[Spiritwolf]

Hey there...just finished the line drawing of a picture that I plan to color. It isn't a dragon, and it isn't an insect, or maybe it is both, but I am hard pressed coming up with a fitting name for this thing

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to name this critter! Oh yeah, and tell me what needs improvement

Two pictures are posted, one with the entire image, and the other is zoomed in on the most interesting part.





Thanks!

-Spiritwolf

[Hurri-cane]

i think it shall have bigger arms....thicker arms...
its name !? hmm...thomas ? just kidding

cant come up with a name...



------------------
-H-U-R-R-I-C-A-N-E-
[email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/hurri_cane_1999/
-------------------------

[Nex]

call it Fritz.. it looks like its name would be Fritz

[Synax]

Can't go wrong with the name Kojak.

--Synax

[Transcend Christ]

It appears to hold Norse mythology in some kind of way...so how about the name Moira? Wasn't a god..but stronger and etc...it means fate.

[29A]

I'd say the wings need more detail...

And it's name is... Kraal

------------------
.sig
I'm not defect!

[kenfusion]

Bob. Can't go wrong you can spell forwards or backwards....

[ozenzo]

Snargul

[ozenzo]

dracoinsectum.........scientific/latin name?


[This message has been edited by ozenzo (edited June 11, 2000).]

[CapnPyro]

call it a fire worm, but you gotta say it like your german, fvire verm

[Nex]

maybe "igor"?

[A.Buttle]

No, no, no... All your names suck.

It should be called the "Bad-ass Muthafucka From Hell".

------------------
I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit. I've got stockings and suspenders on. I'm feeling rather loose.

Joe Dillingham
[email protected]

[el tigre]

I'd have to say Floyd, 'cos its a pretty f***ing scary name.


or not

:�

------------------
Does anyone know the secret formula? :�

[surphun]

how about "earl" ?
for some reason, I like "snairg" or something weird. or, "geimworm" or something strange that you can just type without thinking.

[4s]

type something backwards and see if it sounds good.

Dragon
Nogard

oh, and it looks like a dragon w/ a bugs head ehhehe. actually just more like a dragon.

[above]

aww how bout cuddles....he looks so cute when he's angry

[Lemur-X]

Wuggles. My original Quake name.

He'd be infamous in no time flat.

--Steve

------------------
Enter the Lemur......

[Danny]

Tweety... without a doubt...

Danny

ps.. nice linework..

[Mr Weasel]

Name it DragSect, nah...that's stupid. Maybe Dragmus or Sijun Liong whatever that means.

[Jeezus]

Eddie

[kurisu]

"punkassmufukka"



Color that badboy!

-k (remlin dawg)

[CyberArtist]

Muroth?

Dragsekt?

Greg?


------------------
-CyberA(rtist) aka Ben Golus

Cyber...

[chalker]

I very much like the cartoony style inklines. I have difficulty to decide wether I'll have to use thick or thin lines.

I've read somewhere , thicker lines on the outside of the drawing and thinner inside.

Would you be so kind to post your thoughts about linedrawings and when you decide to draw thick lines and when to draw thin lines.

That would be appreciated.

[random]

try to get Finnish dictionary somewhere and look the words.. and try to just think how the name sounds in your mouth, don't look the meanings..
maybe "Varis" or "Kirppu" or "Kana"?

[Spiritwolf]

Wow, I am really surprised by all of the responses! Thanks everyone (even those who were just being funny )!

I see a lot of good names out there, and that helps me more then you might think. I'm in the process of coloring it right now, but it hasn't gone as smoothly as the line drawing. Still, I'll try to post the colorized version soon

Chalker: I'm far from being a professional inker, but maybe I can help you out. There is no secret to this style of line drawing. It uses light as the main source in determining line thickness.

Here was my original scan (or close to it...I don't have the unaltered scan anymore)



I then adjusted the brightness/contrast in Photoshop so that I could ink over it (using the freeform pen tool) and easily be able to tell the difference between the sketch and the pen fill.



I used the 'fill subpath' command with the freehand pen tool. This gives it a nice smooth look that is very hard to duplicate just by using the paintbrush. It can be done that way but I've had more success by using the freeform pen tool. Keep in mind though that this image is pretty large (4000 x 5000) so my little mistakes mostly disappear.



Like I said earlier, using light as the source for line thickness is what I do. It isn't entirely correct because if I were not planning on painting this I would have filled in more areas, but I'll let the paint do the work for the next step. Some of the lines seem totally contradictory to what I told you, but that is because I wasn't looking for perfection in this step, just something nice and clean to work with that gave me some indications on where to go while painting.

I don't know if this will help you or not, but I hope it does!

Keep the names coming!

-Spiritwolf

[This message has been edited by Spiritwolf (edited June 13, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by Spiritwolf (edited June 13, 2000).]