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Gimbal8 · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 10:22 am

Balistic: I like the lighting; The red light bathes the surfaces in warmth and the blue light seems more direct and leaves hot-spots. I would have thought that it would confuse the apperent properties of the surface unless all the lights reacted the same to it. This proves that wrong, and shows I need to be more observant about light and its reactions.

Here is another experiment combining my last two with some adjustments. I think I've landed on a way to start a painting that I like. A couple more experiments and a test run will tell for sure.

Gecko · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 12:40 pm

40 min and 15 min from life.

Basement bound · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 4:47 pm

balistic- I like the colours, very colourful and vibrant. But, there is no volume man. the figure generally looks flat, little weight. I don't know if you wanted a crit or not. *[bb you just tarnished the speedpainting thread! how so? you don't crit here, they just are loosening up here practicing! Ah, lick my nuts!]*

robcamp · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:24 pm

Hi All,

I am new on this forum. I recently got a hold of a wacom tablet, after years spent saving for it!

Here is an image I painted in 25 minutes, it is a portrait of my wife.

Flexible Elf · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 8:11 pm

More PS7 brainfart-contasty-silhouette nonsense.

-Flexible Elf

littlejohn · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 8:33 pm

blankfrank · member Member # Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 55

uh.

Gimbal8 · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 9:11 pm

You people are just too good for your own britches.

Is that how you spell britches? I dont know. I think this is the first time I ever typed that word. Wierd....

Anyway, thanks for the comments Balistic. And I think your right about Mullins the human GPU. I think he is a cyborg experiment jointly created by Adobe and nVidia or something.

For some reason working with colors makes me choke to death. The only way I seem to make any progression is working in b&w (click here to see some anal-retentive noodling to the previous pic). I think I need to do some of those excercises like Spooge mentioned one time where you paint a picture with just about any color but just make sure you get the value correct.

akrute · junior member Member # Joined: 19 Sep 2000 Posts: 11

working in black and white before i start using any colour for a while.

great work guys

[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: akrute ]

ahw · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 11:31 pm

Oh ! A sister from the Adeptus Sororita ! How cute she is with her flameguns

Well, this quickie down here is really just that, a 10 minutes exercise in strokes, to get a feeling of what I can do (never tried this style before with Photoshop).
Of course the layout is ugly, but hey, one thing at a time.

balistic · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 11:47 pm

quote:
Originally posted by Gimbal8:
Balistic: I like the lighting; The red light bathes the surfaces in warmth and the blue light seems more direct and leaves hot-spots. I would have thought that it would confuse the apperent properties of the surface unless all the lights reacted the same to it. This proves that wrong, and shows I need to be more observant about light and its reactions.

A specular highlight is really just a reflection of a lightsource . . . if a lightsource is small, you'll get a nice specular highlight on a wet surface, even if that light isn't particularly intense. Conversely, a large lightsource, no matter how bright, usually won't cast a sharp specular reflection . . . you'll only get diffuse illumination from it.

I spend a lot of time just staring at light . . . doing lighting in 3D helps too. Spend a few years doing photorealism in a package that doesn't support radiosity and you'll eventually start to figure out how light works.

I think Mullins has an extra lobe attached to his brainstem that does it for him though.

lobus illuminata demonica

Your image looks good, btw. I'm definitely reading a luminous volume below the subject. You might consider trying to cast some more distinct shadows from your primary lightsource.

Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:11 am

Eh :/

Nicodemus · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 3:25 am

BlankFrank !!

The Penguin! one of my most favorite charcters of all time! NICELY DONE!

Gimbal8 · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 4:42 am

lol Capt.: Let me guess. The early prototype for the V-22 Osprey?

Oblagon · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 7:00 am

Akolyte, littlejohn: thanks.

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 7:09 am

well, uhm.. yeah...
,boom

Torstein Nordstrand · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 7:19 am

How the hell did RobCamp up there get a one-star rating by posting that single picture?! What kind of welcome is that? "Grumble grumble... some pubescent twat... grumble grumble". It's nicely done, and not at all like the heavily Boris-influenced things you got going on your site. Post more! And oDD, I really like that you've started using more monochrome colour schemes, looks much better!

Egg Beater · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 9:43 am

Ratings mean nothing. If you're truly concerned with your rating on Sijun, you have some self-esteem issues you should work out. If you're concerned with someone ELSE's rating... yea, you get the idea.

robcamp · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 9:52 am

To: Torstein
Thank you for noticing me and for your desire to see more! Here it is:

Yes, Boris was my main influence about 10 years ago, when I started painting in Oils... but I have been finding my own style since then. Not sure what it is yet though...eh eh.

Anyway, this is a portrait of my daughter Rachel I did a few days ago. It took me 40-45 minutes (believe me, that is way too long when your subject can't stop squirming on her chair!).

I used Fractal painter on a 9x12 Wacom tablet. Thanks for looking.

oDD · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 10:23 am

Torstein Nordstrand: Thanks, i still don't know much about colors and i'm affraid that i will do some multicolor pictures too

robcamp: welcome to the forum, i like your stuff very much.

ok, this took me over an hour. i think if i would use some ref it could be a cool pic.

[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: oDD ]

janne · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:00 pm

boom: i really like the images you've posted. more!

Gimbal8 · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:01 pm

Wow, I was getting red x's before for some reason. Now your stuff comes up fine, robcamp. That's really good. Especially in that amount of time. I guess it didn't take long to get used to your wacom, eh?

PD · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:31 pm

sorry if you already saw this, can't remember if i posted it

Gecko · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:40 pm

nighty night

Novacaptain · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 12:45 pm

apologies to the Captain for this

"FAN!!!"

JR - We'll make a new one as soon as this one hits the 1300 post mark

[ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Novacaptain ]

Malachi Maloney · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 2:08 pm

Hey, those portraits look great, robcamp.

I can't believe you did those in such a sort amount of time. Takes me much longer to paint a decent portrait.

Anyway, thanks for sharing and make sure to turn that stupid rating system off. It's completely pointless.

Take it easy,
~M~

blankfrank · member Member # Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 55

Greyscale mode....

HaRdC0rePixxX · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 4:21 pm

from life. 15/20mn each.

sorry for the poor inspiration and the technique rip...

ironfinger · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 5:06 pm

here's 20 mins of lameness.

lunchlady

Bishop_Six · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 5:24 pm

This took me too long. About 1 to 1.5 hours. I hope this is a little better than my last.