Things you just hate in the world

[Predator Queen]

Gotta bitch about this, because it bugs the hell of out me.  People who trace or eyeball official artwork and call it fanart!  Shit, that's not fanart, that's plagiarism.  I understand that there are people who can't draw, I get it, there's a lot of things I can't do (like write or type), but that doesn't give them the right to copy someone else's work.  It looks bad and it won't help them improve their skills.
Oh yeah, and people who slap mandibles on human characters and call them human/predator hybrids 9_9 with no thought put into how to make sure the human bone structure can accommodate the added anatomy that are mandibles.  (and they try to make them look hot and sexy at the same time   )

Eyeballing is how a lot of artist start off though, most are inspired by others work and continue to eyeball art.  It may take a while but then you grow your own style then make your own stuff.  As for the human predator hybreds some just want to see an idea come to life it may not be good it may not be real but you have no right to compain about it, its there work and as long as they are happy thats all that matters.

[SM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMwhZryRUr4#

[chupacabras acheronsis]

Eyeballing is how a lot of artist start off though, most are inspired by others work and continue to eyeball art.  It may take a while but then you grow your own style then make your own stuff. 

but that's not true. tracing and eyeballing is the absolute worst thing for a starting artist because it gives them the wrong kind of neuronal connections when they develop their hand skills. it makes it very hard to see an image as projection instead of a flat surface when you are esentially just stamping a shape instead of building an object. if you start by tracing there's almost 100% chance that you're going to hit a wall when you're tasked with doing a real drawing that you simply won't be able to overcome without unlearning everything and most likely kill all your motivation.

[Bat Chain Puller]

lol @ SM. Great posts (here and in the art thread) about tracers.

It's pretty obvious really and tickles me now to see these forgeries and the people who applaud them.

[Topazora]

Chupa's right.  If you want to get better at drawing, there's only one way to go: practice, observe, learn skills and practice some more.  There's also a difference between inspiration/referencing and copying.  Inspiration gets you draw and try new different techniques, and references is merely making sure you get the details right (like the body is anatomically correct, the proportions make sense...).  Though, I forgive little kids when they do it, they don't know better and they're just exploring.  But middle school and older should know better.

This sort of thing you mean?  

Well, its a good thing you caught that person, SM.  Had that person continued, it would have been a slap in the face to all the other artists that actually put effort into their work.

As for the human predator hybreds some just want to see an idea come to life it may not be good it may not be real but you have no right to compain about it, its there work and as long as they are happy thats all that matters.

I guess I was a little hard on people who get the mandibles wrong, its just as an artist (trained) I'm taught to take a lot of things into consideration, including making people believe something that should be impossible.

[KirklandSignature]

I hate it when I'm at a non-gay bar and women give me that wierd look as if I'm checking them out or something. I'm always like "dont flatter yourself sweety, just curious where you got that fabulous scarf from!"

[Topazora]

I run every other day, I eat healthy and take my supplements, and I still can't loose weight.

[Deathbearer]

I run every other day, I eat healthy and take my supplements, and I still can't loose weight.

It's k brah..chubbies for life. {fist bumps}

[Eva]

I run every other day, I eat healthy and take my supplements, and I still can't loose weight.

I gain around 3-4kg around winter time simply because I'm less active. I lose the same in the summertime so it's like an endless cycle. The downside is that I have some nice clothes that will only fit me in the summertime. 

Not an expert, but if you 'simply' exchange fat for muscle, your total weight might not change that much. Have you talked with a specialist about what kind of exercise/diet is most effective for you, if weightloss is the #1 goal?

[Cvalda]

I hate it when I'm at a non-gay bar and women give me that wierd look as if I'm checking them out or something. I'm always like "dont flatter yourself sweety, just curious where you got that fabulous scarf from!"

On the opposite end of things, I quite enjoy going to a gay bar and getting "the look" from interested ladies. Very flattering

[Terx2]

I hate not being able to have an intelligent conversation with my friends

[Vepariga]

I have two solutions for you. Move to another city and stop playing Call of Duty

Funny you would say that, COD= most miserable moments of my gaming life...... I just can't with those people 

Oh and this is the one that really turns me into the post office killer.

When you are driving fast and the streets are almost empty and someone decides to pull out in front of you and go 3 mph, WHEN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE BEHIND YOU. Argghhhhhhh!!!

that and when you are driving and someone in front of you is going slow as sh*t and you decide to pass them....all of a sudden they wanna put pedal to the metal because GOD FORBID you get in front of them. 

Like just typing this makes me wanna mail some letters. Anyhoo really needed to add that to my hate list.

I'll have to add clowns that use turning lanes as overtaking lanes just to get infront of a truck or van for no reason. Ive nearly been cleaned up by some douche pulling stunts like that.

I hate not being able to have an intelligent conversation with my friends

Aye,I feel your pain. Also sometimes I cant express or go into detail with certian franchises my friends like but my knowledge of them is so much more that they get lost if I go to far with it. Like Alien and Star Wars. They only have the basic film knowledge. I want more...

[Predator Queen]

I run every other day, I eat healthy and take my supplements, and I still can't loose weight.

It takes a bit and the best way at least for me is sit ups LOTS OF THEM 230 a day...

[DoomRulz]

I run every other day, I eat healthy and take my supplements, and I still can't loose weight.

Define healthy. Are your meals properly balanced or did you cut out one particular nutrient or multiple ones because someone or something you read told you they're 'bad' for you?

[Topazora]

Right now, its very difficult to keep track of my eating, but I know I don't eat a lot of bad stuff if any at all.  I do eat a lot of carrots, eggs, cooked broccoli, and b/c of work, those lean cuisines meals.  I barely drink any soda, average one per week, if that.  Though, I'm think its the coffee with the cream and sugar.  I think I'm going to take a break from that and drink green tea for awhile.  I also like to eat avocados.

It takes a bit and the best way at least for me is sit ups LOTS OF THEM 230 a day...

that's a lot of sit ups, that's really good.  I don't intend on giving up running, I got to a point where it makes me feel good and its becoming a habit.