ShinyMetals Art Thread

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Hey guys, so I've never really displayed my artwork (unless it's anonymous) and figured I'd give it a go 

Hope you folks like it

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as you can probably tell I fucked up the lip and chin, but the eye took me forever

(w reference picture)

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Wow, you have the eye itself down extremely well.  And the eyebrow, too.  How long have you been drawing?  I haven't drawn anything since I started sixth grade

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Probably for as long as I can remember, I just recently started painting though and thats been great, I was always afraid to venture outside of drawing and actually go somewhere with it.

And thank you, I appreciate the comment

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I can't tell what the chin error is, and the I only notice  anything in the lips because you mentioned it.  It's a very nice piece; your skills are good.

Edit: painting is weird.  I was never particularly good with it on art things.  I paint for a living sometimes now though and improved a bit.  Water based paints (not watercolour necessarily) is a lot more manageable than oil based paint--oil based paint operates almost as if it's alive, and it wishes to get on everything.

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I know oil paintings are annoying, I do acrylic mostly, I really only have three or four paintings total

I'll have to post them sometimes, do you draw too?

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Not per se.  I occasionally practice draftwork, architectural plans, 3/4ths perspectives on rooms, etc.  I'm not very talented drawer honestly.  Most of my artistic endeavors are predominantly flash games--I posted some unfinished projects in the general art thread a few weeks back.

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Here's a painting from a while back that I had done for my aunt, it was different because I used a tattoo as a reference

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Oh, that's great, Shiny!  Really great.  I have to show this to my Peeler friend Bender_Waffles!  She adores octopi/octopusses, and has an awesome tattoo of one, too.

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Bender_Waffles (Anastasia) loves it

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In fact, her exact reaction was:

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Aww thank yah guys! Tell her I said thanks and she has a beautiful name!

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edit: showed up kinda blurry, sorry about that

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You have nice skill.

Size, medium?

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No I uploaded it as actual size, but I should've in large, and thank you

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Well, I can zoom in on it.  Was it on paper?  Like 4in by 6in?  I can't tell the original size if it isn't digital, unless it was created digital.

Was it inspired from your mind?

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it was just on an average sized sketch pad, and no I saw the photo somewhere and it got my attention so i decided to recreate it with some markers and colored pencils

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Fantastic work, Shiny! Your traditional media skills are on point.

That octopus stands out the most. I really like how smooth the color gradient is.

The lips on their own kind of look like the risky lips from the Rocky Horror Picture Show (one of my all-time favorite movies, so that is definitely a compliment!) Did you use Prismacolor markers or regular ones?

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Very nice, Shiny!  You have a good eye for detail and shading.

And Athena, I was thinking that the lip pic reminded me of some old Rolling Stones album cover, but now that you mention it, Rocky Horror is definitely a better match (and also AC/DC's Highway to Hell album cover).