I've finally manged to create my own fanart thread... which I actually didn't wanna do since I won't have much time drawing pics anyway, blaming school education :p

However, here's the first one... A rather dramatical lightning strike scene

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/LightningStrike_2.jpg?t=1272389051

Here we've got two worms with no backgrounds at all...

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/PieceWorm.jpg?t=1272393959

Second one was an own-style-test (don't like it but pretty much own style...)

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/STUPID.jpg?t=1272394094

A worm with a bunch of TNT - I know he's hoovering, don't tell me :p

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/WormTNT.jpg?t=1272394146

Looks like a brave one

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/FunnyWorm.jpg?t=1272394208

Hey I've drawn an evil-looking worm

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/EvilWorm.jpg?t=1272394305

Last but not least... Marge Simpson as a worm (got requested drawing it, I'm more proud of the mixed-up logo however)

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/TheWorms.jpg?t=1272394349

I just realized what a bunch of images I've posted there... pretty much for my first add...

The gravestone one is just awesome sauce. Great pictures and good to see a great fanartist on the forum :)

Good, but try to make your own style doesn't matter if colors still the same :cool:

They're good
The first one is a nice pic in general, though the bone hand is way too big, almost the size of the whole grave

Some of them looks a bit bland for having so much generical worms, but they are overall well executed

You have an interesting style.

What do you use to draw? I noticed your pics don't have any anti-aliasing.

Looks like MSPaint to me. And either a graphics tablet or amazing mouse skills.
First time I saw your first avatar, I thought it was some stolen artwork from Team17. :p

The first one is a nice pic in general, though the bone hand is way too big, almost the size of the whole grave

I knew someone would come and say that :D well actually I made this deliberately since it emphasizes the danger those two alive worms have to face soon... er...

If you say it looks too weird I could come see wether it's changeable, It turned out I'm bad in perspectives and all that you know:cool:

What do you use to draw? I noticed your pics don't have any anti-aliasing.

Paint, although for the first two pics I've drawn the outlines on paper and coloured it with a computer program. I had to reduce the first one due to its size (makes it looking slightly blurred) and the second one is oversized, unfortunately :p

And right, I'm using my mouse. Tablets are sorta unwieldly for me... honest.

Tablets are sorta unwieldly for me... honest.
Tablets are amazing dude! I'd practice more with it if I were you. It took me a little while to get a proper feel for them.

Good, but try to make your own style

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/OwnStyle.jpg?t=1272479103

How 'bout now? I realized I've never drawn a (at least slightly) crazy looking worm so here ya go :p

Good, but try to make your own style doesn't matter if colors still the same :cool:

Eh? he's already got his own style.

everyone automatically has their own style. just keep drawing and it'll become more pronounced. don't look at t17 art to speed the process along.

but anyway, GREAT job! these are all pretty awesome, but that gravestone one is the cream of this crop. great use of colors and overall tone!

You are awesome at cartoony facial expressions

Great stuff, and the one with the TNT isn't hovering, he's just so happy, he's walking on air.

I kinda felt like drawing sigworms and have chosen Aku :)

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Akuryou13_2.jpg?t=1272668375

I realized with clothes sigworms seema look better and I also enjoy it more drawing them. Mine looks just lame :-/

You are awesome at cartoony facial expressions

You cannot imagine how glad I am to hear that :D

This is awesome. Nice work man.

I realized with clothes sigworms seema look better and I also enjoy it more drawing them. Mine looks just lame :-/but be careful. too much and you become hard for others to draw. the forum's dead right now, but if Worms: Reloaded's launch attracts people we might end up with an actual fan art community again.

You cannot imagine how glad I am to hear that :Dyeah. I've gotta say you're starting off much better than I did when I started....not that that's especially hard to accomplish...

Loving the artwork. Keep it up!

the forum's dead right now, but if Worms: Reloaded's launch attracts people we might end up with an actual fan art community again.

I was born too late...
...but at least slightly before original Worms' release :)

First time I saw your first avatar, I thought it was some stolen artwork from Team17. :p

I've changed my avatar to it, again. Mainly because I want my actual sigworm to represent it and the caricature of Mick Jagger didn't please me for some reason. I even hardly think anyone recognized it was meant to be him :p

Down there you'll find a pic I just fudged up... not really a masterpiece but maybe funny... a bit.

I'm indeed running out of ideas so what about requests? Might be anything, should be worms related, though. :p

I'm working on a big image(cover) right now but it could take some time to finish it (maybe till next week) and school is currently increasing uncontrollability with all that lectures and homeworks, lol

Down there you'll find a pic I just fudged up... not really a masterpiece but maybe funny... a bit.

I'm indeed running out of ideas so what about requests? Might be anything, should be worms related, though. :p

I'm working on a big image(cover) right now but it could take some time to finish it (maybe till next week) and school is currently increasing uncontrollability with all that lectures and homeworks, lol

Nice but to dark

Nice but to dark

Sunsets require using darker colours you hobo <--- What sort of word is this?!
Gingerneck is brilliant you hobo.

Sunsets require using darker colours you hobo <--- What sort of word is this?!
Hobo = homeless person.

Hobo = homeless person.

Disappointing, I expected it to be some really nasty swearword MWAARharrhargh-urk-*cough-cough* *belch*

I'm pretty sure MtlAngelus is not bad enough to go swearing around like there's no tomorrow. :)

Regarding ideas - maybe some funny moment from your (or anyone else's) match-ups?

nice colors above. I think the concrete should be a bit darker, though. just to make it blend with the black better. I dunno, I just think the black sticks out a little.

overall very nice though. good use of color once again. you'll be an artistic force to reckon with before too long if you keep this up.

Sunsets require using darker colours you hobo
Shadows are the same color of the worm shadow you massive elongated fool! :)

Also: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2610/dsadi.png

Awesome picture anyway

I love the marge simpson one! Its so funny!

I give up trying to understand Poninja's posts

It's hard but let me try :p

Shadows are the same color of the worm shadow...

Umm... nope, I don't get it, sorry :confused:

Also: Image (http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2610/dsadi.png)

I usually draw axes this like: double-edged, with the one edge being slightly shorter. Not sure if they looked exactly as in my picture but I know double-edged axes exist :)

Incredible prove (http://fl1.shopmania.org/files/bilder/959/cold-steel-axt-bad-axe-beil-und-wurfaxt~958196.jpg):::!

...you massive elongated fool! :)

DON'T you dare insulting me one more time or... or I smack you!

