Rag man, Gun man. Full color.

The One Dark Knight

Finally finished my first color piece.


Took me 7-8 hours total, mouse, photoshop 7.


I haven't put a background on it yet because I can't be bothered to draw one. The picture is of Alan Gerrard and the Ragman, post apocalytpic western heroes.

Alan's gun is called 'Bertha', for those interested.


Comments/crits/ideas for backgrounds would be welcome.


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P.S. That was EXHAUSTING.

Spectre-x

Aw dang, I was hoping for the awesome DC superhero Ragman.

But this is good, too.

The guy's forearm is too long, your linework could be smoother, and the ragman's hat's shadow looks very artificial, all at a first glance.

CatnipCat

The eyes need lensflare

Munch

Spectre-X already mentioned my main beef, the scratchiness of the linework, so let me address a few other things. First, I really like the design of that gun. But the tail ends of that scarf look more like a liquid splashing around, or some weird plant. I guess it was supposed to look like bullets had passed through it or something, but that's not what I get from it at first glance. I also can't tell if the portion that's appearing from behind Alan's back is coming from his own scarf/neckerchief, or Ragman's.

MagicToaster

The scarf peeking through the guys back looks like a massive gush of blood.

Scosglen

Aside from the scratchy lines as already mentioned, the cloth is fairly unconvinging and stiff-looking in places; particularly near the neck portions of the scarves and the tails.

I'd also recommend trying to get away from just using local shading (darker values of the same base color to create shadow). Using colored light and light reflections makes for a much more vibrant and interesting image, and your characters won't look like they're standing in a photo studio.

The One Dark Knight

Cheers, thanks for the crits guys.


I know about the scarf issue... I was too lazy to fix it and decided to just finish coloring and get some practice.


Lines are scratchy because I didn't ink this image but darkened the pencil lines in photoshop instead. I probably will ink them next time


And yes, my cloth/anatomy needs work.


Edit: Scos, that sounds like a good idea, I definately will try that out next time I color something.

Tweaked_Bat_

Also don't paint onto a white canvas...

I'm not really a colouring expert, but to me it seems the colours are a little too saturated in places, and overall the piece doesn't really have much of a sense of unity, for lack of a better word, because everything is a different colour, and there is nothing linking all those colours together. Kinda just looks like you went: "ok, his scarf is red *paints red*, his hat is brown *paints brown*" etc etc without thinking about the piece as a whole.

EDIT: I really love the character designs/concept though!

chowder_monkey

That's really impressive. You're pretty good at drawing and coloring!
I thought the rough lines looked artsy, I liked them.

Arfenhouse

I honestly don't like the way his pose is...it looks as if he is bending backwards, and that position would hurt his hips (he wouldn't be smiling). His arm is wierd proportioned, that's been mentioned. The hand is huge, it's as big as his whole head.

The face also looks flat, like it's not wrapping around his head (as it should). Part of the problem may be because the angle of the eyes to each other doesn't match to the ears.

On the positive side, the character designs are unique, and could be fleshed out thoroughly (ie Where does his scar come from, why is his gun Bertha, do he and Vincent shop at the same store for cloaks?)

Staleghoti

Ya, Trigun was pretty cool

terrasque12

Very cool my friend, nice work

Zephonate

Love the whole concept. The Rag Man's rag looks a bit like it ends in a blood spurt rather than tatters, but still looks neat. Like the shading and the clothing.

The One Dark Knight

Thanks for crits/comments guys. This is just my first piece, so this really helps for any later coloring I will be doing