ArtRage and Lady Judgement

Hey all,

I know a lot of people who frequent these boards are newcomers to digital art, or are interested in learning how to create art on the computer.

I recently bought a digital paint program called ArtRage2, by Ambient Design . This is a program that simulates natural media, along the lines of Painter, but it's very affordable. I'm just starting to use it, but it has a lot of the features that I use constantly when doing my stuff and the price really can't be beat.

Anyway, in order to test it out, I sketched a picture of LJ using the pencil feature. I will update the wip in this thread as I experiment with the other tools while refining the image. Hope ya like.

Nifty galifty. Was that hard to do?

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!

*fanboy moment coming on*

Youdaman BW!!!! I loves it... can't wait to see more!

LJ

Looks great!

That looks cool - looking forward to more!!

Don't need one that simulates natural media, what I need is a program that can simulate actual talent.

That is pretty nice. Can't wait to see colored images you can make with it.

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I've been waiting for this as well.

/returns to lurking in jealousy at the work around here

that looks hot BW! cool pose and equipment and all. Cant' wait to see when this is finished

Nice sketch and looks like a neat tool (I'm in the same boat needing a 'talent' slider on the programs I use ). What's the cause of the two horizontal bands at the bottom of the image (the first is only noticable on the glove, the second runs all the way across)?

Thanks for all the replies, guys.
In response to Ironik's question about difficulty--a problem I've always had doing comic book influenced art relates to line quality. I always end up drawing things with these scratchy little lines, the way I would do brush strokes when painting. That doesn't fly too well for comic art or anime.

A workflow that helps me is first of all working fairly large, at least 8.5" x 11" at 300dpi. Your lines will always look better when done large and then reduced. The other thing is using a very light, fine line. So when I sketched this, I just kept drawing over my mistakes and darkening the things that looked good. So if i decide to ink it, I can put a white fill layer over it that will wash out the crappy lines and leave the darker contours, which I would then ink over and refine.

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What's the cause of the two horizontal bands at the bottom of the image (the first is only noticable on the glove, the second runs all the way across)?

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I didn't have a plan for this pic, I just started doodling. So originally she was placed lower and farther to the left on the page (if you look you can see where some of the hair on the left is cut off). I moved and scaled the image to the right and drew more of her legs in at the bottom. The banding is the cutoff from the sketch prior to being shifted.

I really like the look and the lines...love the hair especially. Lovely!

Here's a progress pic
Generally, when I start to color something I will lay down a background tone over the whole picture. This is to unify the piece colorwise (so that the foreground and background elements look like they're part of the same environment). It's also to make the forground elements pop, so since LJ's costume is red and yellow, I used a desaturated greenish tone. All of this my eventually get painted over, but the green will inform and bleed into everything that comes after.

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What's the cause of the two horizontal bands at the bottom of the image (the first is only noticable on the glove, the second runs all the way across)?

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I didn't have a plan for this pic, I just started doodling. So originally she was placed lower and farther to the left on the page (if you look you can see where some of the hair on the left is cut off). I moved and scaled the image to the right and drew more of her legs in at the bottom. The banding is the cutoff from the sketch prior to being shifted.

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Makes sense . I was hoping the program didn't cause that for some odd reason.

Started working on color for the figure: here