Doodlin’

Sometimes ah try ma hand at a wee bit o’ drawin’… Ah’v always liked doin’ it but I’ve gotten a bit rusty lately.

A long while back I asked for some help - I prefer drawing people’s characters instead of random ones and needed a few screenshots. Hulan and the newly renamed Wolfrider obliged and since then I’ve been sketching on and off. It took me a few shots at each before I got something workable but it really did help - I’m getting at least a bit more confidant about drawing trolls now!

Female dwarves seem a little harder to draw - there’s a lot of subtle cues which I don’t think I got into the picture of Hulan - a lot of female dwarflyness shows when their whole body is visible as, then, their short stature is more apparent.

Wolfrider

Wolfrider

Wolf - I know you gave me reference pics but I ended up ignoring them, slightly. I had been using them but then I noticed you’d dinged 70 and got yourself some spiffy season 1 gear and I just had to draw you in that! I hope you don’t mind - I really did have fun drawing those shoulders hehe… I sorta threw some monochrome colours at it as the lines themselves were a bit messy.

Hulan - I went for something really simple - just keeping the dress part of her outfit as, hey, she’s out having fun, right? I really love Hulan’s stories and I hate the fact I don’t feel I did her justice! I gave her right hand a little darker colour but I wasn sure how badly her burn showed so I didn’t want to make it too extreme. I managed to throw some colour on it because of it’s simplicity, though, so I hope I can be forgiven *grin*

I’m working on a page with the few wow-doodles I’ve done which I’m reasonably happy with, should go up over the next few days. Be gentle…

10 Comments so far

  1. Noobiewan May 15th, 2008 6:13 pm

    A long time ago, I did little sketches of things, but I’ve lost the confidence and what little skill I had now. Maybe I should have another go sometime. I like these pieces, hope we see some more sometime.

  2. Hulan May 15th, 2008 7:38 pm

    I love it!!! My drawing is on a par with most 3 year olds, I’m always very envious of someone who can draw :D I am really thrilled with the picture you’ve done of Hulan.

  3. Beli May 15th, 2008 8:29 pm

    Those are fantastic drawings! If you don’t point out your weak areas, most people won’t notice anyway. No need to be so bashful. =p I might have missed the obvious, but do you have a gallery of your drawings up anywhere? Deviant Art, maybe?

  4. Aurik May 16th, 2008 12:43 am

    Get that pencil picked up, Noobie! I took a long break from drawing and it felt so nice to come back to it - I wanna see some stuff from you ^_^

    Hulan: <3 Glad you like it!

    Beli: I’ve always been really self-conscious about my art as I’m good friends with some really good artists in real-life(tm). I don’t use DeviantArt as I never liked their policies and it always felt a bit big for little old me. I used to keep a sheezyart account but I sort of drifted from there, too, when it got to busy so it’s mostly quite old pieces. Most of my art, at the moment, lives only in my sketchbook :)

  5. Larísa May 16th, 2008 7:20 am

    Oh dear. I’m speechless. You’re so… talented. And I’m not.
    Is there anyway I could bribe you to draw me a header for my blog?
    /beg

    Anyway: looking forward to see your gallery!

  6. Beli May 16th, 2008 7:50 am

    You’re a lot better than you give yourself credit for. I’d really like to see more of your work in the future. ;)

  7. Perlin May 16th, 2008 8:01 am

    That is really nice indeed. I wonder if you have ever tried drawing a Draenei Mage? If not, mail me and I will send you some screenies of mine.

  8. Leafshine May 16th, 2008 5:28 pm

    Wow! Those are really good. You are so underselling yourself…

  9. Elton May 16th, 2008 11:19 pm

    I absolutely love the troll one, but I’m not a big fan of the dwarf one, and I agree with you that it doesn’t seem very…dwarfy. Then again, I can’t draw at all, so what do I know?

  10. Raelvar May 17th, 2008 11:34 am

    You still doing any doodlings, Think I want one for my Dwarf too :)

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