The artist in thee

[superlosity]

http://superlosity.deviantart.com/

my amateurish galley.

 

[Fightgarr]

Dude! It's a bear with a frickin' tree on it's back! That thing's awesome!

I never remember to comment, but dude-everything you've put up in here is so lifelike it's incredible. You have much skill, sir.

Thanks guys. I always appreciate people taking the time out of their day just for this. It keeps me posting this stuff and it lets me know I need to keep drawing. I hope I'll show some improvement with my new tablet, but tools ain't everything.

 

[LiquidGrape]

Spoiler: Pin-up of Samara famous from Mass Effect 2.

I know, I know; it's completely OOC and not a very polished piece by any means.
But I was bored. So there it is.

I don't actually know who it was >___> Is it from a game? *is oblivious*

Sorry for taking me so long to respond; Yes. It's from Mass Effect 2.
And I can see if the joke was somewhat lost if you're not acquainted with it. (Though the gag itself was rather poor, anyway)

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

Bored yesterday morning, i did a little animating. Finally getting the hang of inbetweening.

 

[Zemalac]

BEHOLD!

Spoiler: Going Down, now with Atmospheric Perspective

[http://img697.imageshack.us/i/airshipsurfingvii.png/]

 

[SharPhoe]

I see this place is still going string...
I do apologize, guys, but I just haven't had the willpower to do anything worthwhile in months. My current situation is taking a VERY major toll on everything I've got, and I can barely string two thoughts together, let alone two lines...

 

[SharPhoe]

Can you string two rats together?

Those are kinda cute. And you just reminded me, I haven't had an opportunity to use my camera in a while now...

 

[DeathsHands]

I went back to doing my Warhammer 40k art.

Spoiler: Howling Banhsee

 

[armaina]

Spoiler: and some sketches

Dragooons


An Archvile sketch


My own take on the cyber demon, sort of a cross between the classic one and the Doom 3 one.

 

[geldonyetich]

I mostly work in game design myself. Though I might do some simple pixel art out of necessity to realize my prototypes...

 

[Sporky111]

Spoiler: and some sketches

Dragooons


An Archvile sketch


My own take on the cyber demon, sort of a cross between the classic one and the Doom 3 one.

Great Pixel art, very smooth and polished. Of course, coming from someone who never drew more than a house and stick people out of pixels that might not mean much.

I do like the sketches as well. Very interesting subjects, they all catch the eye very well.

 

[Archemetis]

I tried my hand at something a little different, I mean I had to use my sketchbook for something right?

Spoiler: Water Gecko

It's in no way perfect, but I'm so rusty at traditional mediums...

 

[Labyrinth]

It's in no way perfect, but I'm so rusty at traditional mediums...

The absence of Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+S are such pains like that. Looks good none the less.

 

[Fightgarr]

It's a beautiful day. I'm going to waste it by spending it inside drawing!
Here's a self portrait I've been working on on and off for the last while. I'm tentatively calling it done.

Spoiler: Sometimes my Dad is the Grey.

 

[Sporky111]

It's a beautiful day. I'm going to waste it by spending it inside drawing!
Here's a self portrait I've been working on on and off for the last while. I'm tentatively calling it done.

Spoiler: Sometimes my Dad is the Grey.

That's quite the self portrait. Very emotional and striking, but I'm not personally a fan of it. I don't know what your motivation or intent was but, truthfully, it makes me wonder if you're really 60 years old.

This is why I don't like giving criticisms. I feel like a douche if they aren't mostly praise.

 

[Fightgarr]

That's quite the self portrait. Very emotional and striking, but I'm not personally a fan of it. I don't know what your motivation or intent was but, truthfully, it makes me wonder if you're really 60 years old.

This is why I don't like giving criticisms. I feel like a douche if they aren't mostly praise.

Don't ever feel like a douche if you believe your criticism is to be true. Sometimes you aren't a fan of things. It doesn't matter if it's well-rendered or gets a concept across sometimes you just don't like someone's art. That's fine, man, and I take no offense that. If you had insulted without giving any reasoning I might be a little annoyed, but you didn't do that so never feel bad about that.

If you'd like to know intent, there isn't a whole lot, I had a photograph of myself and I wanted to render it as well as I could as practice at digital painting. I chose the image because I thought the photograph conveyed a sense of wonder, and I hate the regular 3/4 view of most portraits so I liked the idea that it would be mostly in profile and looking upwards. There's nothing really intended. As for the 60 years old comment, that would be likely because of the texture brushes I used and the darkness of specific lines I would assume, but 60 is a bit old if you're going on that. A 60 year-old would have wrinkles on the sides of their eyes and a few more lines under the eyes. Maybe 40 or so, I could see. But I refuse to believe that the texture brushes are a bad call, that texture is very present in most people's skin. Yes, there are areas I have to improve, I'm still a student.

 

[Sporky111]

Don't ever feel like a douche if you believe your criticism is to be true. Sometimes you aren't a fan of things. It doesn't matter if it's well-rendered or gets a concept across sometimes you just don't like someone's art. That's fine, man, and I take no offense that. If you had insulted without giving any reasoning I might be a little annoyed, but you didn't do that so never feel bad about that.

If you'd like to know intent, there isn't a whole lot, I had a photograph of myself and I wanted to render it as well as I could as practice at digital painting. I chose the image because I thought the photograph conveyed a sense of wonder, and I hate the regular 3/4 view of most portraits so I liked the idea that it would be mostly in profile and looking upwards. There's nothing really intended. As for the 60 years old comment, that would be likely because of the texture brushes I used and the darkness of specific lines I would assume, but 60 is a bit old if you're going on that. A 60 year-old would have wrinkles on the sides of their eyes and a few more lines under the eyes. Maybe 40 or so, I could see. But I refuse to believe that the texture brushes are a bad call, that texture is very present in most people's skin. Yes, there are areas I have to improve, I'm still a student.

Well, for the purpose of experimenting I can see your point. I've never tried texture brushes (I don't have a pen-and-tablet either, mind you) but it does look good. I do like to try out new tools with a composition.

My reasoning did have to do with the darkness, and the weight on the cheeks and jaw and around the eyes. You've done it so that he skin appears very weathered and dry, especially around the lips. I'm not saying that the texture is a bad thing, but for a younger face I might suggest more moderation.