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Thistle Xandra · Nov 13, 2010, 04:09 AM // 04:09

hmm... i'm not sure. I just used one of the brushes in the 'special effects' drop-down menu in photoshop elements. I have no idea if it's the Rich Anderson brush you're talking about. I couldn't find a name other than the 'special effects' thing

I'm still a baby when it comes to photoshop

miriforst · Nov 15, 2010, 08:03 AM // 08:03

Nice work again thistle!

Charlie Dayman · Nov 15, 2010, 08:25 AM // 08:25

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Originally Posted by Thistle Xandra

hmm... i'm not sure. I just used one of the brushes in the 'special effects' drop-down menu in photoshop elements. I have no idea if it's the Rich Anderson brush you're talking about. I couldn't find a name other than the 'special effects' thing

I'm still a baby when it comes to photoshop

I remember seeing a pack of his brushes he used, and he had something like that in there. He's one of the GW concept artists, just in case you didn't know

frostkisses · Nov 15, 2010, 05:56 PM // 17:56

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Originally Posted by miriforst

OMG! lol thats epic^
Lookin good thistle! Cant wait to see Verene's finished

Thistle Xandra · Nov 15, 2010, 10:42 PM // 22:42

lol miriforst XD

Thanks frost

I'm so behind on all the drawings I want to do, because RL is kicking my butt, but I've got a few more sketches planned and the Wintersday Workshop before I can finish up Verene's WiP D: (sorry, Verene, hope you like the consolation chibi though! :P )

Verene · Nov 15, 2010, 11:23 PM // 23:23

That's fine! And yes, the chibi is adorable

<3

Thistle Xandra · Nov 17, 2010, 02:43 AM // 02:43

ugh... it's been one of those days so I decided to take a break from work and draw! I decided to try Pery's tip of painting in gray-scale

I have to admit, it is much easier and faster to paint like that. I think I'll try a couple more and try using layers to add color

Anyway, this is Raven's Mina mesmer character who is a half-vamp

Hope you like it!

Ravenhawk · Nov 17, 2010, 03:04 AM // 03:04

Thank you Thistle! I really love this! Huge improvement from your works too. *hughughug*

Yeah she's born a half-vamp but she was completely turned at some point. lol, long story. ^_^

InfestedHydralisk · Nov 17, 2010, 03:13 AM // 03:13

Wow that's pretty sweet!
I personally think that this kind of art is more your style then anime. :P

Chicken of the Seas · Nov 17, 2010, 04:35 AM // 04:35

Wow! That piece is looking so much different from your other ones, almost like its a different artist. =P But I agree with Infested, it seems to suit you a lot lot better.

Thistle Xandra · Nov 17, 2010, 04:45 AM // 04:45

{hugs Raven back} I did finish reading what you wrote on her, btw!

That's some good stuff!

Hydra and CotS, I'm still trying to figure out my style with the tablet, so I like trying to do drastically different things to learn new techniques, which is why it really seems like my pieces are all over the place and so different D: I'm actually surprised at how well this one came out

When I first started it using the blocking technique, I was just like... wow, this is so going to be fail...

Perynne · Nov 17, 2010, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Very nice!

Yeah, greyscale is good for learning about shadows and light, since you don't need to fry your brain looking for the right colours. That drawing is looking very different from your usual style, but I like it. It shows a lot of improvement.

Thistle Xandra · Nov 18, 2010, 02:09 AM // 02:09

Thanks Perynne!

I tried another B&W sketch for a study break, this time using omen's monk and a pose from Raven's workshop, but I'm not liking it as much

I think the pic of Mina was a fluke or maybe it's because I was working off a face shot instead of a full body shot, because this one makes me feel like I'm regressing :/

EDIT: Played around with adding colors and it didn't come out too badly...
EEP, close-up shows all the mess around the borders I need to clean up

frostkisses · Nov 18, 2010, 02:52 AM // 02:52

Raven's mesmer looks great. The monk doesnt look like youre regressing, but I think the face looks a little too chubby...like she doesnt have a neck. or at this point the piece isnt "worked on" enough to give it some sort of ratio to the body. keep working at it. still looks nice thistle

Perynne · Nov 18, 2010, 06:13 AM // 06:13

Don't be too afraid of regressing, not every artwork can be brilliant.

There's a saying that if an artist does 100 drawings, only one of them will be a masterpiece.
The only way you will learn is by drawing, and this includes even the difficult parts. :P

Ravenhawk · Nov 18, 2010, 02:28 PM // 14:28

I think it looks fine so far, the head just seems a little too big from the rest of her body. Perynne is right, I still regress once in awhile (and I got hit by it recently too) but from my experience, I tend to make better drawings right after a slump so don't let it scare you.

Thistle Xandra · Nov 18, 2010, 06:41 PM // 18:41

Thanks, you three

There's something else that's off that I can't pinpoint what it is. I've looked at Omen's pic, and I can't figure out the little changes I need to make to the face to match Tessa

I think I'll restart and see if I can get a similar headshot or something and see if I can get a better result off of that

I liked the sketch of the body though so I'm going to keep that part.

Nov 21 EDIT:
Finally finished Murke's piece for our art trade! Yay! Hope you like it! This was so much fun and I learned so much from it

Title: Hellhounds Get Separation Anxiety, Too!
Because anyone with a dog knows what I'm talking about

Quote:

Hey!
This is Murke.
I'm not sure which of her armors is easier to draw, so you can pick whichever.
http://yfrog.com/f7murkescreens1j
http://yfrog.com/3dmurkescreens2j

As for her hair...it no longer looks like that. She's also rather silly despite this picture. Now it looks like this: http://kalinotora.deviantart.com/#/d2v2bpn

But you don't have to worry about getting to it any time soon. ^.^ Thank you so much for wanting to do an art trade!

Nov 22 EDIT:
Decided to restart Omen's B/W sketch. A lot happier with this version

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Originally Posted by omens

You could try my monk.

Another EDIT:
Attempted to color the BW sketch. Coloring a BW sketch is a lot harder than I thought it would be

Still got a lot to learn

Thistle Xandra · Nov 24, 2010, 06:03 AM // 06:03

OK, been told by a loving source that my BW & color drawings of Omen's monk are actually quite horrendous and I should lay off of BW for a while

So, trying to go back to lineart and see if I can improve on that for Araiia's assassin. This is the base sketch, next up is lineart

Perynne · Nov 24, 2010, 06:31 AM // 06:31

I didn't think they were horrendous. I think you just need to practice the colouring. Use a new layer with the layer mode set to "Colour" so you can always erase and change colours without affecting the original greyscale.

Also, doing tweaks with two additional layers - one set to "Burn", the other to "Dodge"- will let you make new highlights and shadows without affecting the original greyscale as well.

Nobody is perfect when they start out, it does take a bit of practice.

Sketch of the assassin is looking good!

Thistle Xandra · Nov 25, 2010, 08:46 AM // 08:46

Thanks for the tips, Perry

It was actually quite amazing how no matter what settings I messed with, the colored version just came out so bad for Omen's monk D: I think it's because I wasn't thinking of how to color it and so didn't sketch out the grayscale right. For the sin pic, I decided to do the colored version first (without shading) THEN do the greyscale on top and I think it worked out a lot better. I still need to figure out how to use those modes better though :/ I did color burn with this one. I'll have to see what I can do with "dodge" next time