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Post by ℓoro on Sept 7, 2015 14:56:42 GMT -4
I haven't found a thread like this on this website, so I thought it was fine to create this thread myself! I'm 100% sure at least a few members on here enjoy to be creative. No matter if it's about drawing, painting, writing, photography, modeling (3D-modeling), cosplay, stitching, cooking etc. etc.! There are tons and tons of creative hobbies. If you want to share what you're working and want opinions on your work, this is the place to be! I myself like to write, draw and take photos. At the moment, I'm working on a draft for a story, and I am busy with quite a few drawings. I actually wanted to share some of them on here since they are Nana-related. (If people want to see my other non-Nana related work, just ask me!) Nana Mizuki - SUPERNAL LIBERTY (Promotional Picture) To be honest, my art-style is quite manga like. It still has my own influences in it though. I wanted to go for a bit more realistic style with this piece, to practise something diffirent, so please don't be to critical on this piece. I'm not fully satisfied with her right eye yet and her mouth looks a bit off, but maybe that's just me! The hair is surely going to take a long time... Nana Mizuki - ULTIMATE DIAMOND (CD-Version Album Cover) So I was at my uncle's apartment like a month ago, and I got really bored there that I started to draw this. There are stairs in his house, that lead you to the rooftop, where you can actually sit and drink. The view there was really nice and it reminded me of the buildings of this cover! That inspired me to draw this cover. As you can see, the nose is more manga like than the drawing above. I'm not sure if I'll use the same style for this piece like the one above, or make this a more manga-styled drawing. Me - SUPERNAL LIBERTY (SUPERNAL LIBERTY Limited Edition Cover Outfit) Yes, this is actually meant to be me in a more male-version of Nana's SUPERNAL LIBERTY Limited Edition Cover outfit. (Phew, that was a long sentence!) I'm not really satisfied with it yet, is it still too girly? On the other hand, that doesn't really mind since I'm quite slender, and it seems to be that I have woman-like legs. Especially in skinny jeans. Seriously, a lot of girls I don't even know have told me they where jealous of my legs! It's a compliment but also... quite weird? ( PS. Sorry the pictures are in crappy quality, I tried to edit them to be a bit more sharp! )
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Post by Sai on Sept 7, 2015 20:23:36 GMT -4
^ Those are lovely! I especially like the detail in the first one, and the scenario you described while drawing the second one sounds amazing I feel like I'm particularly bad about finishing my art, so I'd be even more excited to see the finished products. Are you planning to colour them as well? Sometimes that's all you need to fix the wonkyness of a face, since faces irl aren't made up of hard lines so much as blends of colours, if that makes sense? Anyway, thanks for sharing those, and this was a great idea for a thread. As for myself, hmm... I've definitely jumped around a lot in terms of creative practices, but the ones I enjoy most are writing & drawing... which combine into probably my favourite medium (to make) - cartooning! I love comic-making, but I'm waaay too self-conscious to share my cartooning work with people outside of my immediate circle of friends xD; Someday, though! I have a (web)comic in the works that's over 100 pages now, but I still feel super iffy about putting it online, haha. It's where a lot of my creative energy goes, though - it's produced a lot of art and writing over the years, in addition to the comic itself. As for strictly writing, my most productive works have been fanfiction (unfortunately, maybe?), with quite a few original drafts on the side that never really took off. Otherwise, I've dabbled in as much as I could, at least a little bit: graphic design was my love for a few years, poetry, composing, remixing, game-making, AMVs, dance, photography, voice-acting, traditional art, digital painting, etc.! ... But that's not to say I'm actually good at all those things, mind you xD; On the topic of digital painting (and to continue the Nana trend ℓoro started), I figure this is as good a time as any to share a digital painting I was working on of Nana sometime last year. It's incomplete, but I don't know if I'll actually finish at this point, so here it is! Sigh, I can definitely see so many mistakes now, looking back at it! Mostly in the eyes and the body, which end up making Nana look sorta gremlin-like. I'm pretty pleased with the nose/mouth area and the hair, though. Aaand while I'm at it, here are some WIPs of some digital paintings I was working on of Ayu~ Also very incomplete (and laden with mistakes x_X), as if you couldn't tell~ They were still fun to work on, though!
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Post by ℓoro on Sept 8, 2015 2:11:08 GMT -4
Thanks for your compliments, Sai! Yes, the view on my uncle's rooftop was quite impressive. I could feel Shounen and Chinmoku No Kajitsu play softly in the back of my head! Yes, I am thinking of coloring them all, but at the moment, I'm just focusing on finishing the line-art. That's the first goal at the moment. Then I'll decide if I'll color them or not. I agree with you that when you color your drawings, they get a lot more livelier. And yay, I made a good thread!
