I created this thread because I'm jealous of people with amazing artistic ability. When I was looking to fulfill my art requirement in college, I decided to pick up a drawing class. Mind you, I've never taken an art class or even drawn in my life... The professor said I'd have a really hard time because I was the only one who hadn't had years of experience creating art. Turns out it was one of my favorite classes I took.

Don't take this as a way of me bragging by any means... I just want to see what everyone else can do with a pencil, paintbrush, charcoal, etc. Here are some of the sketches I did for the class. I'd say I spent anywhere from 2-4 hours on most of them.

Please share any artwork you're proud of!

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Love that movie!

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loved the third one >:D
really m8, after 6-7Hours of pounding collage time i barely have power to do something ;-;
glad u shared and BUMP

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Since no artists appeared on this thread yet, I'll post some of my works:

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Sexy!!

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Thanks! ^^
But what do you think about my work?

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Perro finally posted a selfie! Please mark as NSFW! :P

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Oh please, I have more beard than that!

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I'm an artist.
But I'm also not an artist.

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You are a Tumalu    

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My middle-school teacher once told me I'm gonna be a famous artist after my death so I've got it covered. I used to be really into "painting" 3 years ago! And I've made a rose of my own! Rose duel! >:( Here it is with some random stuff, unfinished stuff and two animated stuff things. I keep telling myself I should start being serious about it but nah, too lazy to take classes/get better/not sleep all day.
such artist, many beauty, very skill, wow.

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Did you make the last GIFs? I mean, sure you did, why would you post them then... awesome! I'm currently trying to do some sprites and GIFs. Do you have more of that good stuff? :)

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Yeah, and thanks. Good luck with that! Don't let the flood of shitty pixely games on Steam spoil the bestest art there is for you! :D
Nah, those are pretty much the pinnacle of my "work". The only GIFs I've made anyway.

There's some awesome stuff on the topic I have read a month ago. Pixelart advice. I was pleasantly surprised I've followed some of the techniques without ever reading tutorials (all my stuff is 3-5 years old)

Some more pixel nonsense, spaceship, test of making tiles and a skyscraper because reasons:

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Got the tutorial bookmarked and will check it out soon.
What size are your gifs? In terms of amount of pixels, because I am kinda hesitant to do more detailed stuff and only do big, chunky pictures as they require less work and are a bit more tricky at the same time since every pixel has to be placed good to make it work.
I'm nowhere close to anything good as your stuff yet, but I am fascinated by stuff like the picture below.
I am actually thinking about learning to program a bit to make a cheap sidescroller point & click thing just to use that stuff. I already have a little soundtrack put together for my imaginary game. :D

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a bit of a cheat, but here is a pretty delicious pixel-art aesthetic effect that isnt hand made http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop

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Bookmarked! Thank you! This looks perfect! I admit I cheated a little already, using some sort of online photoshop (Pixlr Editor) drawing figures there and pixelating them afterwards, adding details with Piskel (also an online tool) and I figured it would be much easier this way.
I wondered if those delicate gradients in some backgrounds were handmade or just pixelated/edited. This answers my question! :)

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I've never tried painting, but those are great! Thanks for sharing!

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:O Awesome!

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Thanks <3

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I really like the rose, it looks amazing!

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I thought about making a thread like this! But about pixel art in particular since I'm trying to work my way in there since I discovered Piskel, but it turned out to be harder than I expected D:
I occasionally draw or paint to pass some time, but I used to be much more focused on it years ago. Those are my lucky tries that turned out to be good and that I am proud of. I'd be lying if I wouldn't mention that I used inspiration for some.

I like your drawings! Never been good with pencils, since I've drawn mostly during class I got used to a ballpen.

First one, that spawned the second image as well, is actually something I want to paint, but I'm hesitant because I will probably mess it up.
For the third image I actually used a different picture as a template, since I suck at drawing faces

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Are the symbols in the third image a code for a giveaway? Or have I spent too much time solving mecorx's puzzles?

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Could be, haha. Nah, if I can trust Google it's just a little something I've put in most drawings.

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Bump for solved!

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While it's not gramatically correct (though im not 100% sure how to say that properly xD) I think everyone who speaks japanese would understand what you mean anyways!
And really nice drawings you've made there!

