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Sectus · May 10, 2007, 02:52 PM // 14:52

*ponders*

We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!

(that may potentially make no sense

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Nian · May 10, 2007, 03:14 PM // 15:14

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Originally Posted by Sectus

*ponders*

We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!

(that may potentially make no sense

)

Hahaha. XD Yeah that makes sense in a way. Why thank you lol. Sorry for speaking finnish in the thread. It's one of the most difficult languages I know though. I think my english is better than my finnish even if I am finnish myself. XD

AW Lore · May 10, 2007, 03:56 PM // 15:56

Wow, wonderful drawings Nian

Nkah Sennyt · May 10, 2007, 04:12 PM // 16:12

Good lord. I always forget how phenomenal your art is until I see it again. [More] Art from you is definitely on the list after my FoW. <.<;

Foxeye · May 10, 2007, 05:59 PM // 17:59

<--- is now a pile of oohs, ahhs, and squees on the floor

I've always been really addicted to colors (my husband always heckles me to pay more attention to anatomy and values in my stuff, rather than relying on color so much), and your artwork is like a hit of high quality color-crack to me. (The rest of it is excellent too, but I always fixate on color use.)

Is color theory something you've studied/practiced very diligently, or is it an innate talent? I know that good art is more often perspiration than inspiration, but every so often someone is born just "getting" certain things well.

Teh_Nemesis · May 11, 2007, 07:56 PM // 19:56

Well, i can only add many "wows" to you, excelent work. Very impresive.

Those look definitely awesome. I wish i had the skills to do digital painting that way. I can only work with natural means XD, but i'm short of time for artworks lately. Well, someone recently inspired me to get back to artworks again so it feels really good to hold a pencil in my hand again. I've been using photoshop for a long time, yet i have never worked on digital painting before. Probably your works inspire me to start practicing myself

Any tips for the newbies like me?

Well, see you around.

~Diane.

Nian · May 20, 2007, 12:48 PM // 12:48

Argh. XD Before my thread dies I shall post something. Sorry they are not GW related but my original characters and creations. I'm currently working on some GW arts but I'm a bit busy atm.

My redheaded shaman girl, Neesa.

My curvylicious mage character Hisa Liliam and her rival and partner in crime Raj the horn(y) dude.

One of the things I'm currently working on but *gasp* who could it be.

Man, I forgot to answer some questions. I guess I just thought I did and forgot to actually do it...how typical. XD

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Originally Posted by Foxeye

I've always been really addicted to colors (my husband always heckles me to pay more attention to anatomy and values in my stuff, rather than relying on color so much), and your artwork is like a hit of high quality color-crack to me. (The rest of it is excellent too, but I always fixate on color use.)

Is color theory something you've studied/practiced very diligently, or is it an innate talent? I know that good art is more often perspiration than inspiration, but every so often someone is born just "getting" certain things well.

Actually I'm positive there is something more wrong than right with my color vision or the way I see colors. I'm always jealous of people who know how to tone it down and keep it down to earth. The way I see it my works just end up being a complete psychedelic fuzz of bright colors wheter I wanted it or not. :P I have studied color theory more indepth just last year. I don't always think about light or theory when I paint but sometimes I do on purpose. It's also fact that when my friends would point out to me e.g. a jacket they think is a lovely shade of blue or green I often comment how it looks grey and dull to me(This is pretty common withme). I know there is nothing wrong with my (color)vision so maybe it's just perception? I have no idea. :P

But just personally I think colors and lightning are waaay more important than anatomy and correctness in artwork. Colors can do so much to a piece that other values become way less significant and flaws may go unnoticed. It's all about creating illusions eh? ;P

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Originally Posted by Teh_Nemesis

Those look definitely awesome. I wish i had the skills to do digital painting that way. I can only work with natural means XD, but i'm short of time for artworks lately. Well, someone recently inspired me to get back to artworks again so it feels really good to hold a pencil in my hand again. I've been using photoshop for a long time, yet i have never worked on digital painting before. Probably your works inspire me to start practicing myself

Any tips for the newbies like me?

Well, see you around.

~Diane.

I think being able to use natural mediums and just draw and sketch a lot is of great benefit and will help you no matter what digital mediums you feel like using in the future. As for digital painting tips. I don't know if I'm any good at giving tips but here are some I try to follow myself. :P

-Don't be afraid to make a mess because you can always undo, erase and paint over. Use more than one layer to make this more efficient.

