Yep, still love people tripping across that word filter. Just so ya know (and as you've been here before, like you said, you really should already know this), emoticons are heavily frowned upon here at best, and doing things like *action* is specifically against the rules.

That being said, holy crap these are adorable. I love that they're not just class icons, but bottle caps as well. Little bottle cap class keychains... Brilliant.

Thank you, and yeeeah bad habit really, but they're both something that almost become like second nature to me these days. But trip I did. It has been a while.

I also still do the leather ones too, which I've improved a lot on since first posting and selling them. As much as I love them, I've moved them to strictly 'made to order' items though because the hand-painting is killer for how long it takes.

>>6616
okay wow these are so cute... You have some talent if you don't mind me saying.

>>3437

I don't have a tablet hooked up to this computer, and my mouse is shit, so I can't give you a redline. I can say straight off that the spy's chest looks weirdly stiff, and the details like creases on the surface and his navel seem disconnected to the outline, almost arbitrary.

This thread- http://tf2chan.net/workshop/res/22.html -has loads of excellent reference material, for the human body in general as well as pictures of the TF2 characters. If you're in some kind of a mad rush, there's a torso here- http://tf2chan.net/workshop/src/128943991398.jpg - and some male body reference here- http://tf2chan.net/workshop/src/128923662825.jpg

>>3447
Oh yes of course, I am familiar with the Artistic Help Thread but lately I have been ignoring that, I am mentally challenging myself to picture the anatomy but I guess an amateur like me isn't capable of doing that yet.

Not only I will draw TF2 but this will help me improve my drawing skills, still have room to improve. Also here's a BLU Scout portrait, hat and hatless :). I'm practicing facial expression and lighting/shading.

Thanks Obvious etc.

>> lately I have been ignoring that, I am mentally challenging myself to picture the anatomy but I guess an amateur like me isn't capable of doing that yet.

Dude, everyone has room to improve, always. It's not cheating to study anatomy, and you won't get better quicker by not looking at reference material for the human body. Shit, I got a degree in art, slacked off for a few years, and now I'm re-learning a bunch of stuff all over again. Learning is a continuous process, and suggesting you look at the reference thread wasn't meant as a put-down. It was common sense. Any artist who cares about realism will spend hour upon hour studying the human body.

>>6596
Aaaaah that is... Whaat. I don't deserve this! That's incredible! I love the shaved hair border! Who are YOU? Do you have a thread?

Small otp break for some Medic trembling enthusiastically over the prospect of gouging out bullets from his exposed flesh.

What was that? More pudgy party?!

Apologies for this being kind of bad, it's actually the first time I'd drawn this sort of thing. I love the gunslinger but absolutely hate drawing it.

>>6602
I was going to comment on this, but then I opened up the reply page and accidentally saw >>6576 and then I had to go hug my cat and now I don't remember what I was going to say. It was probably something along the lines of "Dahgfedahghaghack<3<3<3!"

>>4476
You should try coming up with your own ideas sometimes, too.

>>6592
Is that meant to suggest the pencil sketch above is somehow a ripoff of the female medic picture? Because I've literally seen shitloads of pictures of Medic with his boots together, holding a saw up. Their poses aren't even that similar.

>>6592

OP went to workshop to practice their style.

Do you know how many pics there are of Medic in that pose? Just because it's the same pose doesn't mean it's a trace or ripoff.

I'm sorry, but it seems like you went searching for someone to be a dick to.

You can post fic in workshop, and it's occasionally encouraged that one do so.
I don't think the question is dumb.

Better?

Lighting issues aside, I'm really liking your facial expressions. Are you using reference at all?

Also, the best way to get an amazing scanner for cheap - find a Goodwill in a richer part of the city, and look for printer/scanner combos. I found mine for $16 though it was 50% off that day. I looked it up later to find out it was worth about $230.

Thanks. No references. Just kinda start with the eyes and goof off from there. Good idea about the Goodwill! I have one not too far from here (though I don't live in an expensive city). I'll go check it out. Thanks! :)

I laugh every time I look at Demobot's eyelashes.

>>6512
Those 8-bit hearts. Robot Love is best love.

>>5870
There definitely needs to be a set in this style.

>>6474
>>6475
>>6476
STOP IT

I CAN'T DEAL

>>6474
>>6475

aaaaaaahh wow those are pretty dang kawaii, please keep it up!

And here's something less cute. I hate the captcha

I don't have much to say at the moment other than praise for the shading; I'd like to see more, though.