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Spiritwolf · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 3:21 pm

Hi there,

I have been lurking about for a while (about a week or so) and I thought I would stop hanging in the shadows and introduce myself. BTW my real name is Eric Seiler, not that anyone here would have any clue who I am, nor should they really care!! :P

I am astounded by the quality of most of the artists who post here and I hope my amaturistic attempts at artwork don't bring the board down any. I don't have much to show yet, but just reading the posts here has inspired me to take up the pen and pencil (and use PS for something other then web graphics) again. It's been a few years since I have done anything aside from doodles so be forwarned - I've got rust on top of inexperience (a deadly combination)!

Anyway...I'm not a total newbie to the art world, but when I compare what I have been doing to what some here post regularly I feel like I must be holding my wacom tablet upside-down!

I'm going to post something that I started a few days ago as a pratice run...as you can see it is incomplete, and a bit on the bland side, but I would love to here what you have to say!

Don't be too hard on me...I break easily! If you have a links to tutorials on figure drawing / anatomy , or pages that have Photoshop techniques relating to painting, etc. (no web button tutorials, thanks) then please share! I appreciate any help you are willing to offer.

Thanks!
-Spiritwolf

Incarnatation · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 3:32 pm

hi and welcome to the board!
Your image is really cool i like it alot, the proportions seem very good. The only criticisms i could level is that the wolf's right hand ( left in the picture ) looks uncormfortable, try holding ur arms in that positions and u will find it pretty akward. I would redraw the claw coming from above and over, instead of under. Depending on how large your full res image is i would zoom in pretty close and try to pic out some detail on the head and chest, ie briging out individual haires and so on.

Apart from that, fantastic, looking forward to the final image!

el tigre · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 3:36 pm

that wolf wouldn't happen to be you by any chance?

Looks cool man! the legs could do wif more definition though.

post more soon :�

Cos · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 3:43 pm

Welcome spirit wolf! That is an excellent pic man, I really like it, looks very menacing and good pose, looks like fighting stance. I agree that the hand on our left kinda looks awkward too, I think maybe if hes holding the staff (is it a staff??) hand down, more solidly, clenching more of a fist, he'll look more dangerous and in a fighting pose more. (If that is what u r going for..) Cant wait to see it when its done!

craig · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 3:51 pm

Spiritwolf,

Howdy! from one new guy to another,
I like your pic! I could only agree
with the constructivness above and
would have nothing to add. It looks
cool and I look forward to more!

craig

Spiritwolf · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 5:58 pm

Thanks for the feedback!

Incarnation: Yeah...the left hand is a bit off..I'll have to see about fixing it. I'm not sure if I can change the grip without changing the arm angle entirely, but its still worth playing with

el tigre: LOL..I think it would be tough to draw with claws in my way. Maybe I could do some etchings though! I just find fantasy and horror my two favorite themes, with perhaps a bit of sci-fi mixed in. My handle 'Spiritwolf' actually dates back about seven or eight years when I was playing MUDs. Back 'in the day' I had several characters that resembled wolves or had the last name 'Spiritwolf'.

Cos: Strangley enough, I had no idea what kind of scene I was creating when I started to sketch this out. My only thought in creating this was to make something I could play with in PS. I have found that this image has grown on me since I originally penciled it in. Perhaps I will finish it, but I haven't decided on whether I want to put in a staff or some sort of magic staff.

Craig: Thanks for the warm welcome and I hope to see some more of your artwork as well!

-Spiritwolf

Kyri · Posted: Tue May 30, 2000 8:03 pm

Welcome Spiritwolf!

Your pic looks great, If I was to add anything to what's been said I would maybe mention the ponytail, it's hard to tell if it
is resting on him or if it is in the air. To me it looks like it is in the air in which case then I think it would cast some shadow on the chest area. Anyway this is just a minor thing. Looking forward to seeing a lot more of your work.

Kyri

Gordillo · Posted: Wed May 31, 2000 12:58 am

Your character looks impressive,very nice work!!

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Nex · Posted: Wed May 31, 2000 2:04 am

welcome Spiritwolf, nice picture there!

Hope to see some additional artwork from you soon..

If you need some PS Links you could go here under the links section there is some stuff. If you need more you could mail me, I am currently collecting anything about anatomy that I can put my fingers on...

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Foz · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2000 2:52 am

u guyz are freaks
i can hardly draw any where nere that
im 13 and have to learn alot but if i could find out HOW to put a fucking picture up it'd be good so u guyz could gimme tips but i dunno how yet anyways i like tha drawin dood

Foz · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2000 2:53 am

u guyz are freaks
i can hardly draw any where nere that
im 13 and have to learn alot but if i could find out HOW to put a fucking picture up it'd be good

so u guyz could gimme tips but i dunno how yet anyways i like tha drawin dood

Binke · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2000 5:39 am

falk...

ever tried looking in the FAQ?

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