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RobT · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 8:16 am

I am new to these boards but not to art although I have made the transition to digital art last year. I just wanted to say hello and post my latest work in progress.
I have used the dodge and burn tool (I have heard this is a bad idea) on the creature but I avoided it with the accessories.
I sketch my images with pencil then scan them. I then use a mouse to paint it.
I know, I knowe I should get a Wacom tablet.

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

Looks damn good for mouse. Nice work. Welcome to the forum!

Axl · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 9:54 am

Welcome to the forum RobT, like your work. Was there any inspiration from the Lizardman in SoulCalibur?

Nex · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 9:57 am

its very nice, a bit blurry but nice.

welcome.

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RobT · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 10:01 am

Thanks. This is a great forum here!

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Originally posted by Chapel:
Looks damn good for mouse. Nice work. Welcome to the forum!

RobT · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 10:04 am

Thank you. This is straight from my head. It's my attempt at amalgamation of a human, dinosaur and lizard.

Rob

quote:
Originally posted by Axl:
Welcome to the forum RobT, like your work. Was there any inspiration from the Lizardman in SoulCalibur?

RobT · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 10:10 am

Thanks. The background was done intentionally blurry because this creature will be appearing in different places and scenes throughout a game. I decided to give it a generic background. The whole image will be shrunken down about 50% to be used in the game. That should sharpen it up a little.

quote:
Originally posted by Nex:
its very nice, a bit blurry but nice.

welcome.

- Nex http://on.to/nex

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Tinusch · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 10:25 am

Nice. Kind of reminds me of Steve Goad's work. My main suggestions would be:

1) Go in with a hard-edges brush and refine the whole thing. Add in details and sharpen the edges with hard brushes, not soft ones.

2) The bottom of his fingers seem to be missing. There should be some of the fingers visible as they curl underneath the handle of the sword.

3) The tail is... partially missing. Kind of looks like you originally did this on a solid background, and placed it over the new background but encountered some transparency problems.

I think you should definitely keep working on this pic, because it's looking really good. Try those 3 things, mainly the first one. Keep refining until it looks crisper.

RobT · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 10:42 am

Thanks for the tips. I will be using some of what you suggested. This is only a work in progress at this point. I am going to be adding tails rings to the tail that is why it looks incomplete. I will also be zooming in there to add some more detail.

quote:
Originally posted by Tinusch:
Nice. Kind of reminds me of Steve Goad's work. My main suggestions would be:

1) Go in with a hard-edges brush and refine the whole thing. Add in details and sharpen the edges with hard brushes, not soft ones.

2) The bottom of his fingers seem to be missing. There should be some of the fingers visible as they curl underneath the handle of the sword.

3) The tail is... partially missing. Kind of looks like you originally did this on a solid background, and placed it over the new background but encountered some transparency problems.

I think you should definitely keep working on this pic, because it's looking really good. Try those 3 things, mainly the first one. Keep refining until it looks crisper.

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http://www.bardslegacy.com

Tinusch · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2000 11:00 pm

Ohhhh, I didn't notice that it was still in progress. My bad.

*slowly backs away*