Ribbons Art Corner

[Ribbons]

So, yesterday I posted a bit of art that garnered a little bit attention but inspired me to be a bit more open with my art. A lot of it is video game inspired but some of it's just random.

Most of them are drawn by hand, edited/touch up in photoshop but there are some paintings I did that were further enhanced in photoshop. I'll probably also post information and answer questions.


First, I'll start with the one that got some pretty good attention.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/knight.jpg

This one was exceptionally hard. I wanted to keep the raw style while still making it look incredible. It started out on normal paper and as I progressed I felt it looked rather lonely. I scanned it and went into photoshop. I was fiddling with backgrounds while attempting to keep the knight in the picture. It was impossible to do so I decided to make the background first and simply crop the knight in. I felt satisfied with the final product and saved it. This was close to a year or two ago, before I entered the Marines.

The second drawing I submit to you.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/guild_sisters.jpg

This one was fairly difficult. This was a drawing commission I did when I was still in high school. A friend of mine was writing a fanfic about Monster Hunter and wanted me to draw her main characters. The story was about long lost twins, one a hunter and the other working for the guild. I suppose the hardest part was getting (almost everything) to synch up with the other. Even the skirts (to an extent) are synched up if you hadn't noticed. This was done by hand and some minor touch ups in photoshop.

My third drawing that I submit to you.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/royal_dress.jpg

This one was fairly easy to begin with. If you couldn't tell, I was going for a butterfly looking dress, I think I accomplished that look. The color was done partially in photoshop because I wanted the coloring to be eye catching. I did mess up on the left arm a little, it's non-existant but I think it's okay due to the angle.

My fourth drawing that I submit to you.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/female_wizardess.jpg

This one really brings back memories. Back in high school a local art school was hosting a contest and was saying they would pay for the tuition of the winner. As soon I heard about it I immediately got to work on this one. I really wanted to win so I spent literally days at my canvas attempting to come up with a suitable design. Thirty odd hours in and this beauty popped into my head. Man, I stayed up day and night to get this painting to perfection. As the deadline drew near I scanned it and did my absolute best to make it presentable. I photoshopped till my wrist went numb, literally. When the day came, I printed it out and brought the original with me. I covered the original with the photoshop and was sure I won it. Unfortunately, I was disqualified for using 'untraditional' means. Pissed, I scrapped the original. Yeah, shortly after that happened my teacher approached me and offered to hang up the picture for the entire school to see. I gave him a copy of the printed version. I think that's what made me pretty popular in high school. Painting this beauty. (Don't ask why I put a cowbell in there. I have no idea myself. I drew her face, the rest is painted.)

[IorakeWarhammer]

awesome.

you should draw a vaespilon.

[Gnome Rage]

DRAW ME. Draw me! lol

I really like that one, and the fact* that you cross between hand drawings and photoshop.

/wins.

[Ribbons]

DRAW ME. Draw me! lol

I really like that one, and the fact* that you cross between hand drawings and photoshop.

/wins.

Heh, my skills have diminished over the years. I did upload some more to my photobucket account though. Most of them are female. So much easier to draw females.

[Gnome Rage]

Heh, my skills have diminished over the years. I did upload some more to my photobucket account though. Most of them are female. So much easier to draw females.

I know right? I used to draw... now I don't. I could never draw people but sometimes I managed to draw a girls face pretty nicely... thats about it.

but no really, draw me.... from your imagination. Make me sick nasty.

[Ribbons]

I know right? I used to draw... now I don't. I could never draw people but sometimes I managed to draw a girls face pretty nicely... thats about it.

but no really, draw me.... from your imagination. Make me sick nasty.

Ha, no. I tend to stray from pornographic drawings (as best I can) simply because they end up looking awkward.

[Gnome Rage]

I never said I had to be naked!

:[ My face is pornographic? I must be like that illusion of the people fucking, and the dolphins.

[Ribbons]

Blah! My mind went right to nudity. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Anyways...

