The Detective's Sketchbook

[Vytanni_Throttlenight]

Erik: I see... My apologies.

[Nola_Applequill1]

Erik: (Freezes, his miss-matched eyes widening) I.. was unaware of my squishiness...

OH MY GOOD GRACIOUS I JUST LIRLED AND AM STILL LIRLING

[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

@Gloria_Oldenpinner, your artwork is FANTASTIC

Th-thank you!

Those roses are SO pretty!

Thanks! I've never really drawn roses, I'm glad these ones turned out.

Erik: (Pulls lever and disappears into the abyss of his realm, still muttering feverishly)

It's okay dude, I can't accept compliments either.

[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

Okay, so I already showed this to Stan since I didn't know how long the forums would be down, but HERE YOU GO @STANLEY_DUCKSHOE/@JULIE_MARTIN!!! You get your picture a second time, how 'bout that!

[Nola_Applequill1]

OH MY WORD THAT FACE. IS. AWESOME.

[Ava_Tinnight1]

Dies of awesome possumnness.

SKWURL it's . So. Beautiful!

[Eerie_Coppernight]

I'm so sorry,_{but that is such a precious little face.}

[Nola_Applequill1]

Agreed!

[Julie_Martin]

And it's MY face.

but that is such a precious little face.

THAT FACE. IS. AWESOME.

[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

We love you and your face, Stanlily!

[Julie_Martin]

Aw, y'all are really sweet.

[Emman_Jumpsong1]

that just looks awesome

[Lizzy_Ironcraft]

@Gloria_Oldenpinner these.............drawings.......... are..............

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and when I read through this topic my jaw lost to gravity, and fell to the floor. I had to use 20 bottles of super glue and 5 roles of duck tape to re-connect it to my face. (JK)

do you have any drawing tips you can give me?

[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

I hope your face is okay! Thank you so much for the encouragement! I get excited to draw whenever I see people commenting on my work.

do you have any drawing tips you can give me?

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There are a lot of tips I've used over the years and a lot of tips I've given to other people; so it's a hard question for me to answer sometimes None of the tips I give out are cure-alls for drawing, but they do help!

1. Referencing. It saves lives. Reference real life people, objects, base figures, trace the shapes of what you draw, you name it! (Although be careful what you post online. Make sure it's original!)

2. Practice Even just a doodle helps. Oh, and try to draw from your shoulder move than just your wrist and elbow. Loosen up, lengthen those strokes, draw!!

3. Draw Softly Do. Not. Press Down. On That Paper. Your drawings will build up with layering, and layering adds more depth to your drawings. Layering is life, layering is like the toppings on your pizza. But don't smash your pencil into the paper. You won't be able to erase it and it makes your drawings look stiff.

Hope these help!

[Lizzy_Ironcraft]

thanks! that helps a lot! also I almost died of laughter when I read this!

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[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

Hewwo...

So, I was thinking about my art the other day (as one does) and I realized it's been, like, two years since I posted my art on here for the first time. (Two years and exactly three months, to be exactly exact) And I thought, hey, why don't I redraw some of my old art? I've been doing that a lot lately and it's been really fun. Originally I didn't plan on posting the redraws on here, but I thought it'd be fun to compare them and kinda have like a Throwback Thursday sorta thing. Even though it's Saturday. ack i talk too much

Anywho, here are three redraws of some of the first ever Aetherlight commissions I did. They're not as refined as most of my official art, (apologies) and the blurry webcam photos don't really help with that (okay now I'm just stalling) but I hope they bring y'all happy feelings like drawing them did for me.

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@May_Otterview

2017

2019

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@Ilayne_Merespark

2017

2019

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@Skybie_Jumpdust1

2017

2019

[Gloria_Oldenpinner]

Hmm. . . the 2017 pictures were supposed to be in summaries. Not sure what I did wrong... oh well.

[Lark_Darkheart]

oh my gosh! those look amazing!

click this.

[Lila_Lightcraft]

I'd say you've done amazing in improving your art in two years!

[Jane_Gogglerubble]

I love how dynamic your 2019 poses are! Great work!