Art Styles

Hello DAWGZZ Canine here! ( who else would be here? ) This is pretty awkward. Let's get on with the post!
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Credit to ShardFrost AJ

With her style she uses a lot of semi-relastic details. She also uses purple and yellow for shading pretty often. In fact, many people in the blogger community have defined styles as well!

Look Familiar? This art belongs to PurpleStarClub

Purple is really good at drawing hands and using simple details to put the peice together. 

Look familiar? Karalee is really good with Lineart and uses thinker lines often. This art belongs to 

Karalee

-K9

5 Tips for Editing Greatness!

Hey there - Arctic here!

This week I thought I would post a bit about editing, and how to improve upon it!

I consider editing to be a type of art- just in a different way than drawings and such. It takes a lot of work to make edits, and is just as difficult as regular art, in many cases!

And so, I'm coming at you today with my tips for editing greatness! Now, I had planned to talk a bit about it last week (very briefly), but I thought I'd compile my thoughts a little better and make it into a post this week instead. So, without further ado:

Here are my tips for making better edits!

1. Download Faolan's Edit Beginner Pack. 

If downloading files onto your computer is an option for you, this could help you A LOT. Originally created and posted on the Animal Jam Amino by a Jammer named Faolan, this package has almost everything you could possibly dream of for editing! Not only does it include the AJ fonts for FREE, but it has all sorts of other neat things like graphics, beta graphics, buttons, and much more! This is an absolute must-have for all editors out there!

2. Study Animal Jam

Okay, don't study it like you would a textbook, or anything. By study, I mean pay attention to the little details in the game. Take a good look at colours, outlines, shapes, and sizes - all of which are vital to re-creating Animal Jam's style. This goes for any other edit too - take a good look at the environment around it so your edit will blend in.

3. Avoid seams!

"But Arctic! What are seams?"

Now I'm not talking about the seams in your clothes - but seams in your editing. The fine line on an edit that's slightly off is what I call a seam.

Notice how everything on the right side of the photo is every-so-slightly lower than on the left? While it might not "seam" (ba-dum tshh) like the most noticeable thing, it can make your edit look sloppier and less believable. Thankfully, these are easy to avoid with a careful eye!

4. Get creative!

Awesome edits are both creative and well-made. Think outside the box- try something new! As cheesy as it sounds, this can make your edit a lot more interesting to look at!

5. Try, try again.

Okay OKAY I know it's cheesy! But how can you improve without practice? Work real hard, keep trudging on through, and do your best. That can make all the difference.

So there we have it! My five tips for editing greatness. If you ever make an edit you want to show me, be sure to tell me! I'd love to see what you all come up with.

That's all for this week, see you soon!

Beep Beep

Supercat's 'Super' Art Tutorial *Do NOT take this post seriously pls.*

Me: I'm sorry guys..
You guys: For what?
Me: For letting Supercat (my pet kitten) do a post on here.
You guys: YOU WHAT?! OH NO! ON THE AJFC WHEN SHE DID THAT LOOK TUTORIAL WAS PURE TORTURE AND AN INSULT! NO PLEASE SARAH! PLEASEEEEEEEE
Me: She threatened to ruin all my dens and all my looks soo *shrugs*
You guys: What.
Me: Yeah, she kinda has an attitude, sooo
You guys: WHYYYYY
Me: Hey, Cold wanted to do a post, maybe Super could let he-
You guys: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT HERRRRRRRRRR SARAH STOP LETTING YOUR PETS OWN YOUR LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Me: Sooo you will let Super do a post?
You guys: UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Me: Mk
Super: Out of the way ppl, ITS UR GURL SUPERCAATTTTTTTT
Me: Super! NO APARRI INTROS
Super: Hey Super Cats!
Me: OR THOSE INTROS.
Super: Whats Gellyjones intro?
Me: Its different everytime
Super: This intro is really long
Me: Oh my goodness it is. GET ON WITH YOUR POSTTTT
Super: Dont shoot the messenger!
Me: *facepalms* It's like talking to Coldcat
Super: HOW DARE YOU YA KNOW WHAT IM JUST GOING TO POST!!!
You guys: O.O    
D

TODAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I WILL SHOW YOU MI TIPS
FOR DRAWIN IN THE ART STUDIO!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
FIRST
YOU MUST PLAY AJ
OMG
OMG
DID YOU KNOW THAT?!?!??!!?
SECOND. YOU MUST HAVE AN AJ ACCOUNT
:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THIRD.  YOU MUST SEND ME LOTS AND LOTS OF FAN ART!! :D :D
You guys: ....
FINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HOW TO DRAW EYES
1. GET THE CIRCLE TOOL, OR THE SPRAY PAINT THING THAT TAKES FOREVER
or just the normal paintbrush :)
2. Do a circle
3. (optional) possibly do iris/pupilz

 See? Pro art! :D

 Now how to draw mi

1. Get green color

2. Get black color

3. Look at my beautifulness 

mmmmmmm oki getting off track. 

4. Draw mi hat

Beautiful. 

