Robindcr8l

I was noticing how some of my work gets rated high just because maybe I put it out during a peak time for people to be logged in, or maybe it's a subject that strikes a chord, but not necessarily is it a piece that I am particularly proud or fond of.

Then there are others which I work hard on or think turned out just as I envisioned, and maybe it's the middle of the night and no one is logged on, or maybe my taste is that skewed in my own work. But I thought it would be fun for us to each pick our own favorite pics that we've done from each medium. So here goes my "shrine to self". I hope someone else does this, too, so I don't seem like I'm tooting my own horn. lol

Gothic: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47458

Flowers: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47544

Faces: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45792

Fruit: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=42237

Animals: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46663

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47139

I guess it's top 6 now that there's 6 mediums. Anyway, how about you???


Avatars:

jshundo

Sorry, for some of them, I couldn't decide so I put more than one.

Flowers: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40746, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=26561
Fruit: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39856, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31407
Faces: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40589, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31070
Avatars: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45052
Candy: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31036, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=29695
Gothic: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27536, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=26569
Animals: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47324, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=35001, http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27944

jshundo

Ok, one more try...

Sorry, for some of them, I couldn't decide so I put more than one.

Flowers: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40746
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=26561
Fruit: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39856
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31407
Faces: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40589
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31070
Avatars: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45052
Candy: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31036
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=29695
Gothic: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27536
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=26569
Animals: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47324
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=35001
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27944

Robindcr8l

Thanks, Jshundo! There were a couple on there I had never seen of yours. It made me go back to your gallery and look at all your pics. If I had your kind of talent, there's no WAY I could pick just one! They are all fantastic! I loved the one of the bubble bath with just the toes sticking out...hadn't seen that before either.

five

Today, I pick:

Candy http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31152

Flowers http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46867

Fruit http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=41350

Faces http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=30772

Animals http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=43302

Avatar http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47611

five

In case you missed it, Robin, here's the last thread that had people picking their own top five

http://www.thinkdraw.com/forumPosts.php?topicId=347

midnightpoet

Now, I don't have masterpieces like many of you, but I'll share my favorites of my own.

Flowers: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=38884

Avatars: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46066

Gothic: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39976

Animals: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=34844

I don't have anything decent in any of the other themes, so there's my top 4

Robindcr8l

Five, I don't know HOW you could narrow your choices down! And thanks for that link...How did I miss this the first time around? Ah well, I have improved my techniques by watching all you masters now, so my choices now are much different than they'd have been a month ago. Midnight, I like all those pics, and it made me review your gallery. There were many good ones I had somehow missed, so you now have some extra points which don't matter I guess, but still.

Qsilv

Robin -- this is a fun subject to start up again, particularly since we don't have the usual search capabilities in Forums -- and you've added a slightly different spin to it, too, by emphasizing one from each palette. (In the previous one, I'd chosen 3 I'd done in Animal, one in Candy and one in Flowers.)

Great nudge to me to prowl around again in people's galleries, finding overlooked wonders!

I thoroughly agree on how odd it is that some we personally love don't garner much attention. To me that feels more puzzling than getting crazy low-ball votes.

Five -- thanks for including the link!

Luna

If I understood correctly, these are supposed to be our own work?

Faces:
Pegasus
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=16206

Flowers:
Batik for Ria90
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47607

Avatars:
Dream catcher
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46696

Candy:
Foggy night on a bridge
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27442

Animals (most of my favorites)
Butch and Sundance
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27442

Bob Marley
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=24234

Mama Kitty
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=21630

Luna

Oops...Butch and Sundance
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=34218

Qsilv

Flowers
Leonardo has 46 votes (at this time) but I put more work into my Spinning Musical Top (and was more delighted with the results) which has only 17.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40923

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=31887


Fruit
Jul Sparkler has 37, but it's been around a while. I really prefer the color play in Wall 2 which has only 8.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=13221

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=36202

Faces
Clearly not my medium! I've only done three, which some kind souls offered 8, 8 and 9 votes...

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=43043

Avatars
Ditto, tho' somehow Stargate got 11... I'm not even fond of it. I like the calligraphic quality in my fables series, but the Oak & Reeds has 5 votes, the Flies got only 1... and the Wind & Sun? ...*N*o*n*e*!!!

