whiteperegrine

agree with Serengeti here about the action in the scene...I like this one a lot ~

yummy....quake art. ~

..your always welcome to use whiteperegrine in any lil projects you have in mind. ~

Ironik
I can see the confusion at this point. the end idea is that the moon portion will be colored.

I did look at splashing the raven across her torso...similar to firehawk(dc) but couldn't come up with anything I really liked. it was actually the first thing I looked at. I like the idea of an asymetrical suit...making it "work" is a different story though. in the end I decided to go with the icon and keep as much of the coh suit as I could/liked.

Serengeti
kinda the effect I was looking at. while the eye doesnt show real well it is there and the intent is that it will be the same color as the moon.

colorwise? lookin at black (surprise surprise...NITEcrow after all...heh) and a light green...possibly slightly neonish.

in general, I like it the best so far but that could change once I finally get to the coloring stage. in my minds eye though it looks pretty durn awsome colored. now...we'll see if I can make that actually be awsome in actuality... ~

nice work there NPG...you should post more often

...and congrats BAS ~

good stuff Crimson....and congrats to our student too! ~

Nitecrow Update
been playing with her avatar/icon for a bit now. the key, imo, for a good icon is to basically ensure you abid by the rules of KISS. if you get to indepth then it is lost amongst the rest and not nearly as remembered. the strongest one out there are really simple in design so for the most part, when I look to put something together I "try" and keep it simple....the tough part is making it look cool too. :/

anyways this is what I am looking at for the moment: NC Icon?
pretty straight foreward and boring but it does fit in a number of ways. the moon representing nite and the crow. the idea runs that the moon portion would be colored while the center portion open for a lil skin action.

the downside being it is possibly over played. meaning nothing new or spectacular. while I would like to come up with a new icon I also want to maintain KISS and keep it true to character concept. eh...at the moment kinda high on this one though....so we'll see. still fiddling around though so changes are possible, if not likely, at this point.


....and I still loath hands. why couldn't heroes just wear oven-mitts? be so much easier to draw. not like our heroes have to be super typists or anything.~

put the helmet down and step slowly away from it......~

....I think them funky antennae are doing odd things to your brain pan~

very nice Jesse ~

its alright...I'll probably keep this updated as she comes along. as far as other pieces, eh...we'll see...may do a new version of wp to incorporate his "new" look or possibly some of the fine characters rolling around here that strike my fancy...but we'll see. I much prefer other people's versions to my own...its that "different take" that I find cool and breathes a cetain level of life into the figures themselves.

the plan is to eventually digi color her...but need a ton of practice there...nowhere near the level of some of the folks around here.~

merry geezer day Donnchad! ~

nice work there...definately looking forward to seeing more.

...and welcome back, it has been a bit ~

boo~

crap...lol.

no tablet here either. although do have adobe/photoshop version 7(?)(been awhile and to lazy to look). the blending you all do kills me. I know when I was first experimenting with it a few years back I couldnt get anywhere near what you all are doin. so lots of flat solids with single and double line shading/highlighting. vame out very animatish (imo)...not a bad thing but wasnt the end goal I was looking at.

eh...either way...good stuff. envious am I~

in the comic genre there is nothing that hasnt been played to death in regards to story line. in effect all characters are "oh great another "________". the question is whether the person who generated the character likes em and enjoys em. personally I play for personal enjoyment...if a character I make entertains another person then great....if not oh well...not everyone has the same tastes.

norse band wagon character? you bet I do...Keles the Asgarthr Gryphon and Envoy of Freyja. he's one of my 3 mains.
kitty kat band wagon character? Lynx on champion. although he's male versus female..
dark hero ala punisher/shadowhawk? I'm here too...with the newly made Nitecrow


the list goes on and on...the goal, imo, isnt trying to come up with some whacked out character....but to come up with cool story and look for a character. if these happen to force you into one of the billions of subset genre's then so be it....its tough to be critical on someones character the exception being they are a direct rip from one of the knowns out there.

blah blah blah....and rambly ta boot.

...it's a game. have fun with it....that's the bottom line~

aye...I do have more of a masculine frame there...and arms are a smidge to long, which in turn made the forearms look rail thin. when I make my redraw pass going to try and fix those up.

the wings are also a bit of a sticking point. originally was going to mae them well defined and a part of the suit. hence all the straight lines ya see, then changed my mind. now going for a more quasi-wispy wing look. given her dark powerset thinking along the lines of shroud or cloak...~

looks durn good Serengeti

the tail is a bit stiff...but good stuff around none the less. congrats Lynx ~

man...I need to learn how to digi color like you all...light years ahead of my stuff. any decent tute you could point me too that dont take 50 years to read? heh~

...cause I am a lazy cuss and I have to be inspired to draw. nitecrow does it for me so voila...nitecrow is born. ~

I drew and digi colored my avatar...so in ways you have been lookin at something I have done all this time. although the avatar is just focus'd on a portion of him. ~

Nitecrow
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ok...here is the work in progress. been ages since I picked up a pencil and did anything quasi serious. already bunches of flaws. arm to long, chest to big, shoulders possibly to wide and hips to narrow. also not really happy with the chest icon and it is still a work in progress.

costume wise pretty close to in game. major change is the belt and the chest portion of the top. otherwise pants are justice and the upper arms are justice. I also like the idea that, like the justice top, the arms wings extend and meet on her back. its just the front chest wings that dont work for her.

two pics of basically the same exact thing as I took on by cheapy digicam and unsure what works best for you all viewing wise. it is a "rough" pic and even in person her face isnt all that clear but it is a lil more defined that pictured here. also, the back wing lines are not intended in the final piece...just something for me to look at to get an idea on how she will look in game.

anywho...there ya are...a piece in progress by whiteperegrine.


...let the shreading begin....heh~

ok...hammered out quasi prelim work on niteowl. not happy with a couple things...working on chest icon now and some other odds and ends. once the camera charges up I'll throw the best pic I can get up for you all to rip apart....and hands....have I mention I hate...no....I loath drawing hands?~

agreed...definately seeing improvement in your work...good stuff here too ~

great work there Crimson....definately one of my faves you've done thus far.

...miss Judge too.~