What's the point of mental masturbation if you can't share it with others?

Lonely goatherds, first time visitors with zero karma, and, yes, even morons, this is your discussion.

So, you know, discuss.

I came.

In Response to snipergirl (#29036):

In fact, he said "discuss".

Discussion usually involves description.

In Response to zamphir (#29037):

He also said "Artists".

Art usually involves pictures.

In Response to unFalln (#29038):

Ah, but you both miss the essential point: she was answering his first question.

In Response to sakuruth (#29039):

she was answering his first question.
Which included the word "share"...

In Response to zamphir (#29041):

Yes, as a hypothetical. The entire point of the exercise, without the sharing, would appear to be the exercise itself.

God knows teenaged boys grasp this concept perfectly, how difficult can it possibly be?

In Response to sakuruth (#29042):

Without the sharing, there is no point.

And that's beside the point. Discussions here are never based on the original topic. The discussion now is about descriptions and pictures of snipergirl coming.

In Response to unFalln (#29043):

I saw. I conquered.

When I get the portfolio feature I've been developing working on my site, I'll post here.

In Response to Dynedain (#29054):

When I get the site working on my site, I might post here.

See here [goats.com].

Hey!

I'm new to the forums but not to Goats, and in fact I've just recently started up my own web-comic (www.bluedingo.tk).

Looking back, there are quite a few flaws with it, but I'm hoping to correct them soon. I've been kind of rushing the story line, so the it's really jumbled and hard to understand. I only just recently got around to trying to fix that, so if you look at it, you won't understand it.

but more importantly, I'm trying to get commentary on the art. There are a few things that I've had trouble with;

(a) The backgrounds - I want to do fairly simple backgrounds, but sometimes the situation calls for a change. The best instance from my comic is the Dr. Ray strip where he learns about the fate of the men in his secret base. The background is dark and nasty and overwhelming, imo. However, in the latest comic, I experimented with a handdrawn background that I blurred. Is it a better effect?

(b) Line grainy-ness - When I scan in my work, the lines are very very grainy, with little fishhook shapes coming out of them. You can see it in some of the comics. I tried to resolve this by going over my lines twice, but it doesn't seem to work. Anything else I can do?

(c) Is there a site or a direction someone could point me in where I could learn hand-shading techniques? I'd much rather use those than the photoshop route I take (I use the pen tool to make paths along the places I think shadows should be, and then fill with 33% black).

(d) Hands. Anyone know how to draw hands?

(e) People from a perspective - I wanted to draw one of my characters on their knees with the "camera" looking down on them as they reached skyward, but my perspective is all fudged up. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Frank

In Response to Dynedain (#29054):

Well, I'm slow, and lazy, so the majority of the content isn't in place yet, and the formatting isn't yet resolved, but here's the start of my portfolio [anthonymclin.com].

In Response to unFalln (#29043):

Ooo, Snipergirl has a secret admirer! This it the third time I've been nailed for sexual ambiguity toward her, and I'm not that bigger fan of being nailed (Despite some people's fantasies suggesting otherwise).

Look mate, Just send her a personal message. I'm sure she, like anyone else, would appreciate the positive attention.

Unless, of course, you're that Sri Lankan weirdo that just wants to see her pics all the time.

In Response to unFalln (#29358):

You ARE the Sri Lankan weirdo! You complete and utter stalker!

In Response to unFalln (#29375):

ye it is me. u got problem? live snipergirl alone.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#29392):

I don't get it- does this mean that no-one is allowed to comment on down-mods anymore in fear of their comment being modded as "flamebait"? In any case, I would regard unFalln's comment as being rather the opposite of flamebait- the person feels LESS inclined to post. As opposed to your post of poop of course, which IS flamebait.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#29392):

I'm not exactly sure where you have come from and how you have got the moderation points, but seriously, giving snipergirl 2 positive karma points and me 3 negative for "ambiguous" replies to her, too me that seems as though you have a little bit of a crush. Poor girl doesn't even know who you are.

No less, I haven't changed my style of post for quite a long time, and have rarely if ever have I been downmodded for flamebait.

I certainly won't be changing my post style just because some face of poop is telling me it's wrong.

In Response to BladeSire (#29321):

(b) Line grainy-ness - When I scan in my work, the lines are very very grainy, with little fishhook shapes coming out of them. You can see it in some of the comics. I tried to resolve this by going over my lines twice, but it doesn't seem to work. Anything else I can do?

Use better paper (that has a lower tendency to allow ink to bleed through it and/or use a better pen that doesn't bleed so much.

In Response to themysticalone (#29414):

VELLUM!

..right?

In Response to Deathalicious (#29429):

Vellum is great for archival purposes and for graphite work, but when working with ink, I would recommend mylar.

In Response to Deathalicious (#29429):

I prefer paper made entirely out of...

CHICKENS!

Chicken paper is the ultimate tool of the universe.

In Response to unFalln (#29406):

As opposed to this, where I believe the majority of my positive mods were in fact pathetic mods.

In Response to unFalln (#29466):

Let's get back to more important things - me. I updated my art dump.

Also I'm in the middle of a graphic novel consisting solely of a man yelling at a chair.

In Response to tynic (#29478):

Nice polar bear work. You left me hanging...

I'd like to know how Timmy will defeat the men on pag2FIN? By timmy_mast? Look out! He's toxic!

The chair is interesting too. A bit hard to follow the text in some spots.

Good stuff.