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Gecko
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first time in a week I got anything done. this calls for celebration! |
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Rinaldo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 4:36 am |
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haha, I love it 
your colours are damn fine Gecko |
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TheMilkMan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 6:32 am |
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| HMMMMM...well not your best work but cute..anyways..they look like floats come to life :P |
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saripol
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 7:17 am |
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| yes i think more contrast would make it better... love the texture on the skin... |
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Ax0
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 7:37 am |
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Just can't figure out how u manage to do that great work.
It looks so easely and fast painted, but it
keeps the fine sharpness and doesn't go all
blurry.
Keep up the good work. |
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Bishop_Six
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 7:42 am |
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Nice work, gecko. I haven't seen anything from you in a while. Have you been not posting or have I been not checking?  |
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Gecko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 10:23 am |
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** updated the pic up there, with more precise texture on the dragon and some stronger shadows on the other animals **
rinaldo: !! :)
I'm happy about the children's book comment! This kind of painting is new to me, going from my stupid worrying too much about everything kind of way to forming parts of the pic more freely with the regular brushes and not giving too much thought on the small details.
themilkman: floats? what are those? cute is good.
axo: Just gotta be careful, and not touch the soft-edged brushes. I started with a 50 pixel round brush, and worked my way down. Finally the small scales were added on 200% zoom (this is the original resolution of the pic). Start roughly, when something you like emerges, leave it there. be careful, use high opacity (mine was 100% throughout) or things will go blurry really easily. The hundred practise paintings (the ones i did so far:) really help with the starting of a pic. Helps to like the subject as well :)
wakestar & salipor: Thanks for the contrast comment, the smaller animals were (still are) very plain, I did some changes but didn't want to paint too much over them. BAD GECKO, BAD! I guess it doesn't matter, I just didn't learn anything new from it :|
bishop: I haven't been posting much since I painted a hundred of those practise pics, gave it a rest and moved to drawing loads of human anatomy on paper, and some other stuff not worth posting. And the past 7 or so days I haven't touched the wacom or pencil.
Hmm, Dunno if I was supposed to say something else. Your turn :P |
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Icannon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 2:25 pm |
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| fricken cool. i like how you did the dragons head. i dont know if it was intended, but it looks underwater because of the thick green haze. |
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Gimbal8
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 2:44 pm |
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| Wow. Very eye pleasing color selection and great textures. Its so hard to look away from that it took me a few minutes before I hit the reply button. |
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A.Buttle
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 3:07 pm |
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| How are the 500 coming? |
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Gecko
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 3:21 pm |
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underwater, you say? :)
thanks milkman and gimbal.
the 500 is currently resting at #95. Which is about 90 pics behind the schedule. http://members.surfeu.fi/pveik/500/ |
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Collosimo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 5:41 pm |
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LOL!
I hadn't seen it at first... Look at the Kangaroo's tail! LOL a flipper on the tail hehehehehe... marvelous..
cool aquagear... looks like you had fun. |
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Dr.Squirley
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 5:42 pm |
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One Word, sweeeeet
i love the feeling and vibe you get from the picture
very original style |
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Staff Sarge
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 6:20 pm |
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Hehee, that underwater composition is awesome! But why am I thinking about Harry Potter? I've never read any of those but still...
Anyway. The fluffy dragon's scrobiculate texture looks good. Creatures' expressions are subtle, but sufficient. Author's sense of color usage in this picture is something beyond my skills.
This extramundane presentation could be defined as apodeictic and I'm not even sure what that word means. |
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Radiater
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 10:54 pm |
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Hey Gecko,
That's awesome - I've never seen anything quite like that. The textures on the dragon are neat. And as for the scuba picture....
Radiater. |
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TheMilkMan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 11:09 pm |
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| Gecko floats are those things you see in parades that are made of flowers and usually have people on top of them.. that dragon especially looks like a float. Anyways looks better now.. :P |
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