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[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;34610740]So in summary, shape first, detail second? How do I do, "light, inaccurate strokes"? I'll listen to all the advice you can give.[/QUOTE] I have so many unintentional innuendos about caressing your pencil and moving fast, light, and sloppy, don't you worry [t]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4678/screenshot2012020817562.png[/t] if you move fast and draw faint lines a few times, you build a smoother, more controlled shape than just drawing one big, harsh line the first time around. then you can trace over the part of the light line work that you like and end up with a smoother and more accurate result [t]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3106/screenshot2012020817522.png[/t] but first maybe work on drawing something by looking at an existing image so you start learning what to look for in building those base shapes
[QUOTE=Martut;34607766][t]http://i.imgur.com/aUtS0.png[/t] Tried my hand at speed painting for the first time that I can recall (I've probably tried it a few times before, knowing me, just unsuccessfully) since it was suggested I should so that I could get a hang of starting out "looking right". Took about 30-40 minutes.[/QUOTE] Under lighting can be a bit tricky, nicely done though. Just a quick bit of advice, the chin should be catching a bit more light, right now you have all the light falling behind it and not on it, try to foreshorten it jsut a bit towards the camera by adding a chunk of light hitting it from underneath. Also with under lighting the top of the nose would be shaded, and darker than the underneath of the nose. You seem to have an inconsistent plant of light resting on top of the nose, where it would probably have a pretty strong core shadow right about there with that kind of lighting.. Just watch out for that sort of stuff. And try to add some more temperature change into your lighting, instead of lightin gyour pieces with just white or shading with a dark grey version of the local color, hint them with some colors, as in this piece would look nice with a very desaturated cool yellow tinted light and have some nice redish violets in the shadows.. Currently looks great though, but adding temperature change (as in going from cool to warm or warm to cool) often helps bring a lot more life into a painting. [QUOTE=ADT;34610755]nsfw [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59476659/works/pinup2.png[/url] nsfw [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59476659/works/rogues%20gallery.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I like your style quite a bit, just some gripes with your anatomy on them ladies.. your pelvic box needs some more proper definition, and not just an angular box, the lady on the right seems to have the right idea. The one on the left seems to have a really small waiste for a girl.. And generally you seem to end your rib cages too high.. bring them a bit lower. If you were to feel the side of your waist and find the lowest ribcage, usually there'd only be a 2-3 fingers distance to the top of the pelvic box.. Other than that great characters and style.. Also nice local value compositions on the bottom ones, makes everything pop nicely. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/aUtS0.png[/img_thumb] Also I just realized she's wearing my necklace on her forehead :v:
[QUOTE=daijitsu;34610882]I have so many unintentional innuendos about caressing your pencil and moving fast, light, and sloppy, don't you worry [t]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4678/screenshot2012020817562.png[/t] if you move fast and draw faint lines a few times, you build a smoother, more controlled shape than just drawing one big, harsh line the first time around. then you can trace over the part of the light line work that you like and end up with a smoother and more accurate result [t]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3106/screenshot2012020817522.png[/t] but first maybe work on drawing something by looking at an existing image so you start learning what to look for in building those base shapes[/QUOTE] Thanks, I'm gonna print screen and save that post so I can keep it as notes for the future. I'm going to try on a picture I have while the printer is being fixed.
