Artwork

[KingHussien]

Since Brannoc doesn't want to create an Artwork Forum, I decided to just go head and start an Artwork thread and see how it goes. You can post anything thats original artwork made by you. It can anything from a randon session in MS Paint to a full blown abstract render. Whatever, as long as its created by your hands.

I'll start it off:

http://kinghussien.net/Explosi.jpg
(Explosi - KingHussien)

Let the fun begin!



Please only use a link when posting anything bigger than 1280 pixels wide. Thanks.

[Surly]

Hey neat, I gave the thread a rating... cool idea, I know we've got a lot of artists here.

[KingHussien]

Hey neat, I gave the thread a rating... cool idea, I know we've got a lot of artists here.

Unexpected! :) Thanks much.

[Sack]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/ecnanimod/bicyclist.jpg

KH, how do you draw something like that? Not that mine isnt waaay better. haha.

[Xinnro]

I'm not one for using photoshop/ms paint..

but i got a few IRL drawing/sketches.


ill upload a few of em..

Heres one of em http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3989/sess8kz.jpg

Sesshomaru from inuyasha...

[Darkmatter]

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9741/aliencore4ci.jpg


http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3643/maxwarp5jo.jpg

[KingHussien]

KH, how do you draw something like that? Not that mine isnt waaay better. haha.

A LOT of brushing and blending.

A good place to learn: http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Adobe_Photoshop/All/

[Mashed-Potatos]

With my amature drawing skills I managed to draw this (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9236/spike16xf.jpg) for my girlfriend since she has an obsession with dinosaurs. And this (http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5231/ribbons1bypotatoz4oc.png) is just a touched up render made in Bryce. I have some other stuff, but nothing really good.

[Renithir]

It's hidden from view most times by all the asshattery of the forum life, but every now and then I'm completely amazed at how talented some people here are. This is defintiely one of those times.

[Sack]

A LOT of brushing and blending.

A good place to learn: http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Adobe_Photoshop/All/


Thank you.

[Sack]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/ecnanimod/colors5.jpg

[Helgeran]

Sesshomaru from inuyasha...
You missed the volume of his pink fluff, it is an essential part of his personality.

Anyway, here's the only piece of art I'm happy with.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/Plumbumdeath/krympt.jpg

[KingHussien]

http://kinghussien.net/experiment.jpg

Just playing around ^^

[Darkmatter]

Very cool picture Hussien, I dig it.

[Naithin]

Can find some of my stuff here. (http://naithin.deviantart.com/) I haven't done anything new for it for some time though.

If you want a tutorial for spaceart nebula type stuff, I did one which you can find here. (http://www.deviantart.com/view/4171705/) :)

[Gameover-DDH]

darkmatter what software did you use for the blue picture?

[Darkmatter]

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/3752/newgate0ha.jpg

Its a very simple procedure in Photoshop 7.0, using only stardard filters.

Here, why not, I`ll make a guide for it

1. Make a new picture
2. Fill it in with the background color you`d like (black used here)
3. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare
4. Place this Flare at the desired location in your picture
5. Go to Sketch > Chrome
6. Make sure the Chrome settings are set to a clear and bright, detailed sett.
7. Copy your current picture as many times you`d like (Cntrl-J like 4 times)
8. Leave the background Chromed picture as is, and concentrate about the new layer copies you just made
9. Pick your first copied layer
10. Go to Filter > Distort > Wave
11. Press the "Random" Button a few times, and press OK.
12. Do this same procedure with your other copied layers. Vary between Sine and Triangle type at least let one of the layers be of the different type. Remember to press the "Random" Button to make sure the layers don`t look exactly alike. If you have more than 4 layers and would like to try something in addition, try making one of your layers with the Square type - but then you have to set the opacity on this layer very low, like 10% or a bit more, the point is to leave a hint of added patterns, and not to take over the picture.
13. Now you`ve got four Waved Chrome layers (+ your background which you don`t touch)
14. Set all your copied layers to Soft Light.
15. Now its time to shed some color on this abstract Sci-fi masterpiece.
16. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer
17. Choose Color Balance - Press OK
18. Now you see the Color Balance window, pay attention to the three different modes you can toggle between; which are: Shadows, Midtones and Highlight.
19. Try experimenting a little with the sliders. For a blue picture, try sliding the Blue slider up and see the changes in the picture. For a more complete effect giving almost an neon feeling - try moving the blue slider up a bit in all the three above mentioned Modes.
20. -- You may add another Color Balance layer if you want to, to Mix colors more with the blue you just made. Experiment with it.
21. Now If you want to do some more with this picture, try selecting one of your Wave copy layers from before
22. Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl
23. Run a twirl filter on this layer with a value of -150
24. Choose a second layer and do the same, only this time with a 150 value.
25. You can do this to more of your layers, granted you have enough to still keep the picture looking ok and not messy.

26. Another possibility of tweaking it some more is Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer and choose Brightness Contrast.
27. Play around with the two sliders and see if it brings out more in your picture. It could really bring a lot to your picture in both strength and clearness if you combine them right.
28. Almost the last step, try fading some layers with the use of the opacity slider if you feel that some of the other parts need more attention.
29. Go to Layer > Flatten Image
30. Save.

Went through it rather quick, have fun :)

[Doffeh]

http://www.turrino.it/public/lololololol.jpg

I made some DF artwork.

Special thanks to Spikey for input on the text!

[Siriel]

Doffeh wins :D

[Sack]

Can find some of my stuff here. (http://naithin.deviantart.com/) I haven't done anything new for it for some time though.

If you want a tutorial for spaceart nebula type stuff, I did one which you can find here. (http://www.deviantart.com/view/4171705/) :)


Wow... love Celestial.

[Sack]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/ecnanimod/rocklinsundarkwatercolor.jpg

[Bensidhe]

Some very cool stuff folks . Keep it rolling ! :D

[Adjanah]

Well, you can have this shot I made of my character once. This was originally for the pen-and-paper rpg in which I played her...but I'll just try and translate her into Darkfall when the game eventually comes out. In case anyone thinks to ask, it's all made in photoshop.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/Xadhoom/adja012.jpg

[Shei]

^
you made this? You got a website or other artwork?

[Fylraen]

Her breasts are too small. And also the eyebrows are a weird color. Does the carpet match the drapes?

...

Just joshing. Excellent work.

[Adjanah]

Shei: Haven't got a website as such (though one is in the making) but I put up most of what I do here: xadhoom.deviantart.com
There's actually a couple more shots of her there, but this is still probably the one I'm most satisfied with.

Fylraen: Yeah, I considered tripling their size as well, but I figured I'd be taken for a sexist bastard then. And yes, the...uh..."carpet matches the drapes", Fylraen...her red hair is not her natural color.

Hum.

That's a good expression, actually. Think I'll keep that for reference.

[Shei]

That's super sweet Adianah - and I know you ;)

[Thrudgelmir]

hehe just a scetch of the joker:P
http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nskisse4uo.jpg

[TizzyFoe]

i think the awsomeness of this thread warrents a bump

[Spinewire]

Some nice work here, shame i can't draw for shit :(


hehe just a scetch of the joker:P
http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nskisse4uo.jpgPut a piece of paper over the whole image apart from his chin...
:lmao:

I know i'm childish :D


Nice work tho.

[r4nge]

This stuff is 10+ years old and I forgot how to use a pencil since school. I decided to scan the most non-disturbing pages.
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9172/max00269xg.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3716/max00143bn.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9343/max00196ye.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3441/max00220mm.jpg

EDIT: Adjanah, wow!

[GobboMushroom]

that reindeer is awesome:D

[Giovanni Medici]

Man you guys make some neat shit.

[Rigmarole]

good thread, theres some talented people here

made this (http://krazyglue.googlepages.com/ribbon.jpg) when screwing around in cinema4d

[Razel]

good stuffs and R4nge your stuff is oddly amusing:lmao:

[Cahl]

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/jesuslovesyou.png

And some bumpe .. cart stickers!

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/agonidiot.png

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/godking.png

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/gotmelek.png

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/melekdo.png

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/raisedhumans.png

http://www.house-shivering.org/images/bs/runsun.png

What can I say .. I get bored sometimes ^__^

[Salazar[SG]]

the first one is pretty good

[TizzyFoe]

This stuff is 10+ years old and I forgot how to use a pencil since school. I decided to scan the most non-disturbing pages.

if thats the least disburbing stuff (particularly the reindeer banging ms clauses while she blew and elf) now i have an odd desire to see the more disburbing stuff.

