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Tips and Tutorials / Re: Found a bunch of tutorials

« on: Today at 10:28:26 AM »

that was actually the tutorial that led me to the site in the first place!
it's great as he shows different methods ie painting over a photo, or using 3d models of buildings etc.

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Walter's Gallery

« on: Today at 08:44:20 AM »

awesome!
it looks like a tiny Zoro is hanging onto a giant Sanji though haha
and then because I'm already looking at it wrong, it looks like Luffy is a hand puppet XD
back to sleep for me >_<

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Rusinstein's Illustrations

« on: Today at 08:41:02 AM »

Yeah that makes sense, my sketches are confusing as heck lol

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Comics and other Gallery / Re: Suuper's non-manga art

« on: April 19, 2019, 08:55:35 AM »

also circles.
took 9 minutes for 400 circles. went back and forth and on each grey square I increased the zoom to practice different sizes. Partly the reason a drawing doesn't go right is because the guidelines are not right, and not being able to draw a perfect circle (or near enough) is certainly one of those problems.
also different sizes of circle require slightly different methods of drawing them.

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Tips and Tutorials / Found a bunch of tutorials

« on: April 19, 2019, 07:36:58 AM »

I know the last thing we need is yet another collection of tutorials but these seemed pretty great and simple.
http://www.mclelun.com/p/tutorial.html

tutorials are, as he says "Not a detail step by step tutorial, but focus on the workflow"
easy to follow with any photoshop/GIMP software it seems.

mostly how to do different background stuff/visual effects.

the artist is also "a hybrid designer/programmer who also happens to be color blind" which is exactly what I am so it's extra strange lol.

plus he does timelapse videos and has DeviantArt and all that.
and animations too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGUeyZ1xAA

also, wasn't there a huge thread for posting this sort of thing?

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Dragon of Acadia concept art

« on: April 19, 2019, 06:36:11 AM »

nice stuff as always. I love the fur trim coat!

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: A Runaway From Reality (aka my gallery)

« on: April 19, 2019, 06:35:15 AM »

ahhhhh I should really get a website these days.....

and nice sketch. the face looks a little strange in profile when the body is in 3/4 view I think.

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Comics and other Gallery / Re: Miscellaneous Arts and Sketchbook

« on: April 19, 2019, 04:13:30 AM »

You're right on drawing many on a page thing

I think that's partly because the amount of detail we feel we need to put in is lower, as well as it's actually faster to draw smaller regardless what it is. For quite rough things it's a great idea to sketch smaller anyway so you don't put lots of detail into a really rough sketch.
also fineliner vs ballpoint can also affect fatigue as one tends to sketch guidelines more with ballpoint, but go straight in with fineliner.

#835 stands out as pretty unique and #837-845 were much higher quality than the rest, like really neat.
and well done, you're nearly at the end point!!!!

dogs are also pretty good. you beat me to it for drawing animals haha
When learning a new thing, like an animal, it might be good to try and draw guidelines to break down the body shape. it might help when trying to draw from memory later. your scribbly line style works wonders for giving them fur though.

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Walter's Gallery

« on: April 19, 2019, 04:05:03 AM »

The boss will soon learn to be careful what they tell him XD

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Suuper's manga (+digital and 3D)

« on: April 18, 2019, 06:22:10 PM »

thanks
400 left.
clothes details and background details are now in different iterations which helps. also wow I'm adding backgrounds on nearly half my sketches. albeit some are just seats or whatever but that's a serious improvement to what it was before, like, nothing.
also patterns go in little pattern boxes because that's easier to understand when I come back to the wip later.


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also check out how my sketches have improved for adding backgrounds. about a month difference between these pieces. (click to enlarge if you want)

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edit: *internal screaming* uggggh there are seriously so many areas to improve in how do you even decide which one to work on next????

also I have a cold, again.

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Slam's Art

« on: April 17, 2019, 05:18:04 PM »

nice work, great shading on the face. the hair looks a little blurry but some bits look nice.
the hat on the other one sort of curves too quickly I think, like you ran out of space upwards and still tried to fit it in. but the rest looks great, hopefully we'll see it finished!!

hows the 100 faces going?

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Comics and other Gallery / Re: Miscellaneous Arts and Sketchbook

« on: April 17, 2019, 05:15:22 PM »

I suppose so :P
I think I just want to improve everything loads XD

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Suuper's manga (+digital and 3D)

« on: April 17, 2019, 05:12:14 PM »

@walterB thanks!

420 left. quality varying crazily. remind me what proportions are again. Also legs are a pain. Almost as much as shoes are a pain.

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Comics and other Gallery / Re: Suuper's non-manga art

« on: April 16, 2019, 04:47:43 PM »

278/1000
still cracking away slowly.
drawing 70 hands on a page makes 1000 feel like a short goal lol

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Manga Art Gallery / Re: Suuper's manga (+digital and 3D)

« on: April 16, 2019, 04:44:44 PM »

thanks v much :)
well since I started with over 1000 WIPs I'm sort of at 600 or something already haha.
Looking back 6 months ago to how I felt while drawing, I feel I've made a huge improvement in what I think and how I plan my drawing while working. still plenty of inhibitions on attempting difficult pieces though >_<

And as far as total WIPs that I've processed so far since I started my WIP craze, it's about 1400 which is nice. although very biased towards the initial sketches rather than lineart or colourings, but all in due time. I'm nearly out of linearts for my DA so it's going to go quiet for a bit until I stack up more finished pieces XD

starting at the feet sounds just as difficult haha but I can totally relate to not starting with the head. I had better luck in my 1000 figures when i started at the waist and worked outwards. Not having a clear pose in mind certainly makes for a dull drawing though.
I think starting with a perspective box might be a nice idea. will have to try that out.

yeah we've had window people in and plasterers and stuff so rooms are out of action while we decorate, and my rooms a bit of a dumping ground for house junk XD

cyberpunk indeed. gotta think of a good story just to use that theme.

I've got no idea what I plan to be doing by June, but I have quite a few regimes lined up to try and get a bunch of my skills above level 0 :P
I really really really want to start a manga but as always I feel my skill level is too low. I've got a pretty decent throw away story (shounen) that'll last a good volume or two. still in the raw phase.
also want to start commissions haha.

460 WIPs remaining