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Minami · Oct 08, 2011, 06:55 AM // 06:55

@Obastable: Yeah, but I have so much to do IRL... And I get lost in drawing details so much anyway D: But I'll try

Thanks ^_^ Good luck on making it in 2 days! O_O

@Maio: Just copy/paste the entry form from the first post, fill it out, and post it in your next post.

Awesome pic btw, coming along so nice! I like the way you color, and can't wait how the rit is gonna look!

As for myself, I color blocked the sucker.... It looks horrible D:
I also changed the lineart for the skirt, legs and boots a bit... and the faces... *sigh*

Death By An Arrow · Oct 08, 2011, 05:01 PM // 17:01

More progress...

in more

Need to make the brown in the armor more prominent, in these pictures its much too saturated. Really trying to avoid pure black, to prevent some muddying I had last year doing that. Once I'm finished with the armor though, its smooth sailing from here. I -may- use pure black for the frill/whispy coat stuff, only because it needs to be visible against the night sky background (some shade of navy blue). But we'll see; id like to avoid it. Also realized I need to draw the moons face still. LOL

Maio · Oct 08, 2011, 06:49 PM // 18:49

I'm gonna go ahead and throw my pumpkin into the arena and enter the contest, I'de say hat but i don't wear one..

Name:Maio
Art Form: Drawing
Idea: Maio's love for candy and pumpkins
Progress Gallery: http://kthanya.deviantart.com/gallery/33089010
Real Life Prizes: [_]
Official Contest: [_]
Workshop Awards: [X]

Minami · Oct 08, 2011, 08:52 PM // 20:52

Started shading on the skirt. Now comes the other girl's skirt.
This is my favorite part, giving more color and depth to the picture

In my mind, it doesn't start coming together until this step.

Death By An Arrow · Oct 08, 2011, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Another quick update, some changes made:

Started the shoulders... :/ The frills will be longer and more varied I think. But thanksgiving dinner 1 awaits. Will continue more tonight and tomorrow.

Checklist:
right shoulder, leg skirty cape thing, belt, sky, clouds, moon, cliff, face details

maybe I'll finish on time... maybe...

` Marshmallow · Oct 08, 2011, 10:26 PM // 22:26

Minami - D'awh -hug- :3 & ouuu! that's really coming together:3 I've always been a fan of just flat colours,probably cos its easier than adding shading xD D:

Aeronwen - :'D AWH THATS BEAUTIFUL -tear-

Bebe - ty:3!

obastable - happy Thanksgiving!! yaya canada ^__^ & thats a cute sketch xD

Maio - Thas looking lovelyyyy

Arrow - Omgg ;_; wao~ You can try mixing some black paint with lots of water to get a light layer n you can keep adding them to get a ..see through effect? D:> you can try on a diffpiece of material to see how it'll turn out though o wo

Rends with Tongue · Oct 08, 2011, 11:07 PM // 23:07

Progress Update: Here are a few shots of the finished/baked Grenth statue. I really hate the face but I didn't want to spend too much time on it, and I think/hope that the paint job will make up for it. I did bake some mini jack-o-lanterns and a skull w/candle but I couldn't get a good picture of them -- it seems I must go buy a new camera. :/

stouda01 · Oct 08, 2011, 11:52 PM // 23:52

bg mostly done. too tired and in a hurry to comment on anything else atm, sorry

Esparanza Orchid · Oct 09, 2011, 12:18 AM // 00:18

Name: Esparanza Orchid
Art Form: Cosplay
Idea: Lady Althea goes trick-or-treating
Progress Gallery: http://tkguildwarsplace.blogspot.com/
Real Life Prizes: [X]
Official Contest: [X]
Workshop Awards: [X]

Maio · Oct 09, 2011, 01:41 AM // 01:41

Ive finished color blocking my Ritualist

You can see my progress gallery here i have left a little comment on how i go about my coloring. but i will post step by step progress for you guys too if you are curious at all.
http://kthanya.deviantart.com/art/Mi...cked-262426929

Minami · Oct 09, 2011, 01:42 AM // 01:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by ` Marshmallow

Minami - D'awh -hug- :3 & ouuu! that's really coming together:3 I've always been a fan of just flat colours,probably cos its easier than adding shading xD D:

@Trishie: If I was using photoshop for this piccie, I'd agree with you xD It's SO much easier to shade in SAI, it's ridiculous :3 I'm having a lot of fun ^_^

EDIT: Next WIP thingie :3

Arghore · Oct 09, 2011, 03:02 AM // 03:02

@Death by an arrow, Could you please fill me in on why you seem to be using multiple pieces? or is that a secret yet to be revealed, it's realy puzzling me... look ok though

@Stouda, could you fill me in on howmany layers you used for that background, or estimate, i am trying to get that sketchy background to work, but somehow i seem to not get it right, and end up with a more clear picture, with obvious drawlines (though perhaps only vissible to me :P ) ... maybe a tuturial like couple of pics could help me in the future

@Maio, nice you joined in on the fray ^^

@Minami, any idea if Verene is MIA ? i send her a PM but no response yet, are you co-organizing?

Right then my update for today, unfortunatly i went to gw2guru and got stuck in a conversation, which left me with way less time then i wanted

... but made progress non the less ^^

Biggest problem atm. trying to create more distance in the little space i got left, i need to push the background and anything in it further away somehow, seeing i still need room to fit in the undead, and get my foreground scene setup with enough space for it (hence the fireplace as a way to check for distance and perspective...