[Rigmarole]

ill throw this thread a little bump

heres a work in progress i have going
http://krazyglue.googlepages.com/firecloudSMALL.jpg

[Helgeran]

This stuff is 10+ years old and I forgot how to use a pencil since school. I decided to scan the most non-disturbing pages.

I must ask you a serious question here: why does christmas relate to forced sex? It seems a common theme, I've actually seen two other poeple draw scenes reminding of the little orgy in the corner.

[r4nge]

I must ask you a serious question here: why does christmas relate to forced sex? It seems a common theme, I've actually seen two other poeple draw scenes reminding of the little orgy in the corner.

the more the merrier ----> have a merry christmas

[Helgeran]

the more the merrier ----> have a merry christmas

Probe your brain damnit! This have bugged me for years!

[TizzyFoe]

your forced to be kind and friendly to people who you might not actually like at christmas. i could easily see this being related to forced sex

[Natsuo]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6070/lineage2comic1ct.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/522/lolcomicpiratejaypeg5dv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I am the best artist of them all. :(

[Giovanni Medici]

what the fuck?

[Zuku]

I must ask you a serious question here: why does christmas relate to forced sex? It seems a common theme, I've actually seen two other poeple draw scenes reminding of the little orgy in the corner.

I don't see the forced sex. There's a class (Claus?) of male that gets into seeing his wife cuckolded in front of him. I just see a fetish. Maybe R4ange, er, I mean, Mrs. Claus has a thing for reindeer. :D . I tell you what, Santa sure doesn't look unhappy.

I don't know if this qualifies as a fetish but I do imagine this often:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/NoelG/behead.jpg

[Natsuo]

what the fuck?

I know, it's hard to take it all in at once.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Some old work I did back when I was in college:

Still life, pen and ink stipple technique. Yes, it took a ton of hours to complete.
http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/ta_bw/stipple.jpg

Acrylic and airbrush.
http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/ta_color/india.jpg

Spent 7.5 years in college to get my degree in illustration, and was completely burnt out on art by the time I graduated. It's taken me 10 years to want to start drawing again, and mostof my time recently has been doing web graphics and the like. Not enough time to just draw anything in traditional media. I've got other artwork posted on my site. The image galleries need to up organized a bit better though.

[Figrix Voidstar]

Kudos for the thread KH!

Rhyssa, those pictures are excellent! I especially like the 'India' one, you should keep it up!

As far as drawing goes I have something on hand, It's just a sketch of my D&D character. It's actually a camera capture of it, sorry the quality sucks (I don't have a scanner) :bang:

I found 3 decent takes from MANY: (my camera really sucks)
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6784/apr19043ts.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2441/apr19067eg.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/509/apr19058xd.jpg

I'm much better at sculptures. I don't really have any on hand atm (I have not worked on any art in a while) as I usually give away or make something for other people. I don't keep my own art around because I'll notice an imperfection and smash it. Is better that I give it to someone else hehe.

If I have any time I'll see if I can work up a dragon's head or something soon ;)

*edit* Oh ya, my character is a bard. Because I suck at drawing a human form I tried something like a 'behind' view with his pack & weapons all in the way of the difficult stuff haha. He's playing his lute, and the angular thing strapped to the left of the pack is his boomerang quiver/holster. Had I better focus I would highlight the 'energies' I drew coming off the lute in an 'equalizer' kind of pattern. It's a very light effect tho..
That black crap is some kind of gunk that came off the inside of my folder :/

also: I can't shade worth a crap :/

[salaam]

Some old work I did back when I was in college:

Still life, pen and ink stipple technique. Yes, it took a ton of hours to complete.
http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/ta_bw/stipple.jpg

Acrylic and airbrush.
http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/ta_color/india.jpg

Spent 7.5 years in college to get my degree in illustration, and was completely burnt out on art by the time I graduated. It's taken me 10 years to want to start drawing again, and mostof my time recently has been doing web graphics and the like. Not enough time to just draw anything in traditional media. I've got other artwork posted on my site. The image galleries need to up organized a bit better though.


Wow just wow. I really enjoyed watching your work. Impressive.
I'm studying illustration also but it's more like digital media.

[Metal Wolf]

Well my internet was down for about three hours so I wasted a little time.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/Majincarne/FilterAbuse.jpg

Just a bunch of filters not much actuall talent involved.

[r4nge]

Well my internet was down for about three hours so I wasted a little time.

Just a bunch of filters not much actuall talent involved.

mixing paint and slathering it onto a canvas doesnt mean talent. it is indeed harder but the talent is in the eyeballs. It's kinda like this art professor in our town who publicly rips apart all digital art as "no talent". He is a photographer, lol.

[Spinewire]

First time i have drawn anything to speak off...

I was following Hennings tutorials and i have got this so far.

If you are wondering why i went for an ass:
a)it's nice to look at
b)it's a simple shape.


Anyone got any tips of where to go from here? I will need to tidy i up a bit.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1097/ass12us.jpg

[Prime]

That kind of looks like a man ass.

I'd put up stuff from my portfolio, but I don't have a camera.

[Metal Wolf]

That kind of looks like a man ass.

I'd put up stuff from my portfolio, but I don't have a camera. Gotta agree with prime there. Not enough bubble butt to it, though muscular girls tend to have kina manly asses.

[Bensidhe]

First time i have drawn anything to speak off...

I was following Hennings tutorials and i have got this so far.

If you are wondering why i went for an ass:
a)it's nice to look at
b)it's a simple shape.


Anyone got any tips of where to go from here? I will need to tidy i up a bit.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1097/ass12us.jpg

Yep, go in a redefine the butt a bit with more shading . It still looks flat . Do some work around where the arm and hand intersect with the edge of her butt and thigh so that they become separate from that part of her anatomy .
Are you doing this digitally ? Its a nice choice of subject material but drawing the human figure isn't easy at any time . There are so many ways to represent the numerous curves , lines and shapes that to get any sort of consistency takes a shitload of practice . Keep at it man , its well on its way .

[Spinewire]

Well i have made it look a bit better... i think.

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/5403/ass26ks.jpg


need to sort the hands and pants out i think

[Helgeran]

I don't see the forced sex. There's a class (Claus?) of male that gets into seeing his wife cuckolded in front of him. I just see a fetish. Maybe R4ange, er, I mean, Mrs. Claus has a thing for reindeer. :D . I tell you what, Santa sure doesn't look unhappy.

The reason I reacted to r4nges drawing was probably due to some of my own stuff. I guess fascination of dominance is a pretty common disturbance :sly: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/Plumbumdeath/Jgarenmindre.jpg

Nice ass, Spinewire. Looks a bit young thought.

[Bensidhe]

Well i have made it look a bit better... i think.

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/5403/ass26ks.jpg


need to sort the hands and pants out i think


Yep . Hands look a bit tentative ( btw, hands are one of the hardest parts to get down ) If you're serious about figure drawing, enroll in a class with live models in it . Lighting, shape, definition, line, line thickness, composition, color, tints and shades , etc, it all comes into play . Forget the idealistic models that abound in fashion and muscle mags, the everyday person is a more interesting subject by far .

[Spinewire]

I might try and take the hands out.... they will own me.

[dudeness]

http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan8pr.jpg
i got bored during math class:D , ive been thinking about editing in some color w/ photoshop, but i suck with photoshop.

[Spinewire]

This is as good as i can get it i think, i'll try to add some colour tomorrow.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8588/ass31et.jpg


p.s. the graphic tablet pwns

[r4nge]

http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan8pr.jpg
i got bored during math class:D , ive been thinking about editing in some color w/ photoshop, but i suck with photoshop.

easiest where's waldo eva

[Spinewire]

Hmmmm don't know why i started doing this... it's well out of my league but i'll give it ago. It may take me a little while, but if anyone can give me any links to anything that would help with this sort of thing i will love you with mouth.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7210/basecolour0it.jpg

It's my GF and her friend if you were wondering



edit- forgot how big it was :|

[Spinewire]

When i said a while, i mean ages!

