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Topic: silly drawings |
Ampa
Replies: 3
Views: 1466
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 6:33 am Subject: silly drawings |
Very nice style indeed. Some of the (eg Cinema) gould benefit from a little more definition in key areas - all looked rather soft focus.
But that said - I love em - post more as they appear images/ ... |
Topic: First post - Tired (fast doodle) |
Ampa
Replies: 2
Views: 1259
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu May 10, 2001 3:37 pm Subject: First post - Tired (fast doodle) |
First thing to say is that a lot of newbie questions like this will be covered in the FAQ - so read that if you've not done so already... the link is top right... see it?
But here as my good deed of ... |
Topic: wizard [sketch] |
Ampa
Replies: 25
Views: 5755
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu May 10, 2001 3:28 pm Subject: wizard [sketch] |
Does he have piles?
Nice pic. I like the way he is so emaciated and gaunt, yet still commands power. Refine, and colour please images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Hugz Ampa. |
Topic: A shoe...marker render |
Ampa
Replies: 4
Views: 1653
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu May 10, 2001 7:32 am Subject: A shoe...marker render |
Good study, but as pointed out the perspective is not right - the shoe gets too fat at the toe end. I also feel that the nearside of the shoe is a little too uniformly grey.
Perhaps add a shadow to ... |
Topic: same dude, different pose. |
Ampa
Replies: 17
Views: 3908
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 5:06 pm Subject: same dude, different pose. |
Boooo! I loved your previous image staring this liddle chap, in particular his gorgeous eyes! So how dare you decapitate him!!!
Seriously - I don't see that the lack of the head and feet works, unl ... |
Topic: Children's book concepts |
Ampa
Replies: 9
Views: 2190
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 5:03 pm Subject: Children's book concepts |
Nice stuff... I like the top two a lot, and the shape of the final image is definitely correct; instantly recognisable as a Jag. But there already seems to be a fair variation in the style - the frog ... |
Topic: Gazelle painting |
Ampa
Replies: 5
Views: 1532
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 4:56 pm Subject: Gazelle painting |
It is nice, but some how looks rather stiff! May be it has just smelled a lioness creeping throught the grass and so is on full alert; although it has its tail up, and I thought that they only really ... |
Topic: killing time |
Ampa
Replies: 4
Views: 1578
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 4:45 pm Subject: killing time |
I agree about the sharing aspect of your post - I wish i had more time to reply to more posts - not because I am an expert (far from it) but cos I know how frustrating it is to get no feedback on the ... |
Topic: Der Rattenf�nger |
Ampa
Replies: 2
Views: 1150
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue May 08, 2001 4:35 pm Subject: Der Rattenf�nger |
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[url=http://http://www.x-mail.net/ampa/RatcatcherLarge.jpg]Larger version here...
This is a design for the cover of a book called Der Rattenf�n ... |
Topic: some kind of predator thingie |
Ampa
Replies: 9
Views: 2247
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 5:52 pm Subject: some kind of predator thingie |
Nice images/smiles/icon_smile.gif I do agree though the pose is a bit static, and uninteresting. The only bit i don't like are the shells flying out of the gun, they seem too bright compared to the ... |
Topic: the coffee project- add your pic |
Ampa
Replies: 28
Views: 7738
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 5:49 pm Subject: the coffee project- add your pic |
Well I'm still a bit of a novice, but here is my 9 minute 54 second attempt at a coffee cup images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Hugz Ampa http://www.x-mail.net/ampa/Coffee.jpg |
Topic: Looky looky |
Ampa
Replies: 10
Views: 2770
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 5:26 pm Subject: Looky looky |
The belly IS too high! Remember that she has to fit a pair of (swollen) breats above that bump, and that the centre of the bulge will be around about her tummy button. I suggest you look at a photo ... |
Topic: Goriloco, repartidor de soplamocos... !!! |
Ampa
Replies: 20
Views: 6941
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 5:19 pm Subject: Goriloco, repartidor de soplamocos... !!! |
Like it? I love it, but wish you had made more of this piece. Don't know what it is missing, but it looks unfinished, sort of hurried or rough - almost like it is a doodle you did while on the phon ... |
Topic: You might have seen these...a couple of the last IWD portrai |
Ampa
Replies: 12
Views: 3180
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon May 07, 2001 5:11 pm Subject: You might have seen these...a couple of the last IWD portrai |
The two books by ILM (The Art Of Special Effects, and Into The Digital Realm) both have some good info on matte painting; but they aren't cheep! About �60 each in the UK.
Ampa.
PS - Great pics btw, ... |
Topic: Roundeye's Boy With Gun: Colored |
Ampa
Replies: 4
Views: 2196
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri May 04, 2001 3:18 pm Subject: Roundeye's Boy With Gun: Colored |
Well I've not been around here for a while, so I'm not sure if you drew this and coloured or just did the paint job... at any rate - I love it!
