Drawing aliens are hard..

Jackal

I've been trying to draw aliens and they never look cool looking as a ton of these in the concept gallery do.

Question: Are there any tips/suggestions to work better to creating original aliens and new style monsters?

TiCK

Step by step guide to drawing great stuff! - by TiCK

1. Check to see if hands and fingers are present/in workable condition. If not, check for such skills as 'drawing with a pencil in your mouth' and 'using photoshop with your feet'. If you complete one of these objectives, proceed to step

2. Check to see if you have any natural artistic tallent. Can you color inside the lines? Can you draw a straight line? Do you know what a line is? If so, procede to step

3. You have some skills in art, so develop them! Draw all you can. Draw snow, people, icky bugs, animals, icky people, draw everything. If it doesn't look like what you are trying to draw at first, don't give up! Keep practicing, and soon you will get to step

4. You now are fairly proficient in art but it mainly consists of tracing and stickmen. Your next task is to enroll in art classes in your local university. Learn from your Art professors, once they were just young stencil jockeys like yourself, but now they have the experience to teach you well. Once you have your degree in hand you may proceed to step

5. Now you must look for a job in the Art field. You may wish to go into the following careers: Billboard designer, Emoticon creator, and Art teacher. The following careers are for those who like art more that food: Contract artist, Independent artist, and Guy who paints lots of paintings of naked people. Once you have a job in place then procede to step

6. Now you realize that there is next to no money in the business of art. You decide you abandon your studio apartment loft and move back to with your mother and step

7. Beg your parents to take you back and help you out. Sure you didn't listen to them when they told you that a career in Art is only for people with actual creativity. But you were a very young 37 when you entered college, not prepared at all for what struggles those with a yearning to express themelves have to face to reach their dreams.


............

Wait.. how to draw an alien? Umm.. I have no idea, I can't draw my way out of a paper bag.. I suggest a big head with huge black eyes and gray skin. That always works and everyone can tell what it is you are trying to draw.

SmokeMasta

tick actualy your 6th item ur ur list is totaly UNTRUE!
remember designing for games/websites/books/comics is art 2
not only the paintings from dead ppl are art

Carbon14

Show us what you have got so far, maybe we can offer tips on correcting/changing your work <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->

Here's something I did a while back when I drew some concept sketches of what the other alien race might look like if there was an alien Vs alien gameplay mode <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

MooMoo_the_SnowCow

Doh I got a problem I can't get past step 2.  What do I do now?

Scythe

That looks like something out of Warcraft 3.

I have a total lack of any artistic talent. None whatsoever. It's not rare.

--Scythe--
the_only_scythe@subdimension.com

ChyChsco

Hmmm..   drawing aliens? Here's a drawing I did my freshman year of HS. 4 years ago..   <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

<img src="http://home.wi.rr.com/chychsco/pic1.jpg" border="0">

Yes, he is wearing very large pants.

UkiTakuMuki

hehhe thats cute :>

Jackal

<span style='color:"red"'><b>If you can't say anything nice...</span></b>



<!--EDIT|Spyder Monkey|Aug. 18 2002,01:03-->