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Kaligula · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:33 pm

Well, I'm new to this whole thing, (my good friend Napalm put me on to this site) so let me introduce myself. I'm actually more or a traditional illustrator/cartoonist, so I've only been into digital art for the past year or so. I do a lot of comics work, and I'll be putting up some stuff of mine in the coming weeks or so. Here's a sample of what I do (hope I did this right). It is just a simple pencil line drawing, colored in Photoshop. Of course, critiques are always welcome. Peace.

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K h a r y R a n d o l p h
www.manhattanprojectstudios.com

Gecko · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:38 pm

welcome, the forum seems to be getting more fresh blood every minute.

the pic is lovely, dunno what to say, if i'd have to dislike something, it'd be the hair strands :].

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Joachim · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:40 pm

welcome to the forum caligula, very nice picture.
just swooped through youer site too, much nice work. Somehow, your figure drawings gave me most pleasure to look at, very solid and great volume.

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janne · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:46 pm

really nice indeed, but where is her tear duct from the right eye?

[ed] oh, and welcome!

janne

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micke · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:56 pm

I like your work very much!
Checked your webpage and there was a lot of good work there

I especially like your figure drawings, great sense of volume in them!

About your picture.
I like it. You are very good with shapes. No problem there. THe nose area is my favorite. Very well described.
You could make the lines around the lips a bit thinner and tone down the hatching in the forehead. Othervise from that i think it looks great

Looking forward seeing more of your work.

-Mikael

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napalm · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:16 pm

yooo whutup kharupt. Hope you'll be doing some more digital finishing on new pieces, you can come over for more photoshop lessons

In case you guys dont feel like digging around here's the direct link to his site:
http://mpstudios.net/khary/

Nanimo · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:21 pm

Hey. welcome to the forum man.
Real nice picture. i dont think i can think uo anything else to say... wait.... no still nothing. exept welcome

faustgfx · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:21 pm

[what micke said]

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Flinthawk · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:41 pm

Nice stuff you've got man, I just finished looking through your site. The sketchbook stuff is really good, I wish I was that good at drawing already. I particularly liked the way you left out certain lines like the underside of the arms and legs in this picture here (hope this links right and I hope you don't mind that I did so):

You've got just enough information for me to fill in the gaps where you left lines out and like the others have said, your stuff is really solid. Anyway, looking forward to seeing more work from you. Keep 'em coming and welcome to the forum.

-Flinthawk

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Kaligula · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:49 pm

Gosh, you guys are the best! *snif*. Whatever. About the life drawing, it's a method called high focus drawing, where you basically try to get the life, or the energy of the pose, as quickly and with as few lines as possible. The lines that are indicated were the ones that I felt best indicate the shifts of the weight, made the pose come alive, blah blah blah. There's a whole zen thing to it that I'm not about to go into. Thanks for the crits.

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K h a r y R a n d o l p h
www.manhattanprojectstudios.com