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Published: 2006-08-17 00:07:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 803; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 7
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This is supposed to be for 's mythical contest....but I'm not sure it meets the criteria, so I'll have to note and see. If not, it'll just stay here in my gallery. The reason I am not sure if this piece is eligible is because this was not my original piece...I spent the last two days on that one and clicked "Submit" today and then I just hated it.....so I did this one instead. It didn't come out quite as good as I would have wanted, but I liked doing the moon, and since I rarely draw wings (Firestar is not a fan of wings) it was interesting to see how they turned out.The other reason I'm not sure it fits the criteria is that the description reads "mythical creatures" and the idea I had was after the Roman god Mercury...not sure if that counts as a creature per se but I still like the way this turned out.
And now I am getting off the machine because I absolutely cannot paint another stroke today.
Danny Phantom (c) Mr. Butch Hartman. I think FTD florists would do well to have a Danny with winged feet as a trademark. The title is sort of a "Maternal Instincts" joke. (That was Maternal Instincts, right? "At 112 MPH, I bet this hurts"?)
(Edited as of August 17th, 2006-- is so right about shading--Koni, if you see this, any better?)
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Aww, I love his pose and how his boots have wings attched to them. I love how you did the moon too 
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Thanks. This picture nearly broke my brain XD
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I know how that feels XD The pic came out beautifully though
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Thanks for the 
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Thank you 
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Glad you liked it! Thanks for the
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Very nice. Icarus, no?
But, may I suggest shading the boots and suit too? IMO, it would make it even better
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Mercury, actually, but it had crossed my mind to do Icarus, too. I just didn't like how he dies at the end....
You're so totally right about the shading, but every time I try to do that, it comes out all ridiculous....*rubs at eye* I hate to think I just don't have the talent because my heart is in the right place. I just can't seem to work lately...I only stopped work on this one because if I had kept at it for fifteen more minutes I'd have hurled the machine across the room and thrown the tablet and sketch board to join it a second later. I have no idea what's wrong with me. I felt like scratching my eyes out.
How does one DO shading such as you do? I'd love to know, rather than wanting to cut my hands off at the wrist for the past two weeks.
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Well, first of all I'd advise you to go watch DP
Now, for the technical part. Keep in mind that I'm a photoshop person ^_^ I don't know any other programs... I'll explain in as good as I can here, but I'd be happy to make a little tutorial if that'd help you
So, you have your lineart. New layer under it. Take that wand thingy and select, let's say the supposed to be black parts of his suit. Expand the selection if neccesairy. Fill it with the grey you're gonna use in the shading. Now I take the pen thingy. I go around the areas I want to be black (a big part... Sometimes you'll need to do this in more steps), close the paths and fill with black. Deselect, and you'll have it!
Now, it would be easier to first fill with black, and then do the shading with grey using the pen tool. I used to do it like that, but I had to fiddle around with layers to much since the wand tool had problems with selecting the black of the fill vs the black of the lining sometimes... See how it works out for you.
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And I doubt I'll regret it 
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I promise never to ask you where babies come from or how soldiers killing each other solves the world's problems.
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For the first one: the stork.
Second one: if all the mess-makers are dead, there is no more mess.
Better yet, give the world to me. I promise to be nice
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Are you in the market for a minion? I hear the minions get cool uniforms.
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Then I shall work my way up to Captain or Head Underling.
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*facepalms like mad*
Icarus...Damn, my latin exam is still in my head.
I meant to say Mercurius...
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