Here is a small version for your viewage!
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3897/test6fi.jpg
Adobe Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom Graphire4 A6 Tablet

Getting there, slowly. Keep in mind this is my first attempt at anything artistic, other than the ass above.

[Darkmatter]

That is not bad at all man.

[Spinewire]

It's a trace so their is not real tallent in there, i'm just grinding my colour usage and shadeing skills before i tackle the real meat of form, perspective and so on.

Only started try to improve my skills when i got my gfx tablet.

I'll be doing the hair soon, whcih will probabaly pwn but i have an ace up my sleeve so it might be ok.

p.s. My tablet owns :D

[r4nge]

dam, i want a tablet.
dam, i want your girlfriend's friend (see me being polite).
dam good job man.

[Spinewire]

dam, i want your girlfriend's friend (see me being polite). So do i :D

[Zuku]

eh, Spine, put some eyeballs in their heads.

I'm guessing a basic tablet goes for around $100USD.

[Spinewire]

I was aiming to do the eyes last...


The A6 Wacom Graphire4 was about

[Spinewire]

I have given up on the pictuter now and deleted it... I kept making it worse and worse and did not like how ugly i made my GF look.

[Metal Wolf]

Here is one of my first self made backgrounds nice and simple.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/Majincarne/blahcopy.jpg

[Darkmatter]

Turn that lovely thing into a signature.

[Xemise]

nice!

[Ankh]

Nice work people! :)

Using Darkmatter's guidelines I've managed to churn out my first ever abstract art (or any art for that matter :p )!

Linkage:
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3653/abbyshitname8pc.th.jpg (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abbyshitname8pc.jpg)

And my second work!
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/6646/evilwispsmall4yo.th.jpg (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=evilwispsmall4yo.jpg)

I'm actually quite pleased with myself. :D

[-DarkRaver-]

Damn those are really neat.

[Metal Wolf]

Neet, if my english, spelling, gramar hell writing in general wasn't so shitty I'd try and write a few tutorials. But they mostly turn into massive runon sentances.

Anyway linkage to a few PS tut sites:

http://www.tascha.ch/?page_id=21

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorials.html

http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

That should keep yall happy fer a bit.

[Darkmatter]

Nice work people! :)

Using Darkmatter's guidelines I've managed to churn out my first ever abstract art (or any art for that matter :p )!



I'm actually quite pleased with myself. :D

Wow, thats some unexpected credit :) Thanks, and thank you - that last one is awe! Good work.

[Ankh]

Wow, thats some unexpected credit :) Thanks, and thank you - that last one is awe! Good work.

No, thank you - I'm hooked!

Anyway linkage to a few PS tut sites:

http://www.tascha.ch/?page_id=21

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorials.html

http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

That should keep yall happy fer a bit.

Wooteh, I'll get cracking on those tomorrow!:D

[RhyssaFireheart]

Just a few wallpapers I did recently. I tend to stick to simpler layouts and settings.

Abstract (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/abstract_02.jpg).

Spring (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/wallpaper_seasons_spring.jpg).

Winter (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/wallpaper_seasons_winter.jpg).

I plan to finish Summer and Autumn for the seasons set of wallpapers, and I have a few other abstracts in the works as well.

[EightyFour]

Neet, if my english, spelling, gramar hell writing in general wasn't so shitty I'd try and write a few tutorials. But they mostly turn into massive runon sentances.

Anyway linkage to a few PS tut sites:

http://www.tascha.ch/?page_id=21

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorials.html

http://www.idigitalemotion.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

That should keep yall happy fer a bit.

Cool thank you, got them locked in.

[EightyFour]

Just a few wallpapers I did recently. I tend to stick to simpler layouts and settings.

Abstract (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/abstract_02.jpg).

Spring (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/wallpaper_seasons_spring.jpg).

Winter (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_wallpaper/wallpaper_seasons_winter.jpg).

I plan to finish Summer and Autumn for the seasons set of wallpapers, and I have a few other abstracts in the works as well.

Winter is my fav.

Here's something I did, this forum is really starting to put me in the mood.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/AxeWithFire3.jpg

[Darkmatter]

I somehow think its nice to look at winter themed pictures when its spring outside, and spring pictures when its winter.

[EightyFour]

I somehow think its nice to look at winter themed pictures when its spring outside, and spring pictures when its winter.
I think you have a point worth exploring there.

[Ankh]

I found an old scan of one of my brothers' pencil drawings and decided to infuse it with my awesome photoshopping skills ;)

Anyway!
Before:
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6447/handsmallcopy0sc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)





After:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9520/handawesome8vl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Being my third photoshop art, I'm once again extremely pleased with myself :D

[Spinewire]

How did you get it to look like that?

I like it.

Looks like some smudge with a wave/ripple/liqufy effect or did you keep it old school.

[Ankh]

I adjusted the levels to get better whites and blacks, smudged the pencil lines out and added a diffuse glow effect for the extra blaze. I had some layers on and whatnot but I can't remember, I reckon I know about 5% of photoshop and this was really just impulsive experimentation :rolleyes:

Now that I think about it, I did alot more than what I said above, but I'm tired and can't remember :p

None of the smudging was through filters, if that's what you mean by old-school... All hand moused :)

On a side note, my brother just had his confirmation in Norway, and I'm trying to strong arm him into buying "himself" a tablet :p

[Spinewire]

When i said old school i meant building up the colours with brushes as if you were painting it.

Tablet is ftw btw i'm v glad i got mine.

[Ankh]

Ahh, ok. All the yellow/orange glow was colored with a brush, yes. The red on the sides was simply filled in.

[Ankh]

Here's a more explosive version, tell me which one you prefer..

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/4171/handexplosive5dc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It's a little hard on the white areas, so I might try to erase the effect there.
I like the way it looks more gritty, and the flames effect is surprisingly genuine.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Winter is my fav.

Thanks. That's actually my backyard after a storm we had in March this year. This (http://coeurdefeu.com/artgallery/da_photos/031606_trees.jpg) is the original photo I took.

Ankh, that's a pretty interesting image you created. My only complaint with it is that the source image gets completely lost except for the fingers a bit, and even then you can't really tell what they are unless you see the original sketch. It looks great as a purely abstract image though.

[Bensidhe]

I came up with an idea for a background and it turned into a picture all on its own ...lots of movement and color in this one .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/Bensidhe/Un1.png

[Abelard Dunstan]

OP, you got ur wish tbh. :)

[Darkmatter]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/Funkydupe/Abstrakt3dArt1.jpg

Hmm.. well, it turned out as nothing ..eh coughabstractcough..

[Wedge]

After:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9520/handawesome8vl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Being my third photoshop art, I'm once again extremely pleased with myself :DThis one's better because you can actually tell what it is. The other one isn't clear enough. But that is indeed great work!

[Wedge]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/Funkydupe/Abstrakt3dArt1.jpg

Hmm.. well, it turned out as nothing ..eh coughabstractcough..I really, really like the style you use in this kind of stuff Darkmatter. If you could have that sort of style applied to actual artwork it would be worth something. If you could make out the silhouette of some object in there it'd be really cool. You're probably the best at making neat photoshop effects in this thread so far, has a lot of potential beyond simple abstracts.

[LanMandragon]

I found an old scan of one of my brothers' pencil drawings and decided to infuse it with my awesome photoshopping skills ;)

Anyway!
Before:
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6447/handsmallcopy0sc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)





After:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9520/handawesome8vl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Being my third photoshop art, I'm once again extremely pleased with myself :D

Thats pretty tight. Though I think the Black and White one was easier to understand, and the coloring made it kinda hard to see what was going on. Just me I guess.

[Darkmatter]

I really, really like the style you use in this kind of stuff Darkmatter. If you could have that sort of style applied to actual artwork it would be worth something. If you could make out the silhouette of some object in there it'd be really cool. You're probably the best at making neat photoshop effects in this thread so far, has a lot of potential beyond simple abstracts.

No no, when it comes to photoshopping its more about knowledge of the program than real talent. I'll probably be investing in a drawing board for my PC over the summer and have some fun with that, who knows what might or might not turn up though. If I had the time, an art class involving sketching, drawing etc would be great.. but who has the time..

[Wedge]

Don't be so humble. There's people getting paid to do photoshop artwork that don't have half the knowledge, talent, and skill you convey in your works.

