Artists?

[Gyre]

Hey guys! I'm back.

Now, obviously, we've got some photographers here. (Though that seems to be an understatement, lol) but how about artists? Paints, pencils, pen, etc.?

I know of at least one, -nudges James- but are there any others hiding out there? :D

I'll post some art if someone confesses. :p

Hannah

[ssssnakeluvr]

Here's one of my drawings from last summer.....

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//504/western_terrestrial_2_.jpg

[adamanteus]

Go on then, I'll post mine!

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//536/medium/Copperhead_in_pen_ink_1993.jpg

Copperhead.

[Cazador]

Well, I don't want to brag, but I consider myself somewhat of a modern-day van Gogh. It's true. Sometimes the people I draw end up with one eye, sometimes two or three... very often they have lopsided arms and legs. Yet, nobody seems to recognize the suffering artist within. We true visionaries are never appreciated in our day :rolleyes:.

P.S. Really impressive art above!

[adamanteus]

nobody seems to recognize the suffering artist within.

You're supposed to suffer in silence Rick! Not inflict that suffering on your public!:D

[Stefan-A]

Those would make nice tattoos. :)

[adamanteus]

Those would make nice tattoos. :)

Yeah! Maori style...all over my bald head!!:D

[drache]

very cool art
hope there'll be more

[Gyre]

That's what I thought. :D Ok, here's some of mine..


http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//526/medium/Redhawk.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//526/medium/Katate_Tsuki.jpg

[abcat1993]

Yeah! Maori style...all over my bald head!!:D
Has anybody ever tried tattooing hair on their head? My dad could use some.

[adamanteus]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//541/medium/Flamingos.jpg

Flamingos. Watercolour.

[GarterGirl]

I'm definitely an artist, but it's just not fair! You guys are way better than me! How do you do that?:confused: Maybe it's because I'm just an 8-year-old.:(

[adamanteus]

Don't put yourself down Mikhaila....Let's see a picture. Art is very personal, you like it, or you don't. Post something!

[Gyre]

I love the birds James.

Mikhaila, The only thing that matters is that you enjoy it. Go on, give us a try.:D

[GarterGirl]

These are from a sketchbook I finished last summer and gave to Rhea.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//543/medium/first_place_cat.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//543/medium/People_and_animals.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//543/medium/City_girls.jpg

[GarterGirl]

I love the birds James.

Mikhaila, The only thing that matters is that you enjoy it. Go on, give us a try.:D

I really do love art!

[Gyre]

Awesome! Very colorful.

The first one with the very pampered looking cat is my favourite. :D

[abcat1993]

I remember this weird, short kid who thought he could take over the universe or something went to a nursing home once for a class field trip (some field trip huh?) and he showed the old people pictures of gory axes and headless people. I guess he enjoyed it though

[Serpentine99]

Reminds me of Garfield and his self centered "world revolves around me" personality.

[Gyre]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//526/medium/GEagle.jpg

Golden Eagle. Background took HOURS. =P

[Boots]

If you lost the cat from the first picture, I think I found him. :)

Jason

[Cazador]

Mikhaila,

You'll definitely develop some real artistic talent! Your pictures are very good now, but the amount of detail that you include in each one shows that you'll become very good. I also noticed that you're very creative. You haven't just memorized how to draw one style of nose, eyes, mouth, head shape, etc. You've already learned to adapt to suit the situation. Awesome, my friend!

Rick

[adamanteus]

Great pictures Mikhaila, I particularly like the "Blue Hair Dye". That made me laugh!

[GarterGirl]

That drawing is amazing, Gyre! I don't think I could do anything like that until I'm 18!

[Gyre]

That drawing is amazing, Gyre! I don't think I could do anything like that until I'm 18!

Well, I am 18. So I'd say that makes us pretty even. :D
You're better then I was at 8. I'm going to see If I have some of my older stuff scanned..

[Thamnophis]

Great drawings!

[GarterGirl]

When my mom saw the ''blue hair dye'', boy did she laugh! That was in second grade when I didn't know how to spell ''dye''. I used to spell it like ''die''.

[adamanteus]

I like your drawings Mikhaila. Why not draw a Garter Snake for us? If you do one, I'll do one.

[GarterGuy]

Used to do a lot of drawlings and such when I was younger.....even had some stuff in shows in college and sold some of it. Unfortunately, I lost everything in a flood earlier this year.:( I'll have to check around to see if I've got any random sketches laying around anywhere.
Roy

[Gyre]

I'm sorry, Roy. That's terrible, almost hard to imagine. :(

[drache]

If you lost the cat from the first picture, I think I found him. :)

Jason

I'm still curious about that
where's the cat, Jason?

