Free Art 4 U! (As Long As You Read The Directions)

[Ignitedstar]

Obsolete.

 

[Aldur]

So, Star. It turns out I'm pretty interested. My username on DeviantArt is DryPunishment.

 

[Ignitedstar]

It's great how I'm getting watchers, but I wish that they would actually tell me what it is that they may want from me.

 

[Aldur]

It's great how I'm getting watchers, but I wish that they would actually tell me what it is that they may want from me.

Well, Star then I'll be frank with you. Aside from the fact that I looked at your wonderful gallery I would like to make a submission.

 

[Ignitedstar]

Neat. Just let me know who and what it is you would like for me to draw.


As I select pieces, I would like to take a commission-like approach, which is why I stated that people will find out they're getting their pieces done when they... find out that I'm doing them. By a commission-like approach, I mean staying in contact with the person I'm doing the art for and making sure I get their approval as I go through the steps of: Draft, Lineart, Flat Colors, Shading, and finishing touches.


I guess I am also using this free art thing as a bridge for when I start doing commissions.

 

[Aldur]

Neat. Just let me know who and what it is you would like for me to draw.
As I select pieces, I would like to take a commission-like approach, which is why I stated that people will find out they're getting their pieces done when they... find out that I'm doing them. By a commission-like approach, I mean staying in contact with the person I'm doing the art for and making sure I get their approval as I go through the steps of: Draft, Lineart, Flat Colors, Shading, and finishing touches.


I guess I am also using this free art thing as a bridge for when I start doing commissions.

Wonderful! So, for this one opportunity I would like to ask you to draw her!

She's a variant of a character I used for an RP, that I'll use for another. As for the pose and whatnot... I'm not entirely sure. Something funny? Her saying "So many swords up in here." maybe?


I know you've stated that you dislike drawing humans so I apologize for it. But I'd love to see her drawn in someone else's style. I hope you don't mind.

 

[Ignitedstar]

Oh hey, that's pretty cool. Her face will certainly be easier than Amber. I will... have to see. I'm already in the process of doing one for someone. Everyone will be given a fair chance if they're not in the priority list. Even the people on the priority list are no more less or more likely to get some art. It just pushes what I take into consideration first.


Also, I haven't generated that much interest for this art thingy. At the same time, I don't think I want to post this on DA's forums. What I'm most afraid of is doing art I don't want to do. I only have a handful of submissions and I'm completely fine with it. If things stay this way, I'll be able to do every submission.

 

[Aldur]

Oh hey, that's pretty cool. Her face will certainly be easier than Amber. I will... have to see. I'm already in the process of doing one for someone. Everyone will be given a fair chance if they're not in the priority list. Even the people on the priority list are no more less or more likely to get some art. It just pushes what I take into consideration first.
Also, I haven't generated that much interest for this art thingy. At the same time, I don't think I want to post this on DA's forums. What I'm most afraid of is doing art I don't want to do. I only have a handful of submissions and I'm completely fine with it. If things stay this way, I'll be able to do every submission.

I wouldn't want to rush you, so take your time. If by any means you can't draw my submission then that's okay. I don't wanna force you to draw something you don't.

 

[Ignitedstar]

What? No! There are FAR worse things that I imagined myself drawing. Your's is fine.

 

[Gilzar]

May I poke in and ask a quick question?


Are fandom characters allowed? I certainly don't want to waste your time if otherwise.

 

[Aldur]

May I poke in and ask a quick question?
Are fandom characters allowed? I certainly don't want to waste your time if otherwise.

- I will draw ONE character of your choice that MUST be your own ORIGINAL CONTENT. If I wanted to do fan art of popular media, I'd just do that on my own. What would be the point of this, then?

Here, I hope this helps.


I also hope that IgnitedStar doesn't mind that I replied instead of himself.

 

[Gilzar]

Oi thanks, I got confused by that statement, but put in that way it makes sense


Thanks alot!

 

[Aldur]

Oi thanks, I got confused by that statement, but put in that way it makes sense
Thanks alot!

No problem!

 

[Ignitedstar]

Thanks, Aldur. If ALL of that thing belongs to you, it's eligible. If it isn't, I'm afraid not.


If Seth McFarlene came up to me and asked me to draw Peter Griffin from Family Guy, I could do it because that show technically belongs to him ala Executive Producer.


Going down the ladder, I know people who do their own webcomics, which is all their own original content. They could use this as an opportunity to get art done related to their webcomic. For example, the picture of the girl in my ad on the far left was a promotional piece for someone's Kickstarter for their webcomic.


I'm doing a piece right now which is loosely based off of something from Phantasy Star Online, but it isn't part of that. They're contained in their own space as an OC in their own world/universe. This is fine.


Aldur's is an original character that is all his own. Perfectly fine and exactly what I wanted to see from submissions.

 

[London Fog]

Heyo! Love your art, just have a quick question.


I haven't got a deviantart, but I've been considering making one for awhile for the sake of looking at other people's artwork and what have you. Would using a newly-made DA to watch you be acceptable?

 

[Ignitedstar]

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[Ignitedstar]

[QUOTE="Aldur Forgehammer]Wonderful! So, for this one opportunity I would like to ask you to draw her!

She's a variant of a character I used for an RP, that I'll use for another. As for the pose and whatnot... I'm not entirely sure. Something funny? Her saying "So many swords up in here." maybe?


I know you've stated that you dislike drawing humans so I apologize for it. But I'd love to see her drawn in someone else's style. I hope you don't mind.

[/QUOTE]
Okay, Aldur. You're next. I want to try this out, because I like her character design.


I want to ask you some questions about her. I have something in mind that I want her doing, but I need to know more about this character before I'm dead set on it. I want to make sure that what she's doing and the situation she's gonna be in is something she'd actually do.


So, who is she? What's her name? Attitude? Her occupation? Is the medium she's in more of a comedy or is it more dramatic?

 

[Chordling]

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[London Fog]

Alright, thank you! I'm TokyoSnow on Deviantart. I'm just going to leave all this here when/if you want to draw this guy.

Spoiler

Alright, so here we have the closest thing I could find to my main RP character, Felix

This guy's face is exactly what I have in mind for Felix (save for the fact that the eyes should be bluer and he should probably be smiling), but his body is another story.


See, the reason I've been searching for art of Felix is because I cannot find a proper image featuring Felix's body type to save my life. Serves me right for wanting to play a slightly overweight character, huh? Not to mention a feminine guy.


So I went over this a lot in his character critique post, but Felix wears a lot of floral-print stuff, as well as pastel colors. Sweaters, button-ups, and t-shirts are great. As long as you can stick to that general theme, I'm gonna leave it up to you. That, and he's a bit overweight. It's not much, just a belly that protrudes a little bit and a somewhat soft body in general. I wish I didn't have to be so picky about this detail, but physically, it's one of my favorite parts about him. It makes him seem so much more believable to me.


And about his personality, I have this ridiculously in-depth... thing... I made on him. It should give you a pretty good feel for who he is as a person. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.


Otherwise, it's all you. Have fun with it, if you can. I know you don't like drawing humans, so I'm sorry to put this on you. You're under no obligation to do it if you're sick of drawing people. Thank you so much!

 

[Sunbather]

Hello! I've just seen this, super dooper nice of you to make other people some beautiful art. I'm LyrixProduction on dA. I think. I have a panda bear avatar. (*U*)


I won't limit you, but I'll try and provide as much reference material as I can to somewhat accurately describe what I'm looking for. If you so decide you'd be up for something human-oid.


Alright, let's start! It'd be a female. I'd absolutely love hair like this or something similar, except in either bright white or vermillion red. Whatever your artistic sense says fits better. I know that picture is kind of generic and tired in roleplays, but yeah. I do like the hairstyle a lot.


