GunStarHero Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Didn't see a general art posting thread, and while I normally don't make threads, uh..well...here ya go. Some of the art I've done. 2013 - Digital Painting 2010 - Acrylic Painting 2013 - In Progress Digital Painting 2012 - Mixed Media and Digital Painting 2013 - Digital Painting 2012 - Digital Painting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Late to the thread, but these are pretty damned incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thanks! And I actually forgot I made this, tbh. I have a lot more I can share, but I quit making art four years ago, and a lot are unfinished, like this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Dam dude those are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Why did you quit? They look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Why did you quit? They look great Wall of text inc: To be perfectly honest, it's not fulfilling anymore. I got into art for the wrong reason in the first place. because it got me attention as a kid when nothing else did. Like, I was the kid in school that would pretend to shade a picture I had been done with weeks ago, just in the hopes someone would look at it and talk to me or tell me something positive. After I graduated from art school and realized, "oh, this is a terrible degree. I've wasted my time and money," I started learning to cook and rolled with that as a career. Tried to keep art as a hobby, but occasionally some of my art got stolen and reposted, even saw one picture on a fan-made shirt on a band's website. Did what I could to stop the theft, but it's near impossible to track down every instance of that stuff. I also found myself posting paintings I had worked on for days get no attention (likes, comments, shares, tags, notes, etc.) and I'd turn around and see a single mom post a picture from her kid's coloring book that she colored in and that shit got tons of attention. Like I said, I was in it for the wrong reason so I got discouraged. And after I saw that posting my stuff netted me nothing but someone stealing it got them everything, I just quit sharing for a few years entirely. Last big art project I worked on was in 2014 when I made a pilot episode for a ninja comedy cartoon a friend and I had been working on. We were talking with Cartoon Hangover (Adventure Time, Bee & Puppycat, Bravest Warriors, Fairly Oddparents, etc.) for about 6 months, and I mean constant correspondence, to make the pilot. As an aside, we also talked with [adult swim] long ago, like 2008, and we sent an official pilot but it was rejected (was really bad). Got to talk to Doc Hammer and the 70/30 (Archer, Sealab, Frisky Dingo) guys so that was cool. Anyways, once we submitted the pilot package, they replied back in 5 minutes, told us it was too long and not kid friendly. That wasn't particularly true since we were working on a PG-13 cartoon and the pilot document was 73 pages long, 1 picture per page. So basically they didn't read it. Supposed to be making another pilot to upload direct to YouTube but I'm having a hard time convincing myself to produce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 The fact that you made a pilot and pitched it got responses is pretty awesome Sucks that your artwork got stolen and reposted, some people love to take credit for others work. All you need is motivation to do that YT pilot, maybe one day you will find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 I think the biggest hurdle with the YouTube pilot is me. Because we got shot down by two "big" companies I got discouraged at first, but then just super nitpicky about everything I was making. So it's more of a "I need to make something good enough to impress myself" or simply "allow myself to make it regardless" type situation. Right now I just don't really care and I'm so drained from work I barely have time for fun, much less such a big project. At any rate, here's some examples of the basic frames I did for the animatics. (Fun fact, Odin was in the original pitch, but I can't find a picture of his character at the moment.) For the 2014 pitch I hand drew everything in pencil, went over the sketches in ink, scanned them in and turned them into simple vectors in Illustrator. Example below: Here's a screencap of the private forum my friend and I were using to post and discuss everything. It shows our second story, the super villain one. Example shot from that story's animatic: Another thing we were doing was making a machinima. Here's a test shot turned into a gif: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 See that all looks really cool Who knows maybe 3rd time is the charm for you You Tube is a whole different platform and if you ever do it who knows it could go viral or passed around and maybe some creators will notice it, of course there's always a chance it could go nowhere but risk are required Whatever you do best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarPanda Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 BTW if you where still doing paintings like those I would totally request one and pay you for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I appreciate the kind words. As for the paintings, I haven't done them in 3 years, so I'm out of practice. Not currently taking any requests, but if that changes I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohri Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 If I could, I would give you a big star sticker! A+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 If I could, I would give you a big star sticker! A+ My high school AP art teacher once famously said she was going to "take (me) out back and strangle (me) for being so talented but half committed." I say "famously" because she said it during an assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 That looks amazing ::spin:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Though this is likely not what people expected when I mentioned "animations" but here are some test animations I made back in college for my super villain story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Oh ok awesome.....I would have never seen these as there was no way I was ever coning in this folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 First time painting in 4 years. Just trying to see if I still can. Only did line art and base coats so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I'm not good with genuine-sounding compliments, but this is all really fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagepailcat Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Everything in this thread is amazing. Is that first one of Brody Dalle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunStarHero Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Thanks, you two! I didnt know anyone else replied. That's a model I found, not Brody Dalle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Most impressive. I didn't get past coloring in the lines.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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