Malte's Random LBT fanart

Malte279 · **Reply #140 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:32:03 AM

I finished another drawing showing a scene resembling one from one of my stories:

Mumbling · **Reply #141 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:41:57 AM

Awesome drawing malte

Maybe you should've added a bit more shadow to the wings.

Kor · **Reply #142 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:11:36 AM

That is a good drawing. Thanks for showing it here.

Chiletrek · **Reply #143 on:** August 27, 2008, 01:59:55 PM

Hello:
It looks very good, it sure creates tons of questions like: is that Pterano? and is that the same volcano of your previous pic?
I hope both of them will get into safety unharmed, keep it up with these good pics!

Malte279 · **Reply #144 on:** August 27, 2008, 03:30:32 PM

Yes, that is Pterano on that picture. As for whether or not it is the same volcano as in a previous picture, it depends on which picture you are referring too. One of my Acryl pictures shows the same volcano, but the more recent picture of a volcanic eruption was not related to the story this scene is from (the scene is not yet written down so in the story, it might vary a bit from the way it is presented here).
They will escape the volcano, but that one does not pose the most serious trouble they have been in and are still in for.

Sky · **Reply #145 on:** August 27, 2008, 03:39:00 PM

Wow. That is really a good picture. o.O
Awesome volcano. ^^

Though, I'm missing some shadings on their wings.
Or it might be my really old monitor.

Malte279 · **Reply #146 on:** August 27, 2008, 03:44:15 PM

It is not your monitor

Iris too was perfectly right to point out the insufficient shading. I guess I grew kind of careless towards the end. Maybe I should edit it once again to create a version with better shading. Thank you all for the helpful criticism

kjeldo · **Reply #147 on:** August 27, 2008, 04:19:13 PM

yay! precious art!

:^.^:

Kor · **Reply #148 on:** August 28, 2008, 12:43:26 AM

Be sure to save the original so you can compare it side by side with any new edited version that you do.

Malte279 · **Reply #149 on:** August 28, 2008, 06:58:09 PM

I did a few edits about the shadowing, but I can't say I'm really happy with the result. It is a bit tricky to determine what the light and shadow effects would look like anyway if we assume the sky to be covered by smoke from the volcano. I suppose the whole thing would have to look a lot darker to begin with with only "fiery" kind of lights originating from fire and its reflection:

Kor · **Reply #150 on:** August 28, 2008, 09:08:22 PM

You just have to do what you think is best. Go with what feels right I"d say, but I"m no artist. Still a nice picture in my opinion.

Mumbling · **Reply #151 on:** August 29, 2008, 01:16:49 AM

Hmm.. Yes probably the whole thing would be a bit darker if you really would want to pay alot of attention to the smoke + fire. I made a drawing like that once. But it was just with pencil.

The shading is a bit better now

Amaranthine · **Reply #152 on:** August 30, 2008, 07:27:39 PM

I think out of every single drawing you have done, this one has to be my most favorite of all.

1. My absolute favorite character is in there along with my favorite character out of the "gang of five"(not the site, but out of original five characters).

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2. The fire looks pretty realistic. I mean not so much that I would go

, but still it's pretty close to 3-D.

I will give you no critique simply because I don't know how to make art like that.

And I don't think it would be my place to.

Malte279 · **Reply #153 on:** August 31, 2008, 03:10:35 AM

Thank you all for your comments

I do not take offense in criticism and I'm certain that people offering it (to help improving future art) don't mean any harm either; quite the contrary. Being unable to stand criticism, I'm not sure how worthy one would be of praise.

kjeldo · **Reply #154 on:** August 31, 2008, 05:32:53 AM

you did the good thing by make it darker, its more realistic now, :^.^:

Amaranthine · **Reply #155 on:** August 31, 2008, 09:57:18 AM

Quote from: Malte279,Aug 30 2008 on 11:10 PM

Being unable to stand criticism, I'm not sure how worthy one would be of praise.

