Post by: Michen_S on October 28, 2016, 12:21:13 PM
(https://orig00.deviantart.net/dec8/f/2018/034/7/9/_trade__flareon_by_michensneeuwhart-damkyg2.png)
It was about time I finished this. I had an art trade with Firox from The Furry Forums, and here's Flareon from my part. I tried my best, but there are still a lot of things off. Guess that just means I can learn a lot just from this drawing I can take with me for my next drawing (that's why I made the art trade in the first place).
(https://orig00.deviantart.net/b905/f/2016/302/9/4/michen_by_michensneeuwhart-daml9au.jpg)
Here's one of my first drawings I made since I started drawing as a hobby. It doesn't look too shabby for a beginner. Yeah, that's all I got. It pictures Michen, my snow leopard fursona. I'll redraw it later, though it might take a while before I can start with it...
Constructive criticism is more than welcome. If any of you can't see the picture, let me know and I'll try to fix it.
Edit: Oh, before I forget. Any new drawings will also be posted on my DeviantArt account (http://michensneeuwhart.deviantart.com/).
Post by: HellEye on October 28, 2016, 12:40:01 PM
Post by: Michen_S on October 28, 2016, 01:00:23 PM
Post by: Michen_S on November 20, 2016, 09:05:21 PM
This is a mandrake, pretty much Etrian Odyssey's iconic enemy. It's effect depends on the game. I didn't take too much time to make this (as I'm actually supposed to work on something else), so I decided to finish the lineart and upload it as is. I made this with pencils and paper rather than my 3DS, but making a picture with my 3DS is not the best way to share it. I'll try to find a better way for next time...
Post by: Michen_S on January 28, 2017, 10:08:48 PM
About time I uploaded something new. This drawing is a character based on the forest folk of Etrian Odyssey, though I might've made a few changes here and there...? Anyways, this is one of my first attempts at drawing human-like creatures. The arms and legs were a pain to do, so I decided to leave the feet as is. If I tried making the feet and hands better I wouldn't have posted this before the end of the next month...
By the way, from this place I thank my dad for giving me the drawing book for sinterklaas. Without it, the drawing would probably take even longer and still look a lot worse. I doubt he'll see this, but he probably already knows anyways.
Post by: White Mage on February 02, 2017, 02:25:43 AM
Main things I see that could be improved is the head is too small. THe body looks roughly ten, to eleven head lengths tall eye balli'n it. "Ideal" proportions are seven to eight heads tall. Anything more then nine makes the head look disproportionally small, and unnatural.
Hands and feet are too small as well, but it is entirely forgivable. AS both are hardddd to render correctly even with experience.
There are some things I think you got correct tho. Like the elbows lining up with the waist, and the "rhythm" of the legs.
Hopefully that helps some! :)
Post by: Michen_S on February 02, 2017, 10:05:09 AM
Post by: White Mage on February 03, 2017, 02:37:54 AM
You're welcome. :)
Post by: Michen_S on March 25, 2017, 03:28:29 PM
Sorry for the long wait. Again.... I tried to play around with shades a bit, it's not very well done nor very visible on the scan, so I'll check how to solve that.
This drawing is recognisable as Jesus on the cross for some, except it seems... off. Lightly said. There are some Christians who don't like what I did here. I chose to do it this way with a reason, that being that this simply appeals more to me. I also did this because I knew not everyone liked it (I actually wanted to make it even worse, but a friend advised me not to). Some Christian groups sometimes critisize other Chhristian groups with disastrous results, sometimes with the best intentions. My personal faith seem to clash with what other Christians believe at times. Here in the Netherlands Christians in general are getting more critique from non-Christians. So yeah, there you go.
As always, constructive critisism is welcome.
Post by: Ventus Fall on March 25, 2017, 04:22:44 PM
I think it was a very bold and daring move you did by drawing this, I'm proud of you that you feel open to talk and draw about these things. I think it was a nice touch you made Jesus look more as a furry. Heck if we're going with the phrase: 'God loves all', then he would love furries too.
I understand why some people might be against it, not necessarily Christians, but I understand why they might think in particular as this being 'wrong' or offensive.
I like the drawing and what you did to symbolise it with.
