Swissy

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They both have their + and - features.
Painter has one hell of an incredible paint stroke engine. Watch that watercolour "spill" on the canvas after your mouse/pen stroke, is quite amazing.

Photoshop is the most powerful image editor. It's that simple.

About tablets.. *droool*

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If you don't have an appreciation of form, light and colour then it's not going to look good no matter how you apply it.

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Exactly.

Photoshop is just a tool. Like a pencil. Like a brush. Like an eraser. Or even like a piece a cloth.

No more or less "skill" involved. It's only just a tool.

And as far as I rememeber, Image comics started using computer-aided colouring since Spawn. Jim Lee's art suffered from that in my eyes, if you compare his wrok from the X-MEN #1 to his Heroes Reborn work.

I understand what you're saying Coston. But check out Blackdove's work, for example. Most is 100% handdrawn...

You should give it a bash Coston =P
Get those artistic juices flowing =D

Good to hear more people are getting into this whole art-venture.

Avernal said a whiel back that it's nice to see drawing art taking over writing art. =p

Commented on DA...

Scroll down a little...

Alternatively, use your Google-fu ...

With which I found this!

Nice to see some interest. And if you're serious about learning, please start with traditional basic art.

Happy reading!

2 things come to mind:
-Correct me if I'm wrong but you went straight with the pen on the paper?
-You ran out of paper space
If I am wrong, well the following might not be as relevant.

Remember what was said here.
The main outcome of that thread was to use basic shapes to build human like characters.

Even though I don't know what this creature is made from, it still has legs and arms so I'm going to go ahead and assume that it's got a humanoid-type body and therefor a spine.

Now a creature being a creature, you got all the artistic license you want to go crazy in its shape and form. But the humanoid-type body laws still applies here.
Example:
the shoulders: both shoulders are conected and should react to one another. Here, in your picture, they are at same level whereas if the shoulder in the foreground is in a lower position, the shoulder in the background should be higher.

Hmm.. I think I might be getting ahead of myself again here.

To make it shorter:
Use the logic of basic shapes as a guide for your drawings with pencil first.
Quick draw-over-ish.

Having said all that, I'm still in awe at one of the most important part of the whole process: imagination. You seem to have lots.

Stalingrad:
Hmm.. Get it delivered from Hooters kthnx

Mr_Marvellous:
Am glad I was of any help

Knighty:
Thanks mate!

\o/

Thank you all for your comments

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do u ask for cash for requests swissy?

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Nope. As I metionned to FFM, I'm very cheap: A pizza and a harem is all I ask for
So send me your screenshots but I've got a list of requests longer than MaXimillion's ego.


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what is your process for getting it onto the computer?

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I hope I understand your question correctly Mr.Marvellous. I'll try and answer it the best I can.
First, I sketch the original pieces at work (!), using a ballpen, in a notepad. The notepad is already a bad move since I'll have to find a way to get rid of them horizontal lines.
When I'm happy with the sketch, I scan it at home, using your basic scanner. The picture is scanned at no smaller than 300dpi so I can still zoom in without everything becoming too pixelated.

Next step is to mess around in photoshop with levels and contrast options so the lineart becomes much "harder" and all the small lighter lines (like the notepad ones) blend out.

Then the colouring process starts. Here is a step by step colouring i made. It's in French. But check the last image. It's a screenshot of the layers used in photoshop.

For the Ragnarokk pic, due to the nature of the sketch and its thicker lines, I tried something new: not to use the original black lines from the scanned sketch that would normally end up on top of the layer window in photoshop, in multiply mode.
Here I redrew the outlines straight on top of the colouring (you can see it as the white outline of the fist or the brown outline of the jaw), and that proved quite tense...
Am quite happy with the result here because the pic looks "fuller" and less comic-y since the black outline is gone.

That's all I can think of.
Let me know if that wasn't the answer you were looking for =p

Been busy again with my hands... (not fappin' this time)

Another request done, this time for Joe Mezcal's Peacebringer.

Ragnarokk Alpha

Here is the original sketch.

As always, comments and feedback are welcome!

It's the colouring that I'm most impressed with.

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Invincible: Gill Bates

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Great touch!

Ohh!! Shiny!

Really amazing screenie tweaks!

I salute you for that

Surroud: o_O tu poste ici en haut?

This good!

Need thinner lines IMO.

Really love the gritty feel to it.
Nice texture and atmosphere.
Great pencil work!

Nitpick: Shoulder anatomy

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My only comment is *praise*, and a question.
..where does she keep her bow?

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The Jounin who just placated is holding it for her..

>.>

<.<;

Yeah that's it! The Jounin is..

/e leavesheadhangingshame

Thank you all for your comments.

Elli is very happy with the feedback ... you guys made her day. ;p

Commented on DA ^^

It's going to take pocketfulls of change to force me into this FFM.

Yes, I'm that cheap ¬_¬U

Very inspiring website.

Marvellous all round =D

Thanks guys =D

He just placated... :P

Paused playing my controller a little today to complete Elli's toon.

Lady Elli

She's a Ninja/Trick arrow MasterMind.

Comments always welcome!

Am still smiling from it!

Nice one indeed

The fist is the best of the lot. Kudos for that.

Also I cream my pants (!) when I see construction lines. Even if they are still a little stiff ^^ They are the best part of the process in my opinion...

Loosen your wrist and begin by making a full page of light circles. Think of it like a warm up. Don't tighten your pencil too much either with your fingers

The last pic has a good expression. Therefor you can say there is already a sense of life in your drawings.

Keep it up. It's a start and there is yet much to do but it's a great start ^^

More!

This all reminds me of an excellent exercise:

To "massage" both sides of your brain, draw a picture normally. Then, on a new sheet of paper, try to draw the same picture but upside down.
Very good for your brain -and you- to differenciate between the artistic and logical approach to a drawing.

Funny, I'm in the same situation with numbers... [img]/uk/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]