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Thistle Xandra · Aug 02, 2011, 07:21 PM // 19:21

loving your comic so far

boo for artblocks though

my comic page 3 has been in progress for a loooooong while D:

Ravenhawk · Aug 05, 2011, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Thanks Thistle! And you better get your butt going with your comic too =P

Also trying something different - speed painting. Also changed my approach - I tried to block in the silhouette first.

Here's my first try , no reference. I dont remember how long this took me cos I was also doing laundry in between:

2nd try with reference 30 minutes:

Ravenhawk · Aug 09, 2011, 08:29 PM // 20:29

old sketch for Murke that I decided to finish for her bday:
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/...urke-251616390

and more speed paint practice. This time I didn't vary the brush flow/opacity.

Ravenhawk · Aug 10, 2011, 11:39 AM // 11:39

ack triple post.

I am just very happy with the slightly more polished version of the speed paint. Thought I'd share. I have been out of my mojo for months and I haven't been this excited about a drawing in awhile lol

1-1.5 hours in total. Again, sillhouette first then the details and no varying opacity/flow of brushes (all 100 %) unless I am in the blending stage.

I will post a process next time I draw in this method.

Drelias Melaku · Aug 10, 2011, 03:43 PM // 15:43

Wow, that was only 1.5 hours? That's gorgeous.
I love your Wall-E paint, too. That's adorable.

Ravenhawk · Aug 12, 2011, 02:50 PM // 14:50

Thanks Drelias. Unfortunately, it may not stay as just speedpaint anymore

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Note: This screenshot is from the navigator window of photoshop..so yeah excuse the grainy-ness. Just noticed it now >_<

A few updates.
1. I did a paint over with the blending and resume to 100% opacity/flow painting brush. Still in progress. I also haven't fixed anything on the bent leg area and lower arm/hand yet

2. Changed her eyes to look straight to the viewer and give more shape to her eyebrows. Also did some minor fixes on the face. Hair still needs to be fixed too.

3. The breast shading is roughly fixed.

Been also thinking about the background. I got an idea in mind but we'll see.

Tommy's · Aug 12, 2011, 03:33 PM // 15:33

I like this soft gray a lot better. And her face looks really different from other times. In a good way though, specially those eyes, very powerful.

Eastern Magik · Aug 13, 2011, 02:20 PM // 14:20

Oh, lol after reading that post on DA, i thought you would go for mixture of realism and impressionism, but i see you've changed your mind...

anyway, she looks amazing. Her pose reminds me of those old-school pin-ups. Can't wait to see finished version

Ravenhawk · Aug 28, 2011, 07:21 AM // 07:21

Thanks Tommy and Magik.

Here's the finished version

and latest comic page (Did this a few weeks ago.):
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/...Pg-5-255427231

Drelias Melaku · Aug 28, 2011, 09:49 PM // 21:49

That's stunning, Raven, and nice work on the background, too!

Ravenhawk · Sep 12, 2011, 02:32 PM // 14:32

Thanks Drelias!

Seeing tons of renaissance paintings from Michelangelo to Da Vinci in Italy just inspired me to draw. So here's a few doodles from my trip and I am so glad I brought my sketchbook and one of my action poses book with me:

Ravenhawk · Sep 25, 2011, 04:11 PM // 16:11

Trying out sketchcards to practice minimizing my errors (since it's a small card and if you make it too dirty with erasures it's not gonna look good). The scanner makes them look weird/too sharp though.

Quistis:

Savage Land Rogue

Ravenhawk · Oct 05, 2011, 11:38 AM // 11:38

Somewhat got fascinated with sketch cards last week (dealing with art block). Got some ups and downs , mainly my ignorance about coloring media...I really am clueless about traditional stuff but I am trying haha.

So yeah here's a week's worth of experimentation. I included my failed sketch cards because yeah, just to show you how I have no idea about what I am doing lol

Here's the bigger view of catwoman sketch card. It still sucks but I got a hang of it a little bit. It's so unnerving how you could only have as few of a mistakes as possible.

I also made these because I felt like sketching more before I go back to my GW halloween entry:

Original version of my mesmer:

Gambit of X-Men (trying out male characters)

I plan to go back to these sporadically next month. Right now I am fully booked with GW Halloween and my delayed comic page. So if anyone has advice for me on traditional sketching and coloring stuff (I got watercolor pencils and watercolor markers atm) I'll appreciate it. I am open to other media that you think would be better. (I got used to painting over my mistakes in digital..so yeah traditional is good practice for me to minimize mistakes )

No I am not abandoning digital, I just know when I move I am going to have at least 2 hours of downtime on the train per day, so this is one option that I like to do - make sketch cards lol.

Ravenhawk · Nov 18, 2011, 04:41 AM // 04:41

I am still here! lol a few updates.

Sketch cards:

New comic page (that looks like crap):
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/...Pg-7-268910926

And a bday gift for a guildmate. Also experimented on a slightly different technique (I ditched the grayscale step and didn't vary brush opacity/flow cept for the blending stage). No reference used on the face itself but I looked at how lights/shadows fall on a person's face with a similar lighting: