A Better dump

[ZennyPLUS]

Added your song to my list of "music to listen to while gaming".

[GhostingFish]

Added your song to my list of "music to listen to while gaming".

thanks broski. Glad you like it c:





"DJ GhostingFish - The Creed of the Knights of the Winter snow"
DJ GhostingFish - The Creed of the Knights of the Winter snow

[GhostingFish]

"Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [Recomposed]"

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1762/9550Rj_Nausicaa%20of%20the%20Vally%20of%20the%20Wind.mp3



Enjoy because this took me forever to compose and master. The opening theme from the Manga movie "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" from the mid 80's. 

[rtil]

a good movie and a good composition

[GhostingFish]

Dragonfly Girl "sexy heels" concept


just a thingy i drew.. it sucks to be honest..

[BluPhoenix]

looks like angel in psylocke's clothes with elektra's accessories 

[naturally]

you always draw the weirdest poses and i have no idea why

[GhostingFish]

you always draw the weirdest poses and i have no idea why

Why not. Maybe I should just draw mugshots all my life. idk. Like I said. Why not?

[ZennyPLUS]

looks like angel in psylocke's clothes with elektra's accessories 

you always draw the weirdest poses and i have no idea why

you always draw the weirdest poses and i have no idea why

Why not. Maybe I should just draw mugshots all my life. idk. Like I said. Why not?

It's not a bad pose, it's just the lack of a background that gives the impression of floating and unevenness. She's a cutie and I think stu got down the description quite well.

[naturally]

Why not?

because it looks unnatural. you seem to think i'm trying to tell you draw blandly but that's kind of the opposite.

[dilly]

I think what stu is trying to say is that the pose seems somewhat impossible when you look at it in a skeletal point of view

the image on the left shows that the character's back is arched when following the flow with the hips. This gives it that leaning look we always talk about. now, the image  on the right was modified so that the hips aligned with the shoulders, allowing the spine to flow comfortably while still retaining that female s figure you were trying to accomplish.

i'm not an expert in the subject matter, but i think you'll have less balancing issues if you try to align the shoulders of your character relatively to where that character's hips are.

(i also hope this makes sense :I)

[naturally]

yeah that's partially what i'm getting at. i only mean to be constructive though. the way they're posed in most of them just look uncomfortable, that's all.

[GhostingFish]

Thanks a lot Dilly for pointing that out! >< ive been getting too cough-up in attempting to build my own style vs working on realism then doing what I feel right. This help a lot and I thank you a bunch for pointing it out! Not that easy learning by your self in a busy busy world.



and on to other news, I am writing a novel composing an OST and music callobs with a few noted musicians. :I bla. that is all. 

[GhostingFish]

"The creed of the Knights of the Winter snow" [DEMO]
based off of a novel I am writing.
http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1762/216Ub8_me.mp3

[Hnilmik]

Regarding the weird pose(s), it's the wonky anatomy that's getting me. Keep in mind that there's a fine line between style and misconceptions, and though there're a couple ideas on what style itself means, as a whole, it shines more when you know what you're doing, so get a better idea of the "rules" of anatomy. That way, when you bend them (not break them), our eyes will be more drawn to how your pieces are (theoretically, stylistically) meant to be seen and less drawn to the "mistakes".

In example, the first things that my eyes were drawn to were the neck and shoulders. Why? The ribcage is turned one way, while the character's left shoulder/arm is... Seemingly disconnected/dislocated from its socket as it's closer to the viewer than the other arm. The neck doesn't look as turned as you're trying to do; If anything, it looks like it's sprouting out diagonally from the body/chest instead of connected to or arching from the spinal chord. In a way, the head/neck/arms are from one body and the rest are from another and they're fused together in a strange way.

While we could take it a step further and talk about the awkward poses in terms of balance (ex: everyone looking like they're falling), I think it's best that you work on the anatomy end first so the rest can follow. Besides, that's POSSIBLY a planes thing.

tl;dr "...the neck bone's connected to the--" ~♪

[GhostingFish]

Thanks for your input!

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[Space ambient demo]

Who said that love cant be away from our home planet?

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1762/254Oc0_space2.mp3




[Creed of the Knights of the Winter snow (fast mix)]

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1762/254Uv4_the%20cvvvvvvvvreed.mp3



[Winter's Core (demo)]

http://www.thebackalleys.com/dump/files/1762/5453mC_winter%27s%20core.mp3

[Hnilmik]

THIS is why everyone thinks your characters look like they're gonna fall over.

http://fyuvix.deviantart.com/art/Tutorial-Pose-and-Body-52081569

Hopefully this helps, since I strangely thought of your drawings the moment I saw this.

[trent bortknob]

do life drawing. some people swear by it and act like it's the best thing ever. some people say it does nothing.

i say it does a lot of good. i lost interest in drawing, but when i started life drawing my skills improved drastically and rapidly. focus on life drawing and just being able to construct the human form. after you can actually draw well, style will just come naturally. it's good to have a good foundation before you start fucking with stylistic shit though.

that's my artistic advice.

[ZennyPLUS]

do life drawing. some people swear by it and act like it's the best thing ever. some people say it does nothing.

i say it does a lot of good. i lost interest in drawing, but when i started life drawing my skills improved drastically and rapidly. focus on life drawing and just being able to construct the human form. after you can actually draw well, style will just come naturally. it's good to have a good foundation before you start fucking with stylistic shit though.

that's my artistic advice.

You got it, drawing from life is the best place to start.

[GhostingFish]

Thanks for the link Hnilmik! And for Trent, I have all the ambition of doing lifedrawing but the problems is that i am way too lazy to start. :I I have soo many print-outs and pdf's on figure and life drawing you would think that I am a pro lol but im not. On that note. I shall start this weekend! Thanks for your input you guys!