[Gnome Rage]

I just wanted to look like a badass or something. Just because your imagination says SHES NAKED! doesn't mean mine does... so use MY imagination.

like... take that picture and turn the head facing the viewer, and have it be me.

[Ribbons]

If I can get my skill back up there I'll be doing character commissions and I'll probably draw your FACE. But, don't count on it. I'm often busy.

[Gnome Rage]

I'll kill what keeps you busy.

Gosh. I must to everything myself...
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/883/woot.jpg

[EasternBrand]

So, yesterday I posted a bit of art that garnered a little bit attention but inspired me to be a bit more open with my art. A lot of it is video game inspired but some of it's just random.

Most of them are drawn by hand, edited/touch up in photoshop but there are some paintings I did that were further enhanced in photoshop. I'll probably also post information and answer questions.


First, I'll start with the one that got some pretty good attention.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/knight.jpg

This one was exceptionally hard. I wanted to keep the raw style while still making it look incredible. It started out on normal paper and as I progressed I felt it looked rather lonely. I scanned it and went into photoshop. I was fiddling with backgrounds while attempting to keep the knight in the picture. It was impossible to do so I decided to make the background first and simply crop the knight in. I felt satisfied with the final product and saved it. This was close to a year or two ago, before I entered the Marines.

I missed the initial post, but this is very good.

[Ribbons]

I'll kill what keeps you busy.

Gosh. I must to everything myself...


LOL!


I missed the initial post, but this is very good.

Heh, it's the commission one in the Market.

[Gnome Rage]

I look so fuckin' badass, holding that badass sword, being all drawn so badassly.

[Ribbons]

Glad to see my art all appreciated and such. Thanks guys/gals.

[IorakeWarhammer]

make love plz

[Caiylania]

I can't see the image at work :(

[WRoss]

I can't see the image at work :(

I'm gonna make a poll on whether you should be written up for misusing company time.

[Ribbons]

I'm going to post more later on.

Edit: Er...more art later on. When I'm a little less busy.

[Caiylania]

I'm gonna make a poll on whether you should be written up for misusing company time.

Okay. Do that. Considering I let other employees check websites and relax on down time I am doing nothing hypocritical, but whatever floats your boat.

I am posting while eating a late lunch after helping fold laundry, check out guests, walk the property with maintenance, organizing bills, etc and so forth.

It is called multi-tasking. :)

At least I'm not playing GS. I haven't slipped that far!

[Ribbons]

Now now people.

Anyways Cai, I've got some more art (most of which is females since they're incredibly easier to draw) that I'll be posting. Hope the community enjoys it.

[Caiylania]

We are just giving each other a hard time, Ribbons. At least on my side, I've got no bad feelings towards him. He has his good moments :) If odd.

[WRoss]

It's all in fun, until Nieneque shows up.

[Ribbons]

Phew, good to know.

[Ribbons]

Front page, added another piece.

[Drew]

The second piece is very final fantasy tactics.

http://alteredconfusion.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/937312_87558_front.jpg

[Ribbons]

The second piece is very final fantasy tactics.

The exact words of my friend. But hey, I thought it was good.

[Drew]

It's def. good, just similar in style.

[Ribbons]

Heh, thanks.

[Nieninque]

It's all in fun, until Nieneque shows up.

Cunt

[Sean of the Thread]

I've dabbled a bit in art myself over the years.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/Japgross/fetus.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/Japgross/PRO.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/Japgross/final.jpg

[Ribbons]

Sweet, best art I've ever seen.

[Sean of the Thread]

I personally think the PRO CHOICE shirt is solid gold.

I should start making those and sell them around here. NY is full of a bunch of liberals.

[Latrinsorm]

Very nice. Let me ask you, what is the deal with anime eyebrows that can be seen through solid hair? It's been bugging the crap out of me for thousands of years.

[Ribbons]

I have no idea. Always did it like that.

Thanks though, heh.

