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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:56 pm
by cougartiger
First, I'd like to say that while I have been upfront both here and on my DA page about the fact that I am copying both Basil and the O&M cast from existing artwork, it seems one person decided I was a liar.

Last Sunday, on my DA page, this asshole first yelled at me for coloring Millie wrong then followed that up by accusing me of tracing. I reported both comments as spam.

I am copying. NOT tracing. DCS herself told me in e-mail that copying was a good way to learn how a drawing works. I am just starting to see what she means. The following are quick sketches I did over the week without copying or referencing the originals. The Mickey heads were just a spur of the moment thing.

Point is this: I could barely draw stick figures this time last year. While I have a long way to go this proves that the copying method is working for me. So, judge for yourself.

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Here's a "in progress" sketch of Ozy I'm working on. It started out as a direct copy of the pose on the O&M cast page but I felt confident enough to play with it a little.

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The finished Ozy will be up either late tonight or sometime over the next two days.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:19 pm
by Chris
It's either my monitor or your scanning. I can barely see it, the scan is way to bright.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:28 pm
by cougartiger
Well, it's just a lightly drawn rough sketch. There's nothing I can do to fix it untill I get around to doing cleanup which will be later this evening.

But, it shows up fine on my monitor. I wouldn't have put it up if you couldn't see it at all.

I'll remove it if it's really bugging everyone.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:28 pm
by MuffinSticks
It's fine. It just looks like a light sketch.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:40 pm
by cougartiger
It's fine. It just looks like a light sketch.
Heh. Looks like we posted at the same time, Muffin.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:20 am
by MuffinSticks
Hey, this is courtesy of Fritz.


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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:32 am
by Segovia
Oh Fritz. Still trolling I see.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:34 am
by MuffinSticks
And Muffin, his partner in posting. What else is new.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:38 am
by bad ass antelope
MuffinSticks is a shared alt account for Bacon and Fekeal

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:41 am
by Segovia
Yes we already claimed those allegations.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:43 am
by bad ass antelope
I know...

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:18 am
by cougartiger
For the record, I copied the original Millie pic to my hard drive, then opened it in PhotoStudio, converted it to greyscale, enlarged it, then printed it out. All of which made it a soft blurry mess, hardly suitable for tracing.

Why do people have to be such jerks?

I'm through explaining this. Think what you want. I even sent the Millie pic to DCS today. If she comments, I'll let you know.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:21 am
by MuffinSticks
Sorry bro, it's just that no matter how much you defend yourself with excuses like it being printed out into a soft blurry mess, the fact remains that they look freaking identical.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:34 am
by bad ass antelope
cougartiger, you are aware that your main critic is Fritz right?

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:36 am
by MuffinSticks
Fritz is a professional asshole.