Mspaint Excrement, And Other Drawings/photos

[TheGiantMidgit]

I have most of it on deviantart, but I can throw a few on here if you wish. I suppose this constitutes as "My gallery"


http://img174.echo.cx/img174/2105/bug3fe.th.gif (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=bug3fe.gif)

An insect. ...one who looks like they may have played in Souxsie and the Banshees anyhow

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/1129/cover41tn.th.gif (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=cover41tn.gif)

What happens when a bands specifications for their album cover is "Lots of blood"

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/9259/thingy34an.th.gif (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=thingy34an.gif)

It's Goth-licious! Like a stick of angsty chewing gum.

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/7400/paintandinkbyastroal3wm.th.jpg (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=paintandinkbyastroal3wm.jpg)

Art class extravaganza

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/813/roughcharacterideabyastroal8aw.th.jpg (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=roughcharacterideabyastroal8aw.jpg)

Pencil Sketch

http://img174.echo.cx/img174/1821/dustyoldamp1mr.th.jpg (http://img174.echo.cx/my.php?image=dustyoldamp1mr.jpg)

A photograph, digital

[Reup]

mmm... I get a 'forbidden' error at all but the last picture. which is nice btw :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Reup@Apr 15 2005, 07:17 AM
mmm... I get a 'forbidden' error at all but the last picture. which is nice btw :ok:
Odd.... never encountered that error before.... hnn... have any suggestions for potential image hosts?

Edit: Nevermind, that should do the trick.

[Puffin]

Wow, I really like them!!

The pencil sketch kinda reminds me of Invader Zim :)
And the "class extravaganza" is marvellous!! :ok:

[Reup]

Now that I've seen them all I have to agree with Puffin: Wow! Nice style! :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

And I thank you both. It's always nice to know your work is appreciated.

[Strobe]

yes, puffin's right - that pencil sketch resembles "gir" from invader zim! :D

as for the other works...simply great!! you show an unique, astounding styled.
very minimal, very weird, very enjoyable! :ok:

i would love to see more of this!

[Puffin]

Planning on sharing more? :whistle:
*eager to see*

[TheGiantMidgit]

The great thing about MSPaint is, besides having a certain "what you see is what you get" quality about it, is the fact that it's installed on almost every computer you encounter, making it the perfect tool for school slackers worldwide.

I may post some more soon enough, but, for the moment, I should finish this assignment. I intend to bring my english mark up above 20% this year. ...that, and it's currently 4:30 am where I reside.

[TheVoid]

Boy, that's some really original and brilliant stuff you post in there :ok:
It's always nice to see proofs that Paint can kick asses, and you're certainly showing some of them. Keep'em coming!

[Sean]

Really nice work!

Welcome to the art forum... share more with us as soon as you can :)

[TheGiantMidgit]

I'll try to get some more up tonight or tomorrow, when I'm not busy.

A random quick paint sketch to waste time with, attempted to get a different, spontanious looking style. Came out merely looking odd:

[BeefontheBone]

groovy. very salad fingers.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Apr 16 2005, 07:11 PM
groovy. very salad fingers.
...everyone tells me I should watch that sometime...

[Puffin]

Love it! :w00t:

Like the shading effects!!! :D

[TaloN]

wow! thats aweomse

[TheGiantMidgit]

Like the shading effects!!!

Thank you. Personally, I dislike the shading I got on that one. Should have stuck with my regular techniques.

And thank you too, TaloN.

[Tom Henrik]

You should make a game with that style. I can already tell you that the game will be immensly popular.

[TheGiantMidgit]

It's an idea... I have a friend who codes, and my band and I could throw a few tunes together for a soundtrack... it's an idea, alright... although I highly doubt I'll have time to work on it in the near future, in light of other projects I've got going on.

[Sean]

You could always just chuck together a quick AGS game :)

Nice Work =D

[taikara]

ooooOOOoooOoooO! :D

Very nice, very different. I enjoyed very much. :kosta:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Oh boy! B-side horrors! The type you spend 5 minutes on!

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/8669/theicemancometh5le.th.jpg (http://img55.echo.cx/my.php?image=theicemancometh5le.jpg)

The Iceman Cometh, a weird photograph I drew eyes on

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/3517/grundobyastroal1wg.th.jpg (http://img55.echo.cx/my.php?image=grundobyastroal1wg.jpg)

Grundo: The Eternally Grinning Zombie

http://img55.echo.cx/img55/9434/davethehalloweeniebyastroal3ri.th.jpg (http://img55.echo.cx/my.php?image=davethehalloweeniebyastroal3ri.jpg)

Halloween Me

isometric thing

very small, but alot of work. In conclusion, I don't like drawing in isometric.

