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NaNoDraMo08 {DrDestiny's Thread}

Bindweed

By Bindweed,
Posted on: 2008-11-01 05:45 in Multi-Media Fan Creations

 

Posted

well here we go...

i've been warming up for this by doing some character portraits, so that's how the first bunch of pics will be.

if the characters drawn are from CoX here, then i'll also include an avatar sized version of the picture if wanted, and if you want your character done, then please pm me with a link to a screenie.

on to the drawings...

Pic One; Aberration

@Doctor Destiny
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http://drdestiny.deviantart.com/
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Posted

You did that in a morning. Bugger, you’re even better than I thought.

 

Posted

thanks, that's why i did a bit of practice i cut down the pallete used, and only draw the head and shoulders, so i can knock one out in about an hour (as it were)

second one;
Pic Two; Gideon

@Doctor Destiny
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http://drdestiny.deviantart.com/
blog-thing

 

Posted

Where's pic three? Nice job so far

@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant

Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]

 

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Yay! Thanks a ton, DD I might bugger ya with some more requests in the future Cheers!

@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant

Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]

 

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Bugger?


Ummm.....

 

Posted

Typing debuff. Think I meant "bother"? Cba to fix it now. Anyway, you know what I meant.

@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant

Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]

 

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Yeah, but it WAS funny

 

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Truly awesome sooooo jealous

 

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Awesome! I loved the Barack Obama pic!

 

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Only an hour?

Wow! Excellent stuff indeed. How do you work, DD? Do you draw using a tablet straight into a painting package? or do you scan pencil and paper and then work on top of that? Just very curious

 

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Only an hour?

Wow! Excellent stuff indeed. How do you work, DD? Do you draw using a tablet straight into a painting package? or do you scan pencil and paper and then work on top of that? Just very curious

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i do very rough pencils, sometimes spending a little more time on a complicated element, then scan it in and bring the scan into illustrator. then work on it using the mouse (using the pencil tool), with a different layer for each element, so i can keep some control. i use a mouse rather than a tablet, as when i first tried using a tablet (years ago in college) i didn't get on with it at all, so have avoided them since then.

they don't take long because they're simple really. not many colours to mess with, and the wobbly-line style means i can get away with a lot where the drawing's concerned. keeping each colour / tint on it's own layer also means i can edit easilly where something's not going right.

i started doing the wobbly-line style simply because my pen and ink hand drawings were getting tighter and tigher, and not in a good way, so i wanted to inject a little more freedom into the drawings. the loosness of the style, whilst not being to many folks tastes, does mean i can do them very quickly

@Doctor Destiny
...from the Ryman League of posters

http://drdestiny.deviantart.com/
blog-thing

 

Posted

Jesus Doc! You continue to leave me in awe!

 

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and another, in tribute to the organiser of this event

Pic Eight; Catz

and as an avatar

Catz avatar

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>> <<
The avatar is most definitly wanted *steals*

Catz

 

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Awesome! Thanks a bunch, Doc!

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