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Published: 2012-04-11 03:31:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 16453; Favourites: 247; Downloads: 97
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Mickey has been up almost all night trying to find an answer to the Nightmares and what the prophecy really means. Minnie wakes up seeing that she's sleeping by herself. She finds him the library studying. He's exhausted, his eyes are droopy with dark circles, and he's ready to dose off. But he's trying his hardest to find the answers. Minnie puts her arms around her dearest love telling him to come to bed.This is a illustration of sorts for one of my updated chapters. [link]
I just thought it was a cute thought, I just had to draw it.
But I wanted it simple. That's why it lacks a background and the shading is basic.
EDIT!!! I added in more shading, more light, and a background.
Mickey and Minnie Mouse © Disney
p.s. . . . . Recognize the lamp? ^^
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Why is Minnie wearing a hair net? Does she even have any hair?
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She does in 'Three Musketeers'. 33.media.tumblr.com/178601557a…
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What would Mickey and his friends look like as humans?
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I don't know, but I do know that many other artist have drawn what they would look like.
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and if I may ask have you gave it atry yet I was wondering if you could draw Max Goofy son as human child if you want to that is?
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omg when i see this it reminds me of "Harold and Kumar go to white castle" when kumars fantasizing about the bag of weed, and the bag of weed is like a person and gives him coffee and he slaps her and says "bitch learn how to make coffee you fucking whore!" lol
here it is
[link]
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...The hell!? O_e
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She has bangs in curlers.
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I'm pretty sure that's her skin o.O
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Actually Minnie has a fringe here: [link]
But I'll agree it doesn't look as much like hair as it could.
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I thought it was skin too.
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While I admit the other piece was nice in a simple way, this entry looks much better with the extra detail added!
Hate to nitpick though, but the pages seem too white, I'd imagine they would be more like off-white or even a little yellowed (and perhaps tattered-ish)... no need to fix it now, though if you ever decide to do a "draw again", I'd hope you keep that in mind
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I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet, but this composition is really flat. You have a straight-on view of the table/desk where Mickey's seated and then there's a wall right behind him. Which means a lot of straight lines. So, there's not a lot of dimension to this. No space. I think you saw that and tried putting the objects on the desk to create a sense of more space. But it didn't really work.
Strong diagonals can help make a more interesting composition. Also a repoussoir . Like, if you put the table at an angle and included the edge of the table in the foreground, it would create more of a sense of space. It doesn't have to be a really dramatic angle, but just something a little more interesting than a straight line. Here's a quick sketch that I did to illustrate what I mean. Also, I brought Minnie up a little higher since she's supposed to be standing, isn't she? I guess she kind of makes another diagonal with her arms. As you may see, with the table at the diagonal, the objects on the table aren't quite as integral to the composition anymore.
Another thing: I'm not sure the lamp's at a good spot. It seems kind of cramped off to the side. Maybe if you made the canvas a little larger and included more of it/moved it up a little higher so the base isn't sitting in the corner of the picture?
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This is an amazing tip. I use this in my photography work; be it every day shots or professional event shots. It adds so much depth and character to an image. It makes it new and interesting.
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very good points. i was too busy focusing on the complete lack of soul in the characters to even acknowledge the composition.
composition is probably one of the trickier, more hit-and-miss figures of art to learn about lol
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Thanks. Yes, composition is difficult. I've taken two classes on it specifically and I still get my storyboards and layouts ripped apart. 
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I should mention that a repoussoir =/= equal a diagonal line necessarily, I just threw that in as another option to make the composition more interesting.
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Pixar lamp! I admire this pic you never really see a mickey minnie real relationship scenes like suffering or pain or worry I love this
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While I'm glad you decided to give this a once-over, there is one thing that is bugging me. Maybe it's my computer screen, but it now looks as though their ears just fade into the background. Perhaps this can be fixed by shining some light on the black parts of their faces would help? I'm just trying to hammer light and shading into my skull right now myself, but that's a thought.
The rest of the shading looks better now, though.
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Nice job. That's like me when I'm up all night trying to find answers to something.
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It's such a great job! Better to do it is simply impossible. I admire you and your art.
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It all reminds me too much of a friend I have, I've known her for over 11 years, and ever since I first met her she's been drawing. At first myself and other mutual friends thought she was excellent [this was 8th grade at the time]...she had her own OCs created, she kept their story consistent, they had a bit of background.
