At 3/15/07 02:25 PM, TomAzza wrote:

hey saurus! awesome job, as i've alredy told you :D

as I told you on DA try blending the vacuum vortex a bit more with the planet, other than that i love it :)

Yes indeedy! I will definitely improve it before this COW ends, i think your wise words will help quite a bit!

As for my shading tactics, I use photoshop cs2, and I:

-Lay down solid color
-add shading on the same layer
-add highlights
-use a more opaque brush with the original color, around 20 -30 percent to blend in
-touch it up with the smudge tool

Seems to work relatively well in my last 2 COW submissions, Im still learning though!

At 3/15/07 03:23 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

Yes indeedy! I will definitely improve it before this COW ends, i think your wise words will help quite a bit!

glad i could help :)

As for my shading tactics, I use photoshop cs2, and I:

-Lay down solid color
-add shading on the same layer
-add highlights
-use a more opaque brush with the original color, around 20 -30 percent to blend in
-touch it up with the smudge tool

nice it works really well, i tend to do shadings on different layers and use the soften tool to blend colors in, and sometimes the smudge tool.

oh and i do the shadings with a slightly darker colour with a 4-5 pixel brush at 20% opacity, blend in, and keep shading, then i do a second shading with an even darker color at 40-50% opacity and 2-3 px.

highlights are pretty much the same

then i tend to do what comes to me, burning, sharpening, softening, blurring etc etc... whatever i think looks best :)

anyway keep the good stuff coming! your a really good artist

Improved Hollix, thanks for the advice on it Tom! :)

At 3/16/07 06:00 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: Improved Hollix, thanks for the advice on it Tom! :)

Nice man, this CoW is turning out great for everyone!

I still feel like the sucked up part of the planet should continue all the way to the left, not break off at his hand.

It's still great though, nice job.

At 3/16/07 07:07 PM, PandaMime wrote:

I still feel like the sucked up part of the planet should continue all the way to the left, not break off at his hand.

Very true PM :) Fixed it up for the final piece :

At 3/17/07 01:37 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

Very true PM :) Fixed it up for the final piece :

much better :D

ehhhhh COW 20 WIP.

At 3/23/07 10:14 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: ehhhhh COW 20 WIP.

That's really good, do you want advice on it?

If so: I only have two things you can really improve on; make the guy more smiley, he looks like he should be smiling, and made the magma cracks glow more, give him a little reddish aura.

Anyway, nice drawing, looking forward to the finished one.

At 3/24/07 06:56 AM, PandaMime wrote:

If so: I only have two things you can really improve on; make the guy more smiley, he looks like he should be smiling, and made the magma cracks glow more, give him a little reddish aura.

thanks so much! i will work on that, see how it looks :)

COW 20 - Cloud Creator, finished product.. I didnt go with the smiley thing PandaMime, since i thought it would be a little too cartoony, but I did take your advice on the cracks, and i must say, you were very correct! Thanks much :)

At 3/25/07 06:05 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: COW 20 - Cloud Creator, finished product.. I didnt go with the smiley thing PandaMime, since i thought it would be a little too cartoony,

That's okay! It looks very good as it is!

but I did take your advice on the cracks, and i must say, you were very correct! Thanks much :)

It looks much more like lava now, kudos on another nice CoW

a little messing around to relax, quick sketchie.

heres another surrealism picture, saying that stonehenge was not so spectacular :)

nice Saurus :DD

really you know i like your stuff...how long does it take you usually to draw something?

thanks :)

Well it depends, lately i have been spending far more time on the COW entries, the past 3 have been at least 8 hour pieces each. The initial sketching stage however, takes me about 10 - 15 minutes. I should really spend even MORE time on them, but i have too much classwork going on and havent really had the time :/

POST MOAR ART!

Aren't you on vacation right now (if not, hahahahahahaha).

You should draw more.

haha very true Panda, I am on vacation, sadly that means i am working my ass off at my part time job so i have funds for college. :/ Fear not though, i will be back in action starting tomorrow night, maybe I will do this weeks COW

Oh good. =)

Just getting back into the swing of things, some practice with new brushes, little sketching, foolin around etc. Kinda Grungy.

At 4/9/07 12:31 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: Just getting back into the swing of things, some practice with new brushes, little sketching, foolin around etc. Kinda Grungy.

Nice, I really like that style of art.

Maybe a different brush for the blood though?

Anyway, good pic =)

At 4/9/07 12:31 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: Just getting back into the swing of things, some practice with new brushes, little sketching, foolin around etc. Kinda Grungy.

really awesome stuff!!

At 4/9/07 11:20 AM, zef7 wrote:

really awesome stuff!!

Thanks alot :)

Been a while since i gave anything to this thread, heres one i just finished, 2 solid hours of working in the early mornin gets you odd results.

At 4/18/07 03:25 AM, AwesomeSaurus wrote:

At 4/9/07 11:20 AM, zef7 wrote:

really awesome stuff!!

Thanks alot :)

Been a while since i gave anything to this thread, heres one i just finished, 2 solid hours of working in the early mornin gets you odd results.

fucking great.

you keep getting better and better :D

At 4/18/07 07:56 AM, TomAzza wrote:

fucking great.

you keep getting better and better :D

Thank you very much sir Tom!

Havent done any drawing from a reference in a LONG time, like 3 years.

Heres the Source Image

Done in HB and 2B pencils, i might color it via photoshop.

And yes, its Sesshomaru from Inuyasha, its the only anime i like so dont hate, im not a fanatic.

Very good and lots of happiness on your last picture!

Not your style though, yes?

Coloring the hummingbirds sing make.

COW 26, Happiness Creator.

for my next school project,

our mascot is the Red Dragons, so this is like a half dragon guy playing lacrosse, soon to be colored.

starting to color the above ^^^

Damn that's fucking awesome, I especcially like the "fire" that goes with the shoes, it's really cool.

At 5/7/07 06:08 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: starting to color the above ^^^

wow..thant`s really really good.

it`ll turn out really well.. :D

cant wait to see it finished.