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MaullarMaullar — Learn To Draw The Maullar Way

Published: 2008-12-03 05:17:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 27993; Favourites: 213; Downloads: 1810
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Description Some of you have, at various points, expressed a desire to draw like me. This is probably because you are crazy. In the wake of the deregulation of the mental health industry, unfortunately, the best I can do is give you this.

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Comments: 70

HitmanN [2008-12-03 13:45:55 +0000 UTC]

lol. That was clever. xD

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vantheman9 [2008-12-03 11:44:50 +0000 UTC]

Hmm

I have a personal aversion to vectors, I'd feel less talented if I used them

I also usually don't bother taking the hour, hour and a half that it takes to make a digital inking. Not anymore, a lot of my earlier pics I did that, and ugh, so painfully time consuming. I've thought about using my light table to do inking, when I do go over my pictures a second time to get a cleaner copy I use a mech pencil.

The line layer can mean a difference worth a thousand points of win in the eyes of the viewer though. So I'm feeling a constant struggle of "we want it to look neat" "I want it to be finished"

I don't think the lines are worth as much as they seem to be though, my most recent work [link] is getting as many views and favorites as any of my earlier pics that I put the time into, maybe it's just a natural improvement of my skills or a general increase in my page's traffic... but I'm finding I don't have to take the time to be clean to win

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MaullarMaullar In reply to vantheman9 [2008-12-03 22:56:07 +0000 UTC]

I use vectors to compensate for inadequacies in my penmanship. Thus it's more accurate to say that I use vectors because I'm less talented, not that I'm less talented because I use vectors.

However, regardless of how I feel about my own abilities, it's the result that matters--though I don't have to tell you that. I will say that the 14 hours I cited in the chart wasn't an exaggeration, so I definitely lean more toward the "make it look neat" side.

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vantheman9 In reply to MaullarMaullar [2008-12-04 05:50:13 +0000 UTC]

I said "I'd feel less talented if I used them"

The word "you" isn't anywhere in that sentence, and you shouldn't take it that way

I don't get 1/4th the amount of favorites you do so what wins for me isn't half a win for you.

I have plenty of other justifications to myself for my methods... "I like art that speaks of being created by a human, rather than a solid piece of linework the viewer perceives as real (in 3d space) and believes it magically jumped into existence, the computer made it"
But, that's all BS, I just greatly enjoy the challenge moreso than I enjoy making something that's awesome to look at... and I don't know, playing with bezier handles makes me feel like a monkey.

I'm really too lazy to put up with the tedium - and the war of attrition between the art creator and the tedious project is how most digital art today is created. Ever tried unwrapping a 3d model? 90% of my fellow students screamed in outrage "THIS SHOULD BE A BUTTON!!!~"

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artest-pad [2008-12-03 10:35:30 +0000 UTC]

nice and funny tutorial

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Caregan [2008-12-03 10:32:12 +0000 UTC]

entertaining ^ ^

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zarsh009 [2008-12-03 08:39:18 +0000 UTC]

a flow chart, thats something

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rocketwarthog [2008-12-03 07:01:01 +0000 UTC]

lol, really funny

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CooroSnowFox [2008-12-03 06:57:08 +0000 UTC]

Nothing beats a flowchart :3
I don't get past the first stage myself...

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Doyora [2008-12-03 06:44:31 +0000 UTC]

ww

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Thatguyknownasdio In reply to ??? [2008-12-03 06:05:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh man this made me laugh!

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Shadowmojo [2008-12-03 05:37:41 +0000 UTC]

I am so confused @_@;;;

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Mr-Orange-Bob [2008-12-03 05:37:27 +0000 UTC]

nice

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DLShowtime In reply to ??? [2008-12-03 05:33:48 +0000 UTC]

I could draw like you...but I'd need a huge injection of this "talent" stuff I hear all the artists have.

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vantheman9 In reply to DLShowtime [2008-12-03 11:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Talent....hahahahahaha

Talent is actually a metaphor

Or a euphemism

Or a misconception

Or a something that means something which it isn't way of saying "tons and tons of hard work"

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Night-Miner [2008-12-03 05:33:45 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice

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DJ-Skylark [2008-12-03 05:27:40 +0000 UTC]

Yay flowchart!

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sonic8005 [2008-12-03 05:25:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice, really nice

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VoughtVindicator [2008-12-03 05:24:09 +0000 UTC]

Win.

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