Trying my hand at a new style. Copying one of the 38 Views of Mt. Fuji.
Self criting, I'd redo the wave lines on the left side to give it more depth. Anyone else's input is
appreciated.
not to sound too dickish, but trying a new style is not the same as copying. New style is something new from you. copying is well copying. and you can either copy well or not copy well. this isn't really a good copy. if you want to copy the pic i suggest laying out a grid.
if you're looking for a new style, i think you need to just draw from life every day. don't worry about copying other works of art. just draw, read up on prespective and anatomy and draw draw draw. a style will then emerge from you.
hope this helps. it might not be what you're looking for but it's prob the most sound advice you'll get from every good artist in here.
Dude? I had a thread some time ago when I specifically asked people to draw members of the 5 races of Resonance (the other two being Geckobs (as my avatar) and elves) to help me improve the designs by leeching off others' ideas.
Dude? I had a thread some time ago when I specifically asked people to draw members of the 5 races of Resonance (the other two being Geckobs (as my avatar) and elves) to help me improve the designs by leeching off others' ideas.
In other words: OH GOD YES PLEASE!
Awesome! To give you an idea, I'm imagining a long skull with a quadruple lobed brain (these guys look intelligent) and four arms.
Trying my hand at a new style. Copying one of the 38 Views of Mt. Fuji.
Self criting, I'd redo the wave lines on the left side to give it more depth. Anyone else's input is
appreciated.
not to sound too dickish, but trying a new style is not the same as copying. New style is something new from you. copying is well copying. and you can either copy well or not copy well. this isn't really a good copy. if you want to copy the pic i suggest laying out a grid.
if you're looking for a new style, i think you need to just draw from life every day. don't worry about copying other works of art. just draw, read up on prespective and anatomy and draw draw draw. a style will then emerge from you.
hope this helps. it might not be what you're looking for but it's prob the most sound advice you'll get from every good artist in here.
Haha. I've seen you dish out quite worse so I think I got off pretty light. I do draw mostly from life but I was getting bored and wanted to try something different. I guess I'll just keep my nose to the grindstone.
I a) don't normally do speedpaints, and b) don't draw landscapes so I think it came out OK. Any tips would be awesome though. I googled some fig trees and fungus to get an idea of what they look like. I had this image in my head the other night of a forest of huge pale trees and no other plants save brightly coloured mushrooms.
Excellent stuff Harvest and I dig the painting a lot. One thing though, I don't think it was intentional, but that forehead in the painting looks very wrong.
Edit: I feel like the figures left eye should be visible as well.
Excellent stuff Harvest and I dig the painting a lot. One thing though, I don't think it was intentional, but that forehead in the painting looks very wrong.
eesh, I struggled with that for way, way too long. I agree with you, that it definitely didn't come out correctly, but somehow I just couldn't fix it.
I tried thinking about how the face structure works, this is the best I could come up with.
It may help to bring that hair down a bit, extend the brow a bit and give the viewer some definition of the eye/brow. I don't know if it's the correct way of going about it, but it made sense to me.
Moss: That's hardly manga. If all manga looked like that then I would like manga.
mayday: I liked the old goblin faces better, but I guess you're aiming for a more realistic style? I don't know, I haven't actually been reading posts, just looking at the art.
AoB: You made me realize how much lighting and textures affect how realistic something looks, not just intricate modeling.
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BRO LET ME GET REAL WITH YOU AND SAY THAT MY FINGERS ARE PREPPED AND HOT LIKE THE SURFACE OF THE SUN TO BRING RADICAL BEATS SO SMOOTH THE SHIT WILL BE MEDICINAL-GRADE TRIPNASTY MAKING ALL BRAINWAVES ROLL ON THE SURFACE OF A BALLS-FEISTY NEURAL RAINBOW CRACKA-LACKIN' YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE HERE-NOW SPACE-TIME SITUATION THAT ALL OF LIFE BE JAMMED UP IN THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL FLOW BEATS
NakedZerglingA more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
i just CAN'T get a handle on this digital painting thing. i feel like i'm not improving.
are there any good books or toutorial out there?
should i just read up more on regular painting?
ha ha
i just had to try this. sorry for taking up so much space.
mayday: I liked the old goblin faces better, but I guess you're aiming for a more realistic style? I don't know, I haven't actually been reading posts, just looking at the art.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm trying to achieve here. It's supposed to serve as concept art for a fantasy/hi-tech setting.
I really like that cloud. It kind of has a painterly feeling to it. Looks like a book illustration or something. :P
As far as the digital painting in general...what do you feel you're not getting?
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NakedZerglingA more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered Userregular
edited December 2007
i feel i have a real issue knowing what colors to choose if it's not from refrence, and though i use the "alt" eyedropper trick i have a real issue blending well.
i feel i have a real issue knowing what colors to choose if it's not from refrence, and though i use the "alt" eyedropper trick i have a real issue blending well.
i feel my stuff never looks smooth.
Well, for one, it looks like you're using a hard brush with the opacity lowered. If you try jacking up the opacity and switching to a soft-edged brush, I think that'll help a lot. Also, if you're still getting too much of an "edge", try just using more colors in between the two you're trying to blend...so, as a rough example, instead of blending a red and a yellow....blend red to red-orange, to orange, to orange-yellow, to yellow. It'll give a softer appearance.
