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Staff Style Portrait

Posted by The-Swain - September 9th, 2007

I thought I'd share my submission to the Staff Style Portrait topic in the BBS. Why don't you go on over there and have a look, maybe even contribute something, for christ's sake. Stop gawking and do something with your life (this is a great time and place to start). Tomorrows-Nobody, Krinkels, Poxpower and I have all contributed. WILL YOU BE NEXT?!

Anyway, below you will see me doing what I do best: anything involving beer. Full size and full framed version can be found here. That's my nice way of telling you to go look at it.

I was thinking about drawing another one of someone else here on NG. Any suggestions? (Note - I realize how gay it is that this same image appears on my profile three times at the moment, but oh well)

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squeakytoad 2007-09-09 02:15:12

You know, for spending all this time on the computer, everyone around here is awfully ripped, don't you think?

The-Swain 2007-09-09 02:15:12

Until there are robots to carry the beer from the car for me, I must do it myself. IT WILL MAKE ME STRONG.

FrozenFire 2007-09-09 02:21:14

gah i can't draw muscles :(

also Bug light sucks :D You got the cheap off brand they sell at sam's club.

The-Swain 2007-09-09 02:21:14

It was on sale. Animating doesn't pay what it used to :(

Graeme 2007-09-09 02:35:50

O no! i think i'm gay now!!

haha. nicely done. i can't do all that crazy shading and amazingness. how many years practice did it take you? or are you one of those people who have natural drawing skills?

The-Swain 2007-09-09 02:35:50

Two years reading guidebooks and studying our fellow artists here on Newgrounds. I already idolize JohnnyUtah's style so I was ready to do a drawing like this when the chance came up :D

Magyar 2007-09-09 02:41:33

I wish I could draw like that...

The-Swain 2007-09-09 02:41:33 (Updated 2007-09-10 04:57:12)

Find guide books by Chris Hart and study our very own fellow NG artists. That's all I did over the past year :)

luka 2007-09-09 04:03:32

Yep, that's that Mike who I remember alright. Except that friggin huge elbow at the top right corner. :)

The-Swain 2007-09-09 04:03:32

I was nothing next to you, the Slovenian giant, haha

Therman 2007-09-09 05:29:54

now you and JohnnyUtah is my heroes in drawing. i wanna be just like you when i'm all grown up! HAHahHAHAHhaHAHahAAA!!!!!!!11 AND I WANNA BE THE NEXT! but flash 8 is hard and its hard to learn :'( the only flash helper thingy that ever helped me is that flash basic thingy that tom fulp made. do you know any GOOD flash helping movies? btw you rock! XD

The-Swain 2007-09-09 05:29:54

I don't remember which ones I used, but all the Flash tutorials I ever used were right here on NG :) Just take the time to go through all of the beginner ones done by a single artist first (skip the collabs until you've experienced the small solo ones).

JohnnyUtah 2007-09-09 07:30:37

haha god dammit swain

JohnnyUtah 2007-09-09 07:33:01

man, dont make me blush with that "idolize" shit. I wish I had the animation chops you had. your animation style is like mine, but not tweened and actually good. thats all I'll say.

The-Swain 2007-09-09 07:33:01

No way Jeff man, I just follow the "rules" and try not to make mistakes, I'm no born animator. If I could give you suggestions on the really simple way that I animate (based on all I've learned from NG animators, animators I've worked with, or from guidebooks), I'd consider that an achievement in my artistic timeline. Seriously. And I envy good tweening, because I'm remarkably bad at it. That's right. I CAN'T TWEEN. That is why I taught myself FBF, because I had no choice. :(

Of course, we could always just join together like Voltron to form the perfect animator, or maybe you could even wield me as a gun, like Megatron.

ParachuteFish 2007-09-09 18:03:27

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"Bug" Light?

The-Swain 2007-09-09 18:03:27

I hope no one thinks that was an accident.

Dantalian 2007-09-09 22:08:19

come on Swain we all know your not that buff!
No im kidding, It really looks like JohnnyUtah's style :P

The-Swain 2007-09-09 22:08:19

I can benchpress my own bodyweight though :D And I'm not a light boy haha.

Spite 2007-09-10 00:54:02

rock solid. that is awesome
I don't know what else to say so i'll end on that

The-Swain 2007-09-10 00:54:02

You had me at solid.

Tomorrows-Nobody 2007-09-10 21:34:49

Psh, that's ok.

I guess...

The-Swain 2007-09-10 21:34:49

This was really a drawing of you, Chase :( I hoped you would like but, but I guess I'm taking it back now.

TomFulp 2007-09-11 07:06:48

Nice shirt, where can I get one?

The-Swain 2007-09-11 07:06:48

Your inbox, fool ;)

EvilJesus 2007-09-11 07:46:13

Beer is good for your bones and do you really have a jaw like that texas ranger or what ever.

The-Swain 2007-09-11 07:46:13

I can't promise that it's THAT big, but it does reach across the room.

B1LlYPL6C380 2007-09-11 10:36:52

awwww dude I worship you !

could you make me one ppppppppllllleeeeeeaaaassssseeeeeee?

Over-Load 2007-09-11 18:43:13

You could draw me, I wouldnt mind...

Phantasmguy 2007-09-11 23:44:07

Hey where can I get a Blockhead shirt like that?

The-Swain 2007-09-11 23:44:07

It's neat isn't it? I'm playing with some new designs and that's one of them (the white marks on his sides are Blockhead sketched in other poses).

The-evil-bucket 2007-09-12 17:00:19

Actually, that looks just as good as the staff portraits, congrats, for all it's worth.

Preternatural 2007-09-12 17:03:38

You're good at drawing jocks and mexican pistoleros called Luis.

The-Swain 2007-09-12 17:03:38

I have only just begun to deride our colleagues.

Phantasmguy 2007-09-12 18:22:55

You didn't answer my question. I'll say it again: Where can I get a Blockhead shirt like that?

The-Swain 2007-09-12 18:22:55

Nowhere, until I'm done making them. Right now they're in the "I think I like this design, but I wonder what it would look like if..." phase. And since I'm making more than one, I don't wanna have too many redundant designs when one good one would suffice.

But when they're done, you'll know. Oh believe me, YOU'LL KNOW!

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