[Ankh]

Thats pretty tight. Though I think the Black and White one was easier to understand, and the coloring made it kinda hard to see what was going on. Just me I guess.

Yeah, I suppose I was so familiar with the original artwork that I didn't hold in mind what the result would look like to the end viewer. Ah well, I'm barely grasping the basics of photoshop atm... :)

Btw, I made myself a new sig, whaddaya think? :p

[Darkmatter]

Uploaded one more, since at least some of you share my taste for weird ps pictures. I have to tune down the quality a lot because Photobucket won't let me upload larger pictures. Maybe for the better at this time anyway.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/Funkydupe/Abstrakt3dArt2.jpg

[Darkmatter]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f88/Funkydupe/Abstrakt3dArt3.jpg

[LanMandragon]

Yeah, I suppose I was so familiar with the original artwork that I didn't hold in mind what the result would look like to the end viewer. Ah well, I'm barely grasping the basics of photoshop atm... :)

Btw, I made myself a new sig, whaddaya think? :p

I like that a lot.

[Bensidhe]

Don't be so humble. There's people getting paid to do photoshop artwork that don't have half the knowledge, talent, and skill you convey in your works.

QFT. You have an eye for stuff Dark . Don't sell that ability short . The abstract you just did is better than a lot of stuff I have seen in galleries . If you could transfer those images into a larger format, I think you could make a living at it . To a lot of people, abstract art has no attraction , but you managed to get a lot of light and shape into your composition, and composition is half the game in making an image interesting . Anyone can do figures, for example, but damn few can make them "live" . Thats a nice cubisitic touch you have in that pic . See what else you can do with it :)

Look up Georges Brach, Kandinsky, and any of the cubists .

[Zuku]

Yeppers, I was inspired by Dark's backgrounds in making ShadowDemen's sig. Abstract is totally outside my comfort zone but I decided to at least lean a tiny bit that way in making that background.

[Bensidhe]

I know where you're coming from Zuku . I started out with fantasy images and wildlife , then got introduced to abstract in college ...it takes a bit of doing but once you get your head around it ...yowzah ! I used to work on 4ft X 5ft canvases . Similar to what Dark does in his abstracts .

[BlackVolgan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/squeichv4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/Louis-thunderface2.jpg

^ my face

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/louispicture.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/3333small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/orc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/pivot/Louistauren.jpg

^ did that in year 8 (pretty good i know)

[EightyFour]

I like the second one the best, the guy with the 2 axes, it seems to me to have the most detail out of the 4. The proportions are correct, and it looks real clean around the edges. Would you like to know what I think of all of them, positive and negative?

[BlackVolgan]

I like the second one the best, the guy with the 2 axes, it seems to me to have the most detail out of the 4. The proportions are correct, and it looks real clean around the edges. Would you like to know what I think of all of them, positive and negative?

why whats wrong with them? I know they arn't the best but all the pencil drawings have been done at school in my book when i supposed to work :P

[EightyFour]

Nothing is wrong with them directly; they are all great work, just going over the finer details. In other words, "The small stuff". For the first, second, and third one, I feel I'm under qualified to be critical on those. On the forth one, I'm comparing it to human anatomy considering it looks like that's what you used for your base muscle structure.

The forearms first, look a little short, but that may also be due to lack of room on your paper, the left and the right look unproportional, not in relation to each other but overall compared to the rest of the body.

The shoulder muscle looks like it is either pulled back or is not defined in correct proportion, there are three muscles in the shoulder, the front deltoid, a center deltoid and rear deltoid, from a side position you should be able to see all three, but if the shoulder is pulled back than I can understand seeing 2. But if that's the case than the arm muscles would fallow suit if the shoulder was pulled back, than the bicep would be more apparent and the tricep would not.

The bicep looks a little short, in a human frame the elbow reaches down to about the navel or a little higher. If he were to bring his arm back down the elbow looks like it would reach the lower pectoral. I'm also adding this maybe due to lack of room on the paper, although you could have used the correct proportions and just not done the hand or left forearm.

The neck and the collar bone, I couldn't tell you exactly what's wrong with it, I'm no expert. I'm thinking that the collar bone should be a little higher as to protect more of that fleshy neck, and the neck muscles just don't seem right to me, couldn't tell you how to correct that or add any specific's.

That's about all I can tell, just one artist to another, doing what I can to help were I can. Hopefully you can find someone much better with art than I to critique them.

[r4nge]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/Louis-thunderface2.jpg
^ my face


hey, you're not black!

[Areoth]

A little scene based on the song Suite Sister Mary by Queensryche.

http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sistermary1gu.gif

[Metal Wolf]

damn, thats really good.

[EightyFour]

A little scene based on the song Suite Sister Mary by Queensryche.

http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sistermary1gu.gif

That's really good work, how long would you say to took to complete, hours wise? Days if you don't know the hours.

[Areoth]

That's really good work, how long would you say to took to complete, hours wise? Days if you don't know the hours.


Somewhere between 6-8 hours over two days. Was in a place with no actual reference material so it took longer than it should have.

[EightyFour]

Somewhere between 6-8 hours over two days. Was in a place with no actual reference material so it took longer than it should have.

It seems that this might be something that you do for a living. That's amazing detail with no references.

[Zuku]

My Sithra-in-progress:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/NoelG/sithrainprogress.jpg

[BlackVolgan]

so what have you got to show eightyfour?

[Darkmatter]

A little scene based on the song Suite Sister Mary by Queensryche.

http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sistermary1gu.gif

That is absolutely impressive. A motivation for others to start a proper drawing/sketching course.

[Spinewire]

A little scene based on the song Suite Sister Mary by Queensryche.

http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sistermary1gu.gif

Get some photoshop and slap some colour on that bad boy. Infact i like it so much i might try aswell, i'll PM it to you if i ever finnish it (I probabaly won't finnish it, i never finnish anything :()

[Areoth]

It seems that this might be something that you do for a living. That's amazing detail with no references.

Not for a living, more of a hobby than anything else. I did a scene for each of the songs on the Operation Mindcrime Album but gave them all away but that one.

Also was doing a seven deadly sins series but set in a modern age using a pair of addicts, the man and woman always engaged in one of the less exciting aspects of addiction. (only finished greed, envy, sloth, and wrath with sketches of the rest)

Greed involved a woman in a bathroom wearing only a shirt and taking the mans wallet out of his pants, to her right through the open bathrrom door you see the man passed out on the bed half naked as well.

Gluttony involved the same woman with several types of drugs before her and joint in mouth as she fixed a hit of heroin. The scene is from above she is on floor back against couch and drugs on the coffee table while he is passed out on the couch.

Envy is a simple scene in a washroom where the man is seated shooting heroin and the woman is standing behind him with a look of absolute hunger (focused on the needle in his arm) and her spoon and rig in hand.

Sloth is shown by both of them at a kitchen table. A bottle of booze to his left. Both of them are wearily eating TV dinners. In the background an overflowing sink full of dirty dishes, a garbage can full of trash and baby diapers etc.

Lust was shown by the man again pased out on a motel bed evidence of drugs and booze all arround. The woman is with another woman and looks warily towards teh guys passed out as if he may wake at any moment.

Wrath was a violent scene with the man on his back and the woman mounted on him wielding a WWII bayonet in a double handed grip as she repeatedly stabs him some 49 times. The bedding the man and the woman are blood spattered and look of absolute serenity is on her face. (the scene is caught when she is at the height of a strike and the weapon is above her head drop of blood flying off the blade. On the nightstand is a crack pipe.

Pride was a hard one to portray and follow the whole dark side of the drug life. I toyed with the idea of having the woman dressing (for a night of hooking)while looking in the mirror with the image in the mirror being that of a sexy young woman while the actual woman was more tired and worn. The man during this has his back to her and is cutting cocaine on a nightstand.

I may post them all when they are done. They are dark however and may not be the best thing to post on a forum.

[Gunther TheBlack]

My Sithra-in-progress:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/NoelG/sithrainprogress.jpg

Are you going DULU on us?

Looks nice tho :D

[Areoth]

Are you going DULU on us?

Looks nice tho :D

Thanks for the memory, now I will forever associate Purple with Dulu. :ohno:

[EightyFour]

Not for a living, more of a hobby than anything else. I did a scene for each of the songs on the Operation Mindcrime Album but gave them all away but that one.

