my pb drawings

[schild]

heres two drawingshttp://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xsvpic2db.jpg I did .One in pencil the other in watercolor pencils . What dod you think? I draw a lot however these are my first that have to do with paintball.

im afraid the color one is cut off a lot hwever I think you get the jist hopefully if I have some spare time i will make a complete pic of it
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paintball46bx.jpg

[Spinach]

The gun is disproportionate. :dodgy:

Just kidding, those are awsome

[paintballer279]

Yeah, so. I still like the drawing, needs some improvement. Are you going to color it? I would leave it, well , except the gun like the guy above me said.

[schild]

ya the gun I will work on ,and no I want color it. thanks for the feedback.

[schild]

I was in a big hurry to go to bed therefore it was a over site

[rookiepaintball]

dude, great pictures... i wish i could draw like that...lol:) like how old are you?

[coolrazer]

They're nice.

[paintballer279]

schild- nice couble post. Ebon is trying to quit smoking, and he is on a ban rampage...edit both into one.

[nerdcore]

Good job.

I wish i kept up with my drawlings. :(

[maxxa1221]

man your the people who make me feel like im terrible at art.

by the way, thats a compliment. really nice. i like the one with the dragon. :)

[Zofarr]

man your the people who make me feel like im terrible at art.

by the way, thats a compliment. really nice. i like the one with the dragun. :)



Like Shippi? lol (you'll see)

[Aero277]

Those are really good. Better than I could do.

[Shippi]

Cool stuff! You use a reference?

I draw paintballers quite a bit..:
http://img164.exs.cx/img164/8026/greenspan1he.jpg
http://img202.exs.cx/img202/6952/olllleh0cd.jpg
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/808/russianlegion3fo.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6964/rl3sv.jpg

(apologies if they're huge..)

[Zofarr]

Yet Again Shippi You have outdone yourself.

[coolrazer]

:tup:

[rookiepaintball]

dang shippi, cool drawings:eek: ...the best i can draw paintball:pbr:
dudes are like "stick people"... you know....
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[Shippi]

Thanks :)

schild, some tips:

Try and make the lines smoother.. it looks quite 'scribbled' and messy. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but try and neaten it up and be more precise. Try and be more 'fluid' with your shading. There are no white gaps in real life, try not to leave them in drawings (unless that area is reflecting light)

What pencil did you use, an HB? I use a 2H for sketching, an HB for the basic shading and then a putty rubber for light areas/2B for shadow. Give better contrast, I find

The eye on your first drawing is drawn how we'd see it from the front, but the head is sideways. Eyes viewed from the side look triangular, not almond shaped

edit: another thing i noticed.. in the first picture, you've put 'PANTBALL' on his sleeve. Now, I'm pretty sure it doesn't say that on his jersey irl. Also, is it outlined in black or is it just white text? If it's just white text then it should be shown by the colour/tone of the jersey around it, not by lines :)

I'm no artist, really, this is just stuff I've found out through trial and error. Someone else'll be able to give you far better advice i should think :)

Good luck

[talon118]

Damn, Nice Drawings Man keep it up

[Forest Spyder]

You all make me wish that I could draw.

[maxxa1221]

You all make me wish that I could draw.


i feel the exact way. then i get on a inspirational drawing high then i try to draw something,and suck at it,so then i just give up and end up burning my drawings. :dodgy:

[schild]

never seen you before shippi nice knowing you though (cept you showed me up with your better drawings [laugh])

thanks for the tips to be quite honest my eye did suck I know.Also I had lost my pencils therefore I was just useing a reg pencil. I sort of rushed it and after looking at it I could see what your talking about with the shading.Thanks for the tips and keep up the good work,
you have inspired me to draw more paintball (im a WWII guy) thanks.

oh ya you should look into finishing out some drawings nicely and take em to NPPL or PSP event and sell them . Hey you never know, Im only 16 and I have sold a few paintings I had know idea people were intrested in cept me.

[mokalman]

Wtf is "pantball"? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v141/ID10T/pantball.jpg

[spydadude]

It is the FirstCall Paintball logo. It just says "paintball".