[GarterGuy]

I'm sorry, Roy. That's terrible, almost hard to imagine. :(


Yeh, really sucked....it was an internal flood. A pipe had burst and flooded the basement where I had my portfolio.....I lost it along with a ton of other stuff from college as well.
Roy

[adamanteus]

That really is too bad Roy.... Sorry to hear that.

[drache]

Sorry about your stuff getting ruined, Roy
I had a wipe-out like that once and it took a long time to stop missing certain things.

[Gyre]

I lost over 125 pages of edited fiction when my computer crashed two years ago... Four months of work wasted, and some of my better stuff lost forever. Needless to say, I now harbor a deep hatred for computers.. Don't trust 'em.. :p

[KITKAT]

The Devil challenged God with a contest between him and Jesus, saying that he would win.

God set up two PC's and told the Devil when the contest would start... each contestant would write programming for a period of three days, and when God yelled "STOP!" the contest would be over, and a comparison of the programs that were written by Jesus and the Devil would be evaluated...

The contest began the next morning. Jesus and the Devil both sat at their keyboards, typing code as fast as they could.

The day wore on... and on... and the next two days as well.

After 71 hours, 31 minutes, and 50 seconds, the power suddenly went out! Both computer screens turned black!

God quickly restored the power and the devil began ranting in frustration as he began furiously typing again at his monitor. Jesus, on the other hand, typed a few more characters, got Himself a coffee, sipped it thoughtfully, then typed for another 3 minutes. He finally sat back and looked relaxed.

The remaining time passed quickly. God shouted "STOP!"

The devil typed a few more characters, looking furtively over his shoulder to see if God noticed.

God said, "Let's see what you have written."

The Devil was asked to go first. He started his program, and an image of a flame started to burn on the screen, but then the screen went blank.

Next it was Jesus' turn. He started his program, and the screen lit up with images of babies being born, children playing, couples kissing and then walking together to the altar, people praying together in church, angels fighting demons, the mountains in springtime, sunrise over the Serengeti... and on and on, with all kinds of beautiful images and music!

As the program came to a close, the Devil shouted in anger, "He must have cheated! There is NO WAY that he wrote all that after the power went out!"

God smiled patiently and said, "Oh no, He didn't cheat! Didn't you remember...

...

...

...

Jesus saves!"

:D :rolleyes: ;) :D

Hope that did not offend anyone, I just thought it was a totally funny joke, and all to appropriate to the discussion! Sorry about your lost fiction, Hannah... been there done that and hated it!

[Stefan-A]

Heard that joke before, nowadays it's usually just repeated as "Jesus saves". :)

"Jesus saves, but Buddha makes incremental backups."

[KITKAT]

LOL!

The thing about bringing back an old joke is that the youngest among us may not have heard it.

[KITKAT]

Awesome! Very colorful.

The first one with the very pampered looking cat is my favourite. :D

Since someone is taking a photo of the cat lying on the bed... does that classify as "kitty porn"?

YUK YUK

[VS7]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//526/medium/Katate_Tsuki.jpg

Wow! Beautiful.

I'm into Kendo too!

Would you consider selling your work? If so, I'm interested!

[abcat1993]

I prefer fencing, sabre actually. Bought my own equipment from a half-shady guy and only got half. The other part is on "back order" or something, probably sold on eBay.

[Gijs & Sabine]

A friend of ours did visit us last week to draw some of our plains garters. Today she brought the result, and I like it a lot !!!:) She also drew 2 san francisco's extra to it.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4093/p1010252mediumyz4.jpg

[adamanteus]

Can you scan the drawings and post them? I'd love to see the results.

[Volksdragon]

I'm quite the amateur artist, actually. Professional Doodler, I like to call myself. :P Here's something I did in MS Paint a few weeks ago in around 3 or 4 hours.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/725/baswipml7.png

I won't go into extreme detail, but this is one of my fantasy serpentine characters. The small spiderlike contraption is Project 84-SR (usually shortened to 84 in casual reference), the snake's custom built multipurpose utility unit, (basically a "Swiss Army Knife" type machine) and a companion per say.

[Sid]

This one is my recent attempt at Garter art and my son Mike's tat work.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//547/medium/New_Tat-2.jpg

Sid

[Thamnophis]

That is a very pretty tatoo!!!