Ah, I'd love to take a look at your comic, it sounds really awesome! I can understand you feel a bit uncomfortable with sharing something that personal. Atleast it's great to hear that you're putting so much effort in it, that is something you can really be proud of! I'm jealous actually, since I like to make comics too but I'm too lazy to finish something huge like that. A while ago I created a comic story of like 4-5 pages, and then only drew one page of them all, because I couldn't get myself to work on it anymore. Freaking 5 pages. I hate it that I switch from drawing to drawing. I have like; 5 drawings that I still need to finish at the moment, and I'm starting on another one today! I really need to create a laptop background with Nana looking grumpy/mad, and the sentence 'LORO, JUST FINISH SOMETHING!!' above her, like a meme.
Oh, what kind of fanfictions have you worked on, from what series? I actually started a fanfiction a long time ago, but got bored since I wanted to create a story myself, create characters myself. I just felt like I was being lazy and used something that someone else worked really hard on. But it's true that you can learn writing through writing fanfiction. I actually do have a short plot in my head that I want to get on paper about Resident Evil. Just as a side-project and practise. Maybe one day I'll work on that and actually finish it and post it on one of those fanfiction sites.
And holy cow, you've done a lot! Composing?! I made a few games too! Maybe I could share some of my crappy sprites here today! And about dance, I don't dance really, but I know the dances of through the night (this one not fully), Koi No Yokushiryoku, Lovely Fruit (as much of a dance that is) and GUILTY. I wish I knew still in the groove, since that dance looks so funny, but no, I suck at that one.
I must say that your digital drawing isn't that bad really! You actually got her facial features quite nicely. Her eyes are only a bit too big in my opinion. And yes, her body appears to be a bit too small, but it's not that bad either too. Oh my god, Gremlin Nana! Run! She'll sing POP MASTER while she eats you! ( Imagine POP MASTER sung by a creepy female gremlin voice... Hahaha, I'm crying! )
And those pieces of Ayu look really cool! I like the last one the most. I'm working on an Ayu piece as well, even though I just found out about her recently. (I live under a rock or something. Psh.) Someone started talking with me on my Nana tumblr-blog, and we ended up talking about other artists we also enjoy. We both liked Mamoru Miyano, and she told me about her Ayumi fase a few years ago. I've checked around her discography for a bit, and from the songs that I have listened too, I enjoy 'Memorial address' and 'Last minute' the most! I'm sketching Ayu how she appears in her 'Last minute' Music Video!
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Post by relmy on Sept 8, 2015 16:49:15 GMT -4
You're both so good at drawing and painting. To me, who can't even draw simple boxes in the right perspective, it's amazing! Sai, I love the second one of Ayu, I think it really captures her... Ayu face?! I don't know how to put it, Ayu just gets that 'look' sometimes and I think you caught that really well. And, loro, please share your Last Minute sketch when you're happy with it. I feel like that video was such a return to form for Ayu, it's great to see the song getting her new fans too. <3
I'm not much of a writer, either. I self edit too much instead of just putting pen to paper and getting the ideas and general outline down. Sometimes, when I read a bad book, I'll rewrite the worst passages and make them prettier. It's rather mean spirited hobby of mine! I tend to just do it on scraps and then throw them away though. I used to write a bit of fanfiction, most of it would probably just make me cringe now though!
My main problem with anything creative (and everything in general...) is that I have to be AMAZING at it straight away. None of this practising. I hate not being able to do things well. I'm just a really really lazy perfectionist... I'm pretty good at finishing things when I actually get them started though! It's starting that's my problem.
My main creative hobby is crocheting. I love it, and I just find it so relaxing. The only downside is that I can't read and crochet at the same time. If I could it would be all I did! It's a fairly expensive hobby though, especially if you want wool yarns and not acrylic. There's no local haberdasheries where I live either, so I have to bulk buy online (risky if you haven't looked at the yarn in a shop beforehand) or just go to a fancy department store. I'm making a Hello Kitty hat for my niece at the moment, it'll be her Christmas present.
I would take some photos but the blanket I made earlier this year but it's still in storage from the summer. I made a pillow from the leftover yarn but I really don't like the colour scheme, I made it for my boyfriend though and he likes it, so it doesn't matter really. I also made my mum a lightweight scarf/shawl, it's too big for a normal scarf and bit small to be a shawl - I want to make myself one too!