Also was doing a seven deadly sins series but set in a modern age using a pair of addicts, the man and woman always engaged in one of the less exciting aspects of addiction. (only finished greed, envy, sloth, and wrath with sketches of the rest)

Greed involved a woman in a bathroom wearing only a shirt and taking the mans wallet out of his pants, to her right through the open bathrrom door you see the man passed out on the bed half naked as well.

Gluttony involved the same woman with several types of drugs before her and joint in mouth as she fixed a hit of heroin. The scene is from above she is on floor back against couch and drugs on the coffee table while he is passed out on the couch.

Envy is a simple scene in a washroom where the man is seated shooting heroin and the woman is standing behind him with a look of absolute hunger (focused on the needle in his arm) and her spoon and rig in hand.

Sloth is shown by both of them at a kitchen table. A bottle of booze to his left. Both of them are wearily eating TV dinners. In the background an overflowing sink full of dirty dishes, a garbage can full of trash and baby diapers etc.

Lust was shown by the man again pased out on a motel bed evidence of drugs and booze all arround. The woman is with another woman and looks warily towards teh guys passed out as if he may wake at any moment.

Wrath was a violent scene with the man on his back and the woman mounted on him wielding a WWII bayonet in a double handed grip as she repeatedly stabs him some 49 times. The bedding the man and the woman are blood spattered and look of absolute serenity is on her face. (the scene is caught when she is at the height of a strike and the weapon is above her head drop of blood flying off the blade. On the nightstand is a crack pipe.

Pride was a hard one to portray and follow the whole dark side of the drug life. I toyed with the idea of having the woman dressing (for a night of hooking)while looking in the mirror with the image in the mirror being that of a sexy young woman while the actual woman was more tired and worn. The man during this has his back to her and is cutting cocaine on a nightstand.

I may post them all when they are done. They are dark however and may not be the best thing to post on a forum.

I look forward to seeing them, if you think there to graphic than just send me a PM with the images.

[TizzyFoe]

First one is my super badass kidpix pic from when i was a youngster. In case you cant tell the birds and fish are at war, and the fish have umbrellas to block the hammers that the birds are going to drop on them. Also the crabs are attacking the sun.

http://mypage.iu.edu/~jteasdal/kidpix.JPG

This is the product of my first ever use of Photoshop. i made it while pathetically failing to make a space nebula (there

[jeebs]

My silly rendition of Mario
http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/168/5/6/Mario_mk_I_by_elchocolato.jpg

[Spinewire]

I may post them all when they are done. They are dark however and may not be the best thing to post on a forum.
Let the mods worry about that... get them posted.

[Stark]

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/33/collageb7hw.jpg

[Rashick]

Acrylics:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Thealis/Artwork/StormWandererJPG.jpg

Yeah, so i did a sloppy job on the bottom left. It was my first real shot at a full scale painting (background and all).

If anyone finds it too big for the thread then i can replace the image link with the Url.

[Rashick]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/Xadhoom/adja012.jpg

That is truely amazing

[Ryuji]

My second sig, just something i through together in about 30 minutes. I think its not bad for the time i spent...

The Jolly Roger maybe a bit much though... And it looks out of place...

Edit: Deleted the JR.

[Ryuji]

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8970/crossbonesworld3da.gif

what do you think?

[Metal Wolf]

I like it, just seems to need more balance of the light acrosss it.

[EightyFour]

I agree, one more light should do it. Or you could put in 2 or 3 real soft ones, like star light type lights to clear up the areas that are completely black.

[TizzyFoe]

i like it this one light. its like a horror movie when there a lightning strike or something that lights of half of monsters face.

[EightyFour]

Just a couple of quick ones that I had an idea for.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/FireAndIce2.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/FireAndIce.jpg

[OrMZeN]

http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scan8pr.jpg
i got bored during math class:D , ive been thinking about editing in some color w/ photoshop, but i suck with photoshop.


Well, at least I tried. ^^
Im not so good with making realistic effects but I think I can put color on things like this:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/142/mathguy8wa.jpg
Edit: Yeah, I noticed now with the green background that I've missed some spots, but it was just a quick coloring, could've been much better. ^.^

By the way EightyFour, those pictures reminds me of Firefox's logotype
http://www.forceagainstsomething.com/images/blurbs/10052005/firefox.jpg

[Darkmatter]

I really liked the second one Eightyfour, although theres something about that white outter circle that doesn't fit right with the actual logo/avatar.

[EightyFour]

I really liked the second one Eightyfour, although theres something about that white outter circle that doesn't fit right with the actual logo/avatar.
You think I should make it like earth on the side and wind in between the Yin and Yang symbol and the side?

[EightyFour]

I really liked the second one Eightyfour, although theres something about that white outter circle that doesn't fit right with the actual logo/avatar.
You think I should make it like earth on the side and wind in between the Yin and Yang symbol and the side?

[EightyFour]

Or maybe more like this:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/FireAndIce03.jpg

[Baelfire]

Here is some art I did with a cheap program.

http://artpad.art.com/?j21e5xt784w

Its abstract, havnt got my photoshop put in my comp yet...

[Darkmatter]

Or maybe more like this:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/FireAndIce03.jpg

Well, yeah - I really liked that one better. It brings forward the color contrasts more having that grey forum background and the logo instead of the strong white circle which really took some of my attention away from the awsome colors applied in the symbol(logo).

[EightyFour]

There we go, I'm going to keep the white one two though, it looks better with the flameing backtound I got it on.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/Foxbat2020/FireAndIce04.jpg

[Mishkan]

I get bored
No filter whoring etc. all this stuff is from scratch except where noted
3dsmax
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/3d/The%20Daisy.JPG
Digital Painting
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/Dark%20Art/Rage.JPG
Digital Painting + one stock photo (grass)
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/Fantasy/Samurai.JPG
DP
http://mishkanart.com/temp/Neb1.jpg
DP
http://mishkanart.com/temp/Sail800x600.jpg

[dudeness]

Well, at least I tried. ^^
Im not so good with making realistic effects but I think I can put color on things like this:
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/142/mathguy8wa.jpg
Edit: Yeah, I noticed now with the green background that I've missed some spots, but it was just a quick coloring, could've been much better. ^.^

By the way EightyFour, those pictures reminds me of Firefox's logotype
http://www.forceagainstsomething.com/images/blurbs/10052005/firefox.jpg
Hehe, i really like how it looks with color.

[EightyFour]

I get bored
No filter whoring etc. all this stuff is from scratch except where noted
3dsmax
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/3d/The%20Daisy.JPG
Digital Painting
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/Dark%20Art/Rage.JPG
Digital Painting + one stock photo (grass)
http://mishkanart.com/portfolio/Fantasy/Samurai.JPG
DP
http://mishkanart.com/temp/Neb1.jpg
DP
http://mishkanart.com/temp/Sail800x600.jpg

Truely awsome stuff. Wish I had that level of ability right now.

[Mishkan]

Thanks, it just takes practice and learning a good sense of design.

[Tonka]

Sorry about the size

http://www.black-company.org/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_174.jpg

[Axairick]

Aeroth: Nice to see some Queensryche fans out there.
Props for creativity.

[Ayanamifan]

This is a rather large image, created using a Wacom Tablet.

Samurai (http://members.cox.net/mmichaud7/Samurai%20copy.jpg)

I was playing Way of the Samurai on my PS2 and thought the artwork on the box was nice and wondered how I'd do at drawing it.

http://members.cox.net/mmichaud7/127_samurai.jpg

I think I got pretty darn close. I like it.

[Bensidhe]

Nice work . Good use of brushes on the sky , etc.

[Mishkan]

Interesting, you might want to clean up the edges on the samurai and not overuse the smudge tool (always use it in moderation)

[RhyssaFireheart]

Been playing with abstracts lately. Had a bit of fun making this. Yeah, it's mostly filters and whatnot, but I still like them. Variations of the same thing:

http://coeurdefeu.com/hosted/abstract_05b_1280x1024_th.jpg (http://coeurdefeu.com/hosted/abstract_05b_1280x1024.jpg)

http://coeurdefeu.com/hosted/abstract_05c_1280x1024_th.jpg (http://coeurdefeu.com/hosted/abstract_05c_1280x1024.jpg)

Oh yeah, they're 1280x1024 because that's the default resolution of my monitor. :p

[salaam]

http://mbnet.fi/miyagii/cary.jpg

I made this of myself. I don't draw often so I think it's pretty good...

