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InfestedHydralisk · Jul 13, 2011, 12:40 PM // 12:40

Pretty sure it's going to look really good since you seem to be really good at drawing animals. :P

Gattsu05 · Jul 13, 2011, 02:14 PM // 14:14

I think by "negative space" he means portions in between the legs. Like you'd be able to see the shape of the leg and what not. I like them as they are though. They're not a focal point so the blend into the background.

Not my favorite breed of dog but it's definitely looking good so far.

Ravenhawk · Jul 13, 2011, 08:03 PM // 20:03

Looks great! My favorite part in that drawing has got to be that armored guy on the left. I dunno, I just like how you painted him and the texture of his armor.

And the dog is looking awesome so far. You really got a knack for drawing animals. It looks so effortless.

Charlie Dayman · Jul 14, 2011, 12:07 AM // 00:07

The dog is looking good so far - especially the brush strokes you used on the fur. Looks really convincing.

By negative space, I mean all the space between the arms, legs, and where the body meets the rocks. Negative space plays a huge part in doing poses because it's related to designing silhouettes. I don't want to de-rail the thread with a massive walkthrough, so I'll keep it short. When doing poses, you should be able to determine the action or personality of the character WHILE it is completely covered black. In other words, if you looked at a solid black silhouette of a figure, you shouldn't have much trouble deciphering what's happening.

This is how a lot of artists create poses with strong characters and personality. Not only that, it also helps you recognize patterns/designs since it forces you to continually re-work poses.

If you were to take the ghost and make a silhouette, you wouldn't be able to tell it's in an aggressive pose. The tilted angle is good, but the lack of negative space is what complicates it. Things to fix it would be introducing space between his arm and body, showing space between his legs and the rocks, and making the cape flow in a certain direction.

I know the Ram pic is already done and the ghost is a small part of it, but this is just a little tip that you can try bringing into future works. I'll write a much more detailed synopsis later on when I'm working on Drelias' pic.

Tommy's · Jul 19, 2011, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Thanks for that info Charlie, I really plan on keeping that in mind in further works, will give me a whole new process.

Progressed a bit on mermaid, tried to adjust her skin a bit with tutorials I read today, think it worked quite well for a first timer

Still need to fix her darned nose, I just seem to fail at getting it right >:[ Next up, finishing the arm and hair. The quit water is a placeholder, it probably will become a quiet sea, so with little waves.

The tuts I read:
http://overtoom.deviantart.com/favou...29232#/d2t45fp
http://browse.deviantart.com/resourc...=skin#/d2dwqgc
http://browse.deviantart.com/resourc...=skin#/d2ef9p7

Thistle Xandra · Jul 20, 2011, 11:05 PM // 23:05

Amazing job on the ram pic :O

Aeronwen · Jul 22, 2011, 11:34 AM // 11:34

I very much like the water as it is. Those tutorials look interesting I copied the links for my daughter.

Tommy's · Jul 24, 2011, 05:36 PM // 17:36

Little doodle on Scyther, the pokemon fanart was inevitable. Sorry Morag

Not sure what to do with his body yet, want to give it a more reptile feeling.

InfestedHydralisk · Jul 24, 2011, 06:18 PM // 18:18

OMG Scyther <3 Make a Garchomp too please. <3

Death By An Arrow · Jul 24, 2011, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Oh dear god you are amazing q.q

Ehrgm... -composes-

I like the angle and the pose in general, makes it much more 'epic'/strong.

Drelias Melaku · Jul 25, 2011, 12:52 AM // 00:52

That's so cute! Scyther is the best bug Pokemon, hands down~
IH - Did I see you on GPX+ once? =P

InfestedHydralisk · Jul 25, 2011, 01:31 AM // 01:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drelias Melaku

IH - Did I see you on GPX+ once? =P

What is GPX+?

Morag D · Jul 25, 2011, 08:12 AM // 08:12

lol
looks great

the blurry effects work really well here

Drelias Melaku · Jul 25, 2011, 08:35 AM // 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by InfestedHydralisk

What is GPX+?

Nothing, nevermind. xD I saw someone with what I think was one of your character names, but now that I googled it, I see it was probably a starcraft thing.

InfestedHydralisk · Jul 25, 2011, 05:40 PM // 17:40

My usernames are only InfestedHydralisk or TerranGhost (sometimes TerranMarauder). But I walk around with Starcraft unit names only in GW.

(Ok so pretty much Starcraft everywhere... Ok I'm a huge fan of Starcraft...Ok, ok maybe too much.)

Tommy's · Jul 26, 2011, 02:07 PM // 14:07

Sorry frost, but you got dumped. Speeded the Djinn in, trying to practice on speed a bit, this took almost an hour.

Now starting to render the Djinn a bit more, but want to keep it rough.

Tommy's · Jul 29, 2011, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Not very productive lately, addicted to Suits, a new tv-serie. Luckily, I can't watch more now as the next one still needs to come out.

Anyway, Self Portrait, full view if you want to see in what canvas I painted it. Was a speed practice, after I had the sketch down and looking like me, it took me 1 hour.

Thistle Xandra · Jul 29, 2011, 06:25 PM // 18:25

Wow, that djinn is amazing for a speed paint :O poor frost though

maybe she can make an appearance as attacking the djinn from the behind so they both can be in the pic

Ravenhawk · Jul 30, 2011, 02:32 PM // 14:32

Love the pokemon!!!

And the Djinn is just a speedpaint? DAMN!

Also love the self-portrait. I am always thinking of making one but I just never seem to get the time or in the mood for it. Besides, I never take good pics of myself lol

Verene · Jul 30, 2011, 04:09 PM // 16:09

So. Awesome.

Self-portrait looks really good, too ^^