The eyese are a nice touch - really bright; but the thi ... |
Topic: Tim Burton directs............. |
Ampa
Replies: 17
Views: 6710
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 9:17 pm Subject: Tim Burton directs............. |
Comic site [url=http://americanmule.com/pota2/]American Mule has published a series of pics from the Planet Of The Apes makeup tests (by Rick Baker) in case anyone wants a look.
Ampa. |
Topic: I'm a virgin? |
Ampa
Replies: 42
Views: 12402
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 9:02 pm Subject: I'm a virgin? |
Heheh - Well that wasn't so hard... one web poll to gather the zodiac cross section of Sijun Members. Click [url=http://pub.alxnet.com/poll?id=2043116]here!
Lets make this big baby! Get voting and ... |
Topic: favorite word |
Ampa
Replies: 71
Views: 26276
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:35 pm Subject: favorite word |
"discombobulation"
It just sounds so damned fun!
What does it actually mean?
'To throw into a state of confusion'
Ampa |
Topic: I'm a virgin? |
Ampa
Replies: 42
Views: 12402
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:32 pm Subject: I'm a virgin? |
Now if only some clever person could set up one of those web poll things, then we could see what the split was in this forum... eg do we have a disproportionate number of Virgos (which is what I am in ... |
Topic: American McGee's Alice |
Ampa
Replies: 19
Views: 7013
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:24 pm Subject: American McGee's Alice |
Both games left me disappointed actually. With Alice there was too much hype - there was no way the game could ever live up to the expectation. As for the level designs being so original / dynamic, ... |
Topic: What would you like to do before you die? |
Ampa
Replies: 41
Views: 12235
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:20 pm Subject: What would you like to do before you die? |
I'd like to die believing that there is hope for the world - and that I had played some part in that.
I'd like to die happy, but still with ambition and new goals.
I'd like to die emotionally.
So b ... |
Topic: Drew (142kb) |
Ampa
Replies: 3
Views: 1540
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2001 7:22 pm Subject: Drew (142kb) |
Wrong with it?
Erm there is nothing wrong with it! Strikes me that you've done a good job here. It isn't 100% like the original, somehow you've tipped the head forwards slightly, and the shading is ... |
Topic: Quick one.. Mr. Clean |
Ampa
Replies: 5
Views: 1789
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2001 7:20 pm Subject: Quick one.. Mr. Clean |
OK it is a guy, looking up into the corner while taking a pee, having just beaten someone to death.
Right?
Hugz Ampa. |
Topic: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
Ampa
Replies: 28
Views: 10109
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2001 2:38 pm Subject: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
I got me a 19" CTX PR960F.
Am very impressed with the image quality (I run 1600 x 1200 @ 85Hz)
Complaints... well I've had it for 4 months and have already had 2 replacements (each made within 48 ho ... |
Topic: Yet another Graphire Question... |
Ampa
Replies: 3
Views: 1888
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 3:47 pm Subject: Yet another Graphire Question... |
Hmm have you tried taping a sheet of paper over the tablet surface? Too lat now if your top is scratched, but I know some people prefer the paper feel, and it would be cheeper to replace a sheet of p ... |
Topic: Sijun Tiles Game v2.0 - bigger better faster |
Ampa
Replies: 19
Views: 5740
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 5:54 pm Subject: Sijun Tiles Game v2.0 - bigger better faster |
Yippeee another tiles game - I'd love to partake again.
But can we have slightly bigger tiles please?
Hugz Ampa. |
Topic: Earth Lights - Problably one of the coolest pic you will eve |
Ampa
Replies: 11
Views: 3004
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 5:49 pm Subject: Earth Lights - Problably one of the coolest pic you will eve |
Ok - so where would you drop your atom bomb?
Hugz Ampa. |
Topic: Graphire help... |
Ampa
Replies: 7
Views: 3527
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 5:38 pm Subject: Graphire help... |
Unnatural?!?! How?
It is basically a pen, and I figure you probably know how to use a pen right?
Need more info to be able to help you - what software are you using? What is it that is not feeling ... |
Topic: Help in Wacom Tablet... |
Ampa
Replies: 7
Views: 6957
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2001 4:40 pm Subject: Help in Wacom Tablet... |
The technical difference between the Graphire and Intuos is the number of pressure levels they detect. The Graphire has 512 while Intuos has 1024. What difference this makes to drawing I have no ide ... |
Topic: scanners? |
Ampa
Replies: 7
Views: 5279
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2001 4:39 pm Subject: scanners? |
PC World magazine reviewed 12 scanners this month, and came up with the Epson Perfection 640U as their best buy. Cost �100 in the UK so I'm guessing it will be around the $100 mark over in the US.
I ... |
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