I think as far as the color theory problem goes...I would just suggest you keep practising. You just have to train your eye, and sometimes that takes awhile. The eye-dropper thing was a good thing for me, personally - I feel I learned a good amount by that. Also, if you "blur" your vision a bit and put things out of focus, it makes it easier to tell what colors are.
Also-also, are you using pure white on your backgrounds, when you first start off? Another good trick is to put a neutral-ish color down first, it makes all your future color choices much more accurate...anything like blue-gray, dull tan, etc. As long as it's a midtone and not very saturated, it should work (in my personal experience. I also don't use straight gray, I find I work better if the BG has a hint of color in it).
got another t-shirt design in the works... Thank God finals are over so I can finally have fun
Any thoughts or remarks on this one?
The "See" was easy to spot...the "can", a bit more difficult...and by then, I knew I was looking for an "I", and I found that...but maybe make the first two a bit easier to read?
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not to sound too dickish, but trying a new style is not the same as copying. New style is something new from you. copying is well copying. and you can either copy well or not copy well. this isn't really a good copy. if you want to copy the pic i suggest laying out a grid.
if you're looking for a new style, i think you need to just draw from life every day. don't worry about copying other works of art. just draw, read up on prespective and anatomy and draw draw draw. a style will then emerge from you.
hope this helps. it might not be what you're looking for but it's prob the most sound advice you'll get from every good artist in here.
Not trying to kill your amorous buzz man, but she looks quite a bit bigger in your drawing.
Also, Mayday, can I draw a Tahin? Pweese?
In other words: OH GOD YES PLEASE!
Awesome! To give you an idea, I'm imagining a long skull with a quadruple lobed brain (these guys look intelligent) and four arms.
A skull with four arms? Tell me more.
P.S. Haha, GO, that's depressing!
EDIT: BOTP YAY!
Also, I found that thread, Tam! Good times...
NOOOO! I can't find my Wacom pen!
10 minute painting up in hurr
Haha. I've seen you dish out quite worse so I think I got off pretty light. I do draw mostly from life but I was getting bored and wanted to try something different. I guess I'll just keep my nose to the grindstone.
I a) don't normally do speedpaints, and b) don't draw landscapes so I think it came out OK. Any tips would be awesome though. I googled some fig trees and fungus to get an idea of what they look like. I had this image in my head the other night of a forest of huge pale trees and no other plants save brightly coloured mushrooms.
Awesome art everyone, (yes, I actually looked at all 21 pages... O.o)
Just some stuff I drew about...2 years ago. Just doodles.
Hehe, the background is my planner. :P
...uh-oh....its kinda le huge, and I dunno how to make it smaller, le noob here...
"I was born; six gun in my hand; behind the gun; I make my final stand"~Bad Company
And here's a painting I just recently finished for my sister. Each panel is 10"x40".
Edit: I feel like the figures left eye should be visible as well.
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eesh, I struggled with that for way, way too long. I agree with you, that it definitely didn't come out correctly, but somehow I just couldn't fix it.
It may help to bring that hair down a bit, extend the brow a bit and give the viewer some definition of the eye/brow. I don't know if it's the correct way of going about it, but it made sense to me.
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Finished latest wow fanart for another friend:
edit: wasn't satisfied, made changes...again...I. Just. Can't. Like. It.
"I was born; six gun in my hand; behind the gun; I make my final stand"~Bad Company
Myk- that's kinda messy, I can't really make out the details.
Anyway, continuing along:
MANGA LOL
mayday: I liked the old goblin faces better, but I guess you're aiming for a more realistic style? I don't know, I haven't actually been reading posts, just looking at the art.
AoB: You made me realize how much lighting and textures affect how realistic something looks, not just intricate modeling.
RAWR!
i just CAN'T get a handle on this digital painting thing. i feel like i'm not improving.
are there any good books or toutorial out there?
should i just read up more on regular painting?
ha ha
i just had to try this. sorry for taking up so much space.
As far as the digital painting in general...what do you feel you're not getting?
i feel my stuff never looks smooth.
Any thoughts or remarks on this one?
Edit: NakedZergling, this website http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery has good tutorials about blending.
Well, for one, it looks like you're using a hard brush with the opacity lowered. If you try jacking up the opacity and switching to a soft-edged brush, I think that'll help a lot. Also, if you're still getting too much of an "edge", try just using more colors in between the two you're trying to blend...so, as a rough example, instead of blending a red and a yellow....blend red to red-orange, to orange, to orange-yellow, to yellow. It'll give a softer appearance.
I think as far as the color theory problem goes...I would just suggest you keep practising. You just have to train your eye, and sometimes that takes awhile. The eye-dropper thing was a good thing for me, personally - I feel I learned a good amount by that. Also, if you "blur" your vision a bit and put things out of focus, it makes it easier to tell what colors are.
Also-also, are you using pure white on your backgrounds, when you first start off? Another good trick is to put a neutral-ish color down first, it makes all your future color choices much more accurate...anything like blue-gray, dull tan, etc. As long as it's a midtone and not very saturated, it should work (in my personal experience. I also don't use straight gray, I find I work better if the BG has a hint of color in it).
The "See" was easy to spot...the "can", a bit more difficult...and by then, I knew I was looking for an "I", and I found that...but maybe make the first two a bit easier to read?