[TheGiantMidgit]

An old flyer I designed. Decided I still like it. I remember alot of people and I agreeing: a punk show just isn't a punk show some psychologically inflicting substances. Unfortunatly, no-one wanted to be liable for what might happen to the hall, so they decided to keep all those risque things out.

http://img185.echo.cx/img185/4568/show8xv.th.gif (http://img185.echo.cx/my.php?image=show8xv.gif)

Inspired by something I enjoy doing from time to time that tends to be looked down upon when it comes to social morals.

[Danny252]

you have some crazy work here, thats for sure.

[Sean]

Hes very talented though =-/

[Strobe]

you're crazy AND talented, indeed! :D

as i've already stated, i totally dig your style - woohaa!!!

i'd be interested in how you did this blue, scary guy with glowing eyes
and the black figure sitting in front of the window?

furthermore, i strongly encourage you to participate in the actual art contest,
i'm sure you'll come up with something impressive :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

The blue figure is just a wooden man that resides in one of the windows of this house. The lighting you get during the winter up here can be really odd.

That black figure is me on Halloween, thus justifying the face paint. Was on my way to a halloween party... Hooray for having insane hair. Note the space invader shirt. Yep, one of the three shirts I own.

As for being crazy, I swear, I only went completely schizo once. ...it was very odd. Psychotic episodes generally are, what with the vivid hallucinations, disattachment to reality and overwhelming terror and paranoia that accompanies them. Fortunatly, it was at a house party, and I managed to really scare everyone there, making what would have been a possibly traumitizing episode into something freaking awesome.

As for the contest, I don't know... I hate the idea of drawing a "hot chick". I'd have to think of a video game heroine I actually respect (besides Samus Aran)

Also, an old piece I did in collaboration with a friend. It's ancient, bordering prehistoric, from when I was learning how to use paint to it's potential. He penciled it, I painted:

[TheGiantMidgit]

A weird experiment from awhile back:

http://img228.echo.cx/img228/8333/experimentswithcolor5bv.th.jpg (http://img228.echo.cx/my.php?image=experimentswithcolor5bv.jpg)

Halloween

http://img228.echo.cx/img228/2568/pumpkin8iu.th.gif (http://img228.echo.cx/my.php?image=pumpkin8iu.gif)

school project image

http://img228.echo.cx/img228/9757/ad8yn.th.gif (http://img228.echo.cx/my.php?image=ad8yn.gif)

And another image from a school project, done in 5 minutes, and 3 months late. ..also, covered in blood due to an unfortunate accident.

http://img228.echo.cx/img228/1963/project0cd.th.gif (http://img228.echo.cx/my.php?image=project0cd.gif)

[omg]

just 1 word dude, (well 2) totally amazing! enjoyed it more than the dali exhibition i went to a few weeks back!

[DeathDude]

Whoa those are some cool designs.

[Tom Henrik]

Love 'em. Keep it comming :kosta:

[taikara]

Originally posted by Tom Henrik@Apr 26 2005, 11:08 AM
Love 'em. Keep it comming :kosta:
Concur. ^_^

[Sean]

I know your dieing for somebody to ask this so i will!

How'd you get blood on the paper... what was the unfortunate accident?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Why would I be "dying" to tell this? It's like, a single sentence story. I fell asleep on my desk, and woke up to find I had sliced my hand open in my sleep on a knife.

[Strobe]

what?? are you kidding? :crazy:
apparently you had kind of a very troubled dream, then...
better be careful!

anyway, your latest additions are marvellous, just like the ones before!
don't know if anybody has asked this question yet (though it's a quite obvious one):
do you plan to do a graphic novel, by chance? i mean, your artworks deserves to
be put into a story and maybe get published.

i totally dig dark graphic novels (such as "silent hill", "sandman" or "singularity 7")
so i'm more than convinced that if i find a series of your style in the shelves of a
comic story, i'd buy it without hesitating! :ok:

[Reup]

We are such stuff as dream are made on, as the great bard would put it...

Your drawings are great, Midgit! :ok:

[Lizard]

Whoa!
Perfect nightmarish stuff! :w00t:

[bohor]

I love your work! Very Tim Burtonish, and very Nightmare before Christmas style...

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Strobe@Apr 27 2005, 09:24 AM
what?? are you kidding? :crazy:
apparently you had kind of a very troubled dream, then...
better be careful!

anyway, your latest additions are marvellous, just like the ones before!
don't know if anybody has asked this question yet (though it's a quite obvious one):
do you plan to do a graphic novel, by chance? i mean, your artworks deserves to
be put into a story and maybe get published.

i totally dig dark graphic novels (such as "silent hill", "sandman" or "singularity 7")
so i'm more than convinced that if i find a series of your style in the shelves of a
comic story, i'd buy it without hesitating!* :ok:
I used to draw comic books back in elementary school. I got kids to sneak into the teachers lounge and photocopy them. I'd then sell them for 10 cents each, with a piece of the profits going to various helpers. I'd make up to 60 dollars a week. I might have time to start another now, considering I've been suspended from school for the rest of the year. In light of this event, I will most probably have an abundance of free time to work with.

