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I just saw this digital painting program on steam called Black Ink about half price atm. [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/233680/?snr=1_4_4__106_1[/url] What do you guys reckon?
[QUOTE=Jallen;42317509]I just saw this digital painting program on steam called Black Ink about half price atm. [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/233680/?snr=1_4_4__106_1[/url] What do you guys reckon?[/QUOTE] I purchased it several months ago. It has limited layer support at the moment and I feel it's a bit clunky to use. The whole novelety is making your own brushes, but getting anything useful out of it (brushes are very gimmicky to begin with) takes time and really takes away the focus of, you know, actually drawing.
Had to make a poster for art class. So I did this. [t]http://i.imgur.com/hCHGmhj.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=ichiman94;42316608]I love how you give characters to people, but I want to see a finished product from you.[/QUOTE] What are you looking for as far as a finished product? I'm just posting a bunch of stuff from my sketch book.
"Neckbreak." [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34397004/Node/onthehed.png[/IMG]
Aw yeah my poster is #1 on the tf2 subreddit in only an hour!
[QUOTE=MenteR;42316732][img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/3fe0123530d58d32b63a7a09c0b218d5/tumblr_mtr5bn29sr1snm6fco1_r1_1280.png[/img][/QUOTE] Is that a paint over?
[QUOTE=snowboardmoose;42318902]Is that a paint over?[/QUOTE] no, it started as a syria photostudy thing but i decided to add a soldier, a dog and a giant mantis. [editline]26th September 2013[/editline] tbqh this was originally going to be a concept for a game i'm working on but since i didn't post anything in my tumblr i decided to work on something personal :>
[QUOTE=MenteR;42316732][img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/3fe0123530d58d32b63a7a09c0b218d5/tumblr_mtr5bn29sr1snm6fco1_r1_1280.png[/img][/QUOTE] Could you put the tumblr page of this so I can share it? My best friend loves mantises and I'm sure she'll love this piece.
I'm running out of elementals. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/newcharacter3.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Jorori;42318990]Could you put the tumblr page of this so I can share it? My best friend loves mantises and I'm sure she'll love this piece.[/QUOTE] here you go! [url]http://menterart.tumblr.com/post/62361437782/mantis[/url]
[QUOTE=MenteR;42319203]here you go! [url]http://menterart.tumblr.com/post/62361437782/mantis[/url][/QUOTE] reblogged because it's ballin' [editline]27th September 2013[/editline] part of me says that compositionally it might work better if the dominant shape (the mantis) was looking the other way, or at least half-turned so that its gaze leads the eye back into the frame but if you were trying to express a mood or idea through your current compositional choice then that's alright too
[QUOTE=GastricTank;42319168]I'm running out of elementals. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/newcharacter3.png[/img][/QUOTE] God I love your work so much. Have you done any of the side elements? Like the ones that could be considered part of another? Like metal or lightning? Maybe dark or light?
This is a little overwhelming. I got people asking me if there is a version without text for their phones, asking if I am making any more, and some dude even asked if it was ok for him to print this out as a poster and frame it. wow
[QUOTE=Maloof?;42319296]reblogged because it's ballin' [editline]27th September 2013[/editline] part of me says that compositionally it might work better if the dominant shape (the mantis) was looking the other way, or at least half-turned so that its gaze leads the eye back into the frame but if you were trying to express a mood or idea through your current compositional choice then that's alright too[/QUOTE] to guide the viewer's eyes i worked with subtlety, the mantis is staring right at the marine if you haven't noticed. thought it would be pretty cool if it looked like a modern time shadow of the colossus. but yeah, i'm not exactly satisfied with the composition. which is a bummer because i spent a lot of time on this. i tried rearranging the soldier but he looks best where he is right now.
