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Published: 2006-05-26 08:03:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 188; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 23
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Sketched in pencil - original here [link] then....Scanned and painted by hand with a mouse!!! in Photoshop CS Oh around 25 hours or so.
Note: texture was used on the chain mail and painted over - texture created by me
Crazy - can't wait till my Wacom arrives from the States!!!
Please feel free to give me tips as I am still learning and am happy to listen to any and all advice!
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wow... I'll never understand how you manage to get smooth shading effects like that with a mouse- thats really impressive.
Crtitique-wise.... your use of textures is really good; the chainmail and the grass effects look good, as do the little details you've added all over the piece to bring it to life. I only have two crits really- and they're silly things that don't really make a huge difference anyways ;-D
firstly, the colours- your colour work and shading is excellent, don't get me wrong- but the colours are a little over-saturated for me- although thats more of a personal taste thing, i guess. But I'd suggest just playing around with the hue/saturation and brightness/contrast settings a little, to give it that slightly darker touch a bit more atmosphere.
secondly, the background- whilst it looks great (and I wish i could be bothered to put as much effort into just one background as good as that!), I don't think you've spent as much time on it as you have on the characters and the foreground 
anyways... great work
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Sweet, thanks for that long and very helpful critique. My colours tend to run too bright - I'm working on that... need to find that hue/sat button. 
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wow! this is really good! I really like the shading, and you did a really good job when layering the colors
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Thank you! It took forever though not sure I want to paint another complicatie piece like that!!! Ouch.
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lol I don't think I would want to either
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Nicely done... Terrific job! ~ Can't wait to see what you do with your Wacom Tablet....
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I love your use of color, your pictures always are very vibrant and alive, great job I can see you improving with each picture
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Wow, thank you!! 
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Awesome....
And she does it again! 
Their outfits look really good and the details in the cothing, background and weapons look great as well!!
YouΒ΄re really improving a lot!
And 
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Yes! Hopefully my husband will make up his mind and order one before his parents leave the U.S. We were going to buy a Wacom, but heard there are others out there for half the price and almost as good. Thanks for the compliment! It's a work in progress, and I'm reading lots of tutorials - so learning with each new pic.
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No problem!!
Still, really awesome youΒ΄re getting one 
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Your too sweet - what an encouragement you've been to everyone of your friends!
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No, IΒ΄m just being honoust ^^
And IΒ΄m glad to encourage you, I always like to encourage people to do stuff
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Well you're the most encouraging encourager I know!
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OKay!
I already got like 90 devwatch deviations, so I do have to search! XD
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When I read the title and looked at the picture, I thought to myself, "brings us all down."
The chainmail texture is cool, though it kind of distracts from the piece- mostly cause on his other arm it's still running verticle, which is odd.
But the trees and the mountains are absolutely gorgeous, and REALLY add to the piece, as does the details in the sword! The crack in the shield.. (Did you have a reference for that sword? It's so realistic!)
And the anatomy seems right on! Very good picture!
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Wow, thank you for that detailed comment! And yes, the silly chainmail is running in the wrong direction on his L arm--crazy textures-- need to find out how to rotate them. *sigh* I noticed that it was off when I uploaded it. I work in close up so much of the time I sometimes forget to back off and see the picture as a whole to make sure everything fits. The sword I worked on trying several different styles - my own included and ended up with bits and pieces from one photo - as well as just out of my head the design on the hilt and blade are my own. Thank you so much for your compliments - they tell me I'm doing something right!
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This is a very nice scene. I love how you made the chain mail and the cloth really stand out. I only have one question. Are those spurs on the feet of the one on the ground? I'm only asking because I don't think they had spurs like that
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Yes they are, and you are right in that the middle ages had different types of spurs
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Thank you - and thanks for taking the time to look!
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wow..excellent action scene..the colors are extremely vibrant. 
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Thank you - I love vibrant colours!
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Oh hell...That's amazing...I'm sorry I lost the link you gave me...Could you send it to me in a note? the one with the textures I mean..
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Wow! Painted using the mouse! You must have such control over it! You're a mouse Tamer
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He, he - they're so hard to tame - have to get these tiny little wips and snap them over their tails to get them moving. Don't want to do another one like this till I get my tablet - talk about a sore wrist!
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You get better and better. 
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Your so sweet. And here I thought you weren't going to check your DA account! I'm glad you like this piece - I was so involved in painting it I'm afraid I neglected my family!
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Hi again.
Great improvement eith the neck. There still seems to be a bit of a little lump on the left side (viewer's left), but that might just be me.
Other than that, everything's great now. It's a difficult angle,but you hit the nail right on
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I know, I studied the anatomy of the neck in detail, and in this position - with the head thrown back, the neck muscle jumps or pulls out - it looks a bit strange. But you were correct in that the V of the two neck muscles was not in the correct position and the second (viewer's right) was too announced. So thank you!
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I'm glad to be able to help
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Chain mail looks really awesome. Just generally really great I love the dead perosn haha lol. Yeha stupidly well coloured.. darn you!!! lol. I love how youdid the clothes as always and the highlights on the skin looks super.
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Wow, thanks for the compliments 
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lmao its no problemo. Yeah but it loosk super XD
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Beautiful picture. Your definitely rock everything that can be rocked when it comes to colouring
However as a little constructive criticism, something seems odd about the neck of the standing warrior.
The shadows are a bit off and the neck/throat area seem too big, lumpy perhaps even. I think it's just the 'v'-angle drawn by the muscles in the neck that are too big.
Other than that everything is great
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I see what you mean. Almost like too contorted for comfort. Hmm will have to look at that more closely.
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Yes I know exactly what you mean. Besides I think of it as a viewer's/fan's responsibility (if possble) to help the artist evolve and get even better. No good in saying 'aww this is great' when there are flaws that can be fixed.
Anyways you're very welcome
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