Nice but to dark
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Shadows are the same color of the worm shadow you massive elongated fool! :)

I think I figured out what he means... I guess he's talking about the worms' shade being too dark (totally black). Anyway I like it how it is :p

Incredible prove (http://fl1.shopmania.org/files/bilder/959/cold-steel-axt-bad-axe-beil-und-wurfaxt~958196.jpg):::!that's a 3D model. but if you need proof I can take a photo of the one on my wall for you :p

lol, I just quickly googled it and picked the one occured to be the best for me. I'm sure there are real ones as well but I didn't pay attention :p

As I said, my prove was incredible :cool:

I give up trying to understand Poninja's posts
I think what he was trying to say is that having the shading on the worms to be the same colour as their shadows, ie: jet black, is a little off-putting.
The generic insult is a joke response to being called a hobo, and the smiley face indicates that he is not actually serious.
And the badly drawn picture of a smiling vomiting Texas is meant to indicate that he thinks axes only have one sharp edge, not two. ....err, somehow.

I give up trying to understand Poninja's posts

Congratulations Sir, You broke my heart :(

I usually draw axes this like: double-edged, with the one edge being slightly shorter. Not sure if they looked exactly as in my picture but I know double-edged axes exist :)

I didn't try insulting him seriously, by the way. In fact it was obvious poninja didn't thus my answer with the menace to smack him was meant to be funny. Actually. I assume you destroyed the joke :p

I fixed that pic slightly. I hope the concrete is not too dark now...

I fixed that pic slightly. I hope the concrete is not too dark now...not at all. looks better that dark.

I agree, it does look nicer. Goes good with the rest of the darker tones.

Yes, just popping in and uploading my Sigworm right here... used it for my profile already but I guess nobody was gonna tell me what he thinks of it there.

Just to tell you, the pic I was currently working at is half-finished. Means I've drawn the outlines. It seems my father has Paint Shop Pro somewhere so I'm gonna have to try a good art program for that pic! :p Should get used to it first

Anyways:

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Bild-082.jpg?t=1270557934

He looks... pudgy for some reason :(

nice work on hands!

The blade on the knife looks very very weird. Completely off with the rest of the image
It's like it's blured, for some reason

The blade on the knife looks very very weird. Completely off with the rest of the image
It's like it's blured, for some reasonlooks like it's been resized after it was drawn.

and as for the pudginess? he's wide. just draw him thinner next time if you don't like that look.

Haha these are hilarious! Love the marg simpson worm! Very good!

looks like it's been resized after it was drawn.

and as for the pudginess? he's wide. just draw him thinner next time if you don't like that look.

Yes, something like that. Actually, I've drawn the knife the other way round first and realized that too late:o. Same thing for the wideness, have seen that only when I coloured the image. I didn't notice it when I drew the outlines :-/ Haha I'm really an idiot...

I like pudginess, but I have severe fluctuation issues about the girth of the worms I draw, for some reason.

Maybe I like to keep them diverse, who knows?
On that note, I should really scan all my millions of worms doodles in sometime.

I've got pretty much the same issue. Maybe it is because I can't fix myself at one single style. what do worms look best at; thin or thick bodies, round or rather flat heads, long or short tails?
I'm still trying to figure that out. Note that W3D worms, for example, are smaller and got a thicker head, comparing to OW2 worms.
Maybe it's even better not to fix at one single style and draw some different looking worms. Might make images looking more interesting as well, I suppose.

I've got pretty much the same issue. Maybe it is because I can't fix myself at one single style. what do worms look best at; thin or thick bodies, round or rather flat heads, long or short tails?
I'm still trying to figure that out. Note that W3D worms, for example, are smaller and got a thicker head, comparing to OW2 worms.
Maybe it's even better not to fix at one single style and draw some different looking worms. Might make images looking more interesting as well, I suppose.check out my old drawings to see short and squat worms.

I think most of us eventually end up on tall, skinny worms because they give the most flexibility in terms of decoration, position and emotion.

the shape of the head, or the whole worm for that matter, is entirely up to you. experiment and see what you like. I use a variety, personally, because it helps lend towards giving the worm a personality.

The nixon one is my favorite, save for the weird lines on the shadows.

Mind if I ask what you are talking about? :-/

Mind if I ask what you are talking about? :-/the second one. he's doing nixon's classic pose...thing....

http://wwwc.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nixon-v.jpg

Heh, I didn't even know that. I'm not too much informed about American history, however :p

I just tried to draw a specific hand's pose with that image I think (can't even remember anymore) because hands are very, very difficult to draw, at least in my opinion.

Next, it would be helpful to tell me what exactly do you think is weird about the shadows? I guess you mean the... yea, the lines. It was the first time I used a computer for colouring a hand-drawn picture thus I didn't know how to evade things like that.

Okay! This image took me more than one and a half hours (I think). It actually started as a doodle of my sigworm and ended up this like... pretty good imo.

So here you go: My sigworm is NOT fat!

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/129/c/f/Worms__Crazy_Surprise_by_Thurbo.jpg

The worm in the middle is my sigworm, yes. I've drawn two more members of my team Crazy Surprise. From left to right: Kenneth, Jack and Evan!

Edit: Fix

Good, But the shadows are a bit messed up :-/

I know the perspective of Kenneth's shadow is wrong, apart from that, I like it. Lemme see wether it's fixable.

I don't think the hand shadows would be visible with that lighting, actually.

but aside from that nit-pick that is AWESOME. seriously. I can't wait to see the results of your continued drawing.

+1

That's some of the best MSPaint art I've ever seen, after Aku's.

I don't think the hand shadows would be visible with that lighting, actually.

but aside from that nit-pick that is AWESOME. seriously. I can't wait to see the results of your continued drawing.

What do you meaaaan, he obviously counts in the subsurface scattering too :p

I have my limitations in English and can't figure out what "subsurface scattering" means :p

Anyways I put that picture on deviantART (http://thurbo.deviantart.com/art/Worms-Crazy-Surprise-163390813)... my very firts picture there :D I should upload some of my better images on that website.

SubSurface Scattering, or SSS, is a technology used in 3D software that simulates effects like when you stick your finger to a flashlight and finger's edges start glowing (because the light enters the finger, scatters and exits, adding some luminosity besides simple surface scattering).
Apparently, .JeT has a certain affinity towards it. :)

And, I've been wondering - your explosion look really awesome, all of them, so do you have some kind of algorithm, or is it just spontaneous?

Oh, okay. SSS. :p But then, .JeT's comment makes less sence to me. Unless he means the shades on the hands instead of the shadows on the ground (which I already removed due to Aku's comment)

And, I've been wondering - your explosion look really awesome, all of them, so do you have some kind of algorithm, or is it just spontaneous?