For the face, of course, I'll leave you total freedom. I'm sure that's one of the elements that have to come about naturally. Though, if you want a rough reference, then take a look at this. Alternatively, here's some more refs: Ref 1 | Ref 2 | Ref 3 | Ref 4 I think the theme is clear. Kind of stoic and cold, but feminine and soft. If that makes sense? It's late where I live, maybe it doesn't.


As far as clothing is concerned, I'd like a coat kinda like this (Ref) so basically kind of a high collar, the fur on the hood look. I'll very happily take more decorations though. Some torn spots, leather straps, metal rings, mixed-material. Stuff like that. Simple black pants, preferably kinda skinny. Maybe with a rip on the knee. A dark, grey-ish shirt beneath (if you draw the coat open, which I'd prefer) with some torn spots/rips. And I'd love her to have gloves of some sort. Pleeaaase not fingerless. A pair of heavy boots would be super. If you make her a chain around her neck (Like, a normal neckless except's it's literally a chain.) then I'd love you forever x2 instead of one.


Whew... That turned out a little longer than I thought. I didn't know just how much reference is welcomed/tolerated, so I figured too much would be better than too little. Thanks again, even if you don't pick me. Your service here is great and very generous. Keep being you, you!

 

[Aldur]

Okay, Aldur. You're next. I want to try this out, because I like her character design.
I want to ask you some questions about her. I have something in mind that I want her doing, but I need to know more about this character before I'm dead set on it. I want to make sure that what she's doing and the situation she's gonna be in is something she'd actually do.


So, who is she? What's her name? Attitude? Her occupation? Is the medium she's in more of a comedy or is it more dramatic?

Her name's yet to be decided, she's cocky sometimes and likes to bring humor to a sticky situation, but she can get pretty angry. She's a pirate, carrying clawed gauntlets and 4 flintlocks (You don't have to draw those, but I felt you should also know her weapon choices). The medium is more comedic than dramatic, but mostly it's serious.

 

[Ignitedstar]

[QUOTE="Aldur Forgehammer]Her name's yet to be decided, she's cocky sometimes and likes to bring humor to a sticky situation, but she can get pretty angry. She's a pirate, carrying clawed gauntlets and 4 flintlocks (You don't have to draw those, but I felt you should also know her weapon choices). The medium is more comedic than dramatic, but mostly it's serious.

[/QUOTE]
Cool, cool. What kind of shoes do you think she's wearing? I want to do a full body pose, but your reference only shows her from 'til the thighs.


And I think she's wearing some really poofy pants. It COULD be like a skirt/dress, but what exactly is it?


Oh, yeah. And what color are her eyes?

 

[Aldur]

Cool, cool. What kind of shoes do you think she's wearing? I want to do a full body pose, but your reference only shows her from 'til the thighs.
And I think she's wearing some really poofy pants. It COULD be like a skirt/dress, but what exactly is it?


Oh, yeah. And what color are her eyes?

I had another image of her in a full body pose but I'm not on my computer. She's wearing baggy pants and leather boots with normal heels. Her eyes are dark brown and her hair a sort of saturated brown.

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer I've mostly been focusing on her face and the general style of how I want to portray her. I wanted to get a good feel of her facial characteristics so I drew her multiple times to see what I was gonna end up doing in the end. Look at these and tell me what you think:


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The first one was a direct trace of the reference. The next three were NOT traces and were based off of the linework I traced. Removing all of the shading means I get to focus on the lines only.


Picture 2 was interesting because I wanted to make her eyes smaller, but they ended up too small in the end. The almond shape is very reminiscent of the general shape of Asian eyes.


I wanted to turn her head to see what angle I wanted to draw her face in. The third picture was attempting to turn her head to see what her hair would look like if we were looking at her from the other side. Although I soon realized that her hair seems to be designed in such a way where it is seen best in the angle as per the original picture. I drew her face more round in this one, too. Doing so made her look significantly younger.


The fourth picture was me playing around with her face shape, wondering if I wanted something more cartoony.

 

[Sunbather]

The third one looks like incredibly cool concept art of a video game. Dang.