[Forsete]

Due to my newfound love for Artpad I can hereby present;

Random swampland;
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j38oh6t9kuw

and

Bay in moonlight
http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j3a51h1mz4vc

As usually done in complete confusion.

[Ghorne]

I've spent the past month or so creating all custom Ork art for my guild signatures. Here are a couple of them...

This one is complete:
http://www.clanoathbound.com/signatures/thokk_stage3.jpg

Here is the signature. I ended up cutting and pasting the arm forward so it would fit:
http://www.clanoathbound.com/signatures/thokk1.jpg

This is mine minus the armor detail and finishing touches:
http://www.clanoathbound.com/signatures/new_ghorne_stage2.jpg

These were done on a Wacom Intuos tablet with Photoshop Elements (Photoshop CS2 is in the mail! :))

[Bensidhe]

Pretty good stuff. Hand drawn works are always just a bit better imo. Anything that involves time and effort usually is worth it.

[Komako]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/Komako/MyFigurecopy.jpg

3 hours, no tablet.

[Bensidhe]

Not bad, but your fog and figure don't quite mix. The fog has a 3D element to it and the figure is 2D.

[Prime]

My cam sucks
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2895/picturegf7.jpg

[Thrudgelmir]

hmm i think the anatomy is a bit wrong, but hey! an impaled, female angel! nice one!

[Prime]

The hips/waist seems off, I think

[Thrudgelmir]

yeah, but still. gotta love impaled female angels. the only thing i miss, in the piece is some greased up pigs. nothing beats greased up pigs.

[KingHussien]

Nice to see this thread still alive and kicking. :D

[TizzyFoe]

i downloaded GIMP early today and after playing with it for a few hours i ended up with this

http://mypage.iu.edu/~jteasdal/planet2.JPG

[BlackVolgan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/satyrfinal.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/facefinal.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/dwarf.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/BlackVolgan/hhhh.jpg


all done in pen without copying anything :P

[Horogan]

PLEASE, Ignore the face on the right
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/goddess3.gif

From my webcomic at http://sometimesupdated.smackjeeves.com
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/fg.gif

From the cover of my book of my webcomic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/ballfront.gif

The christmas episode of my webcomic
http://www.paint-zone.co.uk/ball/strips/2005-12-25.gif

Two drawings I Did for the webmaster of smackjeeves.com
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/smallbutler.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/largebutlersmall.gif

An image I made for a laugh
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/googlepolice.gif

An admin image for any forum that cares to use it that I made
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/TINHAT.gif

A dragon that I have yet to complete
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/dragonsmall.gif

[Horogan]

More images


Some bad and some ok sonic drawings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/KnR.gif
http://www.paint-zone.co.uk/images/sonic.gif
http://www.paint-zone.co.uk/images/tails.gif

Phantasy star online
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/Copyofpso.gif

Lizzardskin Ninja!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/madkillingfest.gif

More ninja
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Smeep/ninja.gif

[Helgeran]

Drew these a couple of years ago.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/Plumbumdeath/Cloudbehindthemoon.png

For some reason a cloud is obscured by the moon.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/Plumbumdeath/IStjrneschackstjnst.jpg

Ignore the fact that his pony is probably barfing blood and some broken ribs.

[mantoe]

These I did while playing with and learning Manga Studio (the Debut version not the $300 one, and I do not draw 'manga style' /barf). They are inspired by Frank Frazetta. There is nudity so I make-a-dem links. No clicky if you a kiddy.

Kidnapped! (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6796/3584/1600/fem_dom_01.jpg)

Protector (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6796/3584/1600/fem_dom_02.jpg)

I was messing with the idea of gender role reversal and checking out hatching techniques in a computer inking program.

[Horogan]

Nice artwork their mantoe.

I had to copy and paste the URL's to the browser for it to work.

[TizzyFoe]

is it just me or are mantoe's links not working (idk what "i make-a-dem link" means)

[RhyssaFireheart]

You need to put a space after the link to make the image show up. Some site's don't like hotlinking, so you have to either copy-paste the link directly, or put a space behind it to view them.

[Horogan]

is it just me or are mantoe's links not working (idk what "i make-a-dem link" means)

No it's not just you. If you read the post directly before yours, you'd have known that ;) :P

plus, the post directly before this one tells you why it's happening, but unless you're phsycic, I doubt you could have seen in to the future.

[Sarmatian]

Did this the other night when I was up till 2 am and couldn't sleep. I drew this looking at a picture on DeviantArt to kind of get a feel for how these good artists do shading. I thought the orig pic was pretty cool.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4298/wolverine2jt5.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/931/wolverine1ro9.jpg

[Siduris]

Just some drawing from back when i begun reading about DF, this is what i Imagined a mahirim to look like.. http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wolfmannl6.jpg

[rekker]

http://ic1.deviantart.com/images2/i/2004/07/7/3/catduck.jpg

I drew this a few years ago and put it on deviantart.com

Edit - And totally forgot about it!

[Spinewire]

A Muddy/Rusted Golden Idol

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/459/iconfinaljm2.png

Done in ZBrush, touched up in PS.

[Spinewire]

Brestplate Render

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/808/finalbrestplateir5.png

[Metal Wolf]

MMM, bumps. I like the sun emblem as well.

[RhyssaFireheart]

The little idol you did was cute and well done.

The breastplate - my only question would be how do you put it on? Metal doesn't exactly bend too easily. Nice design though.

[RhyssaFireheart]

EDIT - dang, some seriuos posting lag happening there.

[Spinewire]

The little idol you did was cute and well done.

The breastplate - my only question would be how do you put it on? Metal doesn't exactly bend too easily. Nice design though.

Well if you stood like this \o/ and lowered it on to yourself i think it might work. Maybe not tho, i did not really think about it.

[BoomerSL]

It's easily remedied by putting an edge with clasps on the side and hinges on the opposite. Could be done on either bump/normal or model level. Perhaps extruding a polygon row on the shoulder part to simulate a second object (or actually sepparating it to a new object and go on from there).

btw, what app are you using?

Some spur of the moment modeling I've done in maya.

http://boomer.slhq.com/web/house1_1.jpg
and the back side
http://boomer.slhq.com/web/house1_2.jpg

very much WIP weighing in at 3k polys atm

[edit] Ooops, sorry, missed the part in your idol post saying it was Z-brush.

[ColoringIsFun]

Doesn't maya cost money??

[BoomerSL]

Mostly, yes it does. Quite a bit at that too.

Or it could be free if you know any person, company or university using the expensive 3D-app of your preference.

Then there's always the learning edition (or it used to before Autodesk bought Alias, not sure how it is these days)

[Bensidhe]

Since halloween is just around the corner, I threw this together.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/Bensidhe/dfHalloween.jpg

If anyone is up for it, lets see who can come up with the best .Maybe they'll use some of it for a promo page on the site . I did it cuz Halloween is my fave time of the year.

[Komako]

Beer.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/Komako/Beercopy.jpg

[Bensidhe]

Beer.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a280/Komako/Beercopy.jpg


A good thing to have on a hot day ( or night) and after a hard days work.

[Spinewire]

Random Head i am working on...

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3931/headwipzj4.jpg

Needs alot of work if i go for a realistic look, not too sure what i should do with it.


Neck/chin combo needs fixing hard...

[Maj]

http://www.maj-ace.com/files/artpadproness.jpg

I did this in artpad about an hour ago and it wouldnt let me save the playback, which I was pretty upset about, but here's the screencapture.

Work in progress

http://www.maj-ace.com/files/body01.jpg
http://www.maj-ace.com/files/model02.jpg

Lightwave.

My sig is pretty much the most recent non photo editing photoshop work.

[Spinewire]

It's good shit... nice pants btw :D

[Bensidhe]

Random Head i am working on...

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3931/headwipzj4.jpg

Needs alot of work if i go for a realistic look, not too sure what i should do with it.


Neck/chin combo needs fixing hard...

Maybe add a metallic surface to it, semi-transparent to give it a cyborg feeling . The "muscle" structure is viewable under that "skin" sort of look .

