Shadowed Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome back to another episode of Misty tries to draw and fails. Dramatically. Oh well. Here’s a dump of my most recent forays into the world of sketches, made even worse by the fact that I’m trying a new style: Spoiler This one’s actually alright. Referenced something from the internet so that’s probably why lol Yeah, this person’s face is screwed up. Just ignore it. I mean… he’s alright? Sort of?? Constructive criticisms please?? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medium Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 oooo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted October 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 Um, so I might have drawn two people that I imagined as twin sisters, given them names and lengthy backstories, and now I want to put them in a story but I’m already writing one that I really like and I’m trying not to get sidetracked on other projects and… yeah lol. Spoiler Here’s one, she’s called Arela: And the other one, named Varli: (if you can’t tell, she’s got a side part/hair flipped over her head thingy going on, I tried to emphasise it but i don’t think it really worked lol.) And here’s a few randoms: Spoiler Rebae Aranet A random magical creature I made up when I tried to draw a horse and then realised I had no idea how to 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szeth's Facepalm Posted October 27, 2022 Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 You're good at side profiles! References are da best- don't forget to use them, especially when your drawing something new (like a horse lol). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted October 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Tried some digital art and it looks… alright? I think??? Spoiler Syl (yeah, she has no face. I tried doing a face and completely ruined it, although i think i did a pretty good job of the rest of it considering I did it on a phone screen with my finger…) And here’s a pencil drawing: Spoiler Syl again, this time with a face if you can’t read it, it says life before death. Don’t mention the hands 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted November 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 more doodle things for you : ) Spoiler Me and my friends are making this queer rp story thingy and this is Sami, one of my friends’ characters. And this is my character Lillianna: (She kinda looks unfinished on the shading but she’s a Silence Whisperer [basically ghosts of dead people who act as emissaries between the living and the fully dead] so she’s meant to be translucent) And then a random thing that I tried to draw in my friend’s style that I actually kind of like: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 Take my upvotes!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted November 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 thank you!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) I tried doing some landscapey stuff, and this is the best one I came up with. I want to redraw it on a proper sketchpad and watercolour it but there are a few problems with that, namely that a) I can never redraw anything as good as the original, and b ) I’m horrible at painting. But we’ll see Spoiler Here she is. The hood failed because I couldn’t work out how to draw it and I was in school (my school has a strict no-phones policy so we’re not allowed to use them at all on school site, not even at the end of the day or before lessons start) so I couldn’t look up a reference. But here you go anyways. Edit: Also, if anyone was interested, I wrote a really short scene thing to go with it. It’s not great, but I was bored Spoiler Guardians The wind whips her hair about as she stands there. Transfixed by the beauty, the wonder, the sheer vastness. Life will never be the same again. Not for her. For she is the first of a new order. The Guardians. Nature herself has accepted her as the leader of her new protectors. The Guardians, she says, must seek to protect every aspect of Nature’s influence. At all costs. It is at moments like these that she remembers why she came to the Valley, all those years ago. A rustle sounds beside her, but she does not look round. She knows it is only him. If she is the first of the Guardians, then he is a close second. He stands beside her and rests his head on her shoulder. She slips her hand round his shoulders. They stand like that, staring across the immense expanse of rolling hills and lakes, for a long time. Neither of them breaks the silence. Just her, and him, where they are meant to be. Where they belong. Guardians. Not only of Nature, but of each other. Edited November 10, 2022 by MysticalShadows 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted November 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Can’t really take credit, but I made some AI generated art that I thought I’d post here since I haven’t done anything in a while: Spoiler Raina Lirimid Spoiler Haleri Joyspin 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koloss17 Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Ookla the Shadowed said: Can’t really take credit, but I made some AI generated art that I thought I’d post here since I haven’t done anything in a while: Hide contents Raina Lirimid Hide contents Haleri Joyspin Ai generated art is so cool! It won’t be taking over conventional art anytime soon, as art style and nuance is lost a bit in them, but-look! Is pretty! Is good! Is art! