Drawing Pad - Come here and DOODLE!!

[bubbatd]

shhhhhhhhhhhhh ~~~

 

[MK&C]

Come draw with meeeeeeeeee!

 

[CanadianK9]

lots of gr8 pieces, keep with it people

 

[smkie]

hope you were able to save your tree.that was lovely!

 

[canadianmandy]

That was my tree ... mmm I dont know how to save it! someone dide good adding more detail after I left though! Its still there!

 

[bubbatd]

I added the flowers , clouds and mushroom...while I was doing it, someone messed with the frame....twice .... I tried to repair it ....but see it's messed with again. Sorry ....I liked it !!

 

[canadianmandy]

lol I loved your flowers it really softened the pic! And I love your clouds!

 

[smkie]

whoever asked for a landscape i started one for you

 

[bubbatd]

I did Smkie.... thanks. I did some flowers, a blue bird nest in the tree and a wishing well and was working on a path until someone undid your clouds and most of your tree ... so I eraced all. Sorry, but it was beyond fixing .

 

[RD]

Gah. Why do parts of what I draw disappearing? Infuriating! My little ripleydoodle is ruined because the eyes turned all whiteish.

 

[smkie]

if there are too many layers the first ones will delete..i figure i have about a dozen or so different things i can do before that happens

 

[RD]

Ahh. Grrr, that sucks. Ah well, guess I can't do anything very detailed. I'm used to doodling on photoshop where I can add thousands of layers and it doesn't even slow down, lol!

Anyway, here's a very quick doodle of a Border Collie. Because I'm bored and procrastinating. I know the eyes in particular really suck, I've never been good at them.

http://www.flash-gear.com/draw/drw.php?id=692520&a=385830775&d=1

 

[MK&C]

OMG RD...that is amazing!!! And what do you mean the eyes aren't good? They're great!!

 

[RD]

Lol, thanks. The eyes just... annoy me. They're set all wrong, and no matter what I do I can't give them the depth that a Border Collie's eyes should have.

 

[smkie]

YOur portrait is awesome! Using only a few layers is frustrating but it gets easier. I thought u did a grand job and captured your dog nicely.

 

[MK&C]

Lol, thanks. The eyes just... annoy me. They're set all wrong, and no matter what I do I can't give them the depth that a Border Collie's eyes should have.

I couldn't tell. It was a thousand tims better than what I could ever do.

 

[smkie]

space em out a tinybit more and round em off, use your darkest color fur around them then lighten the bottom half of the iris where the sun would natural highlight the brown using a darker brown above where the brow would shadow. Flecks of yellow brown would draw even more attention and a light light blue will always look whiter then white for a highlight.pop a little dark red into the pupil and it will add life. something i learned when i saw my mom come out of her bedroom and i just saw that the pupil was in fact not black but deep red in part. i tried it on my next painting and it made all the difference in the world. Been doing that ever since .just some suggestions, probably more info then anyone wanted to know

 

[bubbatd]

I never saw any of this !!! Since I've been back...it's been empty !

 

[RD]

Ooh Smkie thank you!! Definitely NOT too much info That helped so much. Haven't tried it out on the computer but it looked great in my little practice painting.

 

[smkie]

Anytime! Glad to be of service Seemed such a shame my kids had no interest for there was sooooo much i could have shared along the way. I spent alot of time figuring that out through trial and error. I spend most of my time on the eyes before i do anything else when i paint an animal or draw a person. IF they are not right it just never clicks for me. I was suprised when i saw my art teacher did the eyes last. He was showing us a piece on a alligator that was near completion and had only the eyes left to work out. If i am going to screw up the most important part it sure isn't going to be after i have worked the rest over