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Now, I don't know if I'm aloud to... but.. I'm gonna give it a shot anyway...

I could use the help of some fellow-artists....
It's like this... I've got this (freebie) request...
And after 5... FIVE redraws... (somehow, I'm not fit to draw bows and arrows in combination with humans :s) I finally came up with the drawing I'm about to post...
But with that drawing.. I've gotten myself in a different kind of trouble.. you see.. it's not quite my usual style (I don't know where it went "wrong" really).. and now I have no clue on how to shade it! *looks utterly out of ideas*.

Can someone please help me out?



Here's she is without the sunglasses glasses... if that makes sense hehe..

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k, first things first. Where's the light coming from? the usual is a sunny day or overhead lit room, so all light is from above and all prominent features, nose, bottom lip, etc, will have darker coloured shadow below. Side or below light works the same, once you get the 'shadow is opposite the light' thing, you'll be fine. You're doing great DD, i know you'll make this another brilliant piece

edit: i should add, that initial sketch is really good, everything is as it should be, the only thing i'd say is (something i'm guilty of) you've drawn it small and blown it up. That doesn't work, you have to draw it big and shrink it down if necessary. Computers can't creat pixels, they just replicate them, which makes stuff look blocky if you blow it up, ( well, some software can do it i think, i'd need educating in that too tho ) but i thing drawing big to start with will help.

double edit: omg i shouldn't post when i'm pissed, but something else i just thought of, about light source, you get to choose where it's coming from. So if you think, bah, that's just not going to work with over head lighting, just change it, light it from below, the side, the back, whatever, it's your choice

Or use a light cage.

http://www .photoworkshop.com/pages/light_cage.html

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This thread needs reviving! And as such, I am humbly offering some of my very own pathetic scratchings... Here is a headshot I did for MsLumina of her Ferreter character:




Full sized scans can be found on DA here or here. Reference for Ferreter for colors can be found here...

I know these aren't top of the line CR lines or anything but let's face it, my lines need the help of a good color a lot more than his do anyway!

I'll also offer up one of mine I got a while back from Lady Judgement. Not sure the best way to go about it.



color refs are in my sig - Burnt Matchstick, Dominator link.

Wow, your colors actually make that presentable!

Very cool, thanks.

Nice work!

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Thanks guys.
Thought I should put up some more linework as well for others to play with.
Here is a drawing I did a while back for DJ1 of his blaster Grey Ming Badda Bing.



Larger version can be had here.
His colors are pretty simple (mostly gray, black & brown).

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Been busy but here is a go I made at coloring the Ferreter piece:



It ended up darker then I had originally planned unfortunately.

Egads! You all are putting way too much effort into my pitiful lines! It's very cool of you though!

Really nice job Ransim! Though kind of annoying in that now I can't decide if I like your colors better or CR's!!

Thankfully, I don't have to because there are elements of each I like better than the others... But both are awesome on their own so I'll just do a happy dance. Besides, it's Cygirl's character, if favorites need picking, it's her job to do it!

Really though, thanks Ransim and CR

That's gorgeous PsiBug ! I love it!

And indeed, the pose is very lovely. It's... strong.. yet shy... which was exactly what I was looking for

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ok, it's official... Nothing is more fun than a bag full of ferrets!

Just to clear up a few things about Psi-Bug's Chichester Dawson piece and my opinion on it...
I'm not offended or anything. I think it's a great piece. And I know the original is mine . I think Psi may possibly used the "draw-over" technique. Most lines are identical to the original, but there have been some significant changes.

Personally... I agree with CR on this... I wouldn't call this a collab, but a re-draw of a DeeDee Productions drawing which turned out to be awesome! And I don't mind... this time ...

I showed it to the owner of the char (Welshman_EU) and he utterly loves it!

*waves*
DeeDee

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Collaboration is a pretty open-ended term. There are probably as many different ways to collaborate as there are groups of people who want to work together. I think what Chris means by it, in the context of this thread, is the comic book style division of labor: drawer, inker, colorist.

If the original linework has to be preserved, maybe that should be explicitly stated? It pretty much rules out people who use a painterly approach, such as myself, from this collaboration.