[QUOTE=theLazyLion;34611270]Under lighting can be a bit tricky, nicely done though. Just a quick bit of advice, the chin should be catching a bit more light, right now you have all the light falling behind it and not on it, try to foreshorten it jsut a bit towards the camera by adding a chunk of light hitting it from underneath. Also with under lighting the top of the nose would be shaded, and darker than the underneath of the nose. You seem to have an inconsistent plant of light resting on top of the nose, where it would probably have a pretty strong core shadow right about there with that kind of lighting.. Just watch out for that sort of stuff. And try to add some more temperature change into your lighting, instead of lightin gyour pieces with just white or shading with a dark grey version of the local color, hint them with some colors, as in this piece would look nice with a very desaturated cool yellow tinted light and have some nice redish violets in the shadows.. Currently looks great though, but adding temperature change (as in going from cool to warm or warm to cool) often helps bring a lot more life into a painting. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/aUtS0.png[/img_thumb] Also I just realized she's wearing my necklace on her forehead :v:[/QUOTE] You have a necklace like that? Weird. Anyway, thank you for the advice and I'll definitely keep your comments in mind. I think I use pure white as a light much too often after you'd mentioned "hinting" them with colors, so I'll definitely work on that. As for the lighting on the top of the nose, I was going for a dim light from the front/top, and then a bright white light from the bottom, I just ended up making the top of the nose highlighted out of habit, which I should get away from doing [i]all the time[/i], so thank you for the advice on that, I understand what you mean about there still being a shadow, though. Thank you so much, for the critique!
[QUOTE=Martut;34611890]You have a necklace like that? Weird. Anyway, thank you for the advice and I'll definitely keep your comments in mind. I think I use pure white as a light much too often after you'd mentioned "hinting" them with colors, so I'll definitely work on that. As for the lighting on the top of the nose, I was going for a dim light from the front/top, and then a bright white light from the bottom, I just ended up making the top of the nose highlighted out of habit, which I should get away from doing [i]all the time[/i], so thank you for the advice on that, I understand what you mean about there still being a shadow, though. Thank you so much, for the critique![/QUOTE] Good to hear :), also a few more things I've just noticed is, well again I'll mention to take care of your light source seeing as you have and under lighting but the bottom of the cheeks are darker than above them.. same thing with the eyes, chin, and some other places... Also some shadow could be applied to the top of the head to help convey the light source is from the bottom.. To get better at conveying light source, draw from ref some images with strong light sources, comin in from angles you've never done before.. Hardest one would be something like an upside down pose with under lighting. Then once you're comfortable with that, move onto something with duel light sources.. as in strong lights coming in from both sides, and tone one of the light sources down, so you'd have one main strong one and another softer one.. That's also a good form of practicing light sources.. Pretty much what I did here [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12913216/Art/Tradtional%20Drawings/IMG_1647.png[/img_thumb] It'll help you improvise lighting later on
[img]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/039/9/d/graphite_still_life_1_by_dyson6-d4p3ihx.png[/img] Here's a practice still life I did. Those white scratches are there because I made the mistake of using an 8H pencil for the outlines which engraved the paper.
I need some opinions. I need to start a new painting (acrylic) and I'm not sure what to chose. The focus is motion, so i was thinking of doing something interesting and colorful like a long exposure highway or a rainy street. Ideas? [t]http://www.marketwallpapers.com/wallpapers/28/wallpaper-150870.jpg[/t] [t]http://schoenfeldt.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/IMG_0982_larger_star.jpg[/t] or [t]http://genedoucette.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/wet-city-street.jpg[/t] [t]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmvn99mU01qbj2ylo1_500.gif[/t]
[QUOTE=Lilyo;34612583]I need some opinions. I need to start a new painting (acrylic) and I'm not sure what to chose. The focus is motion, so i was thinking of doing something interesting and colorful like a long exposure highway or a rainy street. Ideas? [img_thumb]http://genedoucette.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/wet-city-street.jpg[/img_thumb] [/QUOTE] I like that one the most, but painting that in acrylic is going to be a bitch. Go for the second one, has nice compliments of red lights and a blue sky.. and a nice composition
Not completely relevant, but I want to hug the Lion in your avatar. [editline]9:49[/editline] <3
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[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;34611516]Thanks, I'm gonna print screen and save that post so I can keep it as notes for the future. I'm going to try on a picture I have while the printer is being fixed.[/QUOTE] mmmmmmmmhm [t]http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/7074/screenshot2012020821252.png[/t]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1925002/Pics/damnithonky.png[/img] doodled a metroid
[QUOTE=EqueL;34610012][img]http://i.imgur.com/QDEG1.jpg[/img] Just cause I haven't made anything in ages, and been lazy, forced myself to do something today. I feel like it's missing something though.[/QUOTE] If this is done with brushes I am amazed. This is what gets a photo manipulation whore a hardon. You've created an amazing depth here, well done. [editline]9th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Lilyo;34612583]I need some opinions. I need to start a new painting (acrylic) and I'm not sure what to chose. The focus is motion, so i was thinking of doing something interesting and colorful like a long exposure highway or a rainy street. Ideas? [t]http://www.marketwallpapers.com/wallpapers/28/wallpaper-150870.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] When I visualize a photo painted (especially with acrylic or oil) I try to imagine it on a wall, as a decoration if you will. That's why I think the first one would end up being the nicest as an acrylic painting.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/i3LTQ.png[/t] Yes, his ear is pointed on purpose. Don't know [i]why[/i] I did it, but I did it. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/benegizer/794321122/lightbox/]Ref image for lighting[/url] I'm going to try to do some full-body stuff tomorrow.