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted November 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 9 hours ago, Ookla the Headmuncher said: Ai generated art is so cool! It won’t be taking over conventional art anytime soon, as art style and nuance is lost a bit in them, but-look! Is pretty! Is good! Is art! Yeah it’s not the same as drawing, but if you can’t for the life of you work out how to draw glasses (like me) then it’s really useful to get a pretty and accurate image of what your character looks like. Even if it is a bit of a cheat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) Made some digital art (or tried to) of a character in a world I’m starting to build. Her name is Aeila (it says in the corner but its kinda hard to read) and she’s a Lifeforger (very bad placeholder name for her powers). Spoiler Edited December 2, 2022 by Ookla the Shadowed just realised i double-posted like 5 times in this thread sorryyyyy 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 A completely (not) anatomically correct doodle of Ele’maiya from the Reaper Corps RP. I’m actually happy with the hair shading for once haha, but the rest of it is complete rubbish so yknow… Spoiler Spoiler And a bonus drawing of my friend I did for her: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted December 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 I was gonna put this as my profile pic, but I decided against it. It looks kinda cool though… I think? Spoiler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted January 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 Okay, I’m actually really proud of this one. The anatomy is… i n t e r e s t i n g… but I love the shading Also: I DID A HAND AND IT LOOKS VAGUELY DECENT!!! Uh, kind of. It’s decent for me. I also dodged drawing both hands by having one behind her back. Spoiler Isadora from a book I’m writing. (yes, another one…) not sure why the image is sideways or why the image is such bad quality but here you are I guess *nervous smile* 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted February 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 Matra from the Insanity Clinic - my first completed art piece that isn’t just a doodle and looks vaguely decent Spoiler sorry about the weird shadow in the corner lol Wren and Rai, twins from my book project thing, in a different style I tried (I think it looks cute but it’s soo hard :/ Spoiler 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) oooooooooooohhhhhh Edited February 11, 2023 by Cinnamon I pressed enter too soon. I think I'm just gonna leave it as oooooooooohhhhh though :P 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted February 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2023 Okay I’m actually so proud of this one :3 Spoiler Vivenna and Siri 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wittles Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Shadowed said: Okay I’m actually so proud of this one :3 Reveal hidden contents Vivenna and Siri for good reason! I love it! Spoiler I'm out of rep, but I'll probably remember to come back and give some tomorrow Edited February 23, 2023 by Witless of Shinovar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted April 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 Okay I’m back here again. My friend tried to teach me how to do realism and… this happened?? idk if i like it or not haha Spoiler (ignore the unshaded neck/shoulders lol) Also - i think people sometimes put writing in their art/creative threads? So i’m going to dump an idea i had here, if anyone’s interested. It’s very tentatively titled Quicksilver Flame, and is a novel written all in verse. Spoiler They’re not in any kind of order yet, but here’s a few of the poems from around the start. Spoiler Sightreading I stare at the pages of notes rests crotchets quavers semiquavers pitch rhythm music and try to make it fit in my head but it’s like doing a jigsaw puzzle where you can’t see the pieces. Spoiler Playing I raise my flute to my lips (straight back, good posture, headjoint rolled out) take a deep breath (clench the stomach, engage the diaphragm, support support support) and play. At first, a jumble of disjointed sounds A fumble, a misstep and then it clicks and the notes tumble out of me and they lend me wings carrying me high high above everything else. Spoiler Thoughts Sometimes I wonder whether humans created music or the other way round. Spoiler I read about something called synaesthesia where people see sound as colours. I don’t have synaesthesia but I like to imagine my flute as a p a i n t b r u s h swirling vibrant hues across my soul. Spoiler People I’m not a people person. People are too changeable unreliable hurtful mean nasty angry unpredictable human. These ones are from later, where her best friend Alfie gets hit by a car. Spoiler She needs therapy comforting friends family space time Alfie. Spoiler The hospital is white and shiny and clean and new and disinfected and polished and the whole place is saturated with death. Spoiler Finally the nurse on reception agrees to let me see him. Five minutes can’t hurt, she says, then flinches at her choice of words. She shows me the room he’s in and warns me that he’s in bad shape. Almost unrecognisable. Of course I’ll recognise him. I’d know him anywhere, even mangled by the underside of a car. Spoiler Alfie I step inside his room and oh oh oh my God. His face is a contorted mass of bruises and blood and pain and there are things plugged into his arm and his nose and his chest is bare and it’s covered in stitches, and the threads look like like veins that could burst at any moment. Spoiler A scream wells up inside me never bubbling over and out of my mouth, just sitting there in my chest swelling and swelling until I can’t breathe. Moisture is falling down my face it tastes salty on my tongue but I can’t feel it because Alfie can’t feel anything apart from pain. Spoiler At home I pick up my flute try to play but the case looks too much like a coffin and I can’t bring myself to play a dead thing. And lastly, from the ending: Spoiler The concert I grin at Alfie, who is in the front row (obviously) and gives me what he thinks is a subtle thumbs up. I adjust my hair, which Lola put up in a fancy twist for me, take a deep breath, raise my flute to my lips, signal to Mr Howden and r a o s That’s all I have so far, I hope you like it :3 any feedback/criticism is of course totally welcome! should i make a new thread for this? or just put it in here? or put it in SUs? or not share it at all if no one’s interested lol? