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only thing that you've ever done that i've liked
bravo
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only thing that you've ever done that i've liked
bravo
:smith: Idk if I should be offended or flattered
Yes. :downs:Quote:
Originally Posted by sKc_Chains
It means you should increase the standard for yourself.
So I am going to start painting forerunner scenery for any random mapper to use as inspiration, here is the first piece, since this is the first one its p shitty but oh well.
That looks awesome Chains, just finish the structure to the left.
Lighting all looks perfect as well, although the water at the bottom right of the waterfall looks weird.
That's probably your best piece that I have seen, the grass looks awesome. So do the rocks.
Get it finished with a nice clear sky and some alien bird things which Halo has. Or earth birds. You should so add a croc coming out of the water in the bottom right corner of the screen :P
You need to work on the fore-runner design and view but your rocks n' stuff is pretty good.
Perspective is fucked and lighting could've been done better, but it is gud for just winging it with no pre plans.
You have gotten better.
That looks pretty cool, perspective is a little wonky though. Keep up the good work and you'll eventually be amazing.
It helps if you draw out perspective lines before working on a separate layer. Something which I never see you do and is why you have fucked up perspective.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/conten...rspective.html
your perspective is off as is your lighting. You're casting shadows like local light, rather than sunlight, which, for outdoors, is wrong as hell. take a look at how shadows are cast in sunlight and your work will be a lot more convincing.
Kay, time to go raid reapers thread.
So I am doing a tutorial/ contest at concept.org that is a week long.
I want to shoot to win so I am going all out on this one.
Basically we're supposed to create demons from the ninth circle of hell, so I decided to create an epic mood to go with them.
I will post my process here and in the end will compile them all into a large tutorial on things such as composition, placement, and other bullshit I have no idea about.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...chowcopy-1.png
Going to fix forehead and nose, crooked mouth is intentional.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n.../chowcopy2.png
Eyes are crooked too, the left one (from our perspective) is too low.
Ok will move that up.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n.../chowcopy4.png
Edit- need to make hips wider.
And I hope that scribbly section is not the entire length of his legs...much too short.
Face is still the weakest point so far. The angling of everything just seems flat. I believe that less of the right eye should be visible and the bridge of the nose shout come further forward...I don't know how to describe it exactly. Just take a good look at it and you should see what I mean.
Also, I'm not sure what kind of lighting you're using or what direction it's coming from, but there seems to be some contradicting shadows in the neck area compared to the rest of the body.
Thank you, you're right about the neck, the left side should be in shadow, and I understand completely what you mean about the face, but any edits to the face will come last as I just want to get the figure fleshed out as of now. One of the legs is bent, but I will check the other one to see if it is a proper length.
edit- need to thin out closest forearm.
When figure drawing, I generally make a stick figure "skeleton" of the character so I can get all the proportions down and the angles right. I don't know if you did that here, but from what I can tell it looks like you didn't (legs too short, left arm too short, especially the upper arm, torso also a tad on the short side). I'd suggest doing that on physical paper first, and then using it as a template when you draw it digitally.
About the left arm: when it's straight up in the air, the elbow joint should be about level with the top of his head. Picturing it now, it looks like it'd end up around brow or forehead level, especially at the angle we are viewing it from.
I'm no expert in art, as I've received no formal education other than the things they make you learn in middle school, this is just how I'm perceiving it. Being thus uneducated, I can infer that other uneducated people might see it as awkward as well.
Ok, the left arm is fixed, right arm is lengthened a bit, the bent leg was fine, straight one was too short, I am going to have to redo the left forearm, or I would post the picture. I would draw from paper but I do not posses a scanner and my camera is a piece of shit. Also I have not even taken any art classes so some of the things like setting up a skeleton are unknown to me, I have just found ways to work around them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
Hell, you don't need to scan the skeleton in. As long as you have it somewhere visible, it will be of some use.