[Mr Murderdoll89]

Cool stuff! You use a reference?

I draw paintballers quite a bit..:
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/808/russianlegion3fo.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6964/rl3sv.jpg

(apologies if they're huge..)


I'm a jerk and hi-jack people's threads what?Lol jk


Nice drawings both of you:tup:

[mokalman]

It is the FirstCall Paintball logo. It just says "paintball".


Except it says "pantball", not "paintball".

[GranDream]

Wtf is "pantball"?


Well, when two people fall in love...:dodgy:

[Shippi]

I'm a jerk and hi-jack people's threads what?Lol jk


Nice drawings both of you:tup:

lol, sorry :P i'm hoping schild'll heed my advice and get even better. The talent is obviously there, it just needs refining. Practice, practice, practice. I try to practice every day and I'm a looong way off being considered a good artist. :)

schild: I'm 16, I'd try to sell a few if there were any big events near me. I'm in the UK so getting to any NPPL/PSP events is out of the question :P I guess I could do the 4 hour or so journey to Campaign Cup next year though lol

[usapatriot]

nice drawings, both of u :)

[Stupified]

Thanks for the tips and keep up the good work,
you have inspired me to draw more paintball (im a WWII guy) thanks.



I'd really like to see some of your WWII stuff. WWII interests me a lot.

[clown_13_2001]

I like the color one.

[spyder_king06]

Schild: Im going to be perfectly honest here. Your drawings arent bad, but they certainly arent the nicest drawings I have seen. I think with a little work and a little more practice you could be making much better drawings.

Not trying to be offensive though, just something that I noticed.

Shippi: You have some very nice drawings. Good stuff.

[schild]

http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=betteroly4uy.jpg

hey I just finished a new one and its with a real pencil and I put more time in it than just a hour this time.
The only problem is my scanner is not big enough to hold the whole thing and it dose not pick up the light shadows

hey shippi did not see that you are from the UK forget the NPPL and PSP hah hah

[paintballer279]

man, how can you draw sooooo well. I wish i could.

[clown_13_2001]

Don't make the markers so close to the face.

[schild]

what you talken about clown the photo I was looking at had the marker that close

[clown_13_2001]

Hmm, post the pic.

[rawkfist]

sweet better than i could draw :notwrthy:

[Shippi]

http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=betteroly4uy.jpg

hey I just finished a new one and its with a real pencil and I put more time in it than just a hour this time.
The only problem is my scanner is not big enough to hold the whole thing and it dose not pick up the light shadows

hey shippi did not see that you are from the UK forget the NPPL and PSP hah hah

very nice! Much better :) try not to smudge so much though, if you're careful you don't need to smudge to get it 'smooth', you just have to be patient when shading. On the bottom of the mask it looks like you've lost some detail because of smudging, it's kinda washed out and blends with the bottle :) very good stuff though

[schild]

http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xsvsic2iu.jpg

there is another one.I like this paintball thing

[I LUV PB]

wow... those are the best drawings i have ever seen... really nice job =]

[Mr Murderdoll89]

Nice job man:tup:

I like the diving one.

[r.one.0.seven]

schild: An overall good start to those pictures. I can only really say what others already have in that A: there's too much white. You have the right idea on your texture method for drawing clothes and, as I said before, are off on the right track. Fill in and smooth it out a bit. Smudging is a very good technique when you need to cover those large areas and smooth the shading. Once you've smudged, use a kneaded rubber eraser to lightly take out some of the graphite. This will produce a sort of "highlighting" effect and give you a good contrast between your darks and lights. Something to keep in mind: smudging also reduces the power of your darker areas and it may be necessary to retouch them so as to maximize your contrast. B: proportion. This is not an easy thing to overcome and does take some trial and error before you get the hang of proportioning correctly. You're not doing bad but as another tip, as soon as you finish sketching an object, compare it to whatever else you have on the page and then compare them in real life (a mirror really helps). Re-scale where needed. C: keep up the good work and continue to practice.

