Tales Art+Tutorials =D (?)

[Tales]

Tales art work updated 9/16/04

Well im startin a new thread! im probably going to make some tutorials now.

if you remembered from my old thread i had a pix of two kids riding on a horse. ill put the work in progress on this thread~

there's the pix

i first convert it to gray scale, then i create a new layer that only has it's line art. set it on the layer on the top then i add colors.

here's the WIP i have so far

i usually go from dark to light. but this time i added a base color to see if the colors are compelling enough. use the color wheel to find complementary colors~ well i hope i finish this soon=D

there are many different ways~ ill put all the steps together later~

 

[Tales]

Wow hey guys! lots of new artist join and it's real koo.. anyways i have been so busy with school and getting out of an art slump.. but then again.. you always figure things out when you try..
here's some newer stuff done today.. and some oldies

the last paintin was done in acrylic.. which im really weak at! this is my first attempt... so yars

and the WIP you saw eearlier.. been on a hold for a while

all these are WIPs. so ill post the finished ones later

 

[GhostfaceKillah]

i find it hard as hell to draw in pen

 

[PiXel]

I think ifrst he drawed with a pencil and then with a pen i drawed over!
But nice!
Wanna see more

 

[L]

I LOVE Drawing In Pen! I Never Have To Sharpen The Eh Pen lol, I Only Dislike Crappy Pens And When They Start To Run Outta Ink.. Looks Good

 

[Judge]

very nice, nice job on seifer and zell too. impressive. do you have more work to post?

 

[Tales]

@ Judge: Sadly, i dont have any more ff stuff, ill do more.. cause i really like their style. Thanks for comment though
@ FatalCobra: dry pens are good because you can get different values with them =D Try them out sometimes
@TryForce: you got that right =)
@GhostFaceKilla: Hehe, it's pretty fun though

the girl's face is kinda messed up, but her face was really small, so i didnt wanna fix it! C&C would be nice, thanks


haha tryin something out for the 'secret' part! wish me luck!

 

[-Origin]

Waaaaait a sec.....Tales, are you Angela? o_o

 

[Tales]

lol Yes i am x!!

 

[-Origin]

It's me! Chaos! .....I guess you don't remember me from SOHL do you? :smile:

And I saw the koala-boration you did with Linda as well, the FFVIII one. You gals sure are talented.

 

[Tales]

omg hey chaos! long time no see, how are you??

 

[-Origin]

A little cold actually but I'm okay

Now, more art \o/

 

[Tales]

X: Thanks for comment. hope you get warmer =)

quick sora update.

unfinished, keyblade is fuxed. ill fix it later! im going to water color it

digi-cam shot. some places might be obscured....

 

[Grey_Wolf]

wow it looks great......Im gonna keep an eye out for that tutourial when you finish it.

 

[-Origin]

*envies*

Very nice =) Although he looks a bit old in comparison to the game =O

 

[Tales]

Grey Wolf & "X": hehe, thanks. Yar i noticed that =(..

updated. that guy from nightmare before christmas is messed! i just noticed :lol:

INKED!!! i messed up his arm too!!

 

[MrDomino]

You draw a lot more faces than you do anything else don't you? Your heads look fantastically polished, but the rest of the composition looks a bit more hurried and incomplete. There's alot of techinical things you should work on. Like anatomy and cloth folds (my two weaknessess as well), as well as hardware and perspective. A lot of your weapons look bizarre. For example, that keyblade is quite thin and dainty. A freind of mine is a fantastic illustrator, but when it comes to the hardware he has a lot of problems. I find personally that it helps a lot to do tons of research on that stuff before you do the drawing. I did an MGS3 piece a while ago (stiff anatomy, of course, maybe I'll redraw it later...) and I spent a couple days just researching and sketching authentic Vietnam era weapons and equipment just so it would look right.

For anatomy and perspective saveloomis.org.

Other than that though you show a ton of promise. I'm really impressed with your pencil rendering. You have a really fantastic control of line that will be all the better when you clear up all those techinical things.

 

[Tales]

@MrDomino: Okay, where should I begin? I just have to say that i LOVE your critiques. you actually give awesome ones. well.. i tried workin on anatomy.. trust me =( i think i remember all the muscles.. for frontal view only. but i guess i can never apply it to what i draw. any techniques you wanna share? and the keyblade, yar... sorry bout that.. haha im not too good with perspective!! and i really suck with patience...... sometimes!!! thanks for the crit anways. you can always tell me what you are thinkin so i can improve! i promise ill be promising.. =) JUST HELP ME IMPROVEEE

ty for the site.

anyways, a few new updates... i totally messed up sora's arm while inkin it.. hope you guys dont notice.. and i have also noticed that his arm is wayyyyyy too thin/small. besides that i cant spot anything big. i tried water color, this is like.. my 3rd attempt! so be sure to go easy on me!!!!

the other ones are just weird projects. hehe, i suck at usin acrylics

 

[MrDomino]

It's not so much knowing the physical anatomy. I took an anatomy course for just that reason and while it did help me with the basic build, it didn't really help me with the application of that build. It's really about understanding how things move and how things sit in space naturally. Here's an example:

Old
New

The old sketch was before I really started observing natural forms but after I took an anatomy class. While all the muscles are in the right place the pose is unnatural and stiff and apart from that the cloth folds are wacky. The new piece is what I'm currently working on as part of a supersecret project (keep a tight lip!). After reading Loomis' Figure Drawing for All it's Worth and carrying a small sketchbook around with me everywhere to just draw things as they happen, I think everything looks more "real" so to speak. I still have a long way to go, but I think this illustrates what I'm talking about.

I guess what it boils down to is check out that book and practice.

I really respect your painting work. I have some small talent with watercolor, but acrylic kicked my ass all over the place. It's important that you know all the traditional media as it gives you a ton of insight into color as a whole. I may give it a shot again somewhere down the line.

 

[Skiwan]

woah, nice stuff... i cant believe how great every1 is these days, im way outta practice. You got some really awesome work here tails, love the way u shade, and ur line weight and quality is amazing. Once again very inspiring, and lookin at what mr.domino said, i agree with everything. Im not one for acrylics either, not too bad with water colour, pretty good with gouache though :]