RedStone Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Greetings, welcome and salutations to the NF Art Gallery! This is a place to post images of visual artwork and have some chats about your thoughts and processes if you like! So many of us are visually oriented, after some chats with @Luciana Valerosa Culming we thought it would be fun to have a regular place to share artwork. No matter your medium, style or experience level, this is the spot for sharing your work! And if you just want to sort of explore your thoughts visually, this art journal method is pretty cool to try Looking forward to seeing everyone's work! 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
RedStone Posted April 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 And to break the ice, here's a little recent sketch I do a lot of anatomy stuff, just a dissection of a forearm in a Ving Tsun Fuksau position 3 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Rebel Dan Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Nice! good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment
Deckard Gainz Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Here's one of my favorite pages from the book I just finished illustrating to keep the ball rolling. 8 Quote Stay awhile... we're liftin' Link to comment
RedStone Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 A fair amount of arting hapenned this week, but what I'm most excited about was the least expected! I did some painting and some photography for my new blog page, and the photography required some nice outings/hikes. While I was hiking I decided to gather some rocks to try out mandala dot painting, something I'd seen a friend post about on facebook, and it looked relaxing. OH MAN super good. The first few tries were a little difficult because I had a hard time slowing down and concentrating... something that's been on my goal list since new year. But then the magic focus came and I totally lost myself in these things - I'm really enjoying! What a fantastic meditation. Now they're starting to pile up and I'm like, aw hell, what am I gonna do with these things? But I guess they can go in the garden and make nice gifts for folks? I guess? LOL Anyways. Here are my rock paintings, which is apparently something I say now... (I'll spoiler the rest so it's not a huge post lol) Spoiler 8 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
raptron Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Oooh, nice rocks! Also I'm Okay, You're Decaying is a great title. 1 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 I like these a lot;) Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 I'm not the least bit artsy, so my contributions to this thread will be a lot of "oooh!" and "aaah!" at art others make. Starting with... On 5/3/2018 at 7:51 PM, Deckard Gainz said: Here's one of my favorite pages from the book I just finished illustrating to keep the ball rolling. Where and how can I get my hands on a copy of this book? My nephews need this! My nieces too! On 5/6/2018 at 6:33 PM, RedStone said: But then the magic focus came and I totally lost myself in these things - I'm really enjoying! What a fantastic meditation. Now they're starting to pile up and I'm like, aw hell, what am I gonna do with these things? But I guess they can go in the garden and make nice gifts for folks? Sell them on Etsy! I am perfectly serious. Go to Etsy -> Open shop -> Take Scalyfreak's order. Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2024 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42; Ch 43; Ch 44; Ch 45; Ch 46; Ch 47; Intermission VI; Ch 48; Ch 49; Ch 50 Link to comment
Deckard Gainz Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 hours ago, scalyfreak said: Where and how can I get my hands on a copy of this book? My nephews need this! My nieces too! Thank you! We're still waiting for the print magic to happen. Right now it's scheduled for August. I should have more info in the next couple months so stay tuned! 1 Quote Stay awhile... we're liftin' Link to comment
RedStone Posted May 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 On 5/8/2018 at 8:25 AM, Deckard Gainz said: Thank you! We're still waiting for the print magic to happen. Right now it's scheduled for August. I should have more info in the next couple months so stay tuned! Keep us posted! I'm totes getting a copy Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Deckard Gainz Posted May 9, 2018 Report Share Posted May 9, 2018 On 5/6/2018 at 7:33 PM, RedStone said: PS: love the colors on this one Quote Stay awhile... we're liftin' Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 I finally uploaded some sketches. 2 Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