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Post by ℓoro on Sept 11, 2015 15:34:02 GMT -4
Thanks for your compliment relmy, and it's so awesome that you're into crocheting! I wish I could do something like that, and make cute plushies or something. I'd love to have a Nana plushie one day (WHICH OUTFIT? I DON'T KNOW!), and plushies of my three fictional 'husbando's'. These are three fictional guys that I really like, the first one being from the Uta No Prince-Sama series, Shinomiya Natsuki. I don't know why I love this fellow, he's an idiot, but somehow... I like him? Second 'husbando' is Leon Scott Kennedy, from the Resident Evil series ( strong and sexy! ), and last but not least, Fenris ( broody elf with a kind heart ), from the Dragon Age series. I would die if I had a plushie of one of those characters! I understand what you meant with the 'want to be good at it immediately' part, I suffer from this too. I will always be a bit jealous of people who can play a certain instrument well, even though I know they also had to learn it the hard way. Anyway, when I get fustrated about something not working out the way I want, I try push it away with a 'You have to start somewhere and make mistakes, in order to be able to learn and get good at something.' That has been working with my writing, even if it's just a little. I was so bad when I first started it. I had the ideas, but I couldn't properly use the right words back then to express what I had in mind. I feel I'm getting better at that, I can find the right words a lot easier now. I don't know how those 'SPOILER: Click to show' links work (if someone could tell me that, that would be nice!), otherwise I would have used it, but here! Have a little part of the story that I'm working on at the moment (keep in mind, this is a draft!): The cafeteria worker hands me a plate with the redbush tea that I ordered and winks at me. She gave me an extra cookie. I feel a moment of calmness, but it quickly escapes. While shaking nervously, making the tea almost drop out of my hand, I take a seat next to the large window. I exhale slowly and close my eyes. I make an attempt to calm down. It's going to be fine here. Everyone on this school is an adult now. There is nothing to worry about. I open my eyes and look outside of the window. The fourth floor is mostly dedicated to the students that follow the writer course on this school. I'm glad we have this floor since the view here is great. It is somehow able to clear my mind. Like it makes all the worry in my head dissappear. It works for just a little while, though. Rain starts to fall outside. Yes. I love rain. I feel like I'm actually about to calm down. Wait, not. Of course I feel unsettled again. Restlessly, I look at my tea as I suddenly hear a young man's voice. 'I expected you to be here.' Surprised, I look behind me to find Mark standing there. 'G-good morning.' 'Morning.' 'I-it seems you arrived at the perfect time, it started to rain outside only a few seconds ago,' I say as Mark takes place next to me. 'Thank god, in that case.' 'Wait, d-did you just say you expected me to be here?' Mark nods. 'I've seen you sitting here in the morning a few times last week.' Mark chuckles. 'I can understand, it's great to be able go to school early and prepare for what the day is going to bring, especially with a warm cup of tea.' 'You aren't able to?' 'I mostly have to bring my little brother to school, so yes, I'm not able to,' Mark says, suddenly slightly irritated. I nod. I didn't knew he would get annoyed by that. And that had a younger brother. 'Mother got home yesterday, earlier then expected. That's why I'm early today. She now brings my little brother to school for as long as she's staying. After a month, she will leave us alone again.' Oh, god. I'm feeling awful, but this time, it's for Mark's sake. I take one of the cookies from my plate and pass it to him. Mark accepts the cookie and eats it in silence. When he finishes it, he stares at me. 'Why are you looking at me like that?' He asks. 'Y-you stared, so...' 'You were looking at me with those somber eyes. You think I'm weak and pathetic, don't you?' 'Mark, I don't. I just... I can relate to you a little. I'm... lonely myself.' 'I never said I was lonely.' Mark replies bitterly. I shut my mouth to think about what I wanted to say. 'I-I know you are, otherwise you wouldn't react this way.' Now Mark is the one that doesn't say anything. He looks the other way, but I can see that he's calming down. I take a sip of my tea. 'Sorry.' I shake my head. 'It's okay, I get it. I just don't want to fight.' Mark smiles again. 'I know, but still, I apologize for overreacting.' I nod. The school bell starts to ring. Crap, is it this late already? I wanted to write a few things down... Oh, well. 'Let's sit together next break.' Mark says as he stands up and leaves to go to class. I quickly finish my tea, take my backpack and run after him.
