Welcome to Gaia! ::

Yaki: Oh man, I know where you're coming from. My family is very similar. They thought art would never make any money either so for most of my early life I was only ever told, keep it as a hobby, but never more than anything else.
But then I found out about animation! And how you could potentially make money. I told them this and when they saw there was no hope of me ever becoming a pharmacist they let me go the path that I wanted. Fortunately I've had friends around me that love art though. They would always encourage me.
I think your picture looks amazing, it's very visually pleasing. I can really tell that you love photography :')


Nuna: Thank you very much! I'll have to try out this way of painting soon!
Awe, yeah, I love seeing W.I.P's.... the funny thing is that I myself never think to really save the W.I.P's..... They always get tossed out XD;;


Kai: Haha, I think that's what a lot of people concentrate on when they draw, the head and hands. I also ended up running out of time to add the shadow contours since I was caught up in putting in details...

Hrm... I've always been taught that the gesture is the first most important thing.

But yes, I agree, all of those things is very important in making an amazing piece of art :O

@Gomeric: Wow, thanks! and you're lucky to have people who encourage you biggrin

@kai: thanks, this really been very helpful! sometimes I really struggle to decide which part of the photograph I need to crop and which I shouldn't. There're many different rules in composing *rule of the third, golden triangle rule, 3/4th rule etc.* which confuse me a lot! Is there any exact time when to use certain rule and when to use another? *I tend to use no rule at all when composing, if you like it, then shoot it! gonk *

@Numa: wow, really, thanks! well, I do love photography and arts, it just sometimes I don't have the confidence I need to make something good, and I think that it would be nice to have someone encouraging you when you're feeling down sweatdrop

@Om: thank you, I really appreciated that! Yeah, I'll try to keep focus! biggrin

My take on the little assignment. I definitely focus a lot on the face, breasts, and stomach more then anything else. I tend to obsess over those parts. As a result I ended up leaving out the feet (and almost hands) in both sessons... XD

Oh, I know Im well overdo for it. maybe I'll do an exercise where we focus on things we think we're bad at next.

@nuna: Cool : D I can't wait to participate in that!

@yaar: hmm what program are you using? maybe try a new program like sai, lots of people in the guild have been trying out a trial versions. : ) seems to be good for most people so far

I`m using flipnote hatena.It`s a free app for the dsi.Besides,my mom would never buy me anything for drawing on the computer.Or a scanner,probably.