[Bobmuhthol]

I want to fuck the girl on the right so you clearly did a good job. Hentai for life amirite?

[Ribbons]

I want to fuck the girl on the right so you clearly did a good job. Hentai for life amirite?

Ah...thanks.

[WRoss]

I want to fuck the girl on the right so you clearly did a good job. Hentai for life amirite?

That's kinda like being a pedophile. I don't think you openly admit things like this.

[Bobmuhthol]

It only gets weird when Ribbons points out that the girl is actually drawn as a tranny.

[Ribbons]

Er...no. Just...no.

[Caiylania]

Artwork now viewed and approved. Well done sir! /salute

[Ribbons]

Thanks Cai. Hopefully I can get into GS soon and maybe draw my own character.

[Ribbons]

Updated. I think the ladies might like the work I did on the dress.

[Ribbons]

I DID LIKE THE DRESS, BUT I GUESS I'M NOT A LADY SO FUCK YOU INSTEAD (p.s. seriously though the dress was nice, also nobody's looking past her knockers for her left arm) (p.p.s. SERIOUSLY THOUGH FUCK YOU)

LOL! Sorry dude, I just kinda figured guys weren't that into dresses. I did make her bust rather huge...heh.

[Ribbons]

Updated again, everyone will get a kick out of this. Hope you enjoy!

[Gnome Rage]

Thats such bullshit. If they allow photography which is touched up inside the dark room you should be able to use photoshop to clean up and color your images. Obviously you did some by hand.

[Ribbons]

Eh...I was pretty upset back then but I got over it. The person they did choose to go to their fancy little school was a dumbass with little talent.

[Kitsun]

So when the heck're you doing commissions?

[Nieninque]

Pretty fucking decent stuff, Ribbons. Start doing some for the GSer's. They will keep you in silvers till the game dies with quality like that.

[Asha]

Pretty fucking decent stuff, Ribbons. Start doing some for the GSer's. They will keep you in silvers till the game dies with quality like that.

That.

[Ribbons]

So when the heck're you doing commissions?


Pretty fucking decent stuff, Ribbons. Start doing some for the GSer's. They will keep you in silvers till the game dies with quality like that.

Thanks Nie and Kit. I really wish I could pick up drawing again but life is hectic at the moment.

[Cephalopod]

Or barter a drawing for a Gift of Adventure.

[Ribbons]

Or barter a drawing for a Gift of Adventure.

Heh, I dunno. It would be awesome to get into game just on art alone but I don't like charging people for something I love to do (or did) in my spare time.

[Celephais]

I don't like charging people for something I love to do (or did) in my spare time.

If you don't have much spare time right now, this would afford you the ability to do it more often. You should respect your skills and know that they have value, it's nice that you're willing to help people out for free, but they are willing to pay you for a reason, you should accept it.

That fourth drawing is really awesome, I actually didn't notice the cowbell as out of place until you pointed it out.

[Asha]

Yeah the fourth drawing blew my head off.

[Ribbons]

If you don't have much spare time right now, this would afford you the ability to do it more often. You should respect your skills and know that they have value, it's nice that you're willing to help people out for free, but they are willing to pay you for a reason, you should accept it.

I like to draw but if it's an obligation to be exchanged for money it becomes work. I hate work. I might draw some people (If my skills aren't too rusty) and post them up here. I know, I know, I'd be missing out on a money grabbing opportunity but I would rather draw for pleasure and not business.

I'm weird like that.


That fourth drawing is really awesome, I actually didn't notice the cowbell as out of place until you pointed it out.


Thanks! That cowbell...I still don't know why I put it there, lol.

[Kitsun]

That fourth drawing is really awesome, I actually didn't notice the cowbell as out of place until you pointed it out.

I really like the style. It reminds me of some Disgaea art I've seen.

I don't think the cowbell is out of place but the electrical box anklets she's got...

