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Gabe Art Inkings
thehaze
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I've started inking some of the drawings that are unfinished on gabe art or from the comic.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Control.
Talent.
Work on all of the above.
There's a really easy way to make your low-res pencils problem go away: Blow up the image by about 1000%. If you're not going to need the underlying pencils to show through after a digital ink job, there's no reason they still have to look good when you're working on it. Your black lines will be nice and smooth and you won't have to find a higher res file. This wouldn't work as well on something with a lot of detail, but Gabe's sketches are pretty much totally his own freehand, so why not?
Uh what was the point of this again?
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Fuck you!
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You need line width, for sure. Don't take any of the comments posted here as a discouragement, but as motivation to learn and do new things to make it better.
1. That dude above me is right, using a HUGE picture to ink with and then shrinking it down helps take away small inperfections. Keep in mind a picture can be big but manageable with the zoom out button.
2. Wobbles were a big problem, and putting paper over top of the tablet only made my wrist shiver because of the feeling. Wacom sells little felt nibs for about 5 bucks, but you'll pay twice that in shipping. I found a small elastic and a folded napkin or tissue does wonders, adding just the right amount of resistances to prevent that plastic on plastic slip.
3. Keep at it. There are nights were I just want to throw my extremely expensive tablet out the window into the night, but I HAVE gotten better and I AM learning every time I sit down with it. You'll suck now, but in two weeks you'll be better. Two weeks more, and you'll look back at the stuff you did just a couple days ago and scoff. It takes time to get use to it, so keep at it!
Good luck!
Errr, not unless he makes money out of it, sport. He seems to be doing it for his own edification
Type "what is copyright?" in google and then you'll be better informed
When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. As Xavi said, if you receive monetary compensation you need to ask permision.
I have nothing to contribute to this thread except for.... what do you hope to accomplish by painting Gabe's line art, Haze? It's not like it's a very challenging task to tackle.
Well, from what we've seen, it has proven to be somewhat challenging enough?
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Anyway - to add something more constructive.
The first peice isn't really that bad. I do, however, think that the background is killing it. I would much rather see just a flat color-white may even look better.
The second one however is pretty brutal, as many have said. The line sensitivity is such a problem that you are actually changing the expressions of the characters. On top of that, Gabe is missing a line in the third panel. It would seem that his right arm is actually morphing out of his chest.
As MT already mentioned, your goal isn't exactly evident. If you are looking to progress in any way this probably isnt the route to take.
Sorry that my first comment was more so an attack on the concept not to mention misinformed. Good luck in your future work.
So with that said, keep it up. Vary up that line thickness, play with some of the wieght in a way you are uncomfortable with. You'd be surprised what you might end up doing.
I don't and have never thought that I have any talent when it comes to fine arts like drawing, painting... I bought a tablet because I'm a film major and it's great for rotoscoping. I was just wondering if anyone else messed with his drawings.
My art is storytelling. Thanks for those who were encouraging and for those who reacted harshly, I completely agree.
Dave McSweeny.
He's so rediculously good at lines and details that it hurts. Doesn't even shade the pictures; they stand alone purely on the lines and your mind fills in all the details. I'd kill for lines like those.
And you:
no drugs were used in the making of this art
I second that notion.