[Sid]

That is a very pretty tatoo!!!

Thanks, Mike put it on for my birthday last week. My art work is far from perfect, but felt he did a great job for me.

Sid

And thanks for starting the thread, Hannah. It what gave me the idea.

[Volksdragon]

Here are some various concept pictures from a novel I'm thinking about writing sometime in the future.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4696/queennajaofsouthcairozi6.png
Naja Haje -- Egyptian Cobra -- Queen of Cairo set in time after humans have left earth and snakes are their successors. Various Cleopatra cues

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6145/pythonkingtt0.png
Python molurus bivittatus -- Burmese Python -- Exceptionally large Pure White Burmese, ruler of a secluded colony of snakes in a rainforest in Thailand. The smaller snake is a Ball Python, originally going to be the story's protagonist. I decided against it recently, but I still don't know if I'm even going to continue with the novel idea.

[adamanteus]

Good drawings Vondell. I think the book idea is great, you should do it.

[Thamnophis]

I love the drawings too, Vondell.

[Gijs & Sabine]

Besides keeping garters, this is a great hobby of mine. I don't know how it's called in english, but I scratch with a small machine in glass and all kind of drawings appear;)

I made this yesterday for the wedding of Kuno and Iris (jeweldragons).
It's from the nice picture from his marcianus he posted for the contest in april.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010240Small-1.jpg

These are some of the other drawings on glass I made.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/STA70427Small.jpg



http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010234Small-1.jpg

[Thamnophis]

Kuno and Iris are getting a very fine piece of art!

[Cazador]

Hi Sabine,

That's really impressive work and a great gift for the wedding. The "act" is called "etching" in English, but I don't know if that style of artwork has a more specific name or not.

Rick

[infernalis]

Awesome Drawing Don!


Here's one of my drawings from last summer.....

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//504/western_terrestrial_2_.jpg

Brilliant James, Talented!


Go on then, I'll post mine!

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//536/medium/Copperhead_in_pen_ink_1993.jpg

Copperhead.


Those would make nice tattoos. :)

I like Sid's Tattoo:D


This one is my recent attempt at Garter art and my son Mike's tat work.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//547/medium/New_Tat-2.jpg

Sid


Unfortunately, I lost everything in a flood earlier this year.:( Roy

My stuff all burned up in a house fire in 1995....

Pressed the same image used as my current avatar as a tee shirt in 1992, sold a bunch.

[reptile3]

great artwork... wow i am impressed!!! Sid love the tat!!

will have to get daughter hooked on drawing snakes. She is really good at Anime & manga

[adamanteus]

Pressed the same image used as my current avatar as a tee shirt in 1992, sold a bunch.

I've always liked that image, Wayne.... Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter by Sir John Tenniel, right?:)

[infernalis]

Yes and also the logo for the now defunct "Famous Charisma Label" record company.

Sold the shirt a collector fairs for $15 each.

And although I do not suffer from mercury poisoning, I am somewhat mad.

[PINJOHN]

Has anybody ever tried tattooing hair on their head? My dad could use some.

tell him to have some rabbits drawn on his head, from a distance they look like hares :D
so do we have any artists still active on the site ?

[guidofatherof5]

I can draw flies in the Summer time. Does that count?:D

[PINJOHN]

I can draw flies in the Summer time. Does that count?:D

ha ha good one Steve i will polish it up and use it in my repertoire :D
:D

[RedSidedSPR]

I draw stuff like what Don did. I do a lot if animals, especially snakes. I mean, I can draw other things, but what else is there?:D Mostly all pencil, sometimes colored.
They're not bad if i do say so myself...

[guidofatherof5]

Any chance you can post a couple samples?

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't have a scanner, but I'll take some pictures sometime soon.

[d_virginiana]

I draw a lot as well (who doesn't love playing with Prismacolors?!) I'm actually working on a picture of one of my snakes right now..

[PINJOHN]

I draw a lot as well (who doesn't love playing with Prismacolors?!) I'm actually working on a picture of one of my snakes right now..

you will i hope be sharing the finished product with us Lora :)

[Mrs N1ntndo]

I have some pics I can show you now. The reason for all the giraffes is because I was help with a world wide project to see about trying to get 1,000,000 giraffe drawing and different things like that with in a year. which by the way it well exseded what was needed well before the due date but here you go on my art.They wanted to have it done different ways so youll see different places I drew these things. thankfully I took pics so I can see them later and then I guess show them to you all.Sence they only allow 6 per post I will post the next cpl after this post.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01373.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Capture2_57_58.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Capture2_10_40.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01357.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01406.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG02070.jpg

I hope that you enjoyed these and I will show you more later when I find some more.