[Spinewire]

Maybe add a metallic surface to it, semi-transparent to give it a cyborg feeling . The "muscle" structure is viewable under that "skin" sort of look. The model has that pattern on it to show me how the topology is layed out and if i have the correct clustering of pollys where i need them so when i sudivide it i can add enough detail to the places that need it without it going tits up.
(eyes, mouth and ears etc..)

If i were going to finish it i would probably get it to the 1-2 mill polly mark then take a normal map of it.

It's along way of texturing yet.

I'm going to bin it and start again as my low lvl model was rushed and it will only cause probs when i texture it later.


Give it a few days and i should have something a bit more head like! :D

[Bensidhe]

I llike the way it is dude, don't mess with it too much. Let it live !:D

[Spinewire]

Too late i binned it and started again, it was easier to do that than try and fix something like that last head i made.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1540/headv2wipay6.jpg

As you can see these model is a bit further on than the last, i'll be moving the basic shape about untill it get it as realistic looking as i can then i'll add the final details.


Anything that looks wrong to you arty types please let me know :D

Anyone know how to model ears? :(

[Thrudgelmir]

are you going for a realistic human looking face? if so you should place the eyesockets a bit lower. and the top of the ears should be at the same line as the eyes. the eyes should have the space as one eye between them.

[Spinewire]

Yea they ears could do with coming down a bit but i cannot model them so i just left them there :|

[Bensidhe]

Your current model is going to have an oriental look about it . As for modeling the ears, that I can't help you with. My experience with 3D apps is limited at best, but I'm thinking maybe just t extend the parameters of the purple area,much like you did with the nose ? What program are u using btw?

[EightyFour]

SpineWire, is that 3D Max you are working in?

[Thrudgelmir]

spine, you could maybe make the cheekbones a bit thinner. and you should place the eyesockets a bit lower.

[Spinewire]

I have made a few adjustments; I smoothed cheek bones as they were a bit over the top, added a bit more detail to the ears, thinned the rear part of the jaw, adjusted the heads profile slightly and added some definition to the edges of the mouth.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4667/headv21wipvg5.jpg

I might tuck in the front of the ears slighty, but i cannot ramp up the model to the 2 mill polly mark untill i get my other PC up and running, and as a result i cannot add and of the fine detail that i need to, to finnish this off. Might play with the chin and end of the nose a bit, but come the end of next week i should have done alot more to it.

If anyone has anything to say about it feel free to rip into it so i can get it looking right.

SpineWire, is that 3D Max you are working in?
100% Zbrush, I have saved the steps i took in getting to where i am if you are intrested in seeing what i started with and how i evolved it.

spine, you could maybe make the cheekbones a bit thinner. and you should place the eyesockets a bit lower.
I moved the eye down a tiny bit and played with the forehead, i smoothed out the cheek bones and moved the eyes slightly further apart. Seems to look a little better.

[Spinewire]

Pencil drawing of a hand...

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1445/handtx6.jpg

It's a bit large so i did not stick the [img] tags round it. When it loads the browser resizes it so it's all good.

[EightyFour]

Once I saw it in gray I recognized it for what it is. I was going to say that you needed to do the ears first in another file, then attach them to the head. I imagine you can do that in ZBrush but I don't know a whole lot about it other than some of the tools here and there. I imagine that you can merge files, or I think there is a way that you can add the ear, I forgot what they were called, but to make it so you can draw the ear from your cursor. I haven't messed with it much so I forget the technical terms. I know a guy that is into way more than I am, I'll have to talk to him. I know that the way I do ears in Max, I do them seperatly from the head and than attach them.

[mantoe]

i done this-a-here illustration for my friend's CD. They called it the Crystal Skull Project it was themed around Halloween. This is the imagery i came up with. It's black and white for cheap production, and it will be folded with the skull altar on front and priest in back. It sort of fits in with Darkfall's mood so i post it here for your enjoyment.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k4/mantoe/crystalSKull_small.jpg

[Bensidhe]

Is that all done with good ol' manual pointilism , or did you add in the noise with a program ? Thats pretty decent work.:D

[mantoe]

it was done completely (sketch and inking) in manga studio debut version. best 40 bucks ive spent on an art program. just goes to show, you dont need the 200$ version to make quality art.

it has a neat spray can that mimics stippling well, if you mess around with it. AND if you use a wacom tablet you can use the spray can as an eraser which is an invaluable trick.

[Cidius]

Haha... I can't even draw a normal looking face.

[Vattic]

nice one mantoe. wtf happened to your blog btw?

[armaya]

A lot of my art is here:

www.echomedia.deviantart.com

[Agge]

A lot of my art is here:

www.echomedia.deviantart.com

O_o

the?

What was that just now... hmm, maybe the ocult? I couldnt say... straaaange stuff. Well to me that is.

[Apewall]

Random Head i am working on...

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3931/headwipzj4.jpg

Needs alot of work if i go for a realistic look, not too sure what i should do with it.


Neck/chin combo needs fixing hard...

Spine I'm gonna tell you a glorious trick here, take that thing into Zbrush, turn up the subdivisions and morph the head into something that looks more like what you want, then undo the subdivisions. Easy way to fix a lot of the problems that you see.

I didn't use Zbrush on this but I fixed this character's jawbones using a similar technique, its a lot easier than trying to redo your topology to get things placed where you want.

http://www.endcompany.com/Schoolwork/orcshead.jpg

random sword i just finished modeling

http://www.endcompany.com/Schoolwork/realisticKatana.jpg

[Rovo]

I try.......

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o188/otivor/dragonnn.jpg

ohhhh it's not THAT bad right?

[Dagger]

Can find some of my stuff here. (http://naithin.deviantart.com/) I haven't done anything new for it for some time though.

If you want a tutorial for spaceart nebula type stuff, I did one which you can find here. (http://www.deviantart.com/view/4171705/) :)
nice stuff there still.

[Suitepee]

I try.......

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o188/otivor/dragonnn.jpg

ohhhh it's not THAT bad right?

I wish I could use that as my sig,I wish I could....:D

[armaya]

O_o

the?

What was that just now... hmm, maybe the ocult? I couldnt say... straaaange stuff. Well to me that is.

lol

If you mean the last work posted, it's Greek mythology.

[Bensidhe]

Very Good stuff there armaya . Wacom tablets rule . For some strange reason my stuff is gone from that site ... gonna have to see wtf is up with that .

[Maglubiyet]

I honestly wish i could do this stuff. It makes me upset that i can't.

[Apewall]

I honestly wish i could do this stuff. It makes me upset that i can't.

Don't worry, you'd be more upset if you could. :bang: :bang:

[Agge]

lol

If you mean the last work posted, it's Greek mythology.

Acctualy, I looked around a bit <.<

Ofcourse it's better then anything I can make... probebly. Just found it a bit, well as I said, strange @.@

Edit: It's just not a style pherhaps that Im used to.

[armaya]

As someone said, actually it's sometimes more frustrating when you can do all this stuff...because you think it SHOULD be turning out to be what's in your head, but you can't quite get it there.

And Agge, a lot of the stuff was done by request, and is WoW related. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28087686/?qo=52&q=by%3Aechomedia&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps This was for a forum signature for an undead rogue, and if you've played WoW you probably recognize the scene as an Arathi Basin fight. LOL and those who know me well, know that when I'm doing something a bit "dark" and "sinister" I'm in a very good mood. Pin-ups mean I'm bored and uninspired, and waiting for another idea. It's when I do cute and fuzzy stuff like this:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/24555903/?qo=76&q=by%3Aechomedia&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
that my friends all start to know something is wrong with me and worry.

And I'm not goth or anything like that, I'm a middle-aged mom. So that makes it even more confusing, doesn't it? hehe.

[Spinewire]

Do your kids say my mum is a model(er)?

[armaya]

Hehe, no. They don't understand the 3d process at all yet (well the oldest one does a bit..when I explain it like making a Homecoming float).

The little ones usually just say "mom works at her computer" and the older one usually just mentions that I do photography so she can either brag to her buddies about the bands I work with or show off pics of herself, lol.

Kids are funny that way.

[Agge]

And I'm not goth or anything like that, I'm a middle-aged mom. So that makes it even more confusing, doesn't it? hehe.

