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TopperHay said:
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If only there was some way to make animated bumper stickers...
 
>tfw people emulate a style, however terrible, and still make it look better than the original

All hail the Gilded Knight
 
I like how he kept in that odd little hole near TGK's crotch. Seriously, what is that meant to be? Do I really want to know?
 
PixelKnot said:
Gilded Knight has a lot of potential in his artwork. Pretty impressive that it was all done in MS Paint.
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It proves that it's not the program you use that makes your art good, it's the person. TGK uses Adobe Illustrator, a very complex, high end program and all his stuff looks like it was done by a very bored child who had to get his art assignment done by the next day. Gilded Knight uses MSPaint, one of the most maligned, basic art programs ever and pretty much nails it with flying colours.
 
TopperHay said:
I like how he kept in that odd little hole near TGK's crotch. Seriously, what is that meant to be? Do I really want to know?
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I actually think it's a lot less alarming than it might suggest. Quickly looking up images of actual knight armor and then the things GK drawn, the "black dot" isn't unique to the gold one alone nor to just a "full frontal" shot as even direct side shots have the ubiquitous dot.
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What that dot is can be described best by what it isn't. Which is to say, it's actually poorly drawn negative space, its purpose meant to illustrate the gap between what I'm guessing are the side/hipskirting panels over the codpiece such that they can move on their jointed points. It just doesn't come across at all because GK can't fucking draw actual armor properly, which would involve more elaborate detailing and bulkier, overlaping panels.

Frankly, it's impossible for me to know how far off base he is, purely because I don't know what specific image of armor he's using as a basis as, naturally, every single suit of armor in real life is custom-built for its wearer if it's not a common militia armory item.
 
TopperHay said:
It proves that it's not the program you use that makes your art good, it's the person. TGK uses Adobe Illustrator, a very complex, high end program and all his stuff looks like it was done by a very bored child who had to get his art assignment done by the next day. Gilded Knight uses MSPaint, one of the most maligned, basic art programs ever and pretty much nails it with flying colours.
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Could someone point me in the right direction where i can learn to draw/use MS paint even. I used to draw people pretty well but lacked the finer control as i never had any lessons. Truth be i really want to get back into it.
 
Optimus Prime said:
I actually think it's a lot less alarming than it might suggest. Quickly looking up images of actual knight armor and then the things GK drawn, the "black dot" isn't unique to the gold one alone nor to just a "full frontal" shot as even direct side shots have the ubiquitous dot.
hero_team_cover_strip_again_by_the_golden_knight-d5ezokv.jpg


What that dot is can be described best by what it isn't. Which is to say, it's actually poorly drawn negative space, its purpose meant to illustrate the gap between what I'm guessing are the side/hipskirting panels over the codpiece such that they can move on their jointed points. It just doesn't come across at all because GK can't fucking draw actual armor properly, which would involve more elaborate detailing and bulkier, overlaping panels.

Frankly, it's impossible for me to know how far off base he is, purely because I don't know what specific image of armor he's using as a basis as, naturally, every single suit of armor in real life is custom-built for its wearer if it's not a common militia armory item.
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Interesting theory. I always saw it as a Belt Buckle of Fail which was common to all sets of An Heto Team armour, but you make a good case.
 
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