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I did a little paintover. Its a hard area to do and I certainly can't draw the ladies like you, but I hope this helps.
Mmm, I agree and disagree at the same time!
It certainly lets the viewer know that the jawline is present and accounted for, but the way you rendered it completely flattens the face, and a lot of volume seems to have been lost in the skull.
I think Wakkawa had the right idea with his touch-up. It works at that angle much better.
I like where it's going. My only complaint at this stage is that the hair color is too saturated. Even if it's supposed to draw the eye, it's on a completely different level than the rest of the colors.
It looks too saturated because everything else is too dull. Play with more contrast, and it might fit.
Going with this over dulling the hair down, what's the point of dull pink hair anyway. Also because lack of contrast and graying things down seems to be a consistent habit with your stuff, and it'd probably be good to try to force yourself to be a bit bolder with color choices.
A bit of a paintover, main thing is boosting the contrast a bit overall with a Curves layer, and beyond that just bringing in more darks and a (somewhat arbitrarily chosen) purple color into the shadows to get a bit of interesting color contrast working instead of leaving it so close to local color, and rounding out the forms of the limbs to be more cylindrical, and defined. Also worked to make the lighting more consistent- in the original you've sort of got the lights on the legs appearing to show the source as being front on, between the legs, but on the arm it's coming from the left.
thanks bacon - that helps a lot
i have an issue with staying away from darks, i try to go to those at the very end, and by the end, i feel like its just too much. but this shows that it surely is not!
thanks!
Whenever you post, people always tell you to stop scribbling.
Stop scribbling!
yeboy! i was working on that during the whole thing actually, since the bridgmans books always say " do a line down the heavy side" and such ive been doing more lines on purpose.
Mostof those scribbles i use to establish where the curve is going and stuff like that, otherwise i get lost
On the whole I actually like the old page quite a bit better. The top left expression is far more expressive (and funnier) in the original, and there's just a better sense of energy about the whole thing. The poses on the newer one are looking a bit wooden.
On the whole I actually like the old page quite a bit better. The top left expression is far more expressive (and funnier) in the original, and there's just a better sense of energy about the whole thing. The poses on the newer one are looking a bit stilted and wooden.
Point taken. The original was drawn on paper, the newer one is all digital. Its hard to capture that same energy when you go all digital. Also, how Scott Mccloud said about being anatomically correct, but being stiff, vs being a little bit more loose (cartoony) gives it more life(I'm probably misquoting/misinterpreting him). I have to find that balance.
Need some helps. My work has me do caricature for the people who retire. It's usually pretty fun, but this time it is my former boss and also artist and I'd like to make him proud:
he likes to paint and grill...
here is his real life picture:
His glasses have changed which is why they are square, any crits to help me out here?
awesome
i find the stroke on the explosion behind him entirely too bold, and therefore distracting
if you make it another color, like say... yellow it won't be as bad i don't think
A collaborative sketch my buddy Mike and I did using my tablet on the plane yesterday. We also did one in my sketchbook but I haven't gotten around to taking photos of it yet.
Here are some zoo sketches from a little bit back:
Here is the other collaborative sketch we did on the plane:
And here are two old man drawings. The first I did from reference while sitting at Mike Hayes' booth, and the second Lucas Graciano did out of his head while talking to Volkan Baga.
I feel bad posting this here since everything else in here looks so much better but I am toying around with a Christmas idea for my girlfriend and would really appreciate any advice you folks have.
I have the artistic talent of a kinder gardener, and that could be construed as insulting to them, but I am a broke ass law student with a frustrated artist inside so I thought a picture would be fun gift. I of course would like it to be as good as I can make it.
This picture is the starting sketch of what I am hoping will be a fully colored image when it is completed. The basic idea is that the circle at the bottom will be the core of the earth, and the one at the top will be the sun.
Any and all thoughts would be appreciated as this is the first "serious" thing I have drawn since elementary.
