Oh no HenryRichard tried to draw! (and also use GIMP)

[HenryRichard]

I draw sometimes, and it turns out okayish occasionally.

Andario: Journey Poster (aka why I don't draw very many people):

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Super Mario Scribbly World Tileset:

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Rinka Fanart:

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Pikachu:

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Don't eat my cake:

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I may or may not take requests, depending on how many I get. (Probably won't get too many though)

[Cheeyev]

I've seen far worse arts, actually, but let me give my opinion on these arts:
"Andario: Journey Poster (aka why I don't draw very many people)": Eh, it's okay, although the name confuses me. So, is it just "Andario" or "And Ario" like "& Knuckles"?
"Super Mario Scribbly World Tileset": I assume they're like refs for the levels and such, since you can't really copy and paste paper drawings without tracing and such?
"Rinka Fanart": Okay, to be honest, I laughed at this one, not due to how bad it is (No offense), but it's like trying to take over the world or something there.
"Pikachu": And it's the older chubbier one, no less! Its ears and tail look kind of swelled, though, and the legs look a bit tall. At least it isn't ridiculously tall like those tall Pikachu images I've seen, that's for sure.
"Don't eat my cake": Only people who played the Portal games will likely really get this one, although I'm sure some others will too since they already likely heard of it.

Anyways, what requests do you do?

[perhaps]

That's better than what I can do. Congrats.

[HenryRichard]

*lots of text*

Thanks for the feedback! Andario is the main character in my current project. (I could give you a long history lesson on why I have him named that but you probably don't wanna hear it).

And if anyone just suggested I make something I'd probably draw it just for the fun of it.

That's better than what I can do. Congrats.

I'm sure that if you worked hard and you really wanted to do well you could be much better than me. I do appreciate the complement though.

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In other news, here's a really weird looking Kirby meeting one of Wispy Wood's distant relatives.

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[perhaps]

oh jeez that nose

[Zipper]

The thread title says it pretty well, really. You tried.

In all seriousness, one advice I can give you right now is : fix your lines. Right now it looks like you tried VERY carefully to draw curved lines (Hint : draw curved lines by PULLING the pencil ,and the straight lines by PUSHING it) and just went "eh this is good enough", leaving your lines as extremely janky and crooked. When doing line-art, it's an acceptable idea to sketch repeatedly over an area till you get something satisfactory out of it. That is to say, when drawing a line, if it's not perfect the first time, just draw it over and over (without erasing the old layers) until it eventually averages out to look more tolerable(which it will). The end result will look a lot rougher, but you'll have successfully managed to create basic shapes for your drawings, and that will allow you to re-trace your steps, this time having a point of reference which you can use to get a better grip for your drawings. I'd talk about incorrect anatomy as well, but I guess you can currently avoid that by looking at a reference while drawing, so you know...do that.

also where is andario's neck

[HenryRichard]

also where is andario's neck

necks are overrated

In all seriousness, thank you for the constructive criticism. I'll be sure to remember it when I'm doing the line art.

[HenryRichard]

I tried to take Zipper's advice (though I really should have looked at a reference for mario because he looks like a creepy guy you might find on the side of a road, except really short) and I drew Forest of Illusion 2 (I think). It's just a monochrome sketch because I don't want to color it, though I may redo it later with color:

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[Ecruteak]

That Forest of Illusion 2 doesn't actually even look all that bad! Mario still looks a little off, though.

[_Lian_]

Although you seem like a really nice guy judging from your writing and your reception to criticism, but I'm gonna give you a completely subjective, maybe idiotic, definitely not constructive, but offensive rating: Me, personally, I find them horrible.
Thanks for your attention.

[PixelPest]

Although you seem like a really nice guy judging from your writing and your reception to criticism, but I'm gonna give you a completely subjective, maybe idiotic, definitely not constructive, but offensive rating: Me, personally, I find them horrible.
Thanks for your attention.

If you think it's offensive, why did you post it? At least say why you think they're horrible

[_Lian_]

Although you seem like a really nice guy judging from your writing and your reception to criticism, but I'm gonna give you a completely subjective, maybe idiotic, definitely not constructive, but offensive rating: Me, personally, I find them horrible.
Thanks for your attention.

If you think it's offensive, why did you post it? At least say why you think they're horrible

Because I wanted to state my opinion, as far as I know, I'm allowed to do that here.

And it should be quite obvious, the proportions, the lines, the wiggly style, the 3D effects that seem like the one of a fifth grader, sorry, but this is not really art in my opinion.

[Zeldamaster12]

LordKofu, if you don't have any actual criticism, and you're just posting for the sake of being rude, I suggest you don't post at all. There's a difference between stating your opinion and being a jerk.

[HenryRichard]

I'm fine with you telling me it's horrible, as you're completely welcome to have an opinion. It would be really nice if you told me how to improve, because just telling me it's terrible doesn't help me get better in the slightest.

[HenryRichard]

I made some desktop backgrounds.
And by made I mean took some preexisting ones and edited them to be 80% more ironic.

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[_Lian_]

Missing GNU/Linux.

[Akyuu]

The last draw (cake) reminded the existency of this

thanks

[HenryRichard]

Missing GNU/Linux.

That's a good point. I'll see what I can do.
EDIT: I'm aware I already parodied this wallpaper but I don't really care.

[SteeveRec]

Where did you those pics?

[FireyPaperMario]

These arts looks okay in my opinion. Just keep practicing on your traditional art. ^.^')