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[Maloof?]

are you flipping the canvas regularly?

[MenteR]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39502720]are you flipping the canvas regularly?[/QUOTE]
i was when i started but after i messed so much with the face i ended up not doing it. not i realise the jaw is fucked up.

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=MenteR;39502766]i was when i started but after i messed so much with the face i ended up not doing it. not i realise the jaw is fucked up.[/QUOTE]

You gotta keep up practices like flipping the image and taking regular breaks away from your desk; I know it's hard to remember but once you get into the habit it'll just feel natural

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

Do you guys keep things like simple anatomy charts and whatnot pinned up near your desks for instant reference while painting?

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

I also found this thread that shows paintovers of other people's work along with written notation; although sometimes the context of the discussion is lost it's still very helpful

[url]http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?265541-Paintovers-for-posterity[/url]

[imMonkeyGOD]

[IMG]http://puu.sh/1YIKv[/IMG]

[editline]sharsonsharks[/editline]

Not sure if better.

[IMG]http://puu.sh/1YJku[/IMG]

[LufOo]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39502832]
Do you guys keep things like simple anatomy charts and whatnot pinned up near your desks for instant reference while painting?
[/QUOTE]

Nope, my goal is to know anatomy in my head so I don't have to use external refrences, although It's going to take some time, I think It will be worth it in the long run.

I keep exercises and shedules on my walls though, and batman telling me to stop procrastinating.

[t]http://puu.sh/1YJDs.jpg[/t]

[jill920]

Nice tablet

[NanoSquid]

[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;39503100]

[IMG]http://puu.sh/1YJku[/IMG][/QUOTE]

.....West Side Story?

[lexus04]

[QUOTE=MenteR;39502344][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/arnold11.png[/img]

arnold photostudy part 1, which i'm not satisfied with because i spent at least 40 minutes on the face alone. 1 hour and 20 minutes.[/QUOTE]

i really like the values on the face

[mako_]

[QUOTE=archangel125;39500578]Just a poem I wrote. As a security guard, part of my nightly patrol takes me to the roof of the building, and being efficient enough to complete the rest of the patrol quickly, I often take some time to just enjoy the scenery.

[B]From The Rooftops[/B]

[B][I]The air is sharp, the city bright, a chill is borne on winter breeze
The heavens turn on starless night, whose shadows shroud the barren trees
Which far below with mankind sleep, and restless dreams stray where they will
The waking world in silence keeps the crawling minutes; all is still.

A weary soul bereft of rest, with eastward gaze, awaiting dawn
I stand enthralled by webs of light from darkened roof I walk upon
But far from here my musings fly, o’er leagues of land, through squall and storm,
To her with whom my thoughts oft lie, where glimmer the first rays of morn.

The pleasant ache returns again, and for a time I wander lost
In secret hope and memory, and dream of summer, though the frost
Lies still and heavy on the ground, and much work yet is to be done
For I can ill-afford to rest until the day my prize is won.

The air is sharp, the city bright, a chill is borne on winter breeze,
The heavens turn on starless night, but this night my heart is at ease
For promise made I will not break, for future that is yet to be,
For though some time I must still wait, the prize I seek waits still for me.[/I][/B]

[editline]6th February 2013[/editline]

Think she'll like it?[/QUOTE]

Bonus points for poetry in bold italics :v:

But stop trying to rhyme and say what you mean, otherwise it's got no soul

[MenteR]

i fixed arnolds jaw and updated my post, also i did a little more work on it but i didn't work 1 hour on it at all, i got a killer headache and i'm gonna get some sleep.

btw you might notice that the background from the original pic is there. i just slapped it as an overlay as a placeholder until i actually get to work on the background.

[kaine123]

[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;39503100][IMG]http://puu.sh/1YIKv[/IMG]

[editline]sharsonsharks[/editline]

Not sure if better.

[IMG]http://puu.sh/1YJku[/IMG][/QUOTE]

This is very reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes.

[The-Chairman]

Trying to get better at lineart

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/N69PPFG.jpg[/img_thumb]

[Ms. Gyroscope]

doodles. trying to get better in general.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/60LVp39.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/qaavatZ.jpg[/t]

I kinda like this cat character.

[mickers]

Does anyone know any good websites/books for muscle structure in animal faces, ive been trying to get some good reference but i cant find much other than common animals like dogs and horses. Specifically atm im looking for turtles.

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;39504040]Bonus points for poetry in bold italics :v:

But stop trying to rhyme and say what you mean, otherwise it's got no soul[/QUOTE]

I could decode it for you. :) I live in Ontario, in the Greater Toronto Area. The land is flat and when I'm up on that rooftop at night, I can see the city lights stretching to every horizon away from me. Those are the webs of light to which I refer. As for gazing Eastward, and 'first rays of morn', that's because the woman I write about, the 'prize' of which I speak, lives in Vermont, many miles east.

[Maloof?]

