the white drew carey Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 seemed more appropriate to talk about artwork and designs from various series here than in the pacific rim thread. Well actually, I started the O/T Artwork thread MWers to post their own non-Macross artwork (hence, not in the Fanworks section) and not really to discuss artwork that hasn't been created and/or posted here by one of us. Quote
the white drew carey Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) The newest strip of my webcomic, GAMERGEEKDADDY. I don't know, is this off-topic or not? (edited to include the actual strip instead of a link but, if you're cool, you'll go check out the red text in my sig... you could win something!) Edited July 14, 2012 by the white drew carey Quote
BeyondTheGrave Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) lol @ last panel. Edited July 13, 2012 by BeyondTheGrave Quote
505thAirborne Posted July 28, 2012 Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Some new sketches from my series still in the planning stages. Mecha is almost finalized. Drew, your Valk's & Regult look great! Edited August 1, 2012 by 505thAirborne Quote
505thAirborne Posted August 1, 2012 Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Added a few more! Edited September 30, 2012 by 505thAirborne Quote
the white drew carey Posted August 3, 2012 Author Posted August 3, 2012 Not bad! I love how well you color!!! If you don't mind a bit of constructive criticism: -The characters' bodies look kind of wonky. I don't know if it is the legs being too short, or the torsos being too long. Either way, a lot of them look kinda like midgets. -That mecha looks generic. I like the general design, but what you've got right now looks like a throw-away design from Southern Cross. Anyhow, keep up the good work, and I can't wait to see this series you're working on! Quote
505thAirborne Posted August 3, 2012 Posted August 3, 2012 Hey Drew, thank you I am always open to artistic opinions definitely one way to keep your pen straighter and colors brighter. Getting those legs & torsos to look just right still slips by me at times. I agree the mecha is pretty generic for now and yes that is one of the 1st draft designs. Lately at least for me it seems like Mecha is either so overly complicated in design its awesome but can be distracting as well, so my initial thought was something overly simple. But there are other designs being finalized, when I post them critiques and opinions are surely welcomed! Hopefully a few months from now I'll have some short strips/clips I can post here as a preview to the story! Quote
the white drew carey Posted August 5, 2012 Author Posted August 5, 2012 OK, cool. If its an initial design, I can see where you can really run with it. And, yeah, getting figures right IS such a hassle. Quote
the white drew carey Posted September 4, 2012 Author Posted September 4, 2012 A new GAMERGEEKDADDY with Macross references: http://www.asplenia-studios.com/blog/2012/09/04/gamergeekdaddy-13/ Quote
the white drew carey Posted September 6, 2012 Author Posted September 6, 2012 This isn't really artwork, but I saw a meme using this image (something about Pope Dracula or whatever), and immediately thought of a newer, geekier caption for it. So I went to http://www.memecreator.org (which is kind of a pain in the ass) and put this together. Quote
anime52k8 Posted October 1, 2012 Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Tigerlily by Mike - drowning in plastic, on Flickr professional by Mike - drowning in plastic, on Flickr Edited November 28, 2012 by anime52k8 Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 Hey 505th, I don't know if I've asked before, but what size are those marker drawings you've been posting? anime52k8- I can tell you like your ladies skinny... Keep up the good work, both of you! Quote
Knight26 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I'm thinking anime52k8 must use barbie dolls as his models Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Hey Drew, just simple 8.5X11 illustration board for the colored drawings. The B&W one is just regular paper, I simply outlined that one and before I knew I got a bit carried away! @Knight, I've never seen a Barbie with a figure like that before!! Quote
anime52k8 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I'm thinking anime52k8 must use barbie dolls as his models Quote
EXO Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 I don't know why you took them down. I really liked those drawings. It definitely had a personal style that was executed well. Quote
Mr March Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Whoa, I have to check out this thread more often. Great work anime52k8. Love your character design! Quote
GU-11 Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Didn't notice this thread before, but that's some pretty nice artwork here. Quote
PetarB Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Cool thread! I've got some artwork here; I forgot how awesome these are. I hope you had a chance to do some more personal work. I'm about to start the companion piece the poster I did on page one here. Edited October 4, 2012 by PetarB Quote
Radd Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Here's something I did yesterday; Wrapping up a studio job right now, should have more time for personal projects for a while after that. Thinking of doing a second web comic. Also, Kurisama's bird fightercraft is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Didn't notice this thread before, but that's some pretty nice artwork here. You should stop by this thread more often! @Radd, your character style & coloring technique are really nice, love the way those screens cast such a bright light. Quote
GU-11 Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) You should stop by this thread more often! You bet I will. If I feel thick-skinned enough, I might even post some of my stuff here. Though I'd be seriously outclassed by you guys here. @ Radd: That's a nice piece of work there! I've always loved cyberpunk artwork. Edited October 5, 2012 by GU-11 Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Hey Radd is that a Wayland(Yutani) corp. logo on her shirt? Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 5, 2012 Author Posted October 5, 2012 If I feel thick-skinned enough, I might even post some of my stuff here. Though I'd be seriously outclassed by you guys here. Hey, I started it for us to post our stuff. Don't hesitate! Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 5, 2012 Author Posted October 5, 2012 BTW- Here are the first two pages of one (of many) of my little side projects I am slowly working on. I'm drawing this comic all on letter-size paper. Not too sure about the shading yet, or if I will go in a different direction... Page 1: Page 2: Quote
