Ye of little skillz - by Starwind

OK - I finally have a few updates...

First off, instead of starting a new thread, I want to change the name of this thread from "Ye of little skillz - by Starwind", to StarwindGraphics. Anyone know how to change an existing thread name? I want to do this for several reasons:

A. It was intended to convey "my" little skillz, and in hind sight it occured to me that someone could perceive it as if I was referring to others as having little skillz. I apologize to those perceiving the latter, it was unintentional.

B. StarwindGraphics just conveys a more positive message. I may need a long way to go, but I'm looking to grow and get better and putting myself down is counter-productive.

C. This evening I finally went ahead and opened my dA account under the same name!
I still need to populate it with my art, but it will take me a little while because I have to name and describe my pieces. I'll also need to figure out how to catagorize my art and all the bells and whistles, so I'm sure I'll appear a total noob for awhile there. Please bear with me.

There are a hundred different catagories to file one's art and honestly, I'm not sure how to file my stuff. Drawings, Fantasy, Comics, 3D? Or do I just drop everything into a single scrapbook type of layout? Any feedback is appreciated.

Also - with the new baby, time and energy is hard to come by, but I've been working on a new piece that I thought I would share at this point. It's a drawing I'm working on for Pyro. I showed it to him for his feedback to make sure I wasn't going too far off course and he liked it, enough to advise that I could omit the cape, which so far I have done. I also want to color it. Below is WIP and not in a very clean state atm.



I'm having an issue with my pencil work and converting it to clean line art. As you can see, I have a "sketchy" style in my pencil work and having single, smooth, contouring lines to follow is problematic in trying to accurately mask off layers. I have Photoshop/cs and I've tried to create a line layer working in a tablet, but the line work looks shakey at best.

I have Juggertha's wonderful reference tutorials and eagerly attend Eddy's great online tutorial session this morning - but I'm not clear on how to do this properly. I'm in need a little focused assitance in this dept if at all possible. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

Was going to mention NSFW needs 2 clicks until I saw the one below. The sketch by itself is still a little risque knowing that it's supposed to be tights. And you can't change the title of the thread as it shows on the forum, even if you change the title of the first post.

edit: Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that it looks fantastic!

Nice works... Too feeling bleh to get more detailed, but nice

OMG! That took just an hour?!? I am truly humbled.

Simply amazing LJ - thank you sooo very much! I wish I know how to use the shocked and awed emote faces! I am so giddy right now!

Well it WAS a very good drawing, and easy to follow. I am glad yer happy with it. I didn't realize you're from NY. As an ex patriot (living in Canada) I miss New York every day! How'd you like that 9th inning strike out last night... saaaaweet!

Well this was originally intended for Eddy's Digital Quick Sketch thread but it doesn't quite qualify, because it took me way longer than 10 minutes

I tried to keep it loose and develop a feel, as sketching on a tablet is new for me. I call it Night Bite...

Cool piece Starwind, is that a hero, vill or non-coh Vamp?

Oh and I also really like the one you are doing of Pyro.
Wish I had some advice on DA or digital lineart but alas I'm in the same n00bish boat as you in that regard...

One --> Artz Giveaway <-- To Rule Them ALL!

I will settle this. ORANGE FTW! - Ex Libris

Very nice piece... What I find most impressive is that even though I can right away see a couple things I think should be better I know you're just getting started at this and that they will get better. And while it's a very good work to begin with it only promises better to come.

Edited to add:

If you haven't already, go check out Swanzy's critique on DA on this piece. He said what I was getting at in ways I just couldn't since I'm not an artist or user of the tools but he did a fabulous job showing just how much greater this piece could be than it already is with more work put into it with the right tools.

And Eddy, great job on the critique and example both on Starwind's piece here and the one you did on the VexXxa piece!

Thanks guys! And thank you Eddy for the critique! I completely agree and I really appreciate the feedback! I'll go in tonight and try to finish it.

CR - It's just a non-CoX female vampire face - kinda in the Halloween spirit.

Ohhh...Evilz 'N Prettyz. Me likez a LOTZ!!

Love it Starwind

Especially the eyes....soo...hyp...not...ic......can't....look... .away.......



kudos

Finally finished this piece I've been working on for Juggertha's November Jam for Black Superheroes on DA. Here's the link Hopefully he adds it to his Jam!

This is Tribeca - my level 50 Archer on Pinnacle



There are plenty of mistakes but I'm trying! I've only been able to work on it in small sittings due to RL kickin' mah ash atm!

I just hit my DA page for the first time in several days and POW - I have hot new artz!

I want to shout out BIG to Foo and Eddy...(wooohoooo)...for hookin' a brother up with some holiday cheer! This great piece is on one of my characters called Safire. I have her on Pinnacle as Safire Frost - Lvl 50 Ice/NRG Blaster.

Great job and thank you so much! I very much appreciate it!!

Very nice artz there Starwind!

I am curious about the character Seige that you drew... what's his story? He looks to be a very cool character.

glad you like it buddy and it came at a good time. hopefully it will tide you over till i can finish of the cannonball prize

Word up. You're welcome.

This is looking really good, Star!!! I can't wait to see the finished piece!!