Fun detail, if any of you know Bob Ross, the painter, well i'm trying out his technique of setting up a painting from front to back and using 'little mistakes' to my advantage (helped with the mountains which are about 6 layers all in different oppasity and different shades of grey, which then had all things happening as light went over dark and the other way around ^^ ... did fix the mountains a bit, as it seemed to be split in two which was drawing a lot of attention in the middle of the picture, thus i closed the gap :P ... well lets hope i start drawing b4 visiting forums tomorrow and i might end up further than i did today :P

UnOrthOdOx · Oct 09, 2011, 03:08 AM // 03:08

FINALLY a break in weather, 2 hour set up and photo shoot.

I've got 100 pics to go through, shot in RAW, so here's just the first one off the camera run through default conversion.

Death By An Arrow · Oct 09, 2011, 03:20 AM // 03:20

Stouda; that is lookg absolutely magnificent

I now see how all these things are coming togethor MUCH better. I see an official contest winner in that entry, I'm sure of it.

@Arghore The reason there are multiple pieces/boards is because its all I had laying around. LOL, really thats it. Theyre those cardboard inserts inside binders, and I had them saved up after two years because they are the perfect size for taping down some paper to paint to prevent page curling while also being portable and lightweight. I had about 16-17 of them lying around and figured I would just take the 6 best ones and turn them into a bag canvas. Also, it helps when I want to hold something in a different light when painting or if I only need one board, then I can just take the individual one and use it. There are two to the right that arent shown because they arent being worked on atm; they contain the moon and the cliff.

@Esparanza Welcome to the workshop! I'm excited to see your althea cosplay come togethor

@Maio I really like the texture of the elementalists armor, fits rather nicely

The ribbon on her right leg (our left) should face a little more with the direction of her knee; right now both ribbons face the same direction even though one foot is turned.

@Marsh I will try to see what I can do with the water and the black. If it doesnt turn out, I can just use some pure black; itll just have to be VERY sparingly.

@Rends With a little paint, that grenth should look great! Excited to see how the light turns out

@Minami the shading looks really nice. question: does the woman on the left have no nose? o__O I might suggest seperating the nose from the lip to add some shape.

Minami · Oct 09, 2011, 03:42 AM // 03:42

@DBA: Awh crap, I forgot to fix that... It's been bugging me, I have a layer set up for fix testing, but of course I forgot about it before I saved the jpg.... >_>
Next update will have it fixed ^_^ Thanks for pointing it out

@Unortodox: I can't wait for moar pics!!!! O_O Looks way so cool.

@Arghore: I asked her on MSN now, and she said she's been swamped with work. She said she'll be able to catch up with everything tomorrow

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I'm not co-organizing, since I haven't had enough time to be able to properly keep up with the workshop like that would require. :3
As it stands right now, I'm one of the judges, nothing more really

Arghore · Oct 09, 2011, 03:57 AM // 03:57

ok, tnx for the info Minami ^^ ... ill just wait and be patient

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GL everyone me needs sleepzzz now :P

Maio · Oct 09, 2011, 05:20 AM // 05:20

Thanks Arrow, wish I would have caught that before coloring :P semi easy fix tho.

I fixed the ribbon on the ele and mostly finished the ritualist unless i find something wrong, i'm going to start on the background and foreground soon.

stouda01 · Oct 09, 2011, 10:03 AM // 10:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arghore

@Stouda, could you fill me in on howmany layers you used for that background, or estimate, i am trying to get that sketchy background to work, but somehow i seem to not get it right, and end up with a more clear picture, with obvious drawlines (though perhaps only vissible to me :P ) ... maybe a tuturial like couple of pics could help me in the future

Hai, i am no expert on how you should do digital painting properly

this is like my 5th one ever, 3rd one with tablet (yes, i did two with mouse, would not reccomend, it's awful) Buuut, here's screen of all my layers (so far):

basically i made raw sketch and separated foreground and background, put that on top, then i added some basic color with soft brush on new layer just to get the general color idea and stuff, then i duplicated that layer and started doing details with sketch still visible. Once i'm confident the picture can stand on it's own i'll hide the sketch and continue on doing super details. The basic bg (without cauldron, characters and some clouds) is one layer, yes you can see like hundred layers on that screen

but they are mostly backups. And that's it i think. I also look at screenshots for reference ALL the time and have Navigator visible to see if i still like the overall look and feel of the picture while i work super zoomed on details. I hope this was atleast little helpful for you

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death By An Arrow

Stouda; that is lookg absolutely magnificent

I now see how all these things are coming togethor MUCH better. I see an official contest winner in that entry, I'm sure of it.

ohh that would be so awesome, thanks man! But even if i finish in time (oops) those sexy real life sculptures will still totally kick any paintings ass

Odinius · Oct 09, 2011, 02:49 PM // 14:49

@UnOrthOdOx Yay for the weather!!! and the pic looks great.

@Stouda01 Wow, that's coming along very nice, and to think that comes from that messy sketch, just wow!

I finally finished the mad king himself just one more detail and I won't have to touch him again.
Working on the right side of the set now still not clear what it will be.
My first thought was a tomb (the one we sacked in last years quest for the body), but that would just be a gray block.
The Nightmare was almost done untill his arm broke in the oven :S
Ah well, will finish him after dinner.
For now I'll leave you with His Royal Highness:

The rest of the pics are in my progress gallery, not many how to's for the mad king though.
The head and crown took me over 2.5hrs and I really needed some sleep

Death By An Arrow · Oct 09, 2011, 03:48 PM // 15:48

More progress:

Most deffinatly need to shrink that arm down, or atleast that shoulder. :S