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Tommy's · Jun 11, 2011, 01:41 PM // 13:41

Glad you like it Drelias

And thank you for letting me draw your character (and for the tip!

)
And thnx Nian, you're being too sweet <3
About the skulls Aero, don't know

Just thought spice the background up a bit.

Pencils on DBAA's ranger (who goes under the same name I think

)

Gattsu, I'll send you a PM in a bit about your commission!

Death By An Arrow · Jun 11, 2011, 01:55 PM // 13:55

bahhh; so awesome! ^^
excited to see it with the colour :3

i really like the tears in the cape, makes him look like hes been adventuring as long as he has

[and you are correct, it is DBAA ingame as well

]

Aeronwen · Jun 11, 2011, 02:49 PM // 14:49

nice.....but why does he have only 1/2 a bow?

very cute spider

Tommy's · Jun 11, 2011, 02:54 PM // 14:54

The rest of the bow is behind his coat

Aeronwen · Jun 11, 2011, 11:37 PM // 23:37

lol yes it's obvious now

*waits for colour*

Tommy's · Jun 12, 2011, 12:25 PM // 12:25

Colored versions. Made 2 because I like a bit of a colorwash feeling more, but I'll leave it up to DBAA which one he likes more

My favorite is the second

Ravenhawk · Jun 12, 2011, 01:26 PM // 13:26

Nice! Yeah I agree second one is better

InfestedHydralisk · Jun 12, 2011, 01:37 PM // 13:37

I actually like the first one the most. Pops out more.

Gattsu05 · Jun 12, 2011, 03:42 PM // 15:42

I prefer the second only because it's a ranger. Vibrant greens and golds like that would stand out too much for a class that would prefer to blend in with the surroundings.

Drelias Melaku · Jun 12, 2011, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Oo, the level of detail is lovely! The tatters, especially, are very cool. As DBAA said, you can see how long he's been adventuring - gives it a bit more life.

Death By An Arrow · Jun 12, 2011, 10:49 PM // 22:49

i like them both ^^
The first one has nice strong colours, but the second one feels like it could be on a tapestry or something since its washed out. Both totally awesome

Ill have to find something to tip you with ingame ^^

Aeronwen · Jun 12, 2011, 11:31 PM // 23:31

The second are obviously his everyday clothes and the first is his Sunday Best. He needs both

Morag D · Jun 13, 2011, 10:44 AM // 10:44

hey, haven't thanked you for my Eryn pic on here yet! so yay, thanks!

Charlie Dayman · Jun 13, 2011, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Death's Ranger came out looking great. I also like the first piece a bit more - the darker and more saturated colors definitely make the design pop out more. The colors on the second piece somewhat match how neutral the color is of the paper texture. Some of the information tends to get lost.

You're definitely improving in terms of posing. I think you can start pushing them even further to add even more character and dynamic to them.

Tommy's · Jun 15, 2011, 07:10 PM // 19:10

Been ill last week so I took the best medicine ever; playing guildwars. So little progress last few days. Starting to feel better again, so trying to pick up the commissions again.
Today did some drawing for myself, mostly trying out some new techniques (used black Indian ink, fountain pen, watercolor pencils and some pastel pencils I believe). Was definitely a fun experience. Mostly orientating on a commission of a cute doggie I got coming up, seeing what style I want to use.
Here are some pastel pencil drawings. They look a lot better over here, the scanner really killed it. Gave some white highlights with some chalky thing I have, but the scanner didn't really understand that. So use your imagination a bit

Though they are only pencil drawings, a NSFW spoiler, because of nipples and other private areas showing (sort of

)

Edit: And finally finished my part of the art trade with Nian!

Gattsu05 · Jun 16, 2011, 12:47 AM // 00:47

Did you mainly use the chalk to accent the chest and thigh areas? I might be able to see it if the the case.

The other piece came out great, especially the hands. Those are always such a pain to draw.

Ravenhawk · Jun 16, 2011, 01:04 AM // 01:04

Nian's drawing came out looking great Tommy! Love your anatomy sketches as well. They really remind me of the renaissance period drawings, Sorry can't help with the scanner woes..>_<

Charlie Dayman · Jun 16, 2011, 01:38 AM // 01:38

Whenever I scan, I usually change the settings to extremely dark since the bulb tends to remove detail from things like sketches or watercolors.

Anyways, the anatomy pics came out good. Definitely keep working at them to prepare yourself for your upcoming art class. Even do some sketches that focus entirely on just one muscle group - i.e. upper or lower thigh, biceps, triceps, etc. It's good to look at everything in a single group, though specified studies help expose the smaller nuances in muscles.

And Nian's monk certainly looks different from what I last remember. It has a nice pastel quality to it. She could use a few more highlights on her skin to really bring out her volume and shape.

Really liking the design of the Ankh and the distant background lighting.

Nian · Jun 16, 2011, 09:35 AM // 09:35

Thank youuu<3 It's beautiful! I love the light blue, the healing spell and the background which makes me think of the sea. I already packed my PC away for moving today but now I am at work and I could see this. Thank you so much. <3 You put much effort into it and I love it to bits~~ It represents exactly the kind of state of mind I needed right now because to me it spells out things like "hope and healing" and both are much needed in my life. You're a sweetie. *hug*

Tommy's · Jun 16, 2011, 10:36 AM // 10:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gattsu05

Did you mainly use the chalk to accent the chest and thigh areas? I might be able to see it if the the case.

The other piece came out great, especially the hands. Those are always such a pain to draw.

Yeah you can see it a little bit in those images, specially the third one shows it best. But I think on a scanner it looks better without

And that second sentence, you don't know how happy I am to hear that!

@Mina: Thnx <3. The female 2 are just from photo's, the last one is actually based on a statue which I believe is Michelangelo's.

@Charlie: I used to do that as well, but I got a new scanner (supposedly to be better

) and I haven't found where I can adjust the scanner settings yet

And I'll be sure to do some focused drawings as well, both my father and mother studied professions where you need good knowledge of anatomy for, so I'm sure they'll have some books

@Nian: Glad you like it! Good luck with moving and all the hassle around it, I'm sure you'll pull through it!