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22 Jun 2010, 11:14 pm

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23 Jun 2010, 10:29 am

I'm still getting the hang of drawing in the GIMP program. Here is the result:

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23 Jun 2010, 10:58 am

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The general's father: President Peter B. Creedon Senior. This is in 1889.



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23 Jun 2010, 11:49 am

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It's MILLICENT KING!



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24 Jun 2010, 10:40 am

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Mildred King. Millicent King's sister. She's the nicer one of the two.



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24 Jun 2010, 5:39 pm

First of all, inserting a thinly veiled version of me into your story doesn't make you look creative. It just makes you look like a vindictive jerk. (Also, I'm really, really creeped out that you did that.)

Onto the criticisms:
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1. She has the proportions of someone with dwarfism.
2. Her hands are too small.
3. She has no forehead or chin.
4. Corsets are supposed to give their wearer an hourglass figure. She doesn't seem to have any sort of discernible body shape.
5. Her ears are too high up.

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1.The guy is really, really out of proportion. His hands are tiny compared to the rest of his body, and his arms are too short. His face looks decent though, although he doesn't have a chin or a forehead.
2. The woman is also lacking a chin and forehead, and her ears are too high.

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Her body and hands are completely disproportionate, and once again, she doesn't have a chin or forehead. Also, her arms are too short. I can't even tell whether she has facial hair or if you were attempting to give her some shading.

You've mentioned in the class that you're planning on taking drawing classes. If you take a class, people are going to give you feedback, and it won't be completely positive. You'll also have to rework your drawings based on their feedback. Consider this post to be preparation.


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24 Jun 2010, 10:03 pm

There are graphic forms that imitate life closely and are impressive in their capability to do so. There are graphic forms that are interesting because of their design qualities and because of the distortion of proportions. There is nothing wrong with either one and there is impressive art in both kinds. Norman Rockwell did impressive work in realistic art. Picasso worked in form distortion and design. There is great design value in your art and it does not need photo reality.



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25 Jun 2010, 1:03 am

Sand wrote:
There are graphic forms that imitate life closely and are impressive in their capability to do so. There are graphic forms that are interesting because of their design qualities and because of the distortion of proportions. There is nothing wrong with either one and there is impressive art in both kinds. Norman Rockwell did impressive work in realistic art. Picasso worked in form distortion and design. There is great design value in your art and it does not need photo reality.


Thank you Sand, you're more of a teacher than anyone else. You have honorary citizenship to the Creedon Republic.



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25 Jun 2010, 1:05 am

Delirium wrote:
First of all, inserting a thinly veiled version of me into your story doesn't make you look creative. It just makes you look like a vindictive jerk. (Also, I'm really, really creeped out that you did that.)

Onto the criticisms:
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1. She has the proportions of someone with dwarfism.
2. Her hands are too small.
3. She has no forehead or chin.
4. Corsets are supposed to give their wearer an hourglass figure. She doesn't seem to have any sort of discernible body shape.
5. Her ears are too high up.

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1.The guy is really, really out of proportion. His hands are tiny compared to the rest of his body, and his arms are too short. His face looks decent though, although he doesn't have a chin or a forehead.
2. The woman is also lacking a chin and forehead, and her ears are too high.

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Her body and hands are completely disproportionate, and once again, she doesn't have a chin or forehead. Also, her arms are too short. I can't even tell whether she has facial hair or if you were attempting to give her some shading.

You've mentioned in the class that you're planning on taking drawing classes. If you take a class, people are going to give you feedback, and it won't be completely positive. You'll also have to rework your drawings based on their feedback. Consider this post to be preparation.


Actually, she's been around longer than I've known about you. So, she's entirely new to you. I'm no jerk, actually dear if you got to know me, I'm actually a nice guy.

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Some pointers
#1 She's wearing an 1880's style corset. This being 1885.
#2 The general is angry at his mother for being there, because she's domineering, and is a b***h.
#3 The general's father is happy he won the election of '84 to get a second term.
#4 She's drinking creme de menthe. One of MY favorite liqueurs.
#5 I was happy making this. You'd appreciate my literature more. I would assume, but I don't know if you're a book type of gal. The title of my first collection of short stories is called: Peter and Sam: two Creedonian heroes. I also have a screenplay in progress.



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25 Jun 2010, 1:40 am

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An oldie but goodie.



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25 Jun 2010, 7:19 am

Ackman wrote:
Sand wrote:
There are graphic forms that imitate life closely and are impressive in their capability to do so. There are graphic forms that are interesting because of their design qualities and because of the distortion of proportions. There is nothing wrong with either one and there is impressive art in both kinds. Norman Rockwell did impressive work in realistic art. Picasso worked in form distortion and design. There is great design value in your art and it does not need photo reality.


Thank you Sand, you're more of a teacher than anyone else. You have honorary citizenship to the Creedon Republic.


Translation: He's a better teacher because he tells me how amazing my artwork is.

I'm sorry, but someone who constantly tells you how great your artwork is without some concrit to balance it out isn't a good teacher. They're not helping you improve, they're just encouraging you to stick with the same bad habits.

I may not be the nicest person ever, but at least I'm trying to help you improve.


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25 Jun 2010, 8:53 am

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25 Jun 2010, 9:42 am

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