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At 3 days ago, CypressDahlia wrote: stuff

thanks Cypress for the pointers, i will try and work on these... and hopefully get a better finished image :D

im going for a very dull pallet at the moment... i might add more colour too the skin and areas once im done... im just trying to get the tones right and the shape... i not its not perfect but merh

here is a little something im working on for the Friday flood... Go join up if you haven't already!

also here is a LINK to the semi finished piece of artwork i did at the start of this page... i don't know if i am going to go back and redo it yet...

at the moment im just putting in blocks of colour to get the tones and general shape and idea down... god knows why i picked something so hard to do... i know the face is all wrong at the moment but like i said im just getting colors down to work with... i want to make the face a bit more colorful as well... i might add a touch of orange...

as always Comments and crit are highly welcome... dont hold back... if you think its crap say so... and i will do my best to change/improve it ^-^

At 3/25/12 07:05 PM, BizarroJoe wrote: I'm digging the way it's coming out really much!

Well its done now, as per the link in the post, im still not 100% keen on it but it will do...

I'd suggest that you make the lips stick out a bit more. Also, she looks she went a little overboard with the lipstick!

indeed... that was still the rough block colors, i have refined it a bit now...

I love the floating red hair <3

indeed, its very nice :D

Here is the REFERENCE i used... there is no way i could have done water effects without one

i know its not perfect... but i might make a few tweaks here and there...

At 3/28/12 03:04 PM, LegolaSS wrote: Here is the REFERENCE i used... there is no way i could have done water effects without one

I think more important than showing the picture you referenced is giving credit to Elena Kalis, who took the photo in the first place.

At 3/28/12 05:17 PM, Aigis wrote: I think more important than showing the picture you referenced is giving credit to Elena Kalis, who took the photo in the first place.

Indeed... she does some fantastic underwater photography... check out more of her stuff HERE

Urge to do art is there... but i havent got the focus at the moment to do anything worth while... im stuck trying to have polished pictures... i need to do something before i throw in the towel...

too much choice of stuff to do... not enough focus in one...

Looking good. The structure seems fine to me, but you might want to soften the transition between the lower lip and the chin below- at the moment there's this really strong contrast between the two that doesn't seem very natural.

All comments noted and taken on board... thank you.

time to spam some doodles out...

Time to hit the artwork hard i think... haven't been keen to do it for a while and now its so rusted that nothing moves anymore... time focus on getting quality down on the paper and improving.

Something im working on... any helpful pointers would be much appreciated.

also i think i need to work on a bigger canvas size as this "pixel" effect keeps happening... or is that because im just print screening my work?

hip hip hooray! its robot day

What canvas size are you working with? What filetypes are you using? If those seem okay it's probably the screenshotting, but I won't know until you tell me.

At 7/4/12 05:28 PM, LegolaSS wrote: Something im working on... any helpful pointers would be much appreciated.

also i think i need to work on a bigger canvas size as this "pixel" effect keeps happening... or is that because im just print screening my work?

that might have to do with your zoom; unless you are at 12,5/25/50/100 etc % photoshops zoom is slightly distorted, so if you screenshot that you'll get the pixely effect. If you resize the thing before you screenshot or if you just export it you should be fine.

At 7/12/12 05:23 AM, J-qb wrote: that might have to do with your zoom; unless you are at 12,5/25/50/100 etc % photoshops zoom is slightly distorted, so if you screenshot that you'll get the pixely effect. If you resize the thing before you screenshot or if you just export it you should be fine.

ah, it might be that, when i am working i have a scrolly circle on my tablet that lets me zoom in and out, i will have a go at doing that later today! thanks for the help :D

yeah i think its because im not viewing the images at 100% when i print screen them.

anyway, its been a long time. i did a doodle and colored it in a bit.

needs more hair and refining, but i think its a good start.

At 12/3/12 07:31 PM, LegolaSS wrote: anyway, its been a long time. i did a doodle and colored it in a bit.

Been far too long, I missed you :C

At 12/4/12 01:43 PM, wash wrote: Really badass painting style you got there !! the water effects blew my mind!

It seems everyone likes the water effects, i still need to work on getting the construction right.

At 12/17/12 05:13 PM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 12/4/12 01:43 PM, wash wrote: Really badass painting style you got there !! the water effects blew my mind!

It seems everyone likes the water effects, i still need to work on getting the construction right.

Moar art please!!

At 12/18/12 09:46 AM, Flowers10 wrote: Moar art please!!

will try and get more stuff posted :D

like i said, i do a lot of messing around and no finished product... hopefully i we get some finished pictures instead of doodles that i half finish and delete :D... for example this one

purple is awesome <3

not sure what to do with the background... also comments and crit highly welcome