Odd question to me. I'm not even sure if I exactly know what you mean (but I suppose I do). So how to describe that? Sure I've got a method of drawing an explosion, but still, there are small parts of spontaneous drawing in it. :-/

There are varying ways to draw explosions of course thus I'll tell you just about the one I used in that image. I just remember to use a few levels for it with different lightings, adding some smoke and fragments of land flying around. Then I simply draw all that randomly. I hope you get it :p

Furthermore, sometimes if you imagine a picture you will just see how the picture would look being finished with your inner eye (dunno if this description fits properly) and draw it as you've "seen" it.

To show you there are more ways to draw an explosion, look here (http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/ForumComic2.jpg?t=1268672091) for example (you've seen that before I think). It probably doesn't look as great as my latest one though but I haven't put too much effort on it as well :D

Oh, okay. SSS. :p But then, .JeT's comment makes less sence to me.don't worry. I speak perfect engrish and I don't understand his post either :p

don't worry. I speak perfect engrish and I don't understand his post either :p

Really? It makes perfect sense to me. I must be a wierdie. :confused:

EDIT: Oh, and Thurbo, did you draw the smoke first and then overlay it with brighter things, or vice versa?

SubSurface Scattering, or SSS, is a technology used in 3D software that simulates effects like when you stick your finger to a flashlight and finger's edges start glowing (because the light enters the finger, scatters and exits, adding some luminosity besides simple surface scattering).
Apparently, .JeT has a certain affinity towards it. :)

And, I've been wondering - your explosion look really awesome, all of them, so do you have some kind of algorithm, or is it just spontaneous?

Well, yes, but not in 3D software. It's actually in real life

Simply, light enters your skin and reflects multiple times inside it, and at some point it goes outside again. (It could go through you, but then you would be translucent) When you look at a the shadow, the border of it has a certain red tint, which is the product of this.

It's very visible in stuff like milk, skin, and white marble. Give it a google search.

Though, I must say, (hello Pedantic Asshatsville!) SSS would have had a slightly different effect than what is shown on the pic. Guess it's just because the primary light source is quite extensive. :)

EDIT: Oh, and Thurbo, did you draw the smoke first and then overlay it with brighter things, or vice versa?

I've drawn the explosion first. I usually draw things from foreground to background ;)
I'm not sure what you men by "overlay with brighter things", but I usually draw outlines first and then colour the scene, too.

I think it's not really SSS what I used in that pic, however, I just drew shades, shadows and lightings as a result of the big explosion as the light source :p

Lighting and all that is indeed complicated (in my opinion), mainly because almost every object/subject reflects light. In my room my writing desk is directly under the window, and if I put my hand in front of the shadow side... I can't explain that very good, down you see an image that hopefully shows you what I mean.

Nice hand there! :)
This seems to be caused simply by sunlight reflecting from your hand, no SSS involved.

Yea I wasn't even talking about SSS, only about the fact every object/subject reflects light which makes lighting even more complicated.

Well that picture was great, can you make more epic battle scenes?

I gave it a thought and have got a great idea. But at first, I guess, I'll re-draw the latest picture for a banner on D_Womkiller's Worms Reloaded clan website. With some huge changes, though. I might better draw fire instead of a big explosion, not too sure yet... In any case there'll be a lot more worms and weapons shown. Maybe even vehicles, like a helicopter... I'll see what I can make of it.

Posting this here for comments
Who's jealous now?!

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/WormsMonster.png?t=1274205798

My monster is way cooler than yours:cool:

To get used to PSP if I get it this weekend I'll try to re-draw this picture :) A worm giving another one a bollocking lol
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Bild-13.jpg?t=1274297090
I need to practice drawing hands (like the worms' left one but the right one is a little off)

That actually looks excellent. Very professional. Dunno, it just has another feeling than what you've done before. Dunno why, really. Maybe because it's paperdrawn?

To get used to PSP if I get it this weekend I'll try to re-draw this picture :) A worm giving another one a bollocking lol
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Bild-13.jpg?t=1274297090
I need to practice drawing hands (like the worms' left one but the right one is a little off)

I lol'ed! xD It looks awesome!

To get used to PSP if I get it this weekend I'll try to re-draw this picture :) A worm giving another one a bollocking lol
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Bild-13.jpg?t=1274297090
I need to practice drawing hands (like the worms' left one but the right one is a little off)

Nice Sketch :D

n?ig??????? (The thing behind the paper)

If you're that interested in knowing what it says: It's the German word "AUSWEISUNG!". You are probably unable to read it. Not only it's just a small part but also back-to-front and upside-down at the same time...

Ausweisung???????????

*flicking through dictionary*

Here we got it: "expulsion".

Anyways, I just finished a new avatar but it won't fit here. There's a size limit you know and my image has exactly 11.613 Byte, though it's a png file already. Anybody knows what to do without losing (too much) quality?

yeah. convert it to jpeg. pngs are bloated.

Your art is very similar to Agent_(something i don't remember well) arts :P

yeah. convert it to jpeg. pngs are bloated.

lol thanks. Well the quality suffers a bit but meh...

Your art is very similar to Agent_(something i don't remember well) arts :P

Agent who?

lol thanks. Well the quality suffers a bit but meh...



Agent who?

Dont remeber :/

lol thanks. Well the quality suffers a bit but meh...only if you intend to edit it. for the sake of using it as an avatar there's no real noticeable difference (to me anyway)

Agent who?http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=12577 ....at least I think that's the right agent. for some reason this guy's posts are all gone.

He seems to be one of the doods who're able to draw worms looking pretty similar to most of T17 artist's styles. I like that :)

http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=12577 ....at least I think that's the right agent. for some reason this guy's posts are all gone.

Yes he is, he used to have three threads of art, but I do not know what happened to them :-/

This forum seems to annihilate threads from the archive after 4 years. With "from the beginning" on, the oldest thread in Fanart avaliable is from May 2006.

Which is just so wonderful. :-/

This forum seems to annihilate threads from the archive after 4 years. With "from the beginning" on, the oldest thread in Fanart avaliable is from May 2006.

Which is just so wonderful. :-/It was probably trimmed after last weekend's explosion because... well, yeah. :p

This forum seems to annihilate threads from the archive after 4 years. With "from the beginning" on, the oldest thread in Fanart avaliable is from May 2006.

Which is just so wonderful. :-/
Yes, as you can see in the announcements forum, there was a large implosion on the disks and a significant part of the database had to be binned to keep the forum running.

I can barely fathom how much stuff was killed with that.

It seems Aku's original comic has gone into the ether, along with who knows what else. :(

This forum seems to annihilate threads from the archive after 4 years. With "from the beginning" on, the oldest thread in Fanart avaliable is from May 2006.

