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CelesJessa · 09-24-2008, 12:08 AM

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Listen to Lustmord for five hours with a wacom tablet ready and liberally abusing the opacity and flow brush sliders. It is a very surreal experience once you, if you, hit that zone where all reality is filtered out other than color, shades of color, and lines.

Things just happen on their own at that point.

Aw man, does it have to be a tablet? I have none. D=

Khael- Ahrgh So cool. I love it! Teach me how to color too? I really love the purples and the blues that you used.

Maciek - creepy! But well done! Good job

TDK - nice pose. The wings look pretty good.

Not completely finished, but progress?

Also, I think the thumbnail looks better. XD :

Taking a risk and messing with some reflected light. Green!

It's kind of funny how I easily spend a few hours every night on this picture without even noticing, but once I get over a few hours on a project for art class, I start getting antsy.

Demetrius · 09-24-2008, 12:20 AM

Please give Samus some sexay hips.

Love,
Demetrius

I like the light application, and the face looks much better. Maybe some reflection from her blaster onto the ground or a hand?

Maciek · 09-24-2008, 12:44 PM

Celess Jessa, I see that Ive got CG brotha' here!

So this is a sketch of my girfriend ; ) :

And this is how I do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOy0tJ-Am68

Tip: If you are using photoshop try blending style - pick color more often and blend it with lower saturation. Rather don't use flow (let it be 100%), its deceptive. ^^ And use a bit more hard edged brush. If you use soft edge brush your picture will look like clay. Try it.

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 09-25-2008, 04:34 AM

Flow is tricky to use and needs a lot of practice to get the desired results, yes. I've worked it into my coloring style over the years..which has adapted and changed a great number of times and will be in flux even more. Constantly experimenting.

But yes, I generally leave flow at 100% and fiddle with opacity. All settings are subject to use be it brush styles to layer styles. I uses thems alllllllls. Lately I've been getting into making my own custom brushes for whatever purposes.

But maciel does have a point, Celes. The coloring is looking a bit muddied. Could use some further defining with harder brushes and stronger more defined edges.

TDK · 09-25-2008, 03:15 PM

CJ: Awesome as always, though the color looks a little...soft or something.

Maciek: HATE YOU. Fucking amazing people and their amazing art...Hmph. *folds arms and pouts*

(Also, she's hot. :3 )

I like the way this turned out. The right guy's sword is based on one of Andy Frogman's swords from UJ.

CelesJessa · 09-25-2008, 08:14 PM

Demetrius - Sexay hips eh? Hmmm. We'll see. And I added some light for the gun

Maciel and Skweeb- Ah, I'll have to try and make my painterly things more sharp from now on. I tend to go overboard with the blender. I'll have to go back and see if I can manage to make it look better with some sharper shades.

TDK - Thankya

I know a lot of people do the computer-colorings, but I'm going to be working with Cra-pas oil pastels and if anyone has any advice for how to use them effectively, that would be awesome.

Magiek - That's really nice! I'm going to have to watch that video over and over again to figure out how to make mine look nice as well. ^^

TDK - Looking good. I like the guy on the right's hair.

Maciek · 09-26-2008, 12:25 AM

TDK, lots of expression in characters faces and whole illustration!
Tip: Your picture would really looked much better if it wasnt cropped so far. Train with composition! Fast sketches. Lots of.
Hail!

Savage Thinking · 09-26-2008, 09:02 PM

So I got bored and this happened...

It's a reference of this.

Fortune Zero · 09-27-2008, 02:28 PM

Crap for my webcomic.

It's a space marine (with a wooden shotgun and a wooden chainsaw) and a koala fighting off dropbears. The koala is smoking.

So yeah.

TDK · 09-28-2008, 05:57 PM

Crack the sky is *awesome*. This is my tribute.

Hm, it would be more awesome if the cracks didn't go over top of the building silhouettes I added at the bottom of the background. Damn...Too late now.

(CTS is a band, by the way.)