Ba'sini'on Posted May 12, 2018 Report Share Posted May 12, 2018 This is Awesome! I started a art business that does portraits and calligraphy. On top of that I want to learn web design and digital art. I decided to post a flourish art I did of Alduin from ES: Skyrim. 4 Quote Level 14 Unknown First Challenge, Second Challenge, Third Challenge, Fourth Challenge, Fifth Challenge, Sixth Challenge, Seventh Challenge, Eighth Challenge, Ninth Challenge, Tenth Challenge, Eleventh Challenge, Twelfth Challenge, Thirteenth Challenge, Fourteenth Challenge Str. 18, Dex. 14, Sta. 13, Con. 19, Wis. 22, Cha. 30 Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 @Ba'sini'on I like how you let the words look like feathers. Really cool. It looks like one of these prehistoric flying dinosauers. I'm trying out something new. 4 Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
RedStone Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 I have been busy painting stones! I decided to attach this practice to my daily gratitude goal and started an instagram just for that. You can kind of see my progress with technique and stuff, it's only been a few weeks so far but I'm really enjoying it LOL https://www.instagram.com/spirit_mandala/ 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Gemma Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 This is the first of the pieces that I am making for the walls in my library. All of them will be some combination of a quote and image(s) from my favorite books, in various media. (This started by accident- a friend entered me in an Instagram contest run by an artist and I won a beautiful painting of Aslan with a quote from TLTWATW.) This is acrylic paint on rough wood. In retrospect, I could maybe have started with an easier medium. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick." -J. R. R. Tolkien 2022 Challenges: Push, Core, Simple, Pooh, Timebox, NaNoWriMo 2023 Challenges: 20SOC, Travel, Battery, Song n'Dance Link to comment
Deckard Gainz Posted May 21, 2018 Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 18 hours ago, Gemma said: This is acrylic paint on rough wood. In retrospect, I could maybe have started with an easier medium. Acrylic is a fantastic medium to start with and stick with. I've been painting for at least a decade and acrylic was one of my favorite to learn and remains my favorite to paint with in general. I may be biased, but I think you made a great choice! 1 Quote Stay awhile... we're liftin' Link to comment
Blocky Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 I found some of my old art: ^This was just a direct copy off the cover page from a book I had... I think I was 15ish when I did this. I have got some more recent stuff, but I have to work out where I put it and get some photos... 4 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 And some of my more recent-er work: And a big one that I helped Mrs Blocky paint for our balcony to stop the weirdo neighbours peeping in: 4 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Wow, that's really cool Blocky. I like the choice of colors. And I wonder why I didn't get a notification. My recent sketch didn't come to life last week. I'll try to get that done as soon as possible. Somehow it's a bit frustrating, that I don't have all my stuff with me and can't do my first idea. I like acrylic, too. Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
Blocky Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 26 minutes ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said: I like acrylic, too. Acrylics are nice and simple and quick to tidy up... but I really like oils - they just blend so much easier and because it takes so long to dry you can constantly go over bits until you get the result you want... you can also get some bolder textures with the oils. Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Mhh I don't know. Somehow I never got he hang of oil. And I don't like, that you have to cover up the painting afterwards, so it doesn't get covered in dust. Somehow the color never seems to dry on it's own. And I find it harder to mix the colors I want. Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
Blocky Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said: Mhh I don't know. Somehow I never got he hang of oil. And I don't like, that you have to cover up the painting afterwards, so it doesn't get covered in dust. Somehow the color never seems to dry on it's own. And I find it harder to mix the colors I want. Fair points. The drying time is maddening - I once (about 3 years ago) tried a spatula technique and slapped the paint on so thickly that I'm still not convinced that its dry. One other thing I like about oils - it automatically makes the painting look older, as if every pigment contains a bit of brown. 1 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Gemma Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 I do the chalkboard art for my church, and I just finished this for the sermon series we start tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick." -J. R. R. Tolkien 2022 Challenges: Push, Core, Simple, Pooh, Timebox, NaNoWriMo 2023 Challenges: 20SOC, Travel, Battery, Song n'Dance Link to comment
Gemma Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 These are old ones, but they’re my favorites that I’ve done so far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick." -J. R. R. Tolkien 2022 Challenges: Push, Core, Simple, Pooh, Timebox, NaNoWriMo 2023 Challenges: 20SOC, Travel, Battery, Song n'Dance Link to comment
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