[Nieninque]

I like to draw but if it's an obligation to be exchanged for money it becomes work. I hate work. I might draw some people (If my skills aren't too rusty) and post them up here. I know, I know, I'd be missing out on a money grabbing opportunity but I would rather draw for pleasure and not business.

I'm weird like that.



Rethink that. Seriously.
Make a living from doing something you enjoy. It makes life so much more worthwhile.

[Ribbons]

I really like the style. It reminds me of some Disgaea art I've seen.

I don't think the cowbell is out of place but the electrical box anklets she's got...
Disgaea rocks.


Well, she is in chains, heh. The anklets might be a bit dull in color but hey, they're giant metal boxes. Can't really pretty those up.

[Celephais]

Rethink that. Seriously.
Make a living from doing something you enjoy. It makes life so much more worthwhile.

The key is to just make sure you're able to keep it from becoming work. I know someone who works drawing as a living for a cartoon, and it drains her ability to want to do creative work ... drawing something repetitive and not really of your own creation can sap you.

The nice thing about commissioned GS portraits, you can refuse if you'd like.

[Ribbons]

Rethink that. Seriously.
Make a living from doing something you enjoy. It makes life so much more worthwhile.

Art is meant to be spontaneous. Two drawings up there were for a purpose but it was a purpose that I liked. The other two were because I simply got the idea in my head or from a video game that inspired me.

Not to mention 'art' today is only golden if you've got Uncle Sam squatting over the Lady of Liberty.


The nice thing about commissioned GS portraits, you can refuse if you'd like.

True.

[ElvenFury]

The key is to just make sure you're able to keep it from becoming work. I know someone who works drawing as a living for a cartoon, and it drains her ability to want to do creative work ... drawing something repetitive and not really of your own creation can sap you.
I know this feeling. Doing art all day long for crappy tourism t-shirts has almost completely stolen my desire to draw in my free time. I don't like to complain, because it's better than digging ditches for a living, but it's certainly a bummer to have something you enjoy turn into a chore.

The nice part about doing art for free is that you can take your time and tell people to fuck off if they complain about it.

[Ribbons]

The nice part about doing art for free is that you can take your time and tell people to fuck off if they complain about it.

No complaints (aside from my own...I think) on my art so far.


I'm glad everyone enjoys my art so far.

[Nieninque]

So, yesterday I posted a bit of art that garnered a little bit attention but inspired me to be a bit more open with my art. A lot of it is video game inspired but some of it's just random.

Most of them are drawn by hand, edited/touch up in photoshop but there are some paintings I did that were further enhanced in photoshop. I'll probably also post information and answer questions.


First, I'll start with the one that got some pretty good attention.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/knight.jpg

This one was exceptionally hard. I wanted to keep the raw style while still making it look incredible. It started out on normal paper and as I progressed I felt it looked rather lonely. I scanned it and went into photoshop. I was fiddling with backgrounds while attempting to keep the knight in the picture. It was impossible to do so I decided to make the background first and simply crop the knight in. I felt satisfied with the final product and saved it. This was close to a year or two ago, before I entered the Marines.



I prefer this version:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh95/Auwyn/ribbons.jpg

[Ribbons]

LOL.

I remember that. There's a reason I cropped that out. Fucking pokemon.

[Nieninque]

Because you wanted him to be lonely? Oh no, that's the reason you cropped it so tight...was because he looked lonely.

[Ribbons]

Eh, gimme a break. I didn't want people to get the wrong idea with the pokemon sitting there. But in retrospect I doubt anyone would've thought it was anything but a weird looking dog.

[Nieninque]

Well I didn't know it was a pokemon to be honest. I was more curious why you didnt just clone it out rather than do the crop which did away with the sword and the end of the sheath/stick thing on his back?
That and the fact that I don't understand how/why you were fiddling around with backgrounds trying to keep the knight in the picture then you cut part of the knight out.

[Ribbons]

Well I didn't know it was a pokemon to be honest. I was more curious why you didnt just clone it out rather than do the crop which did away with the sword and the end of the sheath/stick thing on his back?
That and the fact that I don't understand how/why you were fiddling around with backgrounds trying to keep the knight in the picture then you cut part of the knight out.

