[QUOTE=Eltro102;38280686][url]http://www.boostinspiration.com/paintings/artrage-paintings-waheed-nasir/[/url]
???
[editline]2nd November 2012[/editline]
art rage is not obscure and bad and that is pretty egotisitcal assumption to make[/QUOTE]
Waheed Nasir works in Painter. I've seen most of those pieces already via his portfolio which is directly linked from the painter splash, so it's safe to say that whoever posted that article was mistaken or wished to plug artrage badly enough that they misreferenced the artist.
(I'm going to say it's the latter, since the intro paragraph is written like a terrible sales pitch and the rest is copy pasted)
It's a completely logical assumption to make, I have no reason to disparage artrage at all. I don't ever hear about it, I know nobody that uses it, and I don't think I've seen any work produced in it. From reading the wiki article it sounds like it is to Painter what MSPaint is to PS.
[editline]2nd November 2012[/editline]
In any case, posting what an amazing artist has done with any one program isn't much of a guide to how good that program is compared to others. I've seen awesome stuff done in Paint, but I wouldn't cite it and say look at this, Paint is a great art program.
I might ditch the border
[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/306/8/3/house_arrest_by_zacharyhogan-d5jt1wb.jpg[/IMG]
Dang that's pretty awesome. But funny how the house looks crystal-clear compared to its surroundings.
[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;38284003]Dang that's pretty awesome. But funny how the house looks crystal-clear compared to its surroundings.[/QUOTE]
Thanks
Yeah I was concerned about the clarity of it; I just have a habit of making all architectural stuff really clean cut. I might try speedpainting some houses and allowing them to stay a little rough-and-tumble
I think you need to work on making everything else a little clearer; most of your drawings are really rough which is sometimes effective, but it's difficult to tell because it's all you do!
[QUOTE=Robbobin;38284915]I think you need to work on making everything else a little clearer; most of your drawings are really rough which is sometimes effective, but it's difficult to tell because it's all you do![/QUOTE]
I see what you mean! I've done a couple of quite clean ones but when I end up working that cleanly I feel really stiff and it feels pretty forced. I guess maybe I should work rough and then clean it up later. That just occurred to me and feels like a great way to go about it actually. Thanks!
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38216251]
I think you should branch out from plonking big monoliths [i][b]or really flat looking little houses[/b][/i] (or both in this case) into your pieces
It's cool that you have an "other world" theme going consistently, but those particular elements aren't doing your work any favours imo[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38285074]I think you should branch out from plonking big monoliths or really flat looking little houses (or both in this case) into your pieces
It's cool that you have an "other world" theme going consistently, but those particular elements aren't doing your work any favours imo[/QUOTE]
sure do :v:
I love what you've done with that border chicanery though :v:
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38285173]I love what you've done with that border chicanery though :v:[/QUOTE]
Thanks!
I get what you're saying about the houses though; it would be good for me to branch out and do more varied architectural styles
I guess it's just become a running motif in my work
[QUOTE=Robbobin;38274137][img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7346219/Arts/New/SCANtigerredux.jpg[/img]
I fixed up my tiger a little[/QUOTE]
I'm really liking how these come out?
You've probably answered this already but what materials do you use?
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;38287013]I'm really liking how these come out?
You've probably answered this already but what materials do you use?[/QUOTE]
this cardstock [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/A4-Recycled-Kraft-Card-300gsm/dp/B007MF469W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351867883&sr=8-1[/url] (I think)
with [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Letraset-Collectors-ProMarker-Neutral-Tones/dp/B007VDQQAM/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=officeproduct&ie=UTF8&qid=1351867970&sr=1-1-spell]grey promarkers[/url], white chalk and a [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentel-Hybrid-Gel-Grip-Pen/dp/B000KN2ELK/ref=sr_1_3?s=officeproduct&ie=UTF8&qid=1351867929&sr=1-3]white gel pen[/url]
:)
[IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49828537/paints/kasteeldoodle2.png[/IMG]
First version left, second version right.
Improvement or not?
I think right looks better. Keep working into it though, give it some more detail/texture
Maybe I should start drawing with my pad for the details.
That damn Koala I cant stop drawing, style [I]heavily[/I] inspired by [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483797/"]Redline[/URL]
[IMG]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/307/0/e/intense_koala_by_tortoisecreative-d5jtfxh.jpg[/IMG]
Awwh, the woman from the states who bought my pug sent me this photo I thought it was quite nice.
[url]https://ny-image3.etsy.com/006/0/11768388/icm_fullxfull.22517515_9jygp5hbx8o4kkocwwo8.jpg[/url]
[QUOTE=SeneorGoat;38290416]That damn Koala I cant stop drawing, style [I]heavily[/I] inspired by [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483797/"]Redline[/URL]
[IMG]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/307/0/e/intense_koala_by_tortoisecreative-d5jtfxh.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Too much random detail that doesn't contribute to the piece. I think it's overall a nice looking piece, but there are so many problems with it i couldn't call it good.
