[DRAWINGS] Doodles and Finished Pieces 2.0

[Virt]

Random freehand face sketch

[E-Man]

Just a quick thing I made based on Clouder's suggestion to honor a Nintendo legend. Nothing special.

[Keychain]

[Virt]

Practicing using Manga Studio

[SmithyGCN]

Some Star Fox doodle.

[Gors]

good drawing and all but this...

[Virt]

good drawing and all but this...

I know it's probably completely wrong, but some website said it was an impact sound ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Gors]

I know, and you did relatively well

but it's like writing "Q" with the tail pointing to the other side. It's ok not knowing japanese (no one is forced to) but I can't help but feel uneasy seeing that lol

the letter you tried do do is が (ga) but the strokes are in different order. But this is just the tip of the iceberg: if you want a more insightful explanation, click on the spoiler.

が

This letter does represent this kind of sound, so you're correct. However, the strokes are not in correct order and break at wrong places. The correct order is as follows:

1. Write the ㄱ first, from top to bottom, in a single stroke, like a sideways J. The hook ending is obligatory;
   
2. Write the 丿 second, cutting the first stroke;
   
3. Add the 丶 on the right. If you stop at this point, you'll get か (ka);
   
4. Place the " over the letter to make it が (ga).
   

However, Japanese has two basic alphabets, hiragana and katakana. For things like foreign words and onomatopoeia, you should use katakana instead, as hiragana is used to write native words. Briefly saying, が is correct, but if you want to step it up, use ガ.

"but gors that's exactly the same thing but without the 丶 and the ending hook"

This is because both letters originate from the same source. All hiragana have their corresponding katakana. It's comparable to us having two different alphabets, one for UPPERCASE and another for lowercase.

If you want to attain grorious nihonjin desu ne status, add a small ッ (tsu) on the end. This letter means 'sudden pause' and it's perfect for this kind of sound. Use ガッ!

See "ガッ" in action here:

tl;dr write ガッ instead

[Virt]

Thanks, that was very informative. I guess I should consult somebody who actually knows the language before trying to use it myself, haha. I'll keep that stuff in mind the next time I do something like that. Thanks again!

[Sketchasaurus]

boid

[SmithyGCN]

Dang, your bird looks great with just paint strokes!

Gabby Meets Mr. Bancroft

If you can guess who Mr. Bancroft is, you get a hand shake. (Cookie is way too overused... even though, I haven't seen that expression in quite some time...)

[Sketchasaurus]

There are two Bancrofts that I know of: Tom and Tony, both of which worked as animators for Disney, who are also brothers.

[SmithyGCN]

Absolutely correct! Though it is just Tom in this one. I'm usually not this bad with drawing people, though. Gotta get back to the drawing board.

[The KKM]

[SmithyGCN]

Goof Goof *chuckle*

That Don actually looks pretty cool.