Daily Art Showcase

[SassySnivy]

Oh, look! Purplekec--I mean, glitchedpuppet! c; I thought she didn't do Pokemon stuff anymore. Her work with colors is amazing. Have you seen her old color theory tutorial she made in Flash? It's very eye-opening.
(yes I'm going to say she because despite the whole gender identity crap I still see PK as a she, w/e)


And what I thought was really hilarious about Sarah's GCeA Bulbasaur + Ivysaur piece was the critique it got.

There are spots around the edges of the Ivysaur where the paper color shows through, particularly in the blue above it.

Uhh, lolwut? That's a chalky style. OF COURSE PARTS ARE GOING TO BLEED THROUGH SLIGHTLY, IT'S A STYLISTIC CHOICE >_>

Sorry, I just dislike critiques that don't really take the best interest of the artist in mind or stylistic choices. Like, I get that "IT'S MY STYLE!!! D:<" is not a valid excuse for effed up quality and anatomy, but the majority of the time when you're writing a critique...you need to use your best judgment to try to understand what the original artist was going for and try to work with that. Or you know, if you don't like the stylistic choices just say so...but acknowledge that your stylistic tastes may be different than the other person's...but simultaneously, when it comes to an objective review, don't let such a thing get in the way. I don't know.

Sorry, I guess I'm being way too hard on Mike, but. Ugh. Pet peeve.

[Chibi Altaria]

@Pokemon Trainer Sarah I binge read the entire thing in two days. XD It's such an effort to wait patiently for more now, though. And I know! That would have to be one of my favourite pages. :D

@Speed-X I will forever know her as PK. xD Mmm well she doesn't do much Pokemon anymore, she's mostly onto Floraverse now. But sometimes she does! Oh, yeah! I saw that a while ago but I haven't thoroughly looked through it. She is very good with her colour selection, though. I could stand to learn a little more lol. I say she too, anything wrong with that? :p

...Who said that? xD And you're right, it's supposed to have that effect. Geez, people! *pats Speedy* I get it! Oh, Mike said it. Eh, well the artist can also say to the person critiquing what their original intention was, then they're fine to correct themselves. I didn't think anything about the chalk effect, tbh. I just expected it to be there!

[SassySnivy]

@Speed-X I will forever know her as PK. xD Mmm well she doesn't do much Pokemon anymore, she's mostly onto Floraverse now. But sometimes she does! Oh, yeah! I saw that a while ago but I haven't thoroughly looked through it. She is very good with her colour selection, though. I could stand to learn a little more lol. I say she too, anything wrong with that? :p

...Who said that? xD And you're right, it's supposed to have that effect. Geez, people! *pats Speedy* I get it! Oh, Mike said it. Eh, well the artist can also say to the person critiquing what their original intention was, then they're fine to correct themselves. I didn't think anything about the chalk effect, tbh. I just expected it to be there!

Rant ahoy!

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Same, same! I think a lot of it has to do with that scandal she was accused of over a year ago. I think she got a lot of backlash and instead of giving up, she changed her name and chose not to do Pokemon stuff anymore. I guess people don't want to see her name by her art and think, "Oh, it's PK" anymore. I dunno, I'm sure there were just a lot of personal issues. She's got a bunch of stupid SJWs against her for...whatever reason. It probably is similar to the crap that happened with zamii. I'm glad that zamii scandal got SO much coverage and recognition, btw. That was so stupid. Poor zamii. Jfc. People.

And no, I personally don't think it's bad xD Many other people do but I'll tell them to go suck it. 99% of the time if I have someone that I've known before their gender shift, I'll call them by their previous pronouns because, first of all, it's more familiar. Secondly, it just feels odd not to. Third, I guess old habits die hard. Nonetheless, I CAN'T STAND PEOPLE who get SO bent up out of shape about that. I don't think PK/GP is one of those people that gets bent out of shape about personal pronouns, but her fans seem to. >_> It's like, "who cares what pronoun I call you? Chances are I'm using your name in the same paragraph therefore everyone freaking knows who I'm referring to, correct pronoun or not. I mean for god's sake, the fact that some people mistake me for being a guy online never bothers me. Ever. It's like, lolwhatever they'll find out at some point. And then I get the rare person that is like, "I never thought you were a girl." xD It's like...come on, guys. QUIT TAKING EVERYTHING SO PERSONALLY.

