Sayterra

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I totally didn't see the people on the rocks in the background... and yeah the bottom leg on the bottom guy is weird, and the one thrown back on the guy on the top.

The faces however, are very nicely done.

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Its simple physics..Watson ; We measured the combination of the strong free falling gravitation pull of the star and calculated the force generated by their collision and the result of the weird leg positions was simply derived by plugging the numbers into the equation.!! Make Sense??

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Watson?! Are you calling me fat??? /em angry

XD

Kidding...

I totally didn't see the people on the rocks in the background... and yeah the bottom leg on the bottom guy is weird, and the one thrown back on the guy on the top.

The faces however, are very nicely done.

Normally I just do very very careful washes, but this time I cheated for time's sake and used masking fluid over parts I didn't want to get color on.

AHRT.

So this is Rowr's piece...in progress. I've just removed the masking fluid. To ensure the pencil lines didn't rub away, I'd put a soft sepia stroke over them. Wee.

Step One of Rowr: Lots of time in the kitchen with QTIPS and paper towels...

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;_; Don't hate me because I'm a goober.

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Actually, I'm endeared to you because you're a goober.

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Why hasn't anyone mentioned Graver???

WHY?


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Cause you read the original post too quickly?


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That awesome mix of people like Craig Russell and Jill Thompson... Mmmm..

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Yeah, I think Graver's amazing too. The P. Craig Russell is comparison is dead-on.

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;_; Don't hate me because I'm a goober.

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Graver???

WHY?

I love Graver's stuff. I totally think of oldschool Sandman comics. That awesome mix of people like Craig Russell and Jill Thompson... Mmmm..

*shifty*

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Is that a threat?

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I don't make threats, just promises

So here's a peek at my sketchbook... it's usually as scatterbrained as I am...

Sighted, Maulgar, Thor's Assassin, Assassin of Thor, Jayson Pyre, randomness...

Bayani and Sayterra

If he ever said anything smart-alecky she'd prolly end up decking him, but she looks amused enough...for now.

Woo. Rowr's should be along in a few days. But in the meantime, here's the final inks to Fallen Skye's piece.

Fallen Skye Inked

TA, you're next *shifty*

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Eh, I dunno. Ugly, but far more interesting than most villain looks. Any villain who goes beyond black, red and gray is a virtual visionary.

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What about us heroes with red, black, and grey And what about villains that are black, white, and yellow? *shifty*

Mm I haven't used that actually... while it looks cool, I'd be wary of colors fading over time, especially reds.

As for the lazy susan, you should be able to pick one up at Bed Bath and Beyond for about fifteen bucks A lot cheaper than a ceramic 'lazy susan' which usually retails for 40-120 bucks ;P I was lucky and got one for free from my old high school many, many years ago... *suddenly feels old*

Aluminum foil is perfectly fine for armeture Keeps the pieces nice and lightweight, and the foil helps with baking. The only other suggestion I can give you is to set the piece on a block of sculpey, and then set the sculpey on a lazy-susan, so you won't have to handle it so much. You CAN experiment with building a rough shape, then baking it FULLY then adding more and baking it again, the only problem is half-baking it, which usually ends in chips. Just a thought

How thick are you building it? And what kind of armeture are you using?

Mm, my experience is that half-baking it doesn't allow it to cure, and can cause fractures and chipping. You should look into some smoothing tools but I mostly use a finger and simply rub it gently until it smooths out under my fingers with the warmth from my skin ;P

I'm very lucky

No hun I didn't I actually have a few compositional sketches, but I need to modify them slightly before showing you I'm going in sequence of who paid when, so Rowr's is on my desk in the painting stage (watercolor takes longer than digital obviously) and Hyper's will be up tonight or tomorrow... Besides I'm getting to know your characters a bit by drawing them in lil bitty thumbnails XD

My new rig is so shiny... I'm so damn blessed to have such great friends to put it together for me.

Anyways, back to the grind, I am OPEN for commissions, so if anyone is interested, please PM me. I will also be in touch with folks who were looking to get commissions done earlier.

You'd probably be best off with a box of super sculpey, it's just a generic color and you get more for your money. If you want to invest in any other colors, I would purchase white and black. You'd use these two to create a flat grey out of the super sculpey and the two colors.

The reason sculpting of the the beige or a flat grey is because you can easily see the way the sculpture is casting shadows, and how the dimensions are working.

A couple tips for working in sculpey:

1. Sculpey is CANCER CAUSING. BUT only if ingested. This means, if you're sculpting, don't eat next to your workstation.

2. Get a cheap lazy susan. It's that spinny disc thing in your mom's kitchen cabinet that houses the herbs usually. You can get them at bed bath and beyond for cheap. This is great to turn the sculpture without losing stability.

3. Aluminum foil will be your new best friend. Sculpey is a pain in the butt when it comes to baking it if you have it thicker than 1/4th of an inch. How do you get around building big sculptures with lots of sculpey? Create your base shapse with aluminum foil and armeture wire. You can then stick them to a wooden base that wont char in the oven. It keeps the sculpts lightweight.

4. Royal Sovereign Ltd makes a thing known as a Clay Shaper. Clay shapers work wonders on polymer clay, and will become your best friend for sculpting, I advise a chisel point and taper point in a few different sizes. They'll be pricey, but well worth it for details such as faces and such.

Good luck and can't wait to see!

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Page crash, go boom!

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Whole server went down for the count, it should be up now. I will be computerless for the next two days, as my friend is building me a new one. Take care folks!

Honestly didn't mean any harm... >_> Hope it helped...wont do it again... Just got pysched about seeing a painted piece. Been a lil sensitive since my art teacher passed away. Don't mind me...

Gone.

Sorry sorry -_-

Mm hate to say it, but the update loses the pop. The reason for this, after taking archlord into photoshop for a moment to try something, is the lack of cool reds. If you're using warm reds as you have for the shadows it suddenly flattens the piece. Probably what PMD was talking about :3

Gill, feel free to thwap me if you feel this un-needed. Shading reds is a pain in the patoot if you ask me, I always have problems with them in my own paintings.

All you'd really have to do is put a layer on top of the painting in photoshop and add some cools to pop the reds out. Use of Alizeran Crimson for cool reds with a hint of a cool violet is what I used.

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Hey Gill, you know how DarkJedi had that NICE post about his artistic process?

Yeah... I think you needa do one of those