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Tim Schafer's [DÜDLE] Legend

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  • kevindeekevindee Registered User regular
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    oh god why didn't i study drapery

    Not sure where I'm headed painting-wise, but considering this had no line work at all I feel like I might be going forward, if ever so slightly

  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    drapery is by far the easiest thing to study. Do you lack clothing and a camera?

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    BrocksMullet
  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    are... are you coming on to kevin wakka?
    Do you lack clothing and a camera?

  • Mes3Mes3 Registered User regular
    This might be the last thing I ever do with markers. Why the hell did I even buy em? Apparently Faber-Castell pens and Prismacolor markers don't play well together. This was done on 100lb bristol and the shit still ran together. Oh well....

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  • melting_dollmelting_doll Registered User regular
    Mes3, I think that's great! I love using markers!!

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  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Photo ref sketches
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    Credits to random Google Image Searching and a pic grabbed from Iruka's DA ref folder. (NSFW)

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  • streeverstreever Registered User regular
    Mes3, I think that's great! I love using markers!!

    I mean, yea, that looks pretty much amazing, and I don't think it ran together in a way which looks bad or accidental to the rest of us. That is really incredible.

  • squidbunnysquidbunny Registered User regular
    Mes3, are those the Faber Castell PITT brush pens you're talking about? I'd replace those before I gave up on markers. Your marksmanship (ucwatididther) looks pretty good.

    That is a super lovely lady, Bacon.

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  • ObilexObilex Registered User regular
    Lovin that hydra wakk.

    2 hr speed enviro

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    and steve the manatee!

    He's still a WIP, but i'm going to have him in sweat bands lifting a weight in the one hand and eatin gthe candy bar in the other while watching tv.

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    Demon meth addiction.
    Spoiler:
    (Spoilered for h-scroll bustage.)

    I wanna poke that manatee's belly. Poke poke.

    Edit:

    Methistopheles.

  • lyriumlyrium Registered User regular
    Reading 'demon meth addiction' makes me think I should be reading that from right to left, as in that's what happens to a demon when it's addicted to meth.

  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    So basically finished off my concepts for my four horsemen. not really happy with the third guy, but im happy with the second and fourth one.
    tomorrow im going to be finalising the designs and start drawing these up in illustrator.

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    abandoned this as a concept as the shape was getting too compicated (and the armour was heading too far into Vegeta territory), but i'll still finish it off me thinks

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    digging the latest posts wakkawa!

  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    Those are the best horsemen.

    And I'm back from an extended art break:
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    I learned or remembered some things from doing that:
    • Always work bigger than the intended final size (whoops)
    • Lots of paper practice is a really good idea (3 drawings on paper had a big impact on what I could do via tablet)
    • Planning helps a lot (I don't even know what's going on there)

  • sharky tsharky t Registered User regular
    Rhymes with plink...
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    ... And a Mother's Day card
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    Experiments in Brush and Ink
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  • NakedZerglingNakedZergling King Penis of Fuck Mountain. Portland OregonRegistered User regular
    Photo ref sketches
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    Credits to random Google Image Searching and a pic grabbed from Iruka's DA ref folder. (NSFW)


    Are you intentionally keeping to only light tones here? Its beautifully rendered, i was just curious if the lightness was intended?


    1) As a small side note, one day, I really hope to be King Penis of Fuck Mountain.

    2) No shitty anime or wolf-people, take that crap to deviant art
  • SublimusSublimus Registered User regular
    I would guess that it was intentional. (Looks great, too!)


    Anyway, here is a thing. Need to clean up/actually draw the hands...

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  • kevindeekevindee Registered User regular
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    getting on dem necks


    By the way, does anyone know if there are any canonical works on the female figure, because that's where I struggle the most, and a lot of books focus on beefy, handsome men. Getting flowing lines out is like pulling goddamn teeth with me :<

  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    I remember seeing some in the Questions thread OP a long time ago.

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  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Photo ref sketches
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    Credits to random Google Image Searching and a pic grabbed from Iruka's DA ref folder. (NSFW)


    Are you intentionally keeping to only light tones here? Its beautifully rendered, i was just curious if the lightness was intended?

    Sort of- if I were going to take this to a finish I'd introduce a wider value range, but I was just trying to work on getting the structure right in a simplified 2 tone for this. I usually have to opposite problem of introducing too many dark values too quickly and letting the drawing suffer for it, so I'm trying to force myself to work lightly (though I really wish doing so were as easy in natural media as it is in Photoshop- I have a bad habit of gouging pitch-black canyons of graphite into my paper due to my heavy handedness/indelicate way of working.)

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  • kevindeekevindee Registered User regular
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    more figure stuff. This one was off the top of my head, and it shows. Pretty pleased with it nonetheless for what it is

    I probably shouldnt have spent an hour colouring a 10 minute sketch though

  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User
    Iruka wrote: »
    Have you tried some programs other than PS? There are some notable differences between Paint Tool Sai, OC and Alias sketchbook that might be worth looking into for the digital side.

