anotherronism

Folks...

I did a piece yesterday and went back to it today and noticed a glaring mistake. It's actually kinda funny. How can we spend so much time on something and simply NOT notice something so obvious?

Post your own mistakes, lucky accidents, etc... Tell us the story.

(This is another amusement-only thread. No flame wars or controversy please

anotherronism

Baby Mummy - Peru:
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=54347

Like I said - I just did this piece and spent some time on it. I started with an actual outline which I hardly ever do but I wanted this to fit on the screen.

I worked the piece from top to bottom. I was finally happy with the result and submitted it.

Only today - when I went in to read some comments did I notice the baby has a square corner to her head. How is it possible I spent two hours looking so closely at this little mummy that I never noticed the square head? Argh!

Yet. Strangely. Funny as heck too

solosater

Did you know babies' heads are so soft as newborns (I think for the first year really) that you have to make sure not to lay them in the same position constantly or they'll end up with a flat spot? A friend of a friend of mine had the funniest looking child EVER because she didn’t shift her enough. She ended up having to wear a helmet to correct the problem. The kid, not the mother although I think she needed one too.

You could just blame the parents of your mummy for not shifting the kid.

solosater

ron I really thought the mummy was fine and as it was meant to be, I guess we are all our own worst critics and to prove it...


http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=10720

I should have just continued both wings off the page but nope. It’s bothered me ever since.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46511

There’s a horn around the spout of my lamp that I absolutely KNOW I undid!

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=49547

There are gaps atop my purple mountains.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=54321

His head is about 3/4 the width and depth it should be. I ran out of room, Again I should have just gone off the page but I was unsure with this one.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=54095

Her arms belong on a much taller woman.

matthew

Had plans to clean up the yellow around his eye, but forgot to get back to it...
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=27784


Forgot to give myself a face...
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=19928



She has no neck...
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=40991



Forgot to draw the neck line below his ear before I went on to his shirt & jacket... Made his neck look skinny & his ear look... OMG!!!...
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=43682

Dragon

http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=36547
You can see it in the playback, I had made both feet just how I wanted them then realized as I was doing the tail that I would have to cover the right foot and redo it. It didn’t turn out as good. Also I simply couldn’t get the tail lines to come out straight and I was starting to get really sick of trying.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=43208
I really wish I had made her arms longer. Other than that I love the way this pic turned out.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=52417
I drew the Sirens first on this one and when I put in Odysseus he was quite a bit higher than I had meant him to be so they’re kind of looking at the water instead of him.

marius

First, anotherronism - this is a fun topic. And, I didn't even notice the "square" head on your mummy! It looks fine to me! Now for my strange errors.

The kayak is backwards. Yep, the kid is facing the stern and should be facing the bow. Not sure if this was caused by my dyslexia, but it was driving me crazy & I was thrilled it got voted down!
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=50789

I had a great deal of trouble making Matt's face look up. Everything in me wanted his face looking straight ahead even though the picture showed him looking up. Right after submission I noticed my "desire" won out a bit because his ear is where it would be if he WERE looking straight ahead. Sigh.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=48542

I had this idea of a witch living in this house and sneaking around from behind when someone came to the door. The idea didn't translate to the picture. Not sure what folks thought that black shadow to the left was ... but no one thought it was a witch and when I looked at it again, I didn't think it was a witch either.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46620

This one was a bigger challenge than I felt I could handle and it vanished two times just as I was about to submit! By the third try I was tremendously nervous it would disappear again. After submission, I discovered a funny pink piece on the strap of her dress. Where did it come from? Why was it there? I don't know. At least it wasn't a glaring error cause with three tries I'd already put countless hours into that pic.
http://www.thinkdraw.com/picture.php?pictureId=46072

marius

PS Gotta say dear TD folks, I looked through all the pics submitted here and all the "mistakes." And guess what - your pics look just as good to me now as they did before I knew what you'd change if you could. [MY mistakes however, are still glaring.] This is cracking me up!

Dragon

We're all our own worst critics aren't we. I never noticed most of the 'mistakes' that have been posted here, and some of the pics are ones I've really loved (and still do).