Domoz's Art of Dubious Quailty

Domoz · Feb 9th, 2013, 10:22:03 PM

I'll start off with a hello, how do you do. I'm Domoz, and I'm pretty new to Smogon. I fancy myself an artist sometimes.

Here is, from oldest to newest, some of the pokemon stuff I've done.

Scoliopede and Dustox

Doduo

Theoretical RL team

Raikou

A lot of little doodles

Unknown A

Juicy Fruit · Feb 10th, 2013, 8:14:43 AM

You've got some good stuff here, your colours and shading are all good, and its clear you can produce some decent stuff when you want too.

Be careful of putting in effects for the sake of it though, Raikou is already an alright drawing - the little electrical bolts by his feel just look out of place and tacky. I'd suggest using a proper lightning brush from deviantart or really spending a lot of time painting the bolts, rather than just using a pencil tool as this looks cheap.

You've also shown with your doodles that you can create a variety of poses - good. Now the next step up I'd suggest is trying to work in some texture. You could try and make bisharp look more metallic for example, use sharper more defined lighting etc. Or try adding some fur to your other drawings, either using a fure brush or just by shading.

Keep it up.

Domoz · Feb 11th, 2013, 6:24:00 PM

I'll be the first to admit that I can't really tell when something's tacky or not (Although I can't say the picture would be similar if I ever drew Raikou again- that picture is four months old and I like to think I've improved since then)

Texture wise, I totally agree! I definitely have issues with shading and everything looks like it's made of the same material because of it.

Thank you for the advice!

And something so this post has some more substance

**paintseagull** · Feb 11th, 2013, 10:51:43 PM

Hey, welcome, awesome stuff so far! i love that you experiment with lots of styles. One thing you might wanna try next is an experiment with contrast - both contrasting colours and contrasting lightness and darkness - I can see the contrasting colours already in the "Theoretical RL team" picture. Can't wait to see more!!

Domoz · Feb 15th, 2013, 12:14:59 AM

Taking into account all the critique I've gotten I've tried to make things with a bit more texture and clearer lighting. It's hard to do things differently, though. I always tend to want to blend colors together more (I tried to stop myself). Let it be known that there was an attempt.

This was mostly working with texture

An Idea that popped into my head when thinking about contrast

Besides all the great advice I've gotten so far I also know I need to work on backgrounds, too. (Or draw them at all)

Juicy Fruit · Feb 15th, 2013, 2:22:18 AM

An Idea that popped into my head when thinking about contrast

LOVE this. Nicely drawn, really cool idea. The shading on Lavitar's belly is a bit off, making it look flat. The shadow adds really good perspective, already showing some massive improvement, keep it up!

Although I'd still suggest downloading some more brushes, they really help with texture. Try looking for some fur ones.

andrew3391 · Feb 16th, 2013, 3:45:34 PM

I know it's your oldest, but I really love the stained glass style you did with the scolipede and dusclops, and the wing fans lol. Alos the Flygon is pretty cool and minimalistic, looks like he's flying over a desert. Keep it up! :D

megados · Feb 19th, 2013, 9:03:34 AM

^^this
Love the first ones and I think the larvitar/tyranitar is an amazing idea, but alas I must agree that the larvitar looks a bit fat

Domoz · Feb 20th, 2013, 11:25:02 PM

I dunno, larvitar has gotta be pretty dang chubby after it eats a whole mountain... (but yes I see what you're saying)

RE: Getting new brushes- I have plenty of brushes... I just never use them haha. I think that you're right in that branching out the brushes themselves will help. The bigger issue that I mentioned before is that no matter what brush I use I always want to blend the colors together so it looks more like a gradient/smoother (I do this when I paint with real paint, too). It's just a habit I'm gonna need to break, I guess.

Speaking of that old style of mine, I've slowly been piecing something together that's kind of reminiscent.

A WIP

Also I've seen people posting art that's not just pokemon around here, too?
I do that sometimes, too.

Domoz · Mar 6th, 2013, 11:18:48 PM

A bump with proof that I"m still living and still working on this monster.

...

This WIP doesn't really show everything I've done, since the circles with some of the 2nd and 3rd gen lengends aren't shown at all.
But I'm alive! And busy! But slowly and surely making progress on this thing.

