[blup]

Well, I feel like making my presence known, and of course have something to present.

here's my latest..
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgkrumi/blp-badass.jpg

and at no extra cost, the steps used in creazting the pic..
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzgkrumi/badass-steps.jpg

enjoy!

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[DuKEZ]

thats a pretty badass.. but the head is too small for such a fat neck.. his neck says "i can swallow goats whole".. but his head say.. "now if only i can open my mouth wider than a quarter" :P

i like the jewlery and clouds in the background..

um about yer steps tho.. u just start to paint outta nowhere? no outline.. no base no sketch nuttin.. just.. "hmm an arm would look good here" and so on?

interesting

[jasonN]

That's a nice pic! I think the neck looks fine cuz it's one of those beefcake piccys. He's a monster anyway.

I saw the way you did this pic and your method looks so hard it's painful. And you do the backgroud first aswell. That's different...

[Oscar Alexander]

One word: VIVID

[n8]

thats a pretttty faaat piccy u got there =)
btw....ur the first person ive see do the background fist...and paint small sections at a time...most ppl i know lay down the basic colours and then add shading, refining and stuff...nice technique =)

[This message has been edited by n8 (edited January 28, 2000).]

[blup]

dukez - I do work from an outline, i've hidden it from the steps. It was basically done by a friend of mine whose inked works could put most pro comic book artists to shame (maybe that's exaggerating, but he's a genius), and i offered to show him what could be done with his fantastic drawings. And so i did.

jasonN - The reason why I do the background first is also linked to the method i choose to create the pic as a whole. Since I do everything in sections, I'd need to know how dark or bright to make them in relation to the background so there's some kind of continuity between the foreground, middleground and background. It's like, if you work with a white background in the first place and then change it to something darker, objects in the foreground and middleground would tend to be too dark. So now you know =] And yeah, it's a painful slow method of painting, right down to the pixel level.

n8 - Okay, the reason why I use sections like that is that I only have a mouse to play with, so by making selections, and then painting them in, I get total control, perhaps too much as things looks really really sharp, but with a mouse, it's the way to go for me. Although there is a slight problem of maintaining the same technique for related sections, eg, hand, bicep, chest. There's nothing like how you got the texture and colour scheme of one bodypart all worked out, and you forget how to replicate it for another bodypart. hehe, kinda of a threat to continuity, but without too much difference i guess it makes it a little more natural.

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[AprilYSH]

The pic is very nice, you used many colours instead of sticking to safe earthy/realist tones. Just nice for a change

You paint section by section like that? Wouldn't it be easier to lay in some base colours on the full thing, then start adding shadows and highlights? Cos how would you get a uniform value for the colours you use if you use it, highlight and shadow it, then go onto the next area... Next time you wanna use that colour you have to be really precise with the eyedrop tool!

The background is good, the foreground is obviosuly good, but there seems to be a lack of interaction between the two... it looks like you just pasted the monster and his rock on top of a watercolour painting. Maybe add a bit more foreground objects to show the relationship? But whadoiknow... I can't paint this good. Feel free to ignore


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[blup]

Actually, I'm slowly moving into more realistic colours, for some reason I have a tendency to use vivid high-intensity colours. But i'm getting over it.

As for the base colours on the whole thing, that'd be a good idea. Also, the thing is, i select my colours from a particular palette made for the pic, it's just the texturing and shading technique that differs slightly from each common element, rather than the colours themselves.

Yeah, there is no interaction between the background and the foreground since the original inked drawing had no background, and certainly nothing in the way of interaction. What I wanted to do was have the badass on top of a mountain, i should have added a bit more in the foreground and add a middleground of mountains, but not this time.

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[IO_Error]

Don't steer clear of the vivid colors! They look great! Frankly, I don't see the point of slaving to reproduce reality on the canvas.. if thats what you want, theres another form of art out there for you.. its called Photography.

Just my 2 bits..

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[Funfetus]

I love the pic, Blup -- loved it since you showed it to me a few months back.

About this realistic vs. fantasy colors thing, I think both approaches are quite valid. I've been doing the bright, vivid fantasy colors for a while, and lately I'm trying to learn how to tone it down a bit, and go for more realistic colors and values. The more I look, the more I realize that it's all about the correct value and saturation. It's MUCH more difficult to keep the colors subtle than it is to just go wild.

By the way, a piece of advice Darkmoon gave me on the matter: "Just add blue and grey".

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[tanis]

I DO really like the background mostly!