Acctualy I thought you where some 30-40 year old woman reble, but I guess not.

Funny to see something diffrent though, getting sick of al the anime/manga art even though I still like some. Aw wells, always open for new sources of insperation.

[armaya]

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/319/a/9/Darkfall_by_echomedia.jpg

[Agge]

Now thats something moor in my taste, except for the horse... horses are evil <_<

nice detail on the sword there, looks like somekinda viking dragon heads. Now the question is...

What is she? Or what does the picture say? Al I see is a princess/noble/mage in a chrome dress, lots of diffrent symbols, wielding a giant sword with somekinda chain spear coming frome the horse atached to her.... back? O.o

Yet again Im puzzled, what is that?

[armaya]

I started trying for something "Darkfall" ish...

...but she's a Paladin.

[Agge]

Maybe I just should shut my trap befor I hurt sombody >_<

(again)

[Apewall]

Maybe I just should shut my trap befor I hurt sombody >_<

(again)

any form of art is not to be "understood". ;)

[Bensidhe]

Art, as in the formal world of fine arts, is a hidden language based in history, metaphors and symbolism. Most of the time, a picture is just a picture, but Gallery artists have their works "encoded", for lack of a better term. Armaya's work, as an example, with the horse and warrior woman could be "read" a number of different ways based upon the content of the picture. The picture, by itself, has a story, but that story may be different to each of us ( Post modernist ). By itself as just an image, the skill represented is very good. It could almost be used for marketing campaign for say, a movie, or Halloween, etc. Thats a reading at its most base level . I'm not going to go into any detail on it, but like I said, there is a story , or could be in that image. The imagination is what you make of it. For most of us , its a picture of a beautiful woman with a War Horse holding a sword behind her back in a temple of some sorts. Are you willing to come in a be her sacrifice? :eek:

[armaya]

Thank you. You said all I wanted to say, and better than I could ever say it.

Most of my stuff is just portraits of characters I have in my head, or characters friends are playing in one game or another. Very infrequently can you look at my stuff and have it "lead" everyone to a similar story.

This
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3660/thepaybackforcessationbao8.jpg
is one of the the few exceptions. Looking at this it IS more than a portrait, there's a story there...but as was said, the story is different for each who try to tell it.

[Apewall]

What software do you use for modeling and rendering, Armaya.

Your stuff looks awesome but i think you're being cripped on lighting/shading.

[armaya]

That's a pretty old pic, and I admit, I was still learning. That was rendered in D|S. Exporting and rendering in Bryce would have been better. The whole reason it was made was for this (and you can probably guess the game/faction/class of Cess):

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1729/cesssigrogues16gs.jpg

...so for that reason it served its purpose, but yes, absolutely lots of room for improvement.


Software list: D|S, Poser 6, Bryce, Hexagon, Dogwaffle, Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop.

I started this a year ago July, so I have a long ways to go.

[Agge]

lots of text, saving space, no disrespect

And just like you explain that art can be viewed in many diffrent ways, soo can the meaning of art be. Personaly I find a picture without some thought put into it is like a man without a soul. Then again, it might still be beutifull to look at. Hmm, just wonder what I see, or rather what the artist saw when he or she made it.

Even if it's just characters, then this character represent something, but I found it realy hard to make out what she in this case represented, maybe cause its new style to me, or maybe because of something else, thus my cuirosity (spelling?).

Anyways, enough said already, its just a drawing/model, the end.

[armaya]

If you're looking for meaning..lol don't look at my latest pic. ;)

I really don't need any more therapy referrals. :)

[armaya]

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs12/f/2006/322/7/c/Caged_III_by_echomedia.jpg

[Agge]

Im not even gonna ask then >_<

daaamn that looks painfull.

[armaya]

The whole point with art is you don't have to ask.

It's pretty much whatever YOU think it is.

[Agge]

have to and wanting to is 2 totaly diffrent things aye?

[Apewall]

The whole point with art is you don't have to ask.

It's pretty much whatever YOU think it is.

I think its hot.

A wise artist once told me: put every psychotic, insane, demented, twisted, ridiculous idea you have in your art. You can worry about your humanity later, after you make some good art. ;)

[DeathWing980]

that is true, you really cant be put in the insane catagory because you can always back up your art styles with another thing.. people will think its a bit strange but hey.. art is art, everyone has their own unique styles..

and i just couldnt resist getting back into drawing

what do you think?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/AC3s.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACIG.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACE.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACinside.jpg

-personal favorites-

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/gundam.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/spawnC.jpg

[Bensidhe]

For the most part, they need some shading and tonal variances to add depth. Basic greyscale hatching, or solid shading, given the style and subject of choice would help a lot . Solid tonal differences would be a bit more dramatic and realistic looking. It looks like its mainly sketches waiting for those finishing touches .

[Agge]

having a hard time making out what everything is... I guess there are some robots and stuff in there... and an anime dude.

[Surly]

that is true, you really cant be put in the insane catagory because you can always back up your art styles with another thing.. people will think its a bit strange but hey.. art is art, everyone has their own unique styles..

and i just couldnt resist getting back into drawing

what do you think?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/AC3s.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACIG.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACE.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/ACinside.jpg

-personal favorites-

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/gundam.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/DeathWing980/organized/drawings/spawnC.jpg
I think signing your own art is gaudy and arrogant when the art isn't good enough to warrant it. Not that it's bad quality art, but you're hardly making art that you have to worry about being plagiarized.

You've got talent, keep practicing. Or don't and get a real job.

[DeathWing980]

they are only sketches lol..

plus i think they were about 2 years old or so..

ive gotten a bit better, but i never trust myself when it comes to coloring.. shadding i have gotten used to now

on a personal note though, art class's are helping with taking my time and also learning to go back and redo a few of my sketches.. even bought a few books to help me with faces and body creations (tutorials online also save me some time)

-colors-
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/953/zero3ku.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/127/megaman4rj.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1459/swampdragon3kd.jpg
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8964/rei9mb.jpg
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/8558/evaunit13td.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2808/samusaran7yd.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5286/venom2zz.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5941/vash9dw.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9111/suburu9ht.jpg

-shades-
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9544/undeaddragon6vw.jpg
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2219/dragononrock9aa.jpg
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3633/zato1one5vn.jpg

-unshaded-
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4330/dragonuncolored7bl.jpg

[Apewall]

My suggestion is Deathwing, STOP drawing fanart. Its okay to do when you're researching for practice and styles, otherwise its a waste of time. Creating your own characters/scenes is very important.

[Bensidhe]

My suggestion is Deathwing, STOP drawing fanart. Its okay to do when you're researching for practice and styles, otherwise its a waste of time. Creating your own characters/scenes is very important.

QFT. Use the fanart as references, then develop your own characters and style. Take your time, it won't happen overnight:D
Using color can be tricky as it has so many meanings and how you use it will set the mood and context of your work. Art can be subjective and objective at the same time , depending what your subject/character is . Armaya's art falls into that category.
If you're a littlel iffy about using color, then do a google search on B&W art , and also check on an artist , Frank Frazetta. His ink drawings are fantastic, as are the drawings of Todd MacFarlane ( Spider Man , Spawn) . Color takes time to get used to applying and how you apply it will make or break a painting or drawing . Despite what Surly said about getting a real job, if you work at it hard enough, you can make a living doing art. Its extremely competetive, and you're selling yourself as much as your art work. Grow a very thick skin, and be able to give retort to any and all critiques of your work. Art lessons are a good start in this aspect, but perhaps an art/animation school would be better . It sure as hell can't hurt :eek: !

Bottom line, and its true of anything in life. If you want it or want to do it badly enough, you will succeed.

[DeathWing980]

1. taking art class's in school (2 of them 1 for drawing and another for adobe)
2. computer gaming and artworks colleges selected already (SUNYIT and also DIGIPEN university)
3. Art school's looked up near NY also for helping me.

-------

ive dealt with critics before and i have alot in my school, i dont really have much to worry about though.. since whatever they say i usually just let it fly by and keep on working or just learn a bit from what they say...

everyone has their own tastes and styles.. thats the beauty of art.. you can throw a big splash of paint on a wall and call it art and sell it for 200$ or you can sculpt a great image and actually get a great thing going for it..

it all depends on your heart and where you want to go.

thats how i see it at least.