This was back when I was a teenager so my tastes were pretty weird. Now that I'm an adult it'd be embarrassing to have someone go 'Hey, I remember that pokemon'. Hence the crop.

Self conscious, even more so now that it's been dug up from somewhere else. Indeed, I submitted it elsewhere uncropped. This was a more adult oriented board though.

Clear things up?

[Nieninque]

Well it didn't really answer the question to be honest. Why not just clone it out? If you have the ability to produce these in photoshop and wanted to remove part of it, why the hatchet job? A simple clone would have removed the pokemon and would have been far easier than drawing the thing in the first place.

Where did you submit it when you had the pokemon, by the way?

[Ribbons]

Well it didn't really answer the question to be honest. Why not just clone it out? If you have the ability to produce these in photoshop and wanted to remove part of it, why the hatchet job? A simple clone would have removed the pokemon and would have been far easier than drawing the thing in the first place.

Where did you submit it when you had the pokemon, by the way?

Rusty. I'm not so great anymore and I don't have photoshop on my current computer. So I used what I had at the moment, which was just a photo gallery program.

It's been a while. I can't remember exactly where. It's been on the internet for a while though. It's what I get for not putting my signature on it.

Despite what you might, if I think you're thinking what you are, I did do this. It was a pain in the ass and it's fairly insulting to have you think, if you are indeed thinking what you are, that it's stolen. :/

[Nieninque]

Good heavens, that never even crossed my mind. I was more concerned with how someone with the ability to produce such stunning artwork would butcher one of their pieces rather than doing the first thing everyone learns to do when they get a copy of photoshop - use the clone tool.

[Ribbons]

Good heavens, that never even crossed my mind. I was more concerned with how someone with the ability to produce such stunning artwork would butcher one of their pieces rather than doing the first thing everyone learns to do when they get a copy of photoshop - use the clone tool.

Sorry for flippin' out then. I'm defensive of my artwork...and yeah, I'm not happy about the crop but without proper tools I'm fairly crappy.

[Rinualdo]

1. Take some commissions
2. use money to buy Photoshop
3. profit?

[Ribbons]

1. Take some commissions
2. use money to buy Photoshop
3. profit?

1. Wish I could. My skills aren't as great anymore, I think. Been a while since I've drawn anything.
2. I'll probably end up pirating it later. LOL
3. PROFIT??!?!?!?11!eleven

[Nieninque]

Sorry for flippin' out then. I'm defensive of my artwork.

Need to watch for those pesky Japs then...they have a couple of your artworks on their websites.

[Ribbons]

Need to watch for those pesky Japs then...they have a couple of your artworks on their websites.

Wait, what? WTF.

[Gnome Rage]

I have photoshop CS2 pirated. It works well, its just obnoxious cause it always wants me to register it and I'm like lol how bout not.

[Ribbons]

Ugh...there's not much point in attempting to show off my art if a quick google makes people say 'I saw that on a Japanese site, you probably stole it'

God...that's so depressing.

[Nieninque]

Gosh you are so defensive! I can't see where anyone said anything of the kind. I was concerned that you were butchering a very nice artwork just because you were a little embarrassed of a pokemon and that those nasty nips were on the take. Carry on. The pictures you have posted are awesome. I would love to see more.

[Cephalopod]

Wait, what? WTF.

Pesky japs (http://sokuhou465.blog88.fc2.com/blog-entry-144.html).

[Gnome Rage]

Draw meee.

[Cephalopod]

Also, I think the artwork is awesome. Carry on, plz.

[Ribbons]

I'll submit more later.

It was just an appreciation blog, so...

[Ribbons]

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a403/Ribbons_Almark/young_swordsman.jpg

Fan art of a Manga I used to read.

[IorakeWarhammer]

kewl :)

[Ribbons]

Feel like I could've gone farther with this one. But eh.