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Artist, you should be using a better tool than MS Paint. You have talent.
There’s some clumsiness around the execution of lines, but the scene is well composed and evocative, and the grayscale execution sets the right mood. This will be an excellent story seed.
Strong. Upper tier for this one.
There’s some clumsiness around the execution of lines, but the scene is well composed and evocative, and the grayscale execution sets the right mood. This will be an excellent story seed.
Strong. Upper tier for this one.
There was a small discussion in the chat about whether this was actually done in paint or not.
I initially guessed not, because I feel like this piece has very strong composition, and I guessed it was drawn with a pen tool from the fairly smooth curving lines. Cassius, however, suggested that it might have been done with shape tools and a mouse, and looking at the square bricks in the background, he might well be right.
Either way, I feel like this is an intentionally minimalist piece; strong composition, but very simple styling, possibly because (as GGA says) the artist was lacking tools, but also possibly because it was done quickly. I like combination, though, so on the whole it works very well for me. Some variance in line thickness might make this really pop, but even as it is, it seems like a very well done piece.
I initially guessed not, because I feel like this piece has very strong composition, and I guessed it was drawn with a pen tool from the fairly smooth curving lines. Cassius, however, suggested that it might have been done with shape tools and a mouse, and looking at the square bricks in the background, he might well be right.
Either way, I feel like this is an intentionally minimalist piece; strong composition, but very simple styling, possibly because (as GGA says) the artist was lacking tools, but also possibly because it was done quickly. I like combination, though, so on the whole it works very well for me. Some variance in line thickness might make this really pop, but even as it is, it seems like a very well done piece.
I seem to remember a distinct lack of flowers in the palace in the second episode, so I can only imagine things are going to end poorly for it.
But jokes aside, this is great.
But jokes aside, this is great.
It's sorta bugging me that people keep saying this was made in mspaint. There's quite a few parts of it that would be way too difficult to do without at least basic layer support. So I checked the tags:
So, yeah, the artist is in fact human. Or maybe you guys seriously overestimate what mspaint is actually capable of. ;p
The style looks basic because of what I imagine was a self-imposed limitation—not just being monochromatic, but only using 5 shades of grey for lighting—rather than lacking tools. Also, the strokes look smooth enough that I doubt they were done with a mouse.
i_comment => Created with GIMP
So, yeah, the artist is in fact human. Or maybe you guys seriously overestimate what mspaint is actually capable of. ;p
The style looks basic because of what I imagine was a self-imposed limitation—not just being monochromatic, but only using 5 shades of grey for lighting—rather than lacking tools. Also, the strokes look smooth enough that I doubt they were done with a mouse.
>>Monokeras
I did. I simply didn't do it in that style.
Though, I'll just let you guess which is/are mine.
I did. I simply didn't do it in that style.
Though, I'll just let you guess which is/are mine.
>>FairyRave
Since you have an obvious knack for colouring, I suspect the watercolours one with the giant flower.
Since you have an obvious knack for colouring, I suspect the watercolours one with the giant flower.
Congratulations to Haze, Haze, Haze, and GroaningGreyAgony for their medals! There were a lot of creative and amazing entries.
>>GroaningGreyAgony
>>Not_A_Hat
>>Fenton
>>The_Letter_J
>>wYvern
>>Kritten
>>Exuno
>>RogerDodger
>>Cold in Gardez
>>FairyRave
>>Monokeras
>>horizon
Thank you all for your feedback!
As Roger pointed out, this was done in GIMP. I was surprised to see MS Paint brought up so much--Cold in Gardez's Rem video and FairyRave's Santa video are amazing, but my MS-Paint-fu isn't anywhere close to that level. The picture was hard enough with layers.
The picture was done entirely with mouse, though--lines were either free-handed or shift-clicked for straightness. (I don't have a tablet.)
I tried looking for a reference that had this camera angle looking up at the inside of a building, but I couldn't find one, so I made my own by taking a picture of the inside of a cardboard box. This made the flower a lot bigger than I expected it to be.
>>GroaningGreyAgony
>>Not_A_Hat
>>Fenton
>>The_Letter_J
>>wYvern
>>Kritten
>>Exuno
>>RogerDodger
>>Cold in Gardez
>>FairyRave
>>Monokeras
>>horizon
Thank you all for your feedback!
As Roger pointed out, this was done in GIMP. I was surprised to see MS Paint brought up so much--Cold in Gardez's Rem video and FairyRave's Santa video are amazing, but my MS-Paint-fu isn't anywhere close to that level. The picture was hard enough with layers.
The picture was done entirely with mouse, though--lines were either free-handed or shift-clicked for straightness. (I don't have a tablet.)
I tried looking for a reference that had this camera angle looking up at the inside of a building, but I couldn't find one, so I made my own by taking a picture of the inside of a cardboard box. This made the flower a lot bigger than I expected it to be.