Edit: Look, I made my own little emoticon!

http://img278.echo.cx/img278/4712/facethingy29ch.png

[TheGiantMidgit]

Ruccio Roche from Daraku Tenshi.

Currently unfinished, need to do the legs. Blaugh, I didn't get his face right, he should look "chubbier", and the hoodie is a complete mess, and the chain coming from his collar is off... so is his anatomy as a whole.

Notice that the colours are so darkened when I upload it here to the extent that to view the different hues, you will literally have to zoom into the picture and strain your optical organs:

[TheGiantMidgit]

There, done. It's still a veritable crapfest though.

[troop18546]

Ooooo... OMG

[TheGiantMidgit]

I changed it to a gif so that the colours might be more easily viewed.

[TheVoid]

I'd personally make the eye a little more visible, but then again if you'll use this at 2x dimension it's just awesome, can't see flaws in it.

[Shunk Eat Enemy]

This is really good work id say you should become a cartoonist or a artist (same thing i guess) but really a freind of mine at school has extreme talant at drawing he doesnt do anything else and always erge him to do that
The Iceman Cometh, a weird photograph I drew eyes on
i think it looks like something from a tool video :kosta:
also alot of your work looks like some from a game called Okage

[Strobe]

say, did you notice our little "abandonia art project" ('http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2465')?

you'll get the point quite fast after having a look at those three images we've
worked out so far. although this project has apparently fallen asleep recently, i'd
strongly encourage you to participate.

give it a chance and maybe we'll be able to revive it once again!
it's worth a try :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

I'll definetly consider it.

[Sameeralord]

EXELLENT :ok: :ok: . lOVE YOUR SHADING :ok: :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks, I appreciate it. It's what I end up working the most on.

[TheGiantMidgit]

A small, experimental MSPaint piece. Just fooling around.

[Strobe]

another fabulous piece!!!

i can't believe there are really some ppl out there claiming MSPaint is not practical
to deliver cool art! :D

[Sean]

Nice!

Loving the lack of arms :)

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Is that a bowling ball in the top left?

[Sean]

Isnt the guy an alien on an alien world and that little red ball is another alien world or perhaps even this alien worlds moon.

Yep i like Aliems!

[Moshchu]

I wonder...
do you use only mouse to create your paintings or you have more sophisticated tool like electronic pencil or ... i dont know... something else?

[Tom Henrik]

WOW! You make me doubt my own Paint skills :kosta:

[Indignus IV]

Very nice....I agree with Moschu.......how do you guys use paint so well? :blink:

[Tom Henrik]

Originally posted by Indignus IV@Jun 25 2005, 09:51 PM
Very nice....I agree with Moschu.......how do you guys use paint so well? :blink:
Personally I like to zoom in to 6x :P

But looking at the pics of TheGiantMidgit I'd say he shifts from working at 8x zoom (his latest sprite) and drawing the outline and lines in 1x for his other drawings then zoom in to 6x for the shading :ok:

[Indignus IV]

I thought there was a more complicated way.....

I zoom in to 8x and stuff too, but I just don't have the patience to do that. I prefer good old pencil and paper any day (adds a little more creativity, IMO)

My only real paint pic was a half-finished t-shirt design for Abandonia....if anybody is interested I'd be happy to share.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Moshchu@Jun 25 2005, 09:31 PM
I wonder...
do you use only mouse to create your paintings or you have more sophisticated tool like electronic pencil or ... i dont know... something else?
Mouse. Crappy, unresponsive mouse at that.

[TheGiantMidgit]

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/5291/squid7dv.png

A weird drawing of a squid

[Tom Henrik]

Lovely!

I've missed your art, man.
Gimme more! :w00t:

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Wow, you're really good. It's amazing that you do most of this in Paint. :blink:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Bobbin Threadbare@Sep 13 2005, 01:53 PM
Wow, you're really good. It's amazing that you do most of this in Paint. :blink:
Amazing what you can do with insomnia and a crappy PC.

[TheVoid]

That looks very neat. Is it you on the bottom left?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by TheVoid@Sep 13 2005, 08:05 PM
That looks very neat. Is it you on the bottom left?
Sure, if I was a purple aquatic life form. Naw, I'm not sure who or what it is. Same hair as I have at the moment though....