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted June 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) i haven’t posted here in ages, but since it’s gay month, have a cute lil lesbian couple from my stuffs *gay sparkles* Spoiler Vixi + Ena (ship names anyone??) also why are mouths so hard in side profile —__— vixi’s kinda worked but ena is… interesting lol maybe i’ll even post some of their scenes in that writing place i made a while back. maybe. if you’re lucky Edited June 9, 2023 by Shadowed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Isochronism Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 4/1/2023 at 4:50 AM, Shadowed said: Okay I’m back here again. My friend tried to teach me how to do realism and… this happened?? idk if i like it or not haha Reveal hidden contents (ignore the unshaded neck/shoulders lol) Also - i think people sometimes put writing in their art/creative threads? So i’m going to dump an idea i had here, if anyone’s interested. It’s very tentatively titled Quicksilver Flame, and is a novel written all in verse. Hide contents They’re not in any kind of order yet, but here’s a few of the poems from around the start. Hide contents Sightreading I stare at the pages of notes rests crotchets quavers semiquavers pitch rhythm music and try to make it fit in my head but it’s like doing a jigsaw puzzle where you can’t see the pieces. Hide contents Playing I raise my flute to my lips (straight back, good posture, headjoint rolled out) take a deep breath (clench the stomach, engage the diaphragm, support support support) and play. At first, a jumble of disjointed sounds A fumble, a misstep and then it clicks and the notes tumble out of me and they lend me wings carrying me high high above everything else. Hide contents Thoughts Sometimes I wonder whether humans created music or the other way round. Hide contents I read about something called synaesthesia where people see sound as colours. I don’t have synaesthesia but I like to imagine my flute as a p a i n t b r u s h swirling vibrant hues across my soul. Hide contents People I’m not a people person. People are too changeable unreliable hurtful mean nasty angry unpredictable human. These ones are from later, where her best friend Alfie gets hit by a car. Reveal hidden contents She needs therapy comforting friends family space time Alfie. Reveal hidden contents The hospital is white and shiny and clean and new and disinfected and polished and the whole place is saturated with death. Hide contents Finally the nurse on reception agrees to let me see him. Five minutes can’t hurt, she says, then flinches at her choice of words. She shows me the room he’s in and warns me that he’s in bad shape. Almost unrecognisable. Of course I’ll recognise him. I’d know him anywhere, even mangled by the underside of a car. Hide contents Alfie I step inside his room and oh oh oh my God. His face is a contorted mass of bruises and blood and pain and there are things plugged into his arm and his nose and his chest is bare and it’s covered in stitches, and the threads look like like veins that could burst at any moment. Hide contents A scream wells up inside me never bubbling over and out of my mouth, just sitting there in my chest swelling and swelling until I can’t breathe. Moisture is falling down my face it tastes salty on my tongue but I can’t feel it because Alfie can’t feel anything apart from pain. Hide contents At home I pick up my flute try to play but the case looks too much like a coffin and I can’t bring myself to play a dead thing. And lastly, from the ending: Hide contents The concert I grin at Alfie, who is in the front row (obviously) and gives me what he thinks is a subtle thumbs up. I adjust my hair, which Lola put up in a fancy twist for me, take a deep breath, raise my flute to my lips, signal to Mr Howden and r a o s That’s all I have so far, I hope you like it :3 any feedback/criticism is of course totally welcome! should i make a new thread for this? or just put it in here? or put it in SUs? or not share it at all if no one’s interested lol? I'm showing up here pretty late, but these are all pretty interesting. I think you did a great job with these. (I do wonder [for absolutely no suspicious reasons]: Mr. Howden is an... interesting choice of name. Any reason that was the name you used? ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Posted June 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Bondsmith-Edgedancer said: I'm showing up here pretty late, but these are all pretty interesting. I think you did a great job with these. (I do wonder [for absolutely no suspicious reasons]: Mr. Howden is an... interesting choice of name. Any reason that was the name you used? ) thank you! i feel like you’re referencing something here… the actual reason i picked that name is because it’s very close to my own orchestra conductor’s, but i would be intrigued to know what i have accidentally alluded to 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Isochronism Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Shadowed said: thank you! i feel like you’re referencing something here… the actual reason i picked that name is because it’s very close to my own orchestra conductor’s, but i would be intrigued to know what i have accidentally alluded to Haha I just thought it was a funny coincidence cause that's the name of my high school conductor too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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