Duck_LOrange

I think he was eaten by a volcano!!

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It could happen!

Yea...well... *covers up continuity error*...

This kitty was cuter than all the other kitties, and refused to power TA's armour with it's cuteness. Now TA fears the kitty, because it's cuteness is like, level 54, and can totally own him.

^_^ thanks!

TA: Fear teh kitteh!

I needed to take a short break from the other pieces I'm working on, and decided to draw something quick, fun, and goofy to pass the time. As a result, Thor's Assassin has now revealed his greatest fear! Muahahahaha.

Thanks TA

Ok, I reworked the blade a little bit - introduced a slight curve, and redraw the angle it meets the hilt at. Looks somewhat better now.

I think I'm going to pass on repositioning his right hand for now - I played with it, but it just ended up making his arm look broken :P

The art is meant to reflect the game character it is inspired by. It's correct in context.

Yea, the blade was actually bothering me for the last while. I'll likely fiddle with it later.

On my original Sketch, I had Hype's proportions too small - he was about the same height as Fierce, and his shoulders weren't wide enough. In my process of stretching/skewing parts of the sketch to get his size and torso correct, I kind of warped the sword, so the angle doesn't look right (and the lack of a curve is just me being careless).

And regarding the lefthand/right hand... CoH characters hold their Katana with the lefthand topmost, not the right. The artwork matches the game in that respect. However, I do need to put a gap between his two hands.

Following up on my Moiread and Alan S piece, I've completed another Guardian Couple.. this time myself, and my misses

Hype Rewind & Fierce Kitten

We actually met during a Terra Volta Respec trial playing these two characters, so it just seemed appropriate.


I'm actually liking my outline style better on the Moi/Alan piece - I may end up reinking/colouring this one at some point.

Thanks for all the feedback guys, glad to hear from people.

I'm still getting my feet wet, so to speak. As a Duck, they really should be wet already, but it's a whole new pond :P

I'm sure I'll be open to requests sometime in the near future.... I do have a few more of my own characters I'd like to complete first

Hey guys,

I sketched this one up a few nights ago, and got around to inking and colouring to day after work... took me most of the last 5 hours or so, but I'm pretty happy with the results

Cover Shot

This is *loosely* based on my new AR/Energy Blaster, Cover Shot, who (at least from a storyline standpoint) I intend to make into Duck L'Orange's sidekick. Duck and Cover... get it? Oh come on, the pun isn't *that* bad!

As you can see, I also swung by DeviantArt and signed up there. Darn Peer Pressure...

Finally, here's my first completely inked and colored piece. Took a little longer than I wanted, but that was mostly getting Hex's tablet to work right, dealing with my arm cramping up, and learning Photoshop while I was at it :P

The Sketch
The Ink
The Final Color

Enjoy

Well the good news is.. my Photoshop skills are improving. The bad news is, my arm cramped up like hell trying to use the Tablet, so I've put it aside for a while and I'm using the mouse again.

Anyway, here's the recent fruit of my labour:


The Before Shot: Hex - Pencil Sketch
The After Shot: Hex - Outlined


I've been playing with varying the brush width, etc... I realize the large head doesn't look like it belongs with the full body shot as-is.

EDIT: Had links reversed.

Daos... I think you just hit the nail on the head. Repetative short strokes is exactly how I use a pencil, and trying to work otherwise is probably why my first hours with the tablet felt so... unnatural.

Let's see how that goes

Ok, I've got the Pen Pressure solved... moved from 3.04 to 3.09 drivers and it's working great in that department now. Back to practice

Oh don't worry, I'm sticking with it. And I did have the pressure settings on correctly - I actually got a small caution window in Photoshop CS that read "In order to use Pressure, you must have a pressure sensitive tablet installed."... the very same tablet working fine in 2 other programs on the same boot, with the same drivers :P

I'm toying with Photoshop, Corel Painter 9, and Paint Shop Pro 7 (I actually prefer 5, but it won't read pressure from the tablet)

I'm definitely going to give using paths a try. I simply can't draw from the elbow - everything I do is from the wrist or fingertips - so that rules out a lot of largescale freehand work.

Anyway, I'm rearranging my desk a little to improve my workspace... maybe I'll have something presentable later :P

And I honestly can't remember how *long* I took to become good at sketching by pencil.. it's one of those things that sort of fades into the obscurity of childhood

One other little snag I ran into... Photoshop CS2 doesn't seem to read the pressure at all from the Adesso Tablet. Paint Shop Pro and Corel Painter both work fine with it. It seems I may have an older version of the driver though, so I'll give updating that a shot.

I was strongly considering picking up some new inking supplies later today in fact... Hex is taking Callie (our dog) in for a grooming, and there just happens to be a massive art store right across the street, and I did just get my tax return.... *evil grin*

Still, I hate admitting defeat, so I'll probably keep working with the tablet until either it or I break in the process :P

My problem thus far has definitely been the exaggeration of my shakey hand... I'll get over it somehow

Under normal circumstances, I like to consider myself a fairly accomplished artist. While not professional grade, my pencil sketches and 3D work generally draw a few compliments.

Then I decided to borrow Hex's Tablet and start learning the process of Digital Inking.

12 hours of practice and many online tutorials later, my pen strokes look like I drew them with my offhand while heavily intoxicated. I've tried working with different programs. I've tried working in different resolutions, and at varying zoom levels. I've tried taping paper to the Tablet to give it a little surface friction. I've tried the tablet on my lap, on the desk, and sitting at an angle.

I understand there's a learning curve, but right now the tablet makes me feel like I've never drawn a decent line in my life.

Is this normal?! Am I completely missing something?

I'm back into my artistic phase again (finally!) and passed a little time yesterday starting a sketch of my sister, HexGirl - and it's not just because I've owed her a sketch for something like 2 years

Anyway, take a look! It's still a work in progress, so be gentle

Sketching HexGirl - A Work in Progress by Duck

Hey gang,

I actually whipped this up during CoV Beta, but never really posted it anywhere. So, well, enjoy

City of Villains : It's in our Blood

PS: For those who care to know, it's modelled in Lightwave. Played with some "Colour based on Incident Angle" type settings to get the Electron Microscope look.

Visited 2 Walmarts in the St Kitts region of Ontario... same deal. They didn't have it and had no clue what it was. One of them actually started looking for it in the DVD movie section after being told it was a computer game.

They were presently renovating the electronics sections of both Walmarts as well, so they were almost entirely in shambles.

I think we can sum up our collective feelings and frustrations in two words: "this sucks"

I thought it was because if they don't draw you, you say mean things to them and steal all their cake.

I want my cake back!!

Should have noticed that "Our conversation so far" link sooner

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