[guidofatherof5]

Nice.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

Here are the others that wouldnt fit on to the last post Please enjoy.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01378.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01408.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG01309.jpg

[Mrs N1ntndo]

Nice.

I drwa a lot of things but these were the first I came to on my computer . I have soooo many pics on my computer and most are seperated but still gotta find them all...lol

[guidofatherof5]

Have you done any garter snake drawings?

[Mrs N1ntndo]

No I havent but I will soon and then post some results.

[PINJOHN]

thanks for the drawings they are great, i imagine that giraffes are perhaps a little harder to draw than other animals, but whether they are or not you did a great job :)

[Mrs N1ntndo]

thanks for the drawings they are great, i imagine that giraffes are perhaps a little harder to draw than other animals, but whether they are or not you did a great job :)

Thank you. My hubbies favorite animal is the giraffe and the pic with the giraffe on the canvas is the one I drew for him for his birthday. He loves it . I love to draw and yes giraffes are hard to draw but just like anything else the more you do it the easier it gets. Thank you all for the coments. It always feels good when other people other then yourself likes the work you do. Thanks again.

[Laura]

I haven't attempted to draw any snakes as of yet, but I used to draw a lot :)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/Addict2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/n677406478_2058353_3728456.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/n677406478_713831_8971.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/n677406478_633256_5840.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/fordaniel.jpg

[Laura]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/n677406478_92864_7883.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/n677406478_93316_8975.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/DirtyHands2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/lauracellis/Art/corpsebride.jpg

[RedSidedSPR]

You must understand i don't really save all my drawings, unless really good, and don't have photos of hardly any.

Upon request here's my most recent. This was drawn yesterday (or maybe tuesday... not sure) and isn't really my best... but gives you an idea. I'll post any more i draw. I'll probably do one today or tomorrow.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/concinnusnsuch251.jpg
(scales are awful this time)

[guidofatherof5]

Looks good Jesse.
Must be nice.
I can't even draw a straight line with a ruler.:D

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks.

I do a lot of these, some arent as good, some are a lot better. This was just my most recent and my only photo.

Well, heck, try it without a ruler :p

[katach]

That is an awesome drawing Jesse!

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks. Guess I'll go do another. :D

[jitami]

Wow! We have some talented artists here! Loved them all. Laura, though, omg... the embrace shown from behind really touches me. Pretty sure you could make a living drawing if you wanted to? I'm way impressed with all of you!

[Chondro788]

I love the Corpse Bride drawing, Laura!!! :cool:

[Laura]

Thanks guys :D the embrace is actually an illustration of a friends poem.
I wish I had time to draw more :( unfortunatelly I work fulltime and have very random hours so I can't really commit to anything.

Lol I'm glad you like the corpse bride, definately not my strongest piece :P but it was fun all the same :D

[PINJOHN]

an i glad i asked members to show their stuff they were fantastic, i can not tell you just how envious i am, as a kid i tried and tried to draw, i tried things like birds of prey, sharks, big cats, and other animals in the hope that repetition would improve my results but it was not to be, a indication of just how bad i am is that, Steve beat me in the draw a straight line contest :D

[Laura]

I'd have to disagree with you there, drawing the same sort of things over and over does massively improve your work. Besides, absolutely everyone can draw! You just have to discover your particular style :) May not be life, could be abstract/cubism if you can master the ruler ;)

[kibakiba]

My boyfriend is like that... Kind of. He wants so badly to draw like a professional, but he wont bother even trying to put any time into it. When he applies himself, he does an amazing job, even better than I can do, but he doesn't believe it because I'm stronger in some areas than he is. He has all these ideas in his head, but he cant get them onto the paper or pc. (whichever he tries to draw on) He has a lot of potential.... If only he'd try the repetition ;):rolleyes:

[Jeff B]

I'd have to disagree with you there, drawing the same sort of things over and over does massively improve your work. Besides, absolutely everyone can draw! You just have to discover your particular style :) May not be life, could be abstract/cubism if you can master the ruler ;)

I agree everyone can draw, there are many techniques that can be learned like chiaroscuro and linear 3 point perspective, and you don't have to be "gifted" to enjoy creating art, some of the greatest artist's aren't/weren't the most talented, but creative and expressive of something people can relate to. I encourage anyone to experiment with art and take it to any level or format, creative outlet is good for the soul.
FYI a lot of you may not realize this but my first college degree was a Bachelor of Fine Arts with my emphisis in drawing, painting, and printmaking. I worked at an art gallery for several years and sold my paintings there and did work in the frame shop. Of course then I went back to school and received a degree for Biotechnology and then Biochemistry, did human genetic and biochemical research for a couple years, and have now worked in molecular biology department in public health for the past 11 yrs. and recently became ASCP Molecular Biology certified.

