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tsau-mia — Queen of Diamonds colored.

Published: 2010-03-19 05:57:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1652; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 0
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Description So here's the completed piece.

Is it wierd that my favorite part is the bowstring?

I learned a lot doing this. Metal tones, leather tones, wood tones, how to make textures meld together like a big melting pot of.... texture...
I also learned how to use contrasting colors in a vague sort of way. Let me know what you think about it. I'm always up for a game of "lets help the artist improve"
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Comments: 26

vungtau [2010-03-22 15:16:09 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful details and skin
Comes see my stuffs [link]

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tsau-mia In reply to vungtau [2010-03-22 19:33:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Daandric [2010-03-22 14:59:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh my...left handed archer...that's a rare breed. I like markings, the bow string, and the arrows. I can help you with archer poses if you want

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tsau-mia In reply to Daandric [2010-03-22 19:33:20 +0000 UTC]

I like your style. I am looking for new archer poses. The Queen has a husband, the King, and I drew him out, and the perspective looks fine in a sketch, but after beginning to "flesh" it out, it looks all off. Her pose isn't the best, but it's tolerable, haha.
But yeah, if you knew where I could get some archer stock or something like that, that would be great!

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Daandric In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-22 19:38:05 +0000 UTC]

I do archery in real life so i know what is correct and also practiced lots of poses:

Here you go some tutorials,bases and drawings with archers i did:

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If you need more bases or some other different poses just ask me and i will sketch them up for ya

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tsau-mia In reply to Daandric [2010-03-25 20:00:42 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm trying to do one based off of a pose of a guy facing the viewer. It's the "husband" of the Queen of Diamonds, and he wears a black panther beast-type thing pelt over his head that drapes down his back.
Since these pictures are supposed to be for a deck of cards for war (Hearts=humans; Diamonds=elves; Spades=demons; clubs=merpeople) They're supposed to look like they are attacking or retreating from the viewer.
So essentially I'm looking for cool attacking poses for my king. I can figure out most of the lower body anatomy, but just the perspective of drawing a bowsting point blank is throwing me off.

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LadyMella [2010-03-22 05:43:28 +0000 UTC]

Another amazing work... and making me more jealous. xD Maybe add a little more razzle dazzle to the hair? And I love the bowstring too!

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tsau-mia In reply to LadyMella [2010-03-22 19:34:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm working on making her a little better. I flipped her (like looking in a mirror) and there are A LOT of things that need to be fixed. She just looks... off. And one of her eyes is all big and droopy, so I need to fix that too. Nothing photoshop can't take care of! XD

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LarissaLombax [2010-03-21 04:28:45 +0000 UTC]

wow...no words to describe...it's perfect...really nice...great job

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tsau-mia In reply to LarissaLombax [2010-03-21 07:07:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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BalloonPrincess [2010-03-20 13:15:39 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work!

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tsau-mia In reply to BalloonPrincess [2010-03-20 17:35:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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BalloonPrincess In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-20 21:05:27 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! Keep up the good work!

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ShadeyBabey [2010-03-20 12:19:22 +0000 UTC]

Great job I really do enjoy the effects

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tsau-mia In reply to ShadeyBabey [2010-03-20 17:34:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it!

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Foxyn [2010-03-20 08:08:03 +0000 UTC]

Soooo great!

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tsau-mia In reply to Foxyn [2010-03-20 17:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Foxyn In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-22 07:09:00 +0000 UTC]

If only I could draw.. XD

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tsau-mia In reply to Foxyn [2010-03-22 19:36:45 +0000 UTC]

haha, it just takes tons of practice. If you draw every day, soon it will be easy. Just look at details, and lots of pictures of how you would like to draw. REad tutorials, and follow them carefully.
Mimicry is the best way to become better, faster.

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Foxyn In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-24 06:20:16 +0000 UTC]

At first I was saying what the hell is Mimicry?

And then I figured it out XD

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tsau-mia In reply to Foxyn [2010-03-24 17:55:56 +0000 UTC]

haha, just being a copy-cat. It helps to look at paintings and try to recreate them. That way, you know where shadows and lights go, as well as lines for different body parts.

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Foxyn In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-26 06:06:06 +0000 UTC]

XD I used to be able to do wolf tattoos, but they turned out ugly after a while.

Lemme look at other things in your gallery!

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tsau-mia In reply to Foxyn [2010-03-26 17:37:48 +0000 UTC]

haha, okay!

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knytcrawlr [2010-03-19 08:07:16 +0000 UTC]

great ideas and effects

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tsau-mia In reply to knytcrawlr [2010-03-20 04:52:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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knytcrawlr In reply to tsau-mia [2010-03-20 17:34:07 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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