Face proportions are wrong, muscles are totally wrong. You're aiming to win yet it seems like you don't try to really observe what you're attempting to paint. Even the way you're painting muscles looks totally contradictory to the way flexors and extensors work. The ribcage area and the outstretched arm are very obvious when it comes to this (especially muscle group placement under that arm).
People are everywhere, google images and IRL.
So I am designing a "new" type of gun for halo, I hope I am doing everything right, if not, when I post it tell me and I will make the necessary changes.
and you will actually finish this one?
ha ha ha
Crit:
The albow seems very weird and deformed. I did read part of Snaf's post and I agree with him. The muscles do look odd in some parts.
The face, well, you should forget for now and just work on the main body, then come back to it. People do tend to notice face's more on an image, but in this case it seems that the images has a posture to indicate an object or feeling ect...
What happened to the image where you had a grassy environment with cliffs and forerunner structures ect? Just finish a damn painting man...
And seeming as you are designing a new weapons which is based around Halo please do not make it just black and white blocky details like you used to. Give it shading and shiny, so it looks 3dish...
(Again, sorry if my post makes no sense as I have been mates 18th party.)
Typed this just now as a reply to a man who wrote this on facepunch, not really meant to mean anything, just my quick thought process over it, thought it would be fun to discuss it.
Here's what he wrote:
Here is some stuff I wrote on the front of a Chemistry mock exam in the spare time at the end, please bear in mind that I was mildly depressed at the time, as I often am when I think of these things, and the train of thought often wavers all over the place:
Intellectual Writings posted:
When you consider all the people that exist, have existed, and will exist, and so all the choices and decisions that ever have and ever will be made; my choices and I are less significant than a single electron in the universe at a given time.
The thing is, so much could happen in my life, that I could actually be very important, that i could change the world; just like one electron in the right place at the right time, could change the universe. But the chances of that are so very slim, very slim indeed, that my choices, my worries, and my fears are all so very worthless, meaningless and insognificant. So much so, that odds dictate that I should fear nothing, worry about nothing.
But that is not human nature. The healthy human mind will have trouble grasping this concept, as it always wants to survive and survive and survive, always wants to live on. But if everything is so insignificant, why do we continue to live, to grasp to survival. As I said before, it is human nature, indeed it is an instinkt among all organisms, but why is it, especially for us humans. why do we continue to doom this planet that would do so much better without us, we always overcome illness and "problems" with nature. But why, what is the point of life?
Well, that is the question now isn't it?
There is a theory, of which I cannot remember the name, which states that up until the outcome of a choice or situation is made/found, the every single possibility is happening at the same time. If this is so, then potentially everyone is always special, everyone is always able to change the world.
But yet again, human nature steps in,wanting the easy way out, usually doing very little and changing even less unless the situation demands it.
We always want to survive, to thrive, for no reason in particular except the reason of survival itself. It's just what we do, no matter what the consequences; so it is human nature in its laziness that stops us from changing the world, but it is also human nature, in its need to survive that often drives the biggest, most world changing of all decisions. Just like it is the electrons nature to bond, leading it do either do very little and effect less, or just happen to bond with the right atom, at the right time in the right place, that could change the entire course of the universe, or at least a few galaxies.
As i mentioned earlier, it is very hard for the human mind to grasp this kind of concept. The reason for this that the human mind and imagination is extremely limited. We cannot truly imagine/ make anything up, not really, we just re-use what we know/have experienced. Due to this, and the rather small scope of the lives most of us live, it can be very difficult to grasp the sheer scale of this kind of concept. I cannot fully grasp it, no way, not ever. Anyone that says they can, are lying. The only being(s) that grasp the entire course of time's choices are the being referred to as Gods. But I, like many others can grasp the overall idea and a small amount of this concept; but then there are the ones who really can't grasp this, the simpletons, the idiots, the under-educated, the narrow minded and arrogant; and from personal experience I can predict that these people may react with the most basic of all human reactions: Anger. They may call this stupid because they don't understand, they may call me weird or strange (not that I disagree) but those with an open mind will be able to grasp this quite well.