[Didymus20X6]

That's what I thought. :D Ok, here's some of mine..


http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//526/medium/Redhawk.jpg



That bird looks awfully angry. Maybe someone should slingshoot it into some pigs.

[RedSidedSPR]

The Mighty Eagle.


(look it up)

[Laura]

Lol Jeff you are so cool

[Jeff B]

This is a painting that we have currently hanging in our living room that I painted back in the early 1990's while I was working at an art gallery, I sold many paintings their but I did keep this one, as I liked how the imaginary hybrid hummingbirds turned out, I believe it was 1992 but the frame is covering the date down by my signiture and my memory isn't that great.
http://gartersnakemorph.com/images/hummingbirds1.jpg
http://gartersnakemorph.com/images/hummingbirds.jpg

[kibakiba]

Wow that is an amazing piece of art!

[RedSidedSPR]

No kidding. Thats really something.

I can draw some darn fine pictures, but the hardest things for me are big, vast whatevers. Like that.

[katach]

That is a great painting, nice job!

[Didymus20X6]

Just a few sketches I made a few years back. I'm way out of practice these days.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1747/deedlet01small2wn.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/224/deedlet01small2wn.jpg/)

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/5043/vash01small9vv.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/284/vash01small9vv.jpg/)

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/9773/aeka02small0ok.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/284/aeka02small0ok.jpg/)

[Mrs N1ntndo]

Wow everyones has some amazing talents. I love looking at all the great and fasinating things that people can do. Great job People.

[Jeff B]

Just a few sketches I made a few years back. I'm way out of practice these days.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1747/deedlet01small2wn.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/224/deedlet01small2wn.jpg/)

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/5043/vash01small9vv.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/284/vash01small9vv.jpg/)

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/9773/aeka02small0ok.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/284/aeka02small0ok.jpg/)

Very nice work, your avitar and posts make more sense now:D

[d_virginiana]

Wow, everyone's art is really good looking :D

Jeff, I really like how the picture gets less detailed as it gets away from the hummingbirds and goes into a lot of heavy texture and gets an almost abstract look near the corners. I know how difficult it can be to make an entire canvas 'pop' like that when the main subject is so small. Really great painting!

[d_virginiana]

Looking through my pics to upload to another thread I found this! Figured I might as well put it up.. :p Sorry for the blurriness and part of my reflection in it, but it's behind glass... It's my dog, Bear.

The writing in the corner is part of a poem called "To John, My Collie" and it says "Perhaps they will not want me there, perhaps not want you otherwhere, and so once more our way we'll wend, to outer darkness friend and friend, nor want for any light we two, for you have me and I have you".

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/254784_10150340035028035_639838034_9673152_3702385 _n.jpg

[katach]

Beautiful Lora!

[RedSidedSPR]

Nice! That's a really good drawing.

[PINJOHN]

Wow Lora not only a fantastic drawing but a truly great poem, i sincerely hope that you, Jeff B, and all the other talented artist's will continue to share your work with us whether it is new, or stuff you have hidden away.
Its really good seeing other aspects of members personality and ability's, thanks also to those who sent in encouraging messages to those of us with no talent, it might be true that practice improves performance if you have even a modicum of talent but it it does not make a bit of difference to those of us with a complete dearth of ability, but it does not stop us enjoying other people's work

[guidofatherof5]

Modicum and dearth, thanks John for expanding my vocabulary by two.:D
Not sure I ever use them but at least now I won't feel so stupid when I see them again.;)

[PINJOHN]

Modicum and dearth, thanks John for expanding my vocabulary by two.:D
Not sure I ever use them but at least now I won't feel so stupid when I see them again.;)

just trying to substitute some literary skills for my woeful lack of artistic talent.
and by the way Steve i will be ready for you in next years draw a straight line contest :D

[guidofatherof5]

I didn't know there would be any competition.:D

[Mrs N1ntndo]

everyone is so great . The talent that comes from everyone weither it be drawing, clay work , words, etc. Is so awesome. I write poems too but never thought to put them up here. I have a bunch. Some are of when I was younger and some are more recent. I usually write about the things going on around me or things that have happened to me. I wll see if I can find some that I can put on here. Awesome work on ANY of your abilities. Keep up the fantastic work.

