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Inkthinker — Half-Elven Thief - Monotone
Published: 2005-12-05 02:26:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 23364; Favourites: 431; Downloads: 1905
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Finally got around to doing something semi-finished with this drawing... I submitted the line art > [link] < back in June, so that's only what... six months? >_< I'll probably still make an occasional adjustment to this one over the next week or so, depending on critiques and so forth, so don't be surprised if this pops up again a couple times.So yeah, really this had gotten completely bogged down, but recently a bunch of advice from various colorists at Penciljack and elsewhere sunk in and clicked, and so I made a bunch of changes to the half-assed color version I had going on and went with a montone scheme here... all colors in this image fall between 27-32 on the Hue slider, and so everything is really separated by Brightness and Contrast. Of course, this doesn't help with my sense of lighting and reflection, but hey, one thing at a time.
There's a pretty good chance of a full color version of this being created by making H/S adjustments to the various bits... we'll see how that comes out when I get it done... probably in April.
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that would funny if some one was actually gripping a tree like that foreal
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Great job with the detail and I love the pose you drew!
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wow lov the pose, and all those nic-nacs are awsome, hehe lil plushy hangin off of the sword its so random yet its soo awsome
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Your artwork seems to stim from both talent and knowledge. Im very new to the art scene and have very little knowledge of computer art. Maybe you could slide me a list of the three most important things to know about presenting your art online. Maybe some books or tips or programs or.........anything.
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Uhhhh... hmmmm.
Well, it's kinda out the top of my head, but maybe:
Don't post too big or too little... most resolutions are around 1024-1280 wide, so 800-1000 pix wide is about as big as you ought to go (generally speaking)
Try and present a pleasant personality to people, because you never know who you're really talking to... assume that whatever you say, someone important may hear about it.
Accept that whatever you put online is, largely speaking, out of your hands. You can ask people to be polite about it, but you can't really control where it goes or what gets done with it, past a certain point. You have rights, to be sure, but people are people, and the Net is vast and infinite.
I guess that's a good place to start...
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very nice!!! and look at the armor!!! amazing...
that also a fav.
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Fake gradient chrome. It's based on old airbrush tricks, check out the work of Hajime Soriyama, if you're not under 18.
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Oaky, I can see where that's going.
I'm over 18, but in the dorm labs...I can see it now. Someone looking over my shoulder.
Hey, if it's "erotic art" and I'm an animation student, can I just say it's homework?
But seriously, I just googled him and I think I saw his kind of art in heavy metal magazine.
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Probably, he's really famous for airbrush art of naked women, sometimes naked women doing really nasty things.
I used to get embarassed about being caught looking at erotica, but now I just look people in the eye and tell 'em to grow up and get over it. If I'm not reading it out in public where any kid could see it, then I shouldn't catch crap for it.
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amazing work, What i most admire about your work is the tiny details in your pics like the little mascot of u hanging from the sword the scratches on the armour the writings on the bamboo and so on this proves that you are a very skilled artist that you can do the general form so easily that you concentrate on the tiny details. good work definte fav
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i really dig the way you've handled the metal. you've really managed to get the texture down and the gashes just add so much to it. the monotone aproch workswell and helps to brinjg the whole image together though there could be prehaps a little more shading on the feet to really creat the sense that they are further back and beklow her body.
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You might got a point at that.
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I can't give any real critiques, I really like the coloring you've got going on here, especially on the metal, I assume you used a gradient tool there? If I were to try to critique I think I would say that perhaps the the highlights and shadows on the clothing, namely the pants, should have sharper edges? They almost look like they're filled up with something, besides her legs. X)
But I think the piece is great, especially the pose, balancing on the bamboo shaft, that's awesome. And the armor looks great. And also you've got a neat overall color to the piece, I love brown, you worked with it very well. Really great stuff.
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XD Lol. Ahhh...good ol gradients...
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Yeah, that was gradient madness.
MADNESS, I SAY!!!
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dfjas kreidkfnadajkl dvcndjskal!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!1!!!1!!
*no comment whatsoever*
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Her support is going to need considerable amounts of metal.
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Women wince, sympathizing with her pain and future back problems; men stare. ;D
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Whalebone! Creaks when ya walk!!
Or she's genetically blessed/cursed, depending on your POV.
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you put a lot of detail in the hands ,you can actually see how thick th e gloves are. even in the crotch to can see the uh, thicknes , well that was kinda gross, but you know wat i was getting at. Hey im looking for someone that can help me learn to color my stuff. Your coloring is fricken great. Give me some pointers or point me in the direction of some tutorials, i really feel my stufff will come alive with color but i just dont know how to do it please help.
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Oh, dude, I'm useless for colouring points... I barely know what I'm doing myself.
Uhhhhh,,, try and keep a consistent lighting source. Be aware of the contours of the object you're coloring. Be aware of how different substances reflect light differently, uhhhhh... yeah.
Oh, and keep your Saturations down under 80 or so, at most. Otherwise nothing your colouring with print properly, and variations in display will make a greater difference.
That's about all I got.
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that good enough to me tahnky dude
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Genetics are a funny thing, huh? She probably hates them.
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yay : ), glad to finally see this with a bit of color. looks great so far, continuing? : ).
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Not immediately, I think... gonna work on some other stuff.
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Wait, even the silver? Or did you just turn down the saturation for that?
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Tiiiiiny bit of color in there as well, got a Saturation of about 5. Might not even show up on some monitors.
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Haha! only six months XP worth the wait non the less.
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Interesting, glad you put in so much description, have to really stop and look at it to see that it really is just about monochrome except for the metals in grey, because the various shades used all look very natural. I'm not sure she really needs very bright lighting, her perch would indicate to me that she's in some sort of high vegetation area. Might just break up the solid lights on the metal into hints of reflections. But they're already pretty sophisticated.
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Even the metal has a little bit of hue to it.
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Looks great man! Anybody in D&D would love to use this!
Actually I should tlak to you about an idea I had, that maybe we can do. I'll hit you up.
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i think the color scheme works really well
it makes sense for the skin color and the bamboo to be in that color range and it's cool that you made everything else work in that scheme
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