oh jesus, im not promising anything but i promise to try and do something....thats not a promise though.

I love your starting images

I need to get in on these again ffs, I will try for this one, try a nice colourful pic instead of my usual drab n dreary stuff :P

yea I knew about the reflections and weird perspective, I just wanted to get everything in place to see what it looked like, I normal distort stuff until it looks right later, and sort reflections out etc...almost like proof reading in a way, I get everything down then afterwards tinker with it until it looks right :)

still gotta go a body lol....hes gonna be wearing a suit :S...probably give him glasses too

At 5/13/09 10:23 AM, MeMB wrote:

At 5/13/09 10:20 AM, Razac wrote: progression

Wow, that's looking awesome man. The only thing bothering me somewhat is it's nose/mouth. It should be more like this --> :3

Know what I mean?

probably making no sense

lol yea totally ;3

but I diddnt want it too cute lol

progression

small update

At 5/12/09 05:05 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 5/12/09 04:47 PM, Razac wrote: to be honest I thought after 5 months of no painting I would have lost the ability but instead I was able to do something I havent been able to do before...

I'm guessing that if you don't do something for a while, it becomes a lot fresher to look at again, and you're more energised.

...and thats to paint fur with some kind of structure and detail.

I'll ask since I'm interested: how did you do the brown fur? What brush shapes did you use?

brown base colour with some rough shading

size 3 smudge brush - alot of smudging

size 1 smudge brush - alot more smudging ( finer detail )

new layer - got a size 1 black brush and started drawing in the shapes you see above, quite time consuming. set layer to overlay, adjust opacity

new layer - white number 1 brush - draw in hair highlights - set layer to overlay - change opacity

you probably dont need to do all the smudging at the start, just smudge strands round the edges

At 5/12/09 04:25 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 5/12/09 01:36 PM, Razac wrote:

I recently got a new job as a "creative guy" at this company. anything creative that needs doing I do it.

Sounds great, man :) Looks like you've got a job that gets to flex all your creative muscles.

havent done any painting for fucking ages, probably 4-5 months...

* tempts Razac with a return to the COW threads ... *

hmm I might return to the cows

to be honest I thought after 5 months of no painting I would have lost the ability but instead I was able to do something I havent been able to do before, and thats to paint fur with some kind of structure and detail.

Hey everyone, havent done any painting for fucking ages, probably 4-5 months...

I recently got a new job as a "creative guy" at this company. anything creative that needs doing I do it. and seeing as how the boss dude owns like 15 companies under his name, the diversity in stuff that needs doing is immense which I like, anything from graphic design to illustration...animation...interfaces...
.art direction for websites, corporate branding, I got stuck with the lot : )

well anyways after a huge hiatus in anything to do with painting, heres a WIP for a chipmunk character im designing for a project.

well the only option I can think of is this..

1) do your shape on a new layer

2) ctrl click the layer the shape is on to make a selection

3) go to the channels tab and click the new layer button, this will bring up an alpha channel

4) fill in your selection with white

5) deselect your selection and go filter --> blur --> gaussian blur set strength to about 2.0 ...do this about 3-4 times ( ctrl - F to apply the filter ) until it looks similar to "pic1"

6) ctrl L to bring up the levels window...start to bring the right and left slider closer to the middle...you will start to see the edges sharpen up, tweak until it looks right ( sliders too close to the middle makes the adges jaggy, sliders not close enough stays a bit blurry)

7) ctrl click the alpha 1 layer to select your new shape....go back into your normal layers palette, make a new layer and bucket fill

you can further smooth out the edges / change the shape with liquify. medium sized low strength brush

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with careful use of this method you can probably iron out big rough line art.

At 4/8/09 11:35 AM, ChillyCheese wrote: Thats great.

But I don't know about the back, it looks like it pops out too much...

I may be wrong.

it does pop out a bit, you notice it more after the image is flipped.

its a good way to check proportions, just flip the image if you cant quite put your finger on whats wrong with an image....the problem normally sticks out like a sore thumb after you flip it.

howdy

Im liking the animals, first one is the best

I also enjoy photoshopping.

no really it wouldnt...spam it

Do they believe that internet thieves find the artists in their hermit towers and steal their artwork so they can post it on the net?

lol

At 3/12/09 02:38 PM, LaserKarl wrote:

At 3/12/09 01:46 PM, hellbuilder wrote: Razac That is... Well WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

but i dont think you did it.

You have no reason at all to say that. If you would find ANY proof of that being made by somebody else you're welcome to sugest it. I know for a fact that razac did that though.

thanks for backing me up dude :)

hey Fatchaos your colouring has got alot better since the last time I saw your stuff.

an old COW............must do more art -_-

At 2/16/09 12:48 PM, Scourger9 wrote:

At 2/16/09 11:44 AM, JT1 wrote: I think Renaenae was right on the money. You should listen to her.

True! I did a little bit of everything, taking a bit from the REASONABLE suggestions. Mostly Renaenae.
Here is the end result from 5 mins in flash.

take longer than 5 minutes in flash....say 30 mins.

spend time getting the eyes and mouth right, look on google images for inspiration

this stuff is awesome! I hope to see you around in the C.H.O.W events :D

fill it in a few times

the bold outline and thin detailing has been around forever, makes for a good comic book style.

keep it up :)

pretty awesome work

looks to me the liquid could do with some more highlights, get that stuff looking shiney :P

also the part under the liquid impact point seems a bit "stringy" if that makes sense

and the force of the jet seems quite high impact so the splash back would be greater

but as you say its WIP cant wait to see more on it

hm since the first post, and after all these pages, I thought you would of improved more than you have.

I guess its not too bad as the thread is under a year old and you've been having a go at everything. my advice is if you're serious about art, pick one aspect and practice your ass off, you have good productivity and by the time you're 17-18 you should be at a decent level, if you just like it as a hobby then by all means carry on experimenting. Theres nothing wrong with experimenting, its what i did when i was about 12-13, I used to do logos, graphics, mock up websites, as well as painting and drawing and I feel that the lessons I learned from all these areas benefited each other.

ill post a look back at my own progression, might inspire you or something :P

woah nice!

I was actually a bit surprised when I saw your sig under the pic( i randomly click threads without looking at the author) just goes to show you improved beyond my expectations :P

keep it up

I would like to get in on this, but I dont have what it takes to make a flash, I could colour peoples selection screen characters if they wanted. send me a PM if your interested

i made this for a guy who wanted colouring tips too, line art is his, but i guess its relevant to this thread too

so much anime

hey, heres a better version of the pic, made the eyes better

uploading it here because its just easier

lol this actually made my day

does that matter? just draw on top of the image you posted

looking good btw