[SFW] Artist's Group Chat

@PaskaNaakka  
A lotta noice thangs today.

What type of fighter would rarity be in Smash?
 
 
_{asking for recreational purposes}

Meet Yua Waifu. She is trash :P  

 
@LightningBolt  
Big drawback though is you need to show it at a specific resolution. Like, if you resize the objects the entire effect changes, and if it’s resized by the page it’s on the dithering gets aliased :P

@Badumsquish  
10/10
 
Would waifu again.

Did a shookth horse, quick thanks to PN for giving me the permission to give her some color. :)  

@Binkyt11  
Nice work

Anyone up for confectionary treats?  

Anyone up for boysnek? :D  

Did another quick hooman thing:
 

 
@Badumsquish  
This snek is cute as heck

 

 
What’s wrong?  
Tags and comments like uncanny valley, creepy, nightmare fuel etc doesnt help me to improve things

@Soobel  
I think it’s the eyes. They’re a bit too realistic.
 
The artwork is far from bad, (much better than anything I’ve done anyway).
 
(On a side note, your current avatar reminds me of Juliette off ‘Dogtanian and the Muskerhounds’).

@Soobel  
Actually, being able to achieve “The Uncanny Valley” is a compliment.
 
The uncanny valley is extremely difficult for most artists to reach - no matter how hard they try they can’t make us think that we’re seeing something that might plausibly be alive or dead.
 
As odd as it may sound - you have done something amazing and wonderful - your images are “too realistic”.
 
You have the potential to create drawings that cross right over that uncanny valley and become “realistic” to the point that they are entirely plausible and look alive.
 
A lot of artists would sign a contract in blood with the devil to get to where you are. Don’t shy away from it - it’s amazing and great.
 
You can pull back on the realism and probably be completely and totally successful for decades making amazing but less “uncanny valley” - or you can find a way to go one step further.
 
Read what the makers of “Avatar” (the movie) went through - they hit the uncanny valley super hard, but fixed it by making the Navi’s eyes wider and their faces longer. The result was “realistic” and appeared to be alive, but audiences no longer ran screaming when they saw them.
 
So, I guess what I’m saying is that you’ve found the uncanny valley - congratulations! Now you have to also make your art “beautiful” in a way that doesn’t relinquish the beauty you have already created, but makes it less “uncanny”.
 
As @40kponyguy mentioned, the eyes are probably the heart of what you are dealing with. They are very “forward facing” - in our world, that indicates that it’s a predator. Horses normally have more “side facing” eyes, and repositioning the focus of the eyes to make them wider or more like horses might help.
 
But that backs away from the “intelligence” that the MLP-FiM ponies show by having more forward-facing, flatter faces.
 
So - try a bunch of different things, moving the eyes further apart from each other, or making their muzzles more obvious, or changing the focal length of the eyes - somewhere here there is “something that will snap” and will be suddenly perfect.
 
And instead of seeming like very odd or unnerving human-like creatures, your drawings will suddenly because beatific horses who’s faces display such powerful human emotions that people can’t stop looking at them.
 
You’re literally standing on a razor’s edge between angelic or demonic. Which most artists never ever achieve.
 
Congratulations ^__^
 
Just promise to use your powers for good.

So, I’m planning on getting back into digital art…
 
I’m guessing I should do some colored sketching for warm up shouldn’t I?

@Ciaran
 
THanks for advices.
 
Earlier i was stuck with lights and shadows and missed right colors, now i feel that facial expressions are next weak thing.

So, I drew this to warm up with sketching digitally again.  

@Lord Hypno  
Good work!

@Ciaran  
Thanks!

 
The story in this one took a while too. I would encourage you all to read it.

Today’s prompt was to either redo and ATG prompt or an older art piece. I decided to do both and do my very first ATG prompt from last year.  

I know I’ve been quiet recently. With my laptop out of action (making it difficult to get stuff uploaded), and the ridiculous heatwave we’ve had here in the UK I’ve just not felt in the mood to draw.
 
I have done a bit more at my crossover comic, so expect an update on that soon.

When attempting to get a #1 Assistant to swap employers, be sure to offer a tasty pay incentive to get his attention :P  

I was hoping to get at least Ahuizotl’s group done, but computer issues got in the way hard.  

@Binkyt11  
Any plans on that villains collaboration or has that been abandoned?

 
I want my 200 drawing badge

Oh nevermind I’m not eligible for one.
 
Geez I dont’ know how people put out so much work.