As for some further commentary/critique (hope you're ok with that? :)): You are very aware of yourself certain things that can be improved upon, which is a good thing. Otherwise you cannot start to improve on things if you want to. I agree, you can make the shading more visible. I do see the shading, but I think you might need to 'expand' the area of where you shade, you keep the shading too close to the lines. If that makes sense.
I think the head could be drawn a bit larger in comparison, the lower legs/feet a bit longer. I noticed the head also doesn't have ears, but you seem to portray a feline (lion?), maybe you could add the ears next time and a mane?
I assume since you wanted to portray Jesus that the furry shown is a male, but the chest you drew seems to look more feminine. When drawing males be aware males have more 'hard' edges. So rectangular shapes apply more to men. Round shapes more to women.
Once again, I like the symbolism and I think you made a daring move there. Well done :)
Post by: Michen_S on March 26, 2017, 03:38:06 PM
Thanks for the critique, I value it a lot. I learn from the problems I see, but constructive critisism enables me to learn from what I overlooked or what is hard for me to see.
Post by: Albie on March 26, 2017, 03:42:25 PM
Post by: Michen_S on April 27, 2017, 07:56:16 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/mbL0C9i.png)
Don't worry, better stuff coming soon. I promise. I just wanted to do something funny for now.
Post by: HellEye on April 27, 2017, 08:07:56 PM
*brings a cup of chicken soup*
Post by: Panda on April 27, 2017, 08:16:55 PM
It reminds me of waaay back in the day when people made ASCII art. Nice patience ;P
Post by: Albie on April 27, 2017, 11:05:04 PM
Post by: Michen_S on April 28, 2017, 06:57:43 PM
Post Merge: April 29, 2017, 06:00:35 PM
(https://orig12.deviantart.net/ea67/f/2017/119/1/2/white_tiger_cub_by_michensneeuwhart-db7itz6.png)
I wanted to make something else, but that appeared to be too difficult to actually complete for me. So I decided to make something else instead. This is what came out, and I really like the result. Arms and legs still are a problem, which were the biggest problem. Let me know which 'foot' looks better.
As always, constructive criticism is more than welcome.
Post by: HellEye on April 29, 2017, 07:36:55 PM
Post by: Albie on April 29, 2017, 08:07:48 PM
Post by: Michen_S on April 29, 2017, 08:12:13 PM
Post by: Michen_S on June 03, 2017, 08:39:35 PM
Sorry for the late update, we had a few problems with the wireless network in the past time.
It's Michen again. This is probably the drawing I'm going to remake forever to be able to see better how my drawing improves over time. There's now a bandage around the right front paw, and the scarf is now light purple instead of blue. The head is way too small now that I look at it (my dad commented on that too), but I think overall they came out nicely. I'm quite happy with it.
As always, constructive critisism is welcome.
Post by: HellEye on June 03, 2017, 08:42:45 PM
Post by: Michen_S on June 03, 2017, 08:44:53 PM
Post by: Albie on June 03, 2017, 10:27:36 PM
Post by: Ventus Fall on June 04, 2017, 08:07:54 AM
Definitely small head. Also looks a bit more fat than the original one. Rest is improved though. I like it
Maybe Michen just gained some weight in the meantime >.>
<.<
Sorry, had to :3
But in all seriousness, I remember the first drawing you did and this looks indeed like an improvement.
As HellEye pointed out, the head is indeed small. That's soemthing I've noticed with more of your drawings, so maybe focus on that. Draw out the overall distribution (placement and size of everything) and then finish it off.
You have quite a nice style going on and I'm curious to see how it develops :D
Post by: Michen_S on June 05, 2017, 06:30:49 PM
Thanks for the advice, Ventus. I'll look into that.
Post by: HellEye on June 05, 2017, 08:24:47 PM
Post by: Michen_S on August 28, 2017, 12:35:22 PM
Heeey! It's been too long since I uploaded something!
Meet Zila, a female character I wanted to use in RPs and future art work. I tried to do some shading for this art piece, but after a while I just gave up on that. And the colour pencils we have here are uhh... still the ones of bad quality. Needless to say it didn't quite come out the way I wanted it to. :/
Anyways, after finishing it I still liked the restults so I'll upload it anyways. So let me know what you think. And now that this is finished, I should start on the next one so I can upload more than 1 drawing every 2 months for a change.