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Faces are so hard to draw, oh god!
I really love the last two drawings / paintings!

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Thanks. :)
Got lucky with those, recent paintings didn't turn out as good (good being objective, otherwise it would sound arrogant :D)

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Don't worry, I know what you mean. :)
I've looked through my folder of drawings and stuff and decided to not post anything after seeing what a good drawing actually looks like haha :D

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Aw, c'mon. Pick the ones you are the most proud of.

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I could post edits of stuff that I've done which I'm kinda proud of but not actual original stuff.

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Go for it!

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...naah. Rather not ^^'

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You've got some serious skills, DC! Didn't really know that about you... Nice work! That last one, especially, is phenomenal!

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Thanks, man! I appreciate you saying that! Right back at you, didn't think you'd be drawing at all being the outdoor guy you are. You keep surpising me, man.

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I haven't really done much outside the class, but I've thought about picking it back up again to mix up the hobbies in my life. :) The wifey wants more things that we can do together and both enjoy them. I think this might be one of those things.

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Good stuff!
And that last one (the hand) is particularly well done!

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Thanks! It's edited tho. It's three drawings/painting of the same hand I made, layered and edited with photoshop. So that probably helped. :P

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Great drawing! Especially love that last one :D I'm not good at drawing faces too, no matter how hard I try I can never get a face to look normal :/

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Thank you!
Yeah, it came so far that I don't even like faces anymore. I rather leave them and make something else where the face should be. :D

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Really good... but the smile is so weird. What's up with that? :P

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Fixed that for you. :)

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What?!?!? You dare fix my artwork and make it look better... Did I take your artwork and make it look better? I believe I did not.

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Sorry... I'll change it back to normal...

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I ain't even mad.

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http://acrashingwave.cleanfolio.com/gallery/626214#9
stuff i did back in the day. havent made much in awhile and not so experienced with photoshop, but looking to grab a copy to try my hand at creating csgo skins and stickers sometime soon. (will be a whole different style than the drawings and paintings in that link for sure) :P

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Wow... those are pretty abstract! I've never had a mind that can think like and visualize like that. Impressive stuff!

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Man, these load long! Will say something as soon as I have seen one.
But Drew's comment was pretty convincing. Abstract? I'm all about that stuff! :D

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MS Paint

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Just curious... how long did this take you?? I can't do squat in MS Paint! :D

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Wow, really nice work on the eye there. Personally I find it hard to achieve a reflective look on any of my drawings :/ (All my drawings are buried somewhere in a drawer sorry xP)

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Thanks! I really only see the reflective look when I squint. Otherwise, it just looks like a little goat to me. XD

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Some simple skull painting in photoshop. (You can see my older stuff below, before I did the skulls :P)

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Seriously?!? You made this??? :O

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hahaha yep & it's a real pain in the butt since I don't have a drawing pad :P

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Did you use a picture on another layer to use as a template?

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I don't picture, but I do use some deer skulls I have for reference :P using a grid overlay to get the portions right & recreating them in photoshop.

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Do you have any more? These are fantastic!

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I thought he was the coolest looking fable in the game when transformed!

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Same!

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By far!

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Currently no :( However I'm working another, but I have know idea how much long it will take. "I add glob of paint here.. no. no. no that looks dumb... undo.. add.. undo.. add" Dammit brain! XD

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Update: No skulls, but I found these on my other computer :P Not as good but oh well (stuff I did along time ago)!

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simple
That was a good one.

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Really impressive! :O

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Thanks!

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They look great!

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:D

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Those are amazing. The detail is just... wow. O_O
And I love skulls. :p

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My Teachers kept all my good artwork. All i left is shitty photoshp, and only one I'm lroud of.

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I think I've seen this one before! You made it for something on this site, right??

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Yes, i've made a lot of weird things for steamgifts. This one was made for assassin
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/dPIa0/verdun

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Awesome stuff man

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I appreciate that!

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Nice stuff. I'm not an artist. Just passing by.

