NintendoLife Artists Thread - General Discussion Forum

komicturtle · 2011-05-03T22:59:54+00:00

I've seen another topic regarding Video Game Fan Art but I wanted to start a thread where anyone who loves drawing can share their own art. Critiques are welcome (just be respectful). I'm majoring in Game Art and I make comic books for fun. I love drawing and really want to put myself out there. I know I have lots of work to do to be a great artist and I strive to do better. Here's two pieces I've worked on since I began attending my college. This is one I worked on yesterday and into earlier today. Took me awhile to work on the trainer. I decided to just use art from Pokémon Dream World as it works better with my art style than the standard Ken Sugiromi's. I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile and I'm glad it turned out good. I regret 'rushing' through it though as the trainer could have looked better had I spent more time. Maybe next time I won't have trouble drawing him again but spend more time tweaking and fixing things. Oh, and he's supposed to look like me (in a 'cartoony' sort of way- like a caricature but not really if you know what I mean. I'll be practicing drawing my favorite Pokémon instead of simply importing them over. I had fun putting in the Pokémon as I had to adjust their height correctly ex. I'm 5'6 and Meganium is 5'11- though I'm not entirely sure they are measuring it standing on it's two back feet; Golem is 4'07 and Carracosta is 3'11 which I made a mistake as it seems that the two are the same height but they're not supposed to be. I also regret not putting Torkoal in as I love turtles and it's one of my favorites. This is one piece I made awhile ago. It was supposed to be a street with a clock tower in the middle (you can at least see the clock tower in it in some form) and working on perspective. Then, I found the ruler tool in Sketchbook Pro and decided to just draw lines and came up with this. You can see different 'faces' in it as well which I thought was pretty cool as one of them wasn't intentional and reminds me of a character from Super Paper Mario. One of my friends said it reminds him of the Black Eyed Peas recent album because of the choices of color I made. This only took me 2 hours to make since it's really simple. I call it "Perfectly Imperfect". EDIT: Fix'd the size of the second picture. Sorry about that TBD.

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Anti-Matter
Thu 30th Jun 2022

My new avatar.
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Rhythm gonna hit your head.

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Zuljaras
Thu 30th Jun 2022

I see that "some" people are really motivated after my art posts. That is good to see that I inspire people to post here

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/random-doom-fan-has-a-novel-way-to-display-a-destroyed-switch-cartridge
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/07/random-fan-transforms-their-nintendo-64-into-a-starcraft-battlefield
My Sculptures

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Sparrow5579
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Zuljaras love the work 👍 keep it up 🙂

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Zuljaras
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Sparrow5579 Thank you

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/random-doom-fan-has-a-novel-way-to-display-a-destroyed-switch-cartridge
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/07/random-fan-transforms-their-nintendo-64-into-a-starcraft-battlefield
My Sculptures

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Anti-Matter
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Sparrow5579
Yo, a new user here.
Check out my design as my new avatar.

Rhythm gonna hit your head.

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Kermit1
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Anti-Matter You new pfp looks awesome!!!

dysgraphia awareness human

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Anti-Matter
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Kermit1
Thank you. 😃

Rhythm gonna hit your head.

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Sparrow5579
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Anti-Matter nice to meet you, looks good. What do you use to design it?

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Zuljaras
Thu 30th Jun 2022

Putting the making video right here

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/05/random-doom-fan-has-a-novel-way-to-display-a-destroyed-switch-cartridge
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/07/random-fan-transforms-their-nintendo-64-into-a-starcraft-battlefield
My Sculptures

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Anti-Matter
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Sparrow5579
Oh, I used Corel Draw to design my characters and the background patterns + Corel Photo-PAINT to arrange my design after working from Corel Draw.
Before I design my characters in vector image, I prepared a sketch I drew on paper then I make a vector curves based on the design I drew. With Corel Draw, I could make vector drawing easily since I could give the outline, adjust the outline thickness, adjust the outline color and the shape, etc. After I worked with Corel Draw, I used Corel Photo-PAINT to arrange the composition, gave effects for certain backgrounds, using multi layers to make gradation colors, etc.

Oh, I have some hand drawing pictures from my Deviantart account.
Here is one example.
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Rhythm gonna hit your head.

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Sparrow5579
Thu 30th Jun 2022

@Anti-Matter
Very good, I like the style. I use Adobe illustrator for my digital art. Keep up the good work 👍

[Edited Thu 30th Jun 2022 by Sparrow5579]

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Sparrow5579
Sun 3rd Jul 2022

Here's one of my latest artworks. He's called Sparrow and based on my "alter-ego" I use in games.

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Kermit1
Sun 3rd Jul 2022

@Sparrow5579 Whoa cool! Kinda looks like Chris Pratt

Me when drawing lol:
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dysgraphia awareness human

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Sparrow5579
Sun 3rd Jul 2022

@Kermit1 Cheers! Haha yes he does look a bit like Chris Pratt 😂
Lol yes definitely 😂

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Sparrow5579
Tue 5th Jul 2022

I been going a bit mad with the art recently! trying to improve my work as well as build a portfolio up

[Edited Tue 5th Jul 2022 by Sparrow5579]

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Sparrow5579
Fri 8th Jul 2022

Anyone interested in getting a free commission done? I'm trying to build a portfolio and want to hone my skills a bit and also get used to commission work. let me know if you are interested, I will do custom characters or fan art. check out my Instagram @mkirklandart for my styles

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Kermit1
Fri 8th Jul 2022

@Sparrow5579 Could you do a Kermit wearing a Luigi cap? An odd concept I know.

And If you have any commission ideas you'd like to see me draw @ me (I need ideas for drawing lol)

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Sparrow5579
Fri 8th Jul 2022

@Kermit1 I can certainly give it a go for you!
What kind of things/styles do you like to draw? I'm sure I can come up with something for you.

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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Kermit1
Fri 8th Jul 2022

@Sparrow5579 character-chers (if that's how you spell it) and basic fantasy landscapes.

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Sparrow5579
Fri 8th Jul 2022

@Kermit1 a characture or how ever you spell it of Vegeta from dragon ball would be super cool! One of my favourite characters

We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty.

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