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« Reply #30 on May 7, 2010, 5:19pm »

Fantastic ideas Kesh and Piper!

I didn't ask for more details beyond the description, so I'm not really sure what environment it's for. I'll see if I can get more details and improve the image.

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« Reply #31 on May 8, 2010, 11:03am »

To color or not to color. Not sure if this would look good in print format.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #32 on May 8, 2010, 3:43pm »

May 7, 2010, 2:10pm, piper wrote:

Why not show birds (or bats) perched on the giant, with a few flying around as well?

That's a very good suggestion. Depending on how long he's been there, you might want to have birds nesting, and perhaps some plant life having taken root, like the abandoned robots in Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

May 7, 2010, 10:33am, kesher wrote:

Excellent as always, Kelvin---I especially like the dwarf in the back, like he's thinking, "Whatever happened to orcs and goblins?"

Thanks! The dwarf was a late addition, put in just before I started the inking, as I wanted someone a bit further back to help create a sense of depth.

May 8, 2010, 11:03am, erikbattle wrote:

To color or not to color. Not sure if this would look good in print format.

It looks good on screen, at least! I've had greyscale art printed in the magazine, back in #4 I think it was, and I'm told (I only got the pdf) that it did not print well. However, that's because I converted it from colour to greyscale, rather than did it in greys to begin with.

I would suggest printing the image out if you can, to see how it looks, but I would guess, based on how mine turned out, that it might be a bit too dark. I think you'll be okay if you bring the shades forward, so the grey you're using for the middle layer will be at the front, and the lighter grey at the back will be in the middle. You'll have to come up with an even lighter grey then for the background, but that should work.

Of course, you may print it and discover that it's just fine, in which case ignore my rambling.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #33 on May 8, 2010, 8:22pm »

I'm no expert on this, but I think it's useful to send it in as high a resolution as possible. It made a big difference with my pencil drawings when I started sending them in at 600dpi as opposed to 300.

Oh, and, of course, it looks great!

I really like the fact that the sculpture's eye almost seems to actually be watching them...

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #34 on May 10, 2010, 5:57am »

Some really nice illos in the works, I see!

May 8, 2010, 3:43pm, kelvingreen wrote:

May 7, 2010, 2:10pm, piper wrote:

Why not show birds (or bats) perched on the giant, with a few flying around as well?

Good idea; spiderwebs are another classic visual indicator of long disuse, although they might by too small to be seen on a giant. Perhaps you could add some driders' webs, replete with the wizened husks of their victims.

If you go with Kelvin's plant life idea, you could consider adding a full-grown tree sprouting through rusty holes in the giant's limbs.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #35 on May 10, 2010, 6:01am »

In case anyone's interested, here's half of one the drawings I've made for this issue, the Ogre Beastmaster's tame Worg, playing fetch:

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« Reply #36 on May 10, 2010, 7:25am »

@erikbattle: I think that prototype of the map-making was great, despite a few hiccups with the inkwash.

I love the statue picture. Very moody. I'd leave it as is.

@kelvingreen: Fantastic! You and Mark sit up there as my favourite FO! regulars. So do you not you any digital processing at all (aside from scanning the final piece in)?

@jensen: Very cool and wonderfully emotive. Do you find using the blue pencil helps once you've scanned in the sketch?

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #37 on May 10, 2010, 9:09am »

May 10, 2010, 7:25am, ant wrote:

@jensen: Very cool and wonderfully emotive. Do you find using the blue pencil helps once you've scanned in the sketch?

Thanks! It's done in ballpoint pen, which I'm experimenting with to see if it'll give better shading when the drawing's been scanned and digitally cleaned up.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #38 on May 10, 2010, 1:13pm »

Good ideas on scale, all! Still waiting to see if I get more description to know what environment the giant is in. Appreciate the feedback.

Ant, thanks for the input!

Jensen, love the pic! Very dynamic.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #39 on May 10, 2010, 1:16pm »

By the way, this thread is totally cool. Not being a visual artist I don't have much to contribute except general praise, but consider that contributed in abundance!

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #40 on May 10, 2010, 4:53pm »

Jensen, that's a great image. I love the very real sense of movement in the picture, as well as the expressions.

May 10, 2010, 7:25am, ant wrote:

@kelvingreen: Fantastic! You and Mark sit up there as my favourite FO! regulars. So do you not you any digital processing at all (aside from scanning the final piece in)?

Thanks! I'm honoured and humbled by your words. I look at every issue of Fight On!, and I am floored by the quality of the artwork, and I often think that I shouldn't be included amongst such great artists, so it means a lot to see me on a list of favourites.

But this isn't about me, so on to your technical question!

May 10, 2010, 7:25am, ant wrote:

So do you not you any digital processing at all (aside from scanning the final piece in)?

I must confess to being something of a Luddite. I do have a graphics tablet, a Wacom Bamboo One, but I don't often use it for drawing, as I've still yet to get over the strange disconnected feeling I get from drawing on the tablet, and having the lines appear on the screen. I do use it quite often for colouring, but that's not something that's come up so far in my Fight On! work. One day I'll work up the courage to submit a cover image.

One of my goals this year is to try to get more practice in with digital drawing, but for the moment, I'm very much still in the pencils and pens mode.

May 10, 2010, 1:16pm, calithena wrote:

By the way, this thread is totally cool.

I have to agree. This thread was a great idea, and it's brilliant to be able to discuss techniques, give and receive advice, and so on.

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #41 on May 10, 2010, 9:53pm »

Here's my 75% finished pencil sketch for a flying saucer crashed in the snow. I wouldn't have any problem submitting it as is with another pass on finessing shadows, etc.

However, since I was just recently gifted with a Wacom Bamboo digital tablet and finally installed the software, I'm going to see how much damage I can do!

If anyone has experience with these tablets, or Corel Draw Express 4.0 (I think), I'd love any tips...

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Re: Art Process Thread
« Reply #42 on May 10, 2010, 10:12pm »

May 10, 2010, 9:53pm, kesher wrote:

Cool saucer man! Love the details on the hull.

I use a Wacom Intuous. My only advice is be patient. It's like learning to draw new again...or maybe more like drawing with the wrong hand. But, invest the time and you'll love it.

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