Which is just so wonderful. :-/

Not sure about that, really... "Splapp's Worm Graveyard" started in 2004 is still alive, if not kicking.

It's much more likely it deletes threads depending on the last post instead of the first one.

I can barely fathom how much stuff was killed with that.

It seems Aku's original comic has gone into the ether, along with who knows what else. :(*takes off his hat* may she rest in peace. she served me well.

It's much more likely it deletes threads depending on the last post instead of the first one.this.

Splapp's thread was locked back in 2006...

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18936&page=94

...so if the forum gets purged again, that will likely vanish into the ether, which would be a shame.

Also, holy CRAP Huntakilla's "Got a tablet and ready to roll/roll/whatever" thread is gone. :eek:
She has the comics on her dA at least, but still... think of all the stupid, passive-aggressive posts and/or white-knighting we've lost!

I don't actually remember if there was any white-knighting but I would be both surprised and impressed if there wasn't.

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/ExaggeratedExpression-1.png?t=1275481314
Picture I drew for THIS (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41116) stupid, extremely off-topic-going thread LOLOL

However, drawing absolutely exaggerated expressions like this one is not what I usually do. At least not for Worms.

*takes off his hat* may she rest in peace. she served me well.
I could've sworn you uploaded them on a different site. I have a distinct memory of reading them in a more orderly, one-comic-a-page on some other site.

Edit: the internet says yes you did. And the site you did has also gone kaput. Whoops!


Edit again: Since this is going too off-topic, but doesn't seem to want to stop, I made a thread for it (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=720770#post720770).

And here comes... my attempt at drawing the picture with the most boring expression and not even a joke or anything included at all!

lol. I actually just quickly drew my sigworm but couldn't resist adding colouring and eventually a whole background. Meh turned out quite well at least I hope.

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/JackNormal-1.png?t=1275774770

I have something better in the make (covering a cover :p) but I just don't get finished for some reason.

oh hey. that's pretty good.

it's harder to make boring stuff good-looking than interesting stuff. you pulled it off, I think.

Did you use PSP to make that?

Nope, only the sky. Wanted to do it in paint first but that would have taken ages.

Actually, you CAN make a gradient in Paint, but it's a bit complex. Try searching for it on Google. Also, very nice art.

That mine...

I don't know, it looks a bit funky, but I think I never took the opportunity to say how awesome you are with MSPaint, so I'll take it right now.

You're awesome with MSPaint. :cool: I should get some more practice with that thing some time.

Sorry I put everything I do here, but anyway: this is me after hearing it said Worms: Battle Islands demo was cancelled. Seriously that are some bad news!

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/WBI.png?t=1276302249

And that are some good art.

Gap filler :cool: Yep, sorry I was too lazy to add a background. Ah and I need to get some thinner pencils...

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/166/2/e/Worms_Mallet_by_Thurbo.png

I even submitted it to dA (http://thurbo.deviantart.com/art/Worms-Mallet-167545851)!

That's cool. But what's with the brown corners of the skin on the worms? Looks strange.

That's cool. But what's with the brown corners of the skin on the worms? Looks strange.well-spotted. that IS an odd little quirk.

You are rather good. I haven't commented on your arts before, so I'm just doing this so I can start on my critique without you thinking I'm some miserly old crustacean.

It looks like you were going for a kind of 2-value shading thing on the skin, since the spots that would be darkest are an even darker shade than the regular color. Unfortunately, that doesn't really make sense unless multiple light sources are involved, even with the cel shading you have here. It's much better to stick with a single shading color throughout.

Also, on the right worm, the eyebrow's shadow on his forehead doesn't make sense. It looks like it's coming from his left eyebrow (our right), but the lightsource, judging by the shadows, is coming from the left of the viewpoint, so the shadow should be coming from his right eyebrow (our left).

Lastly, the right worm's body is misshapen. It is much, much smaller than the left worm's body, which just looks odd. The worms can squash and stretch as much as you want, but you should try to make sure things always retain the same volume, more or less.

Considering this is just filler, this might be a little much, but when I feel like giving critique I just can't stop myself. :p

Heya, thanks for first real critisism :p

It looks like you were going for a kind of 2-value shading thing on the skin, since the spots that would be darkest are an even darker shade than the regular color. Unfortunately, that doesn't really make sense unless multiple light sources are involved, even with the cel shading you have here. It's much better to stick with a single shading color throughout.

I don't know, Team17 arts use exactly the same "trick". I didn't know it looked wrong, I thought it was a nice addition :p (Maybe the colour is too dark or something, I'm not sure, but it's not brown, it's just a darker version of the main colour)

Also, on the right worm, the eyebrow's shadow on his forehead doesn't make sense. It looks like it's coming from his left eyebrow (our right), but the lightsource, judging by the shadows, is coming from the left of the viewpoint, so the shadow should be coming from his right eyebrow (our left).

And what if I tell you it's supposed to be the colour from the right eyebrow? No seriously, what makes you think it comes from its left one? ;)

Lastly, the right worm's body is misshapen. It is much, much smaller than the left worm's body, which just looks odd. The worms can squash and stretch as much as you want, but you should try to make sure things always retain the same volume, more or less.

Too odd? I mean, I usually draw worms with a closed mouth way smaller and thicker than ones with an open one. It's because worms are nothing but a face with a tail, thus their whole body stretches if they open their mouth... and they are able to make it wide open. To be honest, I think it looks odd too, I do not think I could change it anymore though. But wait, I think adding a bigger stomach would do the job...

EDIT: Stomach fix

And what if I tell you it's supposed to be the colour from the right eyebrow? No seriously, what makes you think it comes from its left one? ;)


The fact that the shadow casted has the form of the right eyebrow but from the light it's on positioned on the left's place

Both eyebrows got the same form.

Both eyebrows got the same form.

Same form but opposite positions...

This is what it should look like
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1716/wormfix.png

Yea but now either the light source has changed or you made the head flatter. The eyebrows shade has to bend to the right due to the head which isn't that square.

The light source is coming from left side, not in front of the worms.

It wouldn't bend that much it doesn't matter how round is the head
The eyebrow seems to be floating really close to the head. If you wanted to make it look like it's farther than it misses some depth notion
It's hard to explain in english but I'm sure PigBuster will show up to do it for me

I got this one, pyramid.

Yea but now either the light source has changed or you made the head flatter. The eyebrows shade has to bend to the right due to the head which isn't that square.

The light source is coming from left side, not in front of the worms. the bend in the shadow is too much. there simply isn't enough space between the eyebrow and the head, or between where the eyebrow starts and the top of the head at its furthest curve. yes, there IS a curve there, but the way you drew it the first time is more severe than it needs to be.