Been doing really quick environment studies in photoshop the last few days. Most people probably know i want to get into concept art in the future, so while im spending time learning to draw, i figure i should try to keep these studies up too. This is about 20 mins in photoshop - no reference. Not going to bother refining as my lack of knowledge and skills will only make it turn out shit anyway
i gotta say man, kudos on sticking out this game idea
i think it's great that you're really following through and getting this work done
it will be a great piece for a portfolio
A collaborative sketch my buddy Mike and I did using my tablet on the plane yesterday. We also did one in my sketchbook but I haven't gotten around to taking photos of it yet.
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not sure what that purple-white mark on her chest is though?
Left over from the sketch, ha. Just a highlight mark so I could get the lights down. I'll get rid of that.
Also, those aren't really little shoulders. They were suppose to be little pink collars, but it makes the shoulders look really tiny instead.
I notice these things after I post it of course.
Mmm, I agree and disagree at the same time!
It certainly lets the viewer know that the jawline is present and accounted for, but the way you rendered it completely flattens the face, and a lot of volume seems to have been lost in the skull.
I think Wakkawa had the right idea with his touch-up. It works at that angle much better.
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ive barely begun but really, rip it to shreds
I'd say that she doesn't look balanced, like she's about to fall over towards her shoulder bag.
but primarily this is hot as shit. do continue.
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Going with this over dulling the hair down, what's the point of dull pink hair anyway. Also because lack of contrast and graying things down seems to be a consistent habit with your stuff, and it'd probably be good to try to force yourself to be a bit bolder with color choices.
A bit of a paintover, main thing is boosting the contrast a bit overall with a Curves layer, and beyond that just bringing in more darks and a (somewhat arbitrarily chosen) purple color into the shadows to get a bit of interesting color contrast working instead of leaving it so close to local color, and rounding out the forms of the limbs to be more cylindrical, and defined. Also worked to make the lighting more consistent- in the original you've sort of got the lights on the legs appearing to show the source as being front on, between the legs, but on the arm it's coming from the left.
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i would like some advice on the doodle
Stop scribbling!
i have an issue with staying away from darks, i try to go to those at the very end, and by the end, i feel like its just too much. but this shows that it surely is not!
thanks!
Right now she looks like she's going to tip over to the left.
That's kind of a big gun, it's a simple fix, and will save a lot of headache later down the road, trust me.
yeboy! i was working on that during the whole thing actually, since the bridgmans books always say " do a line down the heavy side" and such ive been doing more lines on purpose.
Mostof those scribbles i use to establish where the curve is going and stuff like that, otherwise i get lost
like leaning away from us or something
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Still, the monkey anatomy is impossible fucked up, but i don't care. I feel better. I'm going to go into hiding for a long while.
he likes to paint and grill...
here is his real life picture:
His glasses have changed which is why they are square, any crits to help me out here?
i find the stroke on the explosion behind him entirely too bold, and therefore distracting
if you make it another color, like say... yellow it won't be as bad i don't think
Speaking of eyeballs:
I bet you did
Here are some zoo sketches from a little bit back:
Here is the other collaborative sketch we did on the plane:
And here are two old man drawings. The first I did from reference while sitting at Mike Hayes' booth, and the second Lucas Graciano did out of his head while talking to Volkan Baga.
I have the artistic talent of a kinder gardener, and that could be construed as insulting to them, but I am a broke ass law student with a frustrated artist inside so I thought a picture would be fun gift. I of course would like it to be as good as I can make it.
This picture is the starting sketch of what I am hoping will be a fully colored image when it is completed. The basic idea is that the circle at the bottom will be the core of the earth, and the one at the top will be the sun.
Any and all thoughts would be appreciated as this is the first "serious" thing I have drawn since elementary.
Sorry it is so freaking huge.
If it's possible, I'm more afraid of hands in 3d than I am in 2d.
i gotta say man, kudos on sticking out this game idea
i think it's great that you're really following through and getting this work done
it will be a great piece for a portfolio
It's like Dinotopia
but not as awesome