Electronite

11/28/04 to 6/23/08

Now that's some major thread necromancy there...

Love the WWII aviator pants! Great pic!

Hah! That's awesome! Gives me kind of a Megas XLR feel, especially if you make the background look like someone's garage. Very nice!

Wow, that's awesome!

Wow, that stinks.

(Edit: I mean the bankruptcy thing, not the baby's name. )

Okay, I continued tweaking with the pencils and finally delved into inking it. Here's where I am with it at the moment. I'm not sure if I want to shade it in inks, try to cell shade it, or go for a more digital painting approach.

Also, he's a Fire/Ice tanker, so I plan on having his forearms covered in ice, his legs and shoulders wreathed in flame somewhat, and to have a few fiery/smoking footprints behind him. I think that if I were to go with a more comic-book feel I could make the ice on his arms opaque, but if I wanted a more 'realistic' look the ice should be translucent. Any tips on that? Or any critiques at all?

Wow, that's really great work! Plenty of people at any age who can't do as well.

Agreed, that upper leg was a little wide. I also tweaked his right shoulder piece so the point wasn't as close to his head. I think it helps to accentuate the twist in his upper torso. Here is the final working sketch. Anything else I think I can do in inks now. Thanks so much! I am really pleased with how this looks!

Thanks for the critiques, everyone. I sketched the figure over keeping what was said in mind, plus I wanted to have a little more twist to his upper torso and to foreshortes him left upper arm a bit more. Here's the result with my original and LJ's sketch.

The outside part of his upper left leg might need to be slimmed down a bit, but I'm happier with this one than I was. I decided that having his lead foot up in the air still like that Flash cover didn't look quite right after all.

Ah, I see. Thanks, LJ, I'll resketch his legs to look less bulky and more centered to his upper body.

And Senips, that Flash cover is exactly how I want this character's front leg to appear, as if he's just about to plant his foot. Thanks!

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Hmm, I'm looking for pictures of people sprinting in which the arm and leg on the same side are forward, but I don't see any. They're all like this, with the left arm and right leg forward, and vice versa...

The more I look at it, I think I'll nudge his legs a bit to the right, as it does seem a little unbalanced.

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Give his legs more space. Looks like he is running to the bathroom. Looks great so far tho.

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Thanks! Do you mean that I should lower the legs down to show more of the hips? For reference, what I'm looking for is an extreme forward lean, like this picture.

Hmm, I'm looking for pictures of people sprinting in which the arm and leg on the same side are forward, but I don't see any. They're all like this, with the left arm and right leg forward, and vice versa...

The more I look at it, I think I'll nudge his legs a bit to the right, as it does seem a little unbalanced.

I'm trying to do up a sketch of a friend's character, and here's the sketch I drew up tonight. I'm pretty happy with it after resizing the head in GIMP, but is there anything else that looks 'off' before I start inking? (I know I need to connect the head to his shoulders. )

Thanks in advance!

Sweet! I love them all. Thanks much!

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Number 72:
Commander Canuck

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Hah, that one's great! Loving them, Speedy!

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Number 70:
Ghostfist

30 more!

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They both look awesome!

Yeah, they are all looking downright great. And the next five are mine, wooo!

These are still looking great. Mine are coming up soon, woo!

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I'm not very happy with this one but I think its good enough.Any opinions?
Electronite

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Woo! That's awesome! I think it's great, KAKTOS. Thanks a bunch!

This is a sketch I thought I had lost a long while ago. It's what endgame content sometimes feels like in CoH. Enjoy!

I hope so.

Edit: Of course, the last person to post will probably be a moderator. Were I in their shoes, I'd do that.

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I love it when everyone dings together...

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Shouldn't that be "I Love it when a clan dings together!"

I happen to have a shot of the reactor core.

Looks pretty good! I'm in the same boat myself, having bought a tablet recently, and I think I'm still more comfortable scanning in penciled works, inking with line-fill tools and path stroking, and just using the tablet for shading/coloring and fine detail work. I'm not so confident yet to post anything I've done here yet, but perhaps soon.

I'm still looking around at what methods others here use to come up with the fantastic finished art they create.

Wow, I like that one a lot! Very cool!