Post by: Albie on August 28, 2017, 10:35:23 PM
Post by: Firox on August 28, 2017, 10:48:33 PM
Post by: Solomon the Solitary on August 28, 2017, 11:58:59 PM
Post by: Cheza on August 29, 2017, 09:14:19 AM
*Totally not biased or anything*
Loving how there's such an abundance of various felines in this thread.
Post by: Michen_S on August 29, 2017, 09:39:39 AM
I like her expression and want to boop her nose.
good looking art there Michen
Thanks a lot! I tried to do it from a different angle and decided to not make it myself unnecessarily hard for a change, I think it worked out great.
Your art is so cute! Also, she looks super ready to rip a face off.
Well, she's not one to hold back if she gets in a fight. She isnt likely to start one though.
Whee, it's a chee!
*Totally not biased or anything*
Loving how there's such an abundance of various felines in this thread.
What can I say? I really like felines. There will be some other species every now and then, of course. But I'm glad you like it.
Post by: Michen_S on September 20, 2017, 08:36:26 PM
Okie, not really. But here's a small little piece I promised to show off that might be familiar for a few gamers on here... An Osu! life bar, also known as the performance bar or the score bar. It's TFF exclusive... for now, so enjoy.
(https://i.imgur.com/8iCfDT7.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/KYuq9AM.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/KYuq9AM.png)
I also promised I would show what my original problem was, which was this:
(https://i.imgur.com/1bsu79v.png)
The default lifebar usually is just fine, but it becomes incredibly difficult to read once you reach the critical mark (about 20%) and becomes readable again after you raised it a bit again. I know my lifebar doesn't match with the rest of the GUI, but I'll look into that later.
The text on screen shows the song I used a replay of with my former in-game name, along with one of the comments on the beatmap. Osu! is a rythm game, just google it or search it on YouTube if interested, it's very easy to find.
Post by: Albie on September 20, 2017, 11:29:48 PM
Post by: Michen_S on November 11, 2017, 01:22:10 PM
I have risen from my tomb once again! Muahahaha!
So I go to an art club-ish thingy once every week and I got the question there if I wanted to learn how to paint a chicken. And I thought "Why not?" and agreed to it. And then something happened and it ended up being a rooster. A shame, since I did start to look forward to tasting a painted omelette. And I don't like paintings that wake me up at 5 in the morning.
This painting was made with
...Most of the work was done by v.d. Velden from the local art group, but we did do this together and she insisted in me signing this work.
Sorry for taking so long again, but I'm also busy with skinning Osu! and two other drawings. One of which I can post soon(ish), so look forward to a semi-spooky surprise within a week or something!
Post by: Albie on November 17, 2017, 03:52:56 AM
Post by: Michen_S on November 17, 2017, 07:45:34 PM
Two pictures in the same month? What heresy is this?
Well, I did promise a semi-spooky surprise. Here's Chandelure!
I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Trust me, the paper version looks better than the scanned one. I also think the shading on this one is a lot better than on my previous drawings, which is always a good thing. I know there's still a lot of room for improvement, don't worry. But I liked working on this one because I pushed myself less hard to make it look good and I just tried to have fun making it. Of course I still did my best!
Oh yeah, some colours are not found on normal Chandelures, but I thought it looked a bit more interesting this way. It's intentional.
Post by: Albie on November 18, 2017, 12:08:25 AM
Post by: Firox on November 21, 2017, 12:04:33 PM
great art, looks so realistic
Post by: Michen_S on November 21, 2017, 12:58:17 PM
...That last drawing has way too big of a tail.Like that. But I have no idea about what tail you're talking about.
Post by: buns-n-spurs on November 28, 2017, 04:22:27 PM
Post by: Michen_S on November 28, 2017, 06:07:54 PM
Your style is very cute and I love the softness of your coloring. I do look forward to seeing more. That Flareon in your first post is adorable btw
Thanks. I heard more people about that one, but I can't exactly point out why people like it. Could you give some constructive critisism?
Post by: Michen_S on January 12, 2018, 10:31:12 PM
It shows the right time twice a day.