-Try out different brushes to find your favourites. You can pretty much make your own brushes and adjust them 'till kingdom come but it's not nessecary. Personally I like to use just a few brushes that seem to work for me. I finally found this link yay! CA.org forums has a really nice thread for PS Brush sharing.

-My favourite technique is to paint on top of a sketch. Paint colors and do the shading underneath the lineart first like you would color something with visible lineart. After that just start painting on top of the linearts, blend them into the picture and make them disappear where you want them to. Some people like to start painting on top of a mess and keep adding detail but I rarely do that myself.
This is pretty much what I did:

Something like that I guess. I think it's somewhat of a general concensus that Painter overrules Photoshop in painting digitally and Photoshop is better fore manipulating and adjusting photos and the like. But there are ofcourse people like me who still love to use Photoshop for painting even if the brush dynamics are really clumsy in comparison to Corel Painter. :P

Leon_Ux-ixen · May 20, 2007, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Wow I leave for a year and all these new artists spring up o.O

The part that I really love about your characters is the way they look, it's like a corss between anime and realism(the style I choose when I do busts) and the river of colors that flow through each picture so wonderfully. Even the ones that lack a background for detail are masterfully done and don't nee done. I adore your work and bow to it. *bow*

Keep drawing before I sick my LvL.70 Rogue on you. =P
(WoW is an addiction run!)

Jeff Highwind · May 20, 2007, 02:17 PM // 14:17

I can see Raj as a combo madman in a fighter game, but yea epic concepts.

Nian · May 20, 2007, 02:33 PM // 14:33

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Originally Posted by Leon_Ux-ixen

The part that I really love about your characters is the way they look, it's like a corss between anime and realism(the style I choose when I do busts) and the river of colors that flow through each picture so wonderfully. Even the ones that lack a background for detail are masterfully done and don't nee done. I adore your work and bow to it. *bow*

Thanks.
Hehe, well the thing with me and anime is. I can't quite get rid of the style even if I wanted to. It'll take time. When I started drawing characters they were all based on western fantasy stereotypes but then somewhere along the way anime came around and there it is! Dang it haha.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Highwind

I can see Raj as a combo madman in a fighter game, but yea epic concepts.

The mage and the "devil" are very old characters and certainly have their fair share of clichés and I wouldn't argue with that. I was younger when I made them. But clichés are fun sometimes hehe! I'm sure Raj would appreciate that comment, maybe I should really make him mad...hmmm sounds interesting!

Sectus · May 20, 2007, 03:01 PM // 15:01

So... pretty... artwork! *faints*

Riesz · May 20, 2007, 05:31 PM // 17:31

Amazing art... I'm just in awe! The details, the colors, everything is beautiful.

I especially love the way you draw hair. The way it flows and swirls about is so elegant!

Keep up the excellent work; I can't wait to see more!

ravensong · May 20, 2007, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Looking good Nian...very good!

Im excited about ...the thing!

azn deathfire · May 26, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

LUUUUUUUUUUUV yur style

ugh i'm so jealous lol, photoshop for some reason wont work on my computer, so i'm stuck with opencanvas

XO

Nian · Jun 14, 2007, 12:41 PM // 12:41

I haven't had much time to properly draw or play for a while but here are some sketches I did a while back. Had just forgotten to scan them. All of these are based on characters often seen on the screenshot forums. Mainly TNMT related peoples~! Wonder if you can guess who they are based on. :P

Okay I guess you can't really guess this one since she isn't wearing much anything. I was supposed to draw Mango's Roar Roar but somehow the clothes didn't turn up in the picture. :P

Ok well back to my miserable duties now bybye.

Morag D · Jun 14, 2007, 12:54 PM // 12:54

wow they're incredible! I love Lokii best, she looks so sexy and exotic

Nian · Jun 14, 2007, 01:20 PM // 13:20

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Originally Posted by Morag D

wow they're incredible! I love Lokii best, she looks so sexy and exotic

Thanks for the comment. I guess it's obvious she is Lokii. xD
I had drawn Arala with her twin too but that one's not ready for showing even as a sketch(I guess I love monks). Why are I so messyy. Ä_Ä

Sectus · Jun 14, 2007, 02:48 PM // 14:48

(Bah! The forum apparently ate my previous post...)

Love the new sketches! Lokii is my favourite one as well. I hope you get time to draw more soon

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I guess it's obvious she is Lokii. xD

Well, it's rather obvious if you look at the filename

Mistical miss · Jun 14, 2007, 03:55 PM // 15:55

Sweeeeet

just some detail added to mila's hands would be good ^^

I Might Avenge U · Jun 14, 2007, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Very Nice, you have a way with hair O_o