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Sep 13 2005, 09:07 PM
Same hair as I have at the moment though....
That's why I thought that. And being drowning in the bottom of the sea I guess your face would most likely turn purple or at least blue-ish. Yet that calm expression baffles me.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by TheVoid+Sep 13 2005, 08:29 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheVoid @ Sep 13 2005, 08:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-TheGiantMidgit@Sep 13 2005, 09:07 PM
Same hair as I have at the moment though....
That's why I thought that. And being drowning in the bottom of the sea I guess your face would most likely turn purple or at least blue-ish. Yet that calm expression baffles me. [/b][/quote]
You bring up a good point, what with the colour one turns while lacking oxygen... as for the calm expression, I think it adds a taste of the surreal.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit+Sep 14 2005, 05:18 AM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheGiantMidgit @ Sep 14 2005, 05:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Bobbin Threadbare@Sep 13 2005, 01:53 PM
Wow, you're really good. It's amazing that you do most of this in Paint. :blink:
Amazing what you can do with insomnia and a crappy PC. [/b][/quote]
Perhaps I shall try on my excuse for a computer. My mouse is a bit dodgy. If you keep moving it up it stops moving. You need to really force it up then...

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Bobbin Threadbare+Sep 14 2005, 12:49 AM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bobbin Threadbare @ Sep 14 2005, 12:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Sep 14 2005, 05:18 AM
******QuoteBegin-Bobbin Threadbare@Sep 13 2005, 01:53 PM
Wow, you're really good. It's amazing that you do most of this in Paint. :blink:
Amazing what you can do with insomnia and a crappy PC.
Perhaps I shall try on my excuse for a computer. My mouse is a bit dodgy. If you keep moving it up it stops moving. You need to really force it up then... [/b][/quote]
Mine moves on its own. It's kind of funny, especially while trying to play an FPS.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Mine'll done that, very rarely though. Funny.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Quick little paint experiment. Shading experiments.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Mmm
Purple.
Small, concise, it's great.
Keep up with the purpliness.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks. Personally, I didn't like how it turned out. I'll stick to my old shading style.

[punch999]

Its some cool stuff You should actually wear your hair like that (if its possible)

[TheGiantMidgit]

I used to have it spiked up like the purple picture back in my punk days.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Since Void has one, thought I set one of mine up as well. Old pic, sort of an interpretation of ol' Jacky boy.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Originally posted by punch999@Sep 17 2005, 04:33 PM
Its some cool stuff You should actually wear your hair like that (if its possible)
Don't listen to Punch.

That looks fantastic.

[TheVoid]

I really like that kind of shading, he looks a bit more 3D-like. Looks fatter too.

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Sep 17 2005, 12:56 AM
Quick little paint experiment. Shading experiments.
I like that so much!

Just simple, neat, purple... :ok:

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Sep 19 2005, 04:30 AM
Since Void has one, thought I set one of mine up as well. Old pic, sort of an interpretation of ol' Jacky boy.
He doesn't have arms. Other than that it's a cool Jack.

[TheGiantMidgit]

A doodle of my personal favourite character from DoTT

Just something so awesome about twitchy, sleep deprived Med Students.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

OMFG! I love it!

[TheGiantMidgit]

2nd version, much better. Hard to get the character exactly.

[RedHeadSebbe]

Nice one :P
Hello Everybody

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Her ears are a little big but still excellant!

[Sean]

I thought it was a man...... oh well.

Looks great, especially the T-Shirt.

I am not so sure about the actual facial shading but its a good looking piece, nice one!

[TheGiantMidgit]

I might consider using a referrence next time then

[Tom Henrik]

It looks downright amazing, man :kosta:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks. The only problem I see with it now is that the face is a little too vertically elongated. Then again, it's been years since I last played DoTT.

[Tom Henrik]

To be completely honest, I like your version better.

[TheGiantMidgit]

I thank you, and can only think of one appropriate responce, spoken in Yoda's scratchy little voice:


Beaten Lucasarts I have. Nothing on me George Lucas has. Different story Tim Shafer is.

[TheGiantMidgit]

MSpaint doodle

[Blood-Pigggy]

Wow, that looks great!
Is supposed to be anything that I know of?
Or is from your... imaginaaaation?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks. The latter. Same way I draw anything else, start with one thing (in this case, the hair), let it figure itself out from there, until I get the feeling it's "done".

[win98]

cool artwork man

[win98]

i was gonna show my art but i accidently deleted it off my new computers harddisk after i deleted it after copying it from my old computer

[TheGiantMidgit]

I see. That's a shame.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Random halloween picture, a jack-o-lantern I carved, put up now as I'll be gone for most of October:

[Blood-Pigggy]

The jack o'lantern looks a bit strange.
The random marks all over it kinda throw me off, are they supposed to be wounds or something?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Who knows? I've never known pumpkins capable of sustaining wounds, so I imagine not. I just like the look.


Full picture of it

[Blood-Pigggy]

It's nice and symetrical.
I don't know what, but I just don't really click with it.

It's good, but...
It's unexplainable.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Hey, don't blame you. To each their own, my man.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Working on anything new at the moment?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Naw, too busy packing up.