    I have tried OC in the past, but it was a long time ago. Are you talking about just the free 1.1 version, or do you suggest I purchase it? Alias sketchbook and Paint tool sai I have not used. Is there a particular one you think is best/you use most?

    Also sometimes with me and these things it's just my lack of knowledge about brush settings, so I messed around a little today with that. Maybe not what I should go with, but I feel like it gives a better sense of shapes than the old way. Will keep trying things.

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    My DeviantArt
    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
  • Sonia BladeSonia Blade Registered User
    I really like this!!!!!!

    There are no stupid questions, only stupid people :D
  • Sonia BladeSonia Blade Registered User
    I really like all the paintings and drawings on here. It's something I am trying to aspire to do. Just looking at the drawings makes me wanna improve :P

    There are no stupid questions, only stupid people :D
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    I am more of a painter than an inker, but SAI tends to have smoother strokes, which makes me relax while sketching on the tablet. A lot of the manga people use it for very clean inks.

    Alias best feature is the canvas itself, which is very mobile. Once you get used to the controls, Its a little more fluid to navigate around than in PS, which can help bring a good flow back into sketching.

    With OC, I've only used the free one. I think of the three it probably provides the least difference, but there are manga people who still use OC for inks too.

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  • TamTam I hate art I love artRegistered User regular
    SKETCHBOOK PRO
    I cannot stress enough how good sketchbook pro's pencil is

    Also, Radar, if PS is all you've got, if you want more organic feeling lines, turn the flow on your brushes way way down (like 20%)

  • jpegjpeg Registered User regular
    Radar, I feel like Manga Studio would really lend itself well to your line style, especially the pen tools.

    so I just type in this box and it goes on the screen?
  • Mes3Mes3 Registered User regular
    squidbunny wrote: »
    Mes3, are those the Faber Castell PITT brush pens you're talking about? I'd replace those before I gave up on markers. Your marksmanship (ucwatididther) looks pretty good.

    Yeah, I love the FB pens for doing outlines though. Never had a problem with bleeding until I used these Prismacolor markers with em. Do the Prisma's have some sort of thinner in em? They do give off a decent chemical smell.

    http://rjnewman.blogspot.com/ | Follow me on instagram @ messiah3x
  • RankenphileRankenphile Keep the change you filthy animalRegistered User, Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    alcohol, I think

  • Sonia BladeSonia Blade Registered User
    wakkawa wrote: »
    drapery is by far the easiest thing to study. Do you lack clothing and a camera?

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    This is so beautiful!

    There are no stupid questions, only stupid people :D
  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    This is the first time I've done something like this.:?
    Spoiler:
    Does the pendulum swing too much?

  • TamTam I hate art I love artRegistered User regular
    uh, well space put the circles as you move away from the center bottom
    the pendulum accelerates swinging down, but decelerates swinging up, so you'd see fewer images per unit of distance

    right now it looks like a sort of fan to me

  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    Makin' toast

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  • m3nacem3nace Registered User regular
    Tam wrote: »
    uh, well space put the circles as you move away from the center bottom
    the pendulum accelerates swinging down, but decelerates swinging up, so you'd see fewer images per unit of distance

    right now it looks like a sort of fan to me
    Aha!
    Yes, thanks tam!

  • TamTam I hate art I love artRegistered User regular
    bblllurrrrgghhh I hate warming up

    edit: well actually that's not true, I just hated it today

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  • kevindeekevindee Registered User regular
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    God, environment stuff is hard as hell. i have serious issues with creating depth, volume, and detailing. I get to some stage like this and want to add details, and i just don't know how.

  • EsiotrotEsiotrot Registered User regular
    I feel like I'm perpetually warming up Tam, atleast I have a new Radiohead record to look forward to today. Hurrah for Record store day

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  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User
    Iruka - How do you get pressure sensitivity to work in SAI? O.o

    Tam - Currently all I have is PS. And yeah, I've been messing with flow. You're suggesting a hard brush with size sensitivity and a flow of 20%? It's not too bad, but I feel like you have to go over the lines so many times it loses some of the natural flow of the linework. I seem to be preferring a flow of 50%-70%, but I guess that's me. I'll look into Sketchbook pro, though.

    jpeg - I have tried Manga studio... it does have a lot of interesting brushes, but for the most part I felt like they were similar to photoshop's pencil tool. Are there brushes you'd suggest?

    And here's my most recent WIP for the sake of making this a doodle post (image is cropped for the sole character for now)-

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    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
  • IrukaIruka Registered User, Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    In SAI, you want to use the ink pen or the pen, but you lower the "min size" to create a larger range for the brush you are using. The brush setting are under the tools.

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  • jpegjpeg Registered User regular
    In manga studio, I thoroughly enjoy the brush pen tool. It gives you badass swooshy inky lines very easily

    so I just type in this box and it goes on the screen?
  • Radar6590Radar6590 Registered User
    Alright, thanks :)

    More WIP and also spoiler'd ref.

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    Spoiler:

    My DeviantArt
    Loomdun wrote: »
    ...And I am being hulked enraged by multiple things right now and I will destroy you
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