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Sedone · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 5:32 pm

This is an old sketch I'm adding color to, mainly as an excuse to fiddle around w/Painter. I was probably bored in class when I drew this, so it's got a bit of Moebius, Bakshi, and Joust (the Atari game

) for good measure. I haven't really painted any outdoor scenes before, so I threw that in. I used textured paper at the beginning, but I'm not sure if I like the way that looks...

Any suggestions are welcome!

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ArtKeo · member Member # Joined: 29 Feb 2000 Posts: 115

add some clouds to the pic.

burn0ut · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 8:03 pm

Damn thats sweet, it reminds me of some thing i did awhile back.

Anyways i like the sketch ALOT!

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Dan · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 8:17 pm

U might wanna move the legs forward a bit, they look offbalance right now.

Joachim · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 1:05 am

very nice sedone, love it. Kinda moebius motif.

I think it looks like you've improved a lot lately. You play much more with you pictures and make better sorroundings. I'm really glad you decided to be aforum geek again

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BooMSticK · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 2:53 am

kewl!
,boom

Daydreamer · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 8:54 am

Me likes !
reminds a lot of James Gurneys work (dinosourlike creature etc...) and there's some other memory of an old picture, i think it was featured in the AD&D first Edition Player's Guide...it was very similar to yours, anyways, nice pic, add a little more detail, would be kewl to have a detailed skin with bumps etc on that creature...

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Sedone · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 9:33 am

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. They were actually helpful!

I started to put some clouds in, and definitely took another pass at the creature's legs. The problem was that I didn't really define how the creature's body looked in the sketch. I think it's a lot better now.

burnOut, let's see the drawing you're talking about. I wouldn't mind some inspiration.

Joachim, thanks man, those are some encouraging words. I was in a funk for a while. Doing art became too much of a task, really. But for some reason I'm inspired again. And once a forum geek...

Anyway, here's my progress so far. I wish I could work on it all day, but I actually have assignments to do.

Keep those suggestions coming.

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[This message has been edited by Sedone (edited February 01, 2001).]

burn0ut · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 1:18 pm

hehe okay mine was pretty retarded, i only did this a month ago and already can point out major flaws

stiff as a board

Sedone · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 2:06 pm

Actually, burnOut, that's pretty cool. The palette you chose is probably closer to the whole Moebius "look". Your shapes are also sharp and clear. I like the horns on your creature. Do you have a name for that thing? Thanks for posting the pic.

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Sedone · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 3:15 pm

From now on I'll be replacing the in-progress picture in my second post to keep the thread from taking forever to load. This seems like a brilliant idea to me, but if it's common practice then forgive my ignorance.

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McSteed · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 3:44 pm

Hmmm. I kinda like the loose pastle looking one better. Very cool either way. It reminds me of Gurney, the painter of Dinatopia.

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burn0ut · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 6:23 pm

Nah no name, just pokin around with my pencil n it just ploped in there... hehe
Yours is turning out great!

v1510nAry · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2001 12:34 am

sw33t , reminds of those animals in empire strikes back

colours nice mabye a bit darker

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Sedone · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2001 2:17 pm

Not sure if anyone is following this, but oh well.

The main thing I did today was rework his cloak. I liked the clean lines of burnOut's character, so I tried to simplify the shapes. The colors could use more work, so I'm going to meditate on that for a while.

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TheNexx · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2001 11:01 pm

Actually I like your very first picture better. It has more natural colors and lighting.

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beet · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 12:54 am

I like the first one - really dig the colors there. just one though : maybe you could add more backgrounds/space around the characters as they're just filling the whole image for the mo ( if you plan to carry on working on it )

Light · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 8:02 am

The second is better. This is a great study. I cant wait to see more.

Crits: Keep refining those forms and keep in mind anatomy even when doing funny creatures.

Sedone · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 9:32 am

It's surprising to me that so many people prefer the first pic. That would normally make me rethink what I'm doing, but every time I look at the second one I'm much happier with it. One reason is because it's much more finished than what I normally do. Next time I think I'll stick closer to the original palette I set down (which is usually pretty limited).

I'll work on this some more. Hopefully people will prefer it eventually?

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Frost · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 1:26 pm

Looks great Sedone!!! Congrats!