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I wanted to draw Konoha from the direction it's not normally seen in - looking down from the mountain at the village and the forest beyond.Naruto used to come up there to play practical jokes on the villagers... but now he's out to impress Sakura by taking her to see the landmark
(whether she'll just get angry at him for making her walk all the way up the mountain is another thing, though ^^ let's hope she doesn't hit him next to that nasty cliff ... )
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NΓ£o importa quantas vezes eu veja Γ© incrΓvel obrigado pela magnifica obra de arte.
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I think... I finally die in peace and happy XDXD
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holy crap nuggets, this is freaking insane!!!!
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Me too
The most inspiring of the many inspiring locations Kishimoto has come up with...
...except that derelict city where Sasuke's cat friends live is pretty cool - I should draw that place sometime...
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This is just amazing!
It's beautiful and looks very impressive, wish I could go there to enjoy the view with Naruto and Sakura. Wish I could do landscapes like this.
Instant fave ^^
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Thanks a lot!
As for drawing landscapes - have you tried modeling imaginary places with real objects? As in... um... if you were drawing a castle with a tower on top, get a cardboard box and a flask and put together a simplified version on your table
You can have fun putting piles of objects under old blankets to make hills, etc....
basically, an excuse to muck around a bit and also improve your drawing-from-life
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That's a very good idea! Never thought about it that way.
I do use a lot of reference, as in pictures
Especially the blanket part is something I never thought of.
Thank you!
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I see a lot of people who want to get into landscape and background art get really scared about perspective and spend ages setting up scary mathematical grids and such... but it works just the same with a small object as a big one, and all you need to be able to do is check the angles and put them down on paper. Plus using household objects can give you cool ideas for settings and environments. [link] started life as a cardboard cereal box with a hole cut in the side and a load of elastic bands tied round it
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Yeah, well I'm one of those people I guess
Perspective is something I haven't been teached in at all (except the dissapearing point).
Unbelievable that you did that drawing with a cereal box.
I will definately check out your gallery!
Never thought household objecst would be such a good reference. Thank you
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The sort of perspective with one vanishing point never worked well for me - it always looked sort of fake...
The best thing IMO about making fantasy landscapes out of real things is that you can discover cool shapes and forms that you wouldn't be able to create from imagination... and I always find it makes character posing easier too. I just sort of imagine that I was a tiny person wandering around that structure and it gets easy to come up with poses that work in the background rather than sitting in front of it
Glad you liked that picture, too!
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Haha, yeah wandering in your fantasy can be very useful. though sometimes I'm more dreaming then drawing
But it is a good way to find out what and how you want to draw something. But using vanishing points... well, I just can't get it right. I'm never tought how to do so properly except drawing all the lines to a single (fictive) spot. So I have to rely on shading to create the depth instead of proportions from vanishing points. It's more like cheating and doesn't do it justice but as long as I don't draw epic scenes of vast landscapes (like you) it remains an option
Ofcourse I do! it's one hell of a view ^^
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I think observational drawing is always more fun
If you can't do mathsy perspective, I wouldn't bother yet. Instead draw boxes and cylinders from life until you're gtting the angles and curves looking right... then you have the skills to construct landscapes 
If you want to draw landscapes, go for it
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I don't draw straight from a picture
I always use a lot of pictures as reference but most of the time only for outlining the picture. And since drawing from reallife observation shows pretty much the same thing, I guess the only way to create something completely new would be drawing straight from your mind to paper
What I really meant with cheating was using pretty much only shadows/shading to create depth and not so much the vanishing point
Sounds like a good idea to start with boxes and household stuff to get the feeling of vanishing points
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...I should have replied ages ago - been away from dA for a bit
But yeah, I guess I meant that it's fun to have a real item you can play with as opposed to having to plan by making endless sketches. Kinda like how it's much better to pose a mannequin and rotate it to find the coolest angle than to sweat for hours coming up with a pose from my head, or finding stock photos that kind of match my initial inspiration but will never be quite right...
I always like working out composition problems with objects I can get my hands on, I suppose
I like using atmospheric perspective a lot
Modelling stuff on a smaller scale is a really fun way to come up with a scene - also, have you tried putting mirror on your desk to check expressions and hand details from life? That's really helped me too
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No problem ^^ As I say to other deviants. Everybody knows you have a real life beyond DA. DA is something that should be fun to do
Yeah your right. Though I want to force the manequin in angles it doesn't want to stay at times, so I end up using a photo ref. anyway.
But if I know how I want it and can't find a decent picture I just take (or let someone take) one of myself in that angle
But using reallife objects would definately make it more fun.
I would like to be able to use that, but as I said; it's a pain
Though I have improved ALOT since I started drawing and never thought I would've come this far, so I guess how I'll improve is still a surprise.
Facial expressions in the mirror, no haven't done that. I don't like looking in the mirror while drawing (hehe, but I do check if my hair looks alright when I have to work or when I'm about to meet someone)
I did however try and look at my own hands when drawing hands but never came up with a mirror, great idea
Definately worth a try!
Thanks ^^
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Sounds like you're using one of those nasty wooden mannequins? I had one for a while and got so, so irritated with its crappy articulations and legs that wouldn't pose properly.... You can get a quality 'Obitsu' brand Japanese mannequin quite cheap if you search around - I use them for my animation work as they're so easy to pose and hold any position I put em into. Custom photo ref sounds like a fun idea for still images, though ^^
With the hands thing... use a mirror to draw your non-drawing hand in a cool position... and then change the pose and flip the canvas to use it to make the other one
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Haha, yup... didn't know there were different kind of mannequins
Maybe I should look around for an Obitsu then
Even dynamic looking movement isn't possible, very frustrating so I just gave up using them and went back to photo ref.
It is a simple way to get a general impression ^^ But it woud be nicer to have something you just can put in a pose and make it hold it and walk around it.
Sounds like a good way
I always keep in mind that a hand should cover a face, but hands are always hard to draw so any tips are always welcome.
How do you draw shoes or feet then? also using a mirror?
Because can be pretty difficult as well
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I really like this. They ways its colored and all and the poses of Naruto and Sakura.
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Thanks
It's the painting I'm most happy with, when I look back at my older work...
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I'm glad you liked it!
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This is a very classic picture. Though the lines are blurry, that's what makes this picture real!!!! I really love this.
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Glad you enjoyed it!
And to me, blurry real-ness is much better than having neat outlines round everything
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Didn't you draw this paint on iPod Touch/iPhone? It really looks like the ones on an iPhone software named "Brushes"
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nope
it was painted entirely in GIMP (one of the older versions cuz I'd forgotten to get the update)
I use the ink tool, which gives very pressure-sensitive strokes with constant opacity, which I set to be pretty see-through so I can layer things up. it's not a technique I've seen used very often and I get plenty of people asking if it's traditional media as you don't get that solid digital look at all (I think the rocks on this one were brush-tooled maybe? can't remember...)
I wish I had an iPhone
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Thanks!
I'm still very proud of this one
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That perspective wasn't fun to draw
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I guess i don't use many layers... and try not to put in photo textures - so that may be why
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I like your style!!! It's very particular!!! XD
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