After a week of not posting any paintings I can finally post the stuff I've been working on

[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed4b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed4a.jpg[/IMG]

I didn't like how these ones were turning out so I abandoned them;

[t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed5.jpg[/t]

[t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed8.jpg[/t]

[Trafficman]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39509260][t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed8.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

You should keep working on this one

[Garrot]

I just discovered the magic of textures.
His name is Sir Lewie
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/SirLewie1.png[/IMG]

[MenteR]

he pumped so much iron his arms got rendered

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/arnold2.png[/img]

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

also i made some ~artsy~ bg because i really don't know how i'm gonna do a proper bg. the ref pic is a jungle clusterfuck.

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

i'm leaving the m16 for last because i can't even understand whats going on in the ref.

[ChestyMcGee]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39509260][t]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/83454840/Images/Speed5.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

cool as shit

[editline]8th February 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=MenteR;39511364]he pumped so much iron his arms got rendered

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/arnold2.png[/img]

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

also i made some ~artsy~ bg because i really don't know how i'm gonna do a proper bg. the ref pic is a jungle clusterfuck.

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

i'm leaving the m16 for last because i can't even understand whats going on in the ref.[/QUOTE]

the tiny forearms are freaking me out and the length of the left shoulder (or the shoulder/bicep ratio) seems a bit weird but i'm not entirely sure

artsy background is a bit high-contrast and sharp for the picture, especially the bright stuff behind his head. it's very distracting

very impressed by how your rendering has come on so quickly though well done

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;39511599]cool as shit[/QUOTE]

Thanks! I really liked the shadows, but the composition was bothering me. I was either going to light up the background and cast the entire foreground into shadow, or darken the background further and use sunlight on the foreground to brighten it. I got frustrated with figuring out what colour/shade/form to make the large jutting structure on the right (a sci-fi engine, pointing into the background (towards the earth)).

I dunno, I might go back to it eventually and do a paintover

[salmonmarine]

Whenever I do machinery i'm unfamiliar with, I always go for a blueprint.

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=TrafficMan;39510031]You should keep working on this one[/QUOTE]

Maybe; it just feel really unimaginative to me and my initial colour choices make me cringe when I look at it.

Maybe if I leave it a little while and do a paintover in a week or so I might be able to save it

[MenteR]

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;39511599]

the tiny forearms are freaking me out and the length of the left shoulder (or the shoulder/bicep ratio) seems a bit weird but i'm not entirely sure

artsy background is a bit high-contrast and sharp for the picture, especially the bright stuff behind his head. it's very distracting

very impressed by how your rendering has come on so quickly though well done[/QUOTE]
before anything thanks dude, i finally got into digital painting and it's great to hear this from people.

it's based off this picture and the bg is high contrast in it too

[t]http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/5894/dutch.jpg[/t]

and about the shoulder/bicep i don't know. i'm just basing it off the picture. could you do a paintover with red to show me exactly what i did wrong? i can't see it :(

[ChestyMcGee]

oh god his arms are so weird

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=salmonmarine;39511648]Whenever I do machinery i'm unfamiliar with, I always go for a blueprint.[/QUOTE]

Do you mean using an existing blueprint as a ref/inspiration, or drawing up a design-view of the thing you're painting?

[editline]8th February 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=MenteR;39511658]well it's based off this picture and the bg is high contrast in it too

[img]http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/5894/dutch.jpg[/img]

and i don't know. i'm just basing it off the picture, what's exactly wrong?[/QUOTE]

My only problem with your painting is the left side of the chin. That grease/war paint he's put on might work in the film where we see his face moving and talking and where the surface colour isn't as important to our perception of form, but when it's a still image and all we have to judge the form by is that image and that specific angle, I think you should take a little artistic license and remove or alter that dark paint smear to better complement the form

[MenteR]

[QUOTE=Maloof?;39511672]
My only problem with your painting is the left side of the chin. That grease/war paint he's put on might work in the film where we see his face moving and talking and where the surface colour isn't as important to our perception of form, but when it's a still image and all we have to judge the form by is that image and that specific angle, I think you should take a little artistic license and remove or alter that dark paint smear to better complement the form[/QUOTE]
i don't think i'm gonna remove the smear but now that i've noticed his chin is slightly broader and shorter in the ref. i'll fix that tomorrow.

[editline]7th February 2013[/editline]

also i'm gonna remove a bit of the light behind his head. i noticed the ref doesn't have as much light as my photostudy.

[Smeetin]

[QUOTE=TrafficMan;39510031]You should keep working on this one[/QUOTE]

I think thats the most generic landscape there. I think the 3rd one he posted needs to be continued.

[MenteR]

is it bad to actually work on photostudies? should i stop as soon as i get the shapes and colors or is it ok to go on and finish it?

[jill920]

Since the values are all fucked up, I call this "Bad values"

[t]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/037/b/a/bad_values_by_rikimaru6811-d5u3j9r.jpg[/t]