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[Hellraid]

Update*

Edited by Hellraid, 22 April 2012 - 11:15 AM.

[IcedEarth]

This looks cool, are you learning to paint digtally? Do you use images for reference, like try and copy them? Would love to see the finished version!

[PinkRainbows]

Such nice art, how do you paint may I ask?

[Chopped]

Very Nice I like. Looks like the Joker.

[Hellraid]

yeah I use reference pictures, just to learn the technique itself

I am paiting with the pentool and using different layers for different shadings and colors

[IcedEarth]

I rate you for using the pen tool. That would do my head in, but yeah you're getting nice results man. Keep it up! Post up the final when you're done

[Hellraid]

I rate you for using the pen tool. That would do my head in, but yeah you're getting nice results man. Keep it up! Post up the final when you're done

that I will do probably updating this thread once aday to show the progress

[grapes]

looks cool. btw, may I ask if those siggies of yours were drawn by you? they look nice.

[Hellraid]

nah they are not, I've used created them using resources that I have obtained through out my time on forums

[IcedEarth]

<br />that I will do <img src='http://www.neocodex....fault/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> probably updating this thread once aday to show the progress <img src='http://www.neocodex....fault/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /><br />

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I can imagine it's going to take quite some time lol, do you have any plans of getting a graphics tablet?

[Romy]

O___O

SO


DAMN


COOL

[Hellraid]

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I can imagine it's going to take quite some time lol, do you have any plans of getting a graphics tablet?

yeah, I think the hair and the overall shading on his face will take the longest

yeah I do actually, once I can spare some money



Thanks pickahuu

[IcedEarth]

Ah cool, maybe try and fill the path with a gradient to see if you can get a nice blend.

[Hellraid]

I will do that only if I really have to, I really just want to do it the pentool way and making the shadings myself with only one color fills and strokes but that isn't a bad idea

[PinkRainbows]

makes me want watch bleach keep up the great work i'll be stalking I mean watching for your arts for now on

[IcedEarth]

I will do that only if I really have to, I really just want to do it the pentool way and making the shadings myself with only one color fills and strokes but that isn't a bad idea

Yeah, I picked it up from some guys blog, I think it was sosfactory... He does logos and stuff but more of a cartoon style. He inks in photoshop and then colours using gradients in illustrator. I thought you could try and apply that to painting and see what you get

[Hellraid]

makes me want watch bleach keep up the great work i'll be stalking I mean watching for your arts for now on

oh that's great news means a lot. Thanks

Yeah, I picked it up from some guys blog, I think it was sosfactory... He does logos and stuff but more of a cartoon style. He inks in photoshop and then colours using gradients in illustrator. I thought you could try and apply that to painting and see what you get

Yeah I will try your advice, I actually updated the first post now. I added an gradient but it's barely noticeable.

[esotericaKoalan]

It looks pretty decent for a WIP.

If you're using the pen tool, vector seems a good choice.
Actually, this is approaching a vector; the edges just need to be a little smoother.
I.e. use as little anchor points as possible. It looks really messy right now (but I can't really judge WIPs based on appearance).
(My signature is a vector too, if you need a simple example - all pen tool, except for the text.)

Painting with the pen tool seems unnecessarily tedious - the brush and smudge tools would be significantly less annoying to work with.
I'm not saying the pen tool is bad though (I find it really useful for rendering, vectoring, etc).

I do have a guided tutorial (that I just remembered about) on using the pen tool if anyone's interested.


Off Topic:
You should do one of the new characters from Bleach that hasn't been colored yet! (That way, you can post it on deviantART and gain tons of recognition!)

Edited by Synecdoche, 24 April 2012 - 03:37 PM.