Split: Drawing and Shading

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:09 pm

I always make character studies based on skeletal sketches. If the proportions are right on skeletal level, it's easy to keep it that way.

how did you do the third one?

I emphasized the contours with filters after deleting the mess around the character. Then I drew the shadows with a 40%-opaque brush. Then I drew the light with a 30%-opaque brush. The rest is details.

Post by **Ninjas** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:21 pm

One major thing is to put a cast shadow in-- although I worked a couple hours on the shaded version, and I do do this for a living.

The main thing is to keep practicing, and to practice the right things.

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:21 pm

rudel_ic wrote:I always make character studies based on skeletal sketches. If the proportions are right on skeletal level, it's easy to keep it that way.

how did you do the third one?
I emphasized the contours with filters after deleting the mess around the character. Then I drew the shadows with a 40%-opaque brush. Then I drew the light with a 30%-opaque brush. The rest is details.

....how?
remember im kinda new to the internet

rudel_ic · Post by **rudel_ic** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:32 pm

Gimp. http://www.gimp.org/

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:15 pm

i wrote:oh and btw, thats not his real head its a mask
because to join the jackels you have to prove your stength by killing a wolf-like creature (which is namless right now), and use its head to make a mask and use its fur and hide to make shin pads (i would do more but i thought thins up when i was almost finished) then use the scales on its tail to make some sort of trophey

i just found i pic i drew ealier in my maths book which could be tha wolf-like thing ill try upload somtime

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:35 pm

"phew" took me a while to find this topic agian, i know its late but i couldnt think of another topic to post these and keep on topic at the same time, so these are some new pictures ive drawn

this ones called clockwork, it should have dark blood dripping from the eyes but its in black and white so you cant see it well
http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... orkhq1.png

this ones called prisonment im sure you have seen this before somwhere but this picture came entirely from my imagination
http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... entst9.png

this one is called student, called that because it looks like a student at a school of matial arts of some sort, sopost to anyway
http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=studentxx5.png

BunnyWithStick · Post by **BunnyWithStick** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:53 pm

You really are an @\/\/350/\/\3 notebook artist (That's Awesome in Ascii Leetspeek… Originally I had a Sum symbol in there (I think that's what it is) but it came out as an ?)

Spartan X · Post by **Spartan X** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:06 pm

er...david?why don't you put v-nixs Jackle in lugaru 2?you can use Ninjas 3-D thingy and tone him up a bit

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:08 pm

that would be an awsome idea, but, i somehow doubt thats going to happen,

Spartan X · Post by **Spartan X** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:15 pm

yeah...oh well...

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:15 am

rudel_ic wrote:Fanboyism is shining through in some posts, I think.

"Actually, he did pretty damn well on that considering how hard those brushes are to use sometimes." (O RLY? *click click* oops Undo *click* there you go)

"looks really profesional like" (mmmmnope)

"Artistically I much prefer David's version" (Wow, you're really an expert, I suppose. Now... What does artistically mean in this statement? Nothing?)

...what the hell? I suck hehe

It's REALLY late to say something now, but whenever I read this topic I feel bad because it's like 3 pages of ripping on people who thought David's shading was fanboyism.

I wasn't being bias I thought David had really good feedback on shading I thought it was more professional this way but I'm no artist that's just what I liked alright that's all.

Clock work is awesome but it's too abstract for me, I think I see where the eyes are but it's like.. it's crazy man.

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:50 am

the eyes are at the bottem and the top right corner

a few more,

this picture is an old one i found and touched it up a bit, its now called darkness guadian cant remember what it was called before
http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ianxm6.png

this one is called water guardian, im thinking of making other guardians soon but i dont know yet
http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ianeo0.png

this is a vampire at its true form, it did have a realy cool looking tail but it wouldnt fit in on my printer
http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ormny5.png

this is a swamp dragon,
http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... gonwp6.png

i thought the swamp dragon with inverted colours looked pretty cool so here you go, it took a while to load on mine
http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... tedlt7.png

Spartan X · Post by **Spartan X** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:53 pm

very good

v-nix · Post by **v-nix** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:50 pm

this pictures called illusion
its a picture of a person who used an illusion type thing to make him look like a beast and the illusion is deactivating or somthing
http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... on1oc9.png

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:22 pm

v-nix wrote:this pictures called illusion
its a picture of a person who used an illusion type thing to make him look like a beast and the illusion is deactivating or somthing

lol, you're awesome.

These pictures are great.