Also linked to limited-ness of the human mind/imagination (and aliens), our scientists say that most/many planets cannot support life. But this could quite possibly be due to a limited understanding of science. aliens may work in a completely different way to how we do, and may break many "laws" of science, as none of these "laws" are set in stone, they are just solutions hypothesized to fit both the problem and the solution, and are often replaced by better theories all the time. In this way, if a grown adult ever saw one of these "impossible" aliens, then they would probably either die or become heavily mentally effected, because they could not handle this "thing" that goes against all they "know". The only ones that could handle these life-forms would be the EXTREMELY open minded, so open minded that often their mind would be unstable, yes the 'loons. The other group who could handle this are the ones that are open minded, because they have nothing filling them, young children for example.
I am aware there are mistakes, it is nearly 3AM as i write this, and I will fix them later. Also, yes, I am fond of my commas.
My reply:
This is less an intellectual writing and more of a musing that has been thought since the dawn of asking "why". You are entirely correct in the thought that humans reuse everything, even history, and your very writing is an example of that. Life is merely a definition given by humans, same as time and any other word. That is why there is no true meaning to life as life is not a universal thing (given the thought that there is other beings in this universe). This is the same to all other words except for things such as adjectives, and even then these can only be used as a matter of opinions. But, if you want to honestly have an answer to the meaning of life, its to live. It's that simple, people over think it, there is nothing more or nothing less, your whole life is to live. You eat, you sleep, you grow, you make choices, it's living, whether its in a shit hole or in a palace, all people are just living, same as anything else. The factors that come and go and change the individual or the world are insignificant because they are not life, they are a separate variable, just like in an equation. Life can be x, it can equal anything, the variables such as 3x + 3 = 6 simply define one scenario out of infinity for that life. So in finality, the meaning of life in the simplest terms is to live.
Yes I kind of contradict myself, oh well.
If you simplify it down entirely, life is just a self-sustaining reaction. Life has evolved to sustain itself and not the resources it depends upon.
i hope you finish that wip that you posted, it could be a great learning experience if you pull through with it.
my knowledge of the face sucks balls as well, as you can see, but i hope i get some sort of point across with this paintover.
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1582/assnf.jpg
Envision the head in a cube, and work accordingly.
don't be afraid of looking for or even making your own reference for this head angle, it's one of the more challenging angles to draw x__x so, no shame.
with that said. I'd like you to meet my good friend andrew loomis.
though you're on CA, so you probably know him well by know, right?
i have a handful of suggestions for the position of the chest and arm-- you're pushing front view when the arm's telling me it's rotated more toward the figure's right.
what I think snafu is suggesting is correct-- a solution for something like this is grounded in life drawing and anatomy study. draw people in photos and irl to gain an understanding of how forms work, then anatomy to really know how the muscles function.
like i said. promising wip. I'd love to see your sb on ca to give crits and see how you progress.
Eh, there's just so much wrong with it, I think it's better to just wipe the slate clean and move on. Currently I am just working in traditional as I enjoy it more, partly because of the control I have that I can not get with my old shitty tablet.
yeah. i can agree with you there.
trying to tackle both trad and digi at the same time, while learning the basics of painting.
it's tough shit.
Ah the drawing I have got down fine :downs:
Just really trying to make myself well rounded, or enough so that I can get into a good art school to learn, currently teaching myself water color.
looks like you've got an okay drawing technique down, but i suggest you study basic proportion and light, not only in figures and portraits, but in anything else that you draw.
try studying from life, if you're not doing it already. and post it.
I'm looking forward to giving feedback for what you paint with watercolor.
by the way, is there any school that you have in mind? where do you plan to apply?
