pencily

[noelleno]

Dinky sketchbook dump; the pages are again too big for the scanner, sssso...



I have tortillons again lmao why did I ever think I had skill with them before??








Did a little cleaning/reorganizing in my room. More floorspace, made-up bed. Gonna chill in here and see if I can't get more arty sitting like this than I could in the living room chair. WE'LL SEE. I'm just not pleased with this month artistically at all. :\

Comments

[lightpipe.livejournal.com]

omg ... you're so good at shading. o.o;; holy. crap.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

Fffft, thanks 8'| I haven't shaded this way in so long

[iron.livejournal.com]

YOUR SKILLS WITH TORTILLONS ARE FAR GREATER THAN MY SKILLS WITH THEM. Granted, the last time I used a tortillon was when I was in eighth grade, so maybe I should give them another try.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, that shading looks awesome.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

YEAH I HAVEN'T TOUCHED THESE BAD BOYS SINCE LIKE.
DRAWING II CLASS IN MY FRESHMAN COLLEGE YEAR...idk I still feel a little "eh" with it. Then again, this kinda shit would look better if I was using more than one pencil weight amirite :|a

[iron.livejournal.com]

LOL, AT LEAST YOU HAVE DRAWING CLASSES BEHIND YOUR BELT. Last time I took an actual art class was back in middle school, because once I hit high school, I couldn't fit art in because I finished high school in three years. AND NOW THAT I'M AT UNI, I can't take an art class either because my major's requirements max out all my allowable credits. And while I LOVE drawing, I mostly have to learn on my own, through trial and error. GET IT WRONG THREE TIMES, PRAY YOU GET IT RIGHT THE FOURTH TIME.

And yeah, probably! I remember using tortillons with charcoal pencil drawings. It'd probably look amazing if you used some softer pencils in the dark areas and blended them in. BUT LOL, WHAT AM I SAYING, I ONLY EVER USE MY BFF THE MECHANICAL PENCIL, SO. What is pencil weight.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

Oh man that's unfortunate. :( Do you think there'll be a spot opened up for you eventually to try a drawing class? They're really handy (even if drawing chairs and bikes is annoying as HALE). But shoot, you get good by doing, in and out of a studio so power to you. :|b

Aa pencil weight is like...how on every test people use 2B pencils? There's different weights like F, H, 2H, B, etc...F is really effin' light and 8B is like the darkest pencil you can get. So you can get lots and lots of tones that way. :V I have a set somewhere but damned if I can remember where I put them in this hideous room. They were v handy.

[iron.livejournal.com]

No, definitely not. I have my classes all planned out for me. Basically, university gives me a list of things I'm supposed to register for each semester, and that's what I register for. HELL, I DON'T EVEN REGISTER FOR CLASSES MYSELF ANYMORE, THEY DO IT FOR ME. I just get a schedule each semester, all, "here you go! :D Hope you like it, because you can't change anything!" BEING A PHARMACY MAJOR SUCKS IN THIS RESPECT. No flexibility whatsoever. /is forever a lab rat

... NO, THAT. THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION, I KNOW WHAT PENCIL WEIGHT IS. /DIES I have a small set of pencils, 3H, HB, 3B, 5B, 6B and a few more which I can't remember. I've used them before, they ARE handy, but I rarely bust them out because I tend to draw on printer paper, and they tend to smudge in all the wrong ways on it. So I just stick to my mechanical 2B pencil.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

oH


SORRY ABOUT THAT LMAO :'|


But hale also sorry about that strictlikewhoa schedule. :[ College perk is supposed to be being able to ~choose your destiny isn't it.,

[iron.livejournal.com]

HAHA, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. 8)

And yeah, it is, but I don't get to experience it. Pharmacy just has so many classes to take, and not many sections of each subject are offered each term so it's easier for them to give us block schedules instead of having us register and then have classes close out on us. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ALL, "WHEN I GET TO COLLEGE I AM GOING TO PICK CLASSES SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO GET UP AT 7 AM EACH MORNING AWWW YEAH"

AND NOW THAT I'M ACTUALLY IN COLLEGE

I GET UP BETWEEN 4-4:30 AM TO GO TO CLASS. LMFAO, MY LIFE.

[candlejack.livejournal.com]

LMFAO THE LAST ONE IS SO CUTE...

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

Drowning always is man I'll tell you whut
Ps welcome back

[candlejack.livejournal.com]

can i drown you

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

that's implying i'm not already cute

[candlejack.livejournal.com]

weeeeeell.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

Get out

[candlejack.livejournal.com]

:>

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

[thanoodles.livejournal.com]

THE FIRST ONE IS AMAZING

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

STIFF, CLUNKY, CHEAP PRACTICE, ETC

[thanoodles.livejournal.com]

your face, my fist, etc.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

domestic abuse hotline, police, etc

[thanoodles.livejournal.com]

grabbing officers, flipping them, etc

[theliel.livejournal.com]

i think the fully shaded first one is nice.

You're already a better artist thatn 88% of the internetz.
You're certianly better than a good half of the 'professionals' I've seen at shows.

Keep at it. When you're awesome you will then just explode onto the scene, and no one will know what hit them.

[noelleno.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't put myself THAT high, considering how many pros have web presence...And how many pros are actually really really good 8'|

But thank you for your encouragement!

[theliel.livejournal.com]

The web is home to numerious talented and awesome people.

But when you're looking at the web it means you are playing on the world stage.

Things get a might differnt when you scale down to say, Edenburgh University post-graduate art show.

[aymiah]

well I've esp. liked this month akshully o.o so

[dwimmer.livejournal.com]

/EATS YOUR PENCILS

[okura-chan.livejournal.com]

Well I'm pleased with this month.

I really love your shading. ♥