[PINJOHN]

[QUOTE=Mrs N1ntndo;174827]everyone is so great . The talent that comes from everyone weither it be drawing, clay work , words, etc. Is so awesome. I write poems too but never thought to put them up here. I have a bunch. Some are of when I was younger and some are more recent. I usually write about the things going on around me or things that have happened to me. I wll see if I can find some that I can put on here. Awesome work on ANY of your abilities. Keep up the fantastic work.[/QU
OTE]

we have a thread for poems so you have no excuse for not sharing, come on get them on here :)

[guidofatherof5]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/8039-garter-gathering.html

[d_virginiana]

Beautiful Lora!


Nice! That's a really good drawing.


Wow Lora not only a fantastic drawing but a truly great poem, i sincerely hope that you, Jeff B, and all the other talented artist's will continue to share your work with us whether it is new, or stuff you have hidden away.
Its really good seeing other aspects of members personality and ability's, thanks also to those who sent in encouraging messages to those of us with no talent, it might be true that practice improves performance if you have even a modicum of talent but it it does not make a bit of difference to those of us with a complete dearth of ability, but it does not stop us enjoying other people's work

Thanks! :)


http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/8039-garter-gathering.html

... Naturally, a very distracting link gets posted when I have to study for the GRE.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/8039-garter-gathering.html

I would like to say that was a very awesome poem. I loved it. Thank for sharing.

[RedSidedSPR]

I just read it. Awesome!! I LOVED it.

[katach]

This is the extent of my drawing abilities. I have one drawing from high school I'm pretty proud of, but it lost when I moved :(

[kibakiba]

I used to draw portraits all the time, but I got discouraged and quit drawing them after someone was overly critical of my portrait that was done while my wrist was hurt. I thought it was pretty good, the only thing wrong with it was the eye being a little bit lazy, I think.

[katach]

The one I was proud of was of my dog at the time. Just a black and white and the collar was purple. It was a pretty good likeness.

[PINJOHN]

thats a cool car, Kat, sleek and racy, is it telling us anything about your personality? :D:D

[katach]

Sometimes. :D

[kimbosaur]

This thread makes me want to draw againnn. Can't remember the last time I've attempted any art.

[PINJOHN]

This thread makes me want to draw againnn. Can't remember the last time I've attempted any art.

COME ON Kimberly we are waiting ;)

[kimbosaur]

COME ON Kimberly we are waiting ;)

Haha, with school starting tomorrow, not a chance!

...on second thought, it might be something to do during those 3 hour lectures. :rolleyes:

[kibakiba]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/SDC13819.JPG

Painted a little temp tattoo on my hand. Haha. I've been wanting a tat, but I'm too indecisive.

[kibakiba]

I did some more on my hand. I did some henna stuff on my hand. I like it. :D
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Hennantat.JPG

[Mrs N1ntndo]

Thats really cool. When doing Henna what kind of ink is used.

[kibakiba]

It was actually a water colour pencil. I don't have any actual henna at the moment.

[katach]

I like the bracelet "tat". Very cool!

[Mrs N1ntndo]

I love water color pencils. There so fun to use. I used to do tattoos with those on me and my daughters (13 and 4) all the time. I cant find just a small box around here though. Just a big pack with a fancy box for $20.

[kibakiba]

Mine were on sale at wallgreens for a back to school special. It was a box of 12 for $15.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

I want another set so bad and i never thought to check Walgreens. I think i mightt check there. Ty

[RedSidedSPR]

I drew a of these as gifts for a few people, but didn think to take any pics.

Got one of this though, before I mail it. And apparently before I earase all my smudges and stuff too.. just remembered to do that.:D

Baby garter snake.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/edc7a3bd.jpg

[katach]

Very cool! I like the smudges.

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks!. The smudges are worse in person. (The ones ON the snake are on purpose, obviously.) I'm kinda disappointed with the scales, but it turned out pretty good.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

I really like it too. Great job. I love the smuges too. It shows a lot of work went into it.

[RedSidedSPR]

Thanks!

[PINJOHN]

I drew a of these as gifts for a few people, but didn think to take any pics.