The colors all seem a bit much, but I've messed up and it's a bit to late to change them at this point...

**Pocket** · Mar 7th, 2013, 1:02:41 AM

whoa, that's darn epic! I can appreciate the substantial detail that went into this thing. Looking forward to see the final product, although you would've fooled me if you called this the complete work.

Magistrum · Mar 7th, 2013, 2:08:57 AM

ANYONE who likes flygon gets a luvdisc from me. (^ω^)b

That aside, your art style intrigues me. I have a question though... who are those two pokemon encircling arceus? I initially thought it was mew or buizel or watchog but I can't seem to put my finger on it since this is a mandala of Gen IV legends...

Domoz · Mar 11th, 2013, 12:06:25 AM

@: Magistrum: Thank you! The two around Archeus are Mew and Mewtwo. Hopefully it makes more sense in the finished product:

...

This took nearly 3 weeks to do on and off and I kind of hate looking at it now, haha. I would redo all the colors, if I had the patience. But I'm done tinkering with it so you can see what I decided to end with.

Sæglópur · Mar 11th, 2013, 8:36:24 AM

I love it! Very creative and nicely done. I think it's cool each pokemon has a different pattern on it. It would make an awesome stained glass!

Domoz · Mar 16th, 2013, 12:12:36 AM

Well stained glass whats kind of the style I was going for! Although a lot of the patterns would be nearly impossible to cut into glass.

Also here's a doodle of a fakemon since I don't like making posts without art in them

Feb 9th, 2013, 10:22:03 PM	#1
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	Domoz's Art of Dubious Quailty I'll start off with a hello, how do you do. I'm Domoz, and I'm pretty new to Smogon. I fancy myself an artist sometimes. Here is, from oldest to newest, some of the pokemon stuff I've done. Scoliopede and Dustox If pokemon were stained glass. It's been a while, but I still enjoy drawing in this style from time to time. Doduo This one is pretty old and was mostly an experiment with texture. Theoretical RL team Raikou Not much to say here, just a little Raikou doodle done for someone on tumblr. A lot of little doodles More little guys for tumblr. The fact that I forgot Tropius' banana really bothers me now that I've noticed.... Unknown A Entered this into the art contest for minimalism earlier today. What's more minimal than an unknown, after all?

Feb 11th, 2013, 10:51:43 PM	#4
paintseagull Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 461	Hey, welcome, awesome stuff so far! i love that you experiment with lots of styles. One thing you might wanna try next is an experiment with contrast - both contrasting colours and contrasting lightness and darkness - I can see the contrasting colours already in the "Theoretical RL team" picture. Can't wait to see more!! __________________ paintseagull's art thread!

Feb 16th, 2013, 3:45:34 PM	#7
andrew3391 Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 173 Texas, USA	I know it's your oldest, but I really love the stained glass style you did with the scolipede and dusclops, and the wing fans lol. Alos the Flygon is pretty cool and minimalistic, looks like he's flying over a desert. Keep it up! :D __________________ Deviant Art Page Zazzle Store: AndrewsGoodStuff

Feb 19th, 2013, 9:03:34 AM	#8
megados Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 251 For Narnia	^^this Love the first ones and I think the larvitar/tyranitar is an amazing idea, but alas I must agree that the larvitar looks a bit fat __________________ The bird of Hermes is my name eating my wings to make me tame.

Mar 7th, 2013, 1:02:41 AM	#11
Pocket Bakuman ;< Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,162 Bergenfield	whoa, that's darn epic! I can appreciate the substantial detail that went into this thing. Looking forward to see the final product, although you would've fooled me if you called this the complete work. __________________ Dark Horse Project: Conquer the Ladder! \| Word of Wisdom for Trainers \| Smogon Doubles: Let's Make It Official!

Feb 10th, 2013, 8:14:43 AM	#2
Juicy Fruit Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 124 Here	You've got some good stuff here, your colours and shading are all good, and its clear you can produce some decent stuff when you want too. Be careful of putting in effects for the sake of it though, Raikou is already an alright drawing - the little electrical bolts by his feel just look out of place and tacky. I'd suggest using a proper lightning brush from deviantart or really spending a lot of time painting the bolts, rather than just using a pencil tool as this looks cheap. You've also shown with your doodles that you can create a variety of poses - good. Now the next step up I'd suggest is trying to work in some texture. You could try and make bisharp look more metallic for example, use sharper more defined lighting etc. Or try adding some fur to your other drawings, either using a fure brush or just by shading. Keep it up.

