Eddy_Swan

up until now ive used a series of copic multi liners at different sizes 0.05 to BS, but I too, have just discovered illustrator and I think it will be my weapon of choice for the future. (once I get the hang of it. well, that and my wacom bamboo I just got *rocks back and forward* ''so much to do so little time'')

that looks great. its always good to see nice deeds rewarded.

That's nice work. I'm sure you must be thrilled with that.

very cool. although, i think the old guy will be featuring in my nightmares :P but you've got a nice style

You cant enter it now but I'm sure there would be pictures somewhere.

My Art: My development this year has made these very easy questions to answer. (aswell as my deviant art stats :P)

Personal fave -

Xisha

Most Faved - is a 4 way tie.

Blind Matter

Wild Lilly

Toketstu Taki

the Fourth falls into....

Most Commented

Niobjorg

Least Faved - too many to mention

Most Viewed -

Dark Honey

Worst - Would have to go to the first image I did this year
Bullet Eye Belmont (Alternate Reality:Blind Matter)

Comissions: I loved all the commissions I bought this year
so they all fall into my Favourites Catagory:

Grim Weasel By Lakcoo2u

Green Weasel By Lak Again

Green Weasel Vs Market Crash By Lak

Market Crash Lak again this time colored by me

Wow! i didnt expect such a large response! ive made 2 pages!

thank you all so much for your Help. I think I have a better picture now of the changes I need to make. You've given me alot of ideas of how to start. but, I think ill take things back a bit to start and get the basics down like my proportions and then im going to look into illustrator. thanks again everyone for the constructive criticism. if theres anything i can do for you guys just let me know.

WoW! i can see a deffinite change to the way I inked that picture.
I hadnt even thought of the white lines. that looks much more expressive. Id love to see the full size of it, my email is public on my deviant art page which is in my sig. wow. I had heard adobe illustrator was good for the job but ive never had it so i figured id try the traditional aprouch, but i color digitally so why the hell not try inking digitally. illustrator sounds like a very worthwile investment. thank you so much for all your help lady j. I look forward to seeing the full sized image.

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You might want to ask some of the artists here to ink one of your pencils, to show you the thinking behind their approach... it' not just thick outside, thin in... some ink heavily on the side where shadows fall, away from the light. Some ink heavily down the middle, if the final color will have two light sources, one on each side.

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I think that would be incredibly benneficial, I dont really know any inkers though.

So the best i can do is chuck out an invitation to any inkers out there to give me a shot. i got a
pencil picture on here and if there are any takers id be happy to draw you something for your time (if you'd want it) and/or ive got a fair amount of influence floating around liberty server id be happy to pay.

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I'm saying this as someone who is trying to improve as well, so please take it the right way. My intent is not to bash your work.

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Im not looking for idle praise I know that I need improvement thats why I want the honesty, everything you said was constructive.
about the lines. is what your saying that I should have thicker lines on the outside and thinner on the inside?

sorry Im a little thick sometimes. just want to clarify so I can get a better idea of what I need to change

a dramatic improvement, the wolf looks alot fiercer now.

ofcourse, there is still room for more improvement but im sure you've learned alot from this picture and from the people that posted there opinions and im sure, the next picture we see from you will rock our collective sock's off.

Ive taken up drawing seriously now for about 7 months. In that time ive made some serious inprovements.
From my early work:

Here

Here

web page

and Here

a whole mess of pictures inbetween.

and where im at now:

As seen here

here

here

here

and Here

oh and here

and finally here

I color also but I already know certain things I need to change about that. (waiting on my bamboo to be shipped in) so if you guys could find the time to browse through these pictures or have a look at my deviant art (link in my sig) and give me some constructive criticism I would be incredibly appriciative.

Nice work. Thats a great color job.

thats a nice gesture. good to see there are still nice people in the world.

Very nice.

this is my quick attempt

Frontal

Back Shot

hope you like em :P

I wouldnt change a thing. That costume looks awsome.

that looks awsome.

Very cool artz you must be thrilled

awsome! is there any word on wether there are other weapons in the valkyrie set?

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Well that's obviously true. I mean where else would they come from? They angered the stork so it's not like he's gonna' bring them en-masse. So they are just put into one of those T-Shirt launchers and fired out into the storm.

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*Struggles in vain not to Rotflmao*
oh thats a mental image

that made a big difference. although there is still more to do

no but there are myths about them.

like falling from the sky during stormy weather and dying when the grass grows in spring.

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The Full Lemming story as told by Wiki

Acording to Wiki its all myths and [u]misconceptions[u] but its still freaking helerious

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Well the handlers body has been pretty well critequed so i got nothing to add to that. but i noticed 2 things that could use improving. The head on the handler is slightly out of proportion, and the lines around the wolves eyes could use some darkening. other then that and the things mentioned above a very cool picture.