5. Draw mi head, and kawaii gogglez, then my collar, body, and tail :) 

                                                                   

That is some quality art guys.

SUPER THE SUPER DUPER SUPER SUPER AWESOME SUPER CAT IS OUT

   

P.S

This is Sarah typing, I was not trying my hardest when drawing Super.

Super: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DREW SUPER? I'M RUNNIN THIS SHOW

Me: Welllllllllllllllllllll

Super: You ruined my outro :/ now I have to do it again.

Me: ok

SUPER THE SUPER DUPER SUPER SUPER AWESOME SUPER CAT IS OUT

Animal Art From Across Jamaa!

Me: Hello everyone!

You Guys: Um... who are you?

Me: ... Swirlshine.

You Guys: ...

You Guys: Why are you posting on here?

Me: Because I'm supposed to!
You Guys: Are you SURE?
Me: YES!
You Guys: Fine, fine.

XDD! 

Anyways, hello everyone! It's me, Swirlshine, back again with another art-filled post! I've been on AJ a long time today, going to 2 AJ birthday parties (happy birthday again Violet and Ja!), and I have limited time left on the computer. Because of that, I am going to have to write this post VERY quickly. VERY. QUICKLY.

XD! Hopefully, though, you'll still enjoy it! Just because I'm going fast doesn't mean I'll slack off! So let's get on with the post already! Today, we'll be looking at some fabulous pieces of animal art! :D

 Fisrt off, we have this adorable little fox, made by Linga! I just have to say, the DETAIL on this... WOAH! Everything in this picture looks so real, almost like a photograph!

An adorable mom and baby giraffe, made by the fabulous Treefrogs! I love the giraffes' poses, and the solid background, complete with some ferns, is a really great touch, since it makes this picture stand out even more!

 This cheetah, drawn by Cutebunny547, looks AWESOME! I love the detail on the fur, and the grassy background looks really awesome as well! And WOAH- I wonder how long it took to make all those little spots!

 Tweedie made this picture of a tiger cub peeking around a rock, and it's adorable! My favorite feature is the shadows on the rock, and I also love how precise those stripes look! Amazing work, Tweedie!

 This fox running through the snow is made by Snorky41017! I think my favorite part of the picture is the fox's face- it looks very realistic! Heh, if I tried to draw that, I'd end up looking like... um... something creepy-ish. I dunno. XD!

 Here's one more by Treefrogs, and it's of a little harp seal! The amazing thing about this picture is that it was made entirely with the airbrush tool! All those little dots must have taken forever to make, but it seems it was worth it, because this little seal is epic!
MUST.
HUG.
IT.

Finally, we have this raccoon peeking out of a tree, made by Spikethefrog! Spikethefrog also has a lot of other accounts, because he/she ( I would check, but, you know, gotta go fast! XD!) makes so many Masterpieces, and they're all amazing! The shading, the bark on the tree... everything here is so detailed! I hope that, one day, I'll own one of these Masterpieces made by Spike or one of his/her many other accounts! :D

Well everyone, that's it for today! I truly apologize if this post lacked something to you- I'm trying my hardest to be as fast as I can! Hopefully I won't be as rushed next Saturday, and that means you'll get a longer post! :D

Well, gotta go for now! Until my next post, please remember to PARTY HARD, BE KIND, and JAM ON! 

Giveaway winners + some super-snazzy masterpieces!

  Heya!  It's Friday, and that means it's time to announce the winners of my flamingo masterpiece giveaway!  Sorry for the late post, but I've been super tired, and trying to figure out this giveaway thing has been really confusing, seeing as the hashtag glitched and wouldn't show all the entries.  So here's a list of the entries I've found:

  Fangs Kitty, Canine Claw, Violet AJ, Graciepopstar91, Chloe Grace, Lostfairy, Sarahkey8, Ja983, Joslynn McCormick, Cookies are Mine, Mysticcat937, Puppy Paws Gaming, and Transions.

  If you entered but you're not on the list, please leave a link to your entry in a comment and I'll give you a free copy of the masterpiece.  Sorry for the inconveniences!  Anyways, I used a random generator to select the 10 winners, and they are...

  Fangs Kitty, Canine Claw, Violet AJ, Graciepopstar91, Snow London, Lostfairy, Sarahkey8, Joslynn McCormick, Puppy Paws Gaming, and Transions!

  Congrats to the winners, and check your Jam-A-Grams for your masterpiece!  (Joslynn, I couldn't find your AJ username, so can you let me know what it is so I can gift you the masterpiece?  And Canine Claw, I wasn't able to give you yours because your jags are closed, so can you unlock them?  Thanks!)

  Congratulations to the giveaway winners, and I hope you enjoy your new masterpiece!  Whether you were one of the winners or not, I have some super cool masterpieces I'd like to share with you as well!

  I was going to share these in Animal Jam Art Gallery episode 28, but since I canceled that video series, I never did get to showcase these incredible masterpieces.  But now, I finally get to, here on the AJAC, so here we go!

