Kitkat Art Thread 2013 [Edit: Nov 8]

• Kitkat wrote on 2013-04-28 08:32
  I rarely update my deviantart, being because I have only been recently informed about this wonderful existence known as an "attention span". I seem to be lacking one, and thus, only have the patience for doodles.
  
  All pictures posted on this thread will be available on my deviantart account, in my scraps if incomplete.
  
  ::Currently working on::
  Profile of Erru, my "main", with her custom-modified flamerider.
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  [Image: http://i43.tinypic.com/1gr3ty.png]

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  A something.
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  [Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/2v0gvnc.png]

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  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/ahGMvlJ.png]

  
  Photoshop Elements 5.0 was not meant for fancy linearts and stuff and so doing lineart is always insanely annoying.
  I HATE LINEARTING HAIR. GGGRRRR.:shoe:
  
  This annoying little thing that I promised for King a while back. Unfortunately, the shading is giving me absolute grief right now, and I can't get myself to work on more than 1 stroke.
  I'll post a WIP when I can find where the hell I put the file. (I'm bad at losing things...)
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-04-28 09:05
  I find it amusing how so many people use pixel art as avatars in DA..
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-04-28 12:25
  Pixel art is awesome, yo.
  And your IMG link is broken!
• Kitkat wrote on 2013-04-28 22:23

  Quote from Mentosftw;1077609:

  I find it amusing how so many people use pixel art as avatars in DA..

  Well, to be fair, it's all just pixels, so everybody uses pixel art. :Smoke2:
  
  

  Quote from Yoorah:

  And your IMG link is broken!

  
  Fixed with a tinypic url.
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-04-28 22:35
  It seems the painstaking work you put into the line art paid off really well so far. :)
  I can already see this turning out really awesome. *_*
  
  btw, I'd use imgur instead of tinypic. You just load the site, drag the file into the browser window and click upload. o/
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-04-28 22:36

  Quote from Kitkat;1078070:

  Well, to be fair, it's all just pixels, so everybody uses pixel art. :Smoke2:

  
  
  There's a very strict criteria that separates pixel art from other digital media.
  
  Anyways, before I derail this even more, I wanna say that your style is pretty good! I like how natural the lines look, keep up the good work.
• Kitkat wrote on 2013-04-28 22:39

  Quote from Mentosftw;1078084:

  There's a very strict criteria that separates pixel art from other digital media.
  
  Anyways, before I derail this even more, I wanna say that your style is pretty good! I like how natural the lines look, keep up the good work.

  
  Mind if I ask what exactly you mean by this?
  
  I'm very bad at describing things, but I love the way that I do my lineart too. (When I have the patience for it...)
• Mentosftw wrote on 2013-04-28 22:43
  Well, the lines don't look heavily edited and are a result of a good pen hand.
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-04-28 23:02
  I like the varying thickness/shading on the lines. :3
• Jedo wrote on 2013-04-29 00:45
  Super good in my opinion! I never knew you were such a talented artist!
• Tropa wrote on 2013-04-29 01:07
  I was expecting pictures of Kitkats :(
  
  still good artwork tho!
• Kitkat wrote on 2013-04-29 01:29

  Quote from Mentosftw;1078095:

  Well, the lines don't look heavily edited and are a result of a good pen hand.

  
  I see I've become quite deceptive. :chin:
  
  The lines are heavily edited. Photoshop Elements 5 has crappy Aliasing, so I can't get the particular beauty of a line without tempering with the sharpness after I've drawn the line. Not to mention that my hands are incredibly unsteady (I can't draw a straight line to save my life!), and it takes a lot of drawing and then erasing to make the line look smooth, which is why the lineart takes so much effort. I'm very glad that you can't tell unless I mention it though. It means that I'm succeeding. :D
  
  Edit:
  
  Got a little bit farther with the lineart, and a preview without the sketch underneath. I constantly check what it's like without the sketch to make sure it's good.
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/ahGMvlJ.png]

  
  
  Also decided to try using Imgur. I'll see how this goes...
• Elleanior wrote on 2013-05-20 20:51
  I sketched a something.
  
  

  [Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/2v0gvnc.png]
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-05-20 22:12
  Broken link. Linking to dA sucks. :P
• Elleanior wrote on 2013-05-22 02:22

  Quote from Yoorah;1092549:

  Broken link. Linking to dA sucks. :P

  
  
  That it does. Fixed.