Or so we all thought.
When high school hit, we both went into the art department of our school, but her style didn't evolve. She stuck to her pseudo-anime designs, her characters' stories changed too much, and she didn't take to heart the advice her peers and teachers gave her. She hasn't bothered to take life classes in college; all her female characters are clearly based on only her body proportions, while her males are lanky and could easily be compared to stick bugs. She's trying to make it as an artist now, but when I see her art compared to all of my other friends who decided to go the same route, they're out there getting commissions and searching for careers in the art field because they took ALL advice to heart, took ALL the tough critiques to improve, and they're now flexible in different styles to suit the piece, as well as mastered their own style.
Andrea, they don't critique you because they hate you. They critique you because they want to see you evolve. Yes, you have changed your art style as seen in your 'Thirteen Years' piece, but there's more to it than just perfecting your characters.
What I'd like to see more of are studies. Make an album just for quick sketches and human/animal studies of anything you see. You work at WDW, you see people every time you're there, and oh, the variation in people! They don't need to be perfect -- they could be chicken scratch for all we care -- as long as they show that you're starting to understand how bodies work, how faces form, how even the slightest change in a portrait can make them a different being. Do a detailed piece of a body part [eyes are a good start] and show that you know how to do line variation. Do these often, do these every day, do these whenever you have free time. If you focus too much on making something you'd want to put in a portfolio, you won't improve. Not everything needs to be your next masterpiece!
Go to Wal-Mart or something [I don't know what's in your area...] and grab a cheap small 3x5 scratch book for less than $2...it's got like 200 blank pages to sketch to your heart's content, and doesn't take up too much space. ;D
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Great advice, yo. I hope she takes it to heart.
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I’ve been watching your channel for a long time, DF, for at least a couple years now. Now, I’m no professional artist, and any art I do, I don’t post simply because I prefer to look at other artists work on here, and you happen to be one of them. I won’t deny that I did find you on thesitethatmustnotbenamed, but since then I’ve watched you really grow into a great artist, and I admire you for overcoming everything and getting better. I’m not a frequent commenter on dA either, simply because, as I said earlier, I prefer to just look at others art and gain inspiration from it or just to enjoy the beauty. Never once though, have I grown frustrated with someone’s art.
First off, I absolutely have to agree with EnchantedAngel, although she put it a lot more subtly then I would. When I first saw this piece, I automatically thought that this would be something that you would’ve drawn two years ago, back in 2010. It’s much too simple, that it makes it look like you haven’t grown at all. DF, you have so many people looking out for you, trying to help you to grow as an artist, that no doubt, other artists envy you for this. I honestly love your critics and their critiques that even I’ve learned from them to create better pieces, and sometimes even notice small ‘flaws’ in others. If I could learn that simply from reading their posts, I don’t see why it looks like you’ve reverted back to 2010. And saywhut777 has a point as well. I see no life in this piece, and it really frustrates me that you created this what you call ‘simple’ picture. It’s not simple, it’s simply you not trying. Staring at this piece, it’s as if you’re just putting out artwork, just so people can critique it and you simply edit to their likes, almost like you have a cheatsheet, whereas then it doesn’t become your piece anymore. I know you can do better than this, DF.
I wish I could give some professional insight as to how to make it better instead of just ‘complaining’ over this and yadda yadda yadda, but as I said before, I’m not a professional in art in any way. But, I know what I feel when I see a piece of work, and this is exactly it. maplekey, ElayneDaCrazyPenguin, Kestryweaver, and especially EnchantedAngel and VictorianPaperAngel (you should reread some of their old posts from your old pieces, because they’re just overall great critiques) know what they're talking about and you should really listen to them. I feel as though you really don’t care when they give critiques and it’s just repeat after repeat of the same thing, like you haven’t learned anything. You need to TRY, and I mean really really TRY, because I believe that you can, and so do the people who watch you. How can you expect us to believe that you’ve grown when your art doesn’t reflect that? I apologize if I sound rude in anyway, but to see you revert so far back just saddens and frustrates me. I wish I could go to school to become an artist and have a dA page full of beautiful art like you, but unfortunately I can’t and I don’t. And to see you, put out a piece like this, to the people who hope to see what you put out next (because they want to know that their critiques helped you in some way) and instead we get this? I’m disappointed, DF. Really disappointed. I hope you take this as some insight from a frequent viewer of your webpage, and what people expect of you. You can never stop growing as an artist, DF, whether you learn from a book, a teacher, a critic, or even a bystander like me.
