+++Art of the Saurus+++

[AwesomeSaurus]

Yet another personal art thread! I have been seeing many users do this, and have been gaining valuable criticism and help on their art performance! I know the BBS may not always be the best place to get great advice on most things, but for art it seems invaluable! So please comment, critique and enjoy!

I have been trying to do at least 2 hours of tablet work everyday, so i may not have a new picture every day like most, but i will do my best to pump out some decent pieces when i can!

This first one was done for the Creature of the Week #9, Christmas Monsters thread.

Photoshop, Wacom Intuos3, about 3 hours.

[AwesomeSaurus]

This is my what i have so far for today with my sketching. I have been playing quite a bit of Final Fantasy VII, and want to create my own Cloud Rip-off sort of character. I am still trying to get the anatomy right, while doing my lineart layer on top of this. Comments would be helpful :)

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/4/07 09:01 PM, Snakeskull3000 wrote: Hell, your art is a lot better than mine.

Thank you :) As modest as you are, if you have any tips i would greatly appreciate it!

Anyway, i have decided that this character, dubbed "Edge" will be an ongoing work of mine for about an hour a day, while i spend the other hour fiddling around doing other pieces, so i can get some more stuff in here.

For today, i have done the line art in the past hour, and i am currently adding details. Suggestions on how to increase the bad-assery of the character would be awesome!

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/5/07 05:30 PM, Gmagnum wrote: Danm AwesomeSaurus, that art sure is awesome! :D

Thanks G! Great coming from you because i respect your works and creativity! I have seen many a Gmagnum the great work floating around this forum and i thank you for the complement!
And Snake too once again! I am working on a face right now, dont know if i should go manga style or realistic..

Heres a quick pic i alotted 30 minutes to do. Wanted to practice hair and blending, but forgot the rely on a light source. There are many things i still need to improve on.. MANY!

[Acerbic]

Well, the first image looks alot like a chirstmas card...

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/5/07 06:18 PM, Acerbic wrote: Well, the first image looks alot like a chirstmas card...

haha yeah, it was done for the christmas creature of the week! Would make a pretty freaky Xmas card though!

[AwesomeSaurus]

yeah i have no idea where this 15 minuter came from, its late so i have no clue....

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/7/07 04:21 PM, Snakeskull3000 wrote:

That's Good practice on faces. What program did you use to make that? It kinda looks like artpad.

They have all been photoshop so far. I used the Brush set that came with my Wacom at a low opacity level, just like you can do in artpad!

[Awesome-o-saurus]

My name is better than yours.

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/7/07 07:30 PM, ultim8dude wrote:

Maby you should make the sword a little smaller, and instead add more details to it?

well, i love the idea of the huge ass sword, it just looks cool, but i have added some different details, and when i finally color it it will obviously be more detailed. Thanks for the critique though, i appreciate it!

oh and awesome-O-saurus... or cough**A-P**cough COUGH** my names better :)

[misterdog]

At 1/7/07 07:59 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

At 1/7/07 07:30 PM, ultim8dude wrote:

well, i love the idea of the huge ass sword, it just looks cool, but i have added some different details, and when i finally color it it will obviously be more detailed. Thanks for the critique though, i appreciate it!

The face looks creepy :\

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/7/07 08:36 PM, misterdog wrote:

The face looks creepy :\

indeed it does! i was just outlining where i want to put the facial features, but it does kinda creep me out too! And when i looked at the face after your comment, i noticed the neck was a bit too wide, so thank you misterdog!

Heres just an idea i had, i enjoy using only white and black and messing with the opacity levels!

photoshop cs2 about 25 mins.

[misterdog]

At 1/9/07 12:16 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

indeed it does! i was just outlining where i want to put the facial features, but it does kinda creep me out too! And when i looked at the face after your comment, i noticed the neck was a bit too wide, so thank you misterdog!

I just meant it was out of proportion -.- too small for the head :)

Heres just an idea i had, i enjoy using only white and black and messing with the opacity levels!

photoshop cs2 about 25 mins.

Lol,
AWESOME zipper.

[Havayosunu]

heh, i am real sorry about that but i couldn't resist and had some fun with your character, not angry, right? it s just a joke :D

[brainsss]

At 1/5/07 04:20 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: For today, i have done the line art in the past hour, and i am currently adding details. Suggestions on how to increase the bad-assery of the character would be awesome!

the shoes man! the shoes!!

they look like those dutch wooden shoes...
just make them look cooler

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/10/07 09:49 AM, brainsss wrote:
the shoes man! the shoes!!

hmm, i believe you are right. I was going for a wacky high toe point look, but i think i might just do a thick giant sneaker sort, ill try it out a bit later. Thanks for pointing this out!