(Remember that, the next time any of you think this place runs on favoritism! LOL)

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45007


Gothic
Sled Dog has 36 and I do like it very much (yep, one person called even this one 'gross' and managed to vote it down to an average of 4.53), but the one in Gothic that I truly loved was the Scythe of Winter, languishing to this day with only 13 votes (but the higher average of 4.77 ...go figure! lol)

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=16384

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=15953

Candy
Love the colors, just don't seem able to use them well. The sketch, Arlington, has 16 votes, but I don't set much store by those because I think it's basically just an emotional reaction to the subject, not the art per se. The only one I love (and I do love it, every time I look at it!) is Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (14).

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=29077

Actually, in my opinion, the Lips thing is as good as the Leonardo, just done in red & black licorice instead of green stems (and lord knows I worked as hard on it to get the blending and that illusion of 'shape'!)... but it's captured just 14 votes to Leonardo's 46.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=37083

Animals
Well, Curious, of course... that really is an effective portrait. I'm still satisfied with it, weeks later, when it has snuck up to a vote count of 62, but Make a Wish is only at 38 and I suspect from an art technique viewpoint it's every bit as worthy.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=37161

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39415

The burst of light in House of the Rising Sun is running at 41 votes and got into the Pic of the Month club (Top 5) but honestly, it's a cheap trick. The reflected candle glow is more deserving. None of 'em are averaged at 5.00, by the way. And my insouciant mooses are running in the teens, with the Contemplative one at a measly 5. Gotta love it!

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=36948

*winks

Arw65

ok here are mine, i couldn't really narrow it down to just 1 pic in each theme sorry.
Flowers: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39330
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=12917

Fruit: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=38887
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=38472

Gothic: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39605
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39393

Faces: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=42719
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=44074

Avatars: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46191
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46654

Candy: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=30542
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=28015

Animals: http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=20447
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=23707

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=38587 - for sentemental reasons.

polenta

I chose mostly pics that went unnoticed. A challenge I like is how to use backgrounds, especially the difficult ones. I should have been a marketing expert. LOL

FACES
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=30502

FLOWERS
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=32334

FRUIT
I think the use of the background came to me... and I grabbed it with my THREE hands!!!!LOL
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=41871

AVATARS
none yet

GOTHIC
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=28598

CANDY
The title of the song "My Way" crossed my mind... and I tried to figure out how to draw it.
God helped me.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=29053

Well, of course... how I was helped by the muses to get something out of this "awfully awful" background,
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=39380

ANIMALS
I would have wanted real Greek dorian columns but......
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=36345

polenta

Following Robin and Qsilv's reasoning here is a true anecdote that took place in Uruguay.
A scenographer was called by a director to create and design the stage scenery for a play. The former asked to see a rehearsal and speak with the actors and the director before designing anything. After thinking it for a while, he came and told the director and the producers that the stage should remain ABSOLUTELY EMPTY.
The scenographer later sent his bill with the amount of his fee.
Should this scenographer have been paid or not? What's your opinion?
I'll tell you later what REALLY HAPPENED.

Robindcr8l

I am really enjoying this. I routinely browse back through the gallery and review everyone's work for the day, so it amazes me that I've missed so many fine pieces. I think some of them I have maybe looked at and forgotten to vote on, even though they moved me enough to take a closer look. (That's typically my threshold for a vote!)

Polenta, I think that your story is interesting....could be used by a professor in an ethics class or something. I guess it's hard for me to gauge if the guy was just being a lazy jerk or if there was really some artistic merit to having no scene design, and whether the director ultimately agreed. But I suppose they were paying him for his opinion as much as his work, so they probably owe him something. What's the answer???

mebu27

I just looked over my Drawings.
eh
I think it would be cool if one of you picked my top 5.
It would be interesting ....

solosater

So here’s the thing, I always have two favorites in each category: the one that I was just goofing on or trying something new for me and the one that I think is my best in that category. So the first will be the goof/something new and the second the best IMHO.

FLOWERS:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=43111

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40598

FRUIT:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=24065

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27641

AVATARS:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45020

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46419

GOTHIC:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=23159

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27624

CANDY:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=10390

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40641

ANIMALS:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=25783

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=42836

FACES:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=41997

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27636


Also, even as I post this I’m debating my choices. I really like all the work I do or I wouldn’t post it; I’m not bragging when I say that, it’s simply true. If I don’t like a piece I don’t post it or I promptly delete it.

Luna

My picks for mebu27 (as requested bu mebu )

Faces
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46852

Flowers:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=28682

Fruit:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=33812

Avatars:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=45442

Gothic:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46689

Candy:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=47379

Animals:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=42933

Luna

That should have been by mebu of course....