Yeah, her knowledge on color theory is amazing. It's here if you want to read it!

Hahah yeah. It's just...that kind of thing bugs me, especially in scoring cases in which correcting oneself is inconvenient / pointless. Again it's nothing personal on Mike. xD Just. Irks me I guess. Ah well.


@Lunar Latias: any daily update? :D

[Chibi Altaria]

I'M AT WOOOOOOORK. Anyway yes, I'll do it now I suppose. xD

Today I'm going to showcase some art from a new member @starmie! You can find star's gallery here. New on the scene, but not new to art, star does wonderful sketch requests of Pokemon! So far there's been an Archen, Pikachu, Flareon, Latios and Snivy! star's Flareon piece can be found below. c: IT'S SO CUTE AND FLUFFY <3

Welcome to the forum, starmie!

Daily Rating: 8/10

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[Chibi Altaria]

MY WEEKEND HAS BEEN HECTIC. HAVE SOME ART.

Today's artwork is from another new forum member, @ESPER! She does arty stuffs sometimes, such as this awesome Victini featured below that can be found in the XAT Pokedex thread! I love the colours used; Victini seems bubbly and full of life, never mind that the horrid XAT program was used to create this. ESPER seems to have done an awesome job overcoming it!

Daily Rating: 9/10

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[Suicune's Fire]

I love this thread. C: It's awesome. I really like both of those people's styles! They're amazing. <: We're lucky to have such amazing artists here.

[ESPER]

MY WEEKEND HAS BEEN HECTIC. HAVE SOME ART.

Today's artwork is from another new forum member, @ESPER! She does arty stuffs sometimes, such as this awesome Victini featured below that can be found in the XAT Pokedex thread! I love the colours used; Victini seems bubbly and full of life, never mind that the horrid XAT program was used to create this. ESPER seems to have done an awesome job overcoming it!

Daily Rating: 9/10

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PPPST UHHH, I USED MICROSOFT PAINT TO MAKE IT BECAUSE XAT CRASHES MY BROWSER IN SECONDS----

But wowie, thanks for the mention regardless, it was a pain to use a mouse and be deprived of my tablet and the undo button for about forty minutes!

[Chibi Altaria]

PPPST UHHH, I USED MICROSOFT PAINT TO MAKE IT BECAUSE XAT CRASHES MY BROWSER IN SECONDS----

But wowie, thanks for the mention regardless, it was a pain to use a mouse and be deprived of my tablet and the undo button for about forty minutes!

That's what I get for not reading things properly late at night... XD REGARDLESS. It's still really awesome! And you're welcome! Since I'm without a tablet here at work, I used a mouse last week to draw a Mawile for the XAT Dex. IT TOOK ME SO FLIPPIN' LONG. T^T Glad I'm not the only one who spends time on these!

[Chibi Altaria]

Yay, it's that time again! Today I've got another comic for you. This time I'm featuring @Nekomata's Rising Shadows which you can find here if you'd like to give it a read. c: Rising Shadows follows a young Flareon named Naya as she travels to regain her memory which has been wiped clean due to an unfortunate incident. It's quite humourous, and I'd definitely recommend it!

A small excerpt can be seen below!

Daily Rating: 9/10

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[Chibi Altaria]

How hard is it to draw a Pokemon off the top of your head? Have YOU memorised the details of every one of them? That's why the game "Draw the Pokemon Above Without a Reference" is so hilarious! Occasionally though, we have some pretty good ones! Take @Daughter of Mew's Flaaffy, for example. Pretty darn close to the original! Well done, DoM. c:

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