Sorry for being gone for so long (again), but right now I've been busy with some other art-related stuff as well, and also some game-related stuff. Vewwy important schtuffs, you know. If I promise the next one will come a liiiiittle sooner, can we become fwiends again?
Ugh, my writing style there. I've tried to work on perspectives a bit here. Though it didn't come out as perfectly as I wanted, I'm very happy with the details I managed to get in. This one's actually based on a real clock, unlike all my anthro stuff. I know I didn't use the dark lines as I usually do, but I can still add that later if you lot want me to. So yeah, let me know what you think.
Post by: Michen_S on February 02, 2018, 06:20:16 PM
A request made by my birdbr- I mean a certain family member, who wanted me to draw his birdb- I mean feathersona, Fayam. Long overdue, but finally finished. Worth it though. I really like how his left wing came out, for example.
Unfortunately I'm not open for requests quite yet, except for family members and friends. I hope to be able to do that one day, but not with my current upload speed. Constructive critisism is welcome as usual, and I hope you'll have a really good day.
Post by: WingedZephyr on February 02, 2018, 10:04:47 PM
His body proportions look a bit odd (long torso, short legs), but it also looks like that might have been done on purpose in order to resemble a bird's body.
Post by: HellEye on February 03, 2018, 12:15:36 AM
Post by: Michen_S on February 03, 2018, 10:16:17 AM
His body proportions look a bit odd (long torso, short legs), but it also looks like that might have been done on purpose in order to resemble a bird's body.
It's intentional, that actually became part of the request for that reason.
Thanks for the comments, it means a lot to me!
Post by: Michen_S on March 27, 2018, 09:49:13 AM
Do you guys remember Rosea? I... posted her in the previous art thread I made before my account got deleted... And then forgot to include it here... Anyways, I finished her upgraded version now.
(https://orig00.deviantart.net/0b3d/f/2018/085/e/b/lanaret_by_michensneeuwhart-dc70zs2.png)
Heeeere's ⌿Lanaret! No, the ⌿ before his name is not a mistake, as his name is not "official". Upon birth, children do not have a name. They choose their name themselves later in life. Some children, like ⌿Lanaret, choose to name themselves before adult age. Their names are started with an ⌿ and unlike adults they can still change their name quite easily. Names starting with an ⌿ are "unofficial", but are most commonly used as normal ones. The symbol does not change how you pronounce it. Upon reaching the adult age, they can change their name if they want to and the ⌿ disappears, or they'll choose one if they haven't yet.
Anyways, ⌿Lanaret is an anthro stoat and is based on his previous version Rosea. It is most certainly a he, but his sex is misjudged often. Most of the time he even causes this confusion himself as he likes to trick others. Don't be fooled by his appearance either - he's not as cute as he might look. He's had more life experience than most people his age and can be quite unpredictable at times. Watching him dance is at your own risk. His fur changes with the seasons: he is brown with white in summer and just white in winter, like real stoats.
Post by: HellEye on March 27, 2018, 10:38:18 AM
Post by: Michen_S on March 27, 2018, 01:47:07 PM
Post by: WingedZephyr on March 27, 2018, 01:53:33 PM
Post by: Michen_S on March 27, 2018, 08:57:25 PM
Post by: Michen_S on July 29, 2018, 02:17:58 PM
(https://orig00.deviantart.net/1f1b/f/2018/210/3/3/_req__albie___michen_hug_by_michensneeuwhart-dcilghr.png)
I don't really like hugs from behind, Albie...
I hope you like the picture. I experimented with background a little, and uh... Some things came out wrong, but this was a really difficult piece. Making it was a pain. Of course, despite being glad this is behind me, it was good for the experience and now I can look back on the mistakes I made here and do better next time. So, uh, thanks for this chance, an' things like that...
Post by: Albie on August 01, 2018, 03:09:53 AM
Post by: Firox on August 01, 2018, 06:25:20 AM
Post by: Michen_S on August 31, 2018, 06:36:09 PM
A red panda technician, ready to fix anything! Okay, anything mechanical. Great climber too, but his running is... Uh... Let's not talk about that. He likes his work a lot. Even managed to set up a little shop, with help from his family. He's the happiest when he's on the job.