What do you mean by that?

Edit: Actually, nevermind, I'll pm you about it.

Malte279 · **Reply #156 on:** August 31, 2008, 04:31:20 PM

I don't want to overload my PM folders too much (I prefer emails) and if it was misunderstandable I better try to explain it in the public sphere.
Not only in fanart but in almost every situation in life one cannot expect to get only praise and ignore or refuse any criticism. Many people tried and many people failed with such a stand. Criticism can help us to improve ourselves (same as praise can if we know what it is that we ought to keep up). Being unable to take criticism or live with the fact that other people have views and opinions different from our own means a real mutilation of our ability to communicate. If one cannot stand any criticism and won't accept anything else one should be aware of the fact that one is lying to oneself same as one will make others lie to oneself if they are aware that honest and well meant criticism will just make you angry.
There is but one way to avoid any criticism (whether spoken out aloud or kept silent) and that is to do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. I suppose accepting and perhaps even cherishing the fact that we are not perfect and are therefore able to improve ourselves is more honest than to pretend to ourselves that we were perfect and that nobody thinks anything negative about us.
If I notice a person is pissed off about any form of criticism the same person will not receive sieved and semi-true praise from me either anymore. Sometimes being silent may cause less harm than semi-truths or outright lies.
There is even a scene in LBT 7 which goes roughly in that direction. Something is said along the lines that a good leader must be willing to take the praise when things are good and the blame when they go bad. The same thing (though "blame" would in many cases be the wrong term) goes for most things, other than leadership, as well.

Amaranthine · **Reply #157 on:** August 31, 2008, 04:50:53 PM

When you just said that, I also thought of something else. If all you give is just praise toward people or all you want is praise from people, it eventually isn't going to mean anything anymore and you start to wonder if what they are saying is true or not. So then you may start having that belief that words don't mean anything. At least I would think so.

Unfortunately for some people, *guiltily raises hand* because they have been critiqued for such a long time and always feel the need to impress people..especially themselves...that's probably one of the reasons why some people can't take too much critique, if any at all.

Malte279 · **Reply #158 on:** August 31, 2008, 05:05:44 PM

It can be very difficult to accept criticism, especially if it is about something we did or said that we found particularly good. And not to be misunderstood I don't mean to condemn those who can't stand criticism (my choice of words was somewhat too harsh when calling them "not worthy of praise), but I want to encourage all of them to LEARN to stand well meant criticism. It is something that can be learned and learning this will be a great benefit to you.
I used to be unable to stand constructive criticism. When I was at primary school I was so addicted to praise that any suggestion that I could have done better on something drove me to the edge of tears (or far beyond it).
There are of course kinds of criticism which are more like offenses (e.g. saying that something is stupid without saying what exactly is stupid or why it would be), but if people can tell you what they dislike or why they dislike it (the later cannot always be explained as sometimes things are just a matter of taste) their criticism can be very helpful. Of course sometimes you need not agree with your critics but in any case it is very helpful if one learns not to feel personally attacked or offended by critical comments which are not meant to do just that.
Sometimes it can be very difficult to tell a person you like that there is something about his or her work, or sayings, or actions that you dislike. The receiver of constructive criticism should be aware that it may have been difficult for the critic to voice his or her honest opinion.

Amaranthine · **Reply #159 on:** August 31, 2008, 05:23:12 PM

While that choice of words, "not worthy of praise" may have sounded somewhat harsh so some, I must say, that was a REALLY powerful statement to say.

I do agree that real good criticism is saying what you liked about something and what you didn't like about a certain work, idea, etc.

And I think it's typical more for a young person to be offended by criticism. I suppose they just need to experience life more in order to take criticism.

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I used to be unable to stand constructive criticism. When I was at primary school I was so addicted to praise that any suggestion that I could have done better on something drove me to the edge of tears (or far beyond it).

So was I, and...I guess I still am.

I'm trying to work on it though.