whiteperegrine

really is coming along great and as metioned before would make a great image link to the art forums ~

...ya know I was looking through the list and an odd thought occured. instead of us picking why dont you pick which one you want to do work on....the one the strikes your fancy?~

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They do have names for brushes in Photoshop. Mouse over.

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sonofa.....!!
....ermmm...I knew that, I was just testing you all, yeah....that's the ticket!
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ahem...Rox the brushes in question are Chalk and Oil Pastel Large.
...thanx Derek ~

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You remember which brushes you used WP?

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actually I do...but they dont have names for brushes :/
...near the very bottom and diameters 36 (for the wide dispersed grey) and diameter 63 (for the "black"). both can be seen at the same time (mine shows for diameters at any time and they are rectangles off kilter....

...that help any Rox? if needed I could probably do a screenie for ya. I am using photoshop 7. just let me know if needed and I can throw somethin up for ya . ~

hoverin above a city scape. give his odd angle could play well to and normally horizontal cityscape and give the appearance that he is flying back and up.~

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... How did u do the wings? did you use smudge/blur of something? just curious .
-Spade

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played with two different brush set to black with coloring. one for the dark outlining and the the other had a wide dispersal area so came out grey. next stop...Liquify! move everything around until state reached that one is satisfied with. when coloring in....dont worry overly about filling every nook and cranny with paint as the liquify process will fix that for ya. I suppose could be done with opaque solids....but wasnt the look I was aimin for.

hope that helps ya spade

...almost forgot....last thing I did was use the Smart Blur a few times to help smooth things out a lil more.~

thanx. went a different route all together, but again thanx for letting me know.

backdrop-wise....possibly a city scape if he can fly?~

test wings and simple colored backdrop
these are the current test wings I am playing with. I wanted to try and get an oily/smoke/shadow kinda thing going as her defence is dark. came out reasonably well...but may have to play around with it a bit more...
...also, dropped her onto a simple colored background to see how the "wings" would interact with it. pretty happy on that account. I may play with the transparency a smidge but for the most part I like it as is.

havent touched a thing on the shading side of the house. appears I am going to have to do it the long way. was really hoping for a cheat but appears that aint gonna happen. as such, probably gonna be really simple on the shading/highlight aspect. ~

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Progressed to this version. Ignore the PB eyes, I wanted to get shots while flying. Let me know what you think.

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ooo..I like that look...even with the PB's eyes. ~

...just about the same thing I said...heh~

...not askin for much are we?

waaaay to many characters for me to go through now...perhaps when I get home from work tomorrow...err...*looks at clock*...later today~

heh...I see Sayterra in there too. gonna be an epic for sure...

...back to the chase! ~

I actually like ref pic number 3 seems the closest for the goal. the one thing I would 'change' is just make the boots the "Tights" option to keep it all uniform. the key (imo) when trying to do up a silver aged character is to keep the suit design simple and to definately use bold colors.~

...sigh....soooo nice~

...complicated...nah...we prefer to be more politically correct: Fashionably Excessive
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...depends on the over all look your trying for BAS. for the most part though I would go with the suggestions made by the sugar queen...I mean Starchasm. ~

man...I really think this one is coming along great rox...you have really outdone yerself here ~

...me too....may have to quasi steal that for nitecrow...hehe

good stuff though....really like the off kilter camera action and the coloring came out great (imo) ~

definately great work...and I hate ta say it but I much prefer your sketch work to the megas...not that they aint cute...but I really do like your line work better ~

run Alex! RUUUUuuuunnnn......!

lol that's gonna be great! ~

agreed, I think it would too...but cant import things (yet ). as such, I have to make do with what I have, which dispite the robust creation system, I still find limiting. as of yet I have really only come across one character that I really like as represented in game but even that is missing an item or two.
crosshart
he's gone through multiple incarnations already...most of which were TA/A defenders...but once I hit 20 could never get a team for him . soooo...just remade (again....sigh) except running with a arch/energy blaster. while not completely true to concept its doable. long and short is that he is a former Longbow Spec Ops kinda fella with a long history AND connected to Citenik, Whiteperegrine and Nitecrow as the four of them used to be a small team.

anywho...I like how his suit looks in game but no quiver so thats a bit odd seeing arrows just "pop" into his hand but again...managable...


as far as comms go...not bloody likely...heh...not saying I will never draw someones character at some point just that I will never be taking on commissions or requests on any level of formal requests. ...definately appreciate the thought though ~

...by the by...thank you Lilac and Larissa for the compliments on the chest icon. although a tad generic I do like how it looks and plays off the name (imo). ~

good stuff Foo...good stuff indeed ~

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Okay it was too difficult for me to exclude anyone, so I'm gonna try to fit everyone into this! This should be interesting!

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holy hanna...this is gonna be a big pic if you include everyone...really curious how this one comes out now. maybe they're all at a movie theatre watchin a flic or standing in line for something? or possibly head shot only on a Most Wanted wall...heh~

...assuming you are inspired enough and have the room still wouldnt mind seeing your take on whiteperegrine

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ref chest emblem

about the only other items of note are black wrapped boots and gloves from CoH and that the wings are actually a psychic manifestation.
...as I mentioned though only if you have the time and he inspires ya...feel free to change things up as needed and posing/situation is totally up to you. ~