LadyJudgement

Apparently you can do it online thru WU, with a cc... I leave you two to handle it, good luck... and if you are any of your IM team should be discovered, well I will disavow any knowledge of y'all...

This maybe a silly idea, but what about Western Union? We have Money Mart here in Canada that uses them, not sure what Juggy has in Korea?

sorry the juxtaposition with the background threw me, it is a lovely drawing..

the latter... hilarious, i love it, got it playing now...

She's lying on her back with her feet on a wall?

Is she doing a falling tuck?

Okay Angello, what song is that? I have to have that...

I love love love Painter, but it is a voracious memory hog, I wouldn't even suggest using it if you don't have at least 2GB of RAM... or you could work on only teeny tiny files, say 100 x 100 pixels.

You can also download most of the trials for these, though make sure your pc can handle the specs.

Free Programs - The Gimp

Inexpensive Programs (under $100) - Open Canvas, Comik Works, Paint Shop Pro 10

Expensive Programs (over $300 - 600), Industry Standards & just plain Amazing - Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator

So very sweet looking, I can't wait... thanks for making that!

Try this one: mondo tutorial links of death... so many to go into, however it should be asked, does your friend have photoshop or something to the equivalent?

LJ

Oh my God Becky... She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends...

there ya go, that's quite good...

Here too is an extensive site with diagrams to help you at all levels:

Draw Space.com

Click the lesson you'd like to learn, and try the exercise... good luck.

LJ

EDIT: You will have to register to see the lessons, but it's worth it, they are extensive and can be saved as Adobe .pdf files. Enjoy!

Okay well then if you are nowhere near your brother's level of storytelling, which is rather nice, then may I suggest this book to help free your mind a bit... It won't make you an artist, but it will allow you to think in different ways, so that you may do something artistic:

Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

There are many exercises in the book to help your brain process what an artist sees, and perhaps that will help you be creative....

I found this site which has an online exercise from the book - Try It HERE!

Hope that helps...

LJ

color test... just playing around with my new style...

Yeah, it's gonna be soooo big. Too bad I'm not paid by the pixel...

LJ

So everyone know this is the planned layout...

Having kind of a slow day, but finally got around tonight to spanking out the Bruiser!

He will scale in thusly...

I should have several of them done tomorrow, as I finally figured out a way to draw them without the entire file bogging done my memory. So more to follow very quickly!

LJ

You are very welcome sir.

great cut style... no pun intended...

That really is a great book... infact, the 6-8 books I bought this year have made a world of difference. Check your local library, I bet they have that one...

My super secret pledge name is "Blowfish"... j/k I don't own a 360. That would be bad, I'm already addicted to this game, another would not help my workload. In fact I just deleted Titan Immortal Throne from my pc, cause I know I am never gonna finish that... even with massive cheats, I just don't have the time.

Good luck to all the playas though! Sorry for the thread jack...

LJ

Well "judge" may be too harsh a word, but seeing your current progress with what your intentions might be, would help a lot.

Telling you to draw this or draw that without knowing what you can and can't do yet is like asking a blind person to drive a car... if you will forgive the bad analogy.

Sure it is a way to progress, but it's a bit generic. I could have said draw each day as soon as you get up. While helpful and slightly true, if you don't have any ability, it's kind of futile.

I do believe that if you can draw a curve, a straight line with some consistency, that you can be taught to draw a certain way. But it won't give you passion, which is key, and it won't give you flair, which is a starting point of developing your own style.

Breaking down art into shapes "will" make you understand it, and to a point allow you to recreate it. But what you recreate will be a static sometimes uninteresting piece. It's like all those John Byrne/Jim Lee clones you see out there... while nice to look at, they pale to the original...

The most you can get from studying the people you admire, is applying their "aesthetic" to your own passion. That is invaluable and to me the only true reason to emulate someone, or a traditional style. Artists have had apprentices for centuries, and while some of the apprentices can copy their masters, only a few will ever become the master.

Okay now I sound like an episode of Kung Fu.

Anyway will be happy to help, once I see where and if I can help...

LJ

What do you want to draw, subject wise? What if any materials do you have? And as for starting... try drawing something, scan it and allow us to judge what you should do next.

Dear Sir:

Since I didn't want to clutter Juggertha's thread where you mentioned you hadn't recieved any art as of yet... and while I've noticed of late, your earnest and honest admiration for my work, I hope you will permit me this small gesture...

Sadly the only reference I could find was your avatar, but I was happy to notice the name it saved as, so I went searching for one of those Kirk Douglas stills, and used his face as my inspiration for yours...

I will be adding some color at a later date, but just wanted you to know for now, that I greatly appreciate the respect you've shown me, and I wished to repay your kindess with this small gift...


your humble art servant,

LJ

PS: yes I like to ramble in pseudo old english... pay it no mind.