[QUOTE=Robbobin;42316109]I had to strain my eyes so hard to see the goatsee in my robot. what is wrong with you, internet. [editline]26th September 2013[/editline] HE'S JUST A ROBOT GETTIN DOWN AND BOOGYING OKAY[/QUOTE] DON'T LISTEN TO THEM D:
[QUOTE=MenteR;42319655]to guide the viewer's eyes i worked with subtlety, the mantis is staring right at the marine if you haven't noticed. thought it would be pretty cool if it looked like a modern time shadow of the colossus. but yeah, i'm not exactly satisfied with the composition. which is a bummer because i spent a lot of time on this. i tried rearranging the soldier but he looks best where he is right now.[/QUOTE] Oh I see now! It's more about the BIG shape language though. It's the same reason that I'm putting focus on silhouettes and big shapes in my current design project - the details don't matter if the larger shapes that we see on our initial read aren't doing their bit. Maybe something sort of like [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83454840/Images/Menter%20Composition%20Mantis%201.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Reno360;42319478]God I love your work so much. Have you done any of the side elements? Like the ones that could be considered part of another? Like metal or lightning? Maybe dark or light?[/QUOTE] I have done those ones, barring metal. Tay Zarre, the lightbulb guy that I posted here a long time ago, is a dual Light / Electricity elemental. I also just made a dark elemental today, Miss Chance. She casts hexes to cause bad luck. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/quicktay.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/misschance2.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;42317961]Had to make a poster for art class. So I did this. [t]http://i.imgur.com/hCHGmhj.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Hey! I saw this on reddit!
[B]MENTER[/B] is it also ok if I use your image and my criticism in my academic blog as part of my coursework? [URL="http://hoganstudio.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/constructively-criticising-others.html"]Here[/URL]
[QUOTE=Maloof?;42320718][B]MENTER[/B] is it also ok if I use your image and my criticism in my academic blog as part of my coursework? [URL="http://hoganstudio.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/constructively-criticising-others.html"]Here[/URL][/QUOTE] sure dude, go right ahead :)
cheers matey
[QUOTE=Maloof?;42320334]Oh I see now! It's more about the BIG shape language though. It's the same reason that I'm putting focus on silhouettes and big shapes in my current design project - the details don't matter if the larger shapes that we see on our initial read aren't doing their bit. Maybe something sort of like [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83454840/Images/Menter%20Composition%20Mantis%201.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] you drew a scorch dick on the building on the left. stealthy maloof.
Probably one of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to drawing is color. So I'm really gonna try from now on to draw shit and color it. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000754.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000759.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000760.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000761.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000762.jpg[/t] It's fucking horrible when I draw something I like and then fuck it all up because of color.
[img]http://puu.sh/4B7gz/11196aa677.jpg[/img] you fucker. [editline]26th September 2013[/editline] my automerge.
Very pretty Ment I would crop a little from the left if it was me, past the dark break in that wall it all gets a bit repetitive up top, and sort of watery and I'm not a fan of the vignette Then again it looks good when I cover it with my hand but maybe the comp would suffer, dunno
[QUOTE=Cow Muffins;42320588]Hey! I saw this on reddit![/QUOTE] Holy fucking shit 9,581 views on imgur.
[QUOTE=0frost;42320812]Probably one of my biggest weaknesses when it comes to drawing is color. So I'm really gonna try from now on to draw shit and color it. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000754.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000759.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000760.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000761.jpg[/t][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49067800/Draw/WP_000762.jpg[/t] It's fucking horrible when I draw something I like and then fuck it all up because of color.[/QUOTE] Well at the moment you're just colouring in really Just stick to a 2B or something and try to add values. Colour theory is a whole other thing, you should have some grasp of using tone to build your efforts at colour onto. Otherwise you're really in the dark (like above)
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;42320853]Very pretty Ment I would crop a little from the left if it was me, past the dark break in that wall it all gets a bit repetitive up top, and sort of watery and I'm not a fan of the vignette Then again it looks good when I cover it with my hand but maybe the comp would suffer, dunno[/QUOTE] well i tried doing that and it kinda kills the vastness of the composition. it makes it a bit cramped. i tried moving the soldier further to the left but it also feels wrong. :c
[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;42320861]Holy fucking shit 9,581 views on imgur.[/QUOTE] I hope you know that it's popular because of the theme, not because it's the Venus de Milo [editline]27th September 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=MenteR;42320885]well i tried doing that and it kinda kills the vastness of the composition. it makes it a bit cramped. i tried moving the soldier further to the left but it also feels wrong. :c[/QUOTE] Maybe if you just broke up the monotony of that wall, let the sky eat into it some more or something. Maloof's willy is a good start :v:
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