Got one of this though, before I mail it. And apparently before I earase all my smudges and stuff too.. just remembered to do that.:D

Baby garter snake.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/edc7a3bd.jpg

Really wish i could draw like that, a great piece of work :eek:

[RedSidedSPR]

Practice.

It didnt (doesn't) start out like that, a sketchy, sloppy, light sketch of where the eyes/scales everything is, the I draw it with darker lines, and put color, depth, shaddow in it. Easy.:p

[RedSidedSPR]

Oops disregard.

[RedSidedSPR]

Drew this yesterday. Baby tree python. Not great but worth sharing.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/a5a5f933.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/chucknkelly/4f84f0b0.jpg

Sorry I forgot to rotate the second one,

[guidofatherof5]

From one who has no art ablility I appreciate you sharing it.;)

[RedSidedSPR]

Ya know, a guy like you who knows so much about snakes, I bet you could get the starting sketchy part down. Make it sloppy, just get the lines placed right, and you just got the most important part of the picture.

With practice.

Or not.

[guidofatherof5]

Sorry, no connection between my eyes, hands and brain.:D

[RedSidedSPR]

Fine, whatever.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

Sorry, no connection between my eyes, hands and brain.:D


Come on Steve Just try. We all wanna see...lol

[kibakiba]

Steve, that's how I feel... But, when I just do it it usually comes out at least okay. There isn't anything wrong with having a hard time doing art, we all have moments like that. I bet if you tried it you'd be surprised ;)

[RedSidedSPR]

Yup, I have thrown away more pictures then ive saved. They don't all work out.

I mean... Most aren't BAD but I don't dub the worth keeping.

I think you'd he surprised too. Try it a couple times. I can tell you would like to be able to draw... So give it a try.

[PINJOHN]

From one who has no art ablility I appreciate you sharing it.;)
DITTO what Steve has said, great pictures

[kimbosaur]

I decided to buy one of those tablet thingies that you connect to your laptop. It's a lot harder to draw with it than I thought! Anyways, I thought I'd share what I've accomplished so far. :D It's sloppy in some areas but looks a lot better when you squint... Lol!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JDGOF_7ZRMA/TwoYHcRcQLI/AAAAAAAAAEc/MmVpChyPgQ4/s640/Image002.jpg
Original photo by Jesse (RedSidedSPR)

[kibakiba]

My boyfriend sent me his tablet. I find it's easier than drawing with a mouse. I've always had crappy mouses, though.

[EasternGirl]

I think that's pretty incredible Kimberly!

[BUSHSNAKE]

i use to draw until i had blisters

[guidofatherof5]

Very nice Joe.

[EasternGirl]

Really nice Joe...I used to do charcoal drawings. I like to do portraits and drawings of trees...and drawings of my animals. I have been wanting to get back into it. Now would be a nice time because I could start doing drawings of my snakes.

[PINJOHN]

Really nice Joe...I used to do charcoal drawings. I like to do portraits and drawings of trees...and drawings of my animals. I have been wanting to get back into it. Now would be a nice time because I could start doing drawings of my snakes.

when the members are showing their stuff it makes this one of the most interesting threads on the site...so come on Marnie get your booty into gear:)

[RedSidedSPR]

I decided to buy one of those tablet thingies that you connect to your laptop. It's a lot harder to draw with it than I thought! Anyways, I thought I'd share what I've accomplished so far. :D It's sloppy in some areas but looks a lot better when you squint... Lol!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JDGOF_7ZRMA/TwoYHcRcQLI/AAAAAAAAAEc/MmVpChyPgQ4/s640/Image002.jpg
Original photo by Jesse (RedSidedSPR)


Wow, that's really good with the colors and everything.. well done. :)


My boyfriend sent me his tablet. I find it's easier than drawing with a mouse. I've always had crappy mouses, though.

I've had lots of mouses, good and bad, and can't draw **** with 'em.

[EasternGirl]

when the members are showing their stuff it makes this one of the most interesting threads on the site...so come on Marnie get your booty into gear:) Oh great...I haven't drawn in years and now I am feeling artistic pressure! ;)

[GarterGuy17]

The best drawing I could possibly make is a stick figure :p

[PINJOHN]

The best drawing I could possibly make is a stick figure :p
well that's got me beat

[guidofatherof5]

The best drawing I could possibly make is a stick figure :p

I'm with you Marnie but worse off.
The best I can do is draw flies. "ba-dum-TSH" :D

[Light of Dae]

I would love to get another tattoo, but with Garter snakes. ... I might just have to draw something up..