Pyramid's edit isn't correct either, because it makes the shadow TOO close to the eyebrow, but the shadow SHOULD be in a happy medium between the two. yours is too far to our right and at too great an angle compared to the eyebrow that's casting the shadow.

....though, really, I don't see why this has been turned into such a big deal as this is a fairly minor flaw...I mean, thurbo's version really is only a few pixels off, IMO.

Take a look!

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/167/6/c/Worms_Soviet_Union_by_Thurbo.png

Seems I don't get any feedback this time.

However, does anybody know what the font is called Worms uses for its title? This one:
http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/worms/worms.jpg

(Maybe also the in-game one from Worms 3D till... I dunno, was it still used in Open Warfare? Anyway till Worms 4)

I believe all the fonts used in Worms games are custom-designed by Team17 and most likely are not commercially available.

I believe all the fonts used in Worms games are custom-designed by Team17 and most likely are not commercially available.you're out of your mind if you think people haven't found and distrubuted those fonts.

I've got a couple worms fonts on my comp right now. don't have that particular font, but I've found it on google before. just search for worms fonts.

I thought the title was completely custom-made, and didn't use a typeface.


I'd also like to point out that you don't know what a font is.

I thought the title was completely custom-made, and didn't use a typeface.why is this relevant at all? I didn't claim that what I found was made by Team17, nor did I claim it was even acknowledged by them. I just said it exists.

I'd also like to point out that you don't know what a font is.and does that make you feel better about yourself? I'm using the term in a widely-accepted use. it may not be the correct use, as I don't know nor care what the correct use is. I'm using it in such a way that it gets my point across. it's the closest term to what I was trying to say that I am personally aware of. if that means I misused the term, fine, but my point was still delivered effectively. now try growing up.

Actually, I've just remembered... Team17 distributed the Worms3D fonts when they ran that W3D website design competition - might still be on the website...

The webkit is available at this site (http://www.worms3.com/webkit/)if that's what you were talking about.

The competition's closed, but the webkit's still available.

I've searched for a long time for these fonts and can't find them anywhere, that's why I asked for them here.

Plasma, the "Worms" title font wasn't made by Team17 actually, it's a commonly used one for many things. If I knew how it's called I could find it easily I think.

edit: lol guys I found it. It's called "US Army Font". All I typed was "army font" in Google :p
http://www.fontriver.com/i/maps/army_map.png

Anyway I'd still like to have this Worms 3D in-game one

I believe the link I posted above has the font in there.
Also, the font used in the logo you posted is called Stencil Antiqua Rough.
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/stencil-antiqua/

Er... Okay, but I most definitely downloaded it as "Army":


http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Screenshot.png?t=1276898822


To be back on topic, then: I'd seriously like to have some feedback :(


http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/167/6/c/Worms_Soviet_Union_by_Thurbo.png

it's good. it's not spectacular. we have nothing to say.

The lighting/shading's all messed up, but other than that there's really nothing to comment about.

Er... Okay, but I most definitely downloaded it as "Army":


http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/Screenshot.png?t=1276898822


That's not precisely the same version. If you look, the font in that site has a secondary style which is closest to the actual logo. It's all lumpy and whatnot.

The lighting/shading's all messed up

I don't know what you mean at all
I don't see anything messed up

Neither do I. Ignore Plasma.

I... guess the shadows on the right worm's ushanka are different from the shadows on the worm himself?

The light's coming from the hammer & sickle, so each worm having a different light source direction isn't a problem.

I think the most problem is the shading in the hats that are a little off, wich is barely noticeable

Btw, the colors look good

The font Team17 recently used for Worms is called "Ad Lib BT". Just found it. lol

Oh, and I kinda accidentally created sprites... I think I will enjoy doing more though I won't do any comics, but at the moment I've got nothing but the pretty much standard one.

Thurbo that's some good stuff. You think you can draw one with a new experimental weapon? Maybe the Ultra Sheep... :O

Sprite kits.

OH NO

I didn't do any yet

I didn't do any yet

Keep up the good work.

I concur.
Good work so far, I'd like to see more of this lack of sprite kits.

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/191/f/a/Worms_Warzone_by_Thurbo.png

Because I was bored. When I did that worm in Paint I didn't actually wanna upload it but then couldn't resist slapping a background on it which looks better than the worm (because it's pixelated). Anyway here it is. I was inspired by the new Warzone level in W2A :)

Also got some more sprites. Not much but at least something :p

Cheek looks odd to me....

The sprites looks good, try to make them for animations

Just finished this one... I was thinking of Battle Races when I did it :p

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/202/e/2/Worms___Battle_Race___by_Thurbo.png

Nice one! Well done. I like what's happening in the picture, as well as the great quality.

My new avatar

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/213/b/7/Wormcraft_II_by_Thurbo.png

You know the reference if you know Starcraft II.

My new avatar

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/213/b/7/Wormcraft_II_by_Thurbo.png

You know the reference if you know Starcraft II.I assume that's the computer who's name I can't think of? the proportions don't lend themselves well to a worm. kind of hard to tell for certain.

I've got it now! I know why that doesn't look like the robot to me. it's the eyes. her eyes are black with a glowing circle for the pupil.

Hmm... Of course worms got gigantic goggle eyes, maybe that's why :p Also, they're missing an iris. So no black eyes for my worm (I tryed recolouring it, but it looked too scary (giant eyes = a lot of black = scary)).

Anyway:
Update - I animated it. Quality suffered a bit, oh well. It's nothing special either, I just made lamps flashing and a small face animation. But it's my first animation ever and therefore I'm much contented :)

http://i1.fastup.de/view.asp?file=Wormcraft-2M.gif

As for my avatar I had to reduce its quality even more... aooooww

Hey! It's good!
better than my first animation :p

Quick mockup of what Aku actually meant I think


http://i37.tinypic.com/25riayu.png

Quick mockup of what Aku actually meant I think


http://i37.tinypic.com/25riayu.pngbasically. though without the flat black that makes it look disturbing.

To be honest it looked rather disturbing to begin with.

Very nice, you should try and make the fan rotate.

I thought it was a robot cow fuzed with a worm.

Yes, bizarre.

To be honest it looked rather disturbing to begin with.
The real thing isn't much less disturbing...

I thought it was a robot cow fuzed with a worm.

I recognized it immediately, but thats probably because I'm a Starcraft geek. Collector's Edition anyone?

