

garychencool posted:

What is this shit

[Liem]

You people are really good at painting/drawing/Papercanvis based art, I wish I could draw like some of you

[JoeyZ]

I haven't doodled in a while



Also, ignore the penis

[arthuro12]

Used ref pose from youtube and guidelines.

[Big Dumb American]

I'm gonna wrap up my homework early and write for a bit, I think. I've had a story idea bouncing around my head for the past few days, and I want to get it on paper to see if it's as fun as it sounds like. I haven't written for a while, so here's hoping that it isn't bad!

[MindMuncher]

JoeyZ posted:

I haven't doodled in a while



Also, ignore the penis

You are my favorite artist on here. I continue to try and get the effect that you do with pencil, but I cannot. It does help me practice though, which is certainly good.

[Martut]

Quickly (I think, don't know how much time passed while I did it) Painted my character from Skyrim. (it was really fast so I didn't bother getting detailed)

I really didn't want to draw the robes so... I didn't. Probably should have, but it's far too late now. :/

[moocow23451]

Hello CC. I've been roaming Facepunch for quite some time now and I don't really post that often. (As you can see from my post count) So anyways I've been wanting to get my art out there. I want to show my art off to more than just a few friends. I would love it you guys could give me some feedback on some of my art. Sorry for some of the images being a little blurry.

P.S. I didn't tag them cause their freaken huge.

http://i.imgur.com/YJO9M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TQvjQ.jpg
some doodling
http://i.imgur.com/Qkj2k.jpg
sorry forgot to fix this one
http://i.imgur.com/ylSeQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pyYlS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FL5IJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dYH2E.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8Grxg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6DYf8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9FsJm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XTIeh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4N3jq.jpg

[Martut]

moocow23451 posted:

Hello CC. I've been roaming Facepunch for quite some time now and I don't really post that often. (As you can see from my post count) So anyways I've been wanting to get my art out there. I want to show my art off to more than just a few friends. I would love it you guys could give me some feedback on some of my art. Sorry for some of the images being a little blurry.

P.S. I didn't tag them cause their freaken huge.

http://i.imgur.com/YJO9M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TQvjQ.jpg
some doodling
http://i.imgur.com/Qkj2k.jpg
sorry forgot to fix this one
http://i.imgur.com/ylSeQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pyYlS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FL5IJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dYH2E.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8Grxg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6DYf8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9FsJm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XTIeh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4N3jq.jpg

I'm really liking your more black-and-white abstract work, you definitely know how to set a mood well. However, I think your rendering things that have depth makes them seem a little flat. Have you done much still-life drawing?

[moocow23451]

Martut posted:

I'm really liking your more black-and-white abstract work, you definitely know how to set a mood well. However, I think your rendering things that have depth makes them seem a little flat. Have you done much still-life drawing?

Thanks for your comment. No I haven't done very much still-life drawings, so my shading skill isn't very good.

[Detlef]

MakoSkyDub posted:

I love the second panel

that might be because alexiuss drew it :]

Edited:

if ur talking about the satellite

[Waffle Boxes]

Some of my crappy "bored during math class" doodles

[Toastador]

Detlef posted:

that might be because alexiuss drew it :]

Edited:

if ur talking about the satellite

I saw the zombie panel and was very impressed of how good it was, despite it not being your normal style, but then I figured out that someone else had drawn it.
and then I was sad.

[Detlef]

people expect way too much of me. Even tho people might think I could do stuff like that if I "unleashed my potential", I really can't.

Edited:

Don't be sad just because I don't reach your expectations, I am feeling horribly demotivated when it comes to art lately and probably won't produce anything that isn't commissions in a while.