  First up is this great masterpiece by my buddy 2fangs (aka Fangs Kitty)!  I LOVE 2fangs' art style- it must take a lot of time using the airbrush tool to give that grainy effect!  (The screenshot is cropped weirdly because as mentioned, it was intended for a video, and for some reason if I don't add extra space to the bottom, Windows Movie Maker will crop out the nametag on no-frame masterpieces)

Next up, we have this masterpiece by Cliffordsfriend7!  I believe that this Jammer asked me to feature their art, so I've felt really bad about never making an episode of AJAG to share it in.  I was always super excited when people asked me to feature their art in my videos, because usually I had to go looking for art and asking artists myself.

  Another drawing by Cliffordsfriend7!  So cute ^.^

This is a masterpiece by my friend, Jammer3hm1d, aka AJ Art Studio!  I just love their art style and all the bright colors in their masterpieces!

Another super bright and amazing masterpiece by Jammer!

This masterpiece looks super cool, and I like that they tried out some muted tones for this drawing! 

This drawing is really nice, and I really like the pose!  Jammer definitely draws some really cool characters!

Last Jammer one for this post, I promise!  I seem to have included a lot of their art because I couldn't find enough masterpieces by other people- and they're also a really great artist, so I always enjoyed featuring their art in AJAG :3

A drawing by lalalal94 of my buddy, Iciblue!  I really like the style of this piece, and the white outline really makes Ici's wolf pop!

Lalalal94 had another Iciblue drawing, which of course I had to include!

If you watched my Animal Jam Art Gallery videos, you probably recognize Spiraluniverse's art!  The super bright colors and simple shading look so neat! 

This cheetah looks like he's seen some things, though... some disturbing things..

Awwwwwwww, kitty!!!  Cute little kitty-cat~

Somehow this phantom looks just as cute as the cat~

 Ok, these phantoms aren't as cute...  yet they're still pretty cute...  I know phantoms are supposed to be scary, but I just wanna hug these little guys!

Some great art by my friend talloose of our friend, Graciepopstar91!  It's super cute, and I've actually drawn Gracie's arctic wolf as a human before, too :P

And finally, this absolutely fantastic drawing by tinkaglitch41.  If you think her art style is similar to 2fangs', that's because they're actually sisters!  I think it's really neat that this sibling duo are both artists.  My own sister, Cowie01, has drawn a few masterpieces before, but she's definitely not as into art as I am.

  Hope you enjoyed this post and all these great masterpieces!  Finally, I'd like to give my good friend Ja983 a birthday shoutout- happy birthday!  

  That's all for today's post!  I hope you have a fabulous day- er, night, as that's what time it is while I write this, at least, full of fluffy kittens and glitter!

Blogger Portrait -- Sharae16!

Greetings, Jammers!

Karalee here, back with my second-ever AJAC post!



If you're a regular reader of the AJFC (Animal Jam Friendship Community), you might know that I have a habit of drawing portraits of fellow bloggers, and making it the main (if not the only 😝) theme of my Tuesday posts there.

I was so surprised and excited to meet Sharae16 here on the AJAC, and look forward immensely to having her as a fellow blogger!

Sharae's main look, which you can see on her introductory post here, wears a Head Flower and a Mira Feather Pendant. This was interesting to work with, because a humanized avatar needs clothes. Therefore, I did a bit of transformation (I hope you don't mind, Sharae!), and the avatar here wears a dress inspired by Sharae16's green-and-yellow pendant!

(You can see the Head Flower hasn't much changed.)

Ordinarily, I am able to ask in advance the blogger to be featured the color of their eyes, the color/length/style of their hair, and their skintone. However, I wasn't able to do that this week, and so you behold my first-ever anthropomorphic Fox drawing!



That's all for this week! If I haven't drawn you in a Blogger Portrait yet, or if you would like to express interest in being drawn again, please comment below with these four subjects!

A. Your skintone,
B. Your hair color, length, and style,
C. Your eye color (optional),
D. The AJ avatar with the outfit you would like to be drawn wearing!

Thank you, and I'll see you next week!

PEACE, LOVE, NINJAS!



(DXplorergirl)

A Late Introduction --- CanineClaw

     Hello DAWGZZ! It is I the incredibly lazy artist known as Canine Here! I am so sorry for the late introduction and I promise to make it up somehow! Anywho let's get on with the introduction!
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Okay so... I'm Canine, a typical normal human being living on earth with most likely below average special traits or talents. -or at least I think- Anywho Here are some facts about Me.

- My favorite Genres of music are Metal, Vocaloid and Rock.
- I spend most of my time sketching out drawings of moi SENPAI or Vocaloid\UTAUs.
- My favorite part of AJ involves the adventures.
- I sometimes get so embarrassed with my art to the point where don't post it on Google+ or DA
- My favorite colors are purple and yellow.
- I am very sensitive to sounds and smells.
- Most of my art is Anime inspired.
- I spend hours a day making gifs

Here are some examples of my art, feel free to ask for a pixelated gif of your animal or a drawing, realistic or not.

This is my senpai's main animal :-)

This is Crazcatlover's polar bear.

This is a ref sheet of a friend of mine. 

Thank you so much for reading this post! ( Art below is NOT mine. )