[QUOTE=Martut;34614872][t]http://i.imgur.com/i3LTQ.png[/t] Yes, his ear is pointed on purpose. Don't know [i]why[/i] I did it, but I did it. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/benegizer/794321122/lightbox/]Ref image for lighting[/url] I'm going to try to do some full-body stuff tomorrow.[/QUOTE] Even if pointed, the ear is too long, should start at bottom of nose and end at eye socket area.
Very nice, try popping some warms, like you did in the ear, around the nose and lips.. lighting that falls at a 90 degree angle downward would have a slight plane change between the front of the cheek and the muzzle under the laugh lines. Just look at the reference, front of cheek is light grey, and then a dark laugh line, then even lighter muzzle around the mouth. Also the shadow curving on the tip/edge of the nose is giving the illusion that the lighting is 3/4 above him and not directly above him like you're showing with the rest of the face's shading.. Also seeing as how the contrast is so strong you have really powerful blacks and whites, not really any midtone that's fine.. however you should have one be your focal group of values where you get the most detail out, as in have your brights have the most detail and your darks just wash away, or your darks have detail while your brights wash out.. or even have both in detail, for now both darks and lights seem to be washed out, usually this is fine is you have a good amount of detail around the mid tone value, but you don't have much mid tone to work with so i'd suggest pumping up the detail around the lighter areas and have everything in the shadows just wash out and fade. This is not necessarily but it helps with keeping the eye interested and flowing through the piece to keep jumping from harsh details to soft shadows and back and forth. But overall very nice piece.. one of my recent favorites of yours :)
[QUOTE=1chains1;34614894]Even if pointed, the ear is too long, should start at bottom of nose and end at eye socket area.[/QUOTE] Well... I know that the ear goes to in-between the upper eyelid and the brow, I was just having some fun with the ear and screwing with proportions because I knew the correct ones for the ear, but it is a little too low now that you mention it. I was going for a "longer" ear. Thank you though! [QUOTE=theLazyLion;34614933]Very nice, try popping some warms, like you did in the ear, around the nose and lips.. lighting that falls at a 90 degree angle downward would have a slight plane change between the front of the cheek and the muzzle under the laugh lines. Just look at the reference, front of cheek is light grey, and then a dark laugh line, then even lighter muzzle around the mouth. Also the shadow curving on the tip/edge of the nose is giving the illusion that the lighting is 3/4 above him and not directly above him like you're showing with the rest of the face's shading.. Also seeing as how the contrast is so strong you have really powerful blacks and whites, not really any midtone that's fine.. however you should have one be your focal group of values where you get the most detail out, as in have your brights have the most detail and your darks just wash away, or your darks have detail while your brights wash out.. or even have both in detail, for now both darks and lights seem to be washed out, usually this is fine is you have a good amount of detail around the mid tone value, but you don't have much mid tone to work with so i'd suggest pumping up the detail around the lighter areas and have everything in the shadows just wash out and fade. This is not necessarily but it helps with keeping the eye interested and flowing through the piece to keep jumping from harsh details to soft shadows and back and forth. But overall very nice piece.. one of your recent favorites of mine :)[/QUOTE] Thank you for all of the tips and the critique! I'd never really considered (consciously, anyway) the focal group of values, and I did try to sneak some warm tones in around the nose and the lips but I think I ended up rendering over them, so I'll see if I can't mend that quick. Thanks for the compliment on it too.