I was recently playing Warcraft III more, first Starcraft is a while back. Though my father and my brother already got Starcraft II I only play it from time to time on their PC's (my PC can't handle its macho graphics yet, need to upgrade it first :-/)

I wonder why I still post stuff here, after all only few people are left who care for art at all :p

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/224/a/a/POW_by_Thurbo.png

Who's in who's POWer now?

I wonder why I still post stuff here, after all only few people are left who care for art at all :p
He said, on a forum about an company that develops art.

It was pretty active a few years ago so he has a point.

It was pretty active a few years ago so he has a point.and just think: you joined after the forum died.

Yeah, but I lurked here back in 05 and it was very active.

Also I thought it was active back when I had joined, a lot active than it is now.

I think i joined when it was in a coma :p

Yeah, but I lurked here back in 05 and it was very active.

Also I thought it was active back when I had joined, a lot active than it is now.05 was definitely active. 07? not near so much. granted, I don't remember specifically WHEN it completely died off, but 07 was around the time. I remember SOME activity when you joined, but it was at least in its death throws, if not actually dead.

Either shortly after FAotM went kaboom or a while after Worms4Mayhem was released, whichever came later. I can't remember, I just remember those being the two major points where people started drawing less.

I guess nothing can really bring on the newbies more than W3D did.

I guess nothing can really bring on the newbies more than W3D did.
...what are you talking about? You weren't even around when W3D came out.

Also, Worms Reloaded looks like it's going to be wrangling in a good lotta new guys too.
...that's not to say this forum won't be undeadified though! People aren't going to become enthusiastic about drawing if there's only one person already doing so.

That's completely besides the point. There was a stream of new members during the W3D release. "Senior Members" were still complaining about it when I arrived.

That's completely besides the point. There was a stream of new members during the W3D release. "Senior Members" were still complaining about it when I arrived.oh don't listen to those crotchety *******s. they were complaining when I joined.

oh don't listen to those crotchety *******s. they were complaining when I joined.
Clearly we should've complained harder. :p

Hahaha
YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN

You know what you should do Thurbo?

Make a forum comic!

You know what you should do Thurbo?

Make a forum comic!but only if it's a sprite comic! :cool:

but only if it's a sprite comic! :cool:

I don't see how making it about a brand of soft drink would be better, personally.

http://www.rptech-world.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sprite.jpg

I don't see how making it about a brand of soft drink would be better, personally.

http://www.rptech-world.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sprite.jpg http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot

I don't see any real potential in that idea either...

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/SpriteWars.png?t=1282067166

wow. a sprite battle.... well played, sir!

What about 7-up's? :p

What about 7-up's? :p

Dunno, never seen that movie.

http://ratemoviescenes.com/img/51K1XQ7PM6L.jpg

Dunno, never seen that movie.the real question here is: had you even heard of it before you made that joke?

the real question here is: had you even heard of it before you made that joke?

You will never know. :cool:

http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot

If only I could somehow play this sound in real life whenever I want.

It'd be awesome.

If only I could somehow play this sound in real life whenever I want.

It'd be awesome.
Portable rimshot (http://groovypancakes.com/?p=84).

It's like a nut, you can play with outside.

Portable rimshot (http://groovypancakes.com/?p=84).

It's like a nut, you can play with outside.that's.....really really bad. I didn't even realize it was supposed to be a rimshot until the third repetition.

that's.....really really bad. I didn't even realize it was supposed to be a rimshot until the third repetition.
I honestly didn't know, my laptop was pretending it didn't have a soundcard this morning(like it usually does to spite me) so I couldn't hear the video, decided to post it anyway.

I honestly didn't know, my laptop was pretending it didn't have a soundcard this morning(like it usually does to spite me) so I couldn't hear the video, decided to post it anyway.it sounds a bit like someone's shaking a case of mints in the rhythm of a rimshot.

Despite the fact I did this avatar exclusively for my Steam profile I post it here!
(Quality is a little poor but Steam only allows jpgs :-/)

http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/43/43e2725bddc9fa2ca9ef77476b36000959dc43bc_full.jpg

I'm not sure if the cyan on the eyes is a little too much or just right, so I'm going to go ahead and compliment it: good job on the colors!

To be honest, I've also been thinking that something fishy is going on there. You could help me by explaining what "cyan" means :p

To be honest, I've also been thinking that something fishy is going on there. You could help me by explaining what "cyan" means :poh. wow. I'd never even considered that not translating over into other languages..... huh....

anyway. cyan is a color. specifically a light blue color. specifically, the exact shade of light blue you used on the eyes.

OH! You are right. Cyan, yes. We usually say light blue and don't actually have a word for it - I can remember now I've read it a few times but if I remember correctly it was written "Zyan". It doesn't really exist though.

OH! You are right. Cyan, yes. We usually say light blue and don't actually have a word for it
So you'd say "If you mix blue and green you get light blue"?

Really? I mean, that's not just weird from a nonsensical point, but it's also really awkward considering cyan is one of the 8 basic colours!

No, we say "light blue". After all, it is light blue isn't it?

No, we say "light blue". After all, it is light blue isn't it?

Cyan is the color between Green and Blue, it's not exactly light blue.
Cyan:____Light Blue:
http://www.martin-pro.eu/color/small/cyan401.1.gifhttps://www.newbornmom.com/item_images/light%20blue%20cushion_th.jpg

It's true, in common speech (specially non-english I guess) we usually just say "light blue" for cyan or "pink" for magenta or "brown" for maroon or whatever. No funky color names.

In portuguese we call it "baby blue" sometimes :p

Hey the fan art forum is pretty dead and all that... Though I don't draw any big pictures atm I do a lot of small pics when I'm bored (usually at school :D) Anyway since I didn't have white paper I used a red blotting paper, hope you don't care ;) (What's blotting paper good for at all? Never used it for anything but scrabbling)

http://thurbo.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d30dv3q

Hoping for an answer: You see the worm on the right? It's meant to be running - but it rather looks as if it was having spasms. Really how on Earth do you draw a worm running? I tried so by drawing the eyebrows moving slightly in the "airstream", the tongue and a special zoom (thus the right hand looks much bigger than the one in the background)

Anybody got a hint for me on that? Thanks :p

You see the worm on the right?
Nnnnno, I can't really say that I do.



Although if you were supposed to link to this:
http://thurbo.deviantart.com/art/Worms-and-humans-182045366
Then I'd suggest try making it lean forward rather than backwards. It usually helps.

Sorry, fixed the link in the post :p

Then I'd suggest try making it lean forward rather than backwards. It usually helps.

I don't really think so... is it even possible to make them look as if they were running?

Sorry, fixed the link in the post

Nope, its a failed link again, just brings me to the can't find link DA page. But Plasma's is correct.