[Urbanraven]

ohh your art is awesome ^_^ I like the insect most :P annnd the MSpaint dude ^_^

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks, I'll probably put all my work on that first page sometime as it's scattered over 7 pages at the moment.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Yer going to shove all your work in the first post?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Might be easier to find stuff then

[Stebbi]

i like the jack o lantern:D

[TheGiantMidgit]

I thank you. It was a challenge not to accidently cut some of the pieces out, especially the areas under the eyes.

[Tom Henrik]

The jack-o-lantern looks brilliant, but I think it might be a good idea for your next one to avoid symmetry so much.

It looks amazing, but I think it could've been a bit better, still.... WHOAH! :kosta:



Edit:
So says the symmetrical pumpkin pixel LOL

[TheGiantMidgit]

Random quick doodle

[Blood-Pigggy]

Awesome.
But the shading on the right of the hat looks a bit off, just the right hand corner on the white strap.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Nov 2 2005, 09:11 PM
Awesome.
But the shading on the right of the hat looks a bit off, just the right hand corner on the white strap.
Yea, there's alot of problems with it. Took ten minutes though, so I'll get around to touching it up.

[TheGiantMidgit]

The current art thing going on sorta inspired me to try my hand out at it. Just tried to make something alien looking. ...and yea, I used purple as well. It's easily the most alien looking colour. Quick, quick job, just to try and get a feel for something "alien".

[Sean]

How do you make theese?

I don't see how you could have made something like that 'quick' in MSPaint LOL :)

Looking good in other words LOL

[TheGiantMidgit]

took about 8 or 9 minutes. If I was actually expending effort on it, it wouldn't consist of just solid tones.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Go Go Gobot! ...a play in one act. Old school project for the school newspaper.

[Sean]

Nice drawings,amusing dialogue, unattractive paper :)

[Blood-Pigggy]

Hahaha, that was genius.
Both pictures are awesome, but I must say, how long ago did you draw that? I can draw about a thousand times better. :sneaky:

Very, very funny.
The paint picture... I can do that myself, it's very simple, except for those dunes in the lower left, I still marvel how you can accomplish that kind of effect.
Beautiful Midget.

[TheGiantMidgit]

I did it in grade 9 in about 10 minutes between classes, as I was supposed to get it in in the next period. And the picture is supposed to lack detail, to make it easier to photocopy. Also, a thousand times? Are you quite sure? Was that a carefully calculated statment? And, if so, how do you assess the skill in a given piece to such a precise amount? Amazing. Please, give me the mathematical formula sometime.

As for the dune thing, I woulda done it all in that style, but, I'm lazy.

[TheVoid]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Nov 11 2005, 09:17 PM
Both pictures are awesome, but I must say, how long ago did you draw that? I can draw about a thousand times better. :sneaky:


Can you? I have to say they're good drawings, especially the Gobot.

[Papercut_404]

HOW CAN U USE MS PAINT?!?
it is so gay! you have to do everything pixel by pixel!
ur amazing midget. u should really get PSP or photoshop.
i painted a stonehenge last week, making me the best male artist in grade 9.
i made my avatar in psp, and this pic for the sake of this forum:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Ah, but see, I stated my reasoning.

MSPaint is on just about every PC, meaning I can draw something wherever I go, and second, I don't want to buy that crap, I'm cheap.

[TheVoid]

And anyway, Paint is an awesome program.

Paint (http://www.abandonia.com/~thevoid/Gallery/TaiBirthdays.png)
Nevermind the cacodemon, but the rest is exquisitely Paint-made.

[Papercut_404]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Nov 11 2005, 09:33 PM
Ah, but see, I stated my reasoning.

MSPaint is on just about every PC, meaning I can draw something wherever I go, and second, I don't want to buy that crap, I'm cheap.
hehe. good point.
this is my desktop at the moment:

[Danny252]

Modest indeed.
Good one Void, howcome I never got one of them? :'(

[TheGiantMidgit]

I also enjoy the "get what you see" aspect of paint. What I draw, I get, and I get full control over it, rather thn adding effects and lighting through other means.

[Papercut_404]

yeh. psp for me though. so many cool effects in a few easy steps.
everyone goes thier own way. mine is strange...

[A. J. Raffles]

Hmm, interesting, Papercut, but why don't you just start your own topic instead of posting all your pictures in Midget's?:huh:

[Sean]

Paint is much better than Photoshop at some things in my opinion, I use both and am quite talented with both. Not the best but I know the basics. When doing signature graphics and what not the layers in photoshop makes stuff easier however the simpicity of paint is its greatest strength. Basic drawings are much easier to make in paint than they are in photoshop. Each piece of software has its own strengths and weaknesses simplying labelling one crap and the other awesome is unjust.

Also, nice job Midget :)

[Quintopotere]

Dear TheGiantMidgit,

I like so much your "alien" purple drawing, it reminds me some intro of the old games like Flashback in some way... and all that in just few minutes!