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Post by hot0rikun967 on Nov 19, 2015 2:00:57 GMT -4
I'm so impressed with the art here, and I'm really wanting to admire your crocheting pieces, relmy. Actually, when you said "I'm just a really really lazy perfectionist," it resonated with me intensely. I'm this way as well; it seems to be a common theme among creatives. I'm really happy that everyone has been comfortable sharing their art here, and it's actually making me want to share the beginning of the novel I'm working on right now. I'm a writer first and foremost, but my original passion was visual art as well. Unfortunately, I quit drawing when I was around twelve having convinced myself that I was garbage. My anxiety disorder really inhibited my creative self, but luckily I picked up writing and have been able to stick with it since. People have said that my prose are like "paintings" in some places, and so I guess my artistic aesthetic carried over in my words. I still paint on the walls on my bedroom, but I never draw the pictures I end up coloring, instead opting for tracing a projected image on the wall. So, I essentially cheat, but it allows me to release that creative side visually, in color for a change. I'm actually excited that I've recently realized my mind is rather musical, and I hope to one day pick up the violin or the erhu. Sometimes I find myself creating some interesting Jpop melodies in my head, and I wish I had the skills to be able to write them down. My boyfriend plays piano though, and he's agreed to teach me how to play and write music, so maybe someday soon I'll be able to get those songs out. Poetry is something I truly want to keep practicing because I really love its ability to succinctly convey a feeling. That's actually the goal of my prose despite that I write fiction: I want my words to convey mood more than any other literary element. Maybe I'll share the part of my novel my fiction class workshopped recently, but I haven't edited it since then (despite it being my homework lol), so maybe I'll save the sharing for when I do some editing and go deeper into my characters' psyches.
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Post by hot0rikun967 on Nov 19, 2015 2:30:55 GMT -4
So I decided to share what I have now just in case anyone had some critiques and also because I do like it how it is now (and I never say that about my work--never!) Here's the google doc link. It's all I have write now, and it is relatively long (21 double spaced pages). But give it a read if you're interested--or don't! This is more an exercise for my own anxiety about sharing than it is anything else. docs.google.com/document/d/1OnrnwhTdnI6XECR_eZ0pRBtefzZ5VM_7A_poFqtdw5E/edit?usp=sharing
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Post by ℓoro on Nov 19, 2015 2:47:10 GMT -4
*immediately downloads and puts on iBooks to read*
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Post by suomi2015 on Nov 21, 2015 15:45:36 GMT -4
Ok, modelling a bit) My first commpleted model of ship (I should say SHIP, because Yamato is the great one). 1/700 scale, so it was micro-work. Also, it's the first model in new series of Fujimi for beginners - Kan NEXT, in which you shouldn't paint and glue. I used glue for etching parts and in some rare cases. Sistership Musashi photos for comparing and as bonus.
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Post by relmy on Nov 21, 2015 18:17:38 GMT -4
I'm so impressed with the art here, and I'm really wanting to admire your crocheting pieces, relmy. Actually, when you said "I'm just a really really lazy perfectionist," it resonated with me intensely. I'm this way as well; it seems to be a common theme among creatives. I'm really happy that everyone has been comfortable sharing their art here, and it's actually making me want to share the beginning of the novel I'm working on right now. I'm so glad it's not just me...! I think a big part of it is getting used to sharing your work with others. Crochet is the first thing where I've been happy to show off what I've done (I'll post some photos soon, need to get around to taking some!) Writing, I could never share! I find it hard enough putting the words down, there's something too honest about it that I don't like. I used to love drawing, but I had an awful art teacher at school who ruined my confidence, before that I loved showing my drawings to people. So then I moved onto crafting and textiles, and the teacher hated that too - and it's only recently I've realised that the stuff I was doing craft wise was good, and that I just had a horrible horrible teacher. So - thank you for sharing your writing with us! I understand how horrible it is to share sometimes, and I feel honoured that you're happy to share with all of us here. I'll give it a read
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Post by Vívace on Nov 21, 2015 19:12:10 GMT -4
I don't know a thing about crocheting or knitting, but I do know how to weave, and one of my current projects right now is weaving a pretty lengthy scarf for my boyfriend for Christmas. The problem is because I'm weaving, there's a couple of issues I'm currently facing right now, which is that I'm having a difficult time controlling how tight I need to weave it because weaving it too loose with too little string results in a scarf that's going to fall apart but if I weave it too tightly then it's not going to feel like a fuzzy warm scarf but a rigid and solid one. And I'm doing it all on a flimsy cardboard loom I put together with a hot glue gun because I'm dirt poor. Lol, and I have limited time doing this too because I need to get it ASAP to him for reasons... the struggle is real. A bf scarf is so cliche though... I'm just hoping he would like it enough to wear it and I made sure it's wearable by making it a solid dark blue/navy color. The anxieties are real too lol.
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