Fixed. Now. Certainly. :confused:

Cyan's more of a turquoise than a straightforward light blue.

I'm not sure why I wandered in here just to say that. Um... nice art! :)

Cyan's more of a turquoise than a straightforward light blue.let's not get into color specifics here. I get enough of that at school. :p

let's not get into color specifics here. I get enough of that at school. :p
Indeed.
Naming colors with arbitrary terms is actually rather useless, given the fact that the human eye can distinct millions of separate colors and displays can even produce more.

I constantly get into discussions with my mother about the color mauve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauve), which (like many other colors), has an arbitrary name that, if you don't know the derivation from the same-colored flower, has no meaning at all.

Kids should learn about the electromagnetic spectrum and the RGB & CMYK color models in kindergarten instead! :p

A few weeks ago I got requested to create an emblem for a trophy handed out to the lucky winner of Crespo's Worms Tournament (http://www.cwtsite.com/index.php) (CWT, Worms Armageddon). Now that the competition has started, I asked if I may upload it here, so there.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/288/8/d/8de4a76b7853a6088f6d7a24a04bbb22-d30ueun.png

I first wanted to draw the worm in the Armageddon style but then decided to stick to my own (which is more Worms 3D-like, is it?). However, what do you think? Anything I could have done better? Should it have been more detailed or is the cel-shading look just alright? Do you prefer the Armageddon style...?

looks brilliant to me. I wouldn't question that at all if it came from Team17.

That looks like Team 17 official art. It really is brilliant.

It's better than Team17's current official art, it doesn't look too silly or overdone, you should be working for them. :p

http://uppix.net/f/7/a/d45551399bbd501f301712987219b.png

No seriously, you should be working for them. Your style looks like the Worms 3D style, only better. Whoever their current artists are, I don't like their style at all.

Yeah, it's nice. I honestly wouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and official art if I hadn't been told. Good job :).

Umm... yeah, what they said!

And while I hate to put a damper on it, the question is: could you do something that good again?

Umm... yeah, what they said!

And while I hate to put a damper on it, the question is: could you do something that good again?I don't see why not. the rest of his art is pretty freaking brilliant as well.

the only reason this one looks so good is that it's isolated. there's no background or major detail work or anything where a true professional gets to show his knowledge. Thurbo's got the skills to churn out the basic worms a million times over and always look great. only thing he's missing is the training and experience for complicated works. he'll get that over time.

Haha, Thurbo, you really deserved the above laudatio from your community.

Yes, I asked him 1 1/2 month ago for help. He was really my last hope :) I already asked supporters team of Team17, site creators of TUS league (I thought they drawn their pics on their own) and 3 other W:A players. But nobody helped me. Until Dario gave me the hint to go to "Fan Arts" forum, asking the community to help me. Passing this long path, I finally found Thurbos drawn pictures. Thanks worms god ;-)

He didn't mentioned in which short period of time he succeeded with this fantastic emblem. Within a weekend I got the file. I don't want to miss the chance to say thanks again. Also big thanks of my community. Everybody liked your emblem.

And the result on the cups is just awesome nice.

good job mate!!

Looks great. To be honest, at first I thought you were just another guy doing the same stuff that he saw on Worms' covers or Team17 art galleries, but even if your style is really alike you certainly know what you're doing
You have a great notion to put elements into a scene and make it work, it definetely goes much beyond than just "copying"

Keep it up

That looks very nice indeed :D

Well haven't drawn anything in a long time, although I made a lot of sketches including worms. I've decided to colour one of them using PSP7 and now I'm here, with this image and a couple of questions :)

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/349/1/a/ninja_worm_by_thurbo-d34xtgq.png

1. The image... here I was trying to make the worm look like he was leaning backwards, my brother remarked one might think the worm was just pudgy. What do you think?

2. I was thinking about a Christmas fan art thread, a public thread where everyone may post Christmas fan art. Like that idea or is it silly since nobody's gonna draw anything anyway? :p

3. About all the sketches, I'm certainly not gonna colour them (or at least the fewest). Would you like to see them anyhow? :D

4. I'm looking for a better and up-to-date program unlike Paint Shop Pro 7. Apart from the costs, which is the best one in your opinion? I suppose you'd suggest Photoshop, right? Please respond me to this question :)
(It should have somewhat basic options, I know it's best to have different programs one way or the other)

I think the leaning back is pretty clear. and I also think the colors are rather great. good job overall!

as for the christmas fanart, you're free to give it a shot. I'll toss something in the pot, at least, but dont' expect anyone else to...

4. I'm looking for a better and up-to-date program unlike Paint Shop Pro 7. Apart from the costs, which is the best one in your opinion? I suppose you'd suggest Photoshop, right? Please respond me to this question :)
(It should have somewhat basic options, I know it's best to have different programs one way or the other)

Although it's windows are pretty much a mess, try GIMP. BTW, nice fan art! :D

I dug out Worms Blast again and started playing it with my friend... We discovered a new tactic of hurting enemies we call "header": If you hit a falling stone with your head properly, it will fly to your enemies territory and hurt him if you aimed properly. Since it hurts yourself, I'm not sure how useful this tactic really is - but it's fun as hell anyway :D

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/363/a/b/worms_blast_sketch_by_thurbo-d35xfsn.png

I'm also sorry I was too lazy to colour it this time. It's just a sketch.

Great art man! You ever tried yourself in map-making for worms armageddon or something?

What is that?

What is that?.....a worm riding a raft being hit in the head with an item of some sort from worms blast....very. VERY clearly.

.....a worm riding a raft being hit in the head with an item of some sort from worms blast....very. VERY clearly.The "item" is one of the coloured blocks from Worms Blast:
http://2player.ru/uploads/posts/2010-11/1290144915_worms-blast_6378.jpg
When they drop they can hit worms on the head, for those not familiar.

It's the green block when the food style is used:

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2002/pc/puz/wormsblast/worms_790screen001.jpg

Thurbo your first picture (on this page) is great and the second one is above average but has pretty messy lineart

I can totally relate to that though, my pencil sketches look even worse than my CG'd pictures

well... the appearing of Drojna (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=736959#post736959) and this (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42772) little thread (that unfortunately lacks replies) convinced me the Fan Art part of this forum might be not completely dead... Whatsoever, I wanted to "revive" this (not that I didn't post something once in a while :D) and add a sketch. Don't expect anything bigger than random expression tests too soon :p
I simply find it amazing how stretchy those little fellas' mouths are. It just wouldn't look off!