Shippi: Your drawings are quite nice. Looking at them, I noticed small things that I couldn't help but want to give you a few tips on. You've done very well in your base detailing but in order to get the most out of it, you need a highly discernable contrast from your darks to lights. You're definately on the right track but one thing I think could help you out, not only in end product but in making your life easier, would be a greater pencil range. For those crisp, clean lines, I've found that using 2H-4H yeilds best results. The lead is hard enough that you won't get any flaking which causes slightly blurred lines. And for the darker spots, 4B-6B would really lessen how hard you have to push on the paper to get the desired darkness, resulting in less hand strain and less warp to the paper. You'll notice a significant change in smoothness and texture as well. There's one specific area in each of your pictures where this would prove very useful. In each of your drawings, it's a bit hard to tell hand lines, from marker lines. Using those harder pencils (2H-4H) would give your lines the definition needed to clearly see where hand ends and marker begins. The softer pencils (4B-6B) would also give such a darkness to those crucial areas (i.e. vent holes in the mask, and knuckle pads on the gloves) that it will make those lighter areas will seem to pop out more resulting in much better detail and definition for your focal point. Fantastic job overall. Keep up the good work.

Post note: I'm an art major so feel free to contact me if you ever need advice on anything at all.

[schild]

an art major sweet ,were do you go to school? I would like to look into that sort of thing.

[r.one.0.seven]

The funny thing is, art is one of the most overlooked programs in nearly every major college/university unless you go to an art specific school (i.e. one of the many Art Institutes). I personally looked around a little bit before deciding where to go and I must say, look into your community colleges first and then one of your state's universities. Often times you can find killer art teachers in smaller, more uncommon schools. You'll get a great education out of it and pay a lot less. Holding out your degree that shows your art major on it from a community college, I can assure you, is just as effective as a degree from any big name school or art institute. Having said that, don't mistake me, I'm not at all against going to a larger, more widely known school, if money or anything else isn't an issue.

What it all comes down to is your preference in teachers. I went to my community college and talked with them first and got to know what their classes were like. If you're serious about it, I suggest doing the same thing. Ask around locally where you live. Find the nearest college and just go in to meet the teachers. You'll find that simply looking around before you decide on anything will make a big difference.

[Shippi]

Shippi: Your drawings are quite nice. Looking at them, I noticed small things that I couldn't help but want to give you a few tips on. You've done very well in your base detailing but in order to get the most out of it, you need a highly discernable contrast from your darks to lights. You're definately on the right track but one thing I think could help you out, not only in end product but in making your life easier, would be a greater pencil range. For those crisp, clean lines, I've found that using 2H-4H yeilds best results. The lead is hard enough that you won't get any flaking which causes slightly blurred lines. And for the darker spots, 4B-6B would really lessen how hard you have to push on the paper to get the desired darkness, resulting in less hand strain and less warp to the paper. You'll notice a significant change in smoothness and texture as well. There's one specific area in each of your pictures where this would prove very useful. In each of your drawings, it's a bit hard to tell hand lines, from marker lines. Using those harder pencils (2H-4H) would give your lines the definition needed to clearly see where hand ends and marker begins. The softer pencils (4B-6B) would also give such a darkness to those crucial areas (i.e. vent holes in the mask, and knuckle pads on the gloves) that it will make those lighter areas will seem to pop out more resulting in much better detail and definition for your focal point. Fantastic job overall. Keep up the good work.

Post note: I'm an art major so feel free to contact me if you ever need advice on anything at all.

Thank you :) this is exactly the kind of thing I need. The drawings look more 'washed out' than they actually are because the photos are pretty bad, but you're right, I do need to contrast things more. I'll keep in in mind. Thanks again

[r.one.0.seven]

Anytime. :)

[4THDEGREE]

Excellent sketches. Nice to see people pursuing their passions.

[schild]

thanks for the advice on schools r.one. oh shippi on contrast. Do a lot of scratch boards they help you notice darks and light a lot. Also what helps is when you draw try not to draw lines, just shadows

heres a ww2 pic i did on a scratch boardhttp://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ww24qf.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lang7yq.jpg

ehy guys shiipe and R.one could you evaluate this please?