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Thank you. :)

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I'm not sure if my type of art is suitable to be posted here but... check it out. :P
Digital painting

I chose only those which in my opinion are nice. If you want to see my entire gallery, visit my deviantart profile:
http://www.troopek94.deviantart.com

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Why wouldn't it be suitable?? Those are awesome!!

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Thanks!

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Nice job!
I'd save some of them to replace my wallpapers =D

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Go ahead. Don't hesitate to do so. I'm glad to hear that. :P

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The last one, love it! ^.^ Really Cool!

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I'm glad you like it. :D

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That last one would be an incredible wallpaper, not that all the others aren't great too!

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You can visit my deviantart profile for other versions of this creature. :P

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WHich soft do you use to draw such things? =p

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Photoshop. :P

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Was just passing by and...
Some silly PAINTings =P

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At least your head is still on your shoulders =d

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Fuck my mind! Just noticed that I copied one guy's phrase because Is I saw it when scrolling down and then started to link my images, wrote few words and didn't think much about them.
Such thief...

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Those are verrrry creepy and verrry good! Nicely done, Vlad!

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Interesting - I watched you!

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I love these kind of drawings :D

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I'm mostly a traditional painter but I also do some digital stuff. I'm glad you are enjoying your own classes!

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Are you a professional? Because you should definitely be a professional. I love those!

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I'm self-taught and it is has always been a hobby. But I'm selling a lot of stuff now, especially pet portraits like those horses, and I'm starting to take it more seriously.

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You should! If I had some extra cash to spare, I'd definitely grab one of those up!

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Thank you for your kind words - there is more of my stuff here if you or anyone else wants to look!

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Just keep doing what you're doing! A++++

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Behold my leet skillz.
Programmer art for an unfinished game project

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Will you just stop for a second and take a look at that scenery?? :D

I've never even thought about creating a game. Is this your first?

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I've got a lot of projects started, but most never got past the "techical demo" stage. This one for example, all it does right now is have the character move around when you tap the screen. My head is full of ideas, but I'm terrible at seeing these things through.

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Aha! So you're the mastermind behind Supra Mayro! jk. My concept sketches make that look like a masterpiece.

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my artistic skill is too listen and watch other people do art.
count for something right?

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:D

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The artist inside of me, for today, can only push random keys on piano. Try to check back in year or two :D

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Piano? Nice! I took 5 years of lessons. Don't play much anymore, but still remember by heart some of the first songs I ever played. Pretty weird how things like that stand the test of time.

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Maybe It's time to start playing again? Music gets into people souls an exists forever ^^

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Good point. I switched to playing the french horn in high school and hadn't played much piano when that transition happened.

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French horn is also nice instrument ^^ I wish I was a professional pianist, but unofortunately started playing too late :/

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My aunt is actually a professional pianist, my cousin plays in an orchestra, and all of my family grew up with it, so music does run through my veins a bit. :)

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I'm a little jelous now :D Can I have some of Your musical blood? Living as Vampiric musician sound like a good idea ^^

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Yessss... take what you'd like...

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bites Your neck
... NOW I AM OVERPOWERED, ETERNAL PIANIST! MUHAHAH! ... And of course... All the girls are mine ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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I haven't picked up the pencil for years because I got extremely lazy.
But here are some oldies from my long inactive deviantart page:
Bunch of Resi fanarts and a YGO inspired drawing

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Those are nice, thanks for sharing! :)

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Ahhhh way cool! The detail in those is incredible!

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Pretty neat pixel art! Thanks!

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thanks

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I want to draw more, but twelve hour work days make doing -anything- else impossible

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O.o Yaoi alert!!

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where is the yaoi there? o.O it's a headshot and a chibi girl. yaoi = boy on boy.

if you wanted a sexy man, I did draw one for you...

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I already saw him, and his captain too....
The way of looking of that boy-head... that is porn!

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What did you use to draw these? I've never tried anything digital.

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photoshop and a wacom

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Nice! You'll have to hit up DownwardConcept... he's looking to get his foot in the door of the pixel art world. That one is really cool!

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I am just hobbyst
Here http://mbdrawings.deviantart.com
I wish you best luck! Just keep drawing

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Solid! I wouldn't even dare try to draw someone's face. Those are sooo hard!

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Well, all you need is patience and practise :)

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