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submitted 2 months ago by Vostok_@hexbear.net to c/art@hexbear.net

Alexei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut as well as a self-taught painter. He is notable for being the first ever human to go on a spacewalk as well as being the artist who drew the first sketch made in space.

It's a drawing made with colored pencils depicting the sun rising over the Earth.

It's a humble drawing, made with passion and hope. Compared to his usual paintings it might even be described as incomplete.

And that is what this mega is all about!


◇ ◇ If you drew something that is still a Work In Progress (WIP), this is the place to share it. ◇ ◇

◇ ◇ If you have any art related thoughts or questions, this is the place for that discussion. ◇ ◇

This mega's purpose is to create a casual, low-pressure environment for artists and non-artists alike to engage in sharing their incomplete art, giving feedback to others and holding general art discussion. If you are an artist with original works that are complete, you are highly encouraged to make a standalone post for it.

And when I say incomplete, I do mean literally anything that you wouldn't consider a complete illustration or artwork, from basic anatomical sketches and messy perspective exercises to half-rendered paintings. All skill levels are welcome.

To encourage people to post their art in the comm, I will also feature one of the drawings made and shared in the comm either as a mega comment or a standalone post, with permission of course.

(Because this is the first ever art mega, I will give one of my own incomplete drawings.)

◇ ◇ Featured drawing: ◇ ◇

This mega's art prompt word is:

◇ ◇ future ◇ ◇

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[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

The next megathread is coming soon, but before I write the post I need someone's art to feature on it.

Whoever wants to have their drawing featured on the next megathread, step up and reply to this comment with it. I will choose from the comments at random after an arbitrary amount of time has passed.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

absolute-cinema I love this

(and thank you for stepping up after the initial request had a 10 day period of awkward silence)

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I was looking for the new megathread. Thanks for the oppportunity!

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Some of my own sketches and doodles

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

I really need to create a system where I can actually start and finish a drawing in less than 48 hours, I am slow as a snail when it comes to this.

It doesn't help that I have a whole story in my head with 4000 different world-building ideas screaming to be done all at once.

[-] Moonworm@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

I spent a little while doing some marathon sketches earlier. I really love these characters.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Wait, have I seen a new megathread born?

[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

yep, its brand new

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

There was some discussion and @Vostok_@hexbear.net volunteered to run it! I'm excited to see where it goes

[-] Arahnya@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

arte woooo

I drew this in 5 min for y'alla and to make it a wip I will come back and do something else to it 😸

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago
[-] woozy@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

thanks for setting this up! that drawing by leonov is one of my favorites!

my work in progressA full-body digital sketch of a anthropomorphic bear character standing cute and giving a peace sign with his paw

only just getting back into drawing very recently so i'm very out of practice. i started drawing this bear boy earlier today. it needs a fair amount of reworking (especially those paws) but yeah i'm just having fun either way :]

[-] nemmybun@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

I dunno if these count as incomplete since I'm not gonna work on them anymore but here's the latest sketches I've done

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

What a cool idea for a mega! Big fan! Not an artist in any way myself tho...

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Now that can always change.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Haha, I appreciate it, but I have my own skills and hobbies that I work on right now. Maybe down the line I'll come around to it, but for now I just like seeing what everyone else can do!

[-] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

I wish I could draw, but it's a huge time investment and I don't get as much as a dopamine hit compared to writing or programming

[-] razgriz@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago
[-] Bolshechick@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Oooh! This new mega is very exciting!

I have been drawing nudes of my partners recently, but once I'm onto something else, I'm excited to post lol

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

This mega has created more art content for the comm then has been posted on the comm in a while. Fucking radical!

I just was browsing the offers on means.tv and watch a couple episodes of Sieze The Memes with Teenage Stepdad and it really got my gears turning.

I really should make more time for art in my life.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Vostok did a great job with this! This and the news mega are now my favorite places to check every day lol

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Progress on my own illustration.

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Next project is depicting a lunar base

[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I started drawing/sketching. I have no idea what I'm doing. But. Its nice. I just made one thing so far. I dont know if its finished or not. And I dont want it posted as its own post.

Its not a literal self portrait. Its my insides, not my outsides.

[-] woozy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A digital sketch of a cat character wearing inline skates. He is drawn in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog

sonic style meow meow trying to stay steady on roller skates

[-] Better_with_Gender@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Made a sketch from memory of my trousers and boots I wear most of the time.

I haven't drawn figures in a long time so its very wonky but its something. May try a combination of drawings pens and brush pens in the future.

[-] Better_with_Gender@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Did a follow up sketch but using a reference and adding colour this time. Used Brush pens for the first time. This took forever to actually complete and I kinda messed up the boots but the chainmail turned out fine. Hopefully the next sketch or piece doesn't take as long.

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It seems we got taken out of the site's pinned posts, it was good while it lasted. (I have 0 idea who pinned it in the first place, but thank you if you are reading this!)

sankara-salute

This mega will stay up before a new one gets made for 2 weeks or the entire month of April depending on activity. But so far it seems there's more than enough activity to justify a bi-weekly schedule. I have really been enjoying everyone's sketches and doodles so far, keep up the good work.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank you for your service rat-salute-2

Also it was likely @CARCOSA@hexbear.net that featured it since they were following the process. I'd ping them when you set up the new one so you can get some time in featured

[-] Tomato_Queen@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Idk if it'll be visible since I'm on lemmygrad

This is supposed to be a painting of the king and queen of Jordan as tomatoes, because Jordan is one of the biggest exporters of Tomatoes to the zionist entity, Rania is painted using colors from an actual tomato, while Abdullah II has his colors taken from a picture of his face.

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

That painting by Alexei Leonov is so cool! Any idea where I could find an archive of his works?

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Sadly I have yet to find a centralized archive of his works, even on soviet art archive websites. All his paintings seem to be scattered in random articles about him.

[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Same here. Unfortunate

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I got a hold of Scott Robertson's HOW TO RENDER book and I hope it will be what I need to reach true competence.

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

My true concern is that I need to finally muster the concentration needed to read and put into practice 250 pages of information. I am pretty sure I don't have an attention deficiency, but I always struggled with reading big books.

But alas, there is no choice here, I must get better until people have no choice but to notice my work.

[-] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Please let us know if it's worth reading! I am looking for a new art textbook after making my way through a couple basic ones

[-] Vostok_@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Will do. I will give a short review when I'm done with it and make sure to ping you.

[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Finished this today for a friend who loves TMNT

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