Very impressive :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

I thank you, a sentiment that goes out to everyone who's offered a kind comment or useful constructive criticism.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Inspired by a book I'm currently reading:

Edited to include interior lighting and clock detail.

[Blood-Pigggy]

That book about life around a creature in a two dimensional world or somesuch?
That looks very much like the outline of something.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Nov 13 2005, 11:10 PM
That book about life around a creature in a two dimensional world or somesuch?
That looks very much like the outline of something.
Yes, I think he mentioned something like that in the book thread.
Looks quite interesting.

[TheGiantMidgit]

The implications of it boggle the mind. At one point, it describes the neuroscience involved in a biological organism. It's hard to imagine, but scientifical feasible. Same with some forms of organs the author developed. Because a circulatory system would be impossible (a system of tubes in a body would result in that body falling into pieces, think about it) he describes what he calls "zipper organs", muscles that push along fluids as the cells attach and detach in a zipper like fashion. These are just examples, and his description of mechanics in a two dimensional universe are fascintating.

[dmacdonald95]

Wow! I love that "It's Goth-licious" one..kind of reminded me of Grim Fandigo. You wouldn't mind doing some graphics for a horror game (Of your design and my programming 'talents') would you?

[TheGiantMidgit]

Perhaps at a later time, my good sir. I am currently in the midst of writing and recording a new album, and it's taking up alot of my time. When I do have time, I'll let you know.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Little MSPaint doodle, colour work.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

I've always loved you paint creations. There's just this unique feel to them, strange that things of such good quality could be made from something so simple as paint.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks. Appreciated.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

I have been trying a few things myself lately. The thing I find hardest is the line work, getting lines where I want to go with the mouse it very hard for me, I think I'm getting use to the colours though.

As you can see in my thread my previous attempts aren't too spectacular.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Ocean scene, for the contest. Took awhile to get the colours to jell, actually.

[Blood-Pigggy]

It looks great Midget, especially the shadow on the water.

Mmm, it looks like an ocean of gel...

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Blood-Pigggy@Dec 7 2005, 10:11 PM
It looks great Midget, especially the shadow on the water.

Mmm, it looks like an ocean of gel...
Yes, it is quite serene looking. More like a giant pond than an ocean. I'll probably update it later, get some motion in that there water, and add something to the sky besides those flying vermin.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Little experiment attempt at a self portrait.

Got the proportions completely wrong, but I'm glad it's at least recognizable. Got a nice little style out of it too, chunky shading and a nice little colouring style.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Updated the ocean piece

[TheVoid]

Really sweet man. The only thing that strikes me as quite odd is the reflection of that cloud an the cloud itself, bit too near to the sea surface in my opinion.

As for the selfportrait, nothing to criticize expect the already noted wrong proportions. Useless to say I really like your use of Paint.

[TheGiantMidgit]

I thank you. ...and yea, the cloud is a bit odd. I'll keep that in mind next time I put them in a picture.

[TheVoid]

I think it's a very realistic looking cloud, just a bit out of place.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Final for the contest. Yea, I would move it, but, a lesson is learnt and will be applied on a future piece.

[Quintopotere]

So good :ok:

The only thing "bad" is that the sky is a bit too plain, for me...

[Tom Henrik]

I haven't commented here in a long while, but I just reread the entire topic to see what I have missed. And I have missed some extraordinary art-pieces.

You push Paint to it's limit and create a piece of art evertime you make a pixel. It's the image that looks great, but the small things which makes it art. Like the purple jello-mountains which are dripping out of the frame on one, and the whales playing around in the sky in your latest creation. Not to mention your selfportrait. I don't think people realizes how extremelly difficult it is to create a realistically looking face in Paint. Especially in the manner of which you have created yours. The right side (for us) consist of nothing but white and an eye - and pulling that effect of correctly shows extreme craftmanship and affinity with Paint.

I bow to your creations and talent. :kosta:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

I realise how difficult it is. And every single time he come's up with something absolutely amazing.

[Sean]

He's almost as good as me. :ph34r:

On a more serious note.. your graphics are beautiful before you learn they were made in paint and just a 100 times better when you find out how much work was put into them.

Lovely.

[TheGiantMidgit]

I thank you all for the kind comments. They are like petrol for muse.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

What does muse have to do with it?

[TheVoid]

Whales in the sky. And I said that the cloud was a bit out of place.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Iron_Scarecrow@Dec 9 2005, 12:42 AM
What does muse have to do with it?
Pretty much what drives me to draw in the first place, so, yea, alot.

[TheGiantMidgit]

A very, very preliminary Christmas album (I mix one up and hand them out every Christmas) cover back design. The large grey block is going to display the tracks. I really don't like the flow though, so I'll probably redesign it from the ground up.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Nov 10 2005, 08:59 AM
The current art thing going on sorta inspired me to try my hand out at it. Just tried to make something alien looking. ...and yea, I used purple as well. It's easily the most alien looking colour. Quick, quick job, just to try and get a feel for something "alien".
Thanks for the wallpaper of my PSP by the way. :Brain: It looks more blue though on my PSP.

