Gaderath

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He is Tural's sibling and they are trying to find each other (kinda can't since I can only play one at a time).

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Rofl, Yep, none of my heroes seem to be able to find each other either. They'd make a great team up...

Awesome art, great detail, very fun pose without being to obviously mature...
Pretty tight top though...

Awesome work Dandy, but by this point I think that goes w/o saying...

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I don't know if this will help, but this is the costume I use on my Spines/Regen scrapper, Tural. In here are a few of her in action on the streets, if you wanna see how the colors look with spines.

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Fixed it for ya I'll check it out myself in a sec and edit this for comments

EDIT: I like the first one, and those are some pretty nice action shots

Well, I meant more specifically the blasted/ripped costume look, but sadly you're right...

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I always thought the tops-with-skin blast option made a lot of sense for a spine scrapper, as though the spines were making those holes in the costume.

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Buck has a bit of a reputation for this type of female character... take it w/ a grain of salt I kid, I kid

Wondeful as always LJ.

30, why not?

The anatomy is fine.... (one might say very fine if you get my drift :P) and the background is amazing.
I think I saw that toon on Justice sometime in the last few days actually...

Wow, those are great! Now keep 'em coming!

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*edited for post number, cause I'm lame like that.*

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Hehe, I did the same thing a little while ago

Looks great, I'm having trouble finding something to critique on... very nice I especially like the hair.

I like the newer versions as well, all I could think of on the first colored piece was greasy fried food turning paper see through, and was a little disturbed by what that meant for ST. Ok. Very disturbed.

Anyway, amazing work either way LJ

I think he means you can't tell what the hand is there. Where the hand ends, the hair begins, what the hand is doing, etc. I could be wrong...

Well, I got around to uploading one of my handdrawn sketches, I think it looks pretty good. Its way better than most/all my other sketches. Unfortunately this was one that I started on the back of my graded lab report, so when I scanned it the stuff kind of bled though. I'm going to erase it digitally in the morning. Oh, and it's not CoH related really, just a portrait.
http://gaderath.deviantart.com/art/R...ketch-65456558

Looks great, though I'd agree with LJ and say smooth out that hip. I really like it

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The only way to become good with photoshop or any digital program is to know your fundementals first.

So, drawing with a pencil, with charcoal, etc, drawing objects you can see in front of you, is essential to build the skills you need to tackle the drawings you're trying to do.

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This has been my thinking since before I started with anything, and I'd still much rather do art by hand than mouse...

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Using a computer to do artwork is just an extension of all artwork, and so almost all the same rules apply when it comes to creating a piece digitally. This is why people tell you to "Draw from Life" and to take drawing classes. The better you can draw with a pencil (or chalk, or whatever) the better you will do on a computer. Just remember that the computer will not make you better because it is only a tool, and will only be as good as you are at using it.


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Thats it though, I'm terrible at hand drawing, and it's really been bugging me that even though Ive practiced a ton, it hasnt gotten any better, or even easier. Thats why I've taken so much to doing it on the computer, even though I have a *long* ways to go, this is more fun because its something new, and doesn't look nearly as bad, and so isn't as frustrating. I've been hand drawing a lot since March, and only computer "drawing" for a few days, and it's so much better looking.

As soon as I get back to *my* computer, and I start dinking around with it again, I'm going to try out your info and that guide, it looks and sounds very very useful.

Well, I have "the Art of Drawing" from Pogeny that came highly recommended, and it hasn't helped much. Granted, I haven't had it w/ me or open most the time I've hand drawn things.

My school doesn't have much in the way of drawing classes, and at least this semester they were filled long before I had a chance to register for them.

As for Dandy's observations that the pic's aren't very dynamic... well since I didn't expect to get far enough on either to bother hitting save, I didn't focus too much on that. As I got going on them I just wanted something that looked fairly reasonable/realistic/believable.

Blood-Wolffe, I've seen your art since I started posting here, and you've gotten better and better I must say. I didn't see anything from you for a while, and then I saw the pic you did of my main (the one I'm attempting to draw most often and here, and that I can't thank you enough for) and I was wowed. And you're newer stuff is even better.

Quick question as well, I said Paint Shop, Dandy said Photoshop, they're not the same are they? A big difference? Virtually no difference? All preference?

Thanks so much for the advice guys, though I've heard a lot of the "Draw from life" stuff before. I guess since I've been getting frustrated with hand drawing and was enjoying the new stuff (which I've only been doing for a few days) I'd hoped that you'd have more advice in regards to drawing w/ a mouse/computer/paint shop, or were the "Draw from Life" recommendations taking this into account?

Ok, as most of you around here don't know me, except for the occasional pop up in free art threads, I'll start w/ a quick background.

I first stumbled on this section of the forums (and the forums in general actually) when I got some altitis in March, and was repeated told on one of my alts by lots of different people that I looked like someone who is around these boards a lot. Finally I checked it out, and was absolutely floored by all the wonderful art here.

Since March I've been drawing on and off, hoping to be able to draw even half as good as anyone here. Lately (last few months) I've been getting a bit frustrated, not that my art stinks (I'm ok with that...) but that it hasn't improved really in 6 months. So just for the heck of it a few days ago I was scribbling in MS Paint and was having fun doodling for the first time in a while, having no expectations really made it more fun when it started to look not-super-horrible. My housemate lent me a copy of Paint Shop Pro and said if I was going to be doodling on the computer instead, I might as well do it with something other than MS Paint. And so I'm working on something now that I think is even better than my Paint picture (how could it not be?) and thought I'd show it off, get some critiques.

Its clearly not finished, and some areas (head, arms and lack of feet/hands) require lots of work, but I was hoping I'd still be able to get some advice/objective opinions on it. I know its no masterpiece, and I can take whatever criticism I get, don't be afraid to be too harsh (too many people so far have just said "Its great!").

I should also mention I have no clue how to use PSP (I think I have version 6, and thats old now), I'm just using the paint brush and the retouch tool (lighten/darken/soften). I know it can do a LOT more, and would love any help/info I can get on those and other tools I should know about as well. Someone mentioned layering to me, and aside from what my common sense is telling me, I have no idea what thats about.
Work in Progress
For reference, this is the character I'm working on ingame: Picture and Reference shots

EDIT: And I should mention I want critques/opinions on the parts that more refined as well as the obviously unrefined parts.

Very nice Can't wait to see more

You're amazing LJ. Ok. I just spent like 5 minutes trying to think of how better to say that, plus the whole morning while I was at class, but there really isn't a better way. You're amazing. I'm speechless.

I can't thank you enough.

Aside from the "Holy crap! This guy is amazing!" comments I want to make, does the Raveire pic look like Russel Crowe to anyone else?

Holy crap! This guy is amazing!

Thanks Dursagon, when I heard about your wrist and then your job, I was real close to telling you to can my art, and to take the time to get better and find a new job.... Am ever glad I didn't.... Looks great, I really love the hair especially.

And thanks for switching the chest emblem colors, you didn't have to, it really looks great. Did it get shinier with the edit too?

Really, if I haven't said it enough, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that you did this for me, for free, out of the goodness of your heart, with everything thats happened to you since you started the thread. Thanks again

Oooo! Oooo! Oooo!

LadyLiberty in my favorite costume
MA/regen scrapper, has a Superman/girl/Capt. America vibe/personality...
A "Thanks!" and "You're awesome!" in advance, and likely several more afterwards...

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Wow! This is pretty cool! Have any new ones come out since May?

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What he means to say I think, and what I hope to second, is "Open the queue again!"

I could be wrong...