HOME | DD

Obsequiosity — New Scanner. Old Picture. Older Pony. by-sa

Published: 2012-11-14 03:40:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1352; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 87
Redirect to original
Description Playing with a new A3 format scanner, so I can actually *scan* this 12" by 15" picture instead of just taking a photograph of it. To be honest, I think the photograph had an interesting golden glow to it that gets lost here, but there's detail if you're interested.

[Updated: colorized. If you preferred the black and white I still have it around here somewhere...]

Original post here:
[link]

Inspiration:
[link]

Yay!! Drawfriended by Equestria Daily! They shared a comic of mine once, but now I truly get to claim the title of Drawfriend. The elusive banana sticker of pony fandom psychological validation is mine!

[And, months later, I realize that what bugged me about this one was the saturation, which is a quick slider fix away. Tweak-ed.]
Related content
Comments: 18

YoMilbert [2013-02-17 06:36:50 +0000 UTC]

I posted this on a Facebook page I admin for a little bit ago and linked it back to you here. Although the page doesn't get a lot of traffic, I thought I would do something for you

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to YoMilbert [2013-02-17 07:05:42 +0000 UTC]

Attention is attention.
Just a comment makes my day.
Thanks for the link!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AndyError [2012-11-22 10:18:36 +0000 UTC]

I really like the shading and texture used in this piece!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to AndyError [2012-11-22 16:32:17 +0000 UTC]

Most of the texture is the tooth of the cheeeeep WalMart paper I drew this on. The compressed sticks get all renaissance-y ("I'm a charcoal drawing! Come at me!") on toothy paper, and I like the pretentiousness of it.

Shading is what I'm trying to learn. I started out digital painting and it was evident that I was value blind...Feels good to hear folks can see it getting better.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

treebrench [2012-11-22 07:47:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh my! This is lovely.

Great shading and kudos for getting such nice tonals on such a simple subject!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to treebrench [2012-11-22 16:34:12 +0000 UTC]

The tones and values are what I'm focusing on and why I'm trying to teach myself charcoal. That you think that part doesn't suck is the nicest compliment I could receive.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

andrewtheOwl [2012-11-22 05:56:10 +0000 UTC]

This is slightly melancholy. nice work here though...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to andrewtheOwl [2012-11-22 16:37:23 +0000 UTC]

I was contemplating my own mortality as I drew this close to my birthday, I think that bled through into her eyes...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

andrewtheOwl In reply to Obsequiosity [2012-11-24 08:11:38 +0000 UTC]

Sounds alot deeper then your putting this picture out to be, and its already deep enough.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to andrewtheOwl [2012-11-25 03:25:37 +0000 UTC]

Heh. It's a heavy theme to illustrate with candy-colored ponies...

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

andrewtheOwl In reply to Obsequiosity [2012-11-25 05:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Precisely what I mean. Hats off to you, though.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheStorm117 [2012-11-17 18:08:55 +0000 UTC]

I remember this... Confound your ponies making me contemplate my own existance >.> Great piece

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to TheStorm117 [2012-11-17 18:55:14 +0000 UTC]

Nothing says, "Don't forget you and everyone you wIll ever love is going to get old and die," like cute candy colored ponies...

I'm going to go curl up in the foetal position in the corner for a while...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Peach-the-mouse [2012-11-15 13:53:01 +0000 UTC]

This is just so amazing!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to Peach-the-mouse [2012-11-15 19:55:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm trying to teach myself proper use of light and dark using charcoal. Decided to take the scan into Paint Tool Sai and set it as a multiply layer over a set of flat colors. Seems to work pretty well, although on some monitors Granny Smith looks a little Incredible Hulkish...

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheWrongestTrousers [2012-11-14 07:27:03 +0000 UTC]

These are pretty fuckin' cool, man. I'm lovin' the detail!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Obsequiosity In reply to TheWrongestTrousers [2012-11-14 22:58:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This one is probably one of my favorite just plain drawings. The values actually did what I wanted them to do.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

TheWrongestTrousers In reply to Obsequiosity [2012-11-15 08:18:57 +0000 UTC]

Son! You updated with the most righteous colors!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0