Havanayou, thanks for the pic! It made me chuckle a little bit. No need to apologize, you cannot stop inspiration when you have it :p

also, do you think i should color it in photoshop, or cell shade it flash style?

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/13/07 09:34 PM, Snakeskull3000 wrote: You must be painting that picture now huh Saurus?

haha! right you are my friend! i hadnt had too much time on it though, being as i had to pack up and travel back to school! Thanks for keeping an eye on me snake!

i have layed down some base color now, but still havent fixed the eyes, i think ill save that for last :)

Also, trying something new with the shoes, hope you think it fits better!

[AwesomeSaurus]

well, today i added some shading, changed around some things with the hair, finally added eyes 0_0!! and started off with a background...

anyone have a cool last name for Edge? would be quite helpful!

[Russ3ll]

Make the shirt slightly tattered and give him a battle scar.

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/17/07 05:43 PM, Russ3ll wrote: Make the shirt slightly tattered and give him a battle scar.

hmm, i definitly like the scar idea. I think if i was to tatter up the shirt, ill have to make it more loose fitting... ill mess around with it! Thanks for the ideas!

[Killer-DuK]

Wow, you are really an awesome drawer. You should really make an animation with Edge in it. I would enjoy watching it.

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/17/07 07:51 PM, Killer-DuK wrote: Wow, you are really an awesome drawer. You should really make an animation with Edge in it. I would enjoy watching it.

i can make very crappy flash animations, as you can see from those that i have put through the portal in my profile, but if i perhaps scale it down a bit on the detail, and get a badass story line, ill see what i can do! :)

Snakeskull: this is what i put in the linky you gave me... ive been drawing all day, (have to draw 100 coffee cups in a week) so i only spent like 30 mins on it! thanks for leading me to that thread though!

[AwesomeSaurus]

heres what i did for COW # 10, a snow riding animal

i present to you... the SnowSkate!

[AwesomeSaurus]

Well here it finally is!! After a solid 6 hours of work today, and who knows how much beforehand, i have finally finished this piece! You have seen it from start to finish on this thread, and given very helpful comments! My very first start to finish character that i actually put a ton of effort into!

EDGE

[LTmatt]

At 1/17/07 11:31 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

EDGE

awesome...... and congrats on page 2! i think i've seen a similar pic somewhere before, though......

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/17/07 11:32 PM, LTmatt wrote:

At 1/17/07 11:31 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

EDGE

awesome...... and congrats on page 2! i think i've seen a similar pic somewhere before, though......

hopefully from my first page haha, i really did not use anything as a reference except the shoes i looked at a manga art book.. But thank you very much!

[sonicmega]

At 1/9/07 05:22 PM, Havayosunu wrote: heh, i am real sorry about that but i couldn't resist and had some fun with your character, not angry, right? it s just a joke :D

Sounds a lot like Largo from Megatokyo...

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/17/07 11:39 PM, sonicmega wrote:

At 1/9/07 05:22 PM, Havayosunu wrote: heh, i am real sorry about that but i couldn't resist and had some fun with your character, not angry, right? it s just a joke :D

Sounds a lot like Largo from Megatokyo...

I am slightly confused. As cool as that comic thingy is, he doesnt really resemble my character? You meant Havayosunu's joke with the finger? I thought it was pretty funny :)

[Marcato]

Your first picture has very good detail on the fur gloves and the wooden arms. You can actually feel the materials of them. The horse bottom, however does not have as much detail, and at second glance, it's not very clear on what it is. The blur effect looks like a blur, and not the fuzzy hair of an animal, so much so that it sort of blends into the background. Judging from the texture of the gloves and arms, you're probably capable of making it possible.

I think that your human drawing needs the most work in the face. You got the basic proportions in place. Now, you need to make the face a little more "3D". Even anime drawings make their human figures give a 3D feel to the figure to add a more human feel to the character. The chin and the jawline are too pointy and don't give the feel of a real jaw. The eyes need to give the impression that a round eyeball is underneath the skin. Right now, it's flat on a flat face. One way to improve is to study an artbook from any anime (though not stylized ones like Crayon Shin-chan or Milk-chan) and watch how they shadow certain parts of the face and add lines to make it more 3D. Or you could study an actual face and map out the dips an curves of your own face.

[AwesomeSaurus]

At 1/18/07 04:45 AM, Marcato wrote: great info!

Thank you very much! I kind of noticed the failure to have detail on the "reindeer" body. I think it was because i doubled the layers on it, and didnt really concentrate too much on the details. I will definitly work on that!

As for the face... :( i know that is one of my problems. Lighting and shading on the human body is tricky stuff for me. Luckily i am taking figure drawing this semester to improve! I really didn't expose the facial structure like a real human face. With my next piece i will take your information into heavy consideration! Thank you so much for the critique!