Ah thanks, and no, to be honest I have no idea about what art schools I am going to be attending. I do draw from life, but I do not have a scanner to post, only a crappy camera. Fourtnately I got some new equipment over xmas so I can now do much nicer shading, and the pencil sketches from further back do not reflect my skill at all. Any help will be appreciated though.
like i said. happy to help.
but i can't crit what i can't see.
I really need a fucking scanner. All my shit comes out blurry as fuck.
Also my better ones are in my locker at school, I will recover them asap.
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Mechanics for a gun, just blocking out the shape, barrel will be longer, sights will be fixed, the mag will be skinnier, weapon will be skinnier possible, need to add flashlight, ect.
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Purchase a scanner. Now.
Yea, it would help with my digital work tons.. I also need a tablet that wasn't included in a package made in 2001 for 12+ kids beginning in cutout digital art.
Ill try to get my best works up slowly, though 2 of them are at my gpas, they also happen to be my fav.... :smith:
Magazine on the gun doesn't need to be skinnier, but the rest of the thing does need to be much slimmer.
What is the the picture under the gun? I see bottles, and the rest reminds me of Indiana Jones.
At the very least, get your stuff scanned at Kinkos so you can show off your work's full potential.
That or, if you have a tripod, use that with your camera.
No tripod, found an old scanner, Idk if it works though...
How old are we talking here? If it's 90s tech, then I don't think you'll even be able to get software working for it, assuming you are using Vista/7.
:linux:Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
2000-2001 model and I'm running xp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
Oh, well then you are in luck. I've an old 90s scanner. I can only use it because I have XP as well (backwards compatibility supremacy ftw!).
Holy shit, Chains, what did you do? Sign a pact with the devil or something? What happened to the shitty paintings you used to do?
I need to get back to drawing. And I want newegg to hurry up and send me my replacement tablet. Good stuff.
Holy shit that was chains? This is chains thread?
That stuff is great man!
I've always been able to do traditional just fine, I just suck at digital art and that's all I have ever posted because it is what I have needed to majorly improve on. My thinking was why post work and get the "omg wow lol" bullshit, when I have this other media I need to improve on. Bapsi is the one who convinced me to post them so. :downs:
A quick doodle I did today.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/100_6922.jpg
CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIINNN
Get that shit music out of here.
~SKA 4 LIFE
Is this the same chains? The tablet's really screwin with you.
srsly, wtf. Drop the digital shit. Or find out whats stopping this from flowing onto the pad.
using a pencil and a tablet are 2 TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
i'm like chains too, i can pretty decently with a pencil and paper but when it comes to digital drawing im horrible. theres something about it that's just not like traditional pencil and paper and it becomes difficult.
nice stuff chains, looks great. definitely better then any of your digital art. you really need to get a decent scanner and start scanning your stuff.
You can very easily stimulate pressure and it's 'opacity' and you get a nice feel of the pencil and how it interacts with the medium. I also prefer pencil and paper, it's much easier to make something look nice because you can be messy and the outcome will look great.Quote:
Originally Posted by higuy
The thing here is that Chains works best in pencil. A quick google search turns up a nice looking pencil brush. See if you can work with that like you do on paper. Also, depending on the type of tablet you have, you can buy felt nibs for wacom pens, which give you better control.
Nice. I'll give this a try with my tablet later as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExAm
I like the drawing in the top post, looks awesome.
Yea, all the above are true. The main problem is that my tablet is so cheap it doesn't even recognize varying pen pressures or turning of the pen... any feature you see on any nice tablet or even a mediocre one, this tablet does not have. It is literally a plastic square smaller then my hand with a plastic stick...no buttons.
Wait a second, what kind of tablet do you have? You need to get yourself a Bamboo Pen. $70 US. Damn cheap for a tablet, paperlike surface, and pressure sensitivity. No tilt sensitivity, but that doesn't really matter much.
I have a adesso.
Yeah. I got my bamboo for like $50 at best buy (was on sale I think) and you could probably get one for around the same price somewhere. It sound like its a thousand times better than what you have.