I was intending on creating this character later, but I kinda wanted to join a steampunk-ish RP and I had no character fitting for such a situation. Without that RP I might not even have created this character. Anyways, I tried some shading, but uh... It didn't go very well on the suit. It went all right on the tool kit and the head though. So yeah, as per usual, don't be afraid to tell me what you think, I can handle a bit of constructive critisism and it'll help me get even better!
Post by: Albie on September 13, 2018, 03:17:25 AM
Post by: Michen_S on September 13, 2018, 09:51:13 AM
Post by: Michen_S on October 06, 2018, 12:38:51 PM
Everybody rush on board, because this ship, is about to leave!
Introducing, the S.S. Mystake. One of the first pieces that looks almost as good scanned in as it does on paper. I was drawing something, and then I got stuck. Again. So, that's why the boat.
I also wanted to do something with my grey pencils instead of the coloured ones. I still have some practise to do, but overall I'm very happy with the results. It reminds me the most of those boats you sometimes find inside glass bottles, except this looked so good that I didn't want to draw the bottle. Maybe I could do stuff like this more later on, we'll see.
Post by: HellEye on October 06, 2018, 02:14:51 PM
Post by: Michen_S on October 06, 2018, 06:03:45 PM
Post by: Albie on October 22, 2018, 04:17:07 AM
Post by: Michen_S on March 07, 2019, 02:34:45 PM
Yes, I'm still drawing!
I've been busy with a lot in the past, especially with setting up stuff for Twitch. Nevertheless, I'm now back to drawing a little bit after everything and this is the first thing I finished in a long time. Don't worry, there's more to come soon. Either way, I like making greyscale drawings for some reason. I dunno, just a preference.
Post by: HellEye on March 07, 2019, 02:36:50 PM
Can't wait to see more
Post by: Michen_S on April 21, 2019, 09:54:39 AM
Yay, I uploaded something again!
It's a city. Factories in the background, houses out in the front. I... have no idea what that thing in the middle is supposed to be. Let me know what your thoughts are.
For the houses, I played around with pencils of different hardnesses. I think it created a rather interesting city design, seeing how the houses contrast from each other. So I like the effect. I might want to keep that little drawing trick in mind, as it's actually very easy to execute. It just took so long to fill everything!
Post by: HellEye on April 21, 2019, 09:59:47 AM
And clearly it's a city hall with a clock in the middle
Why is the sky red though?
Post by: Michen_S on April 21, 2019, 10:58:51 AM
Post by: HellEye on April 21, 2019, 11:00:41 AM
It's really uniform now is all. Still good.
Post by: Michen_S on September 14, 2019, 02:02:31 PM
Quite possibly one of my faster drawings, despite the long time in-between uploads. Made with higher quality colouring pencils, not the kind meant for little kids where the point breaks off easily. You know, the ones I used up to now. I'm happy with the results!
I don't really have much else to say about it. It should speak for itself, methinks.
Post by: John Red Beard on September 14, 2019, 04:34:31 PM
Post by: Michen_S on October 15, 2019, 11:39:02 AM
It took a while and quite a bit of effort to finish this one. The picture is not as 3D as I wanted it to be, but I no longer care. It was mostly me making some fanart to practise the blending effects of my new art toys. I'd say that part went pretty well! Worth every minute spent on it!
First one to recognise what this is and where it's from gets a cookie.
Post by: John Red Beard on October 15, 2019, 01:13:42 PM
Post by: Michen_S on October 15, 2019, 03:18:43 PM
Post by: John Red Beard on October 16, 2019, 02:59:10 AM
Post by: Michen_S on November 24, 2019, 10:27:56 PM
A dark piece I've been working on. This was actually inspired by my father, who said I should draw a snow leopards in jeans. And then my mind came along and turned it into this.
I couldn't quite get the colours I wanted to get, but it came out well nevertheless. It was a good drawing to get some more experience with blending colours together. ...Did I mention I love my new colouring pencils?
Post by: Michen_S on January 10, 2020, 08:39:16 PM
The last drawing for trying out my colouring pencils. The blending of different colours went pretty well in this picture. Shading, though... Not as much. I feel that the entirety of the picture just came out a little too dark. Well, something to keep in mind for shading next time, I guess!
Now that this picture is posted y'all can get ready for more furry-related pictures again. The first one is in the works.