The buildings and graffiti look very nice though, why change it.

[TheGiantMidgit]

feels to cluttered and pushed to one side or the other.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Well you're the artist, you know best.

[Quintopotere]

To be honest I don't like the graffiti... :tomato: and the buildings sound a bit "plain"... :tomato:

All in all it's just a preliminar work: I know you'll make it fantastic :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea, I'm not used to trying to convey the style in Paint, alot easier with a spraycan I'll tell you.

[Sean]

Tell us?

How about you show us?! :)

[TheGiantMidgit]

I have no photos of any of my stuff, and I got out of that game a long time ago. Maybe during the summer I'll go downtown and do a piece or two.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Working on it a little more

[Quintopotere]

My comments about the pic on the right are the same as above... the pic on the left it's good! :ok:
I like especially the "sketch" on the right bottom part... maybe the upper part is a bit plain...

[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea... I have a plan going... I'm going to draw on a square the same size, with the same background colour and paint a bunch of very pastel, thin, faded pictures, then past that one over with a transparent background. And yea, I'll be working on the left side alot.... I like the buildings, personally, though.

[Quintopotere]

Oohh... it sounds good, I'm sure it will come very nice! :ok:

About the buildings, perhaps I'd like them with "some kind" of windows...

[Himmler]

nice thingie :D

[TheGiantMidgit]

Thanks Himmler

as for Windows, I'm kind of weirded out by it. I tried it, but white or blue just screws the colour scheme. Maybe I'll redo them in orange.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Love the guy in the bottom left. Love your style.

[TheGiantMidgit]

another conceptual. It's slowly getting somewhere.

[Quintopotere]

Uhmmm... erm... now there is a bit of confusion, isn't there?

[TheVoid]

Yes, now the two sides are looking too different in composition, maybe the first one should be as simple as the second- which I quite like without windows.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Yea, it's just another rough, I'll most likely kill it and start anew. Just an idea of how it would look layered.

[Sean]

They both look very nice.

They contrast with each other too much though, would work better as sepereate images.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Well, see, the thing is, they are going to be seperate

the first panel is the front of the cover, the back panel is the back.

[Sean]

Ah ,right then yeh it's all good so far!

[TheGiantMidgit]

Well, I finally picked up photoshop 7. So far, all I've managed to do with it is lock up my computer.

[Himmler]

hehe..that means you'll leave MSPaint for a while :D

[TheGiantMidgit]

Well, I'm working at it.... wish I had a tablet for alot of this, as painting is quite tough with the mouse.

[TheGiantMidgit]

So far, first photoshop testing piece. Just learning the ropes of this program.

Incomplete, just a practice.

[TheGiantMidgit]

sorry to triple post, but to give a better idea of where I'm trying to go with this piece:

[TheGiantMidgit]

...and done.

[Himmler]

it looks good but it still looks like MSPaint style..you gotta go more softer now

[TheGiantMidgit]

hn, a'ight. I gotta work on getting actual textures out of it as well, rather than blocky shades.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

I like blocky shades. :ok:

[Quintopotere]

You always make great things, but, in my opinion, you'll never make with Photoshop something as good as your Paint works :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Well, that's motivation right there. Call me back in a year or so and we'll see how I'm doing with the program.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Quick and dirty filtering and lighting. I'm tired to screwing around with this thing and just want it done. Seems I can't upload stuff, so here's a link:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27229886/

[Blood-Pigggy]

I like how it turned out.

The left still looks a bit wacky, but considering it's for a CD Album, it'll probably look much better when it's actually used as it's supposed to.

[Quintopotere]

I like it, but the drawings on the right bottom corner of the left part, have lost the previous feeling that I was loving so much...

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Nice. :ok:

That is all.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Originally posted by Quintopotere@Jan 5 2006, 12:19 PM
I like it, but the drawings on the right bottom corner of the left part, have lost the previous feeling that I was loving so much...
Well, I'll work on a sketchy piece of make up for it then.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Just a WIP

[swiss]

COOL THING!

you should really add some slight backgrounding and make it ready for the January Art competition!

I like you works!
:ok:
:cheers:

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by swiss@Jan 19 2006, 12:05 PM
you should really add some slight backgrounding and make it ready for the January Art competition!

Hummm.. why not!

The alien seems to have a surf-board, you could draw a beach and the alien shuold say something like "Let's go surfin' now!" LOL

Anyway, that alien is really well drawn :ok:

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Jan 19 2006, 01:30 PM
Just a WIP
???