Feb 11th, 2013, 6:24:00 PM	#3
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	I'll be the first to admit that I can't really tell when something's tacky or not (Although I can't say the picture would be similar if I ever drew Raikou again- that picture is four months old and I like to think I've improved since then) Texture wise, I totally agree! I definitely have issues with shading and everything looks like it's made of the same material because of it. Thank you for the advice! And something so this post has some more substance

Feb 15th, 2013, 12:14:59 AM	#5
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	Taking into account all the critique I've gotten I've tried to make things with a bit more texture and clearer lighting. It's hard to do things differently, though. I always tend to want to blend colors together more (I tried to stop myself). Let it be known that there was an attempt. This was mostly working with texture An Idea that popped into my head when thinking about contrast Besides all the great advice I've gotten so far I also know I need to work on backgrounds, too. (Or draw them at all)

Feb 15th, 2013, 2:22:18 AM	#6
Juicy Fruit Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 124 Here	An Idea that popped into my head when thinking about contrast LOVE this. Nicely drawn, really cool idea. The shading on Lavitar's belly is a bit off, making it look flat. The shadow adds really good perspective, already showing some massive improvement, keep it up! Although I'd still suggest downloading some more brushes, they really help with texture. Try looking for some fur ones.

Feb 20th, 2013, 11:25:02 PM	#9
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	I dunno, larvitar has gotta be pretty dang chubby after it eats a whole mountain... (but yes I see what you're saying) RE: Getting new brushes- I have plenty of brushes... I just never use them haha. I think that you're right in that branching out the brushes themselves will help. The bigger issue that I mentioned before is that no matter what brush I use I always want to blend the colors together so it looks more like a gradient/smoother (I do this when I paint with real paint, too). It's just a habit I'm gonna need to break, I guess. Speaking of that old style of mine, I've slowly been piecing something together that's kind of reminiscent. A WIP Also I've seen people posting art that's not just pokemon around here, too? I do that sometimes, too.

Mar 6th, 2013, 11:18:48 PM	#10
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	A bump with proof that I"m still living and still working on this monster. ... This WIP doesn't really show everything I've done, since the circles with some of the 2nd and 3rd gen lengends aren't shown at all. But I'm alive! And busy! But slowly and surely making progress on this thing. The colors all seem a bit much, but I've messed up and it's a bit to late to change them at this point...

Mar 7th, 2013, 2:08:57 AM	#12
Magistrum Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 172 Philippines	ANYONE who likes flygon gets a luvdisc from me. (^ω^)b That aside, your art style intrigues me. I have a question though... who are those two pokemon encircling arceus? I initially thought it was mew or buizel or watchog but I can't seem to put my finger on it since this is a mandala of Gen IV legends... __________________ My deviantART \(ಠ益ಠ)/ My Art Thread \(ಠ益ಠ)/ Fakemon Game Project

Mar 11th, 2013, 12:06:25 AM	#13
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	@: Magistrum: Thank you! The two around Archeus are Mew and Mewtwo. Hopefully it makes more sense in the finished product: ... And there's a version you can zoom in on on anipan, too. There's reasoning why I picked some pokemon to go in and left others out, I swear it. This took nearly 3 weeks to do on and off and I kind of hate looking at it now, haha. I would redo all the colors, if I had the patience. But I'm done tinkering with it so you can see what I decided to end with.

Mar 11th, 2013, 8:36:24 AM	#14
Sæglópur Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 819 UTC-6	I love it! Very creative and nicely done. I think it's cool each pokemon has a different pattern on it. It would make an awesome stained glass! __________________ Trade Thread Art Thread Trading FC: 1378 6592 8570

Mar 16th, 2013, 12:12:36 AM	#15
Domoz Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11	Well stained glass whats kind of the style I was going for! Although a lot of the patterns would be nearly impossible to cut into glass. Also here's a doodle of a fakemon since I don't like making posts without art in them I promise i used d different brush. It was supposed to give it a watercolor effect and I made it look the same as I always do. Whoops :X