[EasternGirl]

I'm with you Marnie but worse off.
The best I can do is draw flies. "ba-dum-TSH" :D That was actually John that said the thing about stick figures...lol. Garterguy is John...I'm a gal last time I checked...wait...yep...still a gal...lol.

[Light of Dae]

I haven't drew anything since 2009 when I lost everything I owned except for the manure covered work clothes I was wearing... lol Guess when my trailer burnt down, April Fools day 2009 lol what a joke eh? The funny thing about that is me n my co-worker were joking about our neighbor whom we thought was burning something when there was a fire ban on... was funny till my bosses daughter came running in with a 5gal bucket screaming "Your trailers on fire, YOUR TRAILERS ON FIRE" (I was living in a 15ft holiday trailer my boss had got written off for insurance after his oldest daughter rolled it.. The electric plug ins were all screwed up n half of them didn't work... but it was safe to live in. furnace cut out all the time during -50 weather. But it was good (So said my boss) I had all my artwork in there...)
The kicker is... it was an electrical short inside the walls that started the fire! Go figure eh. Oh and my boss hands me 1000bucks says 'oh sorry, good luck' but is more concerned about paying for the fire department to come out n save his precious dairy farm.

Lost the inspiration to draw or paint after that... But I do have a sketch book around here somewhere... I should use it..

[guidofatherof5]

I'm with you Marnie but worse off.
The best I can do is draw flies. "ba-dum-TSH" :D

Sorry about that. Time to up my meds. again.:D

[PINJOHN]

Lost the inspiration to draw or paint after that... But I do have a sketch book around here somewhere... I should use it..[/QUOTE]
YES YOU MOST DEFINITELY SHOULD!!!!!:)

[katach]

I have decided I want to get another tattoo. I want it to be a garter snake preferably an ordinoides incorporated into my existing tattoo. I have a small chinese symbol meaning love on the small of my back. My goal would be to make it less tramp stampy. Here is my current tattoo. Lets see what you can do.
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[ProXimuS]

I think that would be cool, if they could like weave the snake into the symbol:cool:

[katach]

That's kinda what I was thinking too. I want full color with maybe some nature background. A calm face and the tongue out. Just the curious things they are. Not like some tattoos that portray snakes aggressively. My niece is a fantastic artist so I asked her if she wanted to help. I haven't heard back from her, but she is a teenager, so she has better things to do I'm sure. :)

[Light of Dae]

I like the idea of a natural background... Maybe behind the symbol put a tree then have the snake coming out from behind it Or to make it 'less tramp stampy' you should add to it only on one side, don't center it.

[kimbosaur]

How big is that tattoo? I think it would look better if you just covered it with a snake. It seems it might be too small to add all that detail!

[katach]

My current tattoo is 4in x 3in. I want it to start on my left kinda low and then go up the right side almost on the ribs.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

My Biology teacher asked us to draw an annotated diagram by the end of the lesson, but forgot to specify what...Big mistake:D
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[ProXimuS]

Did you draw that? That's really good:)

[Selkielass]

I love the little snakes in this m.l.p. medias.
Angry Medusa Pony, Happy Snakes by ~Bakuel on deviantART (http://bakuel.deviantart.com/art/Angry-Medusa-Pony-Happy-Snakes-282121397)

[Skink]

I am a self-employed artist. My favorite subjects are, of course, herps, but they are in low demand! Especially since I do a lot of adult oriented work that I will skip sharing here (it pays the bills and feeds the snakes.) Whenever I am given the opportunity, though, I jump on any work that is reptile related! I do mostly energetic, colorful pieces with distinct shapes, but I've done more laid back work as well.

Also, in case anyone should be interested, I do take trades. Art for snakes, or partial credit toward snakes. I value my labor at $10 an hour (below industry standard) and will gladly give estimates.

Because of image limitations I'll have to categorize by reply it seems!

[Skink]

Rhino Viper and Cockatrice I made as an acrylic charm designs to be printed and laser cut
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Some pixel icon designs I've done! Shield nose cobra, albino diamondback, scaleless texas rat eating a pink
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[Skink]

Some logo work I've done: RepTillis Herps, Ben Siegel Reptiles, Burmese Python Initiative, my own personal Blood Gorgon

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Another pixel art icon, this time a leopard gecko

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[Skink]

T-Shirt design for BPI that never reached print
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Just some fun stuff
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