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/039/f/0/worm_crying_by_thurbo-d3933xs.png

Okay, of course I revived this because I started drawing something bigger. But first I wanted to show a few "gap-fillers", sketches I drew during school breaks or whenever I was bored.

Does anyone know if you can colour things gradually with Paint Shop Pro 7, and are there any alternatives to GIMP? That program feels just awkward. Thanks :D

So... I guess you saw my topic and didn't replied... that means that answer is no for all questions? :D

No, I think I'm interested. I don't think I'm a good map designer though. If you want to beef up standard outlined maps you created, you can count on me ;)

To make you understand what I mean: If you hand some outlines over to me, I could colour them and set up a theme:
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5617/mapyu.png

Uh that would be awesome! As soon as I finish with my last exam for this exam period I will make you some layouts, or I can give you existing ones :)

Anyway, what is your favorite scheme? For what scheme would you like to make a map? Or you don't care about it at all?

Some of them require maps with special planning and care during design process(that's where i can help) and some of them can be very random(that's sort of maps where I don't think you'll need my help)

EDIT: And... if you wanna know what is my pick of schemes for which I mostly design maps or if you wanna check my style of map making you can drop a view on few of my projects
old school wall to wall rope shopper http://wmdb.org/13225
experimental wall to wall rope shopper http://wmdb.org/13926
rope trick race http://wmdb.org/15819

Yes, that's what I expected :D

You came exactly to the point I'm most afraid of. Rope (or golf or something) based maps often require pixel work, so I couldn't just draw at random, perhaps I even had to keep the outlines and simply colour them.
Plain deathmatch maps leave you a lot more artistic space ;)

By the way, you asked me if I ever created maps myself... actually, yes, but that's some time ago and I mostly imported edited photos, too. The last map I drew (about three years ago) was an MSPaint one - I never uploaded any free-to-use maps :D

If you still want to see it, click this thumbnail...
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/th_MerryChristmas.png (http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/MerryChristmas.png?t=1297448079)

Nah, Simple shopper(or even roper) maps can be pretty random... wxw is what makes problems in mapmaking.

That map looks amazing... I would like to see more things like that in future... maybe even more detailed... and ofc uploaded for free use :P

Problem in user map making is that most of us don't have any experience in drawing on pc, so most of us make maps by filling layouts with textures, and adding bevels etc... and that's kinda boring. I would like to start seeing maps that are actually user created art... that's reason why I came into this part of the forum :)

If you didn't red this (http://worms2d.info/Color_map) it may help you a bit while creating. :)

Interesting to see the evolution of your art, Thurbo, trhough that big thread ! This is great work and really nice results ! Of course I prefer your last sketches with better colorization and smoother tails ... But your ideas are always "in harmony" with the universe of those little funny worms.

So congratulations, and thx when you say that my arrival in the forum motivates you to perform arts again ;)

But your ideas are always "in harmony" with the universe of those little funny worms.

I think it's the first time somebody actually noticed (or rather, pointed it out). Several art threads here seem to have created their own universes (especially the ones with the "sigworms" involved), barely relating to the actual games. I've decided not to take part of this really, seeing as this kind of community was as good as dead anyways ;)

So congratulations, and thx when you say that my arrival in the forum motivates you to perform arts again ;)

Someone coming out of nowhere to an art forum being "on hold", with fun ideas and surpassing art skills? That doesn't happen every day, and it's great to have more artists caring for the Worms series. Thanks for that, too :D

Something I've started right after my latest image - and I still haven't finished it. Well, actually I've only worked one day on it and I just need a good background coloration ;)

I need to think up a style which is similar to the W:A ingame Worms, however it should look... well... slightly more dynamic, if that word fits :p This is the first sketch, don't mind the messy lineart and tell me quick what you think, please, that would help me a lot ;)

http://250kb.de/u/110304/p/pZu6mTEHMrlW.png

Why do you have HuntaKilla in your avatar?

Worms don't have arms :) Even in W:A

Worms don't have arms :) Even in W:Aplease do shut the hell up.
(http://worms.wbl.sk/worms_1.png)

Even though it costs nothing to be polite if you want to correct someone, Aku's right. Worms Blast was the first game to exclude limbs for annelid beings.

On the HuntaKilla thing, I've been too busy to draw a background so I used just the worm for my avatar instead of the actual image.

Worms don't have arms :) Even in W:A
Sssssometimes they did. If you look carefully at some of the W2/WA sprites, like the Dragonball, you'll see little arms.
Buuut at the same time, there's a lot of art that draws them without.

Confused? Put it this way: The boxart for WWP has worms with arms. The title image in the actual game has worms without arms. ...yeah, there really wasn't any sort of official style to drawing worms until W3D.

Okay, I stand corrected. They can have arms...

But in my head they will never have arms :)

If you wanna W:A style worms you have to draw them to be more like... innocent? Dunno if I picked right word :D

Maybe innocent-little-cute-target-that-I-wanna-blast-away suits more? :D

If you wanna W:A style worms you have to draw them to be more like... innocent? Dunno if I picked right word :D

Maybe innocent-little-cute-target-that-I-wanna-blast-away suits more? :D

Uhh... really? I always thought the W:A style looked times more severe than the current one. More badass, you know :p

Whether they have arms or not, both look good to me. :)

Uhh... really? I always thought the W:A style looked times more severe than the current one. More badass, you know :p
If you think about fat worm on CD cover then you are right, but in-game worms are cute and innocent :P

I thought this was worth uploading... but I was just "doodling around" and used the crappiest piece of impacted cellulose fibres I could find :p

So... two shots, one of them is more darkened. And that gun is not based on any real life weapon, I made it up myself. So I'm aware it looks physically/technically wrong ;)

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/BigGun.png?t=1300894645

http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt52/Thurbo1/BigGunDarkened.png?t=1300894645

Well that is pretty darn awesome! Keep it up!

The eyebrow positioning really doesn't look right.
Other than that, it looks great!



Eeeexcept for the gun design. I know, I know, you said not to comment on it, but. God. Damn.

Keep commenting on the gun. I only said I was aware it kinda couldn't be right how it is and I knew such comments would come :p

O.k., so you see I got no experience at drawing guns whatsoever. If you have any tips for me, I'm gonna appreciate them...

O.k., so you see I got no experience at drawing guns whatsoever. If you have any tips for me, I'm gonna appreciate them...expecting plasma to be useful is the same as expecting the rain to fall from the ground.

but anyway, the gun looks good, except that the enormous holes on the sides make it impractical. remove said holes and there's no instant reaction of "omg that's wrong!".

very good :)

I just found this thread and read everything from the first post untill here. I really like all the pictures and you can really see how you're techniques have changed and improved over the months. keep it up.