One of the artbooks I ordered came~! :D
I like it, there are some really good artists, and it's making me think differently...and most of the artists use photoshop and SAI~! X3
I also found some DA artists...And, of course, the cover of it was done by redjuice999...When I saw their page I was like *face palm* of course it was redjuice!!
Most of the artists were fairly young, like early twenties to early thirties, and they're all digital artists that draw girls. I thought it was a book for video game designs...but later on I realized that since the name was 'GIRL' it's a book for bishoujo artists...XD
There were a lot of artists I've never seen before that were really awesome and original! *.*
Artbooks are fun~! ^ ^
All the pages had something about the artist that they themselves said, like a quick profile with a comment on what kind of stuff they do and what inspires them. One of the artist really liked Berserk and Susumu Hirasawa...XD
Seeing all these different styles and reading about what each artist is inspired by and want to show in their art...now I think I know how I can improve...Like using certain colours to express certain emotions and shades etc.
I may change my style, too...
I want to try cell shading again or something, just to have rougher edges. Not that I'm only going to do cell shading, I just think I should do some pictures like that since I rarely ever do those kinds of pictures.
I've been trying to compile all of the SNK characters (that I kinda like...or love...most except for the big scary and ugly ones...TT^TT) into pictures...but there are so many, so I have part 1 and part 2 of boy and girl...so 4 pictures to show all the SNK characters. I'm doing this so that I can just have a quick reference when I need inspiration for designing characters.
I've also decided to make Abyss genderless! And he will have an almost completely different kind of look...just remodel the guy. 'cause he looks too much like DJ Sisen and too much like a raver, and he just doesn't fit any of the stuff I've laid out for him. he's a very hard character to design if I keep him looking like DJ Sisen.
I gave some of my characters words or just something that creates a picture in my head for each of my characters.
For instance, Abyss is supposed to be like neon lights in a city at light, or the lights on the road at night. He's also kinda like a male peacock...I keep calling him a he...It...nah, I'll call him a he, even though he's actually genderless...like I do with random Pikachus who have an unknown gender 'cause nobody tells you what they are...I just assume they're male or assume they're female...XD Or a victini...I say it's a boy! XD
I'm just writing things down so I can get a good design for my characters and also so I can give them a unique symbol to see them by.
I think all my characters like Abyss are all kinda modern futuristic kinda stuff...liike...computerize...kinda like vocaloids...O.o;
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What are your opinions, you guys, of those artists who draw really obese characters? I think it's gross...and I don't understand why they draw that, and why there are so many people who draw that. What part of it is good looking?...O.o; I just don't understand. At least furries have some kind of artistic look to them, these fat characters are just...gross and an eye sore. I don't want to see it, but it's all over MB and DA...TT^TT WHY!?
I might go draw some stuff now~! ^ ^
