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zorm In reply to rofford [2007-10-18 19:39:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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zorm In reply to silentsteel [2007-09-19 17:54:56 +0000 UTC]

XDD Oh yes, it's going to bite him on the butt. Most certainly.

Thanks.

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zorm In reply to Nalon-lon [2007-09-15 19:47:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. ^^

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zorm In reply to purplerebecca [2007-09-09 20:46:35 +0000 UTC]

Heh, although they are a race of their own, they do have a basis in the Finnish giant/elf mythology. These'd be kind of half-giant elves if there exists a standard of somekin for heights and widths. Anyhow they have much bigger bones than what you might call normal Tolkien-esque elves, and the women need to be equally sturdier to match the frames of their men.

Thanks.

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zorm In reply to Hyel [2007-09-09 20:53:54 +0000 UTC]

'Digital art' -- what do you think?
That's just what the colors are for; to make the various parts more distinguishable. I started colorizing (or fading) layers when I noticed that the images were elsewise becoming too cluttered.

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Hyel In reply to zorm [2007-09-10 06:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Well I couldn't just look at the category, that would have been too easy.

How the hell do you do that, anyway? I can't even get the mouse to go where I want it. I tried it with a pen, and it's only marginally easier. It must be just a matter of practice, but I can't make a smooth curve for the life of me.

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zorm In reply to Hyel [2008-11-16 17:52:23 +0000 UTC]

Old comment is old, but I'm only now able to reach the bottom of the huge pile of these accumulated into my inbox, thanks to the new, handy page system. XD

My basic style is very angular, so curvy smooth lines are still a hardship despite a lot of practice. Let's just say that one of the biggest contributors is the smudge tool, with which I soften and reshape lines. A high-precision tablet helps also oodles. Get yourself a Wacom Intuos or Cintiq, and you'll soon notice the difference to those cheap 50€ pieces of junk best used as food trays. Since I bought a Wacom, I have stopped scanning hand-inked pieces almost entirely.

On a different topic, are you still up to doing that kiriban request? It's just that I haven't heard anything back for a while, and some of the reference links have changed since.

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Hyel In reply to zorm [2008-11-25 12:32:16 +0000 UTC]

Hi!

Er, yes, I am still doing the kiriban. My current to-do list, which I'm proud to say has gone down from six, stands as:

- Doctor Who Commission
- Zorm Kiriban
- Finish It All Off Ficathon

Doctor Who is done except for colour and text, which should be fairly simple, and I sacrificed last weekend to the Cold Snap challenge, because if there's a thing I can't resist it's porn battles. My priorities are clearly whack.

(And then they extended the damn thing. I will probably end up doing a couple more things for it, just to cover all the fandoms I COULD write for, and then I need to stop myself before I end up trying to do all the pairings, too. I don't know if I'll be able.)

I have a cheap tablet, I'm afraid. I've worked with an expensive one as well, but as that was for work and it was editing work I never really got to sketch with it, besides a few doodles on Paint. I'd have to test it properly before deciding it's what I want, since it's a lot of money and I've proved myself useless on the cheap one. Gilly's talking about wanting to learn tablet-drawing as well. I don't know. It would save a lot of time, if I could get a hang of it.

BR,
H.

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zorm In reply to Teela-B [2007-09-09 21:06:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

The voice part has really stuck. And his son sounds like Christopher Lee in my head. XD

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Teela-B In reply to zorm [2007-09-10 01:08:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

Nice! I've a character that's starting to sound like Pierce Brosnan, and for the life of me I don't know why.

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zorm In reply to Sirbu [2007-07-16 19:30:55 +0000 UTC]

Isot resoluutiot ja tarkka Wacom. Pienennän näitä jälkikäteen aika reippaasti, jottei lataus veisi viittä tuntia. Alkuperäiset tiedostot ovat aina jotain yli 3000 pikseliä yhteen suuntaan.

Kiitokset.

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zorm In reply to xSilentRED [2007-07-05 09:46:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
I wish I had hair more like hers, one could do so much more with it. XD Mine's just the stereotypical Finnish: straight and rather thin.

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xSilentRED In reply to zorm [2007-07-06 07:06:41 +0000 UTC]

I wish I had straight and thin hair, but I had to inherit my dads hair.My hair gets pretty curly and fuzzy when it grows out...really hard to manage sometimes...-.-;

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zorm In reply to Brina1989 [2007-07-05 09:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Brina1989 In reply to zorm [2007-07-12 19:31:28 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome!

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zorm In reply to nichalia [2007-07-05 09:48:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
Guess it depends on the artist too. I heard some put the most stress onto coloring (might be why linearts are often considered 'drafts', but mine's on the linework.

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zorm In reply to konijnemans [2007-06-25 09:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
I'm trying to keep the females of this race balanced with the males by making them equally heavy-set. Besides, Ghodigh'irm is 6'8" tall. She'd look quite odd if she were any thinner.

In the Viking-age Finnish culture the mistress of the house held the keys and suchlike. Thought it might be the same in some parts of Rha-kan'Ocka.

Being horribly self-critical, I can't judge whether the writing's good or not. Some people have liked it, though.

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zorm In reply to Tassos13 [2007-07-05 09:55:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. XD

Ääh... no, my hands rarely hurt after drawing, it's my neck and shoulders. I actually hold the stylus very lightly on the tablet with a strong tilt and let my whole arm do the work with long sweeps. I guess due to this elementary difference in technique I've never understood why so many people say they get their wrists achy from writing and drawing.

And since I'm more or less ambidextrous, I let my left hand do all the 'secondary' operations (zoom, undos, cutting, mouse movements...) most artists do with their primary hand. It gets pretty much an equal share of the work.

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Tassos13 In reply to zorm [2007-07-05 16:26:27 +0000 UTC]

XD That's because most people use their wrist rather than their arm to draw. The arm stays motionless while the fingers/wrist does all the work.

Ah no fair! DX You have a spare! XD

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zorm In reply to Gingler [2007-07-05 09:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^

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zorm In reply to katiescarlet [2007-06-25 09:27:57 +0000 UTC]

The knots: I drew one in a separate file, and then copypasted it around. XD An easy way to make continuous patterns for walls and panelings. On normal paper it would be more difficult; one'd need to make a cardboard template or something.

Thanks!

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zorm In reply to Kirvee [2007-07-05 09:56:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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zorm In reply to sighthoundlady [2007-07-05 10:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

She's 6'8". The women have to be quite thick-set to match the males of their race (to compare, Guarh back there is a little over 7 feet tall).

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zorm In reply to MishiDraws [2007-07-05 10:02:54 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I understand some artists have this difference in their works. I see quite a lot of trouble over coloring too (light sources, toning...), but generally that phase takes up to ten hours less time. Some say that minimal lineart is easier to post-process too, but I prefer having my details pinned down in the b/w phase.

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MishiDraws In reply to zorm [2007-07-07 03:28:00 +0000 UTC]

I just wish I had your patience.

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zorm In reply to Bluue [2007-07-05 10:03:22 +0000 UTC]

Äh, just a lot of practice. XD

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zorm In reply to gnistra [2007-07-05 10:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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zorm In reply to oober-bunny [2007-07-05 10:03:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. ^^

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