Glossy surface, right? Probably exactly why you aren't that good with it. Get yourself a bamboo, the surface is excellent. Also, if you want even more friction, buy a set of felt nibs from wacom's site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chainsy
When or IF I get the money to. Parents in short supply of money, job pays shit and I have to contribute to keeping the internet running for my comp.
bawwwwww
FFFFFffuuuuuuuuuu :smith:
God damn womanz artists, always getting the good stuff by flirting with the teachers.
iow, your ugly so you suck?
No, I am ugly so I can't draw all the time and flirt with teachers to give me good grades. :smith: Have you seen her notebooks? I have like an hour a day to draw.
edit- whats with the hate recently heathen? Are you on your period :(
Starting sketch for the chow contest, it's due tomorrow, just getting in the greyscale values first.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ains1/chow.png
I hate scanners, they're always alluding me in my quest for them.
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Fuck, chains I'm about ready to ship my old scanner out to you :mad:
Yeah seriously. You need to go steal one.
nah, just farting around with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chainsy
K:realsmug::realsmug:L Beans
lol 1pban
I'm not sure why. But all your biped concept's seem stretched in one direction or kind of flat. Im not sure if its because of the actual concept position or your shading, but I noticed this with almost all your work.
Probably a combination of the angle of the camera, my shaking hands, and the tendency to shade in one direction because I love the flow it creates.
Ugh I need a gig for conception, I am trying to move away from ce and get into unreal or crysis. I have shit luck.
So...yea... weed + an hour of free time + multicolored water colors = trippy self portrait
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...100_6959-1.jpg
A quick sketch of an airport, it was a concept for a mod but i quit so I have no clue if they're using it.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...tbasiccopy.png
Did you actually include the wavy mirage above the blacktop? That's pretty good. What type of brush did you use?
They're basically a mixture of the round brush and the square grunge brushes, all part of the standard brushes in photoshop cs3
Chains, that is AWESOME! Do more but forerunner style :)
Airport is probably one of your best pieces yet, that I've seen. Nice! I especially like the shrubs.
You know what would look cool, the chief walking towards the airport with dust coming from his feet. Just casual walking though, not on guard, with his arms swinging with an AR in his hand.
Lol, hunter, gtfo the halo cock.
I'll admit I love halo, but not everything would be better + halo.
And I agree, that is the best thing you have ever done chains.
Wow, big jump chains. Doesn't even look like you made that. :neckbeard:
Hey chains, you know what would be cool?
If you recorded your screen while you did that.
I would watch the hell out of that video.
Then I would steal your techniques.
But it looked cool in my head :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Heathen
I guess I can satisfy both hunter's and exam's sexual fantasies and do a recording of me painting a spartan like figure walking in the desert.
Here's the basic sketch, but I will need a recording program or an agreed upon time to broadcast.
I will go into proper use of shadows and using proper highlights and reactions to light to define materials:
And yes there are some perspective issue son the plating on the chest, the only thing that is even close to being refined is the arm, the rest is just basic placing to have an idea of what will be done.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...d-1copy-11.png
Head is too high up, too big, will fix the thigh length and leg placement, will try to loosen up the right arm.
the arm itself is too stubby
Good! That will give me an example on how to easy fix things like those, will show on the vid.
Edit- need to widen up chest too...he's too..anorexic looking.
I think the head's too big, not that hes anorexic looking.
I'll just have to figure out then by shrinking the head, either way it's a simple fix!
You've gotten alot better. Nice progress. Still needs alot of work to before I'm going to call it amazing though. ;)
Disaster you're fat!!!
true story.
So I am redesigning the SPI armor in hopes someone will model it... Here is the first basic prototype, I am redoing the forearm's design completely, but give any suggestions you want. Ugh I just noticed I need to fix the back of the head too.
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...d-1copy-12.png
Something about him is making him look stubby.