You need to remember that we do believe in you, and we know you have so much potential. You just need to expand and learn and try, if not for us, then for yourself.
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Ages after this comment was posted, I found that you had complimented me in it. You're too sweet; thanks so much <3 (is touched)
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i honestly started watching DF just to read the critiques people leave on her art. i've left a couple comments but nothing as outstanding as some of the more frequent commenters. she gets almost an army of these very educated, very sensible and respectable people giving her steps along the way and she has yet to improve. it boggles me.
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Exactly. I read pretty much all of the comments on her work and then she edits her pictures to the critiques. Yeah, that's fine, but what about for her next picture? Are the previous critiques shown in her next deviation? Nope. Maybe very very rarely she'll say 'I tried to do this like so and so said to', but that's once in a blue moon. The critics don't know they're being taken advantage of here. Why help someone who doesn't take to heart what others say, or better yet, why help someone who doesn't seem to want to BE helped? I won't deny she has come a long way, but this picture just set her back so far, I'm shocked. Sure she edited it, but that doesn't excuse the fact that she did it in her own 'simplistic' way in the first place. She had to be told it was lifeless and too 'simple' first for her to get the message, when she should've realized that before she finished it.
I'd like to see people stop critiquing her and see how far she gets then. Maybe she'll pick up an art book, or finally take an anatomy class like so many people have suggested time after time? Maybe she'll finally look up a picture of a skull and learn the anatomy of that? I'm sure VictorianPaperAngel has mentioned both of those a few times. I'm saddened for the people who take time out of their day to help her, but to no avail. It's like beating a dead horse, it seems.
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I agree. It appears that the critiques are taken more literally, and the new knowledge doesn't actually stick. Nothing is being learned because all advice is taken at face value.
For example, on the piece she did depicting Robert; someone suggested she use a richer, brighter background such as purple. She changed the background on that image to purple, but in future images the backgrounds continue to be plain. Instead of learning something about making backgrounds that pop, she simply takes the examplesmgiven in the critique and changes the piece, but doesn't really make it HERS.
It's a shame, too, because so many people have commented and said they wish they received even a fraction of the critique Andrea gets. It's a real shame this valuable information isn't used better.
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i agree completely. i find a lot of artists on this website receive critiques but never really apply them to their works in general. maybe to a particular piece or two, but they don't seem to apply their newfound knowledge on all works henceforth, which almost renders all the critiques she receives useless. her improvement, in the span she's been receiving regular help, is really astoundingly stagnant. anyone else fed all of this assistance would probably blossom tenfold, but she seems almost actively resistant.
i really do believe that her stagnation comes from her resistance to deviate from her mock-disney style. if she let go of ALL stylistic efforts and focused on replicating life (and understanding why x looks like y in different circumstances) i do think she could flourish, skillwise. she tries so hard to imitate an already exaggerated style and if she doesn't let go and start from square one she'll simply spiral downwards.
also, re: the edits - i feel almost as if she edits her art to please and/or silence naysayers, which is not what users like VPA and co. are aiming for. she doesn't even need to edit the pieces; as long as she applies new knowledge to future works, that critique has served its purpose. it's almost baffling.
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*sheds a tear of joy* This is crystal clear, I hope she takes this to heart.
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Why does almost everything you make look so lifeless?
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What can bring them to life?
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The light is too dull. Since the only light source in the picture is that lanb, the contrast between ligh and darkness should be bigger. I think giving the light a warmer shade as it would live the colours up.
And why is background one solid colour? sketch or not, you need to add more perspective and detail if you want your pictures to have more depth.
It could just be me, but does´nt Minnie´s curler look more like... a very bizarre piercing? and why does she seem to wear pink in all your pictures?
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Check my gallery
i made several marina art
4 of beauty and the beast with ron perlman and i think 2 of her and silver
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Link them, I can't find them there.
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i notice that you try to be so on-model when it comes to the disney characters that they lose the life that they had in their original movies
i feel like if you developed your own style and then re-drew them in this new style they would have more character to them. i do acknowledge slight improvements but you really must work on developing your own style. (though i stress that it will be easier to do that once you drop stylization altogether and go straight for realism. know the rules to break them & whatnot.)
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