[IMG]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7881/yepreallymad2.png[/IMG] quick thing i made, testing out cel renderer in c4d
it looks nice. i may use it as a wallpaper if it weren't because of the unnecessary black stripes.
[QUOTE=Caragolpe;34615406]it looks nice. i may use it as a wallpaper if it weren't because of the unnecessary black stripes.[/QUOTE] Thanks, and its my desktop background right now, and for some reason i love massive letterboxes ;D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtHbld5kCo[/media] I was trying out the technique I use for oil painting with this photostudy, using an under layer painting of dark skin tone and then just work on planting colors on top, all one one layer and decided to record it. Definitely some proportions I could have fixed but I'm done with this. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12913216/Art/Digital%20Paintings/drawing%20small.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=theLazyLion;34611270]I like your style quite a bit, just some gripes with your anatomy on them ladies.. your pelvic box needs some more proper definition, and not just an angular box, the lady on the right seems to have the right idea. The one on the left seems to have a really small waiste for a girl.. And generally you seem to end your rib cages too high.. bring them a bit lower. If you were to feel the side of your waist and find the lowest ribcage, usually there'd only be a 2-3 fingers distance to the top of the pelvic box.. Other than that great characters and style.. Also nice local value compositions on the bottom ones, makes everything pop nicely.[/QUOTE] Ah many thanks, you don't know how much I appreciate these comments. As for the anatomy, yeah it's still a bit messy, but it got better since I use trapezoid forms (instead of squares) when constructing the figure.
[QUOTE=ADT;34615522]Ah many thanks, you don't know how much I appreciate these comments. As for the anatomy, yeah it's still a bit messy, but it got better since I use trapezoid forms (instead of squares) when constructing the figure.[/QUOTE] Anatomy will get better after practice :)
[QUOTE=Brandong;34615375][IMG]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7881/yepreallymad2.png[/IMG] quick thing i made, testing out cel renderer in c4d[/QUOTE] I like this. Kind of edgy and abstractish; like some sort of organism, but with a funny/cute/neat little speech caption
oh yeah it's really nice
I like the really tight letterboxing too - it does something really interesting to the scale of both the ball and the text
Today I'm going to an open house at the Animation Workshop nearby. They basically offer a bachelor education as animator or CG artist. I've been asked to bring some drawings their students can look at and judge. I am absolutely terrified of what the reaction will be. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BEUUf.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vDA1T.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DfmkQ.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zJv8a.png[/IMG] I've shown off a couple of these before, but these are all I'll be able to bring along for the open house. I've just recently regained time to draw again so I haven't had the time to prepare with drawings. I wouldn't put these in a portfolio but it'll be nice to know where my chances of getting in stand. They only accept 25 people on each course per year so there's some insane competition.
I need help from someone that is experienced with stenciling designs onto walls. I want to paint a logo on my wall but I don't know how i'm going to stick it on. I have the giant paper stencil that I made (un cut) and I was thinking of using double sided masking tape, coating the side that I want to stick it on the wall with then cutting out the design so each part of the logo has tape on it but double sided masking tape doesn't exist here. Any other suggestions?
Use normal masking tape on the corners, put a disposable glove on your free hand and press each part you're spraying tight into the wall as you go. Use your paint sparingly and don't spray too close to the wall and you shouldn't have any bleed. My scanner decided to work for the first time in who knows how long, so.. Quick and rough face, kind of skewed but I think I could go places with this style if I did it more often [img]http://i.imgur.com/sGEy2l.jpg[/img]
It kinda has that look of you did each part individually instead of as a whole.
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