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by Bobbin Threadbare+Jan 19 2006, 12:34 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Bobbin Threadbare @ Jan 19 2006, 12:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-TheGiantMidgit@Jan 19 2006, 01:30 PM
Just a WIP
??? [/b][/quote]
WIP could mean Work In Progress... or Wireless Internet Protocol...
Hummmm... I'm not able to decide...

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by Quintopotere+Jan 20 2006, 05:28 AM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Quintopotere @ Jan 20 2006, 05:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Bobbin Threadbare@Jan 19 2006, 12:34 PM
******QuoteBegin-TheGiantMidgit@Jan 19 2006, 01:30 PM
Just a WIP
???
or Wireless Internet Protocol... [/b][/quote]
That's what I thought it meant.

Quite good as it is anyways

[TheGiantMidgit]

Just a photo, from our winter formal. A few of my friends and I. I'm second in front, ignoring my gf and getting "lost in my friends eyes". My girlfriend got "snow queen" that night, basically the lame, Canadian version of prom queen.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1868/217bu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Also, I cleaned this version up a bit. I think it does us all justice:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/951/2copy25dn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Quintopotere]

Nice photo! ;)

But why does such a pretty girl stay with such an old man? :blink: :bleh:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Something I put together in photoshop for the school newspaper. It's an ad!

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3740/accident0we.jpg

[Himmler]

i like it but the pants of the man in the foreground should be a little gray cause it pulls your eyes down when you look at the man whoo flees the accident.if those would be gray, automatically your eyes will spring up.just a suggestion..hope you don't mind :cheers:

[Blood-Pigggy]

Kinda agree with Himmler.
But that was hilarious.
Great picture. :ok:

[TheGiantMidgit]

Quickly sketched out picture of a piece of album art. Props if you know the album.

[TheGiantMidgit]

Stuffs to be coming. Ominous.

[Quintopotere]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheGiantMidgit @ Jun 6 2006, 06:03 AM) 234673</div>
Stuffs to be coming. Ominous.
[/b]
Is this hype? :blink:

[TheGiantMidgit]

No, just myself noticing that I've neglected to do anything in quite awhile.

[TheVoid]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheGiantMidgit @ Jun 6 2006, 09:56 PM) 234848</div>
No, just myself noticing that I've neglected to do anything in quite awhile.
[/b]
We're two then :)

Not a clue about the previous drawing, but it looks like DeChirico-inspired stuff. I like it.

[TheGiantMidgit]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6554/background2oj9.png

Just a pic someone took on one of my trips. ...Yes, I'm the guy with his hand in the air.

[_r.u.s.s.]

haha, i love expression of that [second from the left, in the bottom line] guy

[TheGiantMidgit]

Ha ha, that's my cousin. This picture is now my ticket for eternally mocking him.

[Quintopotere]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheGiantMidgit @ Jul 26 2006, 06:15 AM) 245141</div>
I'm the guy with his hand in the air.
[/b]

You rule in that photo :kosta:

[swiss]

that picture is a FAKE - it is a retouched photo a montage !!!!!

I'll directly report this post to an admin and make the proposal to ban you .. ol' faker you!
:butcher:




I have talked to the rafting teacher who made that photo. He told me it was your first time on freaky waters and was so kind to give me the correct photo:



here you go! good that there is justice and truth in this world! :bleh:



http://www.moccador.de/oleole.jpg

;)

[guesst]

Oh goodness. This could so quickly become a photoshot phriday set on SomethingAwful. Heck, if I had time on my own computer I'd so contribute.

Do we have any goons in the house? (I'm not one, but my brother is, so I'm well aquainted with them)

[Japo]

Now that does seem authentic, unlike the other photoshopped one. LOL

[TheGiantMidgit]

So clever, you must be a very smart lad. You found my horrible secret. ....that I am 2 feet tall.

[Japo]

No, the other guy is clearly some kind of giant alien Gulliver from outer space. That encounter must have been a ghastly experience.

Seriously, I don't know if you carefully chose the photo but in it you look like the most daring kick-behind guy. :kosta:

[TheGiantMidgit]

That's the only photo from that trip. And man, you gotta have fun when you're careening down a churning death river in a little inflatable raft. I was in the process of waving to some guys who were hanging around on the bank as we passed by. Turns out they had a camera.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Swiss is just jealous.

[swiss]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Blood-Pigggy @ Jul 27 2006, 12:50 PM) 245412</div>
Swiss is just jealous.
[/b]

for sure!

never have been rafting ...


oh BTW: you should check this: http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=839 your sigs file size is almost double of the allowed .... ;)

[TheGiantMidgit]

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3060/syd2em0.png

Quick MSPaint Syd Barrett

[TheGiantMidgit]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/669/instrumentalalbum2jq6.png

[Quintopotere]

That's...

:omg2:

...awesome!!

:monkey_dance:

[Himmler]

:kosta: omg..that's awesome :kosta:

[Modeus]

That's really impressive !
Is that MS paint-made ?