09-24-2008, 12:20 AM	#3762
Demetrius In need of a vacation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Vermont Posts: 3,236	Please give Samus some sexay hips. Love, Demetrius I like the light application, and the face looks much better. Maybe some reflection from her blaster onto the ground or a hand? __________________ DFM, Demon seed of Hell who fuels its incredible power by butchering little girls and feeding on their innocence. Demetrius, Dark clown of the netherworld, a being of incalculable debauchery and a soulless, faceless evil as old as time itself. Zilla, The chick. ~DFM Wii bishie bishie kawaii baka! ~ Fifthfiend

09-24-2008, 12:44 PM	#3763
Maciek Deth Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Warsaw Posts: 14	Celess Jessa, I see that Ive got CG brotha' here! So this is a sketch of my girfriend ; ) : And this is how I do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOy0tJ-Am68 Tip: If you are using photoshop try blending style - pick color more often and blend it with lower saturation. Rather don't use flow (let it be 100%), its deceptive. ^^ And use a bit more hard edged brush. If you use soft edge brush your picture will look like clay. Try it. Last edited by Maciek; 09-24-2008 at 12:48 PM.

09-25-2008, 03:15 PM	#3765
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	CJ: Awesome as always, though the color looks a little...soft or something. Maciek: HATE YOU. Fucking amazing people and their amazing art...Hmph. folds arms and pouts (Also, she's hot. :3 ) I like the way this turned out. The right guy's sword is based on one of Andy Frogman's swords from UJ. Last edited by TDK; 09-25-2008 at 04:44 PM.

09-25-2008, 08:14 PM	#3766
CelesJessa DA-DA-DA-DAA DAA DAA DA DA-DAAAAAA! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Zanzibar Land Posts: 6,531	Demetrius - Sexay hips eh? Hmmm. We'll see. And I added some light for the gun Maciel and Skweeb- Ah, I'll have to try and make my painterly things more sharp from now on. I tend to go overboard with the blender. I'll have to go back and see if I can manage to make it look better with some sharper shades. TDK - Thankya I know a lot of people do the computer-colorings, but I'm going to be working with Cra-pas oil pastels and if anyone has any advice for how to use them effectively, that would be awesome. Magiek - That's really nice! I'm going to have to watch that video over and over again to figure out how to make mine look nice as well. ^^ TDK - Looking good. I like the guy on the right's hair. __________________

09-26-2008, 09:02 PM	#3768
Savage Thinking Yeeeah, son. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stranded in the middle of the ocean with no desire to be rescued. Posts: 755	So I got bored and this happened... It's a reference of this. __________________ The artist formerly known as 'ZutsuJin'. "It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself"

09-25-2008, 04:34 AM	#3764
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Flow is tricky to use and needs a lot of practice to get the desired results, yes. I've worked it into my coloring style over the years..which has adapted and changed a great number of times and will be in flux even more. Constantly experimenting. But yes, I generally leave flow at 100% and fiddle with opacity. All settings are subject to use be it brush styles to layer styles. I uses thems alllllllls. Lately I've been getting into making my own custom brushes for whatever purposes. But maciel does have a point, Celes. The coloring is looking a bit muddied. Could use some further defining with harder brushes and stronger more defined edges.

09-26-2008, 12:25 AM	#3767
Maciek Deth Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Warsaw Posts: 14	TDK, lots of expression in characters faces and whole illustration! Tip: Your picture would really looked much better if it wasnt cropped so far. Train with composition! Fast sketches. Lots of. Hail!

09-27-2008, 02:28 PM	#3769
Fortune Zero Is Big in Japan Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 175	Crap for my webcomic. It's a space marine (with a wooden shotgun and a wooden chainsaw) and a koala fighting off dropbears. The koala is smoking. So yeah.

09-28-2008, 05:57 PM	#3770
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	Crack the sky is awesome. This is my tribute. Hm, it would be more awesome if the cracks didn't go over top of the building silhouettes I added at the bottom of the background. Damn...Too late now. (CTS is a band, by the way.)