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Submitted: January 17, 2007
File Size: 160 KB
Image Size: 160 KB
Resolution: 588×800
Comments: 19
Favourites & Collections: 36 [who?]
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Total: 660
Today: 0
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A commission from Sosiqui of her Fae character Riven. Damn the .jpg really fucks with the resolution on the face. That or my scanner did. I swear that the piece doesn't look that grainy in person. Any suggestions on electronic publishing to fix that?
....it took me forever to workout the line art on it to my satisfaction. Of course a luck would have it, my RAID volume degraded and I lost the digital format of it (RAID 0 ftl ).
At the time I was so infuriated with my computer that I couldn't conceive of touching it for any sort of artistic endeavor, and what was supposed to be a digital render-cell (my normal colouring style....i'm not sure what to call it so that is what I call it) ended up being done traditionally witha mix of Yarkha Watercolours and my spanking new Copic markers (woot, I own 15).
Anywho, she seemed pleased and not to mind that it wasn't digitally painted. I'm most pleased with the tail. In his descriptions it's noted to be misty, but in nearly all the other commissions I've seen of the character the edges of it are hard line....so I wanted to make something more accurate in that aspect for her.
Fae belong to Anya (don't know her real name)
Riven belongs to Sosiqui (don't know her real name)
Art is mine.
....it took me forever to workout the line art on it to my satisfaction. Of course a luck would have it, my RAID volume degraded and I lost the digital format of it (RAID 0 ftl ).
At the time I was so infuriated with my computer that I couldn't conceive of touching it for any sort of artistic endeavor, and what was supposed to be a digital render-cell (my normal colouring style....i'm not sure what to call it so that is what I call it) ended up being done traditionally witha mix of Yarkha Watercolours and my spanking new Copic markers (woot, I own 15).
Anywho, she seemed pleased and not to mind that it wasn't digitally painted. I'm most pleased with the tail. In his descriptions it's noted to be misty, but in nearly all the other commissions I've seen of the character the edges of it are hard line....so I wanted to make something more accurate in that aspect for her.
Fae belong to Anya (don't know her real name)
Riven belongs to Sosiqui (don't know her real name)
Art is mine.
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i know my comments are brief, but im not a critic, just an admirer.
feel like a challenge ? - take part in my colour project
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~generally engaged in geekery~
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Don't let anybody force you to do what they do. Walk away and do your own thing.
I love the way you colored it.
Do Copic markers really live up to the hype? I mean, this looks great, but in my limited experience with markers.. well let's just call it a nightmare. It's hard for me to believe that someone could make marker color look that good without some kind of superhuman coloring ability.
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This crowd's not ready for Slayer...
Marker technique (whether using american prismacolours in graphic drafting style or copics) seems to be hard to learn. Most who know how don't seem patient in teaching newbs, or don't have time, and it hasn't been taught in art schools since about the same time they stopped teaching how to use ruby lith
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~ It only hurts if you think about it. And I sure do.
The ads for Copics say they glide on just as smooth as silk and look like airbrush work when you're finished. I would love to be able to hand color my work; it's very satisfying, but dishing out $300 for magic markers seems so completely insane to me. I've ruined more than one picture with Prismacolor markers, too. I do use Copic liners to ink, and so far I'm very happy with them. But you can get a set of those for $20. Watercolors scare the bejeezus out of me, too. I guess that's why I just fall back on digital color; but honestly, I'm getting sick of using the computer to color. You can't curl up in the bed with it, you know?
Anyway, I think you're using the markers very well, so I thought I'd ask. I think I'll wait a little longer to try markers again.
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This crowd's not ready for Slayer...
For the watercolours and marker pieces, like this one, I made a graphic transfer sheet (mind you graphic repels some mediums so try not to get too much residue transferred) and then use a high hardness pencil (H, 2H) to trace the lines of a copy over the transfer sheet onto illustration board.
The major key is keeping your hand from resting on the paper (HARD! for me at least)
If you ever want, I'd be happy to give dedicated critiques to your pieces. I wasn't the most brilliant critiquer in classes, but I try to give pertinent, constructive comments. O_O`
I'll try to do a 'tutorial' on what I do, I need to make a birthday gift anyway like to this piece
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~ It only hurts if you think about it. And I sure do.
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