If you look a bit more closely, Redline's style is that if it has shadows, it's inked. If it doesn't have shadow, it isn't inked, nor shaded. If you look at the images you will see that, despite the heavy impression from the blacklines, there are a lot of clean and undetailed areas, lots of one-colour or purely black areas, especially on the faces.
You've got these lines going hoolahoop all over your image just for the sake of having lots of lines in your image to pay homage to the style and make it look more detailed, even though the details doesn't exist.
It is a very easy thing to do, and we all do it to a bigger or lesser extent, just try and keep in mind that less is more. You don't need all those scribbly lines to make it look stylistic and/or detailed.
It also makes no sense that you made the highlights soft and blurry, everything else is sharp, why is the random highlights across it's fur blurry?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d3sqc.png[/IMG]
Made some fanart, [sp]Starting to think it feels a little empty yet cluttered. now that I'm looking at it off photoshop.[/sp]
[QUOTE=kirederf7;38288973][IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49828537/paints/kasteeldoodle2.png[/IMG]
First version left, second version right.
Improvement or not?[/QUOTE]
It looks a lot better (mostly the ground) but imo you've made the castle too soft unless you're gonna add more hard edges in the gradient
[QUOTE=Eltro102;38291862]It looks a lot better (mostly the ground) but imo you've made the castle too soft unless you're gonna add more hard edges in the gradient[/QUOTE]
I'm going to try and fix that, I'm still getting used to drawing, most of the times I have no idea what I'm doing...
[editline]2nd November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Robbobin;38290716]Awwh, the woman from the states who bought my pug sent me this photo I thought it was quite nice.
[url]https://ny-image3.etsy.com/006/0/11768388/icm_fullxfull.22517515_9jygp5hbx8o4kkocwwo8.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]
That must feel amazing, someone you don't know buying your creation and even framing it.
Well done!
[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;38279805][IMG]http://niggaupload.com/images/MvRQ8.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
This image fits well when listening to a song by pogo, anyways I like what you did with the fists; how they drag behind her arm when she goes upwards.
[QUOTE=kirederf7;38292163]That must feel amazing, someone you don't know buying your creation and even framing it.
Well done![/QUOTE]
Yeah it's great! Most of my sales are total randomers from overseas, it's cool. Some woman from Moscow bought a gouache painting of a pug I did for a friend who's apparently some famous crime novelist who always puts a pug in her novels. I want to do more art to try and sell, but I'm so busy with university at the moment :(
Pixel artooo imsolazy i should work more on this and my other one
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7gA8r.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UEI0f.png[/IMG]
Could anyone give me some advice on the anatomy/perspective/shading/etc. so far?
Also I have no idea how to convey the foreshortening on the the arm with the gun could someone help with that too?
[QUOTE=Lilyo;38293030]Pixel artooo imsolazy i should work more on this and my other one
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7gA8r.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
This is a minecraft thing, right? Try tiling it and seeing how it looks.
[QUOTE=Krinkels;38294666]This is a minecraft thing, right? Try tiling it and seeing how it looks.[/QUOTE]
Well they're just 2D tiles, but yes, I work with Minecraft for it. And they all tile well, I design them while constantly checking that.
[img]http://niggaupload.com/images/g3560.png[/img]
Retroactive
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
That terrible ear annoys me but I don't really believe in going back and reworking things that have gone cold, rather just start another one.Whatever
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;38295058][img]http://niggaupload.com/images/g3560.png[/img]
Retroactive
[editline]3rd November 2012[/editline]
That terrible ear annoys me but I don't really believe in going back and reworking things that have gone cold, rather just start another one.Whatever[/QUOTE]
Nice!
But keep an eye on those desaturated values, especially on the underside of the cheek bones just below the ear
E[QUOTE=dgg;38290883]Too much random detail that doesn't contribute to the piece. I think it's overall a nice looking piece, but there are so many problems with it i couldn't call it good.
If you look a bit more closely, Redline's style is that if it has shadows, it's inked. If it doesn't have shadow, it isn't inked, nor shaded. If you look at the images you will see that, despite the heavy impression from the blacklines, there are a lot of clean and undetailed areas, lots of one-colour or purely black areas, especially on the faces.
You've got these lines going hoolahoop all over your image just for the sake of having lots of lines in your image to pay homage to the style and make it look more detailed, even though the details doesn't exist.
It is a very easy thing to do, and we all do it to a bigger or lesser extent, just try and keep in mind that less is more. You don't need all those scribbly lines to make it look stylistic and/or detailed.
It also makes no sense that you made the highlights soft and blurry, everything else is sharp, why is the random highlights across it's fur blurry?[/QUOTE]
Thanks dgg, the highlights I'm going to take out, it was part of another effect I saw while watching a few scenes. I'll be sure to fix it up
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