My Doodles :)

[sweetie_sheng]

My old doodles.. some I gave as freebies and had the chance to save a photograph of them and some I doodles while at work and noone's looking haha! =]
I'll be uploading more since this is my way to divert my attention from grabbing all those SM!
I'm really not into coloring my art, i usually just use charcoal, pencils or even plain ballpen.
But i saw

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[evilcatsterer]

I like the Saturn one at the top, so cute! ^^
I'm with you on the whole not-too-much-into-coloring thing (my sketch books are 99% pencil/pen, not so much color). My preference for color though is generally colored pencil. I personally use Prismacolors--they're expensive, but they're soooo worth it, and they last forever (with the exception of the overused colors, like basic red, yellow, blue, skin tones, black, which you can pick up single color pencils at a craft store like Michaels). They have a softer lead then the regular pencils in the store, so they tend to look better in overall presentation, and they're so much easier to work with (and they blend so pretty!). They take a bit of getting used to, lots of playing around, figuring what works, what looks best, but once you get the hang of it, things look really good (example ^^)

Btw I like how the layout is coming along ^^

[sunsetecho]

Ahhh, I love how you did the hair in that picture, the lineart and shading are wonderful! How long did it take you to get used to coloring with Prismacolors? I haven't really tried working with them all too much (see my other comment below), and it's such a waste since I think I have like 80-something pencils lying dormant in my pencil case.

[evilcatsterer]

Thanks ^^
Well I first started fiddling with them AGES ago, like before high school.. I had a couple icky drawing classes in high school, but we used Prismacolors in there, and I guess that helped a little.. It mostly just takes experimenting, and lots of it. Spend an hour or two just scribbling out colors, using different angles, different pressures, blend different colors, see what you like best.
What I tend to do is start with the dark areas, fill in the shadows fairly lightly (pressing slightly harder for the really dark areas), and if you have any highlighted parts (like shiny hair, shiny parts in skin) color those in HARD with white. Then pick out what you want your middle color to be, kind of your base color, and go over the whole area with medium pressure, with the exception of the really light areas. Then pick a light color and go over the whole thing with fairly hard pressure. I generally go over the shiny parts again with white once its done. Most of the time I ink them before I color them, but not always. ;)

[sweetie_sheng]

how much does it usually costs?? i'm planning to buy this set for art supplies to learn how to blend in colors and such :
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OIL-ACRYLIC-W-C-PAINTING-EASEL-300-ART-SUPPLIES-NR_W0QQitemZ270262109734QQihZ017QQcategoryZ20158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but they end like $60+++

im not sure if it's worth it. oohh i love your art! i'm a big fan of you and krutoineshi (lol forgive my memory on spelling) lol

oh, give me your email, i'll send the files and codes. i'll be making juggernaute's LJ next! :) *hugs*

[evilcatsterer]

Expensive o.o Though for what you get, it ended at a pretty decent price, even with shipping considered.
Anyway, for starting out, my suggestion would be to pick up a starter set, something like this (obviously you can choose a cheaper brand, Liquitex is more expensive, but its good. There are tons of brands out there that have sets that have your basic colors and come with a book to teach you different techniques and such. Also, I'd definitely start with acrylics.. I haven't played with oils, but I hear they're a pain XD) You may also want to start out with some canvas boards instead of stretched canvases, as the boards are nice and stiff so you don't need an easel to use them (you don't -need- an easel really for painting at all, but it makes it a lot easier.. I've been painting for years, and I only recently (last few years) got an easel (I got a table easel, very nifty, I can use it anywhere, more stable than a regular standing easel, and mine has a box in it to store my paints and brushes ^^). Plus canvas boards are cheaper. :D

[sweetie_sheng]

yeah, i think you're right. i don't want to spend too much and not really use it often. like what i did with my camera. Okay, so i can buy a prismacolor (not sure if it's correct). the basic colors and then just blend them together? how do you blend it? brush? water? lol! sorry... so new at this. =\

we have michael's here over at sugar land which is a few minutes away from m house, i can go there sometime next week i guess. thanks for the sample! I will buy those soon! i'm getting excited by the minute.

im sending the codes as we speak! :) hope you like the output =]
*hugz*

[evilcatsterer]

Well its not quite blending like you would with paint.. Its more overlaying one color with another, like fairly lightly color in an area, and go over parts of it with a different color, so you'll see both colors.. use different pressures when coloring so the colors kind of fade into eathother fairly seamlessly.

[sweetie_sheng]

alrayt, i'll take your advice. i'll find some here at the local stores. i'm doing a cosmos and esm fanart right now. you inspired me to do so! haha she's so pretty... i'll update my lj and use another one tomorrow =] is the lj looking good on your side? let me know okay so that we can make the necessary changes. =]

[evilcatsterer]

She is terribly pretty ^^ I want to cosplay her so bad, but I have so many other things ahead of her (like my WIP Princess Sailor Moon costume and my next in line live action Queen Beryl costume)
The problems I'm having are the spacing on the left between the edge of the page and the side bar, the width of the main entry part, and I noticed also the color of the bar at the bottom of each entry (the one with like number of comments, reply, link, edit, etc) is so dark you can hardly read the links o.o
Other than that, it looks fabulous, really ^^*