Radd Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Heh, thanks much, guys. @renegadeleader1 Yup. Was a last minute addition to the pic. @the white drew carey Love the linework. I'm personally not a fan of airbrushy shading, but that's the great thing about working digital, you can try different things. When you haven't settled on a style or technique you can throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. I see room for some nifty design work in that final part with the car. Maybe instead of fading the last word balloon out with a gradient, have the balloon itself fade out before the text in more of a breaking up into little pieces effect. Not sure how to better describe what I mean, maybe after I finish my work for the day I'll try and doodle one up. Anyways, have the word balloon fade out that way, and as the text overlaps the black have it turn white and also kinda wither out into the blackness, with illegible words barely visible trailing off in the space behind the car. These words make sense in my head, just sat down with coffee tho. Quote
Phyrox Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Adding a few more. I am no artist, to be sure, and you certainly have more talent than me, but I just have to note: The undereye/nose shading on every face is quite odd and distracting. I have no idea what purpose it serves other than to look like "he' drawing manga style!" The halo of highlighting around everyone's head is likewise puzzling and reinforces the aforementioned impression. Like I said, you have some talent, and it looks like your bodies/proportions are improving...I don't want to sound too critical, but the stuff I noted really stand out to me. Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 5, 2012 Author Posted October 5, 2012 @the white drew carey Love the linework. I'm personally not a fan of airbrushy shading, but that's the great thing about working digital, you can try different things. When you haven't settled on a style or technique you can throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. Yeah, I'm not too sure about it either. But I simply don't have the digital painting skills that you guys have. Maybe I use the wrong tool set or something... but I don't know how you do it! I see room for some nifty design work in that final part with the car. Maybe instead of fading the last word balloon out with a gradient, have the balloon itself fade out before the text in more of a breaking up into little pieces effect. Not sure how to better describe what I mean, maybe after I finish my work for the day I'll try and doodle one up. Anyways, have the word balloon fade out that way, and as the text overlaps the black have it turn white and also kinda wither out into the blackness, with illegible words barely visible trailing off in the space behind the car. These words make sense in my head, just sat down with coffee tho. I totally see what you are getting at. I'll see if I can incorporate that in... or something similar. Now that you've put that thought into my head, I've come up with something different in mind that may likely play along with the theme of the story as a whole. Hmmm... (Oops, posted too quickly) However, a lot of the comic will be a mix between complete linework, and shading. The shaded parts may actually be very minimal. We only see them in the first coupla pages because it is supposed to be dark in the bedroom, you know. Still toying with it. p.s.- if you have any tips or pointers to digital painting tutorials, I'd love to check them out. Maybe I can get better at it? Quote
Radd Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Simple trick for shading, silhouette your figures in a selection, like the visible area, fill it with black, decrease the opacity to 50 and start erasing where you want the light to be. Very simple way to get that nifty 80's style solid shading. Works with multiple layers of shading, too. Quote
anime52k8 Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 Yeah, I'm not too sure about it either. But I simply don't have the digital painting skills that you guys have. Maybe I use the wrong tool set or something... but I don't know how you do it! from another thread, what I use for digital painting/shading: (fyi this will only work if you've got a tablet) select a medium sized round brush with hardness set to 100% and spacing to 25% disable shape dynamics completely. enable Transfer (used to be 'other dynamics' prior to CS4/5) and set Opacity Jitter and Flow Jitter to pen pressure. also enable airbrush mode, and depending on what you're working on enable wet edges. now all you have to do is adjust the size of your brush as you work. Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 6, 2012 Author Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks guys! I'll try both! Quote
the white drew carey Posted October 6, 2012 Author Posted October 6, 2012 Just to let you in on part of what I do, since I'm not really much of a digital painter, is I usually flat (is that the correct term?) my line art using Bpelt's Multifill and Flatten (http://www.bpelt.com/psplugins/download.html]) filters, and then manipulate my colors and shading from there. I find it extremely fast helpful in laying down my base colors. Anyone else use a similar filter or technique? Quote
505thAirborne Posted November 27, 2012 Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Keeping the ball rolling on this thread. I finally had time to finish this one up yesterday. COPIC & AD markers with Sakura pens. Â Edited March 13, 2017 by 505thAirborne Quote
Old_Nash Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 The newest strip of my webcomic, GAMERGEEKDADDY. I don't know, is this off-topic or not? (edited to include the actual strip instead of a link but, if you're cool, you'll go check out the red text in my sig... you could win something!) I still hope to marry a Sino-Brazilian girl, to gives Minmay name for my daughter ... Quote
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