Unofficial Matope Fanart Thread! Post your art!!

[space crawfish]

Welcome to the Unofficial Matope Art Thread!

Since this guild is all about art, it's appropriate to have a thread about it for all of the creations by the guild members! Since everyone's writing is currently on display in the form of roleplays and journals, it would be awesome to have a place for people to post their other Matope creations that may not otherwise have a place to be shown off.

But, Space Crawfish, I don't draw!
GET OUT OF MY THREADThat's totally cool! Any and all Matope-related content is welcome here, including (but certainly not limited to): drawings, sculpture, textile work, confectionery, collage, music, spacecraft, etc. Anything that you've made that is somehow related to Matope belongs here so we can all admire it.

My art/sewing/space program sucks and nobody will like it!
Oh PFFFFFFFFFFFTTT! The users here are a friendly and non-judgmental bunch. We'd love to see what you've made. smile You may even collect some helpful art tips while you are here!

Please try to use a semi-permanent host for your artwork.
In 6 months when a prospective newbie finds this thread, it would be bad to have it filled with a bunch of broken pictures.

If you have any helpful suggestions or links for the OP (this post), let me know and I'll be happy to add them in. Specifically I'm looking for feedback on helpful photo galleries showing ungulates, skeletons, and skulls to help all of us out with drawing kin. Galleries of environments such as deserts and swamps would also be really great. Also art programs, etc. I want to know what would be most helpful for you.

❧ Matope Links:
Guild Home
Current shop thread
Dropoffs!
Official Oekaki

❧ Art Software:
GIMP - Free image editor with capabilities very similar to the very expensive Photoshop. (I am all about free stuff /cheap)
Unofficial GIMP for Windows - GIMP for Windows users. Also includes a portable version for USB drives! (Thanks Tia!)
Easy Paint Tool SAI - Lightweight and powerful painting program for Windows. Free 31 day full trial, approx. $64 USD after that. Now has an official English translation!
SAI in English - Fansite for Easy Paint Tool SAI. Has an unofficial English translation as well as a forum and brushes available for free download.

❧ Art Resources:
Photobucket - Free host to use for images. You can use it as a private place to upload your art to while still being able to direct link to it. Free accounts have no storage limit and a 10GB limit on bandwidth monthly!
COLOURlovers - Free color palettes to browse through for inspiration.
Design Seeds - Another free color palette website, similar to COLOURlovers.  

[space crawfish]

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[space crawfish]

I'm gonna get this thing started by posting a couple of my own pictures~



These two Acha eggs were done for Amizade. Inside are Moonstruck and Sun-kissed. HEY?! WHAT'S UP?!



This is for a kimeti doe that I don't have yet, kind of a concept thing. I'm still hammering out her design. The idea of having a giant wasp as a pet is so cool to me~ They're cute when they're not trying to kill you! Honest!

Both pictures were done in Easy Paint Tool SAI.

HEY EVERYONE ELSE I WANNA SEE YOU CONTRIBUTING!!! mrgreen  

[phoenix kiss]

this is my legendary Wood Spider, done in colored pencils ... I did her for the art contest a few months back.  

[saedusk]

Headshot of Cat's Raindart!  

[space crawfish]

@Phoenix, Wood Spider is such an elegant looking legendary. I love her design~

Saedusk, I'm glad to see you posted! Don't be shy! smile  

[KRANKHAFTER]

some old quickie headshots i did a couple months ago. sorry they're so bad but it's the only matope art i have, i only spent like 10 minutes on each of them. ;; sorry i will do better on future matope art.







 

[Tiarana]

Let me just dig around in my photobucket real quick :V

Chrysanthemum Ashes's naming dream
Hollyhock's naming dream
Midnight Sun's naming dream

Colored Spring stalking Havemercy :V (click for larger)


A bunch of Flayre's meti in one convenient image


Chrysanthemum Quietude and Cloud Walker


Wood Spider


Justice...err...yep


Illustration of Evening Tide's naming dream


Poison Gloam


Poison Gloam, FIVE MINUTES LATER


Illustration of Starscarred's naming dream


Various eensy sprites


also, cats on a goat
you uh, you had to be there



for the first time, all of Tia's meti scribbles in ONE PLACE
(sorry, it's kind of a lot)  

[Tiarana]

Incidentally, since you've got that list of resources up there! Here is a link to a newer version of Gimp for Windows. I've been trying it out, and it's not bad, particularly the much expanded tablet capabilities! :3  

[Sinbari]

--First Bloom and Shiver star in this one (would you believe they're half-siblings? XD)






---Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, for a contest thingy~
 

[Flayre The Pyro Girl]

Tiarana

Chrysanthemum Quietude and uh...
err
someone help me out here, who is this dude???

That is Cloud Walker, who used to belong to Dreamsinner before she left Gaia and he was rehomed to phoenix kiss. Gin misses him desperately (I'm trying to convince her to come back) and still has a print out of that pic you did for us, Tia